Descendants of William Eddins
 
Contributed by James T. McClure


Generation No. 1
 
1. WILLIAM1 EDDINS was born Abt. 1662 in England?, and died Bet. 1732 - 1734 in Spotsylvania, Virginia. He married MARY.
 
Most likely William and Mary had five children.
 
Child of WILLIAM EDDINS and MARY is:
2. i. WILLIAM2 EDDINS, b. Abt. 1688; d. 1754, Ludenburg County, Virginia.

 
Generation No. 2
 
2. WILLIAM2 EDDINS (WILLIAM1) was born Abt. 1688, and died 1754 in Ludenburg County,( later named Lunenburg) Virginia. He married REBECCA FIRTH.
 
Children of WILLIAM EDDINS and REBECCA FIRTH are:
3. i. WILLIAM B.3 EDDINGS, d. Abt. 1781, Lunenburg County, Virginia.
ii. THOMAS EDDINS, b. Abt. 1715.
iii. JOSEPH EDDINS.
iv. ABRAM EDDINS.
v. THEOPHILUS EDDINS.
vi. BENJAMIN EDDINS.
vii. JACOB EDDINS.

 
Generation No. 3
 
3. WILLIAM B.3 EDDINGS (WILLIAM2 EDDINS, WILLIAM1) died Abt. 1781 in Lunenburg County, Virginia. He married ANNE EDDINS Abt. 1755 in Orange County, Virginia. She died Abt. 1796.
 
Children of WILLIAM EDDINGS and ANNE EDDINS are:
4. i. JOSEPH4 EDDINGS, b. 1771, Lunenberg, Virginia; d. March 1848, Keyburg,
Robertson County, Tennessee.
ii. ISAAC EDDINGS, b. 1740, Lunenberg, Virginia; d. Abt. December 1784.
iii. WILLIAM HARDY EDDINGS, b. Abt. 1776.
iv. ABRAHAM EDDINGS.
 v. SALLY EDDINGS.
vi. BECKY EDDINGS.
vii. ANNA EDDINGS.
viii. FANNY EDDINGS.
ix. POLLEY EDDINGS.
x. MILLEY EDDINGS.
xi. JENSEY EDDINGS.

 
Generation No. 4
 
4. JOSEPH4 EDDINGS (WILLIAM B.3, WILLIAM2 EDDINS, WILLIAM1) was born 1771 in Lunenberg, Virginia, and died March 1848 in Keyburg, Robertson County, Tennessee. He married (1) ELIZABETH ANN KIRK 1787 in Caswell County, North Carolina. She was born 1768 in Caswell County, North Carolina, and died May 1804 in Caswell County, North Carolina. He married (2) ELIZABETH HOLCOMB July 17, 1805 in Caswell County, North Carolina. She was born 1777 in Caswell County, North Carolina and died Aft. 1850.
 
Children of JOSEPH EDDINGS and ELIZABETH KIRK are:
5. i. JONATHON JOHN5 EDDINGS, b. 1798; d. 1874; m. REBECCA MASON; b.
1804; d. 1846.
ii. MARTHA PATSY EDDINGS, b. 1791.
iii. JAMES EDDINGS, b. 1796.
iv. ELIZABETH BETSY EDDINGS, b. 1802; m. JOHN RUFFIN.
v. CONNY EDDINGS, b. 1794; Caswell County, North Carolina m. JAMES
SAMUEL.
vi. REBECCA EDDINGS b. 1788.
 
Children of JOSEPH EDDINGS and ELIZABETH HOLCOMB are:
6. vii. JOSEPH SIDNEY5 EDDINGS, b. 1811, Caswell County, North Carolina;
d. 1876, Graves County, Kentucky.
7. viii. ISAAC EDDINGS, b. 1819, Robertson County, Tennessee.
ix. MARY EDDINGS, b. January 06, 1815; d. 1880; m. J. JONES H.
8.         x. NANCY EDDINGS, b. Abt. 1817, Tennessee.
9.        xi. SARAH EDDINGS, b. 1807, Caswell County, North Carolina;
d. November 5, 1850, Franklin County, Tennessee
10.       xii. WILLIAM EDDINGS, b. 1806, Caswell County, North Carolina;
d. December 12,1874 Herrins Prairie, Williamson County, Illinois.

