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HISTORY
GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL
...OP j/nJS....
EATON FAMILIES
.COMPILED BY..
NELLIE ZADA RICE MOLYNEUX
Author of "History Genealogical and Biographical of the Molyneux
Families'*
SYBACX78E, N. Y.
C. W. BARDEEN, PUBLISHER
1911
V _ J
Copyright, 1911,
BT
Nellie Zada Rice Molyneux
- • -r
p la 1911
But read the words of Sallust —
"♦ ♦ ♦ Their ancestors have left all things
which are in their power to leave them ♦ * *
the noble recollection of themselves."
TO
MY SISTER
ELIZABETH ELMIRA RICE KELLY
PREFACE
If I have succeeded in gathering up fragments
containing information which otherwise would have
been lost of the Eaton families — ^my labor will not
have been in vain.
I do not suppose that I have avoided all mistakes ;
in a work of this kind it would not be strange of there
should be inaccuracies. Town, county, and family
records are the authorities which I have depended upon.
Tradition says that the Eatons were Britons.
That when Caesar first invaded Britain 55 years be-
fore Christ, the Britains had no towns but dwelt in
scattered huts. When they went out to battle they dyed
their faces in order to terrify their enemies. In their
religion they worshiped many Gods and most horrible
were the sacrifices they practiced.
The Romans were a civilized people and had been
so for many centuries and it was not until Caesar's
Second Invasion that the Britons knew fear. For
it was at this time that the Chief of the tribe which
had subdued many of the neighboring tribes, and
whose stronghold was a stockade near the modem
St. Albans*, found his followers seeking the protection
of Caesar.
Thus encouraged, Caesar dashed at his stockade,
took it by storm. Through fear the great Chief
Cassivelanus abandoned the struggle and Caesar re-
turned to Gaul, leaving for nearly a century after his
departure Britain to herself.
^Note — ^At St. Albans are found records of the
Eaton family.
(5)
6 EATON GENEALOGY
The Cantuvellauni recovered the predominance
which they had lost. Cunobelin, the original of
Shakespere's Cymbeline, thought to be the grandson
of Cassivelanus, had become their Chieftain. He had
established his power over the Trinobantes as well
as his own people, and had made Camulodunum the
modem Colchester, his headquarters.
Traders began to flock over from Gaul bringing
with them a knowledge of the arts and refinement
of civilized life and so year after year civilization pro-
gressed. Cities sprang in numbers. Welsh legends
told of Arthur*s kingdom — and so on until Edward I
had slain Llewelyn and the son of Edward First*
bom at Carnarvon was presented to the Welsh as
Prince of Wales and the Britons declared under Eng-
lish rule.
The English ancestry of the Eaton families has been
traced from Blanqui Thane, of Lochabar, A. D. 1000,
through his son Fleance, who married Genta, Princess
of North Wales, down to William Eaton, who married
Jane Hussey, and died before 1584, leaving sons John,
Nicholas and Peter.
John Eaton, of Dover, son of Nicholas, emigrated
1635.
William Eaton, of Staple, son of Peter, emigrated
1637.
John Eaton, with wife Anne and six children,
emigrated before 1640.
Theophilus, son of Richard, emigrated 1637.
But it was in 1620, the little company of "Pil-
grim Fathers'' landed on the barren coast of Massachu-
setts; and Francis Eaton, carpenter from Bristol, the
first of the Eaton family to come, signed the compact.
"^Note — ^Afterwards King of England (Edward II)
AUTHORITIES FOR EATON GENEALOGY
The Landed Gentry of Great Britain and
Ireland. By Burke Vol. I, p. 497, 498
List of the pedigrees contained in William
Paver's Consolidated Visitations of York-
shire, being those taken in 1684, 1612
Eaton 4T. Miscellanea Genealogica et
Heraldica The Mayflower Descendant
Vol. I New England Hist, and Gen.
Register Vol I, II, III, V
Historical and Genealogies
Ancient Windsor, Conn. By Stiles
Windsor, Conn. History
Reminiscences of Worcester
History of the County of Schenectady, the
township of Duanesburgh
History of the County of Albany
Dedham Historical Register, Vol. IX &c.
Wakefield, Reading and North Reading. By
Hon. Lilly Eaton
History of Windham. By Ellen Lamed Vol.
I, II
Dedham Records — Births, Marriages and
Deaths 1880
Annals of Sudbury, Wayland and May-
nard. Bv Hudson
History of New Haven Colony
Eaton Family of Dedham. By John Eaton
Alden
New Jersey Archives Vol. I
(7)
8 EATON GENEALOGY
The History of Elizabeth, New Jersey. By
Rev. Edwin T. Hatfield, D. D.
Inscriptions on Tombstones, Elizabeth, N. J.
History of the Baptists in New Jersey. By
Griffeths
Historical Collections of New Jersey. By
John Barber and Henry Howe
History of Maiden. By Corey
The Topographer and Genealogist. By
Nichols Vol. 1, p. 454
Historical Miscellany (The Friends' Records
of Shewsbury, N. J.)
New Jersey Archives, First series Vol. XXI
History of Bucks County, Pa.
Street Genealogy
The Genealogical Society of Pa.
Pa. Magazine, Vol. XX 1896
Boardman Genealogy
Herringsham*s Encyclopedia of American
Biography
Lamb's Biographical Dictionary of the U. S
Vol. II
Genealogica Gleanings England. Vol. II
The Pioneers of Massachusetts. By Chas.
Henry Pope
The Mayflower, her log
The Story of the Pilgrim Fathers. By E.
Arber
Annals of Oxford, N. Y.
History of the Presbytery of Erie
Records of the Lower Dublin Baptist Church
or Pennypack Church
History of Monmouth County, Pa.
Robert Adams History. By A. N. Adams
The Ainsworth Family
AUTHORITIES
Visitation of England and Wales
Burkes Commoners, Vol. II
Ormerod's Cheshire III
Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. XV
Heraldic Visitation of Wales, Vol. II
History of Concord, N. H. By Bouton
Berry Hampshire Pedigrees
Old Records of the Town of Fitchburg
Register of the Sons of the Revolution, In
Mass. 1897
Annals of Buflalo Valley
The Herts Genealogist Antiquary
Phelphs Family
Allen Memorial, Family of Samuel of Windsor
Conn.
Annals of Counties and County Families of
Wales, Vol. I
Bailey Genealogy
Musgraves Obituary, Vol. C-F
History and Gen. Miscellany. By StlUwell.
Vol. II
Colonial Families, U. S.
Register of the Sons of the Revolution in
Mass.
Revolotionary Soldiers Newbury, Vt.
Montmiental Inscriptions in Centerburg,
Knox County, Ohio
History of Sunderland
Vital Record of Rhode Island, Vol. I
Genealogical Quarterly Magazine, Vol. I
History of Framingham.
History of Hingham.
William and Mary College, Vol. II, VI
Rev. Service, Conn.
10 EATON GENEALOGY
Genealogies and Biography of ancient Whet-
hersfield
Pa. Archives, Second series, Vol. X
History of Cattaraugus County
Johnson's History of Cecil County, Md.
Pa. Magazine, Vol. VI
Historical Collections of Harrison County
Richards Genealogy
Notes, Vol. V
Pa. Archives, third series, Vol. XIV, XXIII
Elmwood Batons
History of Bond, Vt.
The Maryland Calendar of Wills
Officers and men of N. J. in the Revolutionary
War
The Old North West, Vol. IX
Worcester, Mass. Town Records
Gleanings of Virginia History
Lower Norfolk County and Va. Antiquary
Willaim and Mary College Quarterly, Vol.
XIII
Mass. Soldiers and Sailors
Narraganset Historical Register, Vol. II
Vermont Antiquarian, Vol. Ill
Genealogica Advitiser, Vol. I
History of Monmouth and Ocean Counties
Old Times in Old Monmouth
Newspaper Extracts
Calendar New Jersey Records, 1664-1703
Family Montague
Old St. David's Radnor, 1700-1606
Alden Memorial
Andrews Memorial
Brook Puritans
AUTHORITIES • 11
Hist, of the Allison Family. By L. A. Mor-
rison
Parker Genealogy
Alstons and Allstons of South Carolina. By
A. J. Groves, M. D.
Reminiscences of North Carolina. By
Wheeler
Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol, XIV
Family Record of Alfred D. Eaton
Kingston Records
Data. Rev. Ephriam Llewellyn Eaton, Evans-
ston, 111.
Data. Commodore W. C. Eaton, U. S. Navy
Data. Commodore Chas. Phillips Eaton, U.
S. Navy
Data. Rev. Dr. Charles A. Eaton, New York,
N. Y.
Data. Rev. Dr. A, W. H. Eaton, Boston, Mass.
Data. Hon. Hiram Eaton*
Data. Prof. Daniel Eaton*
Family Records.
Data. George A. Chandler, Bethlehem, Pa.
Data. Mrs. E, E, Lasher
Data. Mrs. T, M. Eaton
Data. Mrs, George C. Eaton
Data. Mrs. S. H. Bradley
Our Family Ancestors. By Thos. M. Potts
Officers and Men of N. J. in the Revolutionary
War
Data. Mr. Herbert H, Eaton, Scrant on. Pa.
Data. Mr. Orra E. Monnette, Los Angeles , Cal .
Data. Mr. John A. Eaton, Kansas City, Mo.
Data. Mr. Lennox H. Eaton, Liverpool, N.Y.
Data. Mr. Marquis Eaton, Chicas:o, 111.
♦Deceased.
12 EATON GENEALOGY
On July 25, 1882, was organized in Boston,
Mass., the Eaton Family Association. Its
objects are genealogical research and the culti-
vation of mutual acquaintance and friendship.
All persons of the name and race of Eaton are
eligible for membership. The association
meets annually in August, usually in Tremont
Temple, Boston.
Badges for the various branches of the fam-
ily are white ribbon for the Plymouth Eatons,
red for the Oldham branch *, yellow for the
members of the Haverhill family, blue for the
descendants • of Jonas of Reading, pink for
those of William of Reading.
Crest of the Eaton arms is the head of a lion.
He is swallowing a cask or tun, a rebus on
Eaton (eat tun). The more usual crest is a
an eagle's head sable; in the mouth a sprig
vert.
Burke gives both crests for Eaton or Eton.
* Dedham Branch.
LINEAGE OF THE EATON FAMILIES
MOTTO
''Gogoniant Fr diwgdy
Success to the Industrious.
TREVADOCK. DUDLESTON
Llewelyn ap Griffri ap Cadwgan ap Meilyr ap Elidr ap Rees
Sais, and so on to Tudur.
Trevor, Lord of — Ankaret, v and heir to Meredith ap Madock
ap Howel, both the vaelors ap Griffith Maelor
Issue
Madoc — Ankaret v and heir to D. . . . ap Grown wy ap ler-
werth ap Howel ap Moreddig ap Sandde
Issue
Evan — ^Annest (4) v Sir Roger Pilston, Kt
Issue
Madock — Marg. v ler. Ddu ap Edwyred Gam ap lerwerthVoel
Issue
James Eyton, Esq. — Gwenllian, v Cynvrig ap Rotpert
Isssue
John Eyton — Gwenhwyvan, v and heir to Enion ab Ithel ap
Gwigeneu Vychan ap Gwrgeneu ap Madoc. Enion's
mother was and heir to Madoc ap Elizau ap ler-
werth ap Owen Brogyntyn. Elizau's mother was Eva,
co-heir to Madoc Gwenynwgh ap Owen Cyveihog
Issue
William Eyton — Lowry, v Dudur Vaugh, Esq., ap Gwilyn
ap Griffith of Penrleyn. Her mother was v Robt. ap Ric'd
ap Sir Roger Pilston
Issue
John Eyton (5) — JEliz., v and heir to Owen ap Griffith ap
Owen ap Howel ap Madoc. Her mother was ,
V John ap Evan ap Einion, and so to Osbom
(13)
14
EATON GENEALOGY
Heraldic
Visitation
of Wales
vol. ii
Denbigh-
shire
Pedigrees
Issue
James Eyton — Margt., v and heir to Philip Bride ap Dd Bride
ap Evan ap Dd. ap Lin. ap Evan ap David ap Llewelyn ap
Cynwrig ap Rhiwellon. Her mother was Alson, v John
Richd. ap Madoc ap Lin. ap Edwyred Gam ; and her mother
was Marrd., v Dd ap Madoc Lloyd ap Griffith ap lerwerth
Voel. Philip Bride's mother was Eve, v and heir to Grif-
fith ap Llewelyn ap Griffith ap Lin. Vaugh, of Pentre
Madoc, ap Gronwy ap Sir Roger Powys, ap Gronwy ap
TudvLT
William Eyton (1592), of Dudleston — Dorothy v James
Eyton, of Eyton (6)
Issue
James Eyton (1692)
Maurice Eyton's children were William and
Ales, and their mother was Eliz., v Maurice
ap Edward ap John ap David, of Dudleston.
He beareth for his Arms, 1st, Trevor's coat ;
3nd, Elidr ap Rees Sais, i. e., Ermine, a lion
rampt ;
Edward Eyton sonne to Wm. Eton sonne to
ohn Eton sonne to John Eton sonne to
ames Eaton sonne to Jevan ap Madog ap
vol Fi p. 360 Llewelyn ap Griff ri ap Kadwgan ap Meilyr ap
Elidr ap Rees Sais, &c., to Lydyr Trefor.
Vd ^57 ^'^^^S ^P Llewelyn alias Madog Eton — Augharad, dr. and
heire to David ap Gronwy
Issue
Jeuan Eton — Annes, v Sir Roger Pilston
Issue
Madog Eton (1) — Marvred v lerweith ddy
Issue
James Eton (2) — Gwenllian, dr and heire to Kynfrig ap
Rodpert
INTRODUCTION 15
Issue
John Eton (3) — Gwenhwyvar v Einon ap Ithel
Issue
Elis Eton (4) — Angharad v Madog Pilston
Issue
John Eton — Elizabeth v Sir Hugh Kaiwley
Issue
John Eton — Annes v Elisse ap Griffydd ap Einon (6)
Issue
lUniliam Eton — Annes v William Williams (6) Roger, mort;
Ric'd, mort; Owen; Elizabeth, ux. John Trefor; Jonet, ux. ;
David Lloid (7) ; Kathrin, ux. Hugh ap John ; Gwenliwyvar,
ux. Robert ap John
Edward Eton — Katherine, sole heire to John Wyn ap Howel.
John ; William ; Mary, ux. Edward Eton
He beareth: 1, Elidr ap Rees Sais; 2, Llowarch ap Bran;
3, Griffith Maylor; 4, Riryd Vlayth; 5, Owen Brogyntin; 6,
Madog ap G wen wyn wyn, viz.. Ore a lion saliant Gules (8)
1 Madog Eyton d 1331; buried at Gres-
ford.
2 (This James Eyton is stated to be a
son of Jeuan ap Madog ap Llewelyn and not
his grandson).
3 From another of James Eton's sons,
Wm. the Eytons of Bangor in Coed are
descended.
4 John ap EUes Eyton greatly distin-
guished himself by his services on behalf
of Henry VII at the battle of Bosworth, and
rec'd from that monarch an extensive grant
of lands near Rhiwabon, where there is a
monument to his memory. His daughter
Margaret married Gruff ydd ap Nichols, and
had issue, John Eyton, ancestor of the pres-
ent John Wynne Eyton, Esq. of Luswood
ap Llewelyn ap Cynwric ap Osbwm Wydd6l.
16 EATON GENEALOGY
6 Some pedigrees here give another son
named Rodger
7 Their daughter Catherine was married
to John Sonili, Esq. (See **Y Maichwiail
Sonili)
8 To this the Cae Ceyriog MS adds **but
he retained no more than that of Elidir,
Llowarch ab Bran, and Rird Flaidd and for
a crest, a semidragon displayed Gules hold-
ing a sword in its right paw, and about his
neck, down between his fore feet, and over
his back a chain Argent, proper with a
ring pendant. These arms were atchieved
under the Seal of Office of Sir Gilbert Death-
wick Knt. Garter King at Arms in the 19th
year of the reign of Elizabeth of England,
France, & Ireland, Queen Defender of the
Faith A. D. 1577"
The above specified Arms are to be read
in Lewis Dwnn's book and the name Edward
Eytyn subscribed to the Arms and Pedigree
in his own hand writing.*' See Dethick's
Gifts, Vincent 162 p. 63 in the College Arms.)
Joan Eaton m Ralph, 2d son (Sir Thomas
C. Grosvenor, Lord of Heelme) and became
founder of the family of Grosvenor of Eaton,
now represented by Robert, Marquis of
Westminister.
EATON HALL
Eaton Hall in Chester is the $12,000,000
estate of the Duke of Westminister, and one
of the finest country places in England.
This noble house traces its descent to a family
which is stated to have flourished in Nor-
mandy for a century and a half before the
Conquest, and obtained its surname from hav-
ing held the high and powerful office in that
principality of Le Grosvenor. (Collins Peer-
age). The founder of the English Gros-
venors, Gilbert Le Grosvenor, came over in
the train of the Conqueror. So far back as
the reign of Richard II proof of the antiquity
and distinction of the Grosvenors was given
in the famous controvesy which then arose
between Sir Richard Scrope and Sir Robert
Grosvenor, as to the right to bear a particu-
lar coat of Arms. (See Sir Bernard Burke's
Remininiscences.)
The line which interests the Eaton families
is the marriage of Joane only dau and heiress
of John Eaton, of Eton (now Eaton) Co.,
Chester, to Raufe Le Grosvenor, Lord Hulme,
25 Henry VI, second son of Sir Thomas Le
Grosvenor, Lord of Hulme (living 10 Henry
V) and Katherine, dau of Sir William Phes-
ant, Knt.
(18)
INTRODUCTION 19
Issue of
Raufe Le Grosvenor, Lord Hulme by Joan,
dau of John Eaton
1 Robert of Eaton m Johan, dau Thomas
Fitton of Gawsworth Co., Chester, who d. v. p.
leaving
Robert, heir to his grandfather, who m
Catherine, dau Sir William Norris of Speke
Co., Lancaster.
Issue :
2d son Richard Grosvenor of Eaton s, his
bro. Robt, and m 1st year of Henry VIII,
Catherine, dau Richard Cotton of Rid ware,
Hampstall Co., Stafford.
Issue:
Sir Thomas Grosvenor, Knt. of Eaton,
eldest son who s his father in 1542; m 20th
King, Henry VIII, Maud, dau Sir William
Poole Knt. of Pool Co., Chester and had
issue.
Sir Thomas Grosvenor who s in 1549; m
(1) Anne, dau Roger Bradshaigh of Haigh
Co., Lancaster s by Richard Grosvenor of
Eaton, who served the office of high-sheriff
f Chester in 1602; m (2) Christian, dau Sir
Richard Brooke, Knt. of Norton Co., Chester.
Issue:
Sir Richard Grosvenor, 1st Bart., Knt.,
created baronet Feb. 23, 1621 s his father in
1579. Sir Richard served as high sheriff
for the Co. of Chester 22d year of James I;
was mayor of the city of Chester and Knt.
of the shore A. D., 1625; m Lettice, dau Sir
Hugh Cholmondeley, as 1st wife and had
20 EATON GENEALOGY
Sir Rlchardi 2d Bart, who s his father in
1645; m Sydney dau Sir RoJ^er Mostyn, Knt.
Sir Thomas Grosvenor 3d Bart, who repre-
sented Chester Co. in parliament in the reign
of Charles II, James II and William III; m
Mary, only dau Alexander Davis of Ebury
and by her acquired the London property.
He was s by his eldest s Sir Richard 4th Bart,
in 1700 who m Jane, dau Sir Edward Wynd-
ham, Bart, This Sir Richard was grand-
cup-bearer at the coronation of George II
by presenting to his Majesty the first cup of
wine after he had been crowned, and had
the cup as his fee. He d 1732 s by his brother
Sir Thomas Grosvenor 5th Bart. M. P. for
Chester who d unm 1733; s by his brother
Sir Robert as 6th Bart. P. M. for Chester who
m Jane, only dau Thomas Warre; having
issue Sir Rlchardi first Earl, elevated to the
peerage as Baron Grosvenor of Eaton Co.,
palatine of Chester, April 8, 1761, and ad-
vanced to the dignities of Viscount Belgrave
and Earl Grosvenor, July 5, 1784; m Hen-
rietta, dau Henry Vernon of Hilton Park,
Stafford Co.; issue
Robert, 1st Marquess of Westminister, b
1767; created Marquess of Westminister Sept.
13, 1831; m 1794, Eleanor dau 1st Earl of
Wilton.
Issue :
Richard, 2d Marquess of Westminister,
lord and custos rotulorum of Cheshire P. C, K.
G., b 1796; m Elizabeth Mary, dau 1st Duke
of Sutherland K. G., s by 2d son Hugh Rich-
INTRODUCTION 21
ard Arthur Grosvenor, Marquess of West-
minister, Earl Grosvenor, Viscount Belgrave,
Baron Grosvenor of Eaton in the county
palatine of Chester, and a baronet; Lord
Lieut, of Cheshire; Capt. Cheshire imp yeo,
late Lieut royal horse guards, and A. D. C.
to Viscount Milner when Gov. of Cape of
Good Hope; served in South African war
1899-1900 as A, D. C. to F. M. Lord Roberts;
b Mar. 19, 1879; s his grandfather as 2d duke
1899; m Feb. 16, 1901, Constance Edwina,
younger dau of Col. William Comwallis-
West of Ruthin Castle, Denbigh Co.
Issue :
Edward George Hugh Earl Grosvenor (to
whom the King stood sponsor) b Nov. 16,
1904.
Eyton Hall was the seat of the family.
The earliest known ancestor was William
Eaton of Dover, who d about 1584.
In regard the name, it is traditionary that
it was once Benito, pronounced Beeneto,
and in time became Ben Eaton, later Etyon
and Eaton.
Stone cut memorials are to be seen in the
church-yard at St. Mary the Virgin of Dover.
Eaton, Family Name of Baron Chelesmore
Henry William Eaton, eldest son of H.
Eaton, Esq; extensively connected with silk
trade; sat as M. P. for Coventry (C) 1865-30
and 1881-7. When he was created Baron
Cheylesmore of Chelesmore, Coventry Co.. *
Warwick; m in 1839, Charlotte Gorham
22 EATON GENEALOGY
(who d 1877) dau of Thomas Leader Harman,
Esq of New Orleans; d 1891 s by son Wil-
liam Merton Eaton 2d Baron.
Issue;
2 1
3 2 William Merton b Jan. 15, 1843
4 3 Hon. Herbert Francis b Jan. 25, 1848;
m Elizabeth French
5 4 Charlotte Harman m 1879, Lord
George Miuray Pratt, son of the Marquess
Camden
6 5 Hon. Frances Louise
3 2 William Merton Eaton, 2d Baron, b
Jan. 15, 1891 is a D. L. for Warwickshire;
unsuccessfully contested Macclesfield, (C)
1868. 1874-1880
Arms — Erminois, a frette azure two flau-
ches of the last, each charged with a wing
erect argent Crest. A lion's head erased
argent, devouring a tun or gorged with a
double chain gold, suspended there from an
escutcheon azure charged with a cross couped
also or.
Supporters — Dexter, a stag; sinister, a
lion; both argent, each gorged with a collar
flory counter — floury, and charged on the
shoulder with a frette azure.
4 3 Hon. Herbert Francis Eaton, b Jan.
25, 1848; Maj. Gen. in the Army, formerly
Col. Comdg. Grienadier Guards; unsuccess-
fully contested Coventry (C) 1887. Ap-
pointed a member of South African Compen-
sation Committee, 1901, a Knight of Grace
of Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England;
COL. THE HON. HERBERT FRANCIS EATON
— From Vanity Fair
24 EATON GENEALOGY
m July 14, 1892, Elizabeth, dau of Francis
Ormond French, Esq., of New York.
Issue :
7 1 Frances Ormond Henry b 1893
8 2 Herbert Edward b 1895
Hon. Henry William Eaton, M. P.
It has long been the boast of the governing
classes of England that they admit into their
circle not only those men who have been
bom and bred in the traditions of rule, but
also those who can succeed in showing in
other departments of life that they have
talent for it. Some such fail and fall into
insignificance, while others show a remark-
able readiness to assimilate themsleves to
those whose task they share, and a creditable
aptitude for the mysteries of Statecraft and
the social arts. Party and parties are ex-
cellent schools, but it is not all the scholars
who are capable of receiving their teaching,
and even of those many are arrested in their
career by too great a rigidity of principle
or too little plasticity of character.
Mr. Eaton has avoided all the obstacles
which lie in such a road with a skill which
has procured his acceptance as one worthy,
if not of a direct hold upon the reins of power,
at least of a voice in the halts and the advances
which the car of the State shall make, and
in the great chorus of London Society. Of
commerce he is an especial representative,
for by shrewdness and conduct he has raised
himself to the position of the first trader in
HON, HENRY WILLIAM EATON, M. P.
— SlotismanNo. 95from Vanity Fi.ir.
26 EATON GENEALOGY
silk that we possess, and as such has fitly
sat in the House of Commons for the last six
years as Member for Coventry. Possessed
of a large fortune and a generous disposition,
he is a liberal patron of the arts, and will
not hesitate, should the fancy take him, to
buy the best picture, or even the best club
of the day. In politics he has disarmed envy
by a notable talent of silence, and has propi-
tiated his leaders by a faithful adhesion to
that Conservative party which has had the
advantage of gaining his adhesion. In social
life he is accepted as the most smartly dressed
of all Members of Parliament, and as one of
those most appreciative of the most delicate
social distinctions.
Henry William Eaton, who made money
in the silk trade, helped to manage Insurance
Companies and to legislate at the bidding
of Coventry. He also dabbled in Geography
and Horticulture, became the first Lord
Cheylesmore in the fiftieth year of his Queen's
reign, and had three sons; of whom the third,
bom nearly four-and-forty years ago, and
named Herbert Francis, went to Eton to be
re-named "Cheeky Eaton." At twenty he
joined the Grenadiers, and, going to Dublin,
was by his brother officers called *' Brown" —
a name by which he has been known ever
since. A good soldier, an industriotis fellow,
and quite enthusiastic in all that he does, he
attained his Colonelcy and became a Peer's
son in the same year; and he is now in com-
mand of that 2nd Battalion of the Grenadier
INTRODUCTION 27
Guards which he has just brought back from Vanity Fair
a well-deserved holiday in Bermuda.
He is a good all-round sportsman who can
drive a team well; but though a fair shot, he
is sometimes a little too eager to get birds.
He has thrown himself heart and soul into
most things connected with the Brigade;
and the Boat Club and Racing Club would
miss him as much as he would be missed from,
an Ascot luncheon. He has commanded
the N. R. A. camp at Wimbledon and Bisley
for seven years; yet he has fotmd time to
start and successfully edit The Brigade of
Guards Magazine. He is a very good and a
very popular Colonel.
He had a narrow escape from degenerating
into a politician four years ago, when he was
only saved from becoming a Tory Member of
Parliament by sixteen gallant Coventry voters.
Eaton of Tolethorp Hall, Co. Rutland
Arms — Quarterly: 1st and 3d, or a fret
azue ; 2nd and 3rd or a bend azure between
three lions heads, gules.
Crest — ^A lion or, bearing a bow proper.
Daniel Eaton of Deen Co., Northampton
(elder surviving son of Daniel Eaton of Deen,
by Elizabeth Sanderson his wife; brother of
Venble. Stephen Eaton, Rector of St. Ann's
Soho, London, and Archdeacon of Middle-
sex); b May 4, 1730; bapt at Deene July 10,
1732; d Dec. 8,; bur at Deene Dec. 11, 1789.
Will dated Nov. 4, 1781; proved (P. C. C,
28 EATON GENEALOGY
the relict, and Stephen Eaton, the brother,
the Exors.)
Issue:
2 1 Elizabeth Eaton b at Deene May 15,
bapt there July 30, 1778; d at Bamack Co.,
Northampton, June 9, bur at Deene June 14,
1842.
3 2 Stephen Eaton of Ketton Hall, Co.
Rutland; b at Deene Mar. 30, bapt there
May 10, 1780; d at Ketton Hall, aged 54,
Sept. 25, bur at Ketton Sept. 30, 1834. Will
dated .Aug. 14, 1834, with 4 codicils dated
respectively Oct. 16, 1831; Feb. 20, 1832; and
Mar. 19. 1833. Proved (P. C. C, 632) Teign-
mouth Nov. 27, 1834, by Charoltte Ann
Eaton, the relict, and William Clark, M. D.,
two of the Exors named in 3d codicile; m
Charlotte Anne, 2d dau and coheir of George
Waldie of Hendersyde Park, Co. Roxburgh,
and the Fourth House, New-Castle-on-Tyne,
Co. Northumberland, by another wife, eldest
dau of Jonathan Ormston of New-Castle-on-
Tyne; b Sept. 28, 1733; m at Hendersyde
Park, Aug. 14, 1822; d in London April 28;
bur at Ketton May 2, 1859. Will dated Feb.
25, 1859; proved (Prin. Reg. 350.59.) Jan.
10, 1859, by Charles Ormson Eaton of Tix-
over Hall, Co. Rutland the s and Charlotte
Eaton, the dau Exors.
Issue :
4 1 Charlotte Eaton b at Ketton Hall,
Dec. 1; baptism registered at Ketton; d at
Torquay, Co. Devon, April 16, bur in the
cemetery there April 19, 1876. Will dated
INTRODUCTION 29
July 7, 1873, with codicil dated Feb. 13, 1875;
proved (Prin. Reg. 563, 76) July 15, 1876,
by Charles O. Eaton of Tolethorpe Hall, Co.
Rutland, the brother, John Leach of Ivy
Towers, Co. Pembroke, Robt. Wills of Plas
Bwl, Flint Co.. and the Rev. Paul Bush of
Duloe Rectory, Co. Cornwall, the Exors.
6 2 Charles Ormston Eaton of Tolethrope
Hall, Co. Rutland; b at Ketton, Feb. 11, 1827;
educated at Harrow and Trinity College,
Cambridge, B. A. 1849, M. A. 1852; J. P. for
counties of Rutland , Northampton and Liber-
ty of Peterborough, High SheriflF for Co.
Rutland, 1864, formerly Capt. Royal North
Lincolnshire militia; m Elizabeth Jane, 2d
dau of Robert Hedley of Ledbrook, Co.
Somerset, and of Long Benton, Co. North-
umberland, by Jane Elizabeth his wife, dau
of John Graham-Clarke of New-Castle-on-
Tyne, and of Sutton, Co. York; b at Florence,
Italy, Sept. 24, 1834, and bapt there; m at
West Monckton, Co. Somerset, Sept. 9, 1858.
Issue:
8 1 Stephen Ormston Eaton b at Tixover
Hall, Co. Rutland; bapt at Tixover, Oct. 31,
1850; formerly Lieut. King's Royal Rifle
Corps (60 Rifles); m Mary Isabella Emma,
only child and heiress of Lord Edward Thynne
M. P., by his 2nd wife, Cecilia Anne Mary,
dau of Charles Arthur, Gov. of the 1st Life
Guards; b June 22, 1866; m at Byfleet, Co.
Surry, Nov. 6, 1890.
Issue :
30 EATON GENEALOGY
14 1 Charles Edward Thynne b at 39
Chester Terrace, Regents Park, London, Dec.
21, 1891
9 2 Hary Ann Charlotte b 18 Chas. St.
Berkeley Sq., London, Mar 15, bapt. at All
Saints, Margaret St., London, April 13, 1862
10 3 Hubert Francis Joseph of Ketton
Grange, Co. Rutland; b 27 (now 46) Park
St., Grosvenor Square, London, Jan. 19, bapt
there privately Jan. 21, 1864; baptism regis-
tered at the church of the Assumption, War-
wick St., London; of Trinity Coll., Cam-
bridge, B. A. 1885; M. A, 1888, J. P. for Co.
Northampton; m 1894, Evelyn Mary, only
dau of George Augustus Campbell of Brackley,
Co, Northampton, by Hon. Alice Louise, his
wife, eldest dau of Percy, 8th Viscotmt Har-
rington, b Nov. 29, 1874 and bapt at Evenley
Co. Northampton; m at St. Mary's, Chelsea
London, Nov. 29, 1894.
Issue :
15 1 George Hubert b Sept. 2, 1895; bapt
at Ketton Hall, Co. Rutland
16 2 Sybil Evelyn b Feb. 17, 1897 and bapt
at Ketton
11 4 Rev. Robert Ormston bat St. Martin's
Stamford Co., Lincoln, Sept. 12, bapt at St.
Augustine, Stamford, Sept. 14, 1866; Priest
of the Church of Rome.
12 5 Georgianna Elizabeth Mary b at 4
Portland Place, London, May 12, bapt at St.
Charles, Ogle St., London, May 14, 1868.
INTRODUCTION 3J
13 6 Charles Wilfred b at Cadogan Place,
London, Oct. 12; bapt at St. Mary's, Chelsea
Nov. 13, 1872
6 3 John Richard b at Ketton Hall, Co.
Rutland, July 7; bapt at Ketton, Aug. 17,
1828; d at Carlsbad, Bohemia, April 5, 1892
and bur there. WUl dated May 13, 1878;
proved (Prin. Reg. 428, 92) April 30, 1892,
by Joseph de Griez LL. D., and John Henry
Taxton, the Exors.
7 4 Georgianna Elizabeth b at Ketton
Hall, Sept. 27, 1830; bapt at Ketton, Jan. 1,
1831; m at Rome, Jan. 10, 1855, Richard
Westbrook Lamb of West Denton, Co. North-
umberland (s of Joseph Lamb of West Denton
and Temon Co. Cumberland, J. P. and D. L.,
by Amelia Mary his wife, dau of Joseph West-
brook Michael, of Stamford, Co. Lincoln);
Aug. 11, 1826; J. P. and D. L. for Co. North-
umberland; d April 9; bur in Kensal Green visitation of
Catholic Cemetery, London, April 14, 1895. England
She d at Nice, aged 37, Mar. 7, 1868 and was ^^f ^^^^^
i_ u^i_ » o » vol VI p 86-7
bur there.
John Eaton, divine, b in Kent in or about Diet, of
1575; educated at Trinity College, Oxford, Nat. Biog.
B. A. 1595; M. A. 1603; after several curacies ^^^ ^^^ ^37
including St. Catherine, Coleman, St. London
he was presented with the vicarage of Wick-
ham Market, Suffolk, being accoimted by
all the neighboring ministers a grand Antino-
mian if not one of the founders of the sect
so called. Though undoubtedly much of a
fanatic, he made an excellent vicar; in a few
32 EATON GENEALOGY
years the parish was generally reformed inso-
much that most of the children of twelve
years old were able to give a good account
of their knowledge in the grounds of religion.
Later he was imprisoned for heterodox
Brook's preaching. None of his writings were allow-
Puritans466 ^^ ^^ ^^ published during his life time. After
his death appeared **The Discovery of the
most Dangerous Dead Truth."
I
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PART I
DESCENDANTS OF FRANCIS EATON
Francis Eaton, carpenter, came in the
Mayflower; signed the Compact; r at Ply- Pope's
niouth from 1633; wife, Sarah, came with ^'^^'^^^^^
him, with child Samuel, an infant; Rachel, pp 150.1
b before 1627; Benjamin, apprenticed 11th
Feb. 1635, for 14 yrs., including 2 yrs. school
to Bridget Fuller, widow ; Samuel apprenticed
for 7 yrs. Aug. 13, 1636, to John Cooke, jr.
His wife Sarah d and he m (2) ; ni (3)
Christian Penn. He d and admin, was gr.
to Thomas Preence and John Done, Nov. 25,
1633. (Reg. IV. 34 and Col. Reg.)
Francis Eaton embarked on the Speedwell
from Delf shaven. He is said to have been a
carpenter there. (Goodwin, Pilgrim Re-
public p. 32).
Francis Eaton sailed in the historic May-
flower Sept. 6, 1620, under the land division J^^^^^^J^
of 1623. His appointment as one of the May 10270^*2^^
flower passesgers fell on the north side of the ust of the
town with Edward Winslow, John Alden, and Uyden
Captain Myles Standish. Pilgrims
Note — Christopher Cary of the city of Bris- oir^inS*^
y tol, parish of St. Stephens, in his will speaks Eng., Hi
f of a lodge in the Parish of St. Phillips as 1053
occupied by Francis Eaton, house carpenter.
(This will was made in 1615 — proved 1625)
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34 EATON GENEALOGY
Mayflower The name of Francis Eaton is among those
6^y 496 ^^ ''^^^ Purchasers of Dartmouth 1660."
^^' Francis Eaton, with his wife Sarah came
Arber's ^ *^^ Mayflower, bringing their infant |son
Story of the Samuel Eaton, then a suckling child. His
Pilgrim wife d in the first sickness at Plymouth in
Fathers the Spring of 1621. He m (2). (His 2nd
p 362, 5 ^jfg he m in Plymouth and was probably
Governor Carver's maid servant.) His 2nd
Kr*"^ wife d and he m (3) at Plymouth, in 1624-5,
ants i 157 Christian Perm, who d at Marlborough about
1684. (She m (2) Francis Billington) By
Winsor's his third wife, Christian, he had three chil-
History of dren.
Duxbury jj^ ^ between 4 and 18 Nov. 1633, and
^ Admin, was gr. to Thomas Preence and John
New Eng. ^^^^' ^^^- ^5, 1633.(Reg. iv. 34 and Col.Reg.)
Gen. Reg. Issue by Ist wifc:
p53 2 1 Samuel b in England 16^0; m Mar.
20, 1647, Elizabeth who d in 1661. He m
Plymouth (2) at Plymouth, Jan. 20, 1661, Martha Bil- "
Colony Rec i^gf^^ ^ho d after Nov. 8, 1684.
ords. p 313 3 2 Elizabeth
4 ^
Ramsey's j u o^ -^
New Eng. Issue by 3d Wife :
Hist, and 5 4 Rachel b before 1627; m May 7, 1646,
Gen. Reg. Joseph Ramsen
* P ^ 6 5 Benjamin b lOJS; m (1) Sarah Hos- ^
kins; m (2) Mary Sturtivant, July 7, 1726
7 6 Christopher
Note — ** Francis Eaton had three children
by his 3rd wife. One of them m and hath a
child and the others are living but one of
them is an Ideote. He d about 16 years ago."
4
1
DESCENDANTS OF ERANCIS EATON
35
Division of Cattle in 1627 Howard's
Miscellanea
The tenth lot fell to ffrancis Eaton & those Geneaiogica
Joyned with him his wife ®* Heraidica
2 Christian Eaton
3 Samuel
4 Rachell
pl53
iv34
(To this lott ffell an heyfer of the last year New Eng.
called the white belyd heyfer & two shee "*®^- ^^^
goates.) ^"- ^^«-
An inventory of the goods & Chatties of
Sv Eaton Carpenter of Plymouth as it was
taken by James Hurst ffrances Cooke &
Phineas Prat the 8th of Nov. & presented
in Court upon Oath the 25th of the same
0 o
An 9 , Regni Dom, wri Carol
Imp'r one Cow
It one Cow calfe
It 2 young barrowe hoggs
It ifity bushels of come
It one coach
It 1 Cloake
It 1 balcke sute of cloathes
It 1 white hatt
It 1 black hatt
It 1 doublet
1 "
1 cushen
4 perter plates
1 cheese presse
1 chest
1 bo35
&c-
20 00 00
12 00 00
01 00 00
12 0 0
01
01 10 00-
01 00 00
00 08 00
00 04 00
00 05 00
00 12 00
00 01 00
00 12 00
00 01 OO
00 08 00
00 02 00
36 EATON GENEALOGY
1 Toole box 00 02 06
1 table 00 15 00
1 Cheese 00 13 00
1 old bedsteed & fforme 00 02 00
\
Second Generation
Mayflower ^ 1 Samuel Eaton of Duxbufy and Middle-
Descen- boro**, son of Francls Eaton, the Pilgrim
ants, vii 128 Father, was b in England in 1620. He m
Mar. 20, 1647, Elizabeth who d in 1661 ;
the same year he m (2) at Plymouth, Martha
Billington who d after Nov. 8, 1684. He d
at Middleboro' 1634. Martha (Billington)
Eaton m (2) in 1677, Robert Grossman of
Laurton.
Issue:
8 1 Francis b 1648
9 2 John b 1650
10 3 Samuel b 1652; d 1652
11 4 Elizabeth b 1653
12 5 . Samuel b 1656; m Elizabeth, dau
Davis's An- R^v. Samuel Fuller, May 24, 1694
^rkstf'''^' Issue by 2d wife;
F^rmouth 13 6 Mercy m Samuel Fuller
p 115 14 7 Sarah m Philip Bumpus
The inventory of Samuel Eaton 2 (Fran-
winson's cis 1) and the settlement of his estate.
Hist, of Transcribed from the Original Records
^,^5'*'^ By George Ernest Bowman.
^ """ An inventory of the estate of Samuel Eaton
Plymouth oi Middlcbery Late Deceased exhibited to
CoionyWiiis the Court held att Plymouth the 29th of
and Inven- Octobcr 1684.
tones, iv 83
^Note — Samuel Eaton bound himself an
apprentice to John Cook in 1636 for 7 years.
He bought land of Love Brewster and sold ^
it in 1663 to Josiah Standish; and removed
to Middleboro, and d intestate 1684.
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38 EATON GENEALOGY
Mayflower Item 3 Cowes 06 00 00
Item a yeer old heifer 01 00 00
Item 2 Colts ^ 01 00 00
Item a Mare 01 00 00
Item a Mare 02 00 00
Item a horse 01 10 00
Item a swine 02 02 00
Item a prte in a Grindstone 00 03 00
Item a Carte and wheels and a yoke 01 00 00
Item a plow takeling axes & hoes
a spade 2 sickles 01 00 00
Item wheat and rye and flBax and
tobacco 02 03 00
Item Indian com upon the ground 05 00 00
ItemaCanoo 00 05 00
Item Cotton woole and sheeps woole 01 04 00
Item Clothes and Armes 03 11 00
Item bedding 03 00 00
Itembookes 00 08 00
Item potts & tramell and a tonges
a bridle & a saddle 02 02 00
Item old lumber 00 10 00
Item house and land Granted by the
Town of Middlebery prised att 07 00 00
The whole is 37 11 00
prised by us John Allln
Nathaniel Warren
The Debts Due from the estate to
£ s d
marchant lake of Boston
04 00 00
For work of his sonnes
02 10 00
Smale Debts
02 10 00
I DESCENDANTS OF FRANCIS EATON . 39
For the settling of the estate of Samuell
Eaton of Middlebury, Deceased this Court
orders that the eldest shall have the house
and Land that was Graunted to the said
Eaton by the Town of Middlebery after his
Mothers Decease; the daughter provided for
by her Grandfather; and to have ten shilling
att Mariage or when shee is of age the which
first happens; and the children of the first
wife to have sums of twenty shillings a peece
& such of them as are dead the same to be
payed amongst theire Children each to have
theire prte att age or Marriage which first
happen ; and the Widow to have the remainder
for her releifle;
6 4 Rachel -Eaton, (dau of Francis 1) b Mayflower
before 1627; m Joseph Ramsden, Mar. 2, 1645. J^^^^^g
She d in , when he m (2) Issue ^ ^ ^"
of Rachell (Eaton) Ramsden.
