Sherri (Buczek) Quental

Ancestors

Contents 1 Special Note 2 Biography 3 Family Mysteries 4 Other Family Pages 5 Family Historian 6 Sources

Special Note

I am in possession of the complete set of books published by the Eddy Family Association: The Eddy Family in America (c) 1930. I have the original 1930 book as well as all of the supplements and the bound compilation of the Eddy Bulletins.

I am willing and able to do lookups in these books for anyone needing information. I can't always promise a quick turnaround, but I usually get lookups done within a day or two. I will provide any information requested and normally include biographical stories that might be included under a person's entry in the books.

If you want to have me look something up, please send me a private message and include as much detail as possible about the individual(s) you want me to look up. A lot of the names repeat in families, so the more detail, the better so I can make sure I'm looking up the correct person for you.

Biography

I've been long fascinated by history and genealogy and have spent several years poring through books and online resources trying to track down as much information as I can. When I was younger, I was intrigued by my grandmother's set of "big red books" on the Eddy Family.^[1] Lucky me when I was in my 20's and she gave them to me! Around 1999, I became the executive secretary for the Eddy Family Association (EFA) and continued in that capacity through 2012.

Living in Massachusetts, I often feel as though I'm a part of living history. I see signs of my Eddy heritage all over the area, from Eddy Street in Providence, Rhode Island (where I work) to the Eddy Family Cemetery in Swansea, Massachusetts (the town adjacent to where I live), I'm able to stand on ground that I know some of my ancestors have traveled. While the branch of the Eddy family I descend from is not part of that line (at least no connection has been found...yet!), the branch I descend from was closely intermingled (marrying sisters of wives from that other branch, exchanging property, etc.).

The branches of my family tree extend from New England to Canada and back and from such far away lands as France, England, and Poland. Some came early and rubbed shoulders with the founders of the "New World," while others came later, greeted on the shores of New York by Lady Liberty and the promise of freedom in a new land. Some were soldiers, some were housewives, some died young, some old, but all of them contributed in some way to the great mystery that makes up my family tree.

I love poking at the roots!

Family Mysteries

I've created two family mysteries pages. If you have any information that might be able to assist me, please let me know!

Finding Aleksander Buczek! Aleksander Buczek was my great-grandfather. The family story I've always been told was that Aleksander met Bertha on the ship when they were both immigrating to America. However, I've recently come to believe that this family story isn't quite accurate!

Who was John Eddy of Taunton??? There has long been mystery surrounding John Eddy of Taunton, who at one point was believed to be the son of the Pilgrim, Samuel Eddy. It was later discovered that Samuel's son John moved to Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard, lived out his days there, was very active in that town, and died there...all while John Eddy of Taunton was raising his own family in Taunton. It is strongly believed that these two John Eddy's ARE closely related, but that relationship remains a mystery.

Other Family Pages

Eddy Family Cemetery, Swansea MA The Eddy Family Cemetery in Swansea, Massachusetts where the Pilgrim Samuel Eddy and his wife Elizabeth are buried is located in Swansea, Massachusetts. I live in the next town over from Swansea and have been to the cemetery to take photos. Where possible, I will try to link these photos to applicable profiles on WikiTree.

Keeping Up With The Joneses My maternal grandfather's name was Harry Jones. His father's name was Harry Jones. When doing genealogical searches, Harry Joneses are, for all intents and purposes, a dime a dozen. To make it worse? I think the father of Harry Jones the Elder is John Jones. Ugh. Like finding a needle in a haystack.

Family Historian

We are the chosen. In each family there is one who seems called to find the ancestors. To put flesh on their bones and make them live again. To tell the family story and to feel that somehow they know and approve.

Doing genealogy is not a cold gathering of facts but, instead, breathing life into all who have gone before. We are the story tellers of the tribe. All tribes have one. We have been called, as it were, by our genes. Those who have gone before cry out to us: "Tell our story." So, we do.