 
Generation No. 5
 
5. JOHN JONATHON5 EDDINGS (JOSEPH4, William B.3, WILLIAM2EDINS, WILLIAM1) was born 1798 in Caswell County, North Carolina and died 1874 in Douglas County, Missouri. He married REBECCA MASON 1822 in Robertson County, Tennessee. She was born 1804 in Caswell County, North Carolina and died 1847 in Douglas County, Missouri.
 
More about JOHN JONATHON EDDINGS:
Burial: Springcreek Cemetery, Douglas County, Missouri
 
Children of JOHN EDDINGS and REBECCA MASON are:
i. BAILEY6EDDINGS, b. September 04, 1823, Nashville, Robertson County,
Tennessee; d. January 15, 1914, Squires, Douglas County, Missouri; m. MARY
A. POLLY LEE, July 24, 1851, Greene County, Missouri; b.October 19, 1835,
Tennessee.
 
More About BAILEY EDDINGS:
Burial: Fry Cemetery, Douglas County, Missouri

ii. WILLIAM R. EDDINGS, b. 1825, Robertson County, Tennessee.
iii. PLEASANT EDDINGS, b. 1827, Robertson County, Tennessee; d. Abt, 1875,
Greene County, Missouri; m. SUSAN ROGERS, February 15, 1848, Greene
County, Missouri; b. Abt. 1832, Marion County, Tennessee.
iv. HARRIET JANE EDDINGS, b. January 10 1830, Robertson County,
Tennessee; d. December 20, 1896, Webster County, Missouri; m. JOHN
WATTS.
 v. ELIZABETH EDDINGS, b. 1832, Robertson County, Tennessee; d. Missouri;
m. JAMES EVANS.
vi. MARY A. EDDINGS, b. 1836, Robertson County, Tennessee; m. WILLIAM
R. ROSS, July 22, 1866, Greene County, Missouri.
vii. JOSEPHUS GEORGE EDDINGS, b. October 15, 1837, Robertson County,
Tennessee; d. May 18, 1883, Greene County, Missouri; m. LUCENDA
WILLIAMS; b. February 22, 1846.
viii. SERILDA F. EDDINGS, b. 1842, Robertson County, Tennessee.
xi. JAMES MADISON EDDINGS, b. 1844, Robertson County, Tennessee.
 
6. JOSEPH SIDNEY5 EDDINGS (JOSEPH4, WILLIAM B.3, WILLIAM2 EDDINS, WILLIAM1) was born 1811 in Caswell County, North Carolina, and died 1876 in Graves County, Kentucky. He married NANCY FREEMAN March 28, 1840 in Robertson County, Tennessee. She was born 1817 in Robertson County, Tennessee, and died Aft. 1900 in Graves County, Kentucky?.
 
Children of JOSEPH EDDINGS and NANCY FREEMAN are:
 i. HARRIET6 EDDINGS, b. Abt. 1841
11. ii. JAMES M. EDDINGS, b. Abt. 1844, Robertson County, Tennessee; d. May
09, 1917, Graves County, Kentucky.
iii. MARTHA EDDINGS, b. Abt. 1846, Tennessee.
12. iv. MALISSA ANN EDDINGS, b. March 1848, Tennessee; d. Aft. 1910,
Kentucky?
v. PARILEE EDDINGS, b. Abt. 1849, Tennessee.
 vii. AUGENETTA EDDINGS, b. Abt. 1853, Tennessee.
 13. viii. SAMANTHA EDDINGS, b. August 1856, Tennessee; m. JOSHUA C.
HEFLIN; b. Abt. 1854, Kentucky; d. Bef. 1900.

14. ix. JOSEPH S. EDDINGS, b. November 1857, Tennessee.
x. FLORENTINE EDDINGS, b. Abt. 1862.
15. xi. JOHN HENRY MORGAN EDDINGS, b. December 06,1862, Tennessee; d.
November 29, 1946, Graves County, Kentucky.
 
7. ISAAC5 EDDINGS (JOSEPH4, WILLIAM B.3, WILLIAM2 EDDINS, WILLIAM1) was born 1819 in Robertson County, Tennessee. He married (1) HARRIET. She was born Abt. 1822 in Missouri. He married (2) AGNES MILIKAN February 24, 1845.
 
