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1773 - 1835 (61 years)

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Generation: 1

Eddy, Allen was born 16 Oct 1773, Scituate, RI, USA; died Feb 1835.

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Allen — Harnden. (daughter of Harnden, CPT Samuel and Draper, Johanna) was born 1776; died 1807. [Group Sheet]

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2. Eddy, Harnden was born Jul 1796; died 23 Sep 1881, Eddystone, Ontario, CAN; was buried , Eddystone Cemetery Near Graffton, ON, Canada.
3. Eddy, Dorcas was born 1799, USA; died 31 Mar 1876, Eddystone, ON; was buried , Eddystone Cemetery.
4. Eddy, Alfred was born Abt 1803; died 18 Feb 1807, Haldimand Twp, Northumberland County, ON.

Generation: 2

Eddy, Harnden

(1.Allen¹) was born Jul 1796; died 23 Sep 1881, Eddystone, Ontario, CAN; was buried , Eddystone Cemetery Near Graffton, ON, Canada.

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Harnden Eddy, b. about 1796, perhaps in RI; died at the age of 82 or 83 years; m. Nancy Purdy. When he was about seven years of age his family left New England and went to New York State and then later to Haldimand, Ontario, where he married. He lived in Eddystone, Ontario, a town seven miles from Grafton where he was a deacon in the church.
[Eddy Family In America; page 399]

Harnden was a veteran of the War of 1812 (Canadian Side)
Muster Roll and pay list of the 1st Regiment of the Northumberland militia; October 8-13, 1813
Private 42
Eddy, Harnden
No of days: 6
Amount of net pay sterling dollars: 0-3-0
Remarks: on command to Burlington

Harnden appears in the 1851, 1871 and 1881 Ontario Census Records.

Harnden is listed as applying in 1875 to participate in the gratuity voted by Parliament in 1875.
(Parliamentary Sessional Papers, 1876, No. 7, page 32)

He is also listed as a "Commissioner of Peace" December 13, 1858 in United Counties of Northumberland and Durham.(1803-1955)
http://www.trentu.ca/library/archives/84-020.htm

Also from the Trent Archives is a land transaction:
Eddy to Eddy 1884 - S 1/2 of N 1/2 Lot 14 Conc. 5 Haldimand

The Belden's 1878 Map Transcription shows:
EDDY, H. owned Lot 22, Conc., 3

Note you may come across the following person in your research it is not the same person:

Highland Cemetery, Highland Township, Oakland County, Michigan:

A. W. Eddy, served in the War of 1812 [Durant's Oakland County History gives the establishment of Highland Cemetery in 1849 and the first burial being that of Harden Eddy.] This Harden EDDY was the son of Allen W. EDDY, b. Mar. 23, 1793 in Rutland Co, VT; d. July 28, 1878 in Milford MI. His mother was Clorinda Castle...see p. 294 The Eddy Family in America. Harden was b. June 17, 1831 and died Oct. 4, 1849.

Harnden married Purdy, Nancy 9 Apr 1815, Eddystone, Ontario, CAN. Nancy was born 1 Jun 1797, NY, USA; died 6 Sep 1878, Eddystone Cemetery, Eddystone, Ontario, CAN. [Group Sheet]

Eddy, Dorcas

(1.Allen¹) was born 1799, USA; died 31 Mar 1876, Eddystone, ON; was buried , Eddystone Cemetery.

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Dorcas married Purdy, Benjamin Abt 1823. Benjamin was born 1791, USA; died 17 Mar 1877, Eddystone, ON; was buried , Eddystone Cemetery. [Group Sheet]

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Eddy, Alfred (1.Allen¹) was born Abt 1803; died 18 Feb 1807, Haldimand Twp, Northumberland County, ON.
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