Jonathan Eddy
| Jonathan Eddy | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1726 Norton, Massachusetts |
| Died | 1804 (aged 77–78) Maine |
| Buried | Eddington, Maine |
| Allegiance |
 Kingdom of Great Britain United States of America
|
| Years of service | 1755-1783 |
| Rank |
 Colonel 1775-1777 |
| Battles/wars |
French and Indian War Battle of Beausejour American Revolutionary War Battle of Fort Cumberland Battle of Machias (1777) |
Jonathan Eddy (c. 1726–1804) served for the British in the French and Indian War and for the American Patriots in the American Revolution. After the French and Indian War he settled in Nova Scotia as a New England Planter, becoming a member of the General Assembly of Nova Scotia. During the American Revolutionary War, he was strongly supportive of the rebellion against the Crown. He encouraged the residents of Nova Scotia to join in open revolt against King George III and England. He led a failed attempt to capture Fort Cumberland in 1776 and was forced to retreat to Massachusetts, the place of his birth. The following year he led the defense of Machias, Maine during the Battle of Machias (1777). After the war he established the community now known as Eddington, Maine in 1784, where he died.
Jonathan Eddy was born in Norton, Massachusetts in 1726 or 1727. In 1755 he enlisted in the Massachusetts militia and participated in Robert Monckton's successful capture of Fort Beauséjour on the Isthmus of Chignecto in the French and Indian War. He received a militia captain's commission in 1758, when he apparently saw no action, and again in 1759, when his company was garrisoned at Fort Cumberland (the name Fort Beauséjour was given after its capture). After the war, Eddy returned home to Norton, only to return to Cumberland as a New England Planter in 1763. From 1770 to 1775 he served in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.
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