Children of ISAAC EDDINGS and HARRIET are:
i. HELENA6 EDDINGS, b. 1854, Missouri.
ii. WALTER S. EDDINGS, b. 1856, Missouri.
iii. ALICE J. EDDINGS, b. 1859, Missouri.
 
Child of ISAAC EDDINGS and AGNES MILIKAN is:
iv. FRANCIS6 EDDINGS.
 
8. NANCY5 EDDINGS (JOSEPH4, WILLIAM B.3, WILLIAM2 EDDINS, WILLIAM1) was born Abt. 1817 in Tennessee. She married JOSEPH HOLMAN. He was born in Tennesee, and died Bef. 1860.
 
Children of NANCY EDDINGS and JOSEPH HOLMAN are:
i. JULINA6 HOLMAN, b. Abt. 1838, Tennessee; m. UNKNOWN APPLETON.
16. ii. ELI B. HOLMAN, b. Abt. 1840, Tennessee.
iii. J.T. HOLMAN, b. Abt. 1841, Tennessee.
iv. ROBERT HOLMAN, b. Abt. 1843, Tennessee.
v. G.W. HOLMAN, b. Abt. 1845, Tennessee.
 
9. SARAH5 EDDINGS (JOSEPH4, WILLIAM B.3, WILLIAM2 EDDINS, WILLIAM1) was born 1807 in Caswell County, North Carolina, and died November 05, 1850 in Franklin County, Tennessee. She married a BOREN.
 
Child of SARAH EDDINGS and BOREN is:
i. RICHARD6 BOREN.
 
10. WILLIAM5 EDDINGS (JOSEPH4, WILLIAM B.3, WILLIAM2 EDDINS, WILLIAM1) was born 1806 in Caswell County, North Carolina, and died December 12, 1874 in Herrins Prairie, Williamson County, Illinois. He married (1) ELIZABETH SAMUEL October 09, 1834 in Robertson County, Tennessee. She was born Abt. 1810 in Caswell
County, North Carolina. He married (2) SUSAN SAMUEL October 24, 1850 in Robertson County, Tennessee. She was born Abt. 1821. He married (3) SARA JANE CRANE December 01, 1874.
 
More About WILLIAM EDDINGS:
Burial: Hurricane Cemetery, Crainville, Williamson County, Illinois
 
Children of WILLIAM EDDINGS and ELIZABETH SAMUEL are:
i. MARY ELIZABETH6 EDDINGS, b. May 24, 1836, Robertson County, Tennessee; d. Bef. 1850, Robertson County, Tennessee.
ii. JAMES E. EDDINGS, b. April 01, 1837.
iii.CORNELIA CONNA EDDINGS, b. November 12, 1838.
iv. MARY POLLY EDDINGS, b. May 07, 1841; m. CHARLES WINTER, April 04, 1869.
v. ABRAM EDDINGS, b. February 09, 1844, Robertson County, Tennessee; d. Abt. 1863.
vi. ANIS EDDINGS, b. March 20, 1846, Robertson County, Tennessee; d.
November 26, 1938; m. WILLIAM EDWARD CARVER, May 21, 1879.
vii. NANCY EDDINGS, b. August 07, 1848.
viii. JOSEPH EDDINGS, b. May 1850, Robertson County, Tennessee; d. July 1850, Robertson County, Tennessee.

 
Generation No. 6
 
11. JAMES M.6 EDDINGS (JOSEPH SIDNEY5, JOSEPH4, WILLIAM B.3, WILLIAM2 EDDINS, WILLIAM1) was born Abt. 1844 in Robertson County, Tennessee and died May 09, 1917 in Graves County, Kentucky. He married MARY J. HUGHES Abt. 1868. She was born Abt. 1848 in Tennessee and died February 28, 1917 in Graves County, Kentucky.
 
