EDDY Family of Cornwall

1841 census, ref St Just in Penwith, 3-20: EDDY«tab»John«tab»40«tab»M«tab»Tin & Copper Miner«tab» EDDY«tab»Elizabeth«tab»40«tab»F«tab»«tab» EDDY«tab»John«tab»15«tab»M«tab»Tin & Copper Miner«tab» EDDY«tab»James«tab»11«tab»M«tab»Tin Miner«tab» EDDY«tab»William«tab»9«tab»M«tab»«tab» EDDY«tab»Richard«tab»4«tab»M«tab»«tab»

Also living with them: CLEMMENS«tab»Mary«tab»70«tab»F«tab»Ind. CURTIS«tab»Sophia«tab»15?«tab»F«tab»Work at a copper Mine CURTIS«tab»Johannah?«tab»11?«tab»F

There are other children born to a John and Elizabeth in St Just in Penwith, who may have died before the 1841 census or were born after it, which may belong to this couple. Their baptism records are: (a) Jakeh EDDY«tab»«tab»23 Jan 1824«tab» (b) Grace EDDY«tab»«tab»16 Nov 1828«tab» (c) John EDDY«tab»«tab»19 Apr 1840«tab» (d) Mary EDDY«tab»«tab»07 May 1840«tab» (e) Nanny EDDY«tab»«tab»12 Jun 1843«tab» (f) Elizabeth EDDY«tab»«tab»23 Jul 1845«tab» (g) Grace Trezise EDDY«tab»23 May 1847«tab» (h) Elizabeth Ann EDDY«tab»29 Jul 1849«tab»

Unfortunately there were other couples that could have been parents to these children. There were 2 other marriages in St Just in Penwith, John EDDY and Elizabeth CRAZE on 16 Feb 1805 and John EDDY and Elizabeth LEAH on 12 Dec 1807, and there may have been more after 1837 (when my records run out). Of these possible children, (b) can be eliminated as I found her with another John and Elizabeth in the 1841 census (ref 8-109).

In the 1841 census John was recorded as aged 40, but with possible rounding down to the nearest 5 years, he may have been 40 - 44, i.e. born abt 1797 - 1801. Possible baptism entries are John EDDY, son of: (A) Jacob EDDY & Elizabeth -, 03 Jul 1796 (B) William EDDY & Ann -, 02 Apr 1797 (C) James EDDY & Jane -, 17 Mar 1799 (D) William EDDY & Mary -, 31 Oct 1802

Of these, I'm almost sure that (D) never married and stayed in the UK, so can be eliminated. As Jacob is not a name passed down to subsequent generations, (A) is unlikely. Although I cannot yet discount (B), Colin Thomas (a fellow EDDY researcher) has (C) as the parents, so I shall go with them for now and hopefully prove it is correct at a later date. Colin's reasoning for this choice was from the naming pattern of John and Elizabeth's children. He says that if John's parents were William Eddy & Ann (Reseigh) & his wife's parents were William Clemens & Mary (Grose) then their (John & Elizabeth) son's names would show WILLIAM before JAMES. But as JAMES appears BEFORE WILLIAM it's more likely that John's father was JAMES!

Notes from Colin Thomas (a descendant of John and Elizabeth): Both John and Elizabeth emigrated to Adelaide on 13 Feb 1849 aboard "Marion" with their 2 youngest children, William and Richard. John, a miner, paid 14 pounds for the voyage!