In finding them, we somehow find ourselves. How many graves have I stood before now and cried? I have lost count. How many times have I told the ancestors, "You have a wonderful family; you would be proud of us." How many times have I walked up to a grave and felt somehow there was love there for me? I cannot say.

It goes beyond just documenting facts. It goes to who am I and why do I do the things I do. It goes to seeing a cemetery about to be lost forever to weeds and indifference and saying I can't let this happen. The bones here are bones of my bone and flesh of my flesh. It goes to doing something about it. It goes to pride in what our ancestors were able to accomplish. How they contributed to what we are today. It goes to respecting their hardships and losses, their never giving in or giving up, their resoluteness to go on and build a life for their family. It goes to deep pride that the fathers fought, and some died, to make and keep us a nation. It goes to a deep and immense understanding that they were doing it for us.

It is of equal pride and love that our mothers struggled to give us birth, without them we could not exist, and so we love each one, as far back as we can reach. That we might be born who we are. That we might remember them. So we do. With love and caring and scribing each fact of their existence, because we are they and they are the sum of who we are.

So, as a scribe called, I tell the story of my family. It is up to that one called in the next generation to answer the call and take my place in the long line of family storytellers. That is why I do my family genealogy, and that is what calls those young and old to step up and restore the memory or greet those who we had never known before.

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Sources

• First-hand information. Entered by Sherri Buczek at registration.

Eddy, Ruth Story Devereux. The Eddy Family in America. Boston: Association, 1930. Print.

1. ↑ Eddy, Ruth S. D. The Eddy Family in America: A Genealogy Comp. by Ruth Story Devereux Eddy ... and Pub. Under the Direction of the Eddy Family Association, in Commemoration of the Three Hundredth Anniversary of the Landing of John and Samuel Eddy at Plymouth, Oct. 29, 1630. Boston, Mass, 1930. Print.

Eddy, Ruth Story Devereux. The Eddy Family in America: Supplement of 1950. Boston: Eddy Family Assoc., 1950. Print.

1. ↑ Eddy, Ruth S. D. The Eddy Family in America: A Genealogy Comp. by Ruth Story Devereux Eddy ... and Pub. Under the Direction of the Eddy Family Association, in Commemoration of the Three Hundredth Anniversary of the Landing of John and Samuel Eddy at Plymouth, Oct. 29, 1630. Boston, Mass, 1930. Print.

Eddy, Ruth Story Devereux, and Ruth Allendorf. Breck. The Eddy Family in America: Supplement 1968. Middleboro, MA: Eddy Family Association, 1971. Print.

1. ↑ Eddy, Ruth S. D. The Eddy Family in America: A Genealogy Comp. by Ruth Story Devereux Eddy ... and Pub. Under the Direction of the Eddy Family Association, in Commemoration of the Three Hundredth Anniversary of the Landing of John and Samuel Eddy at Plymouth, Oct. 29, 1630. Boston, Mass, 1930. Print.

Breck, Ruth Allendorf., and Ruth Story Devereux Eddy. The Eddy Family in America: Supplement 1980. Middleboro, MA: Eddy Family Association, 1980. Print.

1. ↑ Eddy, Ruth S. D. The Eddy Family in America: A Genealogy Comp. by Ruth Story Devereux Eddy ... and Pub. Under the Direction of the Eddy Family Association, in Commemoration of the Three Hundredth Anniversary of the Landing of John and Samuel Eddy at Plymouth, Oct. 29, 1630. Boston, Mass, 1930. Print.

Eddy, Thomas Allen. The Eddy Family in America: Supplement 2005 : A Continuing Genealogy. Middleboro, MA: Eddy Family Association, 2006. Print.

1. ↑ Eddy, Ruth S. D. The Eddy Family in America: A Genealogy Comp. by Ruth Story Devereux Eddy ... and Pub. Under the Direction of the Eddy Family Association, in Commemoration of the Three Hundredth Anniversary of the Landing of John and Samuel Eddy at Plymouth, Oct. 29, 1630. Boston, Mass, 1930. Print.