The family of Enos Eddy died 1782

 Enos Eddy was born in Glocester, Rhode Island, the son of Elisha and Sarah Phetteplace Eddy.  I have no record of a birth date but it was probably early in the 1740s.  He died in 1782 so his was not a long life, and he lived it entirely in Glocester.  His wife was Sarah Brown, who was believed to be the daughter of Othniel and Deborah Burlingham Brown, but that identification may not be correct.  More research needs to be done. 

Enos and Sarah had four known children after they married in 1761.  The only one with what seems to be a firm birth date is George, who was born in 1765.  George married an unidentified Chloe and was in Hawley, Massachusetts (at the time known as Plantation Number 7) by 1788, where he owned an ironworks.  By 1800 he was in Ulster County, New York.   There are four persons in the household young enough to be his children, plus a male and female who were in the 16-25 year age group.  There was also a slave.  In 1810, the children had aged 10 years and there are still 2 males and a female in the 26-44 age bracket who are unaccounted for.  There were also four slaves.  The 1820 census has him in Eddyville, New York (near Kingston) which was named in his honor.  He was the owner of a cotton mill and a saw mill there, and had two slaves living in his household.  He died in 1827.  The names of his children are Stephen, who died young, Margaret, George, and Mary, and possibly a Nancy.  It's possible there were more children.

Enos Eddy was their next son.  He was not 21 when his father Enos died, and probably was born about 1768-1770.  He married Deborah Paine (Payne) and they had as many as 13 children.  I will follow this family in my next blog post.

Then there were two daughters, about whom little is known.  Sarah was under 18 in 1782, and married a Mr. Green, so far not further identified.  I show both a marriage and a death date for her of 1802, but no documentation for either, so I'm not confident with either "fact".  

There was also a daughter, Rebecca, who was born before 1774 and was included in her father's 1782 will.  Many of the web sites show Rebecca as having died in 1775, so either the early death date is incorrect, or there were two daughters named Rebecca.  

This is what I've been able to learn about the family of Enos and Sarah, the most undocumented Eddy family I've found. It is possible there were more children but if so, their lives seem to be unrecorded. I certainly hope there is someone out there who knows more, and I hope they will contact me!