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Peter Peckham was born in 1753 in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island. He and Betsey Ball were married on 15 April 1787 in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island. He died on 28 August 1828 at age ~75 in Providence, Rhode Island.

He is #101 in Peckham Genealogy. He lived in Newport and Providence. He's mentioned in his nephew's (James) will (1826), as is Betsey.

Elizabeth Tilney was born about 1447 in Ashwellthrop, Norfolk, England. Sir Humphrey Bourchier and she were married about 1467. She died on 4 April 1497 at age ~50 in England.

William Eddy was born on 26 July 1751 in Providence, Rhode Island. He and Huldah Ide were married on 15 November 1771 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. He and Bethiah Hayes were married on 12 May 1789. He died on 4 September 1835 at age 84 in Providence, Rhode Island. He was buried in PV001 North Burial Ground, Providence.

He was a shipwright and one of the group of Eddys engaged in shipbuilding at Cowpen Point at the foot of Ship Street and on Eddy Lane, which later became Eddy Street. He owned a house on the north side of Eddy Street, wood, 27x26, 2 stories high.

He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and was a pensioner. He served as a private in Capt. Smith's Company, Col. Ridley's Mass. Cit in May 1775. On July 1776 he enlisted and served 2 mos. as private in Crown Point and Lake Champlain expedition in Capt. Barnard Eddy's R.I. Mil. Co. He also served as a private in Capt. James Hills' company, Col. Williams Regiment, service from Sept. 29, 1777 to October 30, 1777, at Tiverton, R.I. (battle of Rhode Island?) as a boatman. He was placed on the pension roll in 1832 for service as a private. William Eddy was a Ships Carpenter. Resided: Providence, R.I. He was born on 26 July 1751.

Huldah Ide was born on 11 June 1754 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. William Eddy and she were married on 15 November 1771 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. She died on 12 August 1788 at age 34 in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island. She was buried in PV001 North Burial Ground, Providence.

William Eddy was born on 24 March 1773 in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island.

Patience Eddy was born on 6 August 1775 in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island. She died on 9 August 1775 at age 0 in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island.

Huldah Eddy was born on 15 January 1778 in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island.

John Sweet Eddy was born on 2 April 1780 in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island.

Pamela Eddy was born on 22 March 1781 in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island.

Josiah Eddy was born on 3 May 1783 in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island. He died in August 1785 at age 2 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island.

Hannah Eddy was born on 4 August 1788 in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island. She died on 25 February 1789 at age 0 in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island.

Bethiah Hayes was born on 1 October 1751. William Eddy and she were married on 12 May 1789. She died on 30 September 1837 at age 85.

Joanna Eddy was born on 22 March 1790. She died on 12 September 1791 at age 1.

Josiah Ide Eddy was born on 19 March 1792 in Providence, Rhode Island. He and Sophia Peckham were married on 24 May 1812 in Providence, Rhode Island. He died on 28 September 1837 at age 45 in Providence, Rhode Island.

He married the sister of his half-brother Ezra's wife (Sophia and Sarah Peckham). He was an artist and musician and also a maker of musical instruments. He lived on Eddy Street in Providence.

Margaret Snow Eddy was born on 12 November 1794.

Josiah Ide was born on 16 October 1728 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. He and Bethia Blanding were married on 27 April 1749 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.¹ He died in 1793 at age ~65.

Source: Memorial of the Walkers of Old Plymouth Colony, J.B.R. Walker, 1861.

Bethia Blanding was born on 17 October 1719 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Josiah Ide and she were married on 27 April 1749 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.¹ She died before 26 October 1775 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

Capt. Benjamin Eddy was born on 5 March 1710 in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts. He and Elizabeth Cooper were married in Warwick? He died about 1761 at age ~51 in Providence, Rhode Island.

Benjamin Eddy learned the trade of a ship carpenter and started his business in Warwick, R.I. He was a resident of Warwick in 1734, purchased property in East Greenwich in 1735, and was made a freeman of East Greenwich the same year. He bought property in Warwick in 1737 and sold it in 1744. He established a business on the west side of the Providence River about where Ship Street and Eddy Street now come together. He was made a freeman of Providence in 1749. His son-in-law Barnard Eddy and Esek Eddy joined him in the shipbuilding business. This establishment of shipbuilders was the largest in Providence at the time.

He was an officer in the militia from 1748 to 1759. He served in Col. Hopkins Regiment in 1756 and as first lieutenant in Capt. Jencke's Company in 1758 and as Captain of the 9th Company in 1759.

He died intestate, and his widow refused to accept the administration of his estate, so his son-in-law Barnard Eddy did so. The estate was insolvent.

Source: "The Eddy Family in America," pp. 81-2. He is #194.

Elizabeth Cooper was born on 6 April 1711 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Capt. Benjamin Eddy and she were married in Warwick? She died on 27 March 1781 at age 69 in Providence, Rhode Island.

An Elizabeth Cooper was b. Rehoboth April 6, 1711 (MA VR). She may have been the daughter of either Thomas or Nathaniel Cooper, sons of Deacon Thomas Cooper, an early settler of Rehoboth.

Joshua Eddy and his son Benjamin appear to have been living in Swansea/Rehoboth until after 1734.

Hannah Eddy was born on 27 February 1734.