Eldad and Abigail were married in 1782 after which they settled in Amherst, Massachusetts. ®408 ®656 He was a twin to Medad. ®408 He and Medad were Revolutionary War patriots from Amherst, serving on either correspondence committees, inspections/safety committees, or as soldiers. ®1312 Eldad was a member of the company of Amherst “minute men” under the command of Reuben Dickinson which was one of the first to respond to the Lexington alarm of 19 April 1775. He also was garrisoned at New London, Connecticut from 20 July to 25 August 1779 in Captain Elijah Dwight’s company. ®778 ”His house was about one mile and three fourths, north of the residence of his brother, Lemuel. It stood upon the east side of the same road. He made his Will on June 10, 1814. It was proved Feb 7, 1815. Having no children, his wife was made sole legatee.” ®408 In the Amherst Valuation List of 1776 he had 1 Poll, 1 Horse, 0 Oxen, 0 Cows, 0 Hogs, 0 Sheep, 2:0 Personal Estate, 6 Houses and Lands, 13:3 Real Estate, 15:3 Total. ®778 In 1790 Eldad and Abigail lived alone in Amherst. ®1752 In 1800, Eldad, age 54, and Abigail, age 26-45 live alone in Amherst. ®1747 He was on the 1802 Voters List in Amherst. ®811 ®778 In 1810 Eldad, 64, and Abigail, over 45, lived alone in Amherst, Massachusetts. ®1746 Eldad died in 1814 at age 68. ®408 On 24 Nov. 1815, Abigail Moody of Amherst, widow, sold her two pieces of land “lately owned by Eldad Moody” to Elijah Yale. ®1753 A few months earlier, on 1 July 1815, Tyrus Pratt of Ludlow, Mass., and Ephraim Pratt of Shutesbury had quitclaimed on “all property belonging to Eldad Moody, late of Amherst and Widow Abagail [sic] his wife” to Elijah Yale. ®1754 Tyrus and Ephraim were Abigail’s brothers; since she was childless, they would have had an interest in her estate.