Daniel Eddy

Brief Life History of Daniel

When Daniel Eddy was born on 15 March 1812, in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Daniel Eddy, was 26 and his mother, Polly Field, was 19. He died in April 1831, at the age of 19, and was buried in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.

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Family Time Line

Daniel Eddy
1786–1822
Polly Field
1792–1860
Daniel Eddy
1812–1831
Polly Eddy
1814–1888
Fanny Eddy
1817–1839
Alexander Eddy
1819–1837
Eliza F. Eddy
1822–1866

Sources (3)

  • Daniel Eddy, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Daniel Eddy, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Daniel Eddy, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"

World Events (5)

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. 

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

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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