Eddy Family
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Writen and copyright 2007, by Will Johnson, [mailto:wjhonson@aol.com wjhonson@aol.com], Professional Genealogist. All rights reserved. | Writen and copyright 2007, by Will Johnson, [mailto:wjhonson@aol.com wjhonson@aol.com], Professional Genealogist. All rights reserved. | ||
− | Zephaniah Eddy, a farmer living at Weston, [[Vermont]], married Julia Ann Macombs of Scotch descent, but born in the same town. About 1846, the family relocated to Chittenden. Mrs Eddy inherited the gift of clairvoyance from her mother and passed it on to three of her children. | + | Zephaniah Eddy, a farmer living at Weston, [[Vermont]], married Julia Ann Macombs of Scotch descent, but born in the same town. About 1846, the family relocated to Chittenden. Mrs Eddy inherited the gift of clairvoyance from her mother (''People'', p23) and passed it on to three of her children. |
[http://books.google.com/books?id=ruzy2w1ba0kC&pg=PA24#PPA24-IA1,M1 A drawing of Mrs Z Eddy] | [http://books.google.com/books?id=ruzy2w1ba0kC&pg=PA24#PPA24-IA1,M1 A drawing of Mrs Z Eddy] | ||
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[http://books.google.com/books?id=ruzy2w1ba0kC&printsec=titlepage#PPA19,M1 Side-by-side drawings of William H Eddy and Horatio G Eddy] | [http://books.google.com/books?id=ruzy2w1ba0kC&printsec=titlepage#PPA19,M1 Side-by-side drawings of William H Eddy and Horatio G Eddy] | ||
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+ | According to Olcott, "...after the Rochester knockings of 1847 had ushered in the new dispensation of Spiriualism..." the father hired "three or four" of the children out to a showman who took them around various US cities and even to Britain. | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=ruzy2w1ba0kC ''People from the Other World''], by [[Henry Steel Olcott]]. American Publishing Company, Hartford, Connecticut. 1875. 492 pages. Most of this book (the first 400 pages) are dedicated to describing the events at the Eddy Homestead in Chittenden, Vermont, from Aug 1874 to Dec 1874. | *[http://books.google.com/books?id=ruzy2w1ba0kC ''People from the Other World''], by [[Henry Steel Olcott]]. American Publishing Company, Hartford, Connecticut. 1875. 492 pages. Most of this book (the first 400 pages) are dedicated to describing the events at the Eddy Homestead in Chittenden, Vermont, from Aug 1874 to Dec 1874. |