The family of Enos Eddy 1774-1817

Don't pay too much attention to the death date I've given Enos here.  It may or may not be correct.  Most trees show him as dying in 1817 in Darien, New York.  His last child, who could of course have been born after his father had died, was botn March 29, 1818.  I have been unable to locate him in the 1820 or 1830 census so it's possible that the 1817 death date is correct; I just can't verify it.

However, we do know that Enos was the son of Enos and Sarah (possibly Brown but not proven) Eddy and was born in 1774 in Glocester, Rhode Island.  He married Deborah Paine, possibly the daughter of Nathan and Lillis Winsor Paine, in 1794, still in Glocester.  And let us take a moment to thank Deborah, who gave birth to 14 children in 24 years, with only one dying young.  She must have been quite a woman, devoted to caring for her family.  Their children were:

Chloe, born in 1792, who married Joel Wheelock, possibly the son of Joel Wheelock.  Their children are Mariam, Chloe, Charity, Sophronia, Joel, Lewis, Mary, and Almira.  Chloe died in 1861 in Lockport, Niagara, New York.

Lydia, born in 1794, married Orman Pray, the son of Rev. John and Deborah Wade Pray.  Their children are Cornelia, Lucy, Deborah, Almon, Ambrose, Mary, and Eddy.  She died in 1877 in Noble County, Indiana.

Enos (the first of two by that name) was born probably in early 1796, and died in infancy.

Rachel was born in 1797 and married John Grant Huit, Hulett, or Hewitt, likely the son of Thomas and Grace Hall Hewett.  Their children are Mercy, John, Caroline, Enos, Charles, and Julius.  She died in 1875 in Onandaga County, New York.  

Next was Enos, again, born in 1799.  He married Miranda Stannard, the daughter of Ezra and Margaret Norton Stannard, and if there's a connection to our Stannard families I haven't yet found it.  Their children are Roswell, Sheldon, Betsey (also seen as Elizabeth), Nathan, Almanda, Thomas, John, Almira, and James. Enos died in 1871 in Mansfield, New York.   

After Enos, in 1801, came Deborah, who married first Nathan Angell, son of Jesse and Amey Hammond Angell.  She was his second wife.  She had at least one and possibly more children with him, Nathan and perhaps Walter.  Nathan probably died in the early 1820s.  She then married Josiah Hollister, the son of Josiah and Naomi Tredwell Hollister.  They had several children together, including Sarah, Amanda and Tylphia (?).  Deborah died in 1850 in Mansfield, New York.  

Their next child was Joseph Brown Eddy, who was born in 1803 and married Susan Lamphire, the daughter of James and Hannah Eames Lamphire.  Their children were Permelia, George, Sarah, Susan, Mary Ann, Joseph, Washington, Thomas, Amelia, and Garrett.  Joseph died in 1876 in Lee Center, Lee County, Illinois, and I will write more of this family in my next post.  

Nathan was the next born, in 1805.  His first marriage was to Laura Stannard, whom I am not able to identify further, She may or may not be part of our Stannard family, but one of their children married John Stannard, who was a grandson of our Libbeus Stannard so the connections are there.  Their children were Sylvia, Sheldon, Enos, Laura, Mary, and Abbie.  After Laura died in 1843, he married Relief Farnham, daughter of Moses and Submit Faulkner Farnham.  Their children were Florence, Arthur, Lydia, and Edwin.  After the death of Relief, Nathan married Susan Olds, whom I'm unable to further identify.  They had no children.  Nathan died in 1896 at Sheffield, Bureau County, Illinois.

Sarah was born in 1806.  She married John Woodward, son of John and Sarah Galloway Woodward.  Their children were Sarah, Mary, Daniel, Lillis, Maria, Harriet, Henry, and Agnella.   She died in 1871 in Ross Township, Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Lillis was born in 1809 or possibly 1807. She married Hiram Sutton, the son of Jeremiah and Hanny Smalley Sutton.  Their children are Betsey or Elizabeth, Albert, Jane, another Albert, Henry, and Hannah.  She died in 1865 near Richmond, Macomb County, Michigan.

Next came George, born in 1810.  He married Betsy Wheeler, the daughter of Uzziah and Azubah Banks Wheeler.  Their children are Alonzo, George, Betsey, Sheldon, Hiram, Harriet, Charles, Julia, Sarah, Ezra, Washington, Leonia, Ella, and Enos.  George died in 1882 at Amboy, Lee County, Illinois.

John was born in 1813.  He married Nancy Wheeler, who was likely a sister to Betsy, mentioned above. (I have found alternate parents for Nancy, but the location doesn't make sense).  Their children are Levi, George, Nathan, Albert, Adaline, John, Sylviette, Achsa, Mary, Reuben, and Ida.  John died in 1878 at Elk Falls, Elk, Kansas.  This is the first of this Eddy family to have crossed the Mississippi, or at least the first who died west of the river.

Almira was born in 1815.  She married Lowell Hulett, the son of Oliver and Elizabeth Ames Hulett.  Their children are Allen, Ellen, Edwin, Thoren, Hattie, and Lynn.  Almira died in 1887.  Some sites say she died in Massachusetts but her gravestone is at Augusta, Kalamazoo, Michigan.  

The last child was Stephen, born in 1818, a few months after Enos died.  He married Olive Hulda Williams, the daughter of William and Mary (unknown) Williams.  They had just two known children, Lucius and George.  He enlisted in the Civil War in 1861 and died in December of 1862 in a Union hospital at Niagara, Buffalo, New York, of chronic dysentery.  He would have been 43 years old when he enlisted, which was somewhat above the usual age, and he was a private.  

103 grandchildren, more or less! I think that's the largest number I've found for any family I've researched thus far.  Enos, in his short life, and Deborah left a legacy of Eddy family members scattered from New York to Michigan, Illinois, and Kansas, with many of their grandchildren serving in the Civil War.