Daniel Ramsden (Ramsdell)
6 5 Benjamin Edson,* (son v of Francis
by 3rd wife) b 1623; m (1) Dec..4. 1660, Samh,
b Sept. 16, 1636,; dafi of William and Ann
(Hinde) Hoskins: arid lived in Duxbury; m
(2) Mary Sturtivant, July 7, 1726.
Issue I
16 1 William b 1661 ; d July 1690-1.
*Noie — ^Aged Benjamin Eaton, Deceast
Janewary 16th 1711-12.
WiU (rf William Eatmi
I being called forth to go against the ffrench
I give 1 Cow and Calfe to my ffather and
40 EATON GENEALOGY
mother 2 all debts I Give them But the v must
Gather them.
Elekanah Cushman ^ and Martha his wife
made Oath to the above Will, Mar. 18, 1690-1
(83). The inventory of said estate was pre-
sented by Benjamin Eaton, father of the said
William Eaton, Mar. 28, 1690-1
16 2 Benjamin, jr., b 1664; ^ (1) Mary
Coombs of Plymouth; m (2) Susanna Eaton,
former wife of Lazarus Beal; she d April 13,
1739, aged 70. (rem to Yarmouth, Me.)
17 S Rebecca m Joseph Rickard
18 4 Ebenezer m Harriet (or Hannah)
Rickard in 1701.
19 5 Sarah
7 6 Christopher Eaton, son of Francis Ea-
ton, was in Plymouth in 1650. He is found
to have gone to Pennsylvania. Christopher
Eaton requests the Grant of a Parcell of the
land Claimed by Green and M. V. Bebbem,
N. C. County. I find no record of his marriage.
8 1 Francis Eaton, son of <2 1) b 1648;
m
Issue :
20 1 Francis m Frances Alden
20 2 jabez m Experience Wade 4(10)63,
Dorchester, Mass.
Third Generation
12 5 Samuel Eajhten (Eaton), son of Mayflower
(2 1) b.l656; m Elizabeth, dau Rev. Samuel Des^JJ^-
Fuller, May 24, 1694. ants. n. 42,
Issue :
21 1 Mercy b Dec. 6, 1695, and Samuel
a twin
22 2 Kezia b May 16, 1700; d Feb. 7, 1710
23 3 Elesabeth b July 26, 1701
24 4 Barnabas b April 12, 1703; m Me-
hitable . . . . ; m (2) Elizabeth Clemons (Cle-
mens) :
16 2 Benjamin Eaton, Jr., aon of (6. 5) Mayflower
b 1664; m Mary Coombs, Dec. 18, 1689;. she Descend-
was of Plymouth. His 2d wife was Susanna ^"^^' "• ^^'
Heal Eaton former wife of Lazarus Beal and
last of Benjamin Eaton, departed this life ^^^0,^8
April ye 13, 1739; he d April 13, 1739, aged 70 from Burial
years. - Grovmd at
Issue : Kingston.
26 1 Francis b 1690; m Thankful Alden Mass. vu
26 2 William b June 1, 1691; m
27 3 Hannah b Feb. 10, 1692; m Benja-
min Briant July 31, 1712.
28 4 Jabez b Feb. 8, 1693; d May 19, 1724
29 5 Sarah b Oct. 20, 1695; m Benjamin
Cushman Jan. S, 1712.
30 6 John b Oct. 6, 1697 ;m Elizabeth
Fuller.
31 7 Benjamin b 1698; d May 3, 1751;
m Mercy
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42 EATON GENEALOGY
Davis's 32 8 Mary m Zachariah Soole
Ancient 33 9 Elizabeth m Cornelius Sturtivant
ofpJZuSi 34 10 Elisha b 1701; m Mrs. Catherine
p. 100 (Belcher) Clough
36 11 David b 1698; m Deborah Fuller;
d July 8, 1759.
Inscription in Stoneham Cemetery
In
Memory of
Mrs. Anna Eaton, who d Nov. 9, 1779,
aged 81 b 1693
Mr. Zenas Eaton, Dorchester
d 14 June 1776
Davis's 18 4 Ebenezer Eaton, son of (6 5) b ;
Ancient m in 1701, Hannah Rickard. He was a
Landmarks hoUSCwright
of Plymouth Jggue :
**■ ^^ 36 1 Ebenezer jr., b 1702
Longfellow's 37 2 Benjamin b 1704; m Jane Eaton
Courtship of Jime 18, 1747
Miles 38 3 Mercy b 1706
standish 39 4 EUgha b 1708; m
40 5 Gideon b 1712; d 1718
41 6 Joanna b 1716, and Hannah who m
John Pen^ree, Mar. 1715
20 1 Francis Eaton, son of (8 1) m 1670,
Frances Alden, granddaughter of John Alden
and Priscilla (Mullins) Alden. .
Issue:
42 1 Jabez
43 2 Frances
44 3 John
46 4 Priscilla
Fourth Generation
24 4 Barnabas Eaton, son of (12 5) b Genealogical
April 12, 1703; m (1) Mehitable.. . ; (2) Eliza- Advertiser
beth demons (both were of Middleboro' in " ^
ye Co. of Plymouth) ; m by Benjamin White,
Justice of Peace, Feb. 21, 1743.
Issue:
46 1 Hannah b 1732
47 2 Samuel b 1734 ; m Patience Tinkham
48 3 Mary b 1735
49 4 Sarah b 1737; m George Middle-
town
60 5 Seth b 1739
Issue by 2nd wife :
61 6 Lot b 1744; m Martha Cobb
62 7 Mehitable b 1747; m John Shoe-
maker.
63 8 Elizabeth b 1749; d Jan. 13, 1808
64 9 Ziba b 1750; m Ruth Leonard
66 10 Nathan b 1753; m Margaret
66 11 Wealthy b 1755
67 12 Kezlah b 1756-7
68 13 Merlbah b 1760
26 1 Francis Eaton, son of (16 2) b 1690; ^^^
m (1) Thankful Alden, dau of David Alden ants v 39
of Middleboro', after Lawftil Publication, Dec.
14, 1727 (m by Peter Thatcher). X! J"
Thankful Alden, * dau of David Alden, "* ^^
* Note — ^Thankful Alden is also given as Aiden Me-
the dau of John Alden of Bridgewater, and ™o"*i ^^
his wife Hannah, dau of Capt. Ebenezer
White of Weymouth, who was b 1701 ; d Oct.
29. 1732.
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44
EATON GENEALOGY
Kingston
Records 80
Davis's
Ancient
Landmarks
of Plymouth
100
was granddaughter of John Alden and Pris-
cilla (Mullins) Alden. (See Longfellow's
Courtship of Miles Standish). She d Oct.
29, 1732, when he m (2) Lydia, dau of John
Fuller, June 12, 1733.
Issue:
69 1 Joseph b Nov. 26, 1728; m Hannah
Grossman.
60 2 David
61 3 Jabez b 1731; m Elizabeth Wil-
liams
Issue by 2d wife b in Marlborough, Mas.
62 4 Sylvanusbl734; m Deborah Caswell
63 5 Thankful b 1735;mJosiahCoggswell
64 6 John b 1737; m Patience Shelly
66 7 Maryb 1739; d 1739
66 8 Elijah b 1740 ; m Sarah Shaw
67 9 Benjamin b 1742
68 10 Susanna b 1743
69 11 Francis b ; m Frances Alden
26 2 William Eaton, son of (16 2) b June
1, 1691; m
Issue I
70 1 WiUIam b 1716
71 2 Joseph b
72 3 David b
Mayflower 30 6 John Eaton, son of (16 2) b Oct.
^tevw 250 ^' ^^^^'' ^ Elizabeth Fuller of Middlesex
after lawful publication and consent of par-
ents, July ult. 1729. They were m by P. That-
cher.
Issue:
73 1 Susannah
DESCENDANTS OF FRANCIS EATON 45
74 2 Benjamn b 1730
76 3 Mary m Ezekiel Carr
76 4 Elijah b
77 5 John b
Mayflower
31 7 Benjamin Eaton, son of (16 2) b Descend-
1698; d May 3, 1751, aged 55 years; buried antsvii 85
at Kingston, Mass. m (1) Marcy. . . .b 1706,
who d Aug. 2, 1741, aged 35 years, m (2) ^^^^g^.^^
Mary (Tilson) Tinkham of Belmouth. Oct Gr^ndTt^
28, 1746. Kingston.
Issue I Mass.
78 1 Mary b May 5, 1726; d 1726 aged
8 weeks and 3 days ; and 79 Ruth a twin of Plymouth
Mary. Marriages 50
80 2 Susannah b 1727
81 3 Jabesh b 1728; d 1728
82 4 Noah h 1734
83 5 Mary b 1735; d 1735
84 6 Seth b 1738
86 7 James b 1739
86 8 Benjamin b 1740; d 1740
Issue by 2d wife :
87 9 Benjamin b ; m Hannah Holms
in 1771
36 1 1 David Eaton, son of (16 2) b 1708, AdvmSr'
was of Kingston, Mass; m Deborah Fxiller of a 20
Kingston, April 19, 1744; d Jvdy 8, 1759, aged
51 years. His widow m (2) Ebenezer Ful- Mayflower
ler of Halifax, April 7, 1768, and d July 25, Descend-
tof\{\ J 01 -^ •/ ants vii 85,
1809, aged 81. g^
Issue ',
87 1 JabezbAug. 2, 1746
88 2 Job b 1749
46 EATON GENEALOGY
Genealogical 89 3 Consider b 1752; d Dec. 25, 1776,
fTS^ aged 24
90 4 Joshua b 1755; d Dec. 22, 1777 in
Canada, aged 22 years.-
91 5 Eunice b April 12, 1759
92 6 Lot b 1744; m Elizabeth who
^ ' d Dec. 26, 1803, aged 72 years.
93 7 Abner b 1758
34 10 Ellsha Eaton, son of (16 2) b 1701-
2; m Mrs. Catherine (Belcher) Clough. He
resided in Randolph, Mass., but removed to
Cape Elizabeth where he was the first minister
He removed to Harpswell in 1754 and d there
April 22, 1764; she d April 12, 1767.
Issue:
94 1 Rev. Samuel b April 3, 1736. See
p. 60
96 2 Elisha b
96 3 Ezekiei m Lois Cobb
97 4 Mary
98 5 Joshua m
99 6 Catherine
Fifth Generation
47 2 Samuel Eaton, son of (24 4) b 1734;. Davis's
m Patience Tinkheun; d about 1820. Ancient
IssAe : Landmarks
100 infant d (twin) of Plymouth
101 1 Samuel b 1754 ^^
102 2 Barnabas b 1757
103 3 Israel b 1760; m (1) Eunice Rick-
ard; m (2) Keziah
104 4 Mehltable
105 5 Daniel b 1767
106 6 Darius b 1770; m
107 7 Eunice m Bryant
106 8 Enos b 1773
64 9 Ziba Eaton, of Middleboro', son of n. e. Hist.
(24 4) b 1750; m Ruth Leonard in 1773 ^dGen
T Reg. xxu
Issue: 175-
109 1 Solomon b 1774
110 2 Betty b 1777
HI 3 demons b 1780
112 4 Ruth b 1732
Copy of the roll of Capt. Abial Peirce's
Co. of Minute men that responded to the
alarm April 19, 1775, private Ziba Eaton.
Roll of Capt. Nathaniel Woods Co., in Col.
Simeon Carey's regt., Roxbury, Zebe Eaton.
66 10 Nathan Eaton, son of (24 4) b
1753; m Margaret
Issue:
113 1 Hannah b
(47)
48
EATON GENEALOGY
Data from
Rev. E. L.
Eaton,
Evanston,
111.
N. E. Hist,
and Gen.
Reg. Ivii 78
114
116
116
117
2
3
4
5
118 6
119 7
120 8
.59 1
of (26 1)
Issue :
121 5
Hvune
122 1
123 2
124 3
126 4
Other
Wllllain
Martha b 1777
Barnabas b 1782
Ziba b 1784
Sarah b 1786
Mehitable b 1789 ^
Nancy b 1791
Luther b 1793; m
Joseph Eaton, of Middleboro', son
b 1728; m 1750, Hannah Grossman
I
Joseph b 1745; d 1833; m Elizabeth
Joel b 1751; m Lucy Leonard
Abigail b 1754; m David Chase
Francis b 1756
Mary b 1760; m Isaac Dalton
children of (69 1) were ThomaSi
and Elizabeth
61 3 Jabez Eaton, son of (26 1) b 1731;
m Elizabeth Williams* adn removed to Pik
Allegany Co., N. Y., where he lived and d.
Issue I
126 1 Lucy b Mar. 24, 1760
127 2 Elizabeth b June 5, 1763
128 3 Simeon b 1765; d 1844
129 4 Jabez jr., b Jan. 26, 1767; d at
Leeds, Ontario, Sept. 20, 1835; m Sarah
Millard.
♦Jabez Eaton, son of Francis Eaton of
Kingston 4 from Francis, who came in the
Mayflower; b 1731 was of Titcut. He m
Elizabeth, dau of John Williams, Jtme 4,
1759.
DESCENDANTS OF FRANCIS EATON 49
130 5 Luraney b April 26. 1769 ; d in Mass.
Dec. 18, 1778
131 6 Oliver b Nov. 14, 1771; m
132 7 Olive b Nov. 14, 1771 (twin) d
June 29, 1779
133 8 Solomon b April 10, 1774
134 9 Cyrus b June 1, 1 780 ;d April 17. 1788
136 10 Timothy b June 19, 1782; m
Eliza Kinsbury of Canton.
136 11 Selah b Nov. 21, 1783; d Dec.
26, 1783
Children were b in Titcut and Middleboro'.
62 4 ^Ivanus Eaton, son of (26 1) b
1734; m Deborah Caswell.
Issue:
137 1 Sylvanus jr., b 1750; m
Roll of Capt. Nathaniel Wood's Co., in
Col. Simon Cary's regt., Roxbvuy, April 1
1776. Sylvanus Eaton.
64 6 John Eaton, son of (26 1) b Aug. n. e. Hist.
12, 1737; rt Sept. 23, 1764, Patience Shelly ^^^^,.
Issue: ^f """
138 1 John b ; m Sally Cudworth
139 2 Jairus b 1771; m Lucy Bennett ^*"^^y ,
140 3 EUphant (Dr.) b ; m Polly S^HoL
Barnes. Eaton
198 4 Rev. Jarius Eaton, jr., son of
(139 2) b 1808; d at Warren, Vt., Dec. 25,'
1861; was a Methodist clergyman, m Han-
nah Giddings
Issue:
141 1 Harriet b 1832; m 1859," Albert
Robbins of Hamburg, N. Y.
50 EATON GENEALOGY
142 2 Mary b 1834; d 1851
143 3 Elvira b 1837; d 1896; unm
144 4 Betsy b 1839, m 1860, Hiram Boyce
145 5 Melville b June 11, 1842; m 1864,
Lucy Wilson
146 6 OrvlUe M. b Jan. 31, 1845; m
April 4, 1871, Clara Giddings
147 7 Silas b AprU 2, 1847; m Nov. 20,
1877, Ella Mills
148 8 Eleanor b Jan. 3, 1850; m 1871,
Martin Hills of Duxbury, Vt.
149 9 Oscar G. b Feb. 26, 1853; m (1)
Alice Mills; m (2) Addie, widow of Milo Bush-
well
160 10 WllUam J. b June 4, 1856; d 1860
145 5 Melville Eaton, son of (198 4) b
June 11, 1842; m 1864, Lucy, dau Henry and
Catherine Wilson; resided at Morrisville, Vt.
Issue I
151 1 Mary Fidelia b 1865
152 2 Clara Martha
163 3 Alice Lucy
164 4 Bertha Emma
155 5 Harriet Rollln
156 6 James Henry b Sept. 14, 1874
157 7 Charles MelvlUe b Nov. 25, 1876
158 8 Bennett Edward b Nov. 13, 1881
159 9 Leroy Silas b Aug. 27, 1883
160 10 Robert Wilson b Oct. 1, 1885
146 6 Orvllle son of (198 4) m Clara Gid-
dings
Issuer
161 1 Grace b 1872
162 2 William b 1875; m 1902, Zada Fox.
DESCENDANTS OF FRANCIS EATON 51
163 3 Elvira b Dec. 30, 1878; m Mar. 4,
1899, Lucius M. Savage
149 9 Oscar G. Eaton, son of (198 4) b
Feb. 26, 1858; m (1) Dec. 24, 1876, Alice J.
Mills; m (2) Addie A. (Miner), widow of Milo
A. Bushnell.
Issue '.
164 1 Fred J. b April 23, 1878; m Mar.
8, 1905, Emily B. Johnson
165 2 Frank L. b May 3, 1883; m Mar.
28, 1906, Eda M., Avery
121 5 Joseph Thomas Eaton, son of (59
1) b in Woodford Co., Ky., in 1750; d 1835;
m Elizabeth, dau John and Jane (Glenn) Hume
ofKy.
Issue:
166 1 Joseph
167 2 William Greenwood b 1792; m
Elizabeth Sturgeon
168 3 Thomas ^
167 2 William Greenwood Eaton, son of
(121 5) b in Ky., 1792; d in 111., in 1874; m
1816, Elizabeth (Betty) dau of Thomas and
Sarah (Hume) Sturgeon. He was a noted
Baptist minister in Kentucky and Indiana.
Issue:
169 1 James Woodford b 1818; d 1901;
m Martha, dau Frederick and Sarah (Hunter)
Ragsdale in 1840 (issue)
170 1 Caleb Mansfield b 1846; m Mildred
W., dau of Isaac and Sarah (Vandiver) Tumey
Issue:
171 1 Orison V. (Attorney)
Sixth Generation
Davis's
Ancient
Landmarks
of Plymouth
pp 98, 100
Family
Record of
Rev. E. L.
Eaton
103 3 Israel Eaton, son of (47 2) b 1760;
was of Middleboro ; m (1) Eunice Rickard
m (2) Kezia
Issue:
172 1 Zenas b 1782
173 2 LlndaU b 1785
174 3 Eunice b 1787
176 4 Israel b 1790
176 5 Andrew b 1795
177 6 Oliver b 1799
Issue by 2d wife:
178 7 Daniel
Darius Eaton, son of (47 2) b
Ensign Darius b 1796; m Sophia
106 6
1770; n^
Issue:
179 1
C. Cooley
122 1 Joel Eaton, son of (69 1) b 1751;
m 1774, Lucy Leonard
Issue:
180 1 Apollos b 1775; m Pama Leach
181 2 Polycarpus b 1777
182 3 Alfred b 1770
183 4 Cynthia b 1782
184 5 Caroline b 1787; m Josiah Robinson
129 4 Jabez Eaton, jr., son of (61 3);
b Jan. 26, 1767; d at Leeds, Ontario, N. Y.,
Sept. 20, 1825; m Sarah Millard whose sister
was the mother of Millard Fillmore, Presi-
dent of the U. S. 1849-1853.
(52)
(From a Newspaper Article)
IN HONOR OF FILLMORE
Boys May Mark Neglected Birthplace in Cayuga County
Unmarked and unhonored by his old neighbors,
who have erected a statue to his political rival, is the
site of the old log cabin in which Millard Fillmore,
BIRTHPLACE OF MILLARD FILLMORE
thirteenth President of the United States, was bom.
It is in a lonely orchard in Cayuga County, N. Y.
The cabin tumbled down almost half a century ago,
(63)
54 EATON GENEALOGY
and all signs of its exact location are obliterated.
Until the present no individual or patriotic society
has taken steps to make the spot or to perpetuate the
name of President Fillmore at his birthplace. Now
the George Junior Republic, twenty miles to the south
is considering the propriety of doing something to
commemorate a President's birthplace forgotten by
the greater republic.
Cayuga County is proud of its statesman son, Wil-
liam H. Seward, while it ignores the other son who
became President. For Seward there is a bronze
mommient in a park named after him in Auburn, and
his former home is a point sought by every sightseer
there. An inscription on the monument is the key to
the fame of one man and the neglect of the other. "There
is a higher law than the Constitution," reads the in
scription, and the sentence was thundered by Senator
Seward of New York, when he was fighting the slavery
measure known as the Compromise of 1850. Presi-
dent Fillmore stood by the Constitution and put his
pen to the slave measure, making it law. He retired
from office with few friends, even in the south, and
most of his neighbors made haste to forget him.
DESCENDANTS OF FRANCIS EATON 55
Until the sudden death of President Zachary Taylor,
on July 9, 1850, brought Vice-President Fillmore
into the White House, the latter had been known as
a thorough anti-slavery man. His rise from poverty
and his fervently expressed compassion for the oppressed
were thought to be guarantees of liberal conduct.
His accession seemed to change his views, and he sign-
ed the document which extended slavery and fastened
the shackles of servitude more firmly on fugitives in
free states. Some explain Fillmore's signature to the
document largely on the ground of spite against his
political rival. Senator Seward.
Twenty miles from Auburn, down the east road
on Owasco Lake, and beyond to the north-west cor-
ner of the town of Summerhill, there lies a picturesque
orchard. Here is the site of the Fillmore homestead.
Only the older maps of the county indicate that a
President was bom in this vicinity. Many occupants
of that country-side to-day have no idea that a Chief
Magistrate of the Republic here first saw the light.
The present town of Summerhill was first known as
Locke and then as Plato. The signer of the Compro-
mise was bom in a log cabin on either January 7 or
February 7, 1800, authorities differing as to the date.
His father was Nathaniel Fillmore, a native of Ben-
nington, Vt., who moved to the **far west'* of Cayuga
County soon after the Revolution.
A bad title caused Nathaniel Fillmore to lose the
land he had bought on a military tract and he moved
to the farm in Summerhill which he held when his
son Millard was bom. Two years later he moved
again. At fourteen years of age the future President
was apprenticed in a woolen mill at Montville, a set-
tlement about four miles west of his birthplace. The
boy was bright, and Judge Walter Wood, the, first
EATON GENEALOGY
NEGLECTED BIRTH-PLACE OP MILLARD FILLMORE
county judge of Cayuga and owner of the woolen mill
aided him to get a legal education. However, it is
said that Judge Wood charged him $30 to relinquish
his services in the last year of his apprenticeship. Young
Fillmore slept upstairs above the little law office at
MontviUe and pursued his studies with ardor. In
the old cabin home the .library had consisted of two
bound volumes. Tradition records that Fillmore de-
veloped oratorical talent at an early age and delivered
the local Fourth of July address in the year 1818. It
was then predicted that he would make his mark.
Nathaniel Fillmore evidently thought that Mont-
viUe was not big enough for his brilliant son, and
DESCENDANTS OF FRANCIS EATON 57
around 1821 he sold his property and moved to Aurora
near Buffalo. From that point on Fillmore's record
is familiar to readers of American history.
The log cabin homestead fell to pieces about the
time of the Civil War. It stood in the foreground
in the orchard shown in the illustration. The old of-
fice of Judge Wood stands to-day abandoned beside
the road near the old Indian Moimd Cemetery in Mont-
ville. It was moved from the original site some rods
distant for the sake of modem improvements. The small
wing shown in the picture did not exist when Fillmore
studied law there. The interior is plastered and the
timbers are all rough hewn.
58 EATON GENEALOGY
Issue:
184 1 Oliver b Nov. 15, 1794 in Mass.;
d in Canada, May 29, 1842; m Diana Eaton
(218 5)
i 185 2 Cyrus b June 24, 1796; d in Hebron,
Wis., Oct. 21, 1876
186 3 Sarah b Oct. 18, 1798; d in James-
ville, Wis.; m Brass
187 4 Chauncey b April 28, 1801; d in
Leeds, Ont., 1870
188 5 Hiram b Dec. 8, 1803; d in Fond
du Lac, Wis., in 1884
189 6 Almond Ransom b in Bennington,
Vt., May 12, 1805; m Orrissa Haskins
190 7 Minerva b Sept. 4, 1807; m
Hickey: d in Cold Springs, Wis., in 1850
191 8 Jabez Leonard b Dec. 29, 1809;
in Cold Springs, Wis., in 1847
192 9 James Edson b April 7, 1812; d
in Peoria, 111., May 30, 1888
193 10 Almira Julia b June 3, 1815; d
in Chicago, May 9, 1882; m John Cairnes
Davis's 135 10 Timothy Eaton, son of (61 3) b
Ancient June 19, 1782; m Eliza Kinsbury of Canton
Landmarks and resided in Boston, Mass.
of Plymouth IsSUC
pp 89. 100 194 { Timothy T. b ; m 1844, Salina
Eliot, dau of Samuel Eliot of Plymouth
139 2 Jarius Eaton, son of (64 6) b 1771 ;
m Lucy Bennett (b 1782). In October,
1867, in her 86th year, Mrs. Lucy Bennett
Eaton spim 32 nm of yam in 15 days (2 run
is a girl's work) and between then and January
wove 125 yards of flannel 1 yard wide.
DESCENDANTS OF FRANCIS EATON 59
Issue :
195 1 Selina b ; m Thomas Giddings
d aged 32
196 2 Rev. Bennett b Dec. 31, 1806; m
Betsey Maria Webster
197 3 Sophia m Joseph Farnsworth
198 4 Rev. Jarlus jr., b 1808; d 1861;
m Hannah Giddings
199 5 Harriet d aged 12
200 6 Silas d aged 22
201 7 Lucy d aged 16
202 8 Philander b
140 3 Eliphat (Eliphaz) Eaton, son of Vermont
(64 6) b in Pelham, Mass.. Mar. 3, 1773; m Historical
Polly Barnes of Greenwich, Mass., in 1797. Gazetteer
They resided for a time at Hartford, Vt., but «^^^"^y
removed to Barnard, Vt., where he studied
medicine with Dr. Danforth ; from Barnard to
Eden where he practiced a year. In 1805-6 he
removed to Enosburgh where he continued
to practice imtil the age of 60 or 65 years.
He was the first physician who located in
town, and for many years the only one. He
was town clerk for several years. Dr. Eaton
and his wife lived together 49 years and were
the parents of nine children.
Dr. Eaton d Nov. 23, 1846, aged 73. His
wife Polly, d at Bennington, >at the residence
of her dau Mrs. D. C. Harwood, Jan. 29, 1865,
aged 87.
Issue :
203 1 Amanda b at Enosburg, April 19,
1823, aged 24
204 2 Sophia d June 3, 1821, aged 12
60 EATON GENEALOGY
The Rev. Samuel B. Baton was bom in Randolph, Mass., where his
father was then preaching. April 3. 1736; fitted for college by Master Mood
of York. Me.; grad at Harvard 1763; preached his first sermon at Mr. El-
wyn's meeting house in Scarborough and settled in Harpewell, being or-
dained Oct. 24. 1764. with a salary of £13 s 4 d. besides a settlement. At
the age of 86 he took the whole care of 11 head of cattle; always feeding them
before stmrise in the morning. He never married but lived with a nephew
He was possessed of keen wit. never at loss for a reply. He was fearless
in expression of his opinions. During the Reveolutionary War a recruiting
officer came to Harpswell, but failed to obtain any men. On Sunday morn-
ing he called at the parsonage and said "Mr. Baton, cannot you do something
for the cause?" Mr. Baton replied, "It is my communion Sabbath, Sir. I
can have nothing to do with Secular Subjects; but if you will remain till
night I will call the people together on the Common and speak to them
from the horse block." In 1812. when he was looked upon with suspicion
as regarding his patriotism, he referred to this meeting and said: "When
the services of the day were over I went to my house, opened my Bible,
and my eye fell upon the words, 'Cursed be he that holdeth back his sword
from blood.' I spake an hour from those words and 30 men were ready to
march the next morning and yet now they call me a Tory."
The following anecdote will serve to display his ready wit. Being
chosen moderator of a public meeting, he declined and nominated in bis
place "Father Scott," who was a man small of stature, feeble voice, and of
retiring manner. Mr. Scott declined, saying, "Mr. Eaton, there is more
dignity in your wig than in my whole body." "Take the wig, then," re-
plied Mr. Eaton, catching it off his own head and placing it upon Father Scott.
N. H. ii 294
History of 168 6 James Eatoiii son of (98 1) b ;
^^IT\. ^r.. was a land owner in Sutton, N. H., but
afterwards removed to Vermont ; m
Issue :
1 Sally m Nathaniel Ambros
Issue
Eaton
Reull
Joshua
Samuel
Mary
2 Hannah
3 Mary
4 Nellie
5 John b Dec. 5, 1829; settled in Cleve-
land, Ohio.
DESCENDANTS OF FRANCIS EATON 61
War record of John Eaton, b in Sutton, Lamb's
N. H. He was graduated from Dartmouth ^^^^^- J>^^^
college in 1854; became a teacher in Cleveland, ^ 1590 "
Ohio, 1854-6; became Chaplain of 27th Ohio ^
Volunteers, 1861 During his military term
he was twice in prison.
98 5 Joshua Eaton, son of (34 10) m
Issue:
Jonathan m
Issue:
Samuel b in Clarion Co., Pa., 1817; m
Issue:
Morris M. b in Clarion Co., Pa., Mar. 1,
1841; m Sept. 15, 1868, Flora Cecelia McCrea
of Clarion, Pa; d 1908; his widow resides in
Titusville, Crawford Co., Pa.
Issue:
217a 1 dau d in early childhood
2176 2 Henry Morris of Philadelphia,
managing editor of the Philadelphia Press;
m
217c 3 Frank Vincent, office manager for
the Pure Oil Company, Pittsburgh; m
217d 4 Frederick one of the firm of the
Centaur Moter Company, Buffalo, N. Y.;
m ; resides in East Aurora, N. Y.
217^ 5 Clark Hughes, civil engineer
217 6 Alice R., classifier and bibliographer
Seventh Generation
179 1 Ensign Darius (Datus) Eaton, son
Re^rd of of (106 6) , b 1796 ; m Sophia C. Cooley
Alfred D. Issue :
Eaton. 218 1 Ira Walker b 1830; m (1) Martha
Watertown, Perkins; m (2) Ella Orvilla Woodard
N X 219 2 George Datus Ensyne b 1848; m
Emma Wariner
180 1 Apollos Eaton, son of (122 1), b
1775; m Pama Leach
Issue :
220 1 Charles b ; m Leonard
221 2 Calvin b
222 3 Henry b
223 4 Adam b ; m King of
Taunton
224 5 Diana m Oliver Eaton 1840-1
226 6 Lucy m (1) Richmond; m
(2) Bailey
226 7 Caroline m Cyrus King of Provi-
dence
227 8 Alice m Abiathar Leonard
228 9 Pama
188 5 Hiram Eaton, son of (129 4) b
Dec. 8, 1803; m ; d Fond du Lac, Wis.,
in 1884
Issue:
229 1 Hiram jr., b ; d Fond du Lac,
Wis.
189 6 Ahnond Ransom Eaton, son of
(129 4) b Bennington, Vt., May 12, 1805;
m in Leeds, Ontario Co., N. Y., Orrissa
(62)
DESCENDANTS OF FRANCIS EATON 63
Haskins. He settled in Jefferson Co., Wis., in
1843. His brothers Cyrus, Hiram Leonard
and James and their families came about the
same time. He was a sturdy pioneer and one
of the first settlers in the forest wildemes
of Southern Wisconsin and until the time of
his death an honorable and influential citizen ;
he d on his farm in Hebron, Wis., Dec. 15,1885
Issue:
230 1 b in Canada; d infant
231 2
232 3 Sophreness Millard b ; m Elea-
nor Green in Hebron, Wis. ; both living in 1909
233 4 Chauncey Resellus b 1841; injured
when a boy of 12 and d Jime 21, 1862
234 5 Caroline AmeUa m James Fryer
235 6 Rev. Ephrlam LlewUyn b Hebron,
Wis., Mar. 27. 1846; m (1) Mary Miner, who
d 1890; m (2) Louisa Bates
194 1 Timothy T. Eaton, son of (135 10)
b ; m in 1844, Salina Eliott, dau of Sam-
uel Eliott of Plymouth.
Issue I
236 1 Timothy b 1846; d
237 2 Timothy E. b 1847
238 3 Charles A. b 1848; m Abbie E.
Wrightington.
239 4 Helen S. m John Dumi
240 5 Salina H.
196 2 Rev. Bennett Eaton, son of (139 2)
b Enosburgh, Dec. 31, 1830; m Betsy Maria
Webster, b Jan. 21, 1830. She was of Bakers-
field.
64 EATON GENEALOGY
TO MOTHER
On Her 80th Birthday
BY
Rev. BENNETT EATON
•
The sun is up, the day is here, Mother, thy natal day ;
And fourscore years to thee have come, and fourscore
pas'd away,
Thine ear is dtdl, thine eye is dim, thy brow is marked
with care,
And, scattered round thy temples, lies thy thin and
faded hair.
But through these features, changed by age and deeply
furrowed o'er
Thy soul looks out in excellence and vigor, as of yore —
As when thy life was in its prime and every sense was
bright.
And plans were laid and work was done daily from
mom till night,
A husband then in manly strength stood proudly
by thy side.
And roimd thee throng'd thy children eight — ^their
parents' joy and pride;
The star of hope look'd down upon thy social land-
scape there.
And future scenes beneath its light lay stretched in
colors fair
And thus it was with thee, Mother, when forty years
and three
Had sped their arrowy flight across thy lif's bright
canopy ;
DESCENDANTS OF FRANCIS EATON 65
But trouble, stroke on stroke, has since cut off those
hopes of thine.
As thunderbolts from rushing clouds disrobe the
lofty pine.
At forty-four a shivering bolt fell from a cloudless sky,
And one was stricken from thy side in tender age to
die* —
A precious one — a darling child, just bursting into
bloom,
Whose twelfth bright summer-sun had risen to gid
her early tomb.
Nine times the autumn shook its leaves on Hat tie's
lowly bed,
And then another precious child was numbered with
the dead —
Thy namesake, Mother, — ^blessed girl, whose sixteen
years had crown 'd
With rich maturity and grace not oft so early found.
Scarce two years passed ; and o*er that grave we had
not ceased to weep.
Ere j^'et another cherished one had sunk to her last
sleep —
The eldest of thy household band= — a wife and mother
now.
Whose two and thirty years had stamped their honors
on her brow.
In two years more another sup of woe thy lips had
press 'd —
A noble boy of twenty-two fell in the distant West;
In learning's deep and fruitful mines he delved with
earnest hand,
And made his grave by Pontiac's stream, far from
his native land.
♦Killed bv the kick of a horse
66 EATON GENEALOGY
Thus, Mother, when thy seven and fifty years had
passed away.
One half thy children in their graves in different
places lay;
Not side by side, as once they stood around the social
hearth,
But severed far, those stricken forms were mingled
with the earth.
For seventeen years the shafts of Death upon their
victims fell,
As if in that one family his work were done full well.
And then he threw a dart which struck thy husband
at thy side, —
Beneath the weight of years he bow'd his honored
head and died.
For five years more the summer-flowers bloom'd o'er
each slumbering one,
Then slowly droop'd and passed away from earth thy
second son —
The son whose holy work it was to watch thy widow's
age.
To guard and smooth thy weary path down through
life's latest stage
That son had raised his voice full oft to preach the
gospel word.
And trained his rising household in the nature of
the Lord;
But at the age of fifty-three his earthly work of love
Was done, and friends below he left, to join his friends
above.
Thus of that Circle more than half have left this earthly
shore —
A few years since it numbered ten, and now it numbers
four;
DESCENDANTS OF FRANCIS EATON 67
And we the four, are nearing fast the deep and dark-
ling stream,
The portals of eternity beyond — how near they seem.
On Jordan's brink thou standest now, waiting the
summons o'er,
And children three remain with thee upon the hither
shore —
A son, — 'tis he who writes these lines — already gray
with age;
A daughter whose children now are on life's active
stage ;
And she — the poor unfortunate in body and in mind
On whom the light of intellect but partially has shined.
Whose ways and wants none else can meet as they
are met by thee.
And, Mother, thou hast faithful ones to watch o'er
three and thine,
To guard thy steps with faithful care adown thy life's
decline ;
And the poor feeble one, who clings for safety to thy
breast,
Shall be sustained and cherished till she finds a heaven-
ly rest.
Mother, we'll look bevond the stream where all is
bright and fair —
• _
No touch of pain or sorrow e'er can reach the dwellers
there ;
The loved ones who have left us here are on that
happy shore;
We'll all soon meet in that blest land — United ever
more.
Rev, Bennett Eaton
68
EATON GEI^EALOGY
Heminway'8
Vermont
Historical
Gazetteer
ii. 163-165
New Eng-
land Hist,
and Gen.
Register
xxvii. 202
Vermont
Historical
Magazine,
p 162
Joel Webster b Sept. 26, 1831
Rev Homer b Nov. 16, 1834
Lucy Maria b 1836; m
Issue
241 1
242 2
243 3
Titus
Issue
Bennett Eaton Titus
206 4 Gov Horace Eaton, son of (140 3),
b Barnard, Vt. 22 June, 1804, was about two
years old when his parents removed to Enos-
burgh. He entered at the age of 17 Middle-
bur\^ college, and was graduated at 21, hav-
ing taught school each winter term, and
keeping up with his class in college. After
receiving his diploma as M. D., from the
medical faculty at the Medical college in
Castleton, he returned to Enosburgh and
practised medicine with his father until
his father retired — then for several years
alone, and still later in company with his
brother, Dr. RoUin Eaton.
Dr. Horace Eaton was town clerk for
several years; he represented the town in
the senate in 1837, 1839, 184o, 1841, 1842;
he was lieutenant governor 5 years, governor
2 yeiars, state superintendent of common
schools 5 vears, and a member of the Con-
stitutional council. He was professor of
natural history and chemistry in Middlebury
College 6 years, to which post he was called
in 1848; here he remained until his death,
which occurred July 4, 1855, in his 61st yr.
In addition to the above services rendered
to his State, he delivered but a few weeks
DESCENDANTS OF FRANCIS EATON 69
previous to his death, before the **Eiiosburgh
Young Men's Temperance Society*' several
public lectures. He m twice; (1) Cordelia
H. Fuller. Aug. 14, 1831, who d Feb. 7, 1841 ;
(2) Edna Palmer, Dec. 1, 1841
Issue
244 1 a son who d in infancy
245 2 a dau who m R. D. Ross, of Mis-
souri
209 7 Dr. Rollln Eaton, son of (140 3)
b ; m Permilla, dau of George and
Deborah (Shaw) Rowland; he d in Philadel-
phia, Pa. Peirce's
Issue Contribu-
246 1 Permella m Summer Briggs, of tions Bio-
Berkley graphical,
247 2 SaUy (Sarah) unm Geneaiogi-
248 3 Rollin B. b April 28, 1819; m Mary ^^^i "*'"
Ashley
249 4 Triphose m George Strange, of
Berkley
260 5 Cordelia m Hiram Davis, of Reho-
both
261 6 Danielb June 24, 1825; m (1)
m (2)
70 EATON GENEALOGY
Governor Eaton's Temperance Address
AN EXTRACT
Delivered before the Young Men's Temperance Association at
Enosburg, in 1855.
"An immense change in the habits of onr people,
in regard to the use of intoxicating drinks, has taken
place within the last 25 or 30 years; and, that it has,
in the main, been wrought through the united and
concentrated efforts of temperance associations, and
could not or would not have been wrought without
them, no intelligent and candid observer will assume
to deny. But let us contemplate the state of things
in this respect as it was 30 years since, so that we may
more clearly see the change, and may if we will yet
accomplish
"In truth it is scarcely beyond reality to say that,
like a good breakfast to a beggar, rum never came a-
miss, and was never refused. I have myself aided
in making out the papers for the sale of farms, where
the notes given for them were made out payable wholly
in gin. Indeed as a currency, even for the large towns,
ardent spirits were next to gold, because the demand
was so perfectly certain. Fashion, habit, and the
delusive belief that they were useful for the purposes
of health and vigor, led to their daily and unques-
tionable use among all classes and conditions of men
and that in such quantities, that the amount consum-
ed was not less than an average of 5 or 6 gallons per
year, for every man, woman, and child in the land.
Indeed we might almost reckon as true the story
that has been told of a man in those times, who on
being remonstrated with for using such a large quan-
tity of spirits in his house as he was known to do.
DESCENDANTS OF FRANCIS EATON 71
replied with an expression of great surprise: 'What
is a barrel of whiskey a month in a large family wher^
they haven't no milk?*
"But to go back to the prevailing state of things,
special occasions for liquor drinking. At a raising,
the first sill could not be laid nor the last rafter go
up without drinking, in particular; while drinking
in general came in all the way between — to say nothing
of what followed after. And, in the result, those
who helped to raise the bam by day couldn't always
raise themselves at night. Sheep-washing, too, served
as occasions for drinking; for men supposed they
must take rum to prevent taking cold, though they
were apt thereby to catch the staggers.
"At trainings, too, there must be drinking: and
not rare was it, that some of the defenders of the
country went reeling home; while perchance weighty
reasons — reasons heavier than they could bear up
under— compelled others to stay out perhaps till
morning.
"At justice courts, again, there must be drinking.
And not rare was it that the proper administrators
of justice found themselves or rather were found
by others, unable to poise her scales with steadiness,
or to maintain their own perpendicular on their way
home. Indeed, though it is not exactly a matter
of court record, yet I presume it is within the memory
of many of us, that one of our magistrates, as he wend-
ed his zig-zag way homeward from his courts at night,
often had occasion to remark that the roads in Enos-
burgh were laid 8 rods wide, and he had the right to
occupy the whole width of them.
"I should not probably have ventured to relate
the anecdote, were it not that the occurrence was
at that time scarcely deemed discreditable, either
72 EATON GENEALOGY
to the town or the individual. In fact, a nian was
hardly regarded as drunk, unless he was so far gone
that his legs would kick out from his line of gravity,
so that he would be brought up, not exactly all-stand-
ing, but rather all-lying — perchance as helpless as
a mud-turtle turned on his back; able to sprawl a
little, but nothing more. To go as far as this, was
indeed a little disreputable. And perhaps it deserves
to be recorded as a matter of antiquarian history,
that half a century ago there was in force in this
town,, a pledge against such overturning results as
this — a sort of moderation pledge. For it was agreed
and understood by the early settlers of the town,
that if any man got drunk, in accordance with the
definition I have just given of the term, on any public
day — such as training, town-meeting, or the like,
he should pay by way of penalty dig out a stump
from the tavern dooryard. And a good friend of
mine, who lives less than a hundred rods from this,
doesn't know, nor I don't know, how many stumps
were removed from his now fine-looking door-yard,
under this rule; but if tradition tells a true tale, the
number was considerable. And it is even said that
if people got up early enough, they might occasion-
ally see some of our very respectable citizens going
home in the grey of the morning, after having per-
formed this expiatory task.
