Jonathan Eddy | |
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| Born | 1726 Norton, Massachusetts |
| Died | 1804 (aged 77–78) Eddington, Maine |
| Buried | |
| Allegiance |  Kingdom of Great Britain United States of America |
| Years of service | 1755–1783 |
| Rank |  Colonel 1775–1777 |
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Jonathan Eddy (c. 1726–1804) was an American military officer and politician who served in the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War. 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.