Daniel Edy (1809 - 1867)

Biography

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• Other than a few dates, not much is known of Daniel D. Edy, who was born on February 10, 1809, in Boston, Norfolk County, Upper Canada, to Omri Edy and Margaret "Polly" Glover.

• Daniel married Mary Ann Matthews on April 20, 1831, in Brantford, Ontario. They had seven children: William Daniel Edy (1832-1916); Alzina Minerva Edy (1834-1913); Maria Jane Haviland (Edy) (1838-1916); J.N (James) Newbury Edy (1843-1890); Paulina Ann Battye (Edy) (1845-1873); Silvinia H Haight (Edy) (1845-1921); and Eliza Ophelia Harpin (Edy) (1850-?).

• On Jan. 6, 1851 he and his wife purchased 100 acres at the E 1/2 of lot 24, con 4 (Townsend twp), for 250 pounds.

• At the time of the 1852 Census he is listed as a labourer, Methodist, and raising his family in Townsend Township, Norfolk County.

• Notes left from previous family notes state Daniel died March 18, 1867, and is buried in an unmarked plot at Oakland Cemetery.

Notes

• Daniel EDY was born about 1807; and died before 1871. He was the son of Omri EDY and Margaret (maiden name unknown). Daniel married Mary Ann MATTHEWS on April 20, 1831 in Brantford, Ontario. Mary Ann was born 1811 in Ontario; died 1892.

• When Daniel & Mary Ann were married in 1831, he was a resident of Brantford, and she was a resident of Burford. In 1851 they were living in Townsend twp., Norfolk Co & they were also there in 1861. On Jan. 6, 1851 they purchased 100 acres at the E 1/2 of lot 24, con 4 (Townsend twp), for 250 pounds. By 1871 Mary Ann was a widow, and she was living with her son James Newbury EDY, in Brantford.
• Source:http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maryc/edy.htm

• Notes written by Isabel McTavish and passed on to Lois Ashenhurst indicate Daniel's birthday as Feb 23, 1809, and his death March 18, 1867.

Children

• Children of Daniel Edy and Mary Ann Matthews^[1]
• i. William Daniel Edy, born Abt. 1832 in Ontario; died of old age on August 01, 1916 in London, Ontario and is buried at Waterford, Ont; married Malinda HAVILAND. William D appears in the 1871 census as an artist with his religion as second adventist. In 1871 William & Malinda were living in Brantford twp and by 1901 they had moved to London.

• There is a death notice for Melinda EDY in the Brantford Expositor of 27 June 1873: "Died - Edy, Melinda, at Brantford on Wed. June 25, at Eagle Place, beloved w/o W.D. Edy in her 42nd years"

• William is in London in the 1881 census (with religion as Pymouth Brethern). Children in 1881: Mary 19, Leslie 17, Nellie 14, and Franklin 7. William's wife is given as Mary (re-married?), age 47, born in Ontario. Mary is Mary HOWELL. There is a very faded marriage announcement in the Brantford Expositor of 11 Sept 1874 for a Mary? HOWELL and a William? EDY, married on the 9th of Sept. 1874. Also, civil registration - reg # 6653-74. Mary was of Port Dover, d/o Henry & Elizabeth Howell. She was born 14 Nov 1833.

• ii. Maria Jane Edy, born Abt. 1838 in Oakland, Ontario; died August 25, 1916 in Townsend twp., Norfolk Co.; married Willis HAVILAND October 26, 1858 in Norfolk Co., Ontario. Both are buried at the Haviland Family Cemetery, Townsend twp. Witnesses at their wedding in 1858 were Solomon CLINE & Simon McMICHAEL.

• iii. James Newbury Edy, born 1843 in Brantford twp, - see above

• iv. Silvinia H Edy, born on 20 Aug 1845 in Brantford; married Silas Skege HAIGHT on March 08, 1871 in Brantford, Ontario. Prior to her marriage Silvina was age 26, living with her brother James (1871 census). She died Feb. 8th 1921 in Hamilton but she is buried at Greenwood cemetery Brantford with her husband and his parents. There was a marriage announcement in the Brantford Expositor of 10 March 1871; "by Rev. GUNNER at his residence, Sylvina, 3rd daughter of the late Daniel EDY, to Mr. Skey HAIGHT, all of Brantford."

• In the 1881 census, there is a Cyrus HEIGHT (on LDS website) in Brantford age 35 and his wife Syl--na also age 35. With them is an Albert HEIGHT age 8.

• Eliza Ophelia Edy, born Abt. 1850. appears in the 1871, census, age 19, living with her brother James. On 6 June 1876, Eliza married James Buckley HARPIN (a widower) who was born 29 June 1838 in England, s/o John & Minerva.

• vi. Paulina Ann Edy, born Abt. 1845 in Oakland, Brant Co. She married Thomas BATTYE on Aug 1st 1872 in Brantford. Thomas was born 6 Aug 1844 in either Hinchley Mill, Yorkshire, England or in Ontario, depending on the source of the information. He was the son of George and Sarah Ann. In 1872 Thomas was a machine wood worker in Brantford.