* 'Again a trade at a store was an oc^casion for drink-
ing; and I have an anecdote at command which il-
lustrates how strong the obligation of the custom
was upon the merchant to treat his customer, after
trading with him. (The occurrence it is said to have
taken place on the New York side of the lake ; though ,
if the story is true, I think one of the parties must
certainly have been an Yankee.) According to the
DESCENDANTS OF FRANCIS EATON 73
account, the patronizing customer took an egg, and
went to the store, to buy a darning-needle. The
purchaser remained some time as if waiting for some-
thing; but the merchant seemed rather disposed to
take no notice of the common rule, in such case made
and provided. At length the customer seemed to
suspect a design to dodge, and getting somewhat out
uf patience, he turned and popped the momentous
question: *An't ye goin' to treat?' *0, certainly,'
5jaid the merchant, and the decanter of brandy, a
bowl of sugar, a pitcher of water, and a tumbler were
set on. The mixture was made, when the customer
again looked up and said, *Guess Fll take an egg to
put in it.' The same egg that had just been brought
was accordingly handed on. But on breaking it
the customer exclaimed: 'H^re, see.'^ the egg I let
ye have had two yelks, and I guess you ought to
let me have two darning-needles.' And the darning-
needle was accordingly handed over, and thus the
trade was closed.*
"But not to extend my remarks tmder this head
too far, I might sum up by saying that occasions
for drinking were found both in joy and in sorrow;
at birth and at death; at weddings and at funerals;
at meeting and at parting; in siclmess and in health;
in labor and in recreations; by day and by night;
in doors and out doors ; in calm and in tempest ; when
it snowed and when it rained — and when it did nei-
ther. And thus these occasions and apologies for
dram-drinking were continually presenting them-selves
and when they did not occur quite often enough to
suit the particular case of the individual, he didn't
♦This anecdote was adopted among his remin-
iscences by P. T. Banium, in his autobiography.
74 EATON GENEALOGY
find it indispensibly necessary to wait for them. In
some Catholic countries it is customary to have crosses
erected at crossroads where the devotee may kneel
and worship. But the worshipers of rum cannot
always wait for the cross-roads, and so make the
distance between these proper stopping-places a suf-
ficient reason for stopping short of them — a reason
in short, for not waiting for a reason.
"I have thus given you the more htmiorous part
of the description. The sadder features I will not
now touch upon. From what I have already said,
and from your own observation you know there must
have been a darker aspect. — ^And knowing this, it
is enough, without my going over the task of descrip-
tion which I have no heart for.
"The view I have presented is sufficient to show
a contrast. For look at the picture here drawn,
and then look around you and see for yourselves
if a change has not come over the prevailing customs
of the people. Dark spots enough, it is true — yes
far too many and too dark we still see; but light min-
gles with the shade. And in the production of the
kindly change we beheve the main instrumentality
has been that of Temperance Association. — Vt. His-
torical Magazine, Vol. 1,
Upon Governor Horace Eaton's tombstone is in-
scribed :
Enlightened, learned and conscientious.
He discharged the duties of every station
with eminent ability and uprightness.
This Monument
Is erected by his friends
In token of his great merit
As a public man and a citizen.
DESCENDANTS OF FRANCIS EATON 75
"In compliance with that wish," said Hon. James
Mecham, in his closing remarks at his funeral, "we
come to bear back and deliver into your hands his
mortal remains, and ask that you will give them re-
pose with the dust of your fathers and yourselves,
and your children, till the trump of God shall wake
you.
"There will come after us no whisper to make you
ashamed that he was reared and rests in your midst.
I can bear you the S3mipathy of his adopted town,
of the faculty and students of the college with which
he was connected — you are mourners together over
his death. It was known there, as all over the State,
that there was a peculiarly strong attachment be-
tween him and yourselves. As the tidings of his
death spread among the people, their general if not
unanimous verdict will be, that he was one of the
noblest and purest men that Vermont ever had in
her service.
"He had many and great excellences other than
T have named. He was an honest man, that 'noblest
work of God'. You know the furnace in which he
was tried, not only with no fire, but not even the
smell of the fire upon his garments.
"He was a man of great delicacy of feeling, and
showed this most effectually by never wounding the
feelings of others. He was in its true, original sense,
what the term imports, a gentleman, though he may
have disdained the formality and fashion and fop-
pery of those now styled gentlemen.
"He was a man of great energy and perserverance.
To this he owed his thorough course of collegiate and
professional education. During the latter part of
his life, comprehending all that was spent in public
service, he was the victim of wasting and exhausting
76 EATON GENEALOGY
disease, contracted in the benevolent attempt to save
the life of a professional brother*. Other men under
the pressure of that disease would have laid down
to die; but his courageous energy bore him up in the
discharge of all his public and private duties.
*'He always did ably and acceptably whatever
he' undertook to do; he had great clearness and com-
prehensiveness of mind. The subject he examined,
he saw in all its bearings, and he had the power of
transferring his own clear impressions to others.
This gave him his control in deliberative assemblies
and his unquestionable authority as an executive
officer.
"Other men have left the hoarded wealth of their
lives to found some institution to perpetuate their
memory. Our friend leaves you a far richer legacy
in his own bright and spotless example. You may
safely point your children to him as a model man, a
just man, a moral man, a christian man, with every
noble quality which adorns public and private life.
Till the last particle of his monument shall waste
away, your descendants may point with pride to the
place where he rests, as the grave of HORACE EATON"
*Dr. Bard, of Troy, Vermont.
Eighth Generation
218 1 Ira Walker Eaton, of Ontario Co.,
N. Y., son of (179 1); b in 1830; at the age Family Rec-
of 19 m (1) Martha Perkins, who d in 1873 ^^"f^^ Eat
aged 42 yrs. He m (2) Ella Orillia Woodard. ^^ of Wat-
He d March 31. 1897, aged 67 crtown.N.Y
Issue
262 1 Seymour Sylvester b 1856; m Mar-
tha Haves
263 2 Alfred Datus b 1861 ; m Hattie E.
Miller
264 3 Mary Adel b 1873; m Wyne Wash-
bum
219 2 George Datus Ensjrne Eaton, son
of (179 1); b in 1848; m Emma Warner
(Wainer)
Issue
255 1
Florence
256 2
John
267 3
Helen
258 4
Kate
269 5
Eddie
236 6 Rev Ephraim Llewlljrn Eaton, son Family Rec-
of (189 6), b in Hebron, Wis,. Mar. 27, 1846; ^""^ ^1.^^^
m (1) Mary Miner, who d in 1890. He m Evanston?"'
(2) Louise Bates, in Janesville, Wis. He m
was bom on the farm in Hebron, Wis. Mar.
27, 1846. He was educated in the common
schools, and at Milton academy; entered
the ministry of the M. E. church in the spring
of 1871; took the full course of Theology
77
DESCENDANTS OF FRANCIS EATON
REV. EPHRIAH LLEWFLI.YN EATON
DESCENDANTS OF FRANCIS EATON 79
in Garrett Bibical institution, Evans ton, 111.,
and was graduated in 1877. He received
the degree of D. D. from Lawrence university
in 1890. He served pastorates in Beloit,
Madison, La Crosse, Janesville, Milwaukee,
and Racine in Wis.; was presiding elder of
the Madison district 1883-87; pastor of the
First M. E. Church, Des Moines, la., 4 years,
and North Avenue M. E. Church, Allagheny,
Pa., for 5 years. He has had extensive ex-
perience as a preacher. Chautauqua lecturer;
and was candidate for governor of Wisconsin
on the prohibition ticket in 1906. He became
pastor of the Emmanuel M. E. Church, Evan-
ston, 111., in 1907 and is also instructor in
astronomy, correspondence division, Uni-
versity of Wisconsin.
His paper on *The Millennium'' read
before the Methodist Episcopal Preachers
Meeting at Pittsburgh, Pa., April 27, 1903
was directed to be published in pamphlet
form for free distribution.
Issue
260 1 Starr b
261 2 Helen
262 3 Howard twin
263 4 Dorothy
80 EATON GENEALOGY
The Millennium
It is quite remarkable that nearly every extrav-
agance in religion in modem times associates itself
with the Second Coming of Christ. Nearly every
religiovis hallucination proceeds straightway to manu-
facture a millennium to bear it company, and to help
it to impose upon the credulity of honest and innocent,
but unskilled people. So we have all sorts of mil-
lenniums, but no two of them alike, and none of them
taught in the Word of God.
So closely associated in the popular mind is this
idea of a millennium with the Second Coming of
Christ that it can not be fairly and fully treated with-
out first considering some of the essential elements
of the Second Advent. I shall be obliged, therefore,
to place before the reader a brief survey of the New
Testament's teaching upon the Return of our Lord
to this world, before proceeding to discuss the mil-
lennium.
There are in the New Testament three distinct
"comings" of Christ: First, He came in the Incar-
nation nearly two thousand years ago. The second
is Christ coming in his kingdom. This he did on
the great Day of Pentecost when the Holy Spirit was
poured out. and the kingdom of Christ was inaugur-
ated on earth. In pvoot of this read the following
scriptures: * There be some standing here that shall
not taste of death till they have seen the Son of Man
coming in his kingdom.'* — Matt. 16: 28; Mark 9: 1;
Luke 9 : 27; Matt. 10 : 23. All these texts clearly
teach that * 'Christ came in his kingdom" while those
persons were still alive. Mark explicitly declares
that they should .see the ''Kingdom of Gcxi come
with power." When did he come "with power?"
DESCENDANTS OF FRANCIS EATON 81
On the Day of Pentecost. — Luke 24 : 49; Acts 1 :
7; 2 : 1-4." But still further (Dan. 2 : 44), declares
that "in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven
set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed,"
&c. In the days of what kings? In the days of
the kings symbolized by the metallic image of Neb-
uchadnezzar's dream. The image was still repre-
sented by one of those kings— the Roman Emperor —
when Christ's kingdom was set up, hence literally
it was "in the days of these kings." Christ's king-
dom was introduced with the proclamation, "Repent,
for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." This was
done first by John the Baptist (Matt. 3 : 2), then by
our Lord himself (Mark 1 : 15), then by the Twelve
(Matt. 10 : 7), then by tjie Seventy (Luke 10 : 9).
They all preached the same message, namely, "the
kingdom of heaven is at hand. But after Pentecost
no one ever was authorized to preach that message,
for the kingdom had come. Still further: In Matt.
10 : 23, we learn that our Lc^rd declared that his dis-
ciples whom he was about to send out, two by two,
would not have time to visit the cities of Israel be-
fore the "Son of man would come." Come! Was
he not already with them in person? How then,
could he "come?" The only possible answer is that
he would "come in his kingdom," which he certainly
did on the dav of Pentecost. All this is confirmed
by the preaching of the Apostles after Pentecost,
which preaching was never, "the kingdom of heaven
is at hand," but the kingdom of God is now here.
—Acts 8 : 12; 19 : 8; 20 : 23; 28 : 23.
Thus it is certainly the teachings of the New Testa-
ment that Christ "came in his kingdom" at Pente-
cost. That was the inauguration of the kingdom of
God on earth; and if it was then inaugurated, it is
82 EATON GENEALOGY
not waiting to be set up here at some future time.
It is now here!
The third coming of our Lord — ^popularly called
his Second Coming — will take place at the close of
human history on this planet. He will surely come
again. A hundred texts could be quoted to support
that proposition, but a few will answer: John 14 :
2-3; Acts 1 : 10 11; Matt. 16 : 27. Most christians
agree that he will come again; but they do not all
agree as to the purpose of his coming. Those who
believe in a literal millennium on this earth all think
that he will come again to set up his millennial king-
dom; those who do not believe in any literal millen-
nium at all believe that his return to this planet is
for the purpose of raising the dead, judging the world,
closing the volume of human history, and of opening
the gates of heaven to the saved and of hell to the
lost. The purpose of his coming seems to me very
clearly set forth in Matt. 16 : 27; Matt. 25 : 31-46;
I Cor. 15 : 22-25. "Then cometh the end when he
shall deliver up the kingdom to God." This text
certainly settles it that his coming is not to "set up"
but to "deliver up" the kingdom.
With this brief statement of the Second Coming
of Christ, I now proceed to consider the doctrine
that is closely related to it in the public mind, — the
Millennium. In all ages some have believed in a mil-
lennium which was to come, that is, a literal reign
of Christ on this earth for a period of a thousand
years. Some of the early Christians taught it. When
Christianity began its struggle with Roman heathen-
ism, when persecutions became general and appall-
ing, many of the persecuted flock turned to the thought
of Christ's immediate return to set up his kingdom
and to destroy his enemies. Thus the "blooming
DESCENDANTS OF FRANCIS EATON 83
age" of milleimialism was from the middle if the
Second to the middle of the Third century. But
when it was found that Christ was conquering Roman
heathenism, as Origen declared he would do, the
millennial nonsense was given up. It has never been
the general faith of the Church since, and never will
be.
i. The only Biblical support, so far as I know,
which this millennial idea has is the first eight verses
of the 2nth chapter of Revelation. Open your Bible
and read the passage carefully. This passage is in
the midst of one of the most mysterious books of
the Bible, and the most difficult to interpret, as the
various and divergent theories of a thousand different
interpreters sufficiently attest. How can I hope
to make simple and plain what no man before me
has succeeded in doing? These are prophecies, and
prophecies thus far have never been tmderstood
until they were fulfilled; so, I presume it will be, with
this wonderful book. If I succeed at all, it will be
in telling you what this famous chapter does not mean,
and by eliminating from the interpretation of it some
things which overwrought imaginations have read
into it.
In order to interpret the Word of God one needs
common sense, a fair education, and the help of the
Holy Spirit; but in addition to these, there are three
Divinely-inspired canons of interpretation, which we
must always heed, and which we dare not neglect
now, when face to face with one of the most difficult
problems in the Bible. The first of these is, 'Take
heed that no man deceive you," Matt. 24 : 4. The
second canon of interpretation is the one which Jesus
himself observed, which is to interpret the figurative
passages by literal passages or statements, as in his
84 EATON GENEALOGY
interpretation of the Parable of the Wheat and the
Tares, Matt. 13 : 36-43. So must we interpret the
20th chapter of Revelation — ^this figurative chapter
by other plain and literal declarations of scripture. If
we do this faithfully you will see what will become
of the millennium. Millennialists generally reverse
this divine order, and interpret plain and simple
scriptures by figurative and symbolical scriptures.
Thus starting with the 20th chapter of Revelation
they succeed in reading a millennium into all parts
of the Bible where no man of common sense would
ever think of finding it. That is a vicious and tm-
scriptural method. The third canon of interpreta-
tion is also inspired, and is in these words, "Prophesy
according to the analogy of faith/* Rom. 12 : 6; also
II Pet. 1 : 20. This canon of interpretation means
that we are not to so interpret one passage of scrip-
ture as to allow it to stand out in antagonism to all
the rest of the Bible. That is exactlv what one does
who finds in one solitary place a literal millennium
— ^as in the 20th chapter of Rev. and then proceeds
straightway to read that into all the rest of the Bible,
and make all other portions of the Sacred Volume
submit to be tortured into that unnatural and un-
reasonable position.
Now the common millenium interpretation of this
20th chapter of Revelations is that it is a literal state-
ment of what is to come to pass. This would make
it necessary to consider the angel, the key and the.
chain, the pit and the dragon, the beheaded souls
and the wicked nations — Gog and Magog — and all
the rest, literal persons and things. So we will pro-
ceed: "I saw an angel come down from heaven.*'
Who was that? All millennialists insist that it was
Christ. But the book says it was "an angel.'* Yes,
DESCENDANTS OF FRANCIS EATON 85
they say, but it was a figure of Christ. The angel
is a "figure "of Christ, is he? Well, if the very first
verse of the chapter is figurative, who knows but the
whole chapter is figurative? And if the whole chap-
ter is figurative — ^which it certainly is — then there
is no literal millennium in it at all! Thus the literal
interpretation which is so much relied upon to establish
the doctrine of the millennium, and without which
no one can possible get a millennium into this chapter,
breaks down with the very first sentence !
There is no resurrection of the saints mentioned
in this chapter. The saints that are mentioned are
the martyrs and eminent saints — souls, disembodied
souls who lived and reigned with Christ 1000 years.
Who knows but thev are now living and reigning with
Christ ?
There is no kingdom mentioned in this chapter.
The millennialists insist that Christ's reign on this
earth for a thousand years is in his kingdom. But
there is no kingdom here, no crown, no throne, except
the judgment throne, no capital, and no setting up
of a kingdom. All these ideas have been read into
this chapter from other sources.
There is no mention in this chapter of the saints
reigning on this earth at all. It says they lived and
reigned with Christ 1000 years' — says it twice — but
does not tell us where they did this; and there is not
one word in this chapter to indicate that it took place
on this earth.
Those who are supposed to take part in the mil-
lennial kingdom are described in this chapter as **them
that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for
the word of God, and who had not worshipped the
beast, neither his image, neither had received his
mark in their foreheads, nor in tKeir hand." In other
86 EATON GENEALOGY
words, they were specially designated classes of mar-
tyrs and eminent saints— terms which it seems to me
were not intended to include all the saved of all ages.
They were called **the first resurrection." This is
probably what Paul means (Phil. 3:10-12) when he
speaks of the first resurrection as *'the resurrection" —
thus first not in time, but in eminence and honor.
Here Paul evidently had in mind some special honor
which our Lord will confer upon martyrs and eminent
saints, those who "had fellowship in his suffering"
those who were "made conformable to his death," —
these are they who will attain imto ''the resurrection,"
— namely, "the first resurrection."
This thought that there are two resurrections,
differentiated not in time but in quality, and honor,
finds support also in Heb. 11 :35, and in Luke 20:25-36.
Still again, a more serious difficulty is this : A literal
interpretation of this passage makes it necessary to
admit that the wicked nations — Gog and Magog —
covered the 'earth and occupi ed it during the millen-
nial period. This must be so, for there is no account
of their being destroyed or swept oflF the earth at the
beginning of this supposed inillennium; and when
Satan is loosed at the close of that period he comes
upon earth and there he finds these nations, Gog and
Magog, and he gathers them to battle. How, I ask,
could Christ be reigning on this earth with his saints
for 1000 years while it was still covered over with
these wicked nations which were as ntunerous as the
sands of the sea shore — nations which were neither
destroyed at the beginning nor resurrected at the
close of the millennial period?
These difficulties must be disposed of before we can
possibly read a literal millennium into this chapter;
and if it is not here, we shall look in vain for it any-
DESCENDANTS OF FRANCIS EATON 87
where else in the Word of God. One might ask then,
What does this chapter mean? And I answer, I do
not know; and I know just as much about it as any
one else does. When its prophesies are fullfilled we
shall know, not till then. "What thou knowest not
now, thou shalt know hereafter.'* If it were necessary
to our salvation, we should know; but it is not. And
to read a literal millennium into this chapter explains
nothing, but involves more difl&culties than it over-
comes.
II. The Pre-millennialists and the Post-millennial-
ists differ radically as to the nature and character
of the kingdom of God. The former insists always
that it is real, literal kindgom to be established and
maintained in this world under the personal, corporeal
reign of Jesus Christ, and that it is to continue 1000
years. There is much variety among them however.
Some think that it will not be on this earth, while
others think they will occupy this earth forever.
But they all substantially agree that it is to be a real,
literal kingdom, having its definite territory, camps,
armies, capital, throne and king. Differing in some
sense from earthly kingdoms, it still had its definite
boundaries in time and space, literal, corporeal, mater-
ial, earthly. — and all this in spite of the solemn declara-
tion of Jesus that his kingdom "was not of this world,"
that it "cometh not with observation," that "the
kingdom of heaven is within you," and the declaration
of Paul, that "flesh and blood cannot inherit the kind
dom of God."
The Post-millennialists do not share these earthly,
material and semi-political views of the kingdom of
God at all. They believe that the kingdom of God
is a real kingdom, that it is as old as eternity, that
it is as vast as the universe, that its capital is heaven.
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that its king is God Almighty, that every human soul
that is redeemed and saved through Christ, together
with all angels constitutes its citizenship. The Bible
is not the kingdom. The Gospel is not the kingdom.
The church is not the kingdom. These are but means
to the establishment of the kingdom over this earth.
Christ is now reigning in this kingdom on his media-
torial throne. And he must continue to reign until
he hath put all enemies under his feet. When that
is done, he will deliver up the kingdom to God, that
God the Father may be all and in all.
The kingdom of God is one, and not one kingdom
for each planet. It is the moral and spiritual system
of the universe. It is not to be established anywhere
for a thousand years. It is co-eval with creation;
it began in the dawn of eternity, and will continue as
lone as God sits on the throne of Heaven. Our Savior
had much to say in support of this idea of the kingdom,
but never one word in hehalf of a personal, temporal,
corporeal reign on this earth for a thousand years.
In the Gospels are fifty parables which he gave us,
nearly every one of them, especially those in Matthew
and Mark, represent some feature of the king^dom,
but not one of them even remotely suggests an earthly
kingdom or a personal, miUennial reign on this earth.
The parable which covers the most of htiman history
and most fully represents Christ's thought of the
kingdom of God — a parable that exhibits the irrepres-
sible conflict between the kingdom of God and the
kingdom of Satan, covering all ages of human history
from the creation of Adam to the end of the world —
is the parable of the wheat and the tares, in the 13th
chapter of Matthew, v. 24-30. Our Lord himself
interpreted this parable in this chapter, and from this
interpretation we learn: That the field is the world,
DESCENDANTS OF FRANCIS EATON 89
and that the kingdom of God is now here in this field ;
that the good seed are the children of God who are
now on earth and in that kingdom ; that the tares are
the children of the devil now growing in that field,
but not of the kingdom; that the wheat and the tares
have been growing together since the beginning of
himian history, and that they will continue to grow
together until — not the nillennium — but until the
end of the world ; that the harvest at which the wheat
and the tares shall be separated is not the millennium,
but the end of the world ; that at the harvest he shall
send forth his angels to gather the tares out of the
kingdom (notice, they have all the time been in the king-
dom, but not of it) — shall send forth his angels to
gather the tares — ^not as the premillennialists would
say, "To gather the wheat out of the world for his
kingdom,** — ^but to gather the tares out of the kingdom
already existing in this world. **Then shall the right-
eous ^ine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their
Father," as in Matt, 25:34, **Come ye blessed of my
Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from
the fotmdation of the world!'* This points clearly
to the heavenly and eternal kingdom of God, which
all the saved will enter immediately after the judg-
ment.
In this same thirteenth chapter of Matthew are
two other parables, one of the Grain of Mustard Seed,
and the one of the Leaven, neither of which teaches
that the kingdom of God is to be inaugurated by a
revolution at Christ's Second Coming, but by a natural
evolution brought about by the agencies which God
is now employing for the reinstatement of his king-
dom in the hearts of men, and its spread throughout
the earth. It grows as the mustard seed; it spreads
and permeates as leaven — till the whole earth shall
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be filled with the glory of God. That certainly is
what these parables mean. In order to avoid the force
of this teaching, pre-milleimialists often insist that
the leaven is a type of sin, which is to grow until
it fills the entire earth. That would certainly be its
meaning if our Lord had said, **The kingdom of the
detfil is like leaven" etc. But he said, "The kingdom
of heaven is like leaven.''
There is multitude of glowing promises in the Bible
descriptive of the character, expansion and tritimph
of the kingdom of God on earth. Millennarians be-
lieve that they apply to the millennium; but to me
these promises seem rather to create the expectation
that truth and righteotisness shall steadily tritimph
ion til they gain the complete ascendancy in this world.
Examine a few of these glowing promises: John
12 : 32;. Matt. 28 : 19, 20; Isa. 42 : 4; 1 Cor. 15 : 25;
Mark 13 : 10; Rev .1 : 15; Isa. 2 : 2; Isa. 60 : 3; Hab.
2 : 14.
Now it would be unfair and incorrect to present
these bright promises of the spread and triumph
of the kingdom of God in this world without present-
ing also by their side certain other texts which seem
to throw dark shadows upon the scene; such texts
as these: Luke 18: 8; Matt. 24 : 38; 2 Tim. 3: 1-5.
All these things, we are told, shall come to pass in
the "last days." So we turn to the Bible to find out
when the "last days" shall be. When Peter preached
that great sermon at Pentecost, he evidently thought
he was in the "last days," for he quoted Joel to that
effect: "And it shall come to pass in the last days,
saith God, that I will pour out my Spirit," etc. The
"last days" here certainly means the Christian Era,
the last dispensation; and if the last then there is
no other, no millennial dispensation, to follow this.
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Such seems to be the meaning of the expression "last
days/' or **last time" wherever used, which you will
see if you will take the pains to look up these passages ;
Acts 2 : 17; Heb. 1 : 2; II Peter 3 : 3; I Peter 1 : 20;
II Tim. 3 : 1; I John 2 : 18; Jude 18.
We are now in the *'last days" or the closing dis-
pensation of the world's history. With this era htunan
history on this planet closes. And the two classes
of texts quoted above certainly show that the strug-
gle between good and evil wiU go on until the end.
I have therefore no reason to doubt that sin will
continue to do its deadly work upon the bodies and
souls of men till the end of the world. Nor have
we any reason to expect a time when there will be
in this world no sin and no sinners; but I do expect
a time when every 'nation shall hear the Gospel of
the Son of God; when all shall have the opporttmity
of accepting or rejecting him; when the proportion
of those who do accept will far exceed anything which
we have yet seen; when truth, righteousness and a
true Christian civilization shall so far gain the ascend-
ent in this world that "there shall be nothing to hurt
nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the Lord."
This is the millennitim, not of one year, nor one htm-
dred, nor one thousand years, but the reinstatement
of the kingdom of God over this earth — a rebellious
province — ^the proclamation of God's will on earth,
and the reign of righteousness in harmony with that
will. That is the millennium both of Scriptures and
common sense — and it is the only milleimitun which
this world will ever see. Heaven hasten that!
III. There are several serious objections to the
Pre-millennial view. These objections I will here
state :
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1 — One of them is that in looking for the establish-
ment, at some future date, of a Divine kingdom on
this earth, it is obliged to deny that the kingdom of
heaven is already founded or inaugurated here; but,
noting the fact that there is so much Scripture to
support the other view, that the kingdom is already
here, its advocates resort to the unscriptural fiction
of two kingdoms — the kingdom of grace, and a king-
dom of glory, the one already here, the other still to
come. But this is entirely gratuitous, and a poor
and foolish and tmscriptural fiction — an invention
to help out a bad cause.
2 — Looking for a millennial kingdom, they find
it congenial to deny that there is any good thing on
earth; that the world is steadily getting worse and
worse, and will continue to do so until Christ comes.
Happy homes, schools, colleges, asylums, hospitals,
printing presses, railroads, steam power, telegraphs,
telephones, electric achievements, scientific know-
ledge, advancement of civil and religious liberty,
downfall of despotism, growth of liberty, the temper-
ance reform, decay of superstitions, of bigotry, tm-
iversal enlightenment, the unity of the hiunan race,
brotherhood of man and world-wide evangelization —
all these go for naught so that the believer in a temporal
millennium may continue to vociferate that the world
is fast going to destruction. In his history of Eng-
land, Macaulay says: 'Those who compare the age
on which their lot is fallen with a golden age which
exists only in their imagination, maj'^ talk of degen-
eracy and decay; but no man who is correctly inform-
ed as to the past will take a morose or desponding
view of the present.*'
3 — ^Those who adopt this Pre-millennial doctrine
always deny that the Gospel was ever intended to
DESCENDANTS OF FRANCIS EATON 93
save the world. To them God does not expect or
desire any such results. In support of this remark-
able statement, I quote Canon Ryle, now I believe
the aged Bishop of Liverpool: — "I believe that the
world will never be converted completely to Chris-
tianity by any existing agency before the end comes.
I believe that the grand purpose of the present dis-
pensation is to gather out of the world an elect people
and not to convert all mankind. I believe finally,
that is it for the safety, happiness and comfort of
all true Christians to expect as little as possible from
churches or governments under the present admin-
istration, *** and to expect their good things only
from the Second Advent.*' How little all that sounds
like the terms of the Great Commission: "AU au-
thority is given unto me in heaven and in earth; go
ye therefore and teach all nations; and lo, I am with
you alway, even tinto the end of the world." Or
like the words of Paul: "So we preach, warning every
man, and teaching every man, that we may present
every man perfect in Christ Jesus."
Before the Divinity school of Yale college. Bishop
Simpson said: "When the Gospel, under the preach-
ing of the true Christian preacher, shall have filled
the whole earth, then indeed there will be a new heav-
en and a new earth. Until that time come we must
preach on. Nor must we be diverted from our work
by any suggestions that society can not be reformed,
or that the Lord will come visiblv to cut off the wicked
and to reign as a temporal king. I have resT)ect for
the good men that teach that doctrine, but none for
the doctrine itself. Analj^'sed. it shows a lack of
faith in God's Word; a spirit of indolence that is un-
willing to face calmly and patiently the thought of
long ages of toU and sacrifice; a .spirit of vengeance
94 . EATON GENEALOGY
that calls for fire to come down from heaven. They
think it easier to kill men than to convert them/'
4 — ^This millennial doctrine encounters a very ser-
ious mathematical difficulty. If the world's popula-
tion had doubled each centiiry for the past sixty years
— ^which seems a very reasonable estimate — the present
population of the earth would be two and one-third
quintiUions of people. That would cover over the
fifty millions of square miles of land surface on this
globe with people as thickly as they could stand,
four thousand deep.. If each were five feet high they
would reach up into the sky nearly four miles. No
doubt i)eople enough have been bom to make that
niunber. Now, if only one in 4,000 of them shall
enter into the millennial kingdom, they will still be
too crowded to allow them to sit down. I would
not like to go into a kingdom where I had to stand
up for one thousand years! I do not wonder that
millennialists are always talking about getting an
elect people out of the earth for the kingdom
5 — Finally, this millennial doctrine encounters a
very serious Astronomical difficulty. There are now
known, by means of stellar photography, to be
not less than six hxmdred millions of stars, and spec-
trum analysis shows that each and every star is a
sun; and in a few instances, the telescope reveals their
planets or secondaries revolving aroimd them. That
spreads out before the eye a universe of not less than
600,000,000 of solar systems, many of them vaster
than our own solar system — each with its hundred
or its thousand habitable worlds^^ — six hundred bil-
lions of possibly inhabitable worlds! Now, it is sim-
ply imthinkable that Jesus Christ, the Second Person
of the Trinity, should leave the central throne of heav-
en and come down t<o this little earth — ^which is but
DESCENDANTS OP FRANCIS EATON . 95
a grain of sand in the vastness of the universe — and
set up a temporal throne and reign here, over a little
handful of the righteous at most for one thousand
years! Jesus Christ would go anjrwhere and at any
cost or sacrifice, to save a world; but what conceiv-
able purpose could be accomplished for the good of
the universe, or the glory of God, or the salvation
of men, by such a millennial performance ? Let him
believe it who can; but the Christ I worship is too
high in dignity and moral majesty for that! Jesus
Christ can never reign anywhere in any other sense
than he is now reigning in the hearts of those who
love him. If he can not reign there' he can not reign
anywhere. * 'Behold I stand at the door (of your
hearts) and knock. If any man hear my voice and
open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with
him and he with me.''
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241 3 Rollin B. Eaton, son of (209 7),
b April 28, 1819; m Mary Ashley, of Free-
town. He was in the Assonet Light Infantry,
Co. G., of 3rd Regt.; was commissioned, Dec.
13, 1854 4th Lieut., and afterwards promoted
to 3rd and to 2nd Lieut.
242 2 Rev Homer Eaton, son of (196 2),
b in Vermont Nov. 16, 1834; educated for
the pastorate; admitted to Troy Conference
1857; delegate to the General Conferences
of 1872, 1880, 1884, and 1888; delegate to
the Methodist Ecumenical Conference in
London '1881; received the degree of D. D.
from Syracuse University 1878; elected Book
Agent at New York 1889.
Ninth Generation
252 1 Seymour Sylvester Eaton, son of
(218 1), b 1856; m Martha Hayes
Issue
264 1 Myrtle b 1878; m Albert Potter in
1904
263 2 Alfred Datus Eaton, son of (218 1) , p^^^y Rec
b 1861 ; m at 20 years, Hattie Miller oid of Ai-
Issue fred D. Eat-
266 1 Floyd AUen b 1888 <>«. Water-
266 2 Ella May b 1896 ***'™' ^- '^■
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PART TT
DESCENDENTS OF JOHN EATON
DEDHAM BRANCH
Descendants of John Eaton, of Dover, Eng-
land, who came in the "Elizabeth & Ann"
1635.
The living descendants of the settler John
Eaton — the youthful John who married the
widow — are many thousands, and probably
2,000 bear the name of Eaton.
The number of distinguished men whose
ancestry can be traced to him is considerable
and includes those who have made their
mark in the pulpit, at bar, in war, medicine,
business, politics, literature, art, and science.
The Eatons have always been a family
of intelligence and worth, of refinement
and excellent social position, men of char-
acter and influence.
John De Eaton
written
John de Eyton, 1394 — bore, or, a fret
azure quarterly with gules, two bars ermine
— Shirley:
d8
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON
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COAT OF ARMS
The arms of Eyton, of Eyton, are blazoned. Q^"g!|}„ j^^
— quarterly, first and fourth or, fret azure, ^j 337
second and third gules, two bars emiine.
We feel disposed to regard this as a single
coat, resembling Despenser, and others; but it
has been regarded as composed of two coats
quartered and the second quarter as derived
from Pantulph, Baron of Wem, who was
lord of Eyton at the time of the Domesday
survey.
The Pantulphs, however, became extinct
in the reign of Henry III, and perhaps there
is no positive evidence of their having as-
sumed arms. Blakeway says that the Ey-
tons are supposed from their arms to be a
younger branch, or at least early vassals
' of Pantulph, Baron of Wem (Sheriffs of
Shropshire, p 57). Warin, the Domesday
tenant of Eton (Eyton of the Weald Moors)
was the chief feoffee in Shopshire of Wil-
liam Pantulph, Baron of Wem; and the
listorian of Shrop-
; there is no room
Eyton (t. H. IT.)
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was Warin*s direct descendant and heir.
He adds: ''Again it is probable that Warin
was himself a Cadet of the house of Pantulf ,
for the descendants pf Robert de Eyton
have uniformly quartered the arms of Pan-
tulf. It has been suggested that the quar-
tering of the arms of a suzerain might have
been merely in token of feudal dependence.
The alternate theory seems to be that
"when a Vassal is found bearing the arms
of his Suzerain as a quarter, without any
difference he was his Suzerain's relation by
blood as well as tenure." Upon this we
would take the great liberty to remark,
which we should scarcely do if the question
were one of genealogy only, in which respect
no judgment can well out weigh that of
Mr. Eyton, 1, that the arms of Eyton occur
(as we persume) long before the practice of
quartering commenced and 2, that of the
Pantulf was apparently extinct before the
era of the general assumption of Armorial
bearings.
We would ask, is there any seal or other
testimony to the supposed arms of Pantulf?
Robert Eaton (Eton), of Clements Inn,
gent and Margaret Alebaster, spinster of
St. Osyth, near Colchester at St. Sepulcher,
m. London Feb. 23, 1565
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Eaton
The name of Eaton is of Welsh and Saxon
origin, a place name meaning hill or town
near the water. In Welsh **Aw'' means wa-
ter and **Twyn'' a small hill; Awtyn, called
Eyton, **a small hillock near the water/'
In Saxon **Ea" means water and "Ton''
town — the same — viz — a town or hill near
the water.
The English ancestry has been traced
as follows —
(I) Banqul Thane of Lochabar, A. D. 1000
(II) Fleance s of Banqui, m Guenta Prin-
cess of North Wales
(III) Alan Fitz Flaald, m Amiera
(IV) WiUiam Fitz Alan, m Isabel de Say
(V) Robert de Eaton, m
(VI) Peter de Eaton, m
(VII) Sir Peter de Eaton, m Alice ....
(VIII) William Eaton, m Matilda ....
(IX) Sir Peter de Eaton, m Margary
(X) Peter de Eaton, m
(XI) John Eaton, m
(XII) Robert de Eaton, m
Peter de Eaton (Eyton) m
(XIII) Humphrey Eaton, m
(XIV) Georgius Eaton, m
(XV) Sir Nicholas Eaton, m Katherine
Talbot
(XVI) Louis (LfCWis) Eaton, m Anna Savage
(XVII) Henry Eaton, m Jane Cressett
(XVIII) William Eaton, m
(XIX) William Eaton, m Jane Hussey,
d before 1584
101
102 EATON GENEALOGY
TWENTIETH GENERATION
John Eaton, s of William Eaton, ancestor
of the Welsh branch which settled in Penn-
sylvania.
Peter Eaton, s of William Eaton, m EUza-
beth Patterson.
Nicholas Eaton, s of William Eaton, m
(1) Kathem Masters; (2) Mrs. Joan Gibbs.
TWENTY-FIRST GENERATION
William Eaton, of Staple, son of Peter
Eaton, b 1604; emigrated 1637.
John Eaton, of Canterbury, s of Nicholas
Eaton by his 1st wife, emigrated from Eng-
land, 1635.
William Eaton, of Dover, died before
1584. His widow Jane Eaton died that
year (1584). She made her will Aug. 27,
1584, and it was proved, Dec. 29, the same
year. From this will we imderstand that
she was a widow and executrix of the will
of her late husband William Eaton. Her
body was buried in the church yard of St.
James at Dover. She names her (eldest)
son William Eaton, her sons John, Peter
and Nicholas, then under age, and gives
directions for the education of Peter and
Nicholas, that ''they shall be kept for one
year more in France, to learn the French
tongue, and shall afterwards be put to some
science or cx^cupation." She makes her son-
in-law, Jacques (or James) Huggenson, her
sole executor, and mentions **my other child -
ren.
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 103
Joyce Eaton m Jacques (or James) Hug-
genson, issue: James Huggenson
Barbara m Allen
William b 1570, m— 2nd— Joan Winch
John
Peter m Mrs. Elizabeth Patterson
Nicholas b 1573; m (1) Katherine Master
m (2) Mrs. Joan Gibbs
Record at St. Mary's Dover — Baptised.
William Eaton, b Sept. 1, 1594
Elizabeth, b April 6, 1597, d 1598
Annys, b March 30, 1600
William, b Jime 6, 1602; d 1608
WilUam, b May 28, 1609
Registers of East Langdon, a parish some
five or six miles northeasterly of Dover.
1612 Sept. 30 John Eaton & Johana Bed-
forke m
1619 Jan. 26 Joane, wife of John Eaton
buried
1650 Oct. 21 John Eaton, senex, buried
Peter, the 3d son of William and Jane
Eaton, m Jan. 28, 1603, Elizabeth, widow
of Patterson. The license for the
ntiarriage is recorded at Canterbury, and
the marriage itself at St. Mary's Dover.
8 children of this marriage are on record.
Jane, bapt. Mar. 17, 1604; m Shemall
Katherine, m William Robinson in 1626
William, bapt. Sept. 26, 1608; d young
Joyce, bapt. Sept. 1, 1611; m Edward
Ranger in 1632; was living a widow in 1665;
and had two sons, John and Peter Ranger.
Peter, bapt. July 3, 1614; d 1628
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John, bapt. Oct. 23, 1616; living in 1636
Elizabeth, bapt. Aug. 12, 1619; living
in 1636
Nicholas, bapt. July 1623; d 1628
The father died before the mother, and
she was buried Jan. 8, 1631, ''Elizabeth,
widow of Mr. Peter Eaton.'*
Nicholas Eaton, youngest son of Wil-
liam and Jane, was bom in 1573, as appears
from his age of 58 given in a marriage li-
cense dated 1626. He was a church-warden
of St. Mary's in 1603, and probably for many
years thereafter, no doubt until his death,
which took place in 1636-37; for he was
buried in the church of St. Mary the Virgin,
in Dover, March 21st, of that year.
In the Herald's Visitation of Kent in 1619,
it was reported as follows —
**The towne and Port of Dover Incorpor-
ated By the Name of Maior and Jurate have
been there Charter and Liberties Confirmed
by Divers Kinges and Queens of England —
And at the present tyme of this visitation
These were Cheifs in the Gouemient thereof
William Ward Maior and leiftennant of
the Castle of Dover under the Lord warden.
ohn Benger
ohn Goulstone
George Binge
William Lennard
Henry Steed Richard Dakes
Robert Garrett Michaell Burley
John Waade these 4 have
Thomas Foorde n ot been mai or.
Nicholas Eatton
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DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 105
From this record we know that Nicholas
Eaton was a Jurate of Dover in 1619, and
we may infer that he had been Mayor of the
town. We also learn that Nicholas Eaton
was a merchant. (See — Marriage Licenses,
Canterbury. Second Series 1619-1660 p 309)
He m (i) Katherine Master, Nov. 2, 1596;
and (2) in 1626, Mrs. Joan Gibbs, widow
of John Gibbs of Horsleydown, and dau
of Tidderman, of Dover.
Mrs. Joan Eaton, was buried, April 14,
1635;
Nicholas Eaton of Dover, Juret, Widr., Marriage Li-
about 53, and Joan Gibbs of Horsleydown ^^^^^ ""*
near London w., about 40 relict of John Gibbs s^^ond Se-
dec. at St. Margarets, Cant. July 26, 1626 Hes. lei-
Children by 1st wife: i660. p 399
John bapt' 1599; d
WUliam bapt. Jan. 9, 1602; m Susan With-
erden, of Tenterden, dau of John Witherden.
William Eaton, was a grocer merchant in
Dover in 1665, but d before 1677.
William Eaton, of Dover, grocer, about
25, son of Nicholas Eaton s. p. merchant,
who consents & Susan Witherden, of Ten-
terden atx)ut 17, dau of John s. p., g., who
also consents as is certified by Thos. With-
erden, of Cant. g. at New Romney Julv 7,
1635.