Children of JAMES EDDINGS and MARY HUGHES are:
i. ELIZABETH B.7 EDDINGS, b. August 1867, Tennessee; d. May 28, 1937,
Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky; m. LENORD B. EDWARDS, Abt.
1890, Kentucky?; b. December 1869, Kentucky; d. November 05, 1960, Fulton,
Kentucky.
17. ii. NANCY A. EDDINGS, b. Abt. 1876, Kentucky; d. March 26, 1961,
McCracken County, Kentucky.
18. iii. JOSEPH S. EDDINGS, b. Abt. 1879, Kentucky; d. January 27, 1967,
McCracken County, Kentucky.
19. iv. HENRY MERRIDA. EDDINGS, b. Abt. 1887, Kentucky; d. October 05,
1930, McCracken County Kentucky.
 
12. MALISSA ANN6 EDDINGS (JOSEPH SIDNEY5, JOSEPH4, WILLIAM B.3, WILLIAM2 EDDINS, WILLIAM1) was born March 1848 in Tennessee, and died Aft. 1910 in Kentucky?. She married JOSHUA SHELTON. He was born Abt. 1868 in Kentucky?. He was born Abt. 1834 in Kentucky and died Bet. 1886 – 1900 in Kentucky?.
 
Children of MALISSA EDDINGS and JOSHUA SHELTON are:
i. WELDIA7 SHELTON, b. Abt. 1869, Kentucky.
ii. JOSEPH L. SHELTON, b. Abt. 1873, Kentucky.
iii. IDA W. SHELTON, b. Abt. 1876, Kentucky.
iv. HENRY L. SHELTON, b. August 1877, Kentucky
 v. MATTIE C. SHELTON, b. February 1880, Kentucky
vi. BEULAH SHELTON, b. October 1883, Kentucky
vii. JOSHUA C. SHELTON, b. March 1886, Kentucky
 
13. SAMANTHA6 EDDINGS (JOSEPH SIDNEY5, JOSEPH4, WILLIAM B.3, WILLIAM2 EDDINGS, WILLIAM1) was born August 1856 in Tennessee, and died Aft. 1900. She married JOSHUA C. HEFLIN. He was born Abt. 1854 in Kentucky and died Bef. 1900.
 
Children of SAMANTHA EDDINGS and JOSHUA HEFLIN are:
i. UNKNOWN7 HEFLIN, d. Bef. 1900.
ii. UNKNOWN HEFLIN, d. Bef. 1900
 
14. JOSEPH S.6 EDDINGS (JOSEPH SIDNEY5, JOSEPH4, WILLIAM B.3, WILLIAM2 EDDINS, WILLIAM1) was born November 1857 in Tennessee, and died August 03, 1924 in Graves County, Kentucky. He married SUEINDA Abt. 1884 in Kentucky. She was born September 1868 in Kentucky.
 
Child of JOSEPH EDDINGS and SUEINDA is:
i. SARA V.7 EDDINGS, b. December 1885.
 
15. JOHN HENRY MORGAN6 EDDINGS (JOSEPH SIDNEY5, JOSEPH4, WILLIAM B.3, WILLIAM2 EDDINS, WILLIAM1) was born December 06, 1862 in Tennessee, and died November 29, 1946 in Graves County, Kentucky. He married MARY EMMA PEEPLES Abt. 1891 in Kentucky, daughter of JOHN PEEPLES and EUDORA GRANT. She was born January 1869 in Tennessee, and died November 05, 1940 in Graves County, Kentucky.
 
Children of JOHN H.M.EDDINGS and MARY EMMA PEEPLES are:
20. i. BEATRICE7 EDDINGS, b. November 11,1891, Graves County, Kentucky; d.
Jackson, Tennessee.
ii. FRED EDDINGS, b. June 11, 1893, Graves County, Kentucky; d. November
11, 1911, Graves County, Kentucky.
iii.VIRGIL EDDINGS, b. October 11, 1895, Graves County, Kentucky; m.
MARIAN ALLEN.
21. iv. EVELENE AMY EDDINGS, b. February 07, 1899, Graves County,
Kentucky.
22. v. MAMIE NORENE EDDINGS, b. February 07, 1899, Kentucky; d. February
28, 1989, Mayfield, Kentucky.
vi. BLANCHE EDDINGS, b. May 24, 1901; d. Abt. 1906.
23. vii. MARSHALL EDDINGS, b. May 24, 1903, Mayfield, Graves County,
Kentucky; d. July 1975, Murray, Kentucky.
24. viii. ROBERT WAYNE EDDINGS, b. March 27, 1906, Graves County,
Kentucky; d. April 02, 1974.
ix. WYMAN SEAL EDDINGS, b. March 27, 1906, Kentucky; d. June 11, 1974, Graves County, Kentucky; m. IDA S. VANDERGRIFF; b. Abt. 1904; d. June 08, 1988, Graves County, Kentucky.
 