• Paulina died 16 Aug 1873 of typhoid fever. Death reg # 1238-73. Her son Frederick (4 July 1873 to 15 Oct 1873), death reg # 1239-73, also died of typhoid fever. They both died in Brantford.

• In the 1881 census, there is a Thomas BATTYE on his own in St. Andrews Ward of Toronto - occupation as machinist, status as married (but no wife given). Living beside him is Sarah STEPHENSON, a widow, and two children: George E. & Sarah A. LUCAS, ages 7 & 5.

• I have found a Thomas BATTY - also a machine wood worker and of the same age, living in Toronto in 1901 (1901 census - gives birth place as England, and date of arrival in Canada as 1848). Living with him in 1901 is his widowed mother Sarah (now Battye) as well as two children, George & Sarah LUCAS. But Thomas is now married to an Anna, who was born 31 Oct 1851 in England - coming to Canada in 1861.

• Thomas BATTYE died 4 Feb 1917 at 72 Coolmine Rd., Toronto. His mother was Sarah FITTON, death reg # 6387-12, died at age 90, also at 72 Coolmine Rd.

Census Data

• On Jan. 6, 1851 the Edy's purchased 100 acres at the E 1/2 of lot 24, con 4 (Townsend twp), for 250 pounds. In 1851 they were living in Townsend twp., Norfolk Co & they were also there in 1861.

• 1851 Census^[2] - Log home - 2nd and 3rd Concessions - Townsend, Norfolk County.

• • Daniel Edy - 44 (1807) B. Canada, Labourer, Methodist

• • Mary A. Edy - 42 (1809) B. Canada

• • Maria J. Edy - 14 (1837) B. Canada

• • James Edy - 11 (1839) B. Canada

• • Sylvina Edy - 8 (1843) B. Canada

• • Paulina Edy - 6 (1845) B. Canada

Pages from the 1861 census for Townsend have Daniel and Mary Ann's surname spelled 'Eddy'.

• 1861 Census^[3] - Townsend, Norfolk, Enumeration District 01

• • Eddy, Daniel - 54, b. (1807), Upper Canada, Methodist, married

• • Eddy, Mary - 49, b. (1812), Upper Canada, Methodist, married

• • Eddy, Lavina - 17, b. (1844), Methodist, single

• • Eddy, Caroline - 15, b. (1846), Methodist, single

• • Eddy, Eliza - 9, b. (1852), Methodist, single

• • Eddy, Alfred - 22, b. (1839), Methodist, Married

• • Eddy, Clarisa - 22, b. (1839), Methodist, Married

• • Eddy, Jane - 18, b. (1843), Methodist, single

Ontario Tax Assessment Rolls 1850

• Name of Householder: Daniel Edy^[4]
  • Place: Townsend, Norfolk
  • Males under 16y: 1
  • Males over 16y: 1
  • Females under 16y: 3
  • Females over 16y: 1
  • Concession number: -
  • Lot Number: -
  • If part of a lot, which part: -
  • No. of acres uncultivated (4s): -
  • No. of acres cultivated (£1): -
  • Total no. of acres: -
  • House squared or hewed logs under 2 stories? (£20): -
  • Framed, under 2 stories? (£35): -
  • Horses 3 years old and upwards (£8): -
  • Oxen 4 years old and upwards (£1): 2
  • Milch cows (£3): 1
  • Young Cattle, 2-4yrs (£1): 1
• Amount of Ratable Property: £12.

Burial

Map

• Oakland Cemetery, Oakland, Ontario (Lot 13, Section 3)
  • Daniel Edy (Feb 10 1809 - March 18, 1867) Link
  • Mary Ann (Matthews) Edy (March 9, 1811 - July 23, 1899) Link
  • Paulina (Edy) Battye (1846 - August 16, 1873) Link
  • Melinda Edy (January 25, 1831 - June 25, 1873) Link
  • William D. Edy (February 24, 1832 - August 1, 1916) Link
  • Helen (Edy) Brown (June 30, 1867 - April 5, 1942) Link
  • Willis Haviland Edy (1860 - January 26, 1945) Link
  • Mary Eddy (unknown)
• According to cemetery records the above 8 family members are buried in the unmarked plot (Lot 13, Section 3). There is only one marker showing 'D. Edy'.

Daniel was born in 1807. His parents were Omri Eddy and Mary Margaret Glover.

He was married on 20 Apr 1831 in London District, Ontario to Mary Ann Matthews

Name

• Name: Daniel /Edy/^[5][6]

Birth

• Birth:
  • Date: 1807
  • Place: Brantford, Brant, Ontario, Canada^[7]

Residence

• Residence:
  • Date: 1852
  • Place: Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada^[8]

Newspaper Account

INCIDENTS OF BRANT'S FORD IN OLDEN DAYS Daniel Edy Was Settler Here When Only One Cabin Existed. DROVE STAGE Son Recalls Struggles of Prof. Graham Bell to Perfect Telephone.