Issue:
infant, d 1637
infant, d 1640
John
William
Katherine m Benjamin Hawkins in 1681
G-F: 242
106 EATON GENEALOGY
Issue :
Martha Hawkins, m Thomas Fagg, b
1685 d. 1727
Elizabeth bapt. Feb. 10, 1603; d in childhood
Jane bapt. Mar. 28, 1606;
John (2nd) of Canterbury, bapt. Aug. 21,
1611. (Supposed to be he who was known
as John Eaton, of Dedham, who emigrated
to New England in the "Elizabeth & Ann'*
in 1635;)
Musgrave's Qapt. Nicholas, bapt. Oct. 11, 1612; m
^^^"^2' 1639, Elizabeth Gibbon (b 1618), dau Mat-
thew Gibbon & Elizabeth White, of West-
cliflfe. Capt. Nicholas Eaton was a ship-
master, shipo^^Tier and merchant ; m April 9,
1638— Elizabeth Gibbon, of Westcliffe, about
19, dau of Matthew Gibbon; d in 1637, and
was buried at St. Mary's Church, April 1667
leaving issue:
Elizabeth d before her father ; (m
Hooday)
Nicholas, m Sarah More, in 1667, and went
to London. Issue:
Elizabeth
Nicholas, d young
Kary, m 1700, Ralph Markland
Capt. Nicholas Eaton, of All Hallows
parish, in London
John
William m Susan Witherden. of Tenterden
Katherine
Kary, m Thomas Monys, of Dover, gent.
Issue :
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 107
Rev. Richard Monls, Rector of Ring-
wold and Charlton, who finally inherited
the Eaton property, and by royal license
took the name Eaton. He died in 1770.
Thomas bapt. Feb. 20, 1613; d 1616
Peter, yoiingest son of Capt. Nicholas
Eaton, Kved in London, and in Woodford,
Co. Essex. He was knighted, and so was
known as Sir Peter Eaton. His wife, was
Elizabeth, who from the arms on her tomb
at Leatherhead, Co. Surrey, must have been
of the family of Cheesman, of Kent. He
d in London, Sept. 22, 1730, and was bur-
ied in St. Mary's, Dover.
Issue:
Mary m her cousin Capt. Nicholas Eaton
of London.
Peter d in childhood, 1692
Martha d in childhood, 1696
Elizabeth m Christopher Hill
Catherine m (1) Matthew Chandler; m (2)
Sir John Thompson
Richard) a Capt. in the navy, who d before
his father.
Captain Nicholas and Mary Eaton had
a residence at Woodford, and over the gate-
way of their house are still seen the arms
of Eaton, impaling Eaton, elaborated in
wrought iron.
This Capt. Nicholas, d in 1728, and was
buried with his ancestors. His wife d in
1733. Their monument once within St.
108 EATON GENEALOGY
Mary's church is now used as^ a flagstone
in the pavement of a path outside of the
church. The inscription is now nearly
obliterated. Putting all together, and sup-
plying the obliterated dates from the Church
records, the original inscription can be read
as follows:
'f .
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 109
[Arms: Eaton impaling Eaton'
Here Lveth interred the Bod v o :
Capt. NICHOLAS EATON, Son of
Mr. NICHOLAS EATON of DOVER
who departed this Life the 5th day
of April 1 728 Aged 48 years
Here Lyeth interred the Body of
Sir PETER EATON Knt. son of Capt.
NICHOLAS EATON of Dover and Uncle
of the above Capt. NICHOLAS EATON
who departed this Life the 22d day of
September Anno Domi 1730 Aged 75 years
Also Here Lyeth Interred the Body of
MARY Relict of the above Capt.
NICHOLAS EATON and Daughter of
Sir PETER EATON who departed this
Life the 2frth day of September Anno
Domi 1733 Aged 44 years.
[Arms — or a fret azure]
Near this PJace are
deposited the remains of
Dame CATHERINE THOMPSON
daughter of
Sir PETER and Dame ELIZABETH
EATON
and Relict of
Sir JOHN THOMPSON late Lord Mayor of
the City of London
She departed this Life on the 8 day of Oct
A. D. 1765
Aged 74:
The Merits of the Virtuous and Just
Survive when Tombstones shall be turned
to Dust.
EATON GENEALOGY
f at^rn.
Sacred to the Memory of
PETER EATON. ESQ.
whose remains are here deposited with his
Ancestors
inhabitants of this Town of Dover for Ages
past
He being the last Male issue of His Family;
Departed this Life, after a long & painhil
illness,
In just Hopes of a Better.
The 31st day of January 1769 in the 49th
Year of His Age
He was 2^alous to God, and Benevolent
to Man;
Reader let His Character be thine.
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON
Mre. HANNAH MARKLAND His Cousin
and Heir
In Testimony of Her Regard to His Memory
And the rest of the EATON Family
From whom she is Descended
Caused this Monument to be erected
[U
[21
Felix qui sui memores aliis fecit morendo
Verily there is a reward for the righteous.
The omitted line [I] is in Hebrew, from
Psalms CII, 14; "For he knoweth our frame;
he remembereth that we are dust."
The omitted line [2] is in Greek, and may
be translated. "Blessed in his labors, blessed
in his death."
The Latin means; "Happy is he who has
made others to remember him by deserving
it," and is changed but little from Virgil's
Aeneid. vi.664
The property inherited by Hannah Mark-
land was large, and included houses and
land. She did not long survive her cousin,
112
EATON GENEALOGY
Brooke's
Puritans
Marriage
Licenses of
Canterbury,
Second
Series,
1619-1660,
p 309
and left all to the Reverend Richard Monis,
her second cousin.
The Rev. Richard Monis Eaton, d a few
months afterwards and was buried at Ring-
wold, Feb. 28, 1770. With his death the
name of Eaton ceased in the Dover line.
John Eaton, (1619) divine, b in Kent in
or about 1575; educated at Trinitv College
Oxford. B. A. 1595 M. A. 1603. After several
curacies including St. Catherine, Coleman
St. London, he was presented with the
vicarage of Wickham, Market, Suffolk ''being
accounted by all the neighboring ministers
a grand Antinomian if not one of the founder
of the sect so called. Eaton, though un-
doubtedly much of a fanatic, made an ex-
cellent vicar. In a few years the parish
was generally reformed, insomuch that most
of the children twelve years old were able
to give good account of their knowledge
in the grounds of religion.'* Later he was
imprisoned for heterodox preaching. None
of his writings were allowed to be pub-
lished during his lifetime. After his death
appeared "THE DISCOVERY OF THE
MOST DANGEROUS DEAD TRUTH".
From Dover, Co. Kent, England, 1635.
Eaton
• Nicholas Eaton, of Dover, Jurat, Widr.,
about 53 & Joan Gibbs of Horsleydowns,
near London, w., about 40, relict of John
Gibbs dec. at St. Margaret, Cant. Julv 26.
1626.
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 113
Nicholas Eatoiii a Jurate and Churchwarden,
m (1) Katherine Master; m (2) Mrs. Joan
Gibbs.
Issue By 1st wife
John Eaton, (1) baptised in Dover, Co. ^iftSai
Kent, England, Attg. 21, 1611; m Abigale Re^ster?ix.
Damon, a widow, April 5, 1630. They came 73. 79 '
to America in 1635 in the * 'Elizabeth & Ann
(Abigale, aged 35 with Mary aged 4, Thomas . ^^p^'s Pio-
aged 1, and Jane Dammant aged 9)*; He ^^^ ^^50
became a proprietor from May 25, 1637, 15*1^^'^
town officer. That John Eaton, a boy of
19, shotdd marry a widow of 29 or 30, with
one or possibly two children, is not improb-
able. John Eaton, of Dedham, was a
man of good social position, of reputation Hotten's
and influence in the town and died possessed Original List
of a fair estate. That he had some property ©^ Persons of
on his arrival in New England is evident Q^^^'^y* p ^
from the vote of the town, 28th, 9th mo., ^ew Eng-
1637, accepting his offer "to lay downe unto land Hist,
the Towne either his Lott in ye Island or and Gen.
that six acres in ye plavne he purchased of Kfps*«r»
Raffe Shephearde". Certainly he was not '''''' ^^^
unworthy to be a son of the jurate and
churchwarden, if he did marry a widow and
emigrate to New England.
These p'ties hereonder expressed are to be
umbarqued for New England having taken
the oathes of AUegeance and Supremacie
* Abigail Damon (sometimes Damand, Historical
Dummin, Da'mat) Eaton, had a daughter, Register, ii
Jane who married, in 1644 John Plimpton, 74, so
and a son John Daman t.)
114 EATON GENEALOGY
and likewise brought Certificate both from
the ministers and Justices where their abid-
ings were latlie, of their Conformitie to the
discipline and orders of the Church of Eng-
land and y*t they are no Subsedy men.
Thomas Eaton
Abigail Eaton
Marv Eaton
(Mrs. Eaton, and children Jane and John
Damment bv former marriage who were re-
ceived to Church of Dedham, 1640, 1645)
First Generation
1 John Eaton, d 10 (9) 1658, Will prob.
16 (10) 1658, bequeathed to wife Abigail;
chil. John, Mary, and Abigail; John Dam-
ment, of Redding; to John Plunipton, of
. Redfield; to kinsman Edward Hobson —
Issue :
2-1 Marj, bapt. at Dover, Co. Kent, Eng Dedham
land, Mar. 20, 1631; m May 5, 1651 John Records
Mason (issue 8 children) 25
3-2 John, b Oct. 17, 1633; d 1634
4-3 Thomas, b 1633; d 1659
5-4 John, b 1636; d 1694; m Alice
6-5 Abigail, b Jan .6, 1640, d Sept. 13,
1711; m Robert Mason, brother of John,
Oct. 9, 1659 (issue 7 children)
7-6 Jacob, b June 8, 1642 (in Dedham);
d Jan. 20, 1646
Bond's History of Watertown, says of
him: John Eaton, a very early settler of
Watertown, w^as admitted freeman Mav 25,
1636. The witnessing of the Will of 'John
Eaton, first of Watertown afterwards of
Dedham, by Rev. John AUin and Hon.
Major Eleasser Lushing (Lusher), and the
taking of the inventory by Eleaser Lusher,
Henry Chickering and John Hayard, imply
that he held a responsible position.
John Eaton settled in Watertown and
115
116 EATON GENEALOGY
lived there a vear. He received several
grants of land in Watertown,
Viz: July 25, 1636, John Eaton, Forty acres
Feb. 28, 1636, John Eaton, Six acres
June 26, 1637, John Eaton, Six acres
April 9, 1638, John Eaton, Three acres
From which it would appear that he did
not break off entirely with Watertown until
near the time he joined the Dedham Church
in 1641.
The Dedham Covenant was dated 10th,
of 7th 1630, and has the signature of John
Eaton, but probably he signed it some months
after that date. John Eaton's name first
appears as present at town meeting on 28th
9th month 1637: after that he was a regular
attendant. A meeting house was ordered
*'to be in length 36 Foote and 20 foote bredth
& in ve studds 12 foote. 18, 11,
1637. Thomas Wright, John Dwight, Nich-
olas Phillips and John Eaton have under-
taken to fell Pynes and Oake for it.''
HistSai J^^^ Eaton helped to build the first bridge
©ILelir a over the Charles river in Dedham.
Kegister, n.
75. 78 John Eaton's house was valued at ;felO.
8.0 But we must remember that measured
in the money of the present day the houses
would be worth three or four times as much.
John Eaton, took an active part in the
affairs of the little community: He served
on committees to lay out land, was Surveyor
of Highways: was "Wood reeve" several
years. In 1647 he was a "committee" to
decide who was behind in their way work.
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 117
He with his wife was admitted to Dedham
Church, July 5, 1642. He sold land in Wat-
ertown to Edward How. — His Will dated
Nov. 2, proved Dec. 7, 1658, mentions wife
Abigail; son John, Mary, & Abigail.
Deposed inventory of the Estate taken
30: 9: 1659 by Eliazer Lusher, Henry Chick- •
ering, Jno. Harvard: Amt. ;^392. 10s.
"Land in the Island Playne ;^23: '*two
peels in the great plaine £19; by South Plaine,
at foule Meadow; Right in an Island in the
swamp, &c., Abigail relict of John Eaton
deposed, 16: 10-58."
WILL Of John Eaton: Suffolk Probate
Records Dedham
IT 1 T oi o Historical
Vol. I p. 313 Register, ii.
Date 2nd of month 9th, 1658: Presented 79
9 : 10 : 1658.
John Eaton, of Dedham, though sicke,
yet sound in memory, doe make this my
last Will. — I give ynto Abigail my wife,
the free vse of my parlor in my now dwelling
house, & the Leantoe thereunto adjoining
and all the household stuflfe at present in
them to her use, all the tearme she shall
remaine a widdow; & sufficient firewood
for her vse, to be provided and Layd in the
yard at her assignment, I giue my wife, the
annuitie of 6 pounde p ann. to be payd at
the End of each halfe yeare after my decease,
in such things as she needeth out of my
estate here-after to be disposed of, during
her life; or the third pt of my Lands during.
118 EATON GENEALOGY
the same tearme; her selfe to chose which
of these two she best liketh. I giue unto
my wife so much of my other household
stuffs as come to the value of 5 pounds,
such as her selfe shall make choyse of, and
also one Cowe her selfe to choose. I give
to John Dammant, of Reading £5; to John
Plimpton, of Meadfield £5; vnto Edward
Hobsman my kinsman, 40s. The remainder
of my Estate shall be devided into equall
pts. & that pt. of her potion which my daugh-
ter Mary haue received to be accounted
therevnto; the one halfe whereof I giue to
John Eaton my sonne, and his heyres for-
euer and the other halfe to Mary and Abi-
gail, my two daughters and their heires;
my Sonne and my two daughters to pay
my wife, their mother, that £Q p. ann. as
aboue written I nominate Abigail, my wife,
to be my executrix.
John AJjlin Eleazer Lushing.
Inventory of John Eaton
Taken 30th, of ye 9mo. 1658 by Eleazer
Lushing, Henry Chickering and John Haj^ard
Haward.
31 yards New Cloth ;^ 3. 2. 0
Bridle & Sadie I pillion I pannell 1. 0. 0
7 load Hay from foule meadow 3.10. 0
The dwelling house & the 2 bams 45.
I pcell of upland where the house
stands with the orchard as it
encompassed with meadow 28. 0. 0
land in the Ilande playne broken &
unbroken. 28. 0. 0
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 119
the further pcell in the great plaine 7.10. 0
the other 12. 0. 0
1 Pcell by Thomas Paynew 5. 0. 0
The meadow at home by the house lot 50. 0.10
The Meadow enclosed in the Hand
playne fence 9. 0. 0
2 pcells of swamp lying in the iland
& one in the South playne 6. 0. 0
Woodland distributed and near Mead-
field and all Common rights of
all sorts 5. 0. 0
Furniture, rugg, blanket, Wearing
apparell. Farming Tools Oxen &
Calves 2 mares, I colt, sheep,
lamb, swine, carts, ploughs,
yokes. 180.08. 0
£329.10. 0
Presented by Abigail Eaton, the relict of
John Eaton 16, 10, 58.
This inventory shows that he owned a
lot in Fowl meadows, but that his principal
estate was on Dedham Island, and we shall
see that it included the land on which the
Powder House Rock was located. The es-
tate was inherited by John Eaton 2nd,
who was but 22 years old when his father
died.
Second Generation
The name continues to appear in the town
records, and now refers to the son.
5-4 John Eaton (2), of 'The HiU'\ son
of Jolm (1) Eaton and Abigail (Damon)
Eaton his wife, supposed to have been bom
in Watertown, where his father Hved a vear,
b 1636; m Alice ; d after Oct' 23,
1694. His wife d Mav 8, 1694.
Issue :
8 1 John b July 15, 1665; d Oct 15, 1665
Dedham ^ 2 John b Sept. 17, 1671; d Oct. 23,
Records, i. 1694; m Ann Whiting
25 10 3 Thomas, b July 23, 1675; d Aug. 17,
1748; m Lydia Gay'
11 4 WUllam, b Aug. 11, 1677; d April 3,
1718; m Mary Starr
12 5 Judeth, b Sept. 17, 1679; d April 26,
1680
13 6 Jonathan, b vSept. 3, 1681 ; d June 25,
1748; m Lvdia Starr
14 7 David, b Mar. 8, 1633; d Mar 23. 1683
15 8 Ebenezer, b Mav 3, 1687; d Mav 23,
1688
16 9 Judith, b May 17, 1680
In regard to AUce, wife of John Eaton —
so far her maiden name has not been found —
it is given Elle once and every other time
as Alice. That she was a woman of some
ability is shown by her persistence in looking
after the family interest while her husband
was "distracted •'.
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 121
Petition of Alice Eaton
Copied from the original paper on file in
the Mass. Archives.
To the Honnobrl General Court
Assembled in Boston.
The Humble Petition of Alice wife
of John Eaton of Dedham, humbly sheweth —
That whereas he ys Jn for many years
past has been bereaved of ye right use of
his reason some times ragin mad & delirious,
other times more sober as so quietly to walk
ye streets, but always utterly void of com-
mon prudence needful to ye manageing of
an estate, as all ye know him can declare
and as the imprudent disposal of a consider-
able part of his estate doth & may sufficiently
evidence. And whereas during ys his con-
dition (wch has been for a space of near 20
years) he has att several times (being inveig-
led & persuaded by such as very well knew
his incapacity of manageing such affairs)
disposed & conveyed & givin assurance in
conveyance, of several parcels of land, for
little other consideration than fair words,
without the knowledge of his friends, &
we, he himselfe is utterly ignorant, both as
to persons to whom, time when & consid-
eration for wch, he gave & made such sd
deeds and conveyances.
Whence yor humble petitioner her com-
plaint arrises 3rt his family and posterity
are oppresed, & greatly injured, by being
held unjustly out of yr propper rights.
And wheras ye sd Jno is now & continues
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122 EATON GENEALOGY
as incapable of prudent manageing his bus-
iness as formerly & therefore as probable
further to squander & waste his remaining
estate : —
Do therefore (by, with, & upon ye consent
& desire of ye sd Jno) humbly petition
(being constrained by wt allready suffered,
as by wt yor petitioner has reason to fear,
And emboldened by ye hopes of ye favor
clemency & commiseration of this honnour-
able Assembly) that such cours may be
taken as yt yor Humble petitioner & her
indigent family, may have redress of griev-
ances, and pervent inconveniences of ye
like nature by making and empowering a
committee to examin & rectify all past con-
veyances of land by him ye sd Jno made &
putting ye sd Jno under a ward or Guardian
without whom he may not have power to
act in things of this rate, and hereby yor
Humble Petitioner shall be further obliged
to pray always for yor Honnrs good improve-
ment & happiness. Alice Eaton.
Colony Rec- jj^ answcr to the petition of Alice Eaton,
aicoil^r^^ the request herein is granted: an^ Thomas
7th May r Browne of Cambridge, & John Fuller of
J 684 Dedham the petitioners neighbors, are ap-
pointed to be the committee with herselfe
to inspect into this affaire, and examine
what is done by the said John Eaton, irra-
tionally and illegally; as also to take due
course for the preventation of future damage,
& preserve the estate for the benefit of the
family.
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 123
Second Petition of Alice Eaton
on file at the State House.
To The Honourable Generall Court Assembled
in Boston, Alice wife to John Eaton, Humbly
shows that she is thankfull for this Courts
favor in granting her petition referring to
the wrong offered her husband in persons
bargaining with him when he was uncapable,
but finds the same less effectual for two
reasons (1) that it doth not look like time
enough for wee perceive that his greatest
suffering to that sort may pass the twenty
years allowed us and (2) their is wanting to
us a committv of this honorable Court that
may Examine persons Concerned and pur-
chasers who will give us no Answer by which
wee are kept in ignorance which two things
if the Court shall please to favor us in wee
doubt not of Justiss from such Courts as
wee shall make our pleas before and so will
bee of great benefit to his distressed family.
0
And shall ever pray for yr honers.
Dedham Ma}^ 28, 1685. (Copy of Papers on
file at State House)
We testify for whom it may conseame
that John Eaton my neighbor was distracted
some years before his father's death which
is about 27 years sentce his father died, and
before he had anything to dispose of eyther
Leagally or eleagUy or either.
Thomas ffuller aged about 67 years
Richard EUiss aged about 64 years
V
124
EATON GENEALOGY
Nathaniel
Steames
General
Court from
Dedham
Proceedings of General Court. 7 July 1685.
In answer to the petition of Alice Eaton
wife of John Eaton, on her further mo-
tion it is in order that Lieutenant Nathaniel
Steames be joined with the former com-
was a repre- mittee appointed by this court 7th May
sentate to 1684 in ansr to her then petition & for that
and in the try all of the premises the sd Left.
Sterne to appoint time and place of meeting,
making their report to this Court how they
find it.
"We hear no more of this trouble after
1685 and may suppose that he was restored
to health."
The last remark of Prof. Eaton was based
on the entry of death of John Eaton 3rd
The son being called John Eaton Jr. it was
assumed that the father was then living,
and he could only say that John Eaton 2nd
died after October 28th,1694.
John Eaton was living in 1694 at the time
his oldest son died; and in Volume five of
the Dedham town records we can trace him
still further. His name appears regularly
in the tax lists from the date of his father's
death until 1701; from 1701 to 1704 it is
listed with that of his son William:
After the year 1704, John Eaton's name
disappears entirely from the lists, and that
of William takes its place: so that it is prob-
able that John 2nd gave up the farms to
his son and his descendants may believe
that the closing years of the old man's life
were calm and peaceful after the sickness
f
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 125
and misfortunes that he experienced. Wheth-
er he had learned, as have his descendants
and successors, the charm of standing on
the Great Rock and enjoying the extensive
view of the Charles River meadows of Rox-
bury and Newton Hills not far distant or
sheltered from northerlv winds in one of
the depressions of its southerlv face, he looked
across the river flowing in front, and contem-
plated the settlement, which had grown in
his day from a small hamlet to what must
have seemed to him a respectable town,
with its meeting house, school house and
tavern ; or whether, as appreciation of natural
scenery is a modem cultivated taste, he
contented himself with sitting in the sunshine
at his home, the Rock must have been as
object of his daily vision.
The next occurence of his name on record
is on a deed made in 1700 selling a farm to
his son — this farm was in the neighborhood
of what is now called Moteley's Pond and
it is evident that John 2nd, continued to
hold the estate containing the Rock.
This homestead also came afterwards into
possession of William by inheritance.
\
Third Generation
9 2 John Eaton (3), jr. eldest living son
of (5 4) and Alice Eaton, his wife, b Sept.
17, 1671; m Ann Whiting and lived in Ded-
ham, probably at his father's homestead on
Dedham Island. He d Oct. 28, 1694 at
the age of 28 only a few months after their
Dedham n j arriagc .
HistoricaJ His widow m (2) John Lewis, b 25 Jan.
Register, iv. jgyg, April 4, 1700; and m (3), James Herring
^i ;/" • of Roxbury, Aug. 11, 1725. She d 9th March
1749 (Ann Whiting Eaton Lewis Herring),
having lived 17 years longer than her last
husband, and was then laid in the Dedham
Cemetery near her first husband. She was
the dau of Nathaniel and Hannah (Dwight)
Whiting, being the fourteenth, and young-
est child, and was bom Jan. 25, 1672-3.
The birth is recorded twice in the Dedham
Records, but the date of her first marriage
is not given, It was probably about 1694
that she m John Eaton, jr, son of John and
Alice Eaton (b Sept. 17, 1671) her young
husband d Oct. 28, 1694, and their child John
Eaton, was b after his death (4 months after)
namely April 4, 1695, thus continuing the
line of John Eaton's. This boy was the
fourth, beginning with one of the first set-
tlers of the town, and four others have suc-
ceeded him, bringing their line to the present
day, father and son for eight generations
126
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DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 127
named John Eaton; and a large number of
descendants can trace" their ancestry to this
fatherless boy (an orphan).
Ann (Whiting) Eaton, and her boy went
home and lived with her mother for six years
(see Register, Oct. 1898 p 142) and then
according to an expression much used in
old wills in Middlesex County, "It pleased
the Lord to provide for her by a 2nd mar-
riage." The record was John Lewis of Dor-
chester and Ann Eaton of Dedham.
17 1 John, b April, 1694; m 1729 Elizabeth
Lovering, of Roxbury; d 23rd Feb. 1770.
(This John Eaton bought the farm on Pur-
gat^^\ Plain.)
/id B Thomas Eaton, of Dedham, 3rd son
oi.\6M), b 23 July, 167-5; m Lydia, dau of
Note Hannafi Whiting, relict of Nathanile
Whiting, late of Dedham, acknowledges re-
reipt from my dau Ann Eaton, relict of John
Eaton, late of Dedham, of full satisfaction
for the board of her son John Eaton, during
all the time She and her son have been with
her since the decease of her late husband
John Eaton.
Witnessed by Henry Bragg
John Mackewethy
John Lewis
Note John Eaton (3) was b 1646, as
he was "about 48 yrs old July 3rd, 1694;
when he went to Yorke, Me. 1670 for Mr.
William Hooke, to mow a Meadow and
make hay."
128 EATON GENEALOGY
Lamed's Nathaniel and Lydia (Starr) Gay (b Aug.
mldZm ^2' ^^^^)' ^^ Dedham Oct. 5, 1697. She
Conn.j.^'35 w^ fi^* cousin to Mary and Lydia Starr,
who married the younger brother of Thomas
Eaton.
He lived at Dedham until his marriage
in 1697, when he removed to Roxbiuy for a
year or two. By 1702-3 he was living in
Woodstock, Conn., where he purchased the
original share of land and the rights belong-
ing to Nathaniel Gary. In 1772 he went
to Ashford, Conn.
Thomas Eaton, was a man of consider-
able wealth. He was a blacksmith, and a
farmer a man of much influence in the town
where he lived and died. He d iat Ashford,
Conn. Aug. 14, 1748. His wife d Aug. 20,
1748.
Issue :
18 1 Thomas, b at Roxbury, Sept. 13,
1698; m Elizabeth Parker
19 2 Lydia, d unm
20 3 Hannah, d Dec. 20, 1748 unm
21 4 Nathaniel, b at Woodstock, Conn.
1704; m Esther Parry
22 5 David, b 1706, d ; m Dianah Davis
23 6 Joshua, b 1709; d 1785; m Ann Wood-
cock
24 7 Anne, b 171 2 ; d 1735 ; m Seth Johnson,
of Stafford
Note Thomas Eaton, of Woodstock, bro-
ther of Jonathan Eaton (13 6) of Killingly
settled in Ashford in 1723, and was granted
a pew-spot.
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 129
25 8 Ebenezer b 1715; d 1739
26 9 Ephraim, b 1715; d utun
11 4 WilUam Eaton, of Dedham, son of
(6 4) was b Aug. 11, 1677; m April 27, 1704
Marv, dau of Comfort and Mary Starr, (b in
Dedham 28 Nov. 1685, & d in 1751). He
owned two farms on Dedham Island which
had been in possession of his father and
grandfather, and also large tracts of land
in Needham Great Plain, and along the
borders of the Rosemary Brook.
Needham was set off from Dedham in 1711
and in 1712 his name is on the tax -list for
those lands, but he lived and died in Dedham.
In the settlement of his estate the Dedham
property went to his eldest son William,
and that in Needham to his younger sons
Josiah and Jeremiah.
He d April 3rd, 1718.
Issue
27 1 William, b Feb. 11, 1705; d Mar.22,
1751; m Feb. 15, 1737 Abigale Brackett, of
Dedham
28 2 Mary, b Dec. 3, 1706; m April 1733,
James Herring of Roicbury
29 3 Josiah, b April 4, 1711; d April 23,
1796; m Sarah Day
30 4 Sarah, b Aug. 24, 1713; m 1735
Robert Fuller, jr.
31 5 Jeremiah, b Mar. 4, 1716; d 1792-
1800; m Elizabeth Woodcock
32 6 Abiel, b Aug. 11, 1718; d Feb. 14,
1784; m John Ward
130 EATON GENEALOGY
Suffolk Reg. Inventory of William Eaton, of Dedham,
xx^339 t^^^^ J^^^ 23, 1728; a second one taken
June 28, 1718, by Joseph Smith, Jabez Pond
and Ephriam Wilson, presented July 8,
1728, by Mary Eaton, administratrix of her
late husband as follows;
Dwelling-house and bam :^80.0.0
23 acres more or less of upland &
meadow adjoining and a malt house 160.0.0
30 acres more or less of upland &
meadow at Planting Field 70.0.0
13^ acres Plow land near Josiah
Smith 10.0:0
12 acres more or less of Wood land
near Powesset 18.0.0
73^ acres near Rock meadow Cedar
swamp 15.0.0
23^ acres at Cedar Swamp road near
Nathaniel Hawes 6.0.0
3H acres Cedar Swamp at the Great
Cedar Swamp in Walploe 2.0.0
12 acres at New Bridge 50.0.0
An house at Needham with upland
Swamp bounded by the highway to-
wards the North and the meadow of
James Kingsbury towards the West,
and upon the old road leading from
Ebenezer Wates to a place called the
Neck field towards the south 70.0.
The Rye field and the land adjoining
and all the lands on both sides Rose-
mary Brook 65.0.0
12 acres Wood land near Ebenezer
Mills 30.0.0
k
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 131
9 acres Wood land near Capt. Cooks 50.0.0
2 acres Pine Swamp at Needhams 2.0.0
8 Cow common Rights 2.0.0
Total Real Estate 630.0.0
William Eaton, did not long survive his
father; he d intestate, April 3rd 1718, and
his estate was settled by his widow Marv
(Starr) Eaton.*
Will of Mary (Starr) Eaton ^^^^ ^^
Dated 14, April 1746, Presented 6 Aug. 1751. ^^te^ Rec!
In the name of God Amen, the 14th April ords. xiv.
1746 289
I MARY EATON, of Dedham give and
bequeath to my well beloved son William
Eaton one cow calf valued at £5 and the
Reason why I give him no more is because
I think he has advantage in the estate left
by my late Husband above his Brothers
and Sisters. Item, I give to my well beloved
son Josiah Eaton, one Cow valued at :^12,
and to my son Jeremiah Eaton one Cow
valued at ;f 12 and the reason I give my said
sons Josiah and Jeremiah no more is because
I apprehend that they have received a more
valuable Share out of their Father's Estate
than their Sisters. Item,' I give to my
daughters Mary Herren, Sarah Fuller, and
Abiel Eaton, whom I ordain my Executrices
of my will, all the remainder of my estate.
Her
Marv X Eaton (Seal)
Mark
*Note Maiy (Starr) Eaton, made a will
in 1746 and in it corrected some inequalities
in the division of her husband's estate.
132 EATON GENEALOGY
In presence of David Fuller
John Graves
David Fuller jr.
History of
Windham 13 6 Jonathan Eaton, of Killingly, son
p 162, 633 of (6 4), b at Dedham, Sept. 1681; m in 1706
Lydia (called Abiah), dau of Comfort and
Mary Starr.* Deacon Jonathan Eaton went
to Connecticut and purchased land between
the Quinnebebang and Mill Rivers on the
Woodstock road in 1703, and was the first
permanent inhabitant of what is now Putnam
village. Here he built a mill. In 1702
he paid taxes in Dedham; in 1704 in Wood-
stock; and in 1705 in Dedham only, being
"eased from all the rates" in Woodstock
by special vote of the town. He attended
church at Killingly (later called Thompson)
in 1730, of which he was chosen deacon.
His wife was the second dau of Comfort
and Mary Starr of Dedham, b Feb. 8, 1637,
and called Abiah, but baptized at Water-
town as Lydia June 17, 1688. Jonathan
Eaton died a man greatly respected by his
neighbors and is the only grandson of John
(1), whose gravestone can* be seen to-day.
He d June 25, 1748. aged 67. His wife d
March 1751.
^Note Mary & Lydia Starr, were daus
of Comfort Starr. The mother of Comfort
Starr was Martha Bunker, dau of George
Bunker of Charlestown, who was owner of
the top of that "hill of glory*' called by
his name. (See History of Starr Family.)
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 133
JsStl6 *
33 1 Lydia, b Nov. 5, 1707; m (1) Phile-
mon Chandler of Pomfort; m (2) Edward
Goodale (issue by 1st husband, who d in
1736, 2 children)
34 2 Keziah, b May 24, 1710; m Deliver-
ance Cleveland of Canterbury (issue 5 children)
35 3 Alice, b Nov. 28, 1712; m Joseph
Leavens, jr. of Killingly (issue 6 children)
36 4 Susanna, b April 1715; m Thomas
Grou of Pomfret
37 5 Jcrusha, b April 16, 1717; m John
Bucklin of Coventry, R. I.
38 6 Hannah, b Aug. 17, 1719; m Seth
Johnson of Thompson (issue 6 children)
39 7 Jonathan b Nov. 10, 1721; m Sarah
Johnson and lived in Berkshire Co. Mass.
40 8 John b May 18, 1724; d Sept. 1788;
m Hannah Johnson, and lived in Adams,
Mass., where he d
41 9 Penelope b Mar. 21, 1729
42 10 Comfort b Sept. 25, 1730; m Me-
hitable Whitmore
43 11 Marston b Oct. 21, 1731; d May 3,
1776; m Elizabeth Lyon
The Mill privilege at the upper falls of
this river (Quienebaugh) , first improved
by Deacon Jonathan Eaton, had now passed
to his sons John and Marston,* whose bus-
iness enterprise rivalled that of Captain
Cargill at the lower fall, half a mile below.
^Note Jonathan and Marston Eaton, set-
tled on the side of Quienabaugh River near
Killingly, Conn.
134 EATON GENEALOGY
By their efforts a bridge was after a time con-
structed upon the site of the subsequent
Rhodesville bridge, and a new road laid out.
Jonathan Eaton was admitted to the 2nd
Society in Killingly. He shared in the work
of hauling timber for the Meeting-house.
D t f M Lydia Starr was 4th in descent from Dr.
Maiy^Eaton Comfort Starr, who settled at Cambridge,
Bradley Mass., later at Charleston, Mass. His Will
in his own handwriting is preserved in Pro-
bate Office, Boston, in which he mentions
**My large book of Martyrs with ye frame
belonging thereto'*, and **my silver gilt double
salt cellar'', His children and grandchildren
intermarried descendants of the Signers of
the Mayflower Compact. His son John's
will made 1655 (lineal ancestor of Mrs. Mary-
Eaton Bradley (719 2), was witnessed by
Capt. Miles Standish, and hangs in Pilgrims
Hall; Lydia Starr was also 4th in descent
from George Bunker, who came to America
in 1634, owned Bunker Hill where the Battle
of Bunker Hill was not fought. "He was a
supporter of Wheelwrights and a sturdy
supporter of his religious opinions. He set-
tled at Charlestown. Mass."
New Eng- •
land Hist. 17 1 John EatOH, of the Plyne, only son
and Gen. of (9 2), livcd on the ancestral estates in
Register, ix. Dedham. He was b April 1694-5, and m
^^' ^^^ AprU 28, 1729 Elizabeth, dau of Robert
Lovering. She d Oct. 8, 1774. He d in 1770.
Issue I
44 1 Elizabeth b 1730; m 1753 John Rug-
gles
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 135
45 2 Capt. John b June 3, 1732; d May
14, 1777; m June 12, 1755 Desire Smith
46 3 Robert ,b April 13, 1734; m Abigail
Payne (rem. to Warwick, Mass.)
47 4 Abigail b 1736; m 1755 Lemuel Whit-
ing
48 5 Sarah b Dec. 30, 1738; m Phineas
Dana; m (2nd) Joshua Dean
49 6 Alice b 1741; m 1762 Abavah Draper
& d 1777
50 7 Thomas b May 20, 1743; m Dec.
26, 1769; Sarah Whiting; m (2) Mrs. Eliz-
abeth Fenno, May 25, 1793. This Thomas
Eaton served in the 1st Militia in Dedham
imder his brother Capt. John Eaton.
51 8 Isaac b July 3, 1745; d 1822; m (1)
Elizabeth Bacon; m (2) Sarah Carver, Mar.
1776 (issue)
52 9 Joseph b May 28, 1748; d Sept. 24,
1772; m Mary Fairbanks
Date 28th, Jan. 1761. Acknowledged Aug.l,
1766.
Entered Sept. 24, 1771. "I John Eaton,
of Dedham, Husbandman for :^347 paid
John Eaton Jr. and Robert Eaton, Husband-
man have sold to each alike one house
and land and bam, outhouse and outlands
in Dedham being my homestead, consisting
of my dwelling house and bam carthouse &c. ,
and about 170 acres meadow Swamp and
Upland and a meadow lot in Stoughton,
and a lot in Purgatory Swamp, and another
lot in Swamp and five acres .... I own this
estate.'' (Suffolk Deeds, Lib. CXX p. 23)
136 EATON GENEALOGY
Prof. Daniel 18 1 Thomas Eaton, son of (10 3) b at
ManuSiT' Roxbury, Sept. 13, 1698, removed with his
Miuscnp pj^j-gj^^g ^Q Woodstock, thence to Ashford,
Ct. He m Dec. 1, 1721 at Woodstock Ct.
Elizabeth Parker, and settled in Tolland,
Conn, where he d in 1773; Letters of Ad-
ministration on his estate were granted at
a Court of Probate held in Stafford 14 Sept.
1773, to his son, John of Mansfield, and his
widow Hannah of Tolland. (As Deacon
Seth Johnson went on their bond, it may
be he was Hannah Eaton's brother). The
record of Thomas Eaton's wife Elizabeth
Parker's death has not been found, nor the
record of his 2nd marriage.
Issue :
53 1 Thankful Eaton b Oct. 28, 1722;
m Nov. 5, 1741- Nathan Sklflf of Tolland.
Conn.
64 2 Johnt of Mansfield, b July 22, 1724;
m Eunice Gould, res. in Tolland
55 3 Thomas b July 22, 1726; m Asenath
Cady
56 4 Jacob b Feb. 13, 1728; m Jane
Robinson
57 5 Joseph b May 10, 1730; m (1) Eliz-
abeth ; m (2) Sarah Smith
58 6 Benjamin b Feb. 1, 1732; m Hep-
zibah Skiff
59 7 Ebenezer b Feb. 19, 1734
60 8 Elizabeth b Oct. 12, 1738; m Sept.
28, 1754, Benjamin Sklflf
61 9 Moses b Mar. 1, 1739 d in childhood
62 10 Aaron) bMar. 1, 1739; perished in the
ill-fated expedition to Havana (French War)
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 137
Note Tolland is one of the small towns
of Western Hampden, and was formed from
Granville. The first settlement being made
in 1750. It was called at one time West
Granville, until June 14, 1810. when it was
incorporated as a town. The town is moun-
tainous, and the hill on which the meeting-
house stands is supposed to be the highest
in the latitude lying between the Connect-
icut and Housatonic Rivers. The Catskill
mountains are visible from this elevation.
Granville was first called Bedford. •
Thomas Eaton went to Tolland to look
after land, owned by his father Thomas Eaton,
and settled there. This land was deeded
to him in 1720, and in time be became an
extensive land owner. He followed the trade
of his father as blacksmith.
There is a tradition among the Batons ^^^ ^^
that one William Eaton was among the the vaiiey? p 46
Connecicut people, or Yankess, as they were
called by the Pennanites, who claimed under
Charter land as far South as the fortyfirst
degree of latitude, which passes through the
county a mile or more north of Lewisburg -
Note By some it is claimed that it was
not William Eaton who took up lands but
Thomas of Tolland Ct. On this my authority
is not authentic N. Z. R. M.
By the following memorandum, furnished
me by O. N. Worden, Esq; which he found
among the records of the Susquehanna Land
Company, at Hartford, Conn, it appears
138 EATON GENEALOGY
that William Speddy (the elder) ** was their
Authorized agent, to take and hold possession
of land claimed by them in the Valley. 1771,
William Speddy voted I selling right in Wy-
oming, for previous efforts in holding pos-
session in June, and for further intended
efforts.'* &c., Soon after occured the Wyom-
ng Massacre. • • •
21 4 Nathaniel Eaton, son of (10 3) b at
Woodstock June 8, 1704. He removed with
Lamed's his parents to Ashford, Conn. In 1727,
wSdhLn "* ^® ^ Esther, dau of Captain John Parry and
County, <i "1 1785. His wife bore him 15 children,
Conn. i'. 645 seven who died in infancy.
Issue:
63 1 Nathaniel jr. b 1728; m Margaret
Metcalf
64 2 Calvin b. . .m.. .
65 3 Elijah b. . . m. . .
66 4 John b. . . m. . .
67 5 Corporal Abel m Azuba Hurd
68 6 Esther m Clark
69 7 Ann m Brlcknell
70 8 Lydia m (1) David Utter; (2) Jere-
miah Springsted
71 9
72 10
73 11
74 12
75 13
76 14
77 15
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 139
22 5 David Eaton, son of (10 3) b at
Woodstock, 21st July, 1706, removed with
his parents to Ashford, Conn., where he m
(1) Dianah Davis; (2) Bethia Tiffany; (3)
Patience Kendall. He lived and d in Ash-
ford. He d in or about 1777.
Issue :
78 1 Joslah b Oct. 16, 1733; m (1)
Sybel Johnson (93 1) ; (2) Anna Knowlton.
79 2 Ephraim m Lydia Fowler and set-
tled in Vt.
80 3 David b 1736; D.D. Epis. Ch. Hanover
N. H.
81 4 Rev. Asa b 1746; settled in Vt. m . . .
82 5 Ez6kiel b
83 6 Simeon d Mar, 28, 1851, at Seabrook
N. H. aged 84 yrs. 6 mo.
84 7 James b. . . lived in Springfield, Mass.
85 8 Mary d infant
86 9 Mary d infant
87 10 Mary
88 11 Sarah
89 12 Amie
23 6 Joshua Eaton, son of (10 3) b at
Ashford, Conn. Sept. 23, 1709; m Anne (Ann)
Woodcock; lived and d in Ashford, 1785.
Note * 'Another woman widely known as
midwife, nurse and physician, was Mrs. Historic
Ann (Woodcock) Eaton, of Ashford, whose ^f^^am''^
practice rivalled in extent the most popular q^ q^ p
physicians of the day. It is said that during 66,' 67
the prevalence of spotted fever she was
scarcely off her rounds day or night, riding
up occasionally to her own doorstep inquiring
140 EATON GENEALOGY
for the health of her own family, snatching
a bit of food and hurrying off again.*'
Issue I
90 1 Mchltablc b 1738; m WUliam Knowl-
ton
91 2 Samuel b 1740; m
92 3 Thomas b. . m Susan Rice
Rice. Gen.
by Nellie z. 24 7 Amic Eaton,* dau of (10 3) b at
Rice Moiy- Ashford, Conn. Mav 31, 1712; m vSeth Johnson
"'^'' of Stafford, and d April 13, 1735.
Issue :
93 1 Sibbel (Sybel) m her cousin, Joslah
Eaton, (78 1), of Lebanon, Conn.
History of 27 1 William Eaton, of Dedham, son of
Windham (11 4) b Feb. 11, 1705; m Feb. 15, 1738,
Co. p 191 Abigail dau of Et)enezer and Abigail Brackett,
ofDedhamConn.(b Dec. 21,1718). WUliam
Hi^oricai Eaton was b in Dedham. He inherited his
Register, xi. father's homestead and probably lived there
p 122-124 all his life. He d March 22, 1751, and his
widow m (2) Stephen Fales; this marriage
is recorded in Dedham Records, * 'Stephen
Fales & Abigail Eaton (wid. Thomas Eaton)
m May 20, i754;'') but Professor Eaton was
confident that it was the widow of William
who m Stephen Fales.
