Background
Charles Eden was born in 1673 in England.
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CHARLES EDEN
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It was a year, however, before he came to America, where he was sworn in before the North Carolina Provincial Council “holden at ye house of Capt. John Hecklefield in Little River on ffriday the 28th day of May, Ano. Dorn. 1714. ”
At a meeting of the Lords Proprietors held at St. James’s Palace on Feb. 19, 1718, Eden was made a landgrave, being the last person ever to receive that title.
Enemies of the governor even hinted that he had shared in some of the pirate’s questionably gotten gains.
Eden, however, presented before the Council a complete story of his dealings with Teach, and ultimately received their approbation.
Shortly after his death the name of the town of Queen Anne’s Creek was changed to Edenton in his honor.
Achievements
Religion
Governor Eden was deeply interested in the religious development of the province, and on January 3, 1715, was chosen a vestryman of "the Eastern Parish of Chowan Precinct” (still existing under the name of St. Paul’s Parish) on Queen Anne’s Creek.
Personality
His original epitaph, which is in a fine state of preservation, declares that he “governed the province eight years to ye greatest satisfaction of ye Lords Proprietors & ye ease & happyness of ye people".
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March 26, 1722 (aged 49) -
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British