• LONDON. May 27. Born of United Empire Loyallet stock, Willlam J. Edy, 4 Cartwright street, may boast of an ancestry of pioneers. He is himself in his 83rd year, and has seen the progress of the province as it has been given to few men of his generation to witness. Vivid recollections of the Ontario of three-quarters of a century ago, great tracts of bush, traversed with a few roughly-hewn-out corduroy or plunk roads, are little dimmed by his occasional lapses of memory

• Not then was the farmer's life the life of comparative ease that it now is. Scythe and hand rake were the implements of harvesting, not perfected mowers and binders. Threshing was accomplished by the ald of the humble flail. And when the grain was cut, harvested and threshed upon the big barn floor, the stone quern was brought into commission, and rude flour was ground out with a rude pestle.

• IN THE WILDERNESS
• When Roswell Matthews, Mr. Edy's maternal grandfather, fled from Massachusetts in 1783, following the revolution, Upper Canada was still a wilderness. With his two brothers, Abner and Solomon, he entered the Niagara Peninsula, and made his way west to Hamilton. Beyond that village was an almost untracked forest, the only settlements being along the shores of Lake Erle.

• A small settlement had sprung up at Ancaster, about seven miles out of Hamilton, and here he built a rude log cabin to shelter his family.

• A few years later he pushed on into the bush, finally emerging on a little hill on the banks of the Grand River. Here, he felt, should be his home, and, cutting a small clearing, he built the first house in Guelph. It was 15 years later, in 1827, that John Galt and Dr. "Tiger" Dunlop founded the Royal City. During the American invasion of Canada in 1812-15, Mr. Matthews rendered yeoman service to the British forces, doing transport duties. His family, five sons and six daughters, played about in the forest surrounding the little clearing, while the father was away with the army.

• EARLY BRANTFORD
• There was but one little log cabln on the site of what is now Brantford, when Daniel Edy, Mr. Edy's father, first entered the place. With him came other settlers, and John Wilks, an Englishman, opened a distillery, where Mr. Edy found employment. Here he stayed until a flourishing little village had sprung up in the forest. The only means of ingress or egress to Western Ontario was by stage coach from Hamliton, and for years he drove the stage. Although not a particularly lucrative business, Mr. Edy managed to save a little money, and bought a farm in Burford township, near Oakland. Here William Edy was born, but before he had passed out of his enfancy, his father felt the spell of the road upon him again, and established a roadside inn on the Ancaster-Hamilton plank road, about elght miles below Brantford.

• THE FIRST TELEPHONE
• As a boy, Mr. Edy took up farming as an occupation, and owned and operated several good farms in the neighbourhood of Brantford before he eventually came to London in 1884. Among his keenest recollections of Brantford are the struggles of Prof. Graham Bell to perfect his telephone systems, and to obtain funds to continue his experiments. (Source: Brantford Weekly Expositor, May 28, 1914)

Sources

1. ↑ http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maryc/edy.htm
2. ↑ 1851; Census Place: Townsend, Norfolk County, Canada West (Ontario); Schedule: A; Roll: C_11741; Page: 143; Line: 34. (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MWT8-5T9 : accessed 22 April 2012), Daniel Edy (Townsend, Norfolk County, Canada West (Ontario), Canada).
3. ↑ 1861; Census Place: Townsend, , Norfolk, Canada West; Roll: C-1053; Page: 21. (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MQ7V-4DF : accessed 22 April 2012), Daniel Eddy (Townsend, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada).
4. ↑ "Canada, Ontario Tax Assessment Rolls, 1834-1899", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6Z4L-K1X5 : 15 June 2021), Daniel Edy, 1850. Image 46 of 551.
5. ↑ Source: #S-1758117632 Page: Ancestry Family Trees Note: Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=20445849&pid=62
6. ↑ Source: #S-1758117644 Note: Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1808 Birth place: Canada Residence date: 1852 Residence place: Norfolk County, Canada West (Ontario), Canada APID: 1,1061::2208157
7. ↑ Source: #S-1758117644 Note: Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1808 Birth place: Canada Residence date: 1852 Residence place: Norfolk County, Canada West (Ontario), Canada APID: 1,1061::2208157
8. ↑ Source: #S-1758117644 Note: Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1808 Birth place: Canada Residence date: 1852 Residence place: Norfolk County, Canada West (Ontario), Canada APID: 1,1061::2208157

• Graeme MacKay Ahnentafel GM-60, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Graeme and others.
• Source: S-1758117632 Repository: #R-1787968705 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.
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• Source: S-1758117644 Repository: #R-1787968705 Title: 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original data - Census of 1851 (Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia). Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Canada.Census of Nova Scotia, 1851. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Note:

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q23T-4XPL : 1 August 2020), Daniel Edy, ; Burial, Oakland, Brant Municipality, Ontario, Canada, Oakland Cemetery
• "Ontario Marriages, 1800-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLPP-75X : 8 February 2020), Daniel Eady, 1831

Acknowledgments

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