Ancient *Here lies ye body of- Mrs. Ann Johnson
Grave Yard ye wife of Mr. Scth Johnson & dau of Mr.
at Lebanon, xhomas & Mrs. Lydia Eaton.
She was a discreet and Virtuous Woman
& departed this life In ye comfortable hope
of a 1 setter April ye 13th 1735 in ye 23 year
of her young & tender age.
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 141
William Eaton d at the age of 46 yrs.;
he left no Will, and his widow Abigail admin-
istrated his estate.
Issue:
94 1 William b Dec. 31, 1738; m Man/
Thorp, Dec. 1760
96 2 Abigail b Sept. 4, 1740; d Nov. 21,
1748
XLV. p 237
Suffolk Probate
Inventory of William Eaton, of Dedham,
taken July 30, 1751 by Nathaniel Kingsburj'^,
Isaac Bullard and David Fuller; presented
Aug. 6, 1751 by Abigail Eaton, administratrix
of her late husband.
Furniture, &c., :^60.19.1
Homestead & buildings 1 86. 13.0
lot by Josiah Smith's 8.00.0
loy bv Planting field 1 20.00.0
lot at the New Bridge 53.06.8
lot near Cedar Swamp 53.06.8
lot near Cedar road 20.00.0
Cedar Swamp at Walpole 4.00.0
lot near Stephen Gerroulds 4.00.0
lot near Frentham 6. 1 3.4
lot near Ebenezer Bracketts place 5.06.8
lot near Amos Fishers 5.06.8
Rights in the Commonage in Dedham 1.04.0
;f528.16.1
Suffolk Probate Records, VOL. XLIX.
page 351
Second account of Abigail Eaton, Adms
142 EATON GENEALOGY
of William Eaton late of Dedham, deceased,
approved May 17, 1754.
Balance from first account £47. 5. 7
Add 5. 2. 9
Total 52. 8. 4
Paid allowance of James Herring and
Mary his wife due to her in settle-
ment of the deceased father's estate. 11.16.10
Paid John Ward and Abigail his
wife 11.18.11
Paid Sundries 16.06.00
Balance ;f 12.6.7. 40. 1. 9
Dedhair ^9 3 Josioh EatOH, of Needham, son of
Historical (11 4) b April 4th 1711. *He m the 28 of
Register, xii April 1736, Sarah dau of Ralph and Eliza-
46 beth (Ellis) Day, of Dedham (b July 20, 1715)
and removed to Needham, Mass. where he
R^orZ p d AP^^ 23, 1796 aged 85 yrs. Josiah Eaton
123-37 * settled on the farm owned by his father.
He was a blacksmith as well as fanner; he
was in 1766-1774 Selectman and one of the
fence- viewers ;
Issue
96 1 Sarah b Aug. 19, 1737; m May 5,
1770 Jesse Kingsbury
97 2 Beulah b Mar. 22, 1739; d AprU 3,
1747 . .
98 3 Josiah b Jan. 18, 1741; d Aug. 9,
1741
^Note Record of the marriage of Josiah
Eaton of Needham & Sarah Day, found on
page 32 Vol. LVI New England Historical
and General Record.
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 143
99 4 SUencebJuneS, 1742; d Aug. 1, 1821 ;
unm
100 5 Ebenezer b Mar. 29, 1744; m Sept.
2, 1773 (1) Sarah Humphry & settled in West-
minister, Mass. m (2) Joanna Richardson
101 6 John b June 7, 1746; m Mary Lar-
kin & ^ttled in Gardiher, Mass.
102 7 Joslah b Aug. 16, 1748 d Oct. 29,
1776 m
104 9 Mary b Feb. 26, 1753 m Joseph
Kingsbury, & d 1812
106 10 William b April 10, 1755; m Sarah
Kingsbury who d Dec. 28, 1840; he d Jan.
14, 1839. Issue 7
30 4 Sarah Eaton, dau of (11 4) b Aug.
24, 1713, m in 1735, Robert Fuller jr. of
Newton (b June 6, 1714; d May 12, 1788).
She d July 1797.
Issue
106 1 Sarah Fuller b 1738 m 1762 Moses
Kingsbury
107 2 Robert b 1740 m 1770 Mary Kings-
bury
108 3 William b 1742 m 1769 Sarah
Huntington
109 4 Mary n 1748 d 1749
110 5 Moses b 1750; m 1774 Elizabeth
Newell & d 1823
111 6
112 7 Mary b 1756; m 1778 John Slack jr.
31 5 Jeremiah Eaton, of Needham, son SSSai
of (11 4) b at Dedham Mar. 4, 1716. removed Register, x
to Needham, at the same time his brother so
Josiah went. He m, the 23 of Feb. 1751,
144 EATON GENEALOGY
Elizabeth Woodcock, and lived in Needham
on land inherited from his father.
Jeremiah Eaton and bis wife both d about
1792-1800.
Issue
113 1 Jeremiah b Jtme 19, 1753; d AprU
19, 1844. He settled in Hancock- ,N. H.
with his brothers & sisters & d unm.
114 2 Moses b Nov. 15, 1751 ; m (1) Lois
Scott; m (2) Esther Ware
115 3 Elizabeth b Nov. 1755; d April
1788
116 4 Lemuel b Feb. 26, 1758; m Sarah
Ware
117 5 Samuel b Oct. 20, 1760; m Lucy
Jewell
118 6 Beulah b 1763; d 1792
New Eng- ng 7 Hamiah b 1766*; d 1792
J^^ S ^^® ^ ^**^* ^ ^^^^*' ^ Ebenezer Ware
leister *" ^ removed to Hancock, N. H. where she d
xii. 52* in 1853. He d Oct. 7, 1857
32 6 Abiel Eaton, dau (11 4) b Aug 11,
1718; d Feb. 14, 1784; m John Ward, of New-
ton. He d in 1788.
Issue
121 1 John Ward b 1762; m Mary Kings-
bury
122 2 Rebecca b 1754; m Joseph Parker
123 3 Beulah b 1757; m Jonathan Eaton,
her cousin, of Gardiner (103 8)
*Note The date of birth given for Han-
nah Eaton are both 1766 & 1776 as also
those of Alice 1768, 1775 (the first no doubt
are right)
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 145
124 4 Jason b 1759; d 1759
125 5 Eunice b 1760; d 1761
33 1 Lydia Eaton, dau of (13 6) b Nov.
5, 1707; m (1) Philemon Chandler, of Pom-
fort, Ct., who died in 1736; She m (2) Edward
Goodale
Issue by her 1st husband
124 2 " Chandler
125 3
39 7 Jonathan Eaton, son of (13 6 b
Nov. 10, 1721; m in 1747, Sarah Johnson.
He first settled in Berkshire, County, Mass.
but on his marriage removed to Adams, in
Western, Mass.
Jonathan Eaton d in 1775
ISSU6
126 1 Abner b 1743; m
127 2 Jonathan b 1750; d unm
*128 3 Alpheusb
♦Alpheus Eaton. Private Capt. Samuel
Clark's Co; Col. John Brown's (Berkshire Co.)
regt.; enlisted July 8, 1777; discharged July
21, 1777; service 13 days; Company called
out by Brig. Gen. Fellows at request of Maj.
Gen. Schuyler and ordered to march to Fort
Ann; roll certified at Williamstown ; also,
Capt. Zebulon Norten's Co., Col. John Ash-
ley's (Berkshire Co.) regt.; enlisted July 27,
1777, discharged Aug. 14, 1777, service 23
days, travel included at the Northward; roll
dated Equivalent also Capt. Peter Porter's
detachment from Gen. J. Fellows (Berk-
shire Co.) brigade; enlisted July 1, 1778;
discharged Oct. 31, 1773; service, 4 mos.;
146 EATON GENEALOGY
129 4 Sylvanus b 1753; xn
130 5 Parley b
131 6 Penelope b
132 7 Sarah b ; m Johnson
133 8 Hannah m Sherwood
134 9 Didama m Holdrldge
40 8 John Eaton, son of (13 6) b May
13, 1724, m Hannah Johnson; he d while on
a visit to his son at Eaton ville, Herkimer
Co., N. Y. He with his brother Marston
took their father's mill but sold it in 176 ,
when he removed to North Adams, Mass.
Issue
135 1 John b ; m Mehitable Rich-
ardson
136 2 Ellsha b ; m Sally Case
137 3 Wyman b ; m Marv Knight
138 4 Rufus b June 11, 1779;"' m Sally
Potter in 1791
139 5 Comfort b ; m Polly Griffith
140 6 Rhoda b ; m Jeremiah BuckUn
141 7 Esther b ; m Jonathan Rich-
ardson
142 8 Lydia b ; m Abyah Richmond
143 9 Keziah b ; m Knapp
144 10 Mehitable b ; m David Bensley
146 11 Hannah m Chad Brown
under Gen. Stark at Albany; also Capt.
Samuel Clark's Co.; enlisted July 18, 1781;
discharged Nov. 2, 1781; service, 3 mos 21
days travel included **up Mohawk river''
with detachment from Col. Barnabas Seer's
regt.; Company raised for 3 mo.; roll sworn
to in Berlshire Co.
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 147
42 10 Comfort Eaton,'*' son of (13 6) b
Sept. 25, 1729; m Mehitable Whitmore. He
is thought to have removed to Vermont
from Killingly.
Isstic
146 1 Abigail n d infant
147 2 Hannah b
148 3 Abigail b
149 4 Sarah b
160 5 Comfort* b
43 11 Deacon Marston Eaton, f son of Lamed's
(13 6) b Oct. 21, 1731; settled on the Quene- History of
baugh River. He m Elizabeth Lyon, in Windham,
1762 and d in 1776. He was the youngest Conn ii.so
son of Deacon Jonathan Eaton and Lydia
(Starr) Eaton. He removed to Belcher-
town, Mass., in 1776 and d soon after his
arrival.
Issue
151 1 Walter b
162 2 Rufus b
163 3 Marston b
164 4 EUzabeth
Eaton Pam-
ily leaves
*Note The Rev Zilora Eaton, preser\ed from Berk-
a tradition that Comfort Eaton, whether shire, s. c.
father or son T cannot tell, drove a herd of ^^^'"^ ^
cattle to Boston, sold them and had a hat
full of silver dollars and was never heard from
again.
t Note Descendants of this family are now
living in Worcester, Amherst, Northampton,
Providence and Cincinnati.
Fifth Generation
44 1 Elizabeth Eaton, dau of (17 1) b
27, Sept. 1730, m, in January 1752, John
Ruggles of Wrentham.
Issue
165 1 John Ruggles b 1753
156 2 Jeremiah b 1755
157 3 Joel b 1756-7; ni Elona Pond
158 4 Josiah
45 2 Captain John Eaton, son of (17 1)
and his wife Elizabeth, dau of Robert and
Alice (Crafts) Lovering, was b June 3, 1732.
He m June 12, 1755, Desire Smith dau of
Nathaniel and Annie (Farrington) Smith.
Capt. John Eaton, lived on his father's farm
in Dedham. He w^as Captain of the first
Company of Militia of Dedham, and his
brothers, Thomas, Isaac and Joseph, served
in the Company.
Dedham ^^ ^j^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^ Captain Eaton is still
xlistoncal ^. i*i 111*^1
Register.xii. preserved m which are recorded births, etc. ;
13-15 * the burning of his house Feb. 22, 1767; the
date of the ** fight at Concord*'; the fortifying
of Dorchester Hill, March ye 4, Monday
Night.*' He mentions heavy snow storms,
March 11, 12, 13, 16 and 20, in 1772, and
that on the 3rd of April the same year **a
large Snow fell so that the Banks were some
6, and some 14 feet deep and one more than
9 feet deep that I measured.'*
148
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 149
After this there came April 9, "A large
Nor East Rain that raised the River exceed-
ingly high/'
Captain John Eaton * was taken with small
pox while serving on a jury in Boston, as
were most of the other jurymen; and died
of the disease 14th May 1777. Of Mrs. Eaton
it is said: **She was a woman much respect-
ed, a woman of sterling character and after
her husband's death managed the farm suc-
cessfully till her sons were old enough to
relieve her of the care.*' She died Aug. 3rd
1814, of paralysis, aged 83.
Issue:
159 1 Elizabethbjan. 14, 1756; m Nathan-
iel Whiting
160 2 Abigail b. Mar. 31, 1759; d 1759
161 3 Abigail b Nov. 2, 1761 ; m Daniel
Fuller.
162 4 John b Aug. 11, 1764; m Hannah
Edincott
163 5 Luther b Aug. 27, 1766; m Lucy Ellis
164 6 Ann (Nancy) b April 26, 1769;
m Eliphalet Baker
165 7 Rebecca b April 25, 1 772 ; m John Guild
*Note Captain John Eaton wrote in his
note book **My house was burned Feb. 22,
1767 — ^We moved into the New House, July
2, 1767. The second house was burned
Oct. 21, 1801; Third house built and still
standing in 1899."
(The Ames Diary) The third house was
built immediately and is still standing, but
in 1899 it was moved some rods back of the
150
EATON GENEALOGY
Dedham
Historical
Register, xii
19
Dedham
Records, p
124
original site. This farm is located on the
Canton road, 3 J miles from Dedham Cotirt
House; the house was the last one before
coming to the Neponset River, which is about
a mile southerly from it; and in this distance
there is a descent of one hundred and fifty
feet from the level of the Plain ; this elevation
giving very extensive and pleasant views
in all directions.
(Oct. 21, 1897, the heirs of John Eaton
(7) sold the whole property to Edmtmd &
Stephen Codman of Boston.)
Note Elizabeth Eaton (169 1) b Jan. 14,
1756; m Nov. 15, 1775, Nathaniel Whiting &
d Nov. 15, 1841
46 3 Robert Eaton, 7th child of (17 1)
b at Dedham, April 13, 1794; m Abigail
Payne, of Dedham. Intention published 5
Oct. 1772. He sold his share in the Purgatory
farm to his brother John and settled at War-
wick, Franklin Count5^ Mass., where he
had a farm. * He died at Warwick 25 March
1817. His wife d July 14, 1811, aged 72 yrs.
Issue :
166 1 Mary Dexter b May 3, 1775; m Amos
Marsh
"^Note Robert Eaton and his
wife, together with his sister Sarah and her
husband Joshua Deane jr. removed to War-
wick. Mass. ''June 7, 1778, Robert Eaton
and his wife dismissed to Church in Warwick. "
(Dedham Records — ch.)
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 151
The following deed among family papers,
not recorded.
31 Oct. 1765. I Robert Eaton, of Dedham
for ;^261 paid John Eaton (45 2) sell to him
my whole right in the whole estate Real and
Personal which our father John Eaton of
Dedham sold to me being the one half of the
said Estate, as by Deed dated Jan. 28, 1761,
containing the Whole of his house and lands.
In presence of
Susanna Frizell
Joseph Metcalf Robert Eaton (Seal)
48 5 Sarah, dau (17 1) b Dec. 30, 1738;
m Nov. 2, 1768, Phineas Dana of Dedham;
m (2) Dec. IQ, 1772, Joshua Deane jr.
They removed to Warwick.
Issue :
167 1 David b 1760; m Rebecca Richards
(1748) d 1812
168 2 Phineas b Mar. 26, 1762; rem. to
Norfolk, Va.
169 3 Jesse b Mar. 25, 1767; settled in
Sterling
170 4 Sarah b Nov. 1, 1774; d 1862; m
Bimyan Pennimani issue 11 children
49,6 Alice dau of (17 1) b Jan. 31, 1741; Mass. Mag.
m April 8, 1762, Major Abayah Draper, "• No. 3. p
11th child and 8th son of Captain James ^^
Draper and Abigail Child, of Dedham;
Alice (Eaton) Draper, d Jan. 22, 1777, of
small-pox, to which she was exposed by her
husband; he probably carried it to his home
on one of his furloughs; Abajah Draper suc-
ceeded his father in his landed estate at
152 EATON GENEALOGY
Green Lodge, Dedham. He was an active
and energetic man, of large executive ability,
public spirited and always ready to take
part in every public enterprise. He was
one of the three chosen bv the citizens of
Dedham to erect a monument to William
Pitt, in 1766. The base of this monument
still exists in Dedham village, and is called
"Pillar of Liberty*'. Mr. Draper held every
office in the Militia up to that of Major,
and commanded in the latter capacity a
body of minute men at Roxbury, imder
Washington. He m (2) Desire, widow of Na-
thaniel Metcalf and dau of Ebenezer Foster.
Issue of Alice (Eaton) Draper
171 1 Abljah b June 11, 1763; d Dec. 1774
172 2 Ira b Dec. 24, 1764; d Jan. 22, 1848;
m (1) 1736, Lydia Richards; (2) Abigail
(called Nabby, his 1st wife's sister). He in-
vented **the fly shuttle hand loom", also the
first machine for road scraping, and under
the administration of John Quincy Adams
was a prominent candidate for U. S. Com-
missioner of Patents. He was one of the
early Unitarians and d in that faith. (Issue
16 children; 9 by (1) wife and 6 by (2)
173 3 Rufus b Nov. 27, 1766; d Nov. 18
1788 at Norfolk, Va.
174 4 James b April 14, 1769; d Jan. 22,
1777
175 6 Alice b April 13, 1771; d Jan. 27,
1762
176 6 Abijah (2) b Sept. 22, 1775; d Mar.
26, 1836
(There were also other children by 2d wife.)
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 153
60 7 Thomas Eaton, son of (17 1) b in Dedham
Dedham May 20, 1743; m Dec. 26, 1769, ^^"^^
Sarah Whiting*, twin dau of Zacharia Whiting xii^^Jr* 20
of Dedham; the marriage was at the house
of Captain Fales. Two other couples were
m at the same time, Isaac Eaton and EUza-
beth Bacon and Zacharia Whitney to Desire
Guild. Two of the pairs if not all of the
young people were already engaged to be m
and some one proposing that they would be
m at once, they all while on a sleighing party
met at the house of Captain Fales. The
story is that Captain Fales was a magistrate,
and some one proposing that the couples be
m at once, they all stood up, and the cere-
monies were promptly performed.
This Thomas Eaton was a farmer at Ded-
ham. He was a Revolutionary Soldier, and
his name is found among the "the list of Offi-
cers & men who marched from Dedham Revolution-
first Parish on the 19th day of April, 1775." *^ ^^"«'
On the Alarm then made, with No. of miles ^ "' '
& days in Service will be found the name of
Thomas Eaton.
Thomas Eaton 28 miles 9 days £0.15.2 Total
Mrs. Sarah Eaton d at Dedham, Dec. 5,
1789; and Mr. Eaton m (2) in 1798, Mrs. EHz-
abeth Fenno, of Milton. Later in life he
removed to Boston, and d there the 27th
of June, 1 805 ; He was buried in the burying
"^Note Sarah Whiting, 1st wife of Thomas ^^^^^^
Eaton, and dau of Zacharia Whiting (who d Genealogy
of cancer Oct. 19, 1763) and Elizabeth Phillips p 20
b July 8, 1747, was a twin.
Eaton Fam-
154 EATON GENEALOGY
ground on Boston Common where his tomb-
stone is still to be seen (1907). Mrs. Eliz-
abeth Eaton died of putrid fever, in Dedham,
vSept. 24, 1801, aged 59 yrs.
New Eng. Issue, by 1st wife:
Gen.' rJS 177 1 Amasa b Oct. 11, 1771; d Feb. 14,
ter, ixxxvii. 1794, of Consumption. Amasa Eaton and
93 Stephen Arnold were appointed a Committee
to prepare notices of deceased members for
r rx ^ the annual Meeting. Rhode Island Hist.
ily of Ded- ^ 01
ham. and SoC. p 31.
The Powder 178 2 Joseph bapt. Feb. 6, 1774; lived
House Rock in Boston; m Feb. 8. 1798, Hannah Bass
by John and d Feb. 1809
Eaton Aiden ^^g ^ Hannah bapt. Aug. 4, 1776; m James
Shores and lived in Boston till her father's
death, then removed to Waterville. Me.
180 4 Sarah (Sally) bapt. Feb. 28, 1779;
m Isaac Shepherd of Dedham; lived in Bos-
ton, where she d Sept. 4, 1809
181 5 Thomas bapt. Aug. 1781, was a
saddler, in Boston. He m (1) Mrs. Ruth Buck;
(2) Mary Nicholas, at Boston, Jan. 26, 1823;
d Dec. 9, 1824 (without issue)
182 6 Reuben bapt. May 2, 1784; m Mar>^
Bridges
183 7 Itham bapt. Jan. 2, 1737; he was a
merchant in Montreal. When the War
of 1812 broke out he went to Burlington Vt.
and afterwards to Philadelphia, where he
d imm. in 1825
61 8 Capt. Isaac Eaton, son of (17 1) b in
Dedham, July 31, 1745. He spent his life as a
farmer in his native town. He was a Revo-
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 155
lutionary Soldier, a member of the first com- Dedham
pany of his brother John. He m Elizabeth Historical
Bacon, on the 28th of Dec. 1769. She d 2.^^^
in a few years and he m (2) Sarah Carver, of
Dedham,' May 2d, 1775. He d Jan. 17, 1822; Dedham
his 2nd wife d Oct. 10, 1844, aged 95 yrs. Records.
Issue :
184 1 Isaac b Jan. 27, 1776; d in Boston Dedham
Sept. 13, 1833 Church Rec-
186 2 Calvin b Jan. 7, 1778; d Aug. 31, ""^^^
1809, of consumption
185 3 Sarah b May 19, 1782; m Rev.
William Balch, of New Salem, N. H., 23
Jtme 1822; d 1850
187 4 Luther b May 4, 1785; m Lucy
Spooner Holland, of Petersham
Among the list of Officers and men who Revolution-
marched from Dedham, first Parish on the *^ ^^^^*
19th day of April 1775 on the Alarm then ^'^- ^^' ^
made, with No. of miles & days in Service
will be foimd
Isaac Eaton 18 Miles 2 Davs ;^0.04.4
62 9 Joseph Eaton, son of (17 1) b in Dedham
Dedham, 28 of Mar. 1748; m Dec. 20, 1770, eShf Mar-
Mary, dau of Israel and Elizabeth (Whiting) rfages and
Fairbanks, and d 24, Sept. 1772. His widow Deaths 1635
m (2) May 9, 1775, John Dean, of South Ded- -i845
ham, and was grandmother of the 2nd wife
of the 7th John Eaton of Dedham. ®°f °° ^-
^ ords, also
Issue : Trinity
188 1 Mary b Nov. 26, 1771; d 1772 Church Rec-
189 2 Joanna b Mar. 1, 1773; m at ''''^^
Boston, Aug. 13, 1792, Richard Colbum.
156 EATON GENEALOGY
Early Conn. 54 2 John Eaton, soii of (18 1) b July
iS^utdi. ^^' ^^^^'' ^ ^^*- ^' ^^^^' (^y ^^^- -^^^^^
field County ^^^^"^) Eunice Gould; Killingly-Putnam,
Book V, 20 Windham County. Had issue but I find
no record of them.
66 3 Thomas Eaton, son of (18 1) b June
22, 1726; m Asenath Cady. He went to
Kent in 1757, but later to New York State.
Issue :
190 1 Asenatha Cady b
191 2 Loclna b
192 3 Ephraim b
193 4 James b ; m Abigail Rice.
194 5 Eleazer b. . ;m Beulah Eaton (219 12)
196 6 Thomas b
66 4 Jacob Eaton, son of (18 1) b Feb.
14, 1728; m Jane Robinson. Settled near
Mt. Sinai, Long Island.
Issue :
196 1 Jacob jr. b . . . m Esther Colby Oct.
22, 1784, and settled in Hempstead, N. H.
197 2 Isaac Robinson b ; m Elizabeth
Sprung, Aug. 4, 1781.
198 3 James b
199 4 Thomas b . . . ; d infant
200 5 Benjamin b
201 6 Joseph b
202 7 Thomas b
203 8 Patty b
204 9 Mary b
206 10 Calvin b
206 1 1 Eleanor b . . . ; m Ichabod Colby.
207 12 Rachel m Oct. 5, 1766 at Hemp-
stead, N. H. Samuel Colby
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 157
Note The largest branch of Jacob Eaton's
family lives in Canada.
67 5 Joseph Eaton, son of (18 1) b May
10, 1730; m (1) EHzabeth ; (2) Sarah
Smith. Joseph Eaton, received a gift of
fifty acres of land in Tolland, Conn., July
5, 1758 from his father. He later removed
to Kent, but later left for the State of New
York; his descendants are to be found mostly
in Onondaga County, N. Y. although one
branch of the family (Joseph Eaton's) remain
in Kent to this day. In 1794 he sold his p^^f Daniel
* 'house, shop, and two acres of land" in Kent, Eaton's
and removed with several of his younger Manuscript
children to Duanesburg, Schenectady Co. p ^®' ^
N. Y., whither his sons Stephen and Lemuel
had preceded him, leaving his elder sons
Joseph and Moses in Kent. It is probable
his brother Jacob also. The last years of
his life were spent with his son Stephen,
where he died previous to the year 1806.
Joseph Eaton was a Revolutionary soldier,
being private in Col. Doolittle's regt. ; Captain
Josiah Stearns's Co. ; Muster roll Aug. 1, 1775.
Joseph Eaton's first wife was the mother
of his children.
Issue '
208 1 Jerusha b Feb. 23, 1752; d AprU
13, 1754
209 2 Joseph b at Tolland, Ct. May 15,
1753; m
210 3 Moses b at Tolland, Ct. Oct. 20, 1754
158 EATON GENEALOGY
211 4 Thankful b at Tolland, Ct. Jan.
23, 1756; m Patton and lived at Duanes-
burg. N. Y.
212 5 Stephen b at Tolland, Ct. Dec. 1757
213 6 Hannah b at Tolland, Ct. Jan. 1760;
m John Cady, of Duanesburg, N. Y., and d
there leaWng 4 children
214 7 Jerusha b at Tolland, Ct. Oct.
1761; d at Kent, July 13, 1767; (near are
graves of other children, but the stones bear
no names)
216 8 Aaron b at Tolland. Ct. June 12, 1763 ;
d 1816; m Euphonia ....
216 9 Lucy m Linn
217 10 Elizabeth (Betsey) m Kinney
218 11 Beulah m Eleasur Eaton (194 5)
219 12 Lemuel b 1770; d 1837; m Sarah
Ware Feb. 16, 1792
220 13 Asahelb 1771 ;d 1810; m Abigail. . .
221 14 Thomas b 1773; d 1819; m Amy
Hibbard
Early Conn. 5$ 6 Benjamin Eaton, of Holland ; son
?J*^«?' of (18 1) b 1732; m Jan. 29, 1755, Hepzibah
^V^?«tJ Skiff, and went to Kent, later settled in
field Umnty >.
Bookv. 20 Herkimer, N. Y.
Issue :
222 1 Elizabeth
223 2 Chloe m Nov. 27. 1788, Nathaniel
Chubbuck.
224 3 Calvin
226 4 Thankful
226 5 Jacob
227 6 Lemuel
228 7 Lois
DEvSCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 159
229 8 Jerusha b ; m John Davis.
230 9 Joshua b. . . m Gould
231 10 Dimmis
2^ 11 Benjamin jr. b (Was a tanner
and shoemaker in 1774.
233 12 MoUy
234 13 Hepzibah
Note Sons, Calvm, Jacob, Lemuel set-
tled in Herkimer » N. Y.
Muster Roll
of Minute
59 7 Ser(;:t. Ebenezer Eaton, son of (18 1)
b 1733; m; lived at Ashford, Conn. In 1771,
Ebenezer Eaton has a Shoemaker's shop ^^^^ ""mi
though often absent in public service. In
1778-9, he kept a tavern, east of Warren's
bridge (Sergt. Ebenezer Eaton was in Capt.
Drury's Company) He was in the 8 mo.
Service with Capt. N. Hatch and Lieut. Bond
1775:
Issue:
235 1 George b
236 2 Samuel b 1762
237 3 Ebenezer, jr. removed to Rome, N.Y.,
where in 1799, with Thos. Walker, he was
editor of the Columbia Patriotic Gazette. In
1800 he retired and the paper was removed to
Utica, N. Y., and published as the Columbia
Gazette.
238 4 Thomas
239 5 Elizabeth
240 6
Note Some of the descendants of Ebenezer
Eaton, Hve in Chenango County, N. Y. and
a few others in Manchester, Vt. and some in
the West
160 EATON GENEALOGY
New Eng- 63 1 Nathaniel Eaton, jr. son of (21 4)
land Hist, b 1728; m Margaret Metcalf, of Ballingham.
and Gen. Settled in Waltham, later in Woodstock, Conn.
Register, «» « « *^
xiii. 1869, p Nathaniel Eaton m (2) Sarah
^^^ Issue :
241 1 General WUliam b Feb. 23, 1764;
m Elizabeth Sykes
242 2 Ebenezer b at Mansfield, Conn. 1777;
d at Danville, Vt., Jan 31, 1859; He was
Editor of the Danville North Star.
64 2 Calvin Eaton, son of (21 4) b...
m . . . and settled in New York State ;
Issue :
243 1
66 3 Elijah Eaton, son of (21 4) b. . .m. . . ;
was the first probably of all the Eatons
to go to New York and settle.
Issue :
244 1
^!fl'.^i"; 67 5 Corporal Abel Eaton, son of (21 4)
m Azuba Hurd, and settled as a farmer in
Columbia Co., N. Y. He was a Deacon of
the Church and a captain of the First Mil-
itia; (Corporal in the Albany, N. Y. Militia)
War Record — Corp. in 5th Company 17
AlbanyCo.Regt; Commanded by Col. Whitney.
245 1 Amos b May 17, 1776; m (1) SaUy
Cady; m (2) Annie Bradley; (3) Alice Johnson
246 2 Daniel b . . m Harriet Cady
247 3 Azuba
248 4
Historical
Society, p
262
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 161
78 1 Joslah Eaton, eldest son of (22 5) Family Rec-
b at Ashford, Conn., Oct. 16, 1733. Josiah ^^^^ ^^
Eaton taught the Ashford School in 1753-4. Eaton, of
He ni, Oct. 21, 1754, his cousin, Sibel John- Liverpool,
son (93 1), and lived in Connecticut. He n. y.
served in the Revolution, being at Bunker
Hill. Josiah Eaton, d April 13, 1777 J^** ^
Issue Services p
249 1 Maverick b . Served in the 545
War of the Revolution.
260 2 Levi
261 3 Ira b ; lived in ManUus, N. Y.,
but returned to Conn. He was a tailor.
262 4 Stephen b May 4, 1761; m (1)
Phemelia Knowlton ; m (2) Harmony Knowl-
ton. He served in the Revolution and d
in 1838
263 5 Origen b May 8, 1765; m Sophia
Reed. Served in War of 1812 (bur in Fay-
etteville, N. Y.) At the age of 16, 17 & 18
he served from the town of Ashford, in Rev.
War
264 6 Josiah b 1763-4; m Ann Knowlton
79 2 Ephriam Eaton, son of (22 5) b ;
m Lyda Fowler, and settled in Vermont
Issue
266 1 Ephriam b
266 2 Lydia
80 3 David Eaton, son of (22 5) b 1736,
m David Eaton was a Revolu-
tionary Soldier. He d at Seabrook, N. H.;
Nov. 23, 1850
162 EATON GENEALAGY
Issue
257 1 David b
258 2 Jacob b ; m
259 3 William b
New Eng. 81 4 Rev Asa Eaton, son of (22 5) b
land Hist. Mar. 16, 1746; m Nov. 5, 1772, Abigail Good-
R^-sJ^' ^® ^"^ settled in Vermont. He was D. D.
Memorial of Epis. Christ ChuTch Hanover 1803; Indrict
the Revoiu- 1805 (Oct. 23) Desms. May 1829.
tion, V. 96 Issue
260 1 Asa
261 2 David b 1775; m Ana (Amy) Clark
262 3 Nathaniel
263 4
Hist, of 82 5 Ezekiel Eaton, son of (22 5) b . . . ;
Windham m . . . ; remained in Connecticut ; was on the
Co. p 191 list of Polls and Ratable estate of the town
of Brooklyn, for Aug. 20, 1788.
Issue :
264 1
266 2
83 6 Simeon Eaton, sun of (22 5) b . . .
m. . . ; settled in Vermont.
86 7 James Eaton, son of (22 5) b . . . ;
m . . . ; settled in Springfield
91 2 Thomas Eaton, son of (23 6) b May
25, 1739; was of Sudbury but removed to
Worcester, where he died in August 1786;
by^Neiiie^z ^ Susan, dau of Adonijah and Persis (Gates)
Rice Moiy- Ricc, her father was the j^oungest of five
neux children of Jonas Rice, and was b in 1714.
He was the first white child bom in Worces-
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 163
ter; Adonijah Rice was a Cooper by trade.
He was in several campaigns dviring the
French and Indian Wars.) His wife, Susan
(Rice) Eaton, died in 1773.
Issue:
266 1 Thomas b
267 2 Uriah b
268 3 Amherst b 1763; m
269 4 Alphereus b Oct. 10, 1764. (Shoe-
maker by trade)
270 5 Nathaniel b m Mary Duncan
271 6 Hon William b 1766: d 1859; m (1)
Anna Gates; (2) Hannah Chadwick
272 7 SaUy b Jan. 1, 1769; m Dr. Elisha
SiU
273 8 Polly b May 28, 1771
91 2 Samuel Eaton, son of (22 5) b 1740;
m
Issue:
274 1 Philemon Eaton b
276 2 Cyril b ni^T'CHfifi
Note Cyril Eaton, (given "Serrel"); Pri-
vate. Capt. William Bird's Co ,' Col.
Webb's Regt; enlisted Aug. 17, 178l'; dis-
charged, Dec. 1, 1781; service 3 mo. 24 d.
travel (220) miles) included; regiment raised
in Suffolk and Middlesex Counties to rein-
force Contental Army for 3 mos.
276 S Charles b
277 4 Roswell b
278 5 Erastus b
279 6 Samuel b
164 EATON GENEALOGY
280 7 Ralph b m Mary
281 8 Abigail
282 9 Chloe
Note The sons of Samuel Eaton all set-
tled in New York State.
DMham 94 1 wmiam Eaton, son of (27 1) b in
S''*"i2^T3 I^dham, Dec. 2, 1738; The town records
speak of his wife as Sarah, but in church and
land records she is called Mar\', and it is
probable that the marriage at King's Chapel,
Boston, of William Eaton and Mary Thorp,
18 Dec. 1760, refers to this William and his
wife. They lived for about ten years in Ded-
ham, and removed first to Lancaster then to
Vermont, and finallv to Springfield, Otsego
County, N. Y., where he died. (This William
Eaton sold the farms and the Rock, when he
removed from Dedham.)
Issue: (first five children bom in Dedham)
283 1 Mary b Oct. 16, 1761; m Thomas
Gates
284 2 Abigail b Sept. 5, 1763; m
Whetheral
286 3 William b Oct. 1765; settled in
Rome, N. Y. and d in Oneida Co., N. Y. m
286 4 Asa bapt. Dec. 6, 1787; lived in
N. Y. State; m
287 6 Joseph b Jan. 29, 1770; went to
Rome, N. Y. then to Fredonia, Ohio, where
he d Feb. 1, 1849
288 6 Jesse b Aug. 23. 1774; m Sarah
Bamotir, Jan. 16, 1799; d in Cuba, Allegany
Co., N. Y., 1846
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 165
289 7 Samuel b m Rebecca Thompson
290 8 John b m Unice Winchester; d in
Utica, N. Y.
100 5 Ebenezer Eaton, son of f29 3) b at Jl^^
Needham, Mar. 29. 1744. Went first to Si 48^'
Westminister, Mass., perhaps about 1770,
for "Mr. Ebenezer Eaton, of Westminister
and Miss Sarah Humphrey, of Dedham were
married, Sept. 2d, 1773''
Mrs. Eaton, died Oct. 12, 1784, and he m
(2) Elizabeth (or Joanna) (Hutchinson) Rich-
ardson, of Temple, bapti^^ed July 27, 1766.
They removed to Gardiner; Ebenezer Eaton
d Dec. 18, 1800, and his widow m Simon
Metcalf, Feb. 16, 1801, and Uved in Barre,
where she d about 1808.
Issue bv 1st wife:
291 1 Ebenezer jr, b Nov. 21, .1774; m
(1) Lydia Chamberlain; (2) Eunice Ramsdell
292 2 Jonas b Oct. 3, 1776 ; m Sally Powers ;
d 1813
293 3 Sarah b April 6, 1779; m (1) Enoch
HaU; (2) EUjah Baldwin
294 4 Humphrey b Nov. 24, 1782; m
March 29, 1789, Judith Sulley; d 1849
Issue by 2nd wife:
295 5 Betsey b Mav 29, 1786; d AprU 4,
1795
296 6 George b Feb. 19, 1788; m Asphia
Smith; d in St. Lawrence Co. N. Y., Mar. 1868
297 7 Clarissa b July 6, 1709; d April 5,
1795
166 EATON GENEALOGY
101 6 John Eaton, son of (29 3) b at
Needhani, June 7, 1746; removed to Win-
chendon, and while residing there m Mary
Larkin, of Lancaster, May 17, 1779; resided
in the Southeast part of Winchendon and
was included in Gardner when the town was
incorporated in 1785. John Eaton was a
soldier of the Revolution and was present
at the surrender of General Burgoyne. He
lived and d at Gardner, Mass., Nov. 24, 1827.
His wife d Sept. 22, 1817.
Issue :
298 1 Lucy b May 31, 1783; m
Royden
299 2 Joslah b Jan .18, 1718; d Dec. 7
at Ashbumham; m Mary Reed
300 3 Mary b Jan. 1,"' 1790; m Jan. 10,
1811, Isaac Williams
301 4 John b Aug. 9, 1792; d in Gardner,
Mass. Mar .1, 1865
302 5 Nancy b July 6, 1793; m Oct. 25,
1822; Joseph Wright
303 6 Peter b Dec. 27, 1799; d in Gardner,
Mass., No/. 12, 1873
103 8 Jonathan Eaton, son of (29 3) b at
Needham Aug. 11, 1750; lived at Gardner,
Mass; m Nov. 27, 1790, his cousin Beulah
Ward (128 3) the dau of his aunt Abiel
Eaton and her husband, John Ward, of
Newton; d at Gardner, Mass. in Aug. 1819.
Issue I
304 1 Beulah b Dec. 29, 1791; d 1801
305 2 Jonathan b Sept. 13, 1794; d 1795
306 3 Joseph b Jan. 7, 1796; d 1796)
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 167
307 4 Benjamin b Jan. 7, 1796; d 1796)
twins
308 5 Jonathan b June 3, 1798
309 6 Rebecca b Oct. 1, 1801; d 1821
105 10 William Eaton, son of (29 3) b at
Needham, April 10, 1756; lived all his life
on the old homestead in that town; was a
"Minute Man", and was at the fight at Lex-
ington. He m, Dec. 15, 1785, Sarah, dau
of Eliphalet Kingsbury; d Jan. 14, 1889;
his wife d Dec. 28, 1840, aged 75 yrs.
310 1 Sally b Nov. 14, 1785; d 1791
311 2 Nabby b April 12, 1789; d 1791
312 3 Lucy b Aug. 10, 1791; d Oct. 14,
1834
313 4 William b July 24, 1793; m Sally
Johnson, June 1819
314 5 Sarah (Sally) b 1794; d Aug. 1803
315 6 Josiah b 1807; m Mary Horton
316 7 Louise b 1811; m May 5, 1841,
George L. Elingsbury, of Needham
Louise Kingsburv, b 1847; m Dec. *22, n. e. Hist.
1870, F. L. Fuller, of Needham *^^ ^^'''
Tccii#i • Register
^^^^- Ivii. 376,153
114 2 Moses Eaton, son of (31 5) b at p^^ham
Needham, Nov. 1755; li/ed in Needham hL *°Reg.
until 1793, w^hen he removed to Hancock, xii. 50
N. H., where he was a farmer for many years.
He m (1) Lois Scott, and (2) Esther Ware
of Needham, Dec. 31, 1789; d in Dublm, n. e. Hist.
N. H., Feb. 18, 1886, and his wife Esther d ^^^ ^"^•
Oct. 1869. ^^l^"^
J , Ivi. 35:
issue : j^ J45
317 1 Anna b 1783; d young
168 EATON GENEALOGY
318 2 Lois b 1786; m Moses Demls, of
Hancock, N. H.; d 1816
319 3 EUzabcth b 1791; d 1792
320 4 Hannah b 1792; d 1793
321 5 Moses b at Hancock, N. H., Aug.
5, 1796; m Rebecca Pratt.
322 6 Esther b 1796; m Daniel Fiske,
of Dublin, N. H.; d 1858
323 7 Rhoda b 1806; m Nathan Holt,
of Dublin, N. H.; d 1875
116 4 Lemuel Eaton, son of (31 5) b at
Needham, Feb. 26, 1758; was a soldier of
the Revolution; was in the service when the
British evacuated Boston, and later at Ticon-
deroga; towards the close of the war he was
stationed at the Castle in Boston Harbor.
He m in Needham, Feb. 16, 1792, Sarah,
dau of Ebenezer and Esther Ware. Thev
soon removed to Hancock, N. H., where
they lived greatly respected. He d Oct. 11,
1848, and his wife d Nov. 1 , 1845, aged 78 yrs.
Issue:
324 1 Lemuel b Oct. 16, 1794; m Eunice
Jewett ; (2) Betsy Buxton.
325 2 Ebenezer b Mar. 20, 1797; d Nov.
14, 1810
326 3 Timothy b Aug. 1, 1799; m Nancy
Ward.
117 5 Samuel Eaton, son of (31 5) b at
Needham, Oct. 20, 1760. He was a soldier
of the Revolution, having enlisted so yoimg
that he had to stuff the soles of his boots
to make himself appear tall enough to pass
muster. He went with his brothers to Han-
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 169
cock, N. H.; He was a farmer by occupation;
in Lucv Jewell of Stowe, Mass., July 8, 1799;
d July 2, 1825. His wife d April 7, 1828.
Issue :
327 1 Lucy b 1800; d unm 1825
328 2 Rebecca b 1802; m Hiram Fairfield
in 1850
329 3 John b Sept. 19, 1803
330 4 Betsey b June 12, 1806; m (2)
Daniel Fiske, of Dublin, N. H., whose first
wife, was her cousin Esther Eaton (329 6);
d Oct. 2, 1881
126 1 Abner Eaton, son of (37 7) b 1748;
m ; was one to make a permanent settle-
ment in Underhill in or about 1786. He
lived a number of years on the old postroad
half way between Underhill Flats and Cam- .
bridgeboro'. Here 5 miles from any neigh-
bor he built a log house, and conunenced
clearing up the woods. This was a desirable
location on account of the beaver meadows
which lomed some 50 acres on either side of
a small branch of the Lamoille. Sufficient
wild grass and hay for the support of a yoke
of oxen and a cow were readily obtained
here without waiting the slow destruction
of the forest. He removed to Underwood .Ver-
mont, later going to Saratoga County , N. Y.