More About WYMAN EDDINGS:
Burial: Highland Park Cemetery, Mayfield, Graves County, Kentucky
 
More About IDA S. VANDERGRIFF:
Burial: Highland Park Cemetery, Mayfield, Graves County, Kentucky
 
25. x. WILBURN MAURICE EDDINGS, b. Abt. 1910.
26. xi. NOBLIN CLAYTON EDDINGS, b. January 12, 1912, Kentucky; d. January 01, 1996, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois.
27. xii. MARY EDDINGS, b. August 11, 1914, Graves County, Kentucky; d. November 1977, Mayfield, Graves County, Kentucky.
 
16. ELI B.6 HOLMAN (NANCY5 EDDINGS, JOSEPH4, WILLIAM B.3, WILLIAM2 EDDINS, WILLIAM1) was born Abt. 1840 in Tennessee. He married ANN P..
 
Children of ELI HOLMAN and ANN P. are:
i. WILLIAM G.7 HOLMAN, b. Abt. 1874.
ii. JESSEE H. HOLMAN, b. Abt. 1878.

 
Generation No. 7
 
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7. NANCY A.7 EDDINGS (JAMES M.6, JOSEPH SIDNEY5, JOSEPH4, WILLIAM B.3, WILLIAM2 EDDINS, WILLIAM1) was born Abt. 1876 in Kentucky, and died March 26, 1961 in McCracken County, Kentucky. She married EDWARD LOWE Abt. 1894. He was born Abt. 1871 in Kentucky, and died Bef. 1930.
 
Children of NANCY EDDINGS and EDWARD LOWE are:
i. LUCILLE8 LOWE, b. 1898, Kentucky.
ii. ELNA LOWE, b. Abt. 1900, Kentucky.
iii. ERNEST LOWE, b. Abt. 1902, Kentucky
iv. WILLIARD LOWE, b. Abt. 1908, Kentucky
v. LEWIS LOWE, b. Abt. 1913, Kentucky
 
18. JOSEPH S.7 EDDINGS (JAMES M.6, JOSEPH SIDNEY5, JOSEPH4, WILLIAM B.3, WILLIAM2 EDDINS, WILLIAM1) was born Abt. 1879 in Kentucky, and died January 27, 1967 in McCracken County, Kentucky. He married LOTTA M. JOHNSON Abt 1900 in Kentucky. She was born Abt. 1886 in Tennessee, and died July 08, 1970 in McCracken County, Kentucky.
 
Children of JOSEPH EDDINGS and LOTTA M. are:
i. NORMAN R.8 EDDINGS, b. Abt. 1901.
ii. IRENE EDDINGS, b. Abt. 1904.
iii. IMOGENE EDDINGS, b. Abt. 1906.
iv. CLAUDE EDDINGS, b. Abt. 1907.
v. MARY LEE EDDINGS, b. Abt. 1909.
vi. ADELE EDDINGS, b. Abt. 1911.
vii. MILDRED EDDINGS, b. Abt. 1913.
viii. WILLIAM H. EDDINGS, b. Abt. 1915.
ix. NELL EDDINGS, b. Abt. 1917.
x. VIRGIE EDDINGS, b. Abt. 1919.
 
19. HENRY MERRIDA7 EDDINGS (JAMES M.6, JOSEPH SIDNEY5, JOSEPH4, WILLIAM B.3, WILLIAM2 EDDINS, WILLIAM1) was born February 1887 in Kentuckyand died October 5, 1930 in McCracken County, Kentucky. He married LUCY E. Abt. 1909. She was born Abt. 1889 in Tennessee in Tennessee, and died April 07, 1965 in Graves County, Kentucky.
 
Children of HENRY EDDINGS and LUCY is:
i. WAYNE8 EDDINGS, b. 1909, Kentucky.
ii. JOSEPH EDDINGS, b. Abt 1912, Kentucky; d. August 14, 1984, Graves
County, Kentucky.

 
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