Milton Perry Eddy

Brief Life History of Milton Perry

When Milton Perry Eddy was born in 1816, in Litchfield, Connecticut, United States, his father, Rufus Eddy, was 38 and his mother, Clarissa Raymond, was 41. He married Susan Nelson in 1841. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 23 March 1866, in Newark, Licking, Ohio, United States, at the age of 50, and was buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Newark, Licking, Ohio, United States.

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Milton Perry Eddy
1816–1866
Susan Nelson
1821–
Marriage: 1841
Marion Eddy
1844–

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  • Milton Perry Eddy, "Find a Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1829 · Farmington Canal Opened

Farmington Canal spans 2,476 acres, starting from New Haven, Connecticut, and on to Northampton, Massachusetts. The groundbreaking for the canal was in 1825 and opened in 1829.

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

Name Meaning

Cornish: from the personal name Edy (pronounced ‘eedy’), a variant of Udy , from the Middle English personal name Ude, Udy, Latinized as Udo and Odo. It may represent Old French Eude (ancient Germanic Eudo, of uncertain etymology), whose usual Latin form is Eudo. This agrees with later evidence that the original pronunciation of the initial vowel of Udy was /y:/ (as in French tu), though in the 16th century it was sometimes unrounded to /i:/, spelled -e(e)-. It was later altered to Eddy.

English: variant of Eady .

English: perhaps from a shortened form of the Middle English personal name Edwy (Old English Ēadwīg, from ēad ‘prosperity, fortune’ + wīg ‘war’), which has not survived in that form as a surname.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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