Abner Eaton, Private. Capt. Samuel
Clark's Co. Col. Benjamin Simonds (Berk-
shire Co) regt, enlisted Aug. 14, 1777; dis-
charged Aug. 21, 1777; Service 8 days Com-
pany took part in the battle of Wallumsick
170 EATON GENEALOGY
near Bennington, Aug. 16, 1777, and later
convoyed provisions to Pittsfield; roll Certi-
fied at Williamston ; also Capt. Samuel Clark's
Co. Col. Powel's (Berkshire Co.) regt; enlisted
July 22, 1779; discharged Aug 26, 1779
Rev. War Served 1 mon. 12 days, travel included at
Roik, state j^^^ Haven Conn, roil sworn to at Lanes-
p 224^ °" borough. Abner Eaton, Private; Capt.
Abraham Ives, Co. of Militia; Col. Ebenezer
Allen s Regt.
Issue :
331 1 dau m
332 2 dau m
N. E. Hist. 129 4 Sylvanus Eaton, son of (39 7) b 1753;
and Gen. m ; Went to Schoharie, Co. N. Y.
Register thencc to Cambridge, Vt., and thence to
xxii. 607 Qerry, Chattauqua, Co. N.Y. He was a
Minute Man, that responded to the Alarm
April 19th 1775.
Issue :
333 1 George living in Rochester Minn,
m Abigail Baldwin
334 2 Farmer in Allegan Co. Mich.
335 3 Judge of Circuit-Court in Wiscon-
sin
336 4 Farmer in Vermont
337 5 SheriflF in Michigan
135 1 John Eaton, son of (40 8) b m
Mehitable Richardson. John Eaton was in
the Revolution and marched through the
Mohawk Valley and was in variotis engage-
ments ; after the War he located in the Mohawk
Valley where he d in 1786
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 171
138 4 Ruf US Eaton, son of (40 8) , b June Hist, of the
11, 1770; removed from Eaton ville, Herkimer Anginal
Co., N. Y., to SpringviUe, Erie Co., N. Y., J^^^^ °^
in 1810 and built the first Saw Mill in town. n. Y.
He gave land for educational purposes where
the Academy now stands and was First Jus-
tice of the Peace. With his brother Elisha
Eaton he built in 1824 the Old SpringviUe
Hotel; He m in 1791 Sally Potter, who d
Nov. 15, 1843, aged 76. He d Feb. 7, 1845.
Rufus Eaton, was but a lad of 16 years
when he emigrated with four brothers from
North Adams, Mass. and helped found the
town of Eatonville, Herkimer County, N.
Y. At the age of 40 with his wife and 8
children he emigrated to Erie County set-
tling near Buffalo, but on account of fever
and ague removed to the high land and
was among the earliest settlers of Spring-
viUe, N. Y. There was a bridle path over
Townsend HiU and the Eatons cut it out
and made a road for wagons. Rufus Eaton
donated land for the park, the cemetery,
etc., academy and the First Presbyterian
Church. In 1813 he built the first saw
miU in the Township. About 1818 he built
the first grist mill. He usually wore a
"blue suit with forked tail, brass buttons,
and a broad brimmed white fur hat with white
band and silver buckle. '* When 65 years of
age in 1835 he and his wife made the journey
with horse and carriage from SpringviUe,
N. Y. to Scituate, Conn, and return, being
about 7 months. In 1897 Dr. Lemuel Potter
of Chicago wrote the following tribute to the
172 EATON GENEALOGY
memory of Rufus Eaton. *'I remember when
quite a boy to have seen Uncle Rufus Eaton.
He was a Christian gentleman." (Data Mrs.
Kate Eaton Bradley)
Sally Potter, wife of Rufus Eaton, was
6th from Robert Potter, one of the founders
of Warwick, R. I.; also 6th from Joshua
Windsor of Providence Plantation; 6th from
Deacon Simon Stone of Watertown, Mass.,
eth from Elder John Whipple of Ipswich,
Mass., 5th from Roger Burlingame of Ston-
ington; 6th from Edward Fisher; 6th from
Stephen Harding, and 6th from Roger Wil-
liams through his dau Mercy and Samuel
Windsor, son of Joshua the first comer of
Providence Plantation. (Data Mrs. Kate
Eaton Bradley)
Issue :
338 1 Sylvester b 1792; m (1) Lydia Gard-
ner; (2) Nancy Wilkes; (3)
339 2 Waitee m Frederick Richmond
340 3 SaUy m Eddy (1) ; (2) Willard
Cornwall
341 4 Rufus C. b 1796; m Eliza Butter-
worth
342 5 Mahala m Otis Butterworth
343 6 Elisha b 1800; m Betsey Chafee;
d Feb. 26, 1881, aged 80
344 7 Harriet m Dr. Carl Emmons
345 8 William d yoimg; imm.
150 5 Comfort, son of (42 10) b m
Issue:
346 1 Eaton b
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 173
162 2 Rufus, son of (43 11) b m
Issue:
347 1
348 2
349 3
Sixth Generation
169 1 Elizabeth Eaton, dau of (42 2) b
Jan. 14, 1756; m Nathaniel Whiting, Mar. 28,
1775. She d in Dedham, Nov. 15, 1841;
he d Sept. 2, 1821
Issue :
360 1 Sarah Whiting b Jan. 23, 1776
361 2 MoUy b Feb. 19, 1776; d Feb. 27,
1847
362 3 Nathaniel b 1779
363 4 Hannah b 1781
364 5 Eaton b 1782
366 6 Rebecca b 1784
366 7 Ira b 1787
367 8 Luther b 1789
368 9 Elizabeth b 1793
369 10 Abigail b 1794
161 3 Abigail Eaton, dau. of (46 2) b
Nov. 2, 1761; m April 13, 1786, Daniel Fuller,
son of Daniel and Elizabeth Fuller of Dedham.
They settled on a farm in Francestown,
N. H., where they discovered soapstone in
great abundance, and made a fortune. She
died the 17th of September. 1837; he died
July 21, 1847.
JsSU.6 '.
360 1 Luther b 1787; d 1813
361 2 John Eaton b 1788; d 1811
362 3 Col. Daniel b 1791: m Peggy Emer-
son (Col. Daniel Fviller was in the War of
1812)
(174)
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 175
363 4 Aaron b 1793
364 5 Nabby b 1795; m Daniel Boardman
366 6 Desire b 1797; d
366 7 Elizabeth b 1800; m Timothy K.
West
367 8 Desire b 1 802 ; d 1 853 ; m John Loring
368 9 George
162 4 John Eaton, son of (46 2) b at
Dedham, Aug. 11, 1764; m July 17, 1791,
in Stoughton, Hannah, dau of Captain James
and Abigail (Puflfer) Edincott. After the
ceremony, the bride rode to her new home on
horseback on a pillion behind her husband,
and they had to ford the Neponset River,
there being no bridge. The ford was a few
rods north of the present highway and about
the place where the Boston and Providence
Railroad crosses the river.
Hannah Edincott, wife of John Eaton,
was bom in Stoughton, in part now Canton,
Oct. 26, 1761, and died of old age, Jime
3rd, 1860, being nearly 99 j^ears old. She
was bright and cheerful and interested in
all about her to the end of her days.
John Eaton d March 24th, 1842.
Issue:
369 1 John b June 28, 1792: d Sept. 15,
1796
370 2 John b May 2, 1801 ; d July 7, 1890;
m (1) Lucy Whetherbee; (2) Harriet Dean
371 3 Hannah b Oct. 5, 1803; m June 2,
1830, George Alden of Dedham
163 5 Captain Luther Eaton, son of (46 2)
b at Needham, Aug. 27, 1766; m Mar. 6,
176 EATON GENEALOGY
1793, Lucy Ellis (b Nov. 3, 1771), dan of
John and Sibbel Ellis, of South Dedham. He
d Nov. 13, 1820; his wife d 15 Deb 1S47 aged
75 yrs. Luther Eaton inherited a portion
of the Purgatory farm and added to its area
by purchases.
Issue :
372 1 Lucy b 1796; d Oct 7. 1800, of
dvsentery
'373 2 John Ellis d Feb. 23, 1798; d Oct.
28, 1800, of canker
374 3 Maria b Feb. 14, 1800, d Dec. 20,
1863
376 4 Col. Luther b July 18. 1802; m Eliza
Turner; d May 17, 1876; his wife d Sept. 23,
1844
376 5 John Ellis (2) b April 21. 1804;
d Oct. 7, 1854
377 6 Joel b Jan. 21, 1806; m AbigaU
Walker of Paris, Me. d Nov. 25, 1881; she d
April 18, 1841
Dedham
Church
Records
164 6 Ann (Nancy) dau of (46 2) b April
25, 1769, m Eliphalet Baker, Jan 16, 1795;
d Oct. 1841, aged 76; he d Nov. 9. 1841. aged
76.
Issue:
378 1 George b 1796 (was a physician at
Chelsea 1882)
379 2 Nathaniel b 1799; d 1802
380 3 Nancy b 1803; m 1830, Rev. John
Fcssctidcn
381 4 Emily b 1808; m 1831, Gardiner
Paine of Worcester
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 177
166 7 Rebecca, dau of (46 2) b April
25, 1772, m John Goulld, son of Aaron and
Hannah (Coney) Gouild, April 26, 1798; d
Sept. 7, 1849. He d, in Dedham, Dec. 2, 1847.
Issttc I
382 1 Miranda b 1798; d Mar. 20. 1873
383 2 Rebecca Eaton b 1801; m 1839;
Rev. Henry Luce, of Westford;
Issue:
1 Rebecca
2 Alfred
3 Abbey
4 Miranda
384 3 John b 1803
386 4 Nathaniel b 1804; d 1805
386 2 Alfred b 1807; d at Galveston,
Texas, Sept. 3, 1883
166 1 Mary Dexter Eaton, dau of (46 3)
b May 3, 1775; m Amos Marsh, Jan. 1793.
They lived in Warwick, where she d March
25, 1804
Issue:
387 1 William b Dec. 7, 1793; went to
New York
388 2 Abigail b Dec. 12, 1795; went to
Whitestown
389 3 Mary Bradford b June 7, 1798
390 4 Warren Dexter b Sept. 20, 1800;
d 1801
172 2 Ira Draper, the second son of Major
Abijah and Alice (Eaton) Draper (49 6)
b Dec. 24, 1764; m (1) May 31, 1786; Lydia,
dau of Lemuel and Rebecca Richards. She
was b Jan 1768, and d Sept. 18, 1811; he m
178 EATON GENEALOGY
(2) March 9, 1812, Abigail, caUed Nabbie,
his first wife's sister. She was bom Sept.
13, 1783, and d 1847. In 1775, during the
retreat of the British after the battle of Lex-
ington, and Concord Bridge, he was present
with his father, who had taken part in the
fighting. During the early part of the Cen-
tury, he removed from Dedham to Weston,
Mass. and later to Sagus. Beginning life
with a handsome property for the time,
he expended most of it in the care and educa-
tion of his sixteen children, and also in the
development of his mechanical inventions
which proved to be more profitable to the
communitv than himself. He is said to have
invented the first threshing machine of which
there is any record, but it was never intro-
duced extensively. He also invented the
fly shuttle hand loom, which possessed de-
cided advantages, it was believed, over those
then in use. He invented the first machine
for road scraping and machines of this iden-
tical pattern were in use very recently in
the vicinity of Boston. His invention which
came into general use, was the '/revolving
temple" for keeping cloth extended in weav-
ing. This was adopted in the large part
of looms in this country and abroad, and
formed the basis of a profitable business which
was carried on by himself, his sons, grand-
sons, and great-grandsons. Under the ad-
ministration of John Quincy Adams, he was
prominent candidate for U. S. Commissioner
of Patents. He was a man of large natural
intelligence, mechanical ingenuity, and pro-
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 179
gressive thought. He was one of the early
Unitarians and d in that faith. (Ancestry
of Gov. Eben S. Draper; The Massachusetts
Magazine July 1909)
The Eaton Family of Dedham
and Powder House Rock
By John Eaton Aldbn, of Newton, Mass.
There are several unsolved questions of
interest connected with the annals of the
Eaton family of Dedham, and some light
may be thrown on them by the following
extracts from records. Among these ques-
tions are first, the location of the homestead
of the early generations; and the second the
date of the death of John Eaton 2 . .
This question seems simple, and the an-
swer not very important, but the other in-
formation developed as the search of this
date progressed.
The fact that one branch of the family
comes through a series of John Eatons, father
and son from the emigrant to the present
day; and also because the old farm on Pur-
gatory Plain has been in continuous pos-
session of several generations of these John
Eaton's, has led to the tradition that this
farm was occupied by the first John Eaton
soon after the town was settled, and held by
him and his descendants of the same name
ever since.
A historian of the family, after a visit to
John EatonJ, wrote; ''He inherited the old
180 EATON GENEALOGY
Eaton home of all his American ancestors."
The order of succession has been as follows : —
John Eaton 1 (d Nov. 17, 1658)
John Eaton 2 (d ) & Alice Eaton
John Eaton 3 (d Oct. 28, 1684) & Ann
(Whiting) Eaton
John Eaton 4 (d Feb. 23, 1770) & Elizabeth
(Lovering) Eaton
John Eaton 6 (d May 14, 1777) & Desire
(Smith) Eaton
John Eaton 6 (d March 24, 1842) & Harriet
(Edincott) Eaton
John Eaton 9 (d July 7, 1890) & Harriet
(Dean) Eaton
While the past was dim , and obscure as it
has been till within a few years, no one had
thought as to whether the tradition was
true or not. The fact that John Eaton 7
recently deceased never saw his own grand-
father (who had died more than twenty years
before his birth) may have led to his giving
little thought to that or previous generations ;
and his somewhat full notes of births, mar-
riages, etc., related only to people living in
his own day.
But now that the subject is discussed, we
see that it would have been impracticable
for John Eaton 1 to live so far from the vil-
lage. **A law of the colon}'^ compelled the
first settlers to build their houses near each
other. The necessity of this law continued
for more than fifty years. 'The first set-
tlers agreed that each married man should
have a lot of twelve acres, part upland and
part meadow; but that they must necessarily
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 181
be near each other, on the margin of the
meadows near the modem village.
*'In 1664, there were 95 small houses near
where the Coiirt House now stands."
In those daj^s Indians were in and about
Wigwam and Purgatory Swamps; in fact
they did not entirely disappear from the last
named region for more than one himdred and
seventy-five years after the town was settled.
John Eaton 7 has told me that in his youth,
he was taught to make baskets by an old
Indian who lived near the "Indian Cornfield"
on the border of Purgatory Swamp. That
was about the year 1712.
On May 11th, 1637, it was voted:
Whereas ye evil disposition of ye natives
hath caused vs of late to vnd'goe very much
watchings and wardings &c whereby much
expence of municon &c heth ben amongst
vs to our greate Change and detrimt ....
euy man hath henceforth shalbe admitted
vnto us shall p'sently paye .... Ten shillings
for municon.
Wild beasts of a dangerous character,wolves
and wildcats, also roamed through these
wilds; and as there was an extensive tract
suitable for their haunts, lying between the
Canton and Green Lodge roads, so rough that
it has since remained in its primitive condi-
tion to the present time, it is evident that the
way of the village to Purgatory farm was
bordered by a dangerous region for its whole
extent. As late as 1862, twenty-four years
after John Eaton had d, a vote was passed
182 EATON GENEALOGY
*that no one of the inhabitants should move
to a greater distance than two miles from
the meeting house without special license/'
The Purgatory farm is nearly four miles
distance from the village.
It is true that early colonists were attracted
by rich meadow lands bordering rivers, not-
withstanding the early dangers often exper-
ienced, as witness the settlements at Deer-
field and on the Housatonic River; but that
was at a later time, after the numbers of the
Colonists had increased.
When Dedham was settled there was room
enough for its people on the margin of the
extensive meadows of the Charles River.
A reason for locating on such lands was that
though the country generally was buried in
forest, the meadows were mostly free from
trees, giving immediate opportimity for gath-
ering hay and other crops. And much of
the Charles River border was drier than it
has been since dams were built down the
stream.
On account of the excellent grass growing
on the meadows of the Neponset River the
first Dedham people took up lots there and
visited them in haying season. Some items
in the inventory of the estate of John Eaton 1
relate to Fowl Meadows as they were then
and have since been called.
178 2 Joseph Eaton, son of (60 7) b at
Dedham, in 1774. He was a house wright
and settled in Boston, where he m Feb. 8,
1798, Hannah, dau of Alden and Hannah
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON ISJi
(Tyler) Bass, and great-granddaughter of
John Bass and Ruth Alden, dau of John and
Priscilla Alden; he d Feb. 8, 1809; his wife
d Feb. 17, 1816
Issue :
391 1 Eliza b Jan. 9, 1799; d July 29,
1883; unm
392 2 Charlotte b Jtine 18, 1800; d infant.
393 3 Caroline b J tine 18. 1800; d infant
twins.
394 4 Joseph Bass b Jan. 25, 1803; m
Oct. 19, 1837, Charlotte H. Reed; d in Boston,
Mass., Nov. 22, 1878
395 5 Edwin b Oct. 17, 1804; d Mar. 21,
1823
396 6 George Thomas b Aug. 4, 1807; d
infant
179 3 Hannah dau of (60 7) b Aug., 1776;
m James Shores and lived in Boston until
after the death of her father, when thev re-
moved to Waterville, Me.
Issue :
397 1 Sarah Aria Shores b 1802
398 2 Thomas James b 1809
399 3 George Eaton b 1812; lived in
Waterville
182 6 Reuben Eaton, son of (50 7) b at
Dedham, April 25, 1783; was a hatter in
Boston. About 1812 he removed to Water-
ville, Maine, where he had a farm. He m
Jan. 23, 1809, Mary Bridges (Bridge), b May
1, 1788 and d Mar. 6, 1870. He d Oct. 5.
1872 at the house of his dau, Mrs, Eames in
Cambridge. Mass.
Balch Gen.
184 EATON GENEALOGY
Isstic I
400 1 Sarah Ann b Dec. 5, 1809; d 1817
401 2 Mary Bridge b Aug. 30, 1811; m
Feb. 1, 1833, Peter Smith: issue, 5 children
402 3 Hannah Shores b Aug. 9, 1813;
m April 1, 1835, Henry H. Eames (reside at
Cambridge, Mass. (issue, 11 children)
403 4 Thomas Nathaniel Bridge b July
24, 1815; m Mar. 12. 1844, Rebecca F. Wil-
son and lives at Wilmington, Del.
404 5 Sarah Ann b May 26, 1817; d 1818
186 3 Sarah Eaton, dau of (61 8) b May
19, 1782; m Rev. William Balch of New
Salem; d Oct. 10, 1850; she d Aug. 31, 1822
Issue :
406 1 Benjamin Balch
406 2 Elizabeth m John Bancroft
187 4 Luther Eaton, son of (51 8) b in
Dedham., May 4 1785; settled at Eddington,
Penobscot Co., Maine, where he m, Aug. 1,
1816. Lucy Spooner Holland of Petersham,
Mass., b Sept. 30, 1786; he d at Eddington,
Feb. 12, 1852; she d at Bangor, April 21, 1863
Issue:
406 1 Sarah Carver b June 27, 1817; m
Dec. 24, 1835, Andrew Thatcher Pahner
407 1 Calvin b July 25, 1819; d 1820
408 3 Luther Holland b Oct. 23, 1821;
m Lydia Lane and lived in Bangor where he
d Jan. 17, 1878
409 4 Elizabeth Winslow b July 17, 1824
410 5 Lucy Ann b July 23, 1827; d at
Bangor, Feb. 5. 1862
411 6 Clarissa Dwight b Sept. 24, 1830
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 1&5
189 2 Joahannah (Joanna) Eaton, dau Boston
of (52 9) b Mar. 1, 1773; m at Boston, Aug. ^^<^^^^
13, 1792, to Richard Colburn ^^^^j
Issue : Church
412 1 Warren Colburn b Mar. 1, 1793; Records
grad. Harvard college a skilled mathematician
and author of several school books. He d
in Lowell, Sept. 13, 1844; m Aug. 2, 1828,
Temperance Cordelia Horton of Boston; issue
413 2 Roxanna b Dec. 10, 1794; m Elijah
Thompson of Walpole, July 30, 1813; issue
414 3 Nancy b Dec. 22, 1796; m Oliver
Clapp of Walpole; issue
416 4 Mary b May 19, 1799; m 1817,
David Cook of Newport, R. I. ; issue
416 5 Leonard b Dec. 31, 1801; d unm
417 6 Joanna b June 21, 1804; m Lyman
Pratt of Charlton, Mass.; issue
418 7 Elizabeth Phillips b Feb. 25, 1808;
m Ezra Keyes and lived in Norwood; issue
419 8 Joseph b Mar. 29, 1812; m Ann
Kimball; d Mar. 4, 1841; issue
420 9 Samuel Richard b Nov. 3, 1815; m
Caroline Burt of Tewksbury; issue
193 4 James Eaton, son of (66 3) b Aug. Burhans
3, 1780; m (1) 1803, Abigail Rice who d 1803; ^"
m (2) Fanny Richards, May 15, 1805.
Issue : See supplement for other children
421 1 Asa b Mar. 6, 1811; m (1) Perline
Schultz; m (2) Miranne Dean
422 2 Calvin b Dec. 21, 1808; m Caroline
Campbell
423 3 Abel b July 18, 1825; mKatherine
Cross
186
EATON GENEALOGY
p 50
Prof. Daniel 194 5 Elcazcf Eaton, son of (56 3) b ;
Eaton's Mss. ^ j^jg cousin, Beulah Eaton (67 5) dau of
Joseph and Elizabeth Eaton ; she d about 1 794
Issue :
423 1 Asenath b
424 2 Samuel m Rememberance Poster
197 2 Isaac Robinson Waton, son of (66 4)
b Aug. 4, 1781; m Elizabeth Sprung Aug. 14,
1810. About this time disagreements arising
between this country and Great Britain,
he and his wife in company with his brother
James Eaton and his family, removed to
Canada.
Issue:
426 1
426 2
427 3
428 4
429 5
430 6
431 7
432 8
433 9
434 10
436 11
436 12
437 13
Gabriel b July 28, 1811; d
ane b Nov. 15, 1812
acob b June 12, 1817
bhn b Mar. 20, 1819
Mary Ann b Mar. 23, 1821
Jane b Oct. 15, 1822
Catherine b Sept. 9, 1824
Nancy b Sept. 9, 1826
William b Aug. 4, 1828
Elizabeth b Nov. 2, 1820
Isaac b July 5, 1832; d infant
Ahnira b April 25, 1834
Isaac Robinson b Jan. 30, 1837;
m Abigail May
198 3 James Eaton, son of (66 4) b 1783;
m ; removed to Canada
Issue :
438 1 Isaac
439 2
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 187
216 8 Aaron Eaton, son of (57 5) b Jtme
, 1763; m Euphonia (or Tryphosa) —
(bjApr. 2, 1774); d June 27, 1816, aged 53;
his wife d Mar. 3, 1829.
Issue:
440 1 Hezeklah b 1789; d Jan. 28, 1873;
Buried at Brewerton, N, Y.
441 2 John b
442 3 Daniel b July 2nd, 1794; m Cather-
ine Reals
443 4 Reuben b ; m
d^at the home of his niece, Feb. 22, 1878, at
Brewerton, N. Y.
444 5 Joseph b
445 6 Burr b
446 7 Tryphosa m George Strange
212 5 Stephen Eaton, son of (67 5) b
Jan. 23, 1756; m
Issue:
447 1 Lewis b 1789; supervisor in 1819
Congressman and Representative from New
York, 1823-25.
448 2 James
449 3
460 4
461 5
462 6 Eli, private, war of 1812
463 7 Thomas, private, war of 1812
454 8 Sarah
219 12 Lemuel Eaton, son of (57 5), b n- e Hist.
Dec. 15, 1770; m Feb. 16, 1792, Sarah Ware; SeisS'ivi
d in 1837 49
188 EATON GENEALOGY
Issue:
455 1 George b 1818; m Sarah and
lived in Buffalo, N. Y. (Issue)
456 2 Thomas
220 13 Ashel Eaton, son of (57 6), b 1771 ;
m Abigail ; m (2) Mary , b 1802,
who d Oct. 21, 1860, aged 48. Ashel Eaton
d Aug. 21 1840.
Issue : '
457 1 RosweU b 1796; d Aug. 11, 1863;
m Margaret ; buried at Salina, N. Y.,
old First Ward cemetery
468 2 Ward
459 3 Frederick
460 4 Betsy
461 5 Ashael jr. b 1800.
462 6 Rozy
463 7 Beulah
Ashael Eaton was a musician in the war of
1812 ; Co. commanded by Ezekiel Andrews.
221 14 Thomas Eaton, son of (57 5) b at
Records of Kent, Cohn. in 1733, was of Newfane, Vt.
Hon. Hiram jj^ ^ ^^^ Dimimenston, Vt., Sept. 27, 1798,
Amy, dau of Daniel and Ann (Ripley) Hib-
bard. They removed to New York State
and settled at North Manlius then called
Matthews Mills, where he became a farmer;
Mrs. Eaton was a remarkable woman, com-
bining gentleness with great force and de-
cision of character. "Her heart was like a
staff, that one could lean and rest upon;
the strongest on the longest day,'* She was
of the Baptist faith and a faithful member
of that church which from data gathered from
Eaton
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 189
the history of the county (Onondaga) was
the first with possibly one exception of any
denomination to organize in Onondaoun-ga c
ty, the first meeting being held May 10, 1798;
Mrs. Amy (Hibbard) Eaton was a descendant
of Gov. William Bradford, who came in the
Mayflower as also a descendant of Robert
Hibbard bom in Salisbury, England, who
came with Gov. Winthrope. The name Hib-
bard like that of Eaton is of Welsh origin,
Hibbard meaning "The Bard*' or poet or
singer. Her father, Daniel Hibbard, was in
the Lexington Alarm and marched from
Woodstock, Conn., imder Lieut. Mark Elwell,
serving 7 days.
Thomas Eaton d May 18, 1819, aged 45
years; his wife Amy d May 14, 1834, aged
55 years; both are buried at Fayette ville,N.Y.
Issue I
464 1 George b 1801; d 1866
465 2 Rachel b 1803; d 1855; m Thomas
Tolman
466 3 Harry b 1805; d 1848; m Emily
Edwards; she m (2) Gocxirich
467 4 Hon. Hiram b June 20, 1808; d 1882;
m Zada Avery
468 5 Daniel Hibbard b 1812; d 1868;
m Fedelia Palmer
469 6 Lewis b 1813; d 1877; m Sarah Wilson
223 2 Chloe Eaton, dau of (68 6) m Nov. Gen. Biog.
27, 1783, Nathaniel Chubbuck windsT*
Issue: P ^^^
478 1 0. J. Chubbuck, b ; resides in To-
wanda, Pa.
190 EATON GENEALOGY
230 9 Joshua Eaton, son of (68 6) b ; m
Gould; lived and d near Rochester;
run an ashery and made potash; d in 1866-7.
Issue !
471 1 Dr. Wlllard b Sept. 19, 1794; d
1862; m (1) Jane Bird; (2) Jane Bailey;
(3) Louise Billings; (4) Martha Hewett
472 2 George b ; m Elizabeth Hop-
kins.
232 11 Benjamin Eaton, jr. son of (68 6) b
b ; ni ; was a tanner and shoemaker, com-
mencing business in 1 774. He was one of a Com-
mittee of Correspondence elected in 1776.
Muster Roll Benjamin Eaton was a private in the Revol-
of Minute utionary War. In 1790 he bought a tan
Men, 1775 y^^j.^ ^^^.j^ water wheel for grinding of bark
from Thomas and Ezekiel Williams, of Rox-
bury, and continued this business until his
death.
Issue ;
473 1
474 2
236 2 Samuel Eaton, son of (69 7) b in
Ashford, Conn., 1762; was collector for the
town of Ashford ; in company with his brother
Ebenezer Eaton, jr., he came to Rome, N. Y.,
but soon after removed to Bradford, Pa. He
m and had issue; but nothing more is
, ^, known of him.
Lamb s
Biog. Diet. 241 1 General WiUiam, son of (63 1) b
? ^593 1760 at Woodstock . Conn ; m Elizabeth Sykes
Appieton's William Eaton, of Woodstock, at sixteen
Ency. p 887 ran away from home to join the Army and
I
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 191
prevailed upon Captain Dana to receive him
as his servant (1776).
In 1774, removed to Marsfield, Mass.,
enlisted in the American Army in 1780,
was promoted Sergeant and was mustered
out in 1783. He graduated from Dartmouth
College in 1790; served as Clerk of the Mass.
House of Delegates in 1796-7. U. S. Consul
to Tunis bv President Adams in 1797, Gen-
eral William Eaton upheld the United States
in the matters of tribute money and securing
immunity from the piratical Tunesans. On
return to the United States was appointed
U. S. naval agent to Barbary States by
Presd Jefferson and accompained the naval
fleet to the Mediterranean 1804 Arriving at
Tripoli he foimd that the pasha Hamlet had
been deposed by his brother, and first obtain
ing sanction of the United States Govern-
ment & Co. operation of the U. S. navy,
he undertook to reinstate him by first bring-
ing him from Egypt where he had fled. He
headed 500 men mostly Arabs and marched
600 Miles across the Lybrian desert to Dome
and thence to Bomba. where the Argus
and Hornet under Hull were in waiting. On
April 27, 1805 they opened fire on the forti-
fications of the town, drove the Tripolitans
from their guns and the land force under
Eaton carried the works by storm. In the
assult Eaton was severely woimded. He
then prepared to fall upon Tripoli, when
treaty between the two nations were signed,
1808; He d in 1811
102
EATON GENEALOGY
Dau. Amer.
Rev. Lin.
Vol.23, p
275
Gen. Biog.
of Anc. Win
Gen. Biog.
of Anc.
Windsor p
139
N. E. Hist,
and Gen.
Register
xiii. 182
Issue :
475 1 Daniel C. b ; d ; m Elizabeth Cady
476 2 Almira m David Hayden
Issue :
Charlotte Hayden iii Linbarger
242 2 Ebenezer Eaton, son of (63 1) b at
field, Conn. 1776-7; d at Danville Vt. Jan,
31, 1859; m
Ebenezer Eaton came to Dansville with
his family in the autumn of 1806, then 30
yrs. of age. For more than 30 yrs. Mr.
Eaton was the principal editor of the North
Star, & during that period, his writings &
selections for his ^aper had a very large
circulation probably larger than any other
political Journal in the State. As a political
writer Mr. Eaton was frank, fearless and
honest in expression of his opinions and con-
tinued actively in that capacity imtil 1841,
when his son N. H. Eaton became principal
proprietor of the Star, which is still published
at Danville.
In 1818 Mr. Ebenezer Eaton became a
member of the Congregational church . Every
one loved and honored ** Father Eaton".
He died calm and happy in his home in
Danville Dec. 31, 1859 aged 82 yrs.
Issue I
477 1 N. H. Eaton b
478 2
479 3
246 I Amos Eaton, botanist, son of (67 5)
b at Chatham, N. Y. May 17, 1776; the fact
that his cousin William, was a College grad-
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 193
uate induced his parents to give him equal Lamb's
start in life. He delivered a Fourth of July ^j^- P^^-
•i.» .• j_ "L 1 A of the U. S.
oration in his native town when 14 years ^ ^g
old, and he was a skillful land surveyor and
advanced in natural philosophy. Graduated
at Williams College in 1799 and established
himself as a lawyer in Catskill, N. Y., in 1802;
He was a popular lecturer.. He married
thrice: First in 1803, Sally, dau of Eleazur
and Tryphene (Beebe) Cadv, and sister of
Judge Daniel Cady; m (2) Oct. 20, 1816-7,
Anne, dau of Lewis and Lydia (Woodin)
Bradley; m (3) Aug. 5, 1827, Alice, dau of
Benjamin and Alice (Smith) Johnson
Issue by 1st wife:
480 1 Amos Beebe (Genl) b May 12, 1806,
in Catskill, N. Y. ; m Elizabeth Selden and d
in 1877
481 2
246 2 Daniel son of (67 5) b ; m Harriet
Cady; was a merchant in New York.
Issue:
482 1 Daniel Cady Eaton b at Johnston,
N. Y., June 16, 1837 grad. at Yale 1860 and iamb's
on special examination before the Supreme ^i^^^ u"s
Court at Alhaxiy, N. Y., was admitted to the ^i 590
bar in 1881 ; Studied at Gottengen gynnasiu,
1854 at the University of Berlin in 1867-68;
and admitted to the Ecole beaux arts Paris
and to the Atelier of Grerome 1860. He was
Prof, of History^ and Criticism of Art in Yale
Coll. 1869-71 (names of his published works
found on page 590, Lambs Biograph'cal
Dictionary of the V. S. Vol. 11)
194
EATON GENEALOGY
Family
Record of
Lenox
Eaton of
Liverpool,
N.Y.
250 2 Levi Eaton, son of (78 1) b ; rn
Issue :
483 1 Levi jr. b
484 2 Benjamin
251 3 Ira Eaton, son of (78 1) b at Ash-
ford. Conn, m ; and removed to Manlius,
N. Y. for a time but returned to Connecticut
where he died: Ira Eaton was a tailor by
trade. His dcwscendants are said to live in
Onondaga Coimty, N. Y.
Issue :
485 1 William b 1800; m Mar^arte
486 2 Ira
487 3
488 4
252 4 Stephen Eaton,* son of (78 1) b
in Ashford, Conn. May 4, 1761; m No\. 12,
1781, (1) Phemelia Knowlton, of the same
town where he continued to live until after
the birth of his children. When his son
Cardinal Eaton was six months old, he re-
moved to Ransom ville, state of New York,
Albany Coflhty. His farm being on what
was called the Helibori a high land or ridge
in Guilderland. In connection with his farm,
Stephen Eaton, kept a small tavern. After
four years he became tired of the place the
land being sandy and poor, he removed to
Onondaga County, which was then a part
of Tryon County (our county not being set
off). He settled in Manlius in 1790, and
♦Stephen Eaton, of Ashford, was with
Capt. Shumway
I
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 195
lived in the rude poor style of our forefathers ;
The land was a forest, no white man being
nearer than Oswego or Mohawk valley.
After he and his brother Origen, and his
brother-in-law, Joshua Knowlton had worn
out their shoes they went barefoot, as they
cleaned up the land being glad to be able
to make a bare living. Stephen Eaton m
(2) Harmony Knowlton; He served some
vears in the Revolution; He d at Bueville,
N. Y., Oct. 28, 1838, and is buried at Oran,
N. Y.
Issue:
489 1 Catherine b April 12, 1782; m Ashel
Holister
490 2 Zoa b June 20, 1784; m John Dela-
matter
491 3 Cardinal b Jan. 20, 1786; m Mary
Van Patten; He served in the War of 1812
and d Mar. 4, 1877 aged 91 yrs.)
r 253 5 Origen Eaton, son of (78 1) b Family
at Ashford, Conn., May 8, 1765; m Sophia ^^^J^""^
Reed, and settled permanently ' in Manlius, Ea^onof
in 1801. Origen Eaton, first came, to Onon- Liverpool,
daga County with his brother-in-law Joshua n y.
ICnowlton and his brother Stephen Eaton,.
and it was Origen Eaton and Joshua Knowl-
ton who made the first clearing at what is
now Fayette ville, N. Y. The Indians at
this time were dangerous and troublesome.
At one time Origen Eaton came near being
shot by one. The Indian raised his gun to
shoot when he discovered that Origen was
not the' man he first took him to be, so did
196 EATON GENEAOLOGY
not fire. Origen Eaton was a soldier in the
War of 1812; His wife Sophia b 1771, d Aug.
10, 1834, age 63. Six weeks after her death
he m (2), the widow of Mr. Ellsworth, mother-
in-law to his dau Sophia; Both himself
and wives are buried at Fayette ville, N. Y.,
where their tombstones may be seen (1911).
Origen Eaton d Sept 22, 1839, age 74
Issue
492 1 Origen b 1806; m his cousin Phe-
melia Knowlton
493 2 Calvin b
494 3 Harvey b 1801; d May 26, 1837;
bur. at Fayette ville, N. Y.
495 4
Stephen b
496 5
Lorenzo b
497 6
Levi b
498 7
Ira b
; m Almira Hall
499 8
Rowena b
; m Washington
Worden
600 9
Rozy b
; m Orris (Oris) Fay
601 10
Sophia b
: m Mr. Ellsworth*
502 11 Ambros Caldwell b 1807; m ;
d 1834.
Conn. Hist. ^^^ Origen Eaton at the age of 16 was
Soc. Coll. in the Revolution (1781-1783) from the
Rev. List town of Ashford, Conn., 8 Co, Capt. Rodgers.
and Re- Commanded by Col. Samnel Webb
turns n. 297 p^^^ ^j^^ ^^^^ ^f Ashford, Mass., Phile-
man Eatton 1781-1783 Origen Eaton. _
^Note Ellsworth, who m Sophia Eat-
on, dau of Origen Eaton and Sophia Reed, was
a descendant of Oliver Ellsworth, a leader
in the Federal Convention of 1787 which
framed the Constitution of the United States.
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 197
Origen Eaton, receipt dated, Bellingham,
April 24. 1781, for bounty paid said Eaton by
Stephen Metcalf and Amos Ellis in behalf of
Class No. 2 of the town of Bellingham to serve
in the Continental army during the war; also
return of men raised agreeable to resolve of
December 2, 1780; engaged April 26, 1781,
engaged for the town of Bellingham; term
during the war.
The lot on which the First Methodist Epis-
copal church of Manlius was first built was
deeded to Daniel P. Williams. Luther Buell,
Samuel Brown, Origen Eaton and others.
This edifice was erected in 1822, but was re-
moved to its present location in June, 1844.
254 6 Josiah Eaton, son of (78 1) b ;
m Ann Knowlton. He removed from Ash-
ford, Conn., to Union in 1793 and bought land
of James Thompson, also land south of Stic-
ney Hill. His wife, Ann Knowlton, was a
descendant of Robert Knowlton, one of the
first settlers of Ashford. Conn., and a manu-
facturer of salt.
Issue:
503 1 Timothy b 1785; m Elizabeth Stiles,
dau Isaac and Mabell (Clark) Stiles.
504 2 Joshua b at Ashford, Conn., May 23,
1787; m Jane, dau Ashael and Tryphena
(Chapin) Stiles and removed to Stockbridge,
N. Y.
505 3 Josiah, jr. b Aug. 16, 1788; m Lvdia
Webber, Sept. 11, 1806.
198 EATON GENEALOGY
Issue
Elizabeth b 1807.
Catherine b 1811.
Sablna b 1813.
William b 1816.
506 4 PoUy
607 5 Ethlarinda b 1785.
508 6 Anna m James Olney.
509 7 Lovisa m Asa Snell in 1821.
610 8 Lydia m Saunders Ferry of Union,
N. Y.
► 511 9 William m Fanny Sessions, dau of
Nathaniel Sessions, Nov. 28, 1822.
Issue :
1 Dianna Perrln b Dec. 21, 1824.
2 Fedelia b April,1827.
3 Edwin Ruthven b Dec. 1, 1828.
4 Urilla b Oct. 20, 1831.
5 Mary
Batons of 257 1 Jacob Eaton, son of (80 3) b 1770.
Calais by m ; and Settled in Calais, on Kingsbury
Caleb Eaton Branch in 1816 with his four children. He died
in 1 843. (Jacob Eaton came from Hartwick) .
Issue :
512 1 Isaac b ; killed by a horse.
513 2 Jacob, jr. d 1843, age 77.
514 3 Mary Ann
515 4 Ann
516 5 Sylvester C.
517 6 Nathaniel b 1791; m Ruth Bridg-
man; m (2) Mrs. Ruth (Curtis), widow Dr.
John Oilman.
261 1 David Eaton, son of (81 4) was of
Westminister; b 1775; m Feb. 18, 1800 Ama
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 199
(Amy) Clark, dau of Timothy and Amy
Woodworth Clark and removed to Rochester,
Vt., later to Hancock, still later to Granville,
where he d Feb. 16, 1887 aged 59; David
Eaton, according to the inscription on the
Eaton monument in Rochester North Hollow
"was a believer in the final holiness of all men."
He was a blacksmith by trade. He is de-
scribed as a small man with keen black
eyes and rather dark complexion, very ambi-
tious and energetic in his trade and a careful
penman. Mrs. Eaton was a patient invalid
for many years ; both Mr. and Mrs Eaton were
Universalists in their religious faith.
Issue:
518 1 Betsey b 1801; m Harvey Shlpman
619 2 Harriet b 1802; m Thomas B. Martin
520 3 Ovid b 1804; d infant
521 4 David b Sept. 29, 1805; m vSarah
E. Perrv
522 5' Achsha b Jan. 6, 1807; m Bell Perry
523 6 Rev. Timothy Clark b April 9, 1809;
d June 28, 1883; m Sarah DeEtte Nelson
524 7 AbigaU b 1811; m Marshal Martin
(issue)
^ 525 8 Lucius b Aug. 7, 1814; m Lucy
Cleveland (1); m (2) Catherine Plympton
526 9 Freedom b Jan. 10, 1817; d June
43, 1848
268 3 Amherst Eaton, son of (92 3) b
April 10, 1763; m ; and went to Boston,
where he kept the famous "Concert Hall
Coffe House" on the comer of C^jurt and Han-
over Streets.
\
200
EATON GENEALAGY
Reminis-
cences of
Worcester
361
Issue :
527 1 Amherst jr., b Oct. 21, 1786; went
West
628 2 b Mar. 1, 1789; lived in
Holden
529 3 Nathaniel b 1781; m Mary Duncan
530 4 Russell b ; m Mary Ann Perkins
269 4 Alphesus Eaton, son of (91 2) b
Oct. 10, 1764; was a shoemaker by trade;
m ; was constable 1796-96.
Issue :
531 1 Alphesus jr"*" b
532 2 Capt. Thomas b ; m
270 5 Nathaniel Eaton, son of (92 3) b
1 763 ; m Mary Duncan ; He was a hotel-keep-
er.
Issue :
533 1 Frederick
534 2 Frances
535 3 Charles
536 4 James b 1817
537 5 Nathaniel jr
Issue :
3 daus
Worcester
Town
Records
1784-1800
m Foxcroft
271 6 WlUiam Eaton, son of (91 2), b
Sept. 10, 1766; m ; and resided in the
ancient mansion house, comer Main and
Note Alphesus Eaton's Bond dated, Feb.
