Eddy Family - Ourfolk
Abigail Eddy (Benjamin) 1 OCT 1601 - 20 MAY 1687
Abigail was born on 1 OCT 1601 in Cranbrook, co. Kent, England and died on 20 MAY 1687 (age: 85) in Charlestown, Middlesex Co., MA .
She was the daughter of Rev William Eddye and Mary Forsten (Eddye) .
Abigail was married to John Benjamin on 1619 in Cranbrook, co. Kent, England.
John died on 14 JUN 1645 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA .
He was the son of John Benjamin (1568 - 1608) and Joan Hookes (Benjamin) (D: 1619).
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- along with his brother Richard left Herefordshire for America
and arrived on the ship 'Lion' in 1632.
(Same crossing as James Olmsted and Nicholas Olmsted).
John Benjamin, a proprietor of Cambridge, was
admitted freeman 6 November, 1632, and was
constable 20 May, 1633. Of his house in
Cambridge Governor Winthrop wrote: 'Mr.
Benjamin's mansion was unsurpassed for elegance
and comfort by any in the vicinity. It was the
mansion of intelligence, religion, and hospitality,
visited by the clergy of all denominations, and by
the literati at home and abroad. His library was
said to be one of the finest in the country. It was
probably destroyed in the fire in 1636 which
burned his house, valued at 100 . The next year
the Watertown records show grants of land to
him. There he died 14 June, 1645. His will is of
date 12 June; the inventory shows an estate valued
at 297 3s 2d. The list of books includes a Book
of Martiers. His widow Abigail went with her
daughter, Abigail Stubbs, to Charlestown, where
she died 20 May, 1687, aged eighty-seven.'
Source: 'Powers-Banks Ancestry' by John Leslie
Powers (1921)
and arrived on the ship 'Lion' in 1632.
(Same crossing as James Olmsted and Nicholas Olmsted).
John Benjamin, a proprietor of Cambridge, was
admitted freeman 6 November, 1632, and was
constable 20 May, 1633. Of his house in
Cambridge Governor Winthrop wrote: 'Mr.
Benjamin's mansion was unsurpassed for elegance
and comfort by any in the vicinity. It was the
mansion of intelligence, religion, and hospitality,
visited by the clergy of all denominations, and by
the literati at home and abroad. His library was
said to be one of the finest in the country. It was
probably destroyed in the fire in 1636 which
burned his house, valued at 100 . The next year
the Watertown records show grants of land to
him. There he died 14 June, 1645. His will is of
date 12 June; the inventory shows an estate valued
at 297 3s 2d. The list of books includes a Book
of Martiers. His widow Abigail went with her
daughter, Abigail Stubbs, to Charlestown, where
she died 20 May, 1687, aged eighty-seven.'
Source: 'Powers-Banks Ancestry' by John Leslie
Powers (1921)
Last change (on this page): 15 OCT 2018