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First Name
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Waterman EDDY

Waterman EDDY[1]

Male 1770 - 1838  (68 years)

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  • Name Waterman EDDY 
    Born 2 Mar 1770  Hanover, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 11 Oct 1838  Elmira, Chemung, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Old Marsh Cemetery, Horseheads, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I26460  Main
    Last Modified 25 Jul 2009 

    Father Ebenezer EDDY,   b. 3 May 1743, Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jul 1830, Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Mother Deborah PALMER,   b. May 1751, Hanover, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 May 1809  (Age ~ 57 years) 
    Married 26 Feb 1768  Hanover, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F9069  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lucy GRANGER,   b. 3 Dec 1775, Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Aug 1838, Elmira, Chemung, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Married 28 Dec 1796  Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Martha EDDY,   b. 20 Jun 1816, Horseheads, Tioga, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Apr 1831, Horseheads, Tioga, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 14 years)
     2. Lucy EDDY,   b. 21 Feb 1799, Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. Old Marsh Cemetery, Horseheads, New York Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Orrin EDDY,   b. 8 Apr 1801, Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Nathan EDDY,   b. 15 Apr 1803, Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Maria EDDY,   b. 23 Mar 1805, Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Edwin EDDY,   b. 9 Jan 1808, Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
    +7. Julia Ann EDDY,   b. 2 Feb 1810, Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1877, Boonville, Oneida, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2023 
    Family ID F9578  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 2 Mar 1770 - Hanover, Plymouth, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • About Waterman Eddy's purchase of land in New York in 1797:
      In 1796 a group of men from Suffield, Connecticut invested in a land purchase in New York state. This was a 20,000 acre tract of land west ofthe Genesee River, a part of what is known as the Phelps-Gorham Purchase. (Now encompassing the city of Rochester and adjacent western suburbs and towns). Oliver Phelps was a resident of Suffield. They intended to establish a town on the west bank of the Genesee River. Because if its proximity to waterfalls, this settlement was sometimes called Fall Town. The settlement was also called King's Landing in honor of Gideon King, the leader of the settlers. It was later called Hanford's Landing in honor of the Hanford brothers who arrived in 1809.

      Waterman Eddy's wife's (Lucy Granger) father, Zadock Granger, was one of the principal investors. Lucy's sister Ruth's husband, William Wheeler Williams, also invested in the venture. Waterman Eddy, William W. Williams, and Zadock Granger all visited the settlement at various times but did not live there. Their families remained in Suffield. Only Lucy's brother Eli Granger and his wife and children actually lived at King's Landing.

  • Sources 
    1. [S44] Orcutt_001 gedcom file, Robert Waddell.


Notes

This website uses dates from the Gregorian calendar (New Style), unless otherwise noted.

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Updated 23 Dec 2023