15, 1792 for 36-10-0: William Eaton and
Samuel Flagg, Sureities; interest paid
^Alphesus Eaton. Private Capt. Samuel
Clarks Co.
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 201
George streets (occupied by his dau in 1871), y
which was previous to and during the Revo-
lution owned and occupied by that distin-
guished advocate of liberty Nathan Baldwin,
Register of Deeds and Town Clerk from 1775
to his death in 1784.
Issue:
538 1 Hon William Eaton jr. b ; m Mary
WillianLs; was a distinguished lawyer
280 7 Ralph Eaton, son of (91 2) b ; Records of
m Mary and settled near Lockport, the Church
N. Y./ where he had a plaster mill. ^ Vemon.
Issue : ^^^^*
639 1 Cclah (Scloh) b n. e. Hist.
640 2 Gilbert b and Gen.
641 3 David Tryon bapt. Feb. 29, 1819 Register
642 4 Zerad bapt. Sept. 14, 1823 ^^- 212
643 5 Clary King bapt. July 15, 1821
644 5 Claressa bapt. April 5, 1822; in
286 3 Hon. William Eaton, son of (96 1),
b Oct. 1765; m Anna Gates; m (2) Hannah
Chadwick. William Eaton settled in Rome,
N. Y., and died at Oneida, N. Y.; in 1859.
Issue:
646 1 William, jr. b 1800; m Margaret
(William Eaton d 1869). His wife Margaret,
b 1819, d in 1888. Both are buried at Man-
lius, N. Y.
288 6 Jesse Eaton, son of (96 1) b Aug.
23, 1774; m Sarah Bamour, Jan. 16, 1799,
and died in Cuba, Allegheny Co., N. Y.
Issue :
646 1 Hon. Augustus T. b ; m
202 EATON GENEALOGY
647 2
648 3
291 1 Ebenezer Eaton, jr. son of (100 5)
b.Nov. 21, 1774; m Lydia Chamberlain;
m (2) Eunice Ramsdell;
Issue :
649 1 Benjamin b
660 2 Ebenezer b
661 3 David b
662 4
663 5
664 6
292 2 Jonas Eaton, son of (100 5) b Oct.
3, 1776, and m Sally Powers; d Aug. 4. 1813;
Issue:
666 1
666 2
667 3
668 4
669 5
294 4 Humphrey Eaton, son of (100 5)
b Nov. 24, 1782; d Aug. 13, 1849; m Judith
SuUey, of Seabrook, March 29, 1789; had
issue.
296 6 George Eaton, son of (100 5) b Feb.
19,' 1788; m Asphia Smith and removed to
St. Lawrence Co., N. Y.
Issue:
660 1 George b 1825; m Elizabeth Hop-
kins.
299 2 Josiah Eaton, son of (101 6) b
Jan. 13, 1787; m Mary Reed, dau of Jonas
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 203
Reed, and removed to Ashbumham about Hist, of
1816. Ashbum-
Thiree of their children were bom in Gard- *"
iner and seven in Ashbumham.
Joslah Eaton d Dec. 7, 1862; His wife d
1872.
Issue I
561 1 Merrick b Sept. 30, 1811; m Eliz-
abeth Gates (1) ; m (2) June 14, 1860, Rebecca
C'Lane
662 2 Mary Ann b Dec. 14, 1812; [m Sam-
uel Kelton ' -l>
563 3 Joslah b May 5 1S14; m Abbie
Wheeler *
664 4 Hon. Hosea b Mar. 10. 1820; m
Marv Wheeler
665 5 Danforth Leander b July 4. 1822;
ni Mary Helen Look ; (2) Octavia Richards
566 6 Otis W. b May 29, 1823; m Harriet
Wheeler
567 7 George b Mav 16, 1826; d by acci-
dent May 30, 1859
568 8 Lucy E. b Sept. 23, 1827; d May
22, 1859
669 9 Nancy W. b June 20, 1833; m Orson
W. Look
570 10 Charles C. b April 25, 1835; m
Elizabeth Hosley and lived at Saratoga, N. Y.
313 4 William Eaton, son of (105 10) b
at Needham, July 24, 1793, and resided there.
He was a house builder and frequently an
officer of the town and church being Com-
mittee of the First Parish 1831, 34, 36, 37,
41. and 42; also Selectman in 1839. He was
204 EATON GENEALOGY
tall and strong in person, and was esteemed
for his liberality, common sense, and faith-
fulness to every duty and trust. He m
Jime 17^ 1819, Sally (Sarah), dau of Abiathar
and Meribah (Fuller) Johnson. He d 21st
of Dec. 1876, aged 83 years. She d Nov.
4, 1856 (children b in Needham)
Dedham's Historical Register Vol. Ill
p 125 says:
"Sabbath day May 29, 1836. This day
the first religious Society in Needham, held
their meeting for the first time in the Brick
School House, it having been finished only
the day before by William Eaton.
Issue '
571 1 George b Dec. 2, 1819
572 2 Emily b Oct. 4, 1821; m May 1,
1845 George H. Gay
573 3 Ai:ustu8 b Feb. 16, 1823; m Caroline
who d in 1854, aged 27 yrs.
574 4 Charles b July 9, 1824; d Dec. 26,
1826
575 5 Ellen Elizabeth b Mar. 5, 1826;
m April 20, 1854, John F. Mayo
576 6 Mary Jane b Aug. 12, 1828
577 7. Adeline Maria b Oct. 15, 1830;
m May' 26, 1864, John M. Harris
578 8 Everett Johnson b Dec. 28, 1837;
d June 8, 1896
579 9 Charles William b May 23, 1833
315 6 Capt. Josiah Eaton, son of (105 10) b
at Needham, Feb. 21, 1807. He lived there
until 1863, when he removed to Roxbury.
m Dec. 1, 1830-1, Mary Horton, of Canton.
DESCENDANTS OP JOHN EATON 205
(b Jan. 16. 1807: d Mav 18, 1867); d AprU
1, 1889.
Issue:
680 1 Caroline b Mav 7, 1832; m July
29, 1876, William F. Bell,' of Roxbury
581 3 Josiah b Oct. 28, 1839
Josiah Eaton, was bapt. Mar. 8, 1807 at n. e. Hist,
the 1st Church of Needham: and Gen.
Register
324 1 Lemuel Eaton, son of (116 4) b Oct. ivii. 379
16, 1794; m June 2, 1831, Eunice, dau Isaac
and Mary (Chandler) Jewett. of Nelson, N.H.
He d Dec. 17, 1869.
Issue :
582 1 Hon. Orland b. at Hancock, N. H.,
Jtily 11, 1836; m Nov. 21, 1861, Ahnedia Bar-
ker; was Selectman, Member of Legislature,
deacon of Congregational church.
338 1 Sylvester Eaton, son of (138 4) b
in Little Falls, N. Y., June 17, 1792; m Lydia
Gardner (1); m (2) Nancy Wilkes.
Issue bv 1st wife:
583 1 Peregrine b ; m (1) Alice Tailor;
(2) Phoebe Starkweather
684 2 Judson Galusha, b Aug. 1823; m
Sarah E. Bennett
686 3 Mary L.
If^^ ^Z ?"*^ .t'^^'- . ^ Hist, of the
686 4 Watee (Waitee) b original
687 5 Luclnda Town of
688 6 Rosalie m Mr. Prime, of Osage, Iowa Conco.d,
NY
341 4 Rufus C. Eaton, son of (138^4)
b 1796; d Aug. 15, 1876; m Eliza Butterworth
(d 1880 aged 81 yrs.)
206 EATON GENEALOGY
Issue :
689 1 Henry b in Springville in 1844;
m Hattie T. Mason Mar. 1, 1882
Note Rufus Eaton and his brother Elisha
(335 6) built the Springville Hotel in 1824;
The Eaton Mill was built in 1813.
343 6 Elisha Eaton, son of (138 4) b June
29, 1800; m in 1826, Betsey Chafee; Elisah
Eaton had musical ability and played the
bagpipe, the flute and at the age of 13 played
the fife in a company of Militia which went
to Buffalo in the War of 1812. As a young
man he went 9 miles each week to attend
singing school; he sang in the Baptist Church
Choir for 40 years. He had considerable
talent in the art of drawing. In figure he
was tall and straight. Religion was his
stronghold, yet he was never intolerant.
He was gifted in prayer. Nothing was ever
allowed to interfere with family worship.
His son Frederick once observed, **I believe
that if there had been an earthquake, and
the next farm torn asunder our family wor-
ship consisting of Chapter, hynm and prayer
would have been completed before we took
up any new business.'' He moved his
house to the back part of the lot, giving the
front part for the site of the Baptist Church.
His wife desiring to bring up their three sons
far from the temptations of town life, they
removed to a farm several miles out of Spring-
ville. The family line of Betsey Chafee
Eaton reads 3rd from Stephen Chafee of Re-
hoboth, Mass; 7th from John Miles of Con-
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 207
cord, Mass., 1635; 6th from John Prescott of
Watertown and Lancaster, Mass. (1640);
7th from the Rev. Joseph Estebrook, Concord,
Mass., 1660; 8th from Capt. Hugh Mason,
Waterton, 1634; 8th from John Hoar, law-
yer. Concord, Mass., Scituate, Mass., 1643,
Concord 1660; also from early settlers, Hos-
mer, Wood, Billings, Bannister, Harrington
and Bemis ; The children of Elisha Eaton and
Betsey Chafee were:
690 1 Luzern b Oct. 16, 1827; d 1906;
m Sophia Newton
691 2 Elon Galusha b April 6, 1830; m
Almira Britton
592 3 Frederick Richmond b July 24, 1833;
m Florence R. lockwood
Seventh Generation
370 2 John Eaton, son of (162 4) b May
2, 1801; d July 7, 1890; was b in Dedham;
m (1) May 31, 1826 Lucy, dau of Benjamin
Whetherbee, of Dedham. She d May 13,
1837, when he m (2) Dec. 21, 1834, Harriet
Dean, dau of John and Betsev Dean, (b Oct.
16, 1813, d May 1892)
John Eaton, inherited the Purgatory farm,
which had been the home of his father, grand-
father and great-grandfather, and he always
thought that the three earlier generations
also lived there. But this must have been
a mistaken tradition.
Issue by 1st wife;
693 1 Lucy b Mar 20, 1827; m Dec. 5,
1849; William Crane, of Canton, and removed
to Candia, N. H. (Mr. Crane, was a civil en-
gineer, and assisted Major Whistler of Balti-
more in building the Railroad from St. Pet-
ersburg to Moscow in Russia. He d Dec. 15,
1893; (issue)
594 2 Harriet A. b Nov. 7, 1835; m Dec.
29, 1859, John E. Weatherbee. He d Mar.
20, 1884; she d Jan. 17, 1895 (issue)
596 3 John b Mar 27, 1839; m Feb 26,
1872, Helen M. Tucker
696 4 Emma Jane b April 21, 1841; m
June 25, 1884, Harrison E. Chadwick and
rem. to Bradford, Mass.
(208)
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 209
597 5 Matilda b Aug. 19, 1845)
598 6 Marietta (twin)
699 7 Charlotte E. b Aug. 5, 1852; m Sept.
1880 Frank R. Bird of Canton, d Feb. 6, 1898
371 3 Hannah Eaton^ dau of (162 4) b
Oct. 5, 1803; m June 2, 1830, George Alden
of Dedham. His parents were Amasa and
Martha (Davenport) Alden, of Dedham ; (Mar-
tha was bapt. "Patty" and Patty is the name
on her monument in the Dedham Cemetery)
(See: — ^Alden Family) George Alden, was
a grocer; he was also Crier of the Court and
Deputy Sheriff of Norfolk Co., for many years.
He was a ready and easy public speaker at
town, church and school district meetings.
He d at Dedham Aug. 25, 1862. She d Mar.
6, 1878 aged 74 yrs.
Issue :
600 1 JohnEaton b June 3, 1835; m Eleanor
C- Trott , j,^,^
601 2 George Edward b April 3, 1833; Reconis
m Oct. 14, 1858, Elizabeth Ann, dau Joseph i635, i845
and Eleanor (Clapp) Trott, of Lowell
602 3 Martha Eaton Alden, dau Hannah
Eaton and George Alden; m Horace Browne,
of Charlestown, Jan. 23, 1853. She d Feb.
24, 1876, aged 44 yrs. He d Nov. 12, 1889
Issue: .
603 1 Elizabeth Lelghton Browne bjan.
7, 1854; m 1879, Nov. 13, Weston F. Hut-
chins.
Issue:
Femald Hutchins b Feb. 28, 1881
210^ EATON GENEALOGY
604 2 Alice Browne b Nov. 12. 1855; m
Jan. 26, 1899. Edward Brown Hunt
605 3 Helen Alden Browne b Oct. 11.
1858
606 4 Emily Bramhall Browne b Oct.
14, 1860
376 4 Col. Luther Eaton, son of (163 5)
b in Dedham July 18, 1802; m June 2nd.
1830 Eliza, dau of James and Jerima Turner,
Canton.)
He was colonel of the Militia when a
young man and kept the title through life.
Col. Luther Eaton had an extensive farm
where his father had lived; Col. Eaton d
May 17, 1876; Mrs. Eaton d Sept. 29, 1844
aged 42
Issue :
607 1 Luther Agustus b Sept. 21, 1837;
m Sarah White
377 6 Joel Eaton, son of (163 5) b Jan.
21, 1806 at Dedham, lived in Dedham Vil-
lage, and was a lumber dealer. He m May
9, 1841, Abigail (b 25, July 1811) dau of
Micah and Elizabeth (Edes) Walker, of South
Paris, Me. He d Nov. 25, 1881 aged 75
yrs. She d at Turner Center, Maine, May
14. 1888 aged 72 yrs.
Issue :
608 1 Joel b Mar. 30. 1842. Uved at Coun-
cil Bluffs, Iowa, and d Mar. 30, 1897
609 2 Lucy Elizabeth b May 5, 1844;
(Has done great Genealogical work on the
Batons of Dedham and has earned the lasting
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 211
gratitude of all the Eatons of the Dedham
stock.)
610 3 Abbey Maria b June 22, 1847; d
1848
611 4 Granville Nelson b Oct. 23, 1849
408 3 Luther Holland Eaton, son of (187 4)
b Oct. 23, 1821; m Lydia Lane and lived in
Bangor, where he d Jan. 17, 1878.
Issue :
612 1
613 2
614 3
421 1 Asa Eaton, son of (193 4) m Perline
Schults.
Issue:
616 1 Abraham m Louise Tingley
616 2
617 3
422 2 Samud Eaton son of (193 4) m
Remembrance Foster
Issue '•
618 1 Esther m Levi Hills
619 2 George
437 13 Isaac Robinson Eaton, son of (197
2) m Abigail May
Issue :
620 1 Bertha
621 2 Ira
622 3 Blanch m William Rayfield (issue)
623 4 James Alexander m Hannah Belong
(issue)
624 5 Clayton
625 6 Frank m May Graves Westerfield
212 EATON GENEALOGY
626 7 Clara Louise
627 8 Ethel Iza m Wilbert Osbom
426 3 Daniel Eaton, son of (216 7) b
July 2, 1794, d Aug. 5 182 ; m Catherine,
dau of Adam and Catherine (Houser ) Reals;
Daniel Eaton was a native of Manlius, N. Y.
He was educated in the common schools,
then engaged in farming on lot 33 Manlius;
His wife Catherine b Sept. 25, 1800; d July
8, 1885.
Issue:
628 1 Aaron b 1820; killed by the cars
1887
629 2 Joseph D. b (a farmer in Manlius)
m Elizabeth Harter
630 3 Triphanlce m George Kessler; d
Oct. 5, 1855
631 4 Angelina
632 5 Norrls b Nov. 18, 1826; m Augusta
Dibbles
443 4 Reuben Eaton, son of (209 2) b
; m ; d at the home of his niece, in
Brewerton, N. Y., Feb. 22, 1878.
Issue:
633 1 Daniel E
447 1 Lewis Eaton, son of (212 5) Super-
visor in 1819, Congressman, rep. from New
York in 1825
(Hist, of The Co. of Schenectady, The
Township of Duanesburge.)
Note — Many of these records were des-
troyed by fire in 1830.
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 213
456 1 George Eaton, son of (219 12) b 1818;
m Sarah They lived in Bviffalo, N. Y.
Issue:
634 1
636 2
436 3
467 1 Roswell Eaton, son of (220 13) b
1796; m Margaret ; d Aug. 11, 1863.
His wife (b 1797) d Sept. 29, 1879; both are
buried in the First Ward Cenaetery, Salina,
Syracuse, N. Y.
Issue :
Henry W. d Feb. 17, 1837, aged 9 mos.
Abbey d Sept. 11, 1862, aged 23
466 2 Rachel Eaton, dau of (221 14) b Family
1803; d 1855; m Thomas Tolman and resides Re«>'<i *-*
North Manlius ^Z "***"
Issue :
637 1 Thomas Tolman b ; m Eliza-
beth Landers.
638 2 Hibbard b
639 3 b
466 3 Harry Eaton, son of (221 14) b
in 1805; m Emily, dau of Harvery Edwards
and Eliza Cranston ; was engaged in mercantile
business in Fayette ville, N. Y., and as it was
before the railroads were largely interested
in forwarding and freighting on the Erie
branch, with Harvey Edwards and his brothers.
They purchased large quantities of barley
in Pompey and other towns, shipping the
same to New York City, bringing merchandise
on return trips. He d in 1848. His widow
214 EATON GENEALOGY
m (2) Goodrich. She was a faithful
member of the Fayetteyille Baptist church
for 55 years.
Issue by 1st husband:
640 1 James H. b at Fayetteville , N. Y.,
Mar. 2, 1833; d in Syracuse, N. Y., Sunday
July 19, 1891; m Elizabeth E. Storms, of
Ann Arbor, Mich. She d May 17, 1906;
both are buried at Fayetteville, N. Y.; no
issue.
641 2 Dr. Hervey b ; m Olivia Wood
642 3 d infant
643 4 d infant
644 5 d infant
645 6 d infant
467 4 Hon. Hiram Eaton, son of (221 14)
b in Manlius, Onondaga Coimty, N. Y.,
June 20, 1808; m Aug. 25, 1830, Zada, eldest
dau of Moulson and Lucretia (Rickerson)
Avery. They were m by the Rev. Charles
Morton, pastor of the Baptist Church, of
Manlius, N. Y.
Hiram Eaton, first engaged with his bro-
thers in the transportation business on the
Erie Canal and later with C. T. Longstreet,
but after the year 1853 engaged in banking,
becoming in time the President of the Nation-
al Bank i of Fayetteville, a position which he
filled until his death, which occurred at his
home in Fayetteville N Y., June 15, 1882;
(Hiram Eaton was found dead in bed by his
dau, having d of heart disease.) In early
life he was a Whig, but after the existence of
the Republican party, uniformly supported
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON
its principles and candidates, and was himself
elected to the Assembly by a majority of
316 and served on the Committee of Salt in
1863. He was a tall, dignified man, a dry
joker; a man who never used tobacco or
liquor and while not ^ communicant of any
HON. HIRAM EATON
religious order, was a constant attendant and
supporter of the Baptist Church, and was one
of the^building committee of the New Church
built in 1879.. Hiram Eaton was a man who
possessed the respect and esteem of his fellow
citizens to an eminent degree ; he represented
his district in the State Legislature in 1863,
and for six years was President of the Village
of Fayetteville. N. Y. He was largely in-
216 EATON GENEALOGY
terested in the Chenango Railroad, being
one of its originators and for many years
director of the road.
Issue :
646 1 EUen Amy b Feb. 7, 1833; m Aug.
31, 1854, Edward Flint Rice; d
647 2 Lewis Hiram b July 14, 1838; d
Aug. 8, 1881; m Agusta Beard
648 3 Jane (Jennie) Zada b May 14, 1846;
d April 11, 1896; m Jan 24, 1883.. Addison
Lee Cunningham. He d in Dayton, O.,
1901-2.
Hon. Hiram Eaton
Tribute by His Associates — Memorial of Banks and Bankers
The sudden death of the Hon. Hiram Eaton,
at Fayetteville, on Wednesday night, has
caused deep sorrow among a very large nimiber
of friends and acquaintances.
He was widely known and imiversally held
in high esteem. His virtues shone conspic-
uously through a life of great activity, and
the record he has left is without spot or blem-
ish.
The banking institutions whose resolu-
tions are printed below express the opinions
of the general public as well, for he was an
oak of oaks in all that goes to make up a
manhood which is a fit example for all yotmg
men.
Action taken by the Bank of which Mr. Eaton was President
At a Special meeting of the Board of Di-
rectors of the National Bank of Fayetteville,
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 217
held at their banking house at 3 p. m., June
15th, the following preanable and resolutions
were unanimously adopted : —
Whereas, the Great Giver of Life has in
the inscrutable ways of His Providence seen
fit to enter our circle and remove therefrom
by sudden and mysterious dispensation, our
honored and highly respected President, Hir-
am Eaton, we his associates deem it proper
as a fitting tribute to his memory to give
public expression to our feelings on this
mournful occasion, therefore, Resolved, That
we hereby desire to bear testimony to the Baich Gen.
imwavering integrity, to the honesty of pur-
pose, to the imtiring faithfulness, to the
prompt and correct discharge of the duties
of his office dtuing the twenty years he has
served as Cashier, and the eight years as
President of this institution.
Resolved, That thus in the loss from our
Board of the last of the original Directors
and founders of this institution. We truly
suffer an irreparable loss.
Resolved, That as citizens and neighbors
we mourn the departure of a most valuable
member of Society, one ever ready to aid
in every worthy object, one always genial
in social gatherings, a ready and ardent
supporter of any and every desirable public
improvement.
Resolved, That while we mourn his loss
to us as individuals, to our institution, to
the community in which he lived, to the
public at large, we are most profoundly
impressed with the fact, that the greatest
218 EATON GENEALOGY
sorrow falls with cnishing weight upon his
suffering and heart-stricken wife and daugh-
ters for whom it has been his life work to
watch over and care for.
Resolved, That we tender to the greatly
bereaved family, and friends our heartfelt
sympathy in this their hour of sore distress.
Resolved, That the chair so suddenly va-
cated, and business room of the Bank shall
be draped in mourning for thirty days.
Resolved, That this board will attend the
funeral of its departed President in a body.
Resolved, That a copy of this preamble
and these resolutions be presented to the
family of the deceased and also be published
in the Syracuse Daily Journal, Syracuse
Daily Standard and the Fayetteville Recorder,
Action of the Bankers and Associated Banks
At a meeting of the members of the asso-
ciated banks and bankers of Syracuse held
at the First National Bank on the 17th day
of June 1882, the following preamble and
resolutions were adopted : —
Whereas, The members of this association
have heard with profound sorrow of the
sudden death of Hiram Eaton of Fayetteville,
and regard it as proper to express the respect
that we entertained for him in life and the
grateful memory that we cherish now that
he is gone from us; therefore Resolved, that
while Mr. Eaton was in early life engaged in
the transportation business in this city, he
enjoyed the confidence and respect of all
who knew him and that afterwards and for
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 219
many years as cashier of the Fayetteville
National Bank and more recently as its
President he displayed great financial cap-
acity in the management of his important
trust; and was always firm and always kind,
winning universal respect.
Resolved, That as a Legislator, and in the
many other public positions that he was
called to occupy he was always wise, mature
in judgment, and noaintained a strict in-
tegrity, and was incorruptible; as a citizen,
he was honorable^ in all his transactions;
as a husband, affectionate and faithful, as
a father kind and considerate.
Resolved, That Mr. Eaton by his virtues,
character and unselfish life, has won the re-
gard of us all, and while we shall see his
face among ds no more, we will ever cherish
for him a grateful memory; and we tender
to the family of the deceased our sincere
sympathy and we will attend the funeral.
Action of the Fayettville Cemetery Association
At a meeting of the trustees of the Fay-
etteville Cemetery Association, held on the
morning of June 16, 1882, the following
paper was adopted and ordered entered on
the records of the Association.
Mr. Hiram Eaton, one of the founders of
the Fayetteville Cemetery, and a member
of the Board of Trustees from the finst, having
been taken from the busy scenes of life, by
an all wise Providence on the 15th instant.
We the surviving members of the Board
of Trustees, while humbly submitting to
220 EATON GENEALOGY
the will of God in his removal, sincerely
mourn the loss of one whose counsels we have
always prized and whose presence we shall
miss at our meetings. His sudden, and un-
expected death has brought sadness to our
hearts and with a peculiar significance and
force, reminds us to take heed to the admon-
ition "Be ye also ready'*.
We sympathize deeply with his bereaved
family and friends and direct that a copy
of this action of the Trustees of the Cemetery
Association, be given to them — and published
in the Fayetteville Recorder.
Hiram Wood, Pres.
Samuel J. Wells, Secy.
Another Tribute
Oswego Express
He possessed the esteem of his fellow cit-
izens to an eminent degree; represented his
district in the State Legislature in 1863 and
for six years was President of the village of
Fayetteville. He was largely interested in
the Syracuse and Chenango railroad, being
one of its originators and for many years a
director of the road. He was a staunch Re-
publican, and always took an active part in
politics. He was a fine financier and estim-
able citizen, and his departure will be deeply
regretted by a wide circle of friends. Mr.
Eaton was once interested in business in this
city and had personal friends here.
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 221
Zada Avery, wife of Hon. Hiram Eaton Avery
was descended on her parental side from ^^'^^^^^
Hon. Christopher Avery, Selectnoan of Glou-
cester, Mass. One of the first and most
illustrious of the Colonial ancestors of this
family who emigrated (1610) from Salisbtuy,
Wilts County to the Massachusetts Colony
coming in the Arabella with John Winthrope,
being a descendant of William Avery who
held the manor of Camham in the year 1270.
As also on her maternal side from William
Rickertson a Quaker Englishman who came
in 1660 to avoid persecution. He founded
the town of Dartmouth, Mass., and built
a house — quite a palace in those days. The
stone chimney and part of the building
which is still standing, part of his land how-
ever, known as Rickertson Point of Buzzard's
Bay is still owned by descendants of the
name, having come down through eight
generations. She was also a descendant of
William Cheeseborough the first white man
to make a permanent abode of what is now
Stonington, Conn. ; b in Boston, Lincolnshire,
England, came to this country in 1639, held
offices of Township and was the first man
elected deputy after the reunion 1653, 55,
57, 64 and succeeded in restoring amicable
relations with the Court which had been
seriously disturbed by the jurisdictional Con-
troversy. For eight years Mrs. Eaton was
a patient sufferer on a bed of pain, still ever
thinking of others.
Patient, suffering soul! Thy cry is heard
222 EATON GENEALOGY
**As fades the summer cloud away,
As sinks the gale, when storms are o'er
As gently shuts the eye of day
As dies the wave along the shore/'
Zada (Avery) wife of Hon. Hiram Eaton
d Oct. 29, 1883 aged 71 years and 5 months;
both are buried at Fayette ville, N. Y.
468 5 Daniel Hibbard Eaton, son of (221
14) b 1811; d of apoplexy in 1868; m Fidelia
Palmer, who d Oct. 15, 1899; both are buried
at Fayetteville, N. Y. Daniel or Dan Hib-
bard Eaton, was a man of great wit.
Mrs. Fidelia (Palmer) Eaton made large
contributions to sustain the work on home
and foreign missions.
Record of 469 6 LcwIs Eaton, son of (221 14) b
Rob't w. 1813; d Nov. 24, 1877, of cancer; m Sarah
Eaton, Wilson (b 1823) who d in 1873 aged 50 yrs.
FayetteviUe, 3^^^ are buried at Fayetteville, N. Y.
N. Y. T
Issue I
649 1 Robert W. b 1843; m Emily Young
650 2 Frank Hibbard b 1846; m Laura
Young, who m (2) Charles Hughs
651 3 Frederick Lewis b 1850; m Julia
Perlee
652 4 Charles Bates b 1848; m Sophia
653 5 Angelina d infant 1847
Family 47^ ^ -Qj. William Eaton, son of (230 9)
wTEaton ^ ^ept. 19, 1794; d 1882; m (1) Jane Bird;
Medina "^ (2) Jane Bailey; m (3) Laura Billings;
N. Y. m (4) Martha Hewitt.
Issue by 1st wife:
654 1 Jane b ; m Billings
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 223
655 2 Maria b ; m Watters
Issue :
Watters m William Stowell of Oscola,
Wis. (issue)
Issue by 2nd wife:
656 3 Louvlna b
657 4 Louise b
Issue by 3rd. wife:
658 5 Morris b ; m Susan Woodruff
659 6 Lawrie b
660 7 Martha b
661 8 Mary b
662 9 Willard b
Issue by 4th wife:
663 10 infant which died
664 11
480 1 General Amos Bccbe Eaton, son ^^™^'^^.
of (245 1) b in Catskill, N. Y., May 12, 1806, ^/'',^-^ i^]%'
Graduated at the U. S. Military Academy ii. 590
in 1826, and as Lieutenant, took part in the
Seminole War in Florida and Alabama 1827-8;
he m, April 21st, 1831, Elizabeth, dau of
Calvin and Phebe (Ely) Selden.
General Eaton was with General Taylor's
Army of occupation in the war with Mexico
as Captain and received his brevet as major
for "gallant and meritorious conduct" at
Buene Vista. In the Civil War he was pur-
chasing Commissary in New York City 1861-
64; and Commissary general of substance,
Washington, D. C, 1864-5. He was pro-
moted Lieut. Col., Colonel and Brigader-genl.
Was bre vetted major-general 1865 for ef-
ficient services in the Commissary depart-
224 EATON GENEALOGY
ment during the Civil war and was returned
in 1874. He d in New Haven. Conn., Feb.
21, 1877.
Issue
669 1 Daniel Cady b Sept. 12, 1834; m
Caroline Ketcham
490 2 Zoa Eaton, dau of (252 4) b June
20. 1784; m John Dclamater. She d in 1857.
Her husband John Delamater d in 1827
and both were buried at Oran, N. Y. John
Delamater opened the first store in Fay-
etteville, N. Y., in 1802
Issue
670 1 Anson Delamater
671 2 Harriet
672 3 MatUda
673 4 Caroline
674 5 Louise
675 6 DervUle
676 7 Dr. John Delamater m
491 2 Cardinal Eaton, son of (252 4)
b in Ashford, Conn., Jan. 20, 1786, but grew
to manhood in Manlius, Onondaga County,
N. Y. He was m Dec. 16, 1805, to Mary
Van Patten at Manlius. He served in the
war of 1812 and was pensioner at the time
of his death which occured, Mar. 9, 1877, at
Cazenovia, N. Y.
After the death of his father, Cardinal
Eaton, took possession of the property which
might have made a good fortune, but he
was wanting in business ability and the
property soon slipped away and soon he
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 225
was moving from place to place with a large
family and sometimes barely able to live.
He became a cooper as that was the most
sure way to get ready money in those hard
times, the salt industry in Salina and Liver-
pool making a demand for barrels.
All of his sons but one were coopers. Dur-
ing the early part of his life Cardinal Eaton
saw some disagreeable sides of forest life
and like many others had his adventures.
When a small boy he was once sent after
the cows which were running into the woods ;
he went so far that he could not find his way
home and was obliged to stay all night in
the woods. ^
He had one thrilling experience in the
war of 1812. He belonged to an Artillery
Company stationed at Fort Ontario in Oswego.
One day the British man-of-war ** Royal
George" sailed into the Port, or near enough
to seem very threatening^ — **Our men were
all called to action, and every thing made
ready for battle with the British; but
after a short time the war vessel turned and
left in peace.*' He used to tell of a visit to
Albany and when he saw the great fire which
burned two acres and a half of the city.
(This fire must have been over 80 years ago.)
Cardinal Eaton died in that portion of Cazen-
ovia township which lies in Pompey Hollow or
Pleasant Valley on the road between Oran
and Delphia Falls. He was always an ardent
Methodist and died in that faith, a good old
man. His death was caused by apoplexy.
He is buried at Oran, N. Y.
226 EATON GENEALOGY
Issue
677 1 Col Nathan b April 6, 1806 m
Wattye Clark
678 2 Elizabeth m Jacob and d
in Clay Sept. 3, 1834
679 3 Thomas Jcflferson b 1810; d 1872;
m Mary Freeman
680 4 Catherine
681 5 Simon b 1817; d 1888; m (1)
Louise Hayden; m (2) Julette Mac Keyes
682 6 Jane
683 7 William b June 1820; d 1898
684 8 Cardinal jr, b June 26, 1822; m
Jane Collings
685 9 Barney b Sept. 1825; m Mary
Jane Reynolds
686 10 Andrew b 1827; d May 1, 1887
unm. d in Cazenovia, N. Y.
687 11 Caroline m William Tilly of Cicero.
Issue
Nora Tilly, residence unknown
498 7 Ira Eaton, son of (253 5) m Almira
Hall. She was the first white child bom in
Marion.
Issue
688 1 William L. b 1841 ;m Rebecca Jack-
son
502 11 Ambros Cadwell Eaton, son of (253
5) b 1807; d in 1834 and is buried at Fay-
etteville, N. Y. His widow m (2) and re-
moved to Tioga.
Issue
689 1 Ambrose P. m Mary Roberts
^
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 227
604 2 Joshua Eaton, son or (254 6) b at stiies Gen.
Ashford, Ct., Aug. 16, 1788. m Nov. 26, p 222. 24i
1816 Jane, dau Capt. Asahel and Tryphena
(Chapin) Stiles. Joshua Eaton was Drum
Major in Capt. Joseph Fuller's Co., battle of
StiUwater, 1777. He rem to Stockbridge,
N. Y., where he d in 1845. Mrs Jane Eaton
d at Moncey, N. Y., April 8, 1864
Issue
690 1 Cornelia Jane b 1817; m 1839 C.A.
Adkins, of Syracuse, N. Y.
691 2 William Stiles b Feb. 12, 1820: d
June 13, 1845 unm
692 3 Ashael Knowlton b May 2, 1822
693 4 Andrew b Sept. 18, 1824; m
694 5 Ann m William Blackman of ClinT
ton, N. Y.
605 3 Josiah Eaton Jr. son of (254 6)
m Lydia Webber, Sept. 11, 1806
Issue
696 1 Elizabeth b 1807
696 2 Catherine b 1811
697 3 Sabina b 1813
698 4 William b 1816
611 9 William Eaton, son of (254 6) nt
Fannie Session. Nov. 28, 1822, and removeci
,rom Holland.
Issue
699 1 Diana Perrian b Dec. 21, 1824
700 2 Fidelia b April 7, 1827
701 3 Edwin Ruthven b Dec. 1, 1828
702 4 Urilla b Oct. 20, 1831
703 5 Mary
22S EATON GENEALOGY
517 6 Nathaniel Eaton, son of (267 1)
b 1791 ; m Ruth Bridgeman of Hardwick in
1812; m (2) Mrs. Ruth (Curtis) widow of
Dr. John GUman. In 1827 with his brother,
Jacob Eaton Jr. he bought the farm of their
father and lived together until the death
of the latter in 1843. March 1864 Nathaniel
Eaton removed to Middlesex, Vt., where
he d Feb. 6, 1878, aged 78 yrs. He was
State Senator of Calais in 1840, Assistant
Judge of County Court 1857-58; Justice of
Peace for 24 yrs and often called upon to
settle estates.
Issue
704 1 Dorman Bridgeman b Jtme 27 1823;
d 1899
705 2 Ruth d 1849
706 3 Nathaniel
Issue by (2) w
707 4 Caleb C. b in Calais; m Susan Co-
bum. J. P. 4 yrs. In legislature 1876-7
Issue
Flora Eaton m Prof. Henry Priest
Emily Louise
618 1 Betsey Eaton, dau of (261 1) b
in Rochester, Vt., Feb. 17, 1801; d in New-
field, N. J., Mar. 30, 1885; m May 30, 1822,
Harvey Shipman, son of Edmund & Rebecca
(Bigelow) Shipman (b 1809). Both Betsey
( Eaton Shipman and her husband were
teachers in early life but he became a farmer.
Issue
708 1 Harvey Eaton Shipman b in Roch-
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 229
ester, Vt., Feb. 7, 1823; d in Fulton, Wis.,
Oct. 11, 1846 unm
709 2 Betsey Aurora d 1833
710 3 Clark Bigelow b June 1, 1831;
r in Lewiston, Montana
711 4 William RoUin b 1834; d 1836
712 5 WiUiam RoUin b in Granville, Vt.,
May 4, 1836; is Professor of Rhetoric & logic
in Tufts Coll. Mass & Dean of the College of
Letters
713 6 Sarah DeEtte m Edwin Oscar Lee
714 7 Louise Janette d 1860
619 2 Harriet Eaton, dau of (261 1) b
in Hancock, Vt., Julv 25, 1802; d in Rochester,
Vt., Feb. 13, 1853; m Dec. 4, 18^3 Col Thomas
Brown Martin, of Rochester (b 1800 d
1882) son of Major Thomas Brown Martin
(b 1766; d 1809) and Nancy (Wood) Brown;
issue Colonel Martin.
521 3 David Eaton, son of (261 1) b in
Rochester, Vt., Sept. 29, 1805; d in Leices-
ter, Vt. April 18, 1894 at the home of his
dau Harriet A. Alden (with whom he lived
after the death of his wife), m Sarah Perry
who d in 1884
David Eaton was a prominent citizen,
trusted by his townsmen, and was often
called upon to settle business controversies
and to act as executor or administrator of
estates. He was a Whig in politics till the
formation of the Republican party and after-
ward a strong Republican, voting for every
nominee of the party for the Presidency.
His interest in the cause of freedom in Kansas
230 EATON GENEALOGY
led him to go to that territory at the time
of the struggle of 1856 and 1857 and assist
in making it a free state. In 1858 he re-
moved to Champaign Co., 111. In 1862 when
his sons Henry and Eugene were serving
in the army and were severely wounded in
the battles of Gettysburg he went to their
assistance and accompanied them to the hos-
pital at Bedloe's Island, in New York harbor
and then to Brattleboro, Vt. where thev were
mustered out. Mr. Eaton was a Universalist
in religious faith and assisted in building the
church of that denomination in Rochester,
Vt. ; He was bur by the side of his wife and
near his parents in the burying ground at
Rochester North Hollow
Issue
715 1 Elliot David b at Warren, Vt., Nov.
22, 1833; m Celestia Griswold
716 2 Ellen Sarah m Lynde Earl Farns-
worth
717 3 infant son d 1837
718 4 Henry Augustus b in Granville,
Vt., Nov. 8, 1838; killed Poplar Grove Church,
Va., Sept. 30, 1864 while leading his men;
His name with those of forty other Rochester
soldiers who gave their lives for their country,
is inscribed on the soldiers monument in
that town, and the Grand Army Post is
named for him. He loved his fellow men;
he was modest as he was brave.
719 5 Hon Eugene Edgar b June 23,
1843; m in 1871 Liroette Avery
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 231
720 6 Harriet Adelia m Jtilius Ward
Albcn
721 7 Julia Annette b & d 1848
722 8 Clarence Julian b Dec. 30 1850;
d 1852
522 5 Aschab Eaton, son of (261 1) b in
Rochester, Vt., Jan. 6 1807; d in Hancock,
Vt. April 11, 1889; m at Westminister, Vt.,
Jan. 1, 1833, Bela Ramsona Perry, son of
John and Lucy (Edgell) Perry
Issue
723 1 Mary L. Perry m Dr. Carroll Smith
724 2 John Harvey b 1836; m (1) Martha
Elizabeth Ball; m (2) Mrs. Eliza (Benton)
Flanders; m (3) Mrs. Mary Louise Fletcher
725 3 Hiram Riley b 1842 (Jan. 28) m
Lucy Jane Small
523 5 Rev Timothy Clark Eaton, son of
(261 1) b in Hancock, Vt. April 9, 1809; d
at East Oakland, Cal. June 28, 1883
There is a tradition in the family that
while suffering from what long threatened
to be a permanent injury, caused by jump-
ing barefoot on a sharp stub which left frag-
ments of bark in the wound, he made a vow
with himself to serve seven years any one
who would effect a cure. After many reme-
dies, he was taken to the celebrated Dr.
Twitchell, of Keene, N, H. who gave him
for 25 cts a box of ointment that in due time
produced a perfect healing. The cure was
so simple that the impressionable boy looked
upon it as a miracle and could do no less
than pay his vow by entering the Lord's
232 EATON GENEALOGY
service. He did not remain long in his
native State but turned to the great "West".
He preached where ever he could get a hear-
ing, always doing missionary work. He m
in Chatauqua May 1839 Sarah DeEtte Nelson,
who d in Urbana, 111. Mar. 19, 1860. The
history of a dozen years is implied in the
fact that his six children were bom in as
many parishes and in four States. His wife
was a woman of rare loveliness, of refined
and Christian character, devoted to her
husband and children. In the early years
of his ministry, while he was preaching in
Chautauqua Co. N. Y., he held services at
a place called Salem Cross Roads. He preach-
ed from the text: *'We love Him because
He first loved us," and of course set over
against the current belief in the endless
punishment of the wicked the dd(5trine of
God's infinite love. At the close of his
service a superannuated Methodist preacher
in the congregation rose to his feet, trembling
with wrath, and said, "That young man is
an emissary of the Devil, he is the Devil's
preacher, and it was damnable heresy."
Mr. Eaton made no extended rejoinder, but
gave notice that he would be there again in
four weeks and would preach on the scrip-
ture passage that the opponent cited in
proof of the doctrine of endless misery. There
was present a Methodist class leader with
his wife and four sons from ten years of age
down, and this man after conferring with
his wife at the close of the meeting, invited
the preacher to their house to sperid the night.
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 233
There was singing and praying and examin-
ing of the scriptures iintil past midnight,
the preacher earnestly praying for greater
light and a broader faith and more of the
good Master's forgiving mercy and charity.
In the morning he sold the class leader several
theological books from the stock which he
always carried, and when the four boys came
to bid him good bye, he left in the hand of
each a silver quarter. At the end of four
weeks many people assembled, for it was a
neighborhood in which opposition to the
young preacher's views was intense, and it
was thought he would be put down by the
venerable clergyman who had previously
attacked him. At the close of Mr. Eaton's
sermon, however, the opponent, accepting
the invitation to reply, instead of considering
the arguments that had been advanced in-
dulged in a half-hour's tirade against the
preacher, his denomination, and his doctrines.
"He was so abusive," says Mr. Eaton in a
letter written forty years afterwards, from
which this account is chiefly taken, "that
I made no rejoinder, but asking the con-
gregation to search the scriptures and judge
for themselves, was about to close the meet-
ing, when Mr. Pullman" (the class leader
before referred to) "rose and requested the
privilege of speaking. It soon appeared
that in four weeks he had advanced far into
the Hght of God's truth. For forty minutes
he spoke in a calm clear voice of the great
change in his religious sentiments and of
the joy and happiness he experienced in a
234 EATON GENEALOGY
knowledge of the nobler views of God — His
moral government, man's duty and final
glorious destination. He said it was the
happiest period of his life, and the believers
in the great salvation were encouraged by
his conversion and by the influence he gave
to our cause through his imsullied life and
example. Under the blessing of God it was
a great tritunph for me to be the humble
instrument in His hands of bringing him
into our faith, whose sons also were influenced
in forming their character by my labors at
that time.''
The oldest and yoimgest of the four sons
became eminent preachers in the Univer-
salist denomination. Rev. Royal H., and
Rev. James M. Pullman, D. D. The other
sons Albert and Geoi^e M. became even
more widely known in connection with the
palace car. "More than twenty-five years
afterwards," continues Mr. Eaton, **I called
by appointment at the office in the railroad
station, and when I asked if Mr. Pullman
was there, he heard my voice and exclaimed,
*I will furnish you with a ticket, for you
gave us the first quarter of a dollar we ever
had.' " The fit conclusion of this long
story is a quotation from a letter written by
Mr. Eaton from California only a few weeks
before his death, in which he speaks of "the
crowning excellence of my visit thus far,"
"the unexpected happiness of meeting, in
San Francisco, Dr. J. M. Pullman and George
M. Pullman, whose father's house was ever
a welcome house to me in my early ministry"
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 235
"these good brothers, endeared to me by the
ties of unbroken friendship of more than
forty years."
Issue -^
726 1 Julia J., b in Fredonia, N. Y., Mar.
13, 1840; d in Minneapolis, Kan. May 29,
1881; m in Urbana, 111. Sept. 24, 1860,
Jerome B. Hutchinson, liveryman
726 2 Charles Herbert b in Hancock, Vt.,
Jan. 1, 1842; m Nancy Elizabeth Turner
727 3 Helen C. m Theodore McMechan^
dentist and d Dec. 1895
728 4 Joseph ColviUe b in Mjirietta, O.,
Dec. 31: 1847; m Katie Marsh
729 5 Emma DeEtte m William Clay
Price
730 6 Grace Nelson m Walter David
Crawford
Issue
Clyde Clark Crawford b 1877
Charles Eaton b 1886; d 1900
626 8 Lucius Eaton, son of (260 1) b in
Hancock, Vt.. Aug. 7, 1814; d in Philo, 111.,
Mar. 10, 1880. He was an ardent admirer
of the Transcendental School of authors and
lived for three months with the Community
at Brook Farm, in West Roxbury, Mass.
Later he joined the association known as
the "North American Phalanx," in Mon-
mouth County, N. J., and lived there for
eight years before and aftefr his marriage.
In 1854 he removed to Champaign, 111., of
which he was one of the pioneers, and lived
to see the prairie developed into a garden
236 EATON GENEALOGY
spot, the abode of peace and plenty. He
was a blacksmith, mechanical engineer, and
farmer, a warm-hearted, upright man, ever
ready to lend a hand to those in need. He
m (1) Dec. 23, 1848, by Rev. Thos. L. Harris,
pastor of the First Christian Church, Lucy
Cleveland, dau Dr and Polly (Hanley) Cleve-
land; (2) Aug. 14, 1866, Catherine Elizabeth
Plympton.
Issue by 1st wife:
731 1 Herbert b Oct. 14, 1848; m (1)
Susan Kienborts; (2) Grace E. (Kienborts)
Baker •
732 2 Ernest b Feb. 9, 1851; d April
20, 1900; m Josephine Ella Clift
733 3 Edith m Isaac Stuart Raymond,
president of the First National Bank in Philo
734 4 Ada Mary m Ralph Allen (issue
10 children)
Issue by 2nd wife:
736 5 Caroline d 1869
736 6 Lucy Maria m William Miqhael
Hansom, of Sidney, 111. Issue, Elizabeth
Eaton Hansom
638 1 Hon. William Eaton, son of (271-6)
b ; m Mary Williams. He was a distin-
guished lawyer.
Issue :
737 1 Laura m William Thorn Alllston
660 1 George Eaton, son of (296 6) b in
1825-6; m Elizabeth Hopkins, and resided
near Rochester, N. Y.
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 237
Issue
738 1 Charles L. b April 2, 1846; m Nellie
Joiner
739 2 Mary b 1849; m Harley Warren;
m (2) Allen Clapp
740 3 Frank m Anna Baker
661 1 Merrick EatoQ, son of (299 2);
b Sept. 30, 1811; m (1) in 1836, Elizabeth
Gates, of Gardiner; m (2) June 14, 1860
Rebecca C. Lane, dau of Francis Lane, and
resided in Ashbumham, where he d Feb.
16, 1875.
Issue I
741 1 Harriet b May 11, 1839; m Noah
Hardy, Hqilis, N. H.
742 2 Albert d infant
743 3 Mary b Sept. 20, 1845, m William
H. Cruse
744 4 Ellen d infant
664 4 Hon. Hosea Eaton, son of (299 2);
b March 10, 1820; m Nov. 28. 1845, Mary
Wheeler, dau of Samuel C. and Abigail
(Wilson) Wheeler, of New Ipswich, where
they resided.
He was a man of quick perceptions and
marked ability. He was Provost Marshal
during the war of the rebellion, served with
distinction in both branches of the New Hamp-
shire Legislature, and for many years until
his death held an appointment in the Boston
Custom house. He d in Rindge, where he
was temporarily residing on account of feeble
health, Nov. 26, 1879.
238 EATON GENEALAGY
566 5 Rev. Danforth Leander Eaton, son
of (299 2); b July 4, 1822; m (1) Dec. 5,
1848, Mary Helen Look, dau of John and
Charlotte (Hopkins) Look, of Farmer'is Creek,
Mich. She d in 1858; he m (2) Oct. 2. 1860,
Octavia Richards, dau of Arba and Emily
(Kelsey) Richards, of Lowell, Mich.
684 2 Judson Galusha Eaton, son of (338
1) b at Springville, N. Y., Aug. 19, 1823;
m Sept. 4, 1856 Sarah Electa • Bennett of
Smithport, Pa., and settled in Smithport
Issue
746 1 Nina Loraine Eaton b Nov. 7, 1857;
m Frank William Rumsey, Jan. 1.
1878. (He d July 30, 1899)
Issue
Garth Eaton Rumsey, b 1879; m Es-
tella Martin, Oct. 6, 1901
746 2 Lucy Corrinne b April 1, 1859; m
Sheridan Gorton June 29, 1873, of Smith:
port. Pa.
Issue
Sheridan Gorton, Jr., b Sept. 22,
1879; m Edith Case Montgomery, Nov.
25, 1904
Eaton Rex b June 14, 1881
MacArthur b Feb. 4, 1889
Elra Rita b May 8, 1883
747 3 Genevra b Jan. 21, 1869; m Daniel
MacCuUum Brasted June 12. 1889
Issue
Sarah Zela Brasted b Mar. 14, 1890
Judson G Eaton, was b at Springville,
Erie county, N. Y., on the 19th of August,
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 239
1823; was the son of Sylvester Eaton and
gr son of Ruftis Eaton the first «^ettler of
Springville. He came to Smithport in 1850
and engaged in the grocery business with
Elon Eaton. He afterwards followed the
tin and hardware biisiness for many years.
At the time of his death which occurred May
8, 1888 he had retired from active business.
He was a man of marked characteristics,
of strong prejudices, but strictly honorable
in business transactions. To the few who
knew him well, he was loyal and affectionate.
He had been a sufferer from an affection of
the heart for many years and his family were
expecting his death would be sudden when-
ever it occurred. He rests in Rose Hill
Cemetery.
690 1 Luzem Eaton, son of (343 6), b
Oct. 16. 1827; m Sophia Newton. He was
both a school teacher and a farmer
Issue
748 1 Sarah m Allen; d Aug. 3,
1890
749 2
750 3
761 4 Alice m Rev. Henry Cooper
752 5 Elon Howard (Prof.) b 1868; m
591 2 Elon Galusha Eaton, son of (343 6).
b April 6, 1830; m Almira Britton. He
settled at Grand Rapids, Mich., where he was
a merchant.
Issue
753 1 Luzem b ; m
754 2 Lizzie m F. B. Wilcox
240 EATON GENEAOLOGY
691 3 Frederick Richmond Eaton, son of
(343 6), b July 24, 1833; m Dec. 24, 1855,
Florence R. Lockwood. He located at Olean,
N. Y., and during a long life has repeatedly
been appointed and elected to offictes of
trust and responsibility. He is a fine marks-
man, and pi:esident of the Eaton Rifle Club,
named for ham, and at the age of 77 is fre-
quently **high man*' at the weekly rifie
practice. The ancestral line of his wife,
Florence Lockwood Eaton, reads 8th from
Robert Lockwood of Greenwich, Ct., 1630;
8th from John Mead, who finally settled in
Greenwich, Cdnn.; 9th from Richard Sey-
mour, one of the founders of Hartford, Conn. ;
9th from Benjamin Scribner of Norwalk,
Conn, and Huntington, L. L; 9th from Mat-
thew Marvin, one of the founders of Hartford,
Conn.; 7th from Sarah Hayes of Norwalk,
Conn.; 6th from William Jameson; also from
the Dickings, Mclntire, Moor, and Taggart
families, all Scotch Presbyterians who came
from Belfast and Londonderry, Ireland, to
Antrim and Londonderry, New Hampshire;
8th from William Bradford, Beverly, Mass.;
9th from Thomas Cole of Salem; and 8th
from John Cole of Lynn, whose wife Sarah
Alsbee was tried for witchcraft. She was
one of the four from Lynn tried at Charles-
town and acquitted Feb. 1, 1693; also 4th
from Mercy Fancher of the Conn. Fancher
settlement.
Issue
765 1 Fred Lockwood b July 15, 1857;
m Elizabeth Brett
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 241
766 2 Kate £. b Dec. 12, 1859; m Samuel
H. Bradley
767 3 Earl Hooker b Oct. 26, 1865, m
Mary E. Mathews
693 1 Lucy Eaton, dau of (370 2) b
Mar. 20, 1827; m Dec. 5, 1849 William Crane,
of Canton, and removed to Candia, N. H.
Issue :
768 1 Albert Lewis Crane; b Oct. 12,
1850; d 1851
769 2 Ellen E. b Aug. 2, 1852
760 3 Mary Alice b June 28, 1854; m
Feb. 24, 1876, John H. Wason (issue)
761 4 Bertha b June 2, 1856; d 1857
762 5 George William b Feb. 14, 1858;
m Jan. 31, 1900, Haven Paterson
763 6 Emma W. b May 31, 1860; m Oct.
12, 1881, Tilton F. Field (issue)
694 2 Harriet A. Eaton, dau of (370 2) b
Nov. 7, 1835; m Dec. 29. 1859, John F.
Weatherbee; he d March 20. 1884; she d Jan.
17, 1895.
Issue:
764 1 Henry Endicott Weatherbee b 1862
766 2 John Henry bl865; d 1873
696 3 John Eaton, son of (370 2); b
Mar. 27, 1839; m Feb. 26, 1872, Helen M.
Tucker
Issvic •
766 1 Helen Louise b July 24, 1877
767 2
614 1 Abram Eaton, son of (421 1) m
Louise Tingley. res. Harrisburg, Pa.
242
EATON GENEALOGY
Onondaga
Centennial
By Gen.
Dwight
Bruce
Issue
768 1
769 2
770 3
771 4
Herbert H
m
622 3 Blanch Eaton,
WiUiam Rayfield
Issue
Gerald Rayfield
Gladys
Frank
dau .(437 13). m
623 4
13) b
Issue
772 1
773 2
625 6
m May
Issue
774 1
James Alexander Eaton, son (437
; m Hannah DeLong
J. Percy
Lulu Blanch
Frank Eaton, son of (437 13)b ;
Graves Westerfield
Eleanor Graves
628 5 Norris Eaton, son of (442 3) b
Nov. 18, 1826, in the town of Manlius, N. Y.;
educated in the common schools. Engaged
in farming on his father's farm until 1855,
when he entered the employ of the N. Y.C.R.R.
Co. as brakeman, and in 1858 was promoted
to conductor. This position he held until
1878, when he left the road and in 1880 bought
the old Chase farm, 2i miles west of Manlius
Center, a farm of 75 acres; he has 11 acres
on the opposite side, which he has since made
his home. In 1888 he was elected Com-
missioner of highways. He served as trustee
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 243
of the school three years. He is a member
of the Masonic Lodge, joining Central City,
305, in 1860. In 1853 he m Augusta Dibbles,
who d Jan. 8, 1867.
Issue :
776 1 John, locomotive engineer, of Buf-
falo, N. Y. b ; m Lillian
637 1 Thomas Tolman, son of (466 2)
m Elizabeth Landers
Issue
776 1 Thomas Tolman m May LaDieu
(issue) LlUle Elizabeth
777 2 Hibbard unm
778 3 Waiiam
640 1 Dr. James Eaton, son of (466 3)
was b at Fayetteville, N. Y. Mar. 2, 1833.
He attended the old Central New York Col-
lege at McGrawville and graduated from
Albany Medical CoUege in 1854. He also
took two courses of medical lectures at Ann-
Arbor, Mich. He returned to Fayetteville,
where he conducted a drug store until 1861,
when he removed to Syracuse, N. Y., and
entered the employ of Kenyon & Potter &
Co., wholesale druggists, afterwards becoming
a member of the firm. He was a charter
member of the Commercial Traveler's As-
sociation of this State, and for fourteen years
its president. He was also the vice-president
of the Pharmaceutical Association. When
a young man he united with the Baptist
Church and for eighteen years conducted a
large Bible Class. In 1855 Dr. Eaton m
Elizabeth S. Storms of Ann Arbor, Mich.
EATON GENEALOGY
He d of diabetes, Sunday, Jiily 19, 1891.
His widow d May 17, 1906, at her home
in Ann Arbor, Mich. Both are buried at
Fayetteville, N. Y.
DR. JAMES H. EATON
In Hemoiiam James Henry Eaton
President of the Commercial Travellers Association of the
State ot New York. Died July 19, 1891, aged 58 years.
OUR BELOVED EATON
AT BEST
In alt the better meaning of the name
Me was a man. His sterling sense of right
Was gently tempered by a tenderness
Of charity for those debarred the light
Of his quick intellect. He was the same
To all, for he despised the littleness
Of hate and envy and the petty strife
Which trample flowers from the path of life.
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 245
The work-day world is bettered in that he
Lent it example of how worth alone
Can make an honorable name his own.
With such a record earnest faith can see —
Who here so freely spent an earthly love
In richer love will find reward above.
Syracuse, July 20, 1891 —John Albro
Like sweet bells jangled, out of tune and harsh, re-
sound the most expressive words of sympathy at such
a time as this. Where James H. Eaton is known,
the mention of his name, and then silence, seems the
most eloquent language.
Where is known his name, but not the man, it sig-
nifies manhood; in its most elevated type; the honest
man; the true friend; the Christian gentleman.
Death enters without announcement; comes when
and where it will; asks no questions; returns no an-
swers. Longings to fathom the \mfathomable, of our
loved and lost, in all its wonderful hidden secrets,
are met by silence, — sad, secret, sublime.
Over our Association, from time to time, there has
fallen the shadow of death clouds, as they obscured
from sight those who were our life and light. Deep
have been these sorrowings ; dark the days of mourning.
Yet there seems to be a sorrow ever in reserve, heavier
than all else that's gone before, for stricken survivors
to bear. What greater sorrow for us, as a body, than
that which now moistens the sympathetic eye, the
Kind Ruler of our destiny may have in keeping, none
can say. Present pain is sharpest; present mourning
keenest.
Our family, in its present crisis, is fatherless. His
kindly guiding hand is stilled in sleep. Promoter,
director, conservator, he has lived his life, accomplished
his work, finished his course ; a life of Christian manli-
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ness ; a work of cheerful helpfulness and love ; a course
in whose onward joumeyings there were no falterings;
a steady, strong, progressive course; upward from
Earth to Heaven.
Greatly will he be missed! The largeness of his
nature, growing with the years, is reflected in his work.
That work lives on; it can not die. Our acts outlive
their authors. In the case of our sleeping friend 'tis
well 'tis so. What he wrought for others has builded
for him a white tower of purity, fidelity and truth,
which will stand an ever speaking, an ever enlarging
monument, so long as this Association shall endure.
To his lovely Christian helpmate during all these
years we extend our deepest sympathy. Our loss we
feel keenly. Her loss is personal, deep, lasting;
reaching to the very fotmdations of her sympathetic
nature.
What can be done or said in the hushed presence
of such a sorrow as hers, **Thy help cometh from above. "
'*! praise thee, my Lord, that thou didst spare him
to me for so many years. I, too, am near the vail,
thanks for thy mercy, for now the separation will be
for so short a time."
"Go! Tell him all. The sigh thy bosom heaves is
heard in Heaven.*'
* 'Strength and Grace he gives, who gave himself
for thee. Our Jesus lives. Have faith in God."
How He Lived
Dr. James Henry Eaton died at his apartments in
the Globe Hotel, on Sunday evening, July 19, at 8:50
o'clock. For the past thirty years the deceased had
been connected with the drug store of Kenyon, Potter
& Company; for a number of years as a member of
the firm, and, later, as a commercial traveler. He was
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 247
one of the five founders of the Commercial Travelers
Association of the State of New York, his being the
first certificate of membership issued. The first two
years he was chairman of the executive committee,
and for the last eighteen years he has been president
of the Association. He was also President of the
National C. T. A., which comprises seventeen organ-
izations, for two years. It is an evidence of the in-
terest in the Association, that during the twenty years
of his connection with it, he missed but four regular
or special meetings of the executive committee. On
two of these occasions he was kept from attending
by the sickness of his mother, at whose bedside he
watched, and once he was snowbound.
The Association in which he took so active a part
now numbers 3,100 members, and he helped to dis-
burse over two million dollars for the widows and
orphans of its deceased traveling members.
The cause of his death was diabetes. The deceased
had been indisposed since July 1st, but his malady
did not take a serious turn imtil the Saturday before
he died. He was able to go to his meals on Thursday,
and on Friday he was dressed and abje to walk aroimd
the room; on Saturday he was unable to leave his
couch. He died on Sunday evening at 8:50. His
wife, his brother. H. E. Eaton, of Eaton, N. Y., and
Riley V. Miller, were at his bedside when he died,
ministering to him continually.
Doctor Eaton was bom at Fayette ville, N. Y., on
March 2d 1838. He attended the old Central New
York College at McGraw ville and was graduated from
the Albany Medical College in 1854. He also took a
course of medical lectures at Ann Arbor, Mich. After
completing his medical studies he conducted a drug
store in Favetteville until 1861, when he removed to
248 EATON GENEALOGY
Syracuse,, and became a member of the firm of Kenyon,
Potter & Company. When he withdrew from the
firm he was retained as traveling salesman. He was
a faithful member of the Central Baptist Church,
and was greatly interested in Sunday-school work,
having taught a class of sixty members for the past
eighteen years. He was a close Bible student and an
eloquent expounder of Bible history and teaching.
Doctor Eaton was vice-president of the Pharma-
ceutical Association of New York.
Doctor Eaton married Miss Elizabeth E. Storm,
of Ann Arbor, Mich., in 1854. His widow and two
brothers survive him.
The large picture of the deceased in the association
rooms has been draped in mourning and will so remain.
At Rett with God
The funeral of Dr. James H. Eaton was held on
Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Central
Baptist Church. There was a large attendance.
The Rev. S. T. Ford, pastor of the church, being
absent, the Rev. L. D. Temple, of Lansing, Mich.,
officiated. Dr. Temple in well chosen words truthfully
and tenderly described the life and character of the
deceased.
A large number of members of the Commercial
Travelers' Association of the State of New York met
in their rooms at 1:30 P. M. and thence went to the
church in a body.
The floral display was elaborate. The Commercial
Travelers' Association of New York presented two
large pieces. One, a placque of roses and carnations
with the monogram of the Association made of immor-
telles in the center; the other, representing a vacant
chair, bore the inscription: "Our President."
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 249
Mr. Eaton's Sunday-school class of the Central
Baptist Church sent a broken circle and sickle with
the inscription: "Our Teacher/'
From the Sunday-school of the church was sent a
beautiful piece representing the gates ajar, and bear-
ing the inscription: "Forever with Jesus."
An anchor of roses and lilies was the tribute of
Kenyon, Potter & Company.
A president's desk, with gavel of roses and carna-
tions, was sent from Boston by the New England Com-
mercial Travelers' Association.
Post A, Rochester, contributed a handsome scroll
of roses and carnations.
The casket was covered with a pall of roses and as-
paragus plumosa, the offering of the Western Commer-
cial Travelers' Association, headquarters at St. Louis.
■ There were delegations from New York, Brooklyn,
Utica, Rochester, Binghamton and Buffalo in attend-
ance at the funeral.
Cherish His Memoxy
A special meeting of the Commerical Travelers'
Association was hel don Wednesday, July 22, after
returning from the funeral of Dr. James H. Eaton.
G. M. Van Olinda, of New York, first vice-president
of the Association, called the meeting to order and
appointed A. Metcalf of Syracuse; W. C. Lewis, of
Rochester; H. D. Pixley, of Utica; Chas. S. Siddons,
of Buffalo; and Daniel H. Mack, of Binghamton, a
committee to prepare an obituary memorial.
They presented the following:
Office of the Commercial Travelers Association ,
of the State of New York.
In the silence of a deep grief there were gathered
together many Commercial Travelers at the Associa-
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tion's rooms, on the evening of Wedne^ay, July
22, 1891.
James H. Eaton, the beloved President of the society
has passed from mortal to immortal life.
The last rites of respect and love have been per-
formed. Nothing more may be done for him who has
done so much for us.
The best years of his manhood were nobly devoted
to an embodied sentiment of Charity, wherein he
wrought for us an example and become a living in-
spiration.
The formula of grief fails to express what should be
here written.
The sadness of our great loss is equalled only by our
devoted love.
He was worthy of all praise, but that is more fitting-
ly held in our hearts than recorded in mere words.
We ask of those who are near of kin to him, to be-
lieve how sincerely we sympathize in their deep afflic-
tion.
To her who was a worthy wife to even our James H.
Eaton, we tenderly and feelingly offer our purest sent-
iment of sorrow.
That these obituary lines shall be presented to her
as our memorial of sorrow is the expressed sense of
our saddened Brotherhood.
For the Commercial Travelers' Association:
A. Metcalp,
H. D. PiXLEY,
W. C. Lewis,
Chas. S. Siddons,
Daniel H. Mack,
Committee.
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 251
Entered into rest at her home in Ann Arbor, Mich.
May 17, 1906, Elizabeth S. Eaton, widow of the late
James H. Eaton, of Syracuse, N. Y. Burial at Fay-
etteville, N. Y.
Tribute paid to Memory of Mrs. Elizabeth Eaton
Her Work in the Central Baptist Sunday-School Recalled
At the Sunday-School session of the Central Baptist
Church yesterday morning the following tribute to
Mrs. Elizabeth S. Eaton, who died on May 17, 1906,
was read:
"It is eminently fitting that mention be made
here to-day of the passing from earth of one but a
few years ago intimately associated with the works
of this church and Sunday-school. Mrs. Eaton's
especial labors were with the primary department,
at the head of which she stood for many years, taking
the work from its small beginning in what is now room
No. 4, with no division of classes except that of very
small children in a comer by themselves, to the present
well-equipped, and well-managed, and highly important
interests which are represented in what might ba
called the Sunday School upstairs.
"Those who were privileged to know and work
with Mrs. Eaton recall with saddened hearts her many
charms of person and character, her unswerving
loyalty and deep devoted interest in the spiritual life
of the Church and Sunday School, Her death recalls
the life work of her beloved and deeply lamented hus-
band Dr. James H. Eaton, whose large class in No. 4
has been so wonderfully maintained, and kept up to
its standard since he 'fell asleep'."
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641 2 Dr. Hervey Edwards Eaton, son
of (466 3); b 1844; m Olivia C. Wood (her
maternal grandfather was Nathan Eaton
of the Conn. Branch.)
When 20 years of age he joined the N. Y.
Cavalry Volunteers as Quarter Master Sergt.,
in 1864 and served one year. He afterwards
became a druggist, in which business he
continued for 20 years, when he retired.
He resides at Eaton, N. Y.
Issue :
779 1 Harry N., Prof, of geology in the
University of Pittsburgh, Pa. ; m June 8, 1910,
Katherine Richardson Duncan and resides in
Pittsburgh, Penn.
780 2 Grace M.
646 1 Ellen Amy Eaton, dau of (467 4)
b Feb. 7, 1833; was a student at Polytechnic
Hall, Chittenango, N. Y., as also of the
Canandaigua Fern. Sem. ; she m Aug. 31, 1854,
Edward Flint Rice, youngest son of Thomas
and Charlotte (Flint) Rice, a drygoods mer-
chant, of Syracuse, N. Y., a descendant of
Edmund Rice, yeoman; who came from Bark-
hamstead, Hertfordshire, England, in "The
Confidence'' of London in 1635; as also a
descendant of Hon. Thomas Flint, who came
from Matlock, in Derbyshire, England, in
1635. Ellen Amy (Eaton) Rice, was a de-
scendant of John Eaton, of Canterbury,
whose descent has been traced to the yr.
A. D. 1000; also a descendant of Gov. Wil-
liam Bradford, being 9th in descent; 7th,
from Robert Hibbard, of Salisbury, England;
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 263
9th, from William Ripley, of Hingham,
Norfolk Co. England; 9th from Hon. Chris-
topher Avery; 5th, from William Rickerson
and 8th from William Cheeseborough.
She d Mar. 18, 1903; her husband, Dec.
12, 1899; both are buried in Oakwood Cem-
etery Syracuse, N. Y.
Issue
781 1 Ellen (Nellie) Zada Rice m Aug..
30, 1876, Robert Anthony Molyneux
782 2 Elizabeth Elmlra m Andrew W.
Kelly
783 3 Edward Eaton b June 11, 1866;
d Aug. 22
784 4 Edward Irving b July 12, 1869;
m Florence Louise Young
785 5 Louis Hiram b April 4, ^1873;
d Aug. 30, 1873
In Memoriam Ellen Amy Eaton Rice
By Ernst Held, Doctor of Mtisic
Flowers have blown and summers have fled
Over a mound in a God-acre-lot,
Where lie mute lips that sweet words once
said.
Words which brought fruit ; forgotten they *er
not.
Bright was her youth, when loving hearts kept
Watch over her in a quiet village-home:
Into the paths of Music she stept,
Gathering its grace and its spirit arome.
254 EATON GENEALOGY
Happy as Bride, and faithful as Wife,
Blessed, as a thrice times blessed Mother can
be.
True as a Friend; such made up her life.
Until a voice called: Come, follow now me.
647 2 Lewis Hiram Eaton, son of (467 4) ;
b July 14, 1838; m at Fayetteville. N. Y.,
June 12, 1861, (by the Rev. Mr. Loring)
Augusta Beard, dau of Beach C. Beard and
Caroline ( ) Beard.
In 1860 he was connected with the New
Oswego Line of Canal Boats; since then he
has been contractor on State Works but
for the last few years held the position of
conductor on the S. C. & N. Y. Railroad.
Few persons in the State had a larger number
or warmer friends than he, ''Big hearted
Lew Eaton.''
He d Sunday, Aug. 28, 1881, after an ill-
ness of 3 months, of ossification of the heart,
aged 43 years.
Issue :
786 1 Lewis Beard Eaton b May 17
1863; d Aug. 21, 1864.
648 3 Jane (Jennie) Zada Eaton, young-
est dau of (467 4); b May 14, 1846; d April
11, 1896; m at the Baptist church of Fay-
etteville, N. Y. by the Rev. Wm. H. Hawley,
Jan. 24, 1883, Addison L. Cunningham,
who d in Dayton, Ohio, in 1902.
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 255
Obituary
The announcement of the death of Mrs. Cunning-
ham was, as are all such annoimcements, a sorrowful
surprise to those who had known her long and well.
To the dwellers in Fayette ville and Manlitis especially,
the passing beyond of the loved friend was fraught
with an untisual degree of sadness; for, bom in Fay-
ette ville, and for a greater part of her school days an
attendant of the village school, the childhood friend-
ships grew with their growth. In girlhood, a prominent
personality in all social functions and with the endow-
ments of fine musical talents, cheerful disposition and
a heart of kindness she drew to herself friends whose
regards have never swerved from their old time alle-
giance.
The changes of later years removing her from the
larger association to the smaller coterie of friends,
brought no discontinuance of attachment . from old
associates nor had power to sever the cords of love
for friends of other days.
The last year of Mrs. Ctmningham's life was one of
suffering, borile with such sweet patience, such jcheer-
fulness and such self-abnegation, as to impress those
privileged to see her often, with this rare trait of
character in one on whom the weight of affliction was
bestowed.
From the blithesome maiden of but a few years ago,
when life was full of brilliant promise and anticipated
happiness, the change to invalidism was a cross, borne
as such crosses seldom are, even when the change has
been far less marked.
A charity that was broad enough to enclose all,
a faith in the good father that all would be well with
her, and a tender solicitude for the loved ones about
her. unfolded day by day throughout the weary months
256 EATON GENEALOGY
of her illness. Death was beneficent and came with
friendly care. Just as the shadows had grown a little
longer and increased endurance was all the future
held, sleep came sweetly on soft pinions to the wearied
one, and our beloved friend passed calmly into the
palace of eternity and the Father's everlasting love.
Those who remain do grieve over the loss of the gen-
tle presence of her whose trials had made her doubly
dear; yet with that grief unite a thankfulness that
the troubled soul has escaped the thralldom of life's
ills, the enfeebled body has found tranquil rest amid
the environments of her earliest days, and a freed
spirit has passed into the life beyond where all is peace.
649 1 Robert W. Eaton, son of (469 6);
b 1843; m Emily, dau of Young.
Issue :
787 1 Laura A.
789 2 Robert Harry; b
790 3 Frederick W. ; b ;m. May Ashley
791 4 Marion
660 2 Frank Hibbard Eaton, son of (469 6)
b 1846; m Laura Young, who m (2) Charles
Hughes (who d in 1909)
Issue by 1st husband:
792 1 Minnie; m (1) Bert Smith; mar-
riage annulled ; m (2) Dr
Issue by 1st husband
793 1 a son
Issue by 2nd husband
794 2 a son.
662 4 Charles Eaton, son of (469 6); b
1848; m Sophia
Issue : '
793 1 John
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 257
669 1 Prof. Daniel Cady Eaton, of New Lineage
Haven, Conn., son of (480 1); b Sept. 12, J^^^^^^r^-
1834; m Caroline Ketcham, dau of Tread-
well Ketcham, Feb. 13, 1866. This noted
botanist was bom at Port Gratiot, Mich.
He was graduated from Yale in 1859, and
as post graduate in 1864. He accepted the
chair in botany there which he filled the
rest of his life. He received the degree of
S. B. from Harvard and M. A. from Yale in
1860. He prepared the part relating to
ferns in Chapman's Flora of the Southern
States (1860) and in Gray's Manual (1861).
and left an unpublished work on the Eaton
Genealogy. He d in New Haven, Conn.,
June 29, 1895, aged 61. It has been truly
said of Prof. Eaton *'He was one of nature's
noblemen, a prince among men." He was
a member of St. Thomas Episcopal Church.
Issue:
796 1 Elizabeth Selden
797 2 Prof. George
677 1 Col. Nathan Eaton, son of (491 2) ; Family Re-
b April 6, 1806; m (1) Wattey, dau of Colonel cords of
Clark of Manlius, N. Y. ; (2) Katherine Mar- ]^^^^ ^'
lette. By occupation he was a cabinetmaker Li^^roooi
and a farmer. He became superintendent at n. y.
the County House, afterwards buying the
old Britnall Hotel in Syracuse where the
Candee House was afterwards built. He
lost money on the deal and sold out some
years afterwards. He then built a Hotel at
Onondaga Hill, where he had a farm of 250
acres. He also owned 500 acres in Clay and
258 EATON GENEALOGY
for some time seemed to prosper more than
any of his family and was counted an ex-
traordinary man. When young he was made
Colonel of the Militia. He was several times
elected supervisor. But unfortunately he
had a drinking habit, followed by a love of
gambling which in old age led to financial
ruin and insanity. He d in 1870 at the
County Asylum, the same place where he
had once been superintendent years before.
His second wife d some years later at Or-
ville, at the home of her dau Mrs. Luddington.
Issue by 1st wife:
798 1 Alelne; m Warren Wilson
799 2 Norman; b ; m Melissa Water-
house .
800 3 Harrison; b ; m Marietta Brill,
and d 1892
801 4 Wattcy m Liberty Ludlngton
Issue by 2nd wife
802 5 Frank; b ; m Tripp
803 6 Florence; d in childhood
679 3 Thomas Jefferson Eaton, son of
(491 3), b at Manlius, N. Y. in 1810; was a
cooper and farmer, d in Liverpool, N. Y. in
May 1892. He m (by the Rev. Mr. Morgan),
June 7th, 1832, Mary Maria Freeman, of
Clay, N. Y.
Issue :
804 1 Jane Caroline; b May 18, 1833;
d in Salina, N. Y. Sept. 1833, age 6 mos.
805 2 Lyman Theodore; b in Clay, N. Y.
Nov. 6, 1834; d 1845
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 259
806 3 Marietta Amelia; b in Clay, Dec. 1,
1838; m Alonzo Camer
807 4 Charles Henry; b Mar. 1, 1840;
d in Clay, N. Y. Feb. 16, 1881
808 5 Julia Celestia; b Aug. 3, 1841;
d Jan. 29, 1907*, m Blanchard; bur.
Feb. 1, 1907 at Liverpool, N. Y.
809 6 James Momroe; b Jan. 21, 1849;
m Ellen Bowen, and resides at Liverpool,
N. Y.
681 5 Simon V. Eaton, son of (491 3);
b in 1817; m (1) Louise Hayden; m (2)
Juliette MacKeyes; d in 1888 and was buried
at North Syracuse, N. Y. His first wife
was buried at Morgan Cemetery, Clay, N. Y. ;
his second wife at North Syracuse, N. Y.
Issue :
810 1 Louvina; m Jan. 11, 1865, Henry
Brown, of Cazenovia, N. Y.
811 2 Julius A.; m Feb. 1, 1871, Alice
Avery
812 3 Mary; d in 1859
684 8 Cardinal Eaton, jr. son of (491 3)
b in Manlius, N. Y. June 26, 1832; m Jane
Ann CoUings, Dec. 2, 1849; she d Mar. 9,
1893; he d Jtdy 30, 1909, aged 87, suddenly
at 11 A. M. of heart disease, which came
upon him as he was seated in a chair at his
residence at Woodard, N. Y. His fimeral
service was heljd from the Morgan M. E.
Church
Issue :
813 1 Lennox H. ; b Nov. 25, 1850 at
Clay, N. Y.; unm.
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814 2 John C. b April 1, 1852, in Otselic,
N. Y.; m Ella Smith at Van Buren, N. Y.
April 8, 1885
686 9 Barney Eaton, son of (491 3); b
Sept. 1825; m Mary Jane Reynolds, and
resided at Eaton, Madison Co., N. Y.
Issue:
816 1 Franklin
816 2 Willis
688 1 William L. Eaton, son of (498 7)
m Rebecca Jackson; of Williamson, and
settled in Marion, later coming to Ontario,
where he d. His wife d Jan. 24, 1894. He
was a miller by trade.
Issue
817 1 Mary m Alfred J. Paget
Issue
Gladys Paget
818 2 Clarence W.
689 1 Ambros R Eaton, son of (602 11)
b in Union, now Chenango, Broome Co.,
N. Y., June 4, 1826; m Mary H. dau of James
A. Roberts of Tioga, Mar. 13, 1851, and
resided in Smithboro. Ambros Eaton studied
law with Hon. Charles E. Parker of Owego
and practised in Waverly. He was also
postmaster.
Issue
819 1 m James A. Roberts of Smithboro
690 1 Cornelia Jane Eaton, dau of (604 2)
b 1817; ,m 1839 C. A. Adkins, of Syracuse,
N. Y. and d in 1844.
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 261
Issue:
820 1 Charlotte Adkins; b 1844; m 1868
Edmvmd Edwards
Issue:
Edmund Edwards
Harion ' ■
and other children who d in youth and
infancy ' ' ' ;
719 5 Hon. Eugene Edgar Eaton, son of
(521 3) b in Rochester, Vt. June 23, 1843;
studied law, graduating from Harvard Law
School in 1868, and was admitted to the bar
in Rutland, Vt. the same year. He opened
an office in Boston and made his residence
in Maiden, where he was a member of the
Board of Aldermen in 1892, 3: he m in 1871
Lorette Avery, of Wakefield, Mass. He serv-
ed in Co. A 16th Vermont Volunteers as
First Sergeant; his company was one of the
regiments of Stannard's brigade that made
the famous flank movement against Pickett's
column in the repulse of Longstreet's as-
sault at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863. Near
the close of that encounter he was fearfully
wounded, a shell tearing out a portion of
his neck and shoulder. But he clung to his
rifle, approached his Colonel and saluted,
and modestly asked permission to go to the
rear. "You shall have it, my brave fellow,''
replied Colonel Veazey, who, when he was
commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of
the Republic related the event to Colonel
Albert Clarke, who has contributed this
sketch to the Genealogy of the Clark family,
262 EATON GENEALOGY
''and if you are not able to go alone I will
send a man with you.*' But the plucky
sergeant thought he could go alone and he
went, until he fell from loss of blood and
was picked up by an ambulance. He and
the captain were taken to the same hospital
and were before long watched over and at-
tended by their father, who came on from
Illinois. He did not recover so as to re-enter
the service, and so resumed his studies.
726 2 Charles Herbert Eaton, son of (623
5); b in Hancock, Vt., Jan. 1, 1842. He
enlisted at Woodstock in Sept. 1862, in Co.
B. 12th Regt. Vermont Voltmteers. He was
present at the battle of Gettysburg, July
1-3, 1863. His regiment guarded a train-
load of prisoners to Baltimore and then re-
turned to Vermont and was mustered out.
He was both a farmer and carpenter ; and
resides on his farm in Missouri. He m
in Nodaway Co., Mo. May 8, 1870, Nancy
Elizabeth Turner, dau of Morgan and Sarah
Turner, who d there May 24, 1899, aged 46
yrs.
Issue :
821 1 Sarah Helen
822 2 Julia Elizabeth m Ulysses Ireby
Willson, of St. Cloud Co. Kan.
823 3 Clark Morgan b May 10, 1874;
d Feb. 23, 1893
824 4 Joseph Colvelle b Feb. 9, 1876
826 5 Charles W, b Jan. 29, 1873; m
Oct. 26, 1902, in Nodaway Co. Edna Marie
Hubbard, dau of Wm. and Lea Hubbard.
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 263
826 6 George Robert b Feb. 6, 1880;
(manager of Eaton & Bolen, Mercantile Co.
in Barnard, Mo.)
827 7 Emma De Ette
828 8 Netta Grace
829 9 Hemy Clay b Mar. 18, 1887
728 4 Joseph Colvllle Eaton, son of (623
5), b in Marietta, Ohio, Dec. 31, 1847. In
early life he was a farmer in Illinois and
Missouri; he engaged in mercantile business
in Spokane, Wash. His business there was
destroyed by the great fire of Aug. 4, 1889.
He started business again in a tent, but was
again burned out Dec. 31, 1889 and finan-
cially ruined. He then took up mining and
prospected through Arizona, California, Ore-
gon, Washington, Idaho and British Columbia.
In 1892 he ascended the Slocan River to
Slocan Lake in British Columbia, wading
the whole distance with three others and
towing a boat with provisions and blankets.
He bought an interest in the White Water
Mine, of which he became manager and prin-
cipal owner, employing 125 men and paying
dividends during his ownership amount-
ing to $194,000. In 1898 he disposed of
his interest and retired with a fortune to
Oakland, Cal. He m in East Oakland, June
9, 1898, Kate Marsh, dau of Charles CaroU
Marsh, bom in Oswego, N. Y , attomey-at-
law and CoL of the 20th regiment 111. Voltm-
^ teer Infantry in the Civil War, and his wife
* Harriet (Cooley) Eaton.
264 EATON GENEALOGY
738 1 Charles L. Eaton, Adjutant-Gen-
eral; son of (560 1) b April 2, 1846; m at
Mattawan in 1(^69 Nellie Joiner, who d
April 23, 1905. Charles Eaton enlisted for
the Civil War when under fifteen years of
age, first with an Illinois regiment, later with
the 23rd New York Light Artillery. He
served continuously from 1861 tmtil his
discharge in 1865.
The youth who General Sherman men-
tions on page 348 of his Memoirs as being
sent forward by General Klilpatrick to arrange
for the celebrated meeting between General
Sherman and General Johnson, immediately
after the assassination of President Lincoln,
was Charles L. Eaton. From 1889 to 1893
he served as a member of the Michigan House
of Representatives and was a leader in that
legislative body. In 1891 when the Silver
Encampment of the Grand Army of the
Republic was held at Detroit, he was in com-
mand of the Michigan Department. In 1893
he was appointed Adjutant General of the
State of Michigan and was re-appointed in
1885, and was serving in that official capacity
at the time of his death, which occurred on
February 27, 1895. For some years prior
to his death he was editor and publisher of
the Paw Paw True Northerner, one of the
oldest and most aggressive Republican news-
papers in the State of Michigan.
Issue
830 1 Frank Stafford Eaton b Mar. 12,
1872; m Jean Patello
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 265
831 2 Marquis b April 5, 1876; m Jac-
quette Hunter
731 1 Herbert Eaton, son of (525 8) b
at the North American Phalanx, Monmouth
Co. N. J., Oct. 14 1849, removed with his
parents to Champaign Co. 111., in 1854;
was graduated from the University of Ill-
inois in 1874. Has been a printer and ed-
itor. He m in Philo, 111., Nov. 19, 1881, by
Rev. B. F. Hyde, Grace Eva Baker, dau of
Reuben and Susan (Kienborts) Baker, who
d April 2d, 1900.
Issue :
832 1 Amy Pearl
833 2 Howard Lucius b Feb. 5 1888
834 3 Berenice Loveday
835 4 Ralph Parker b Aug. 5, 1898
632 2 Ernest Eaton, son of (525 8) b
at the North American Phalanx, Monmouth,
N. J. Feb. 9, 1851; d at Norman, Oklahoma
Territor^^ April 20, 1900. He was one of
the first settlers in the opening of Oklahoma
Territory April 22, 1889. He m Jan. 10,
1882, Ejaa Clift, dau Perry H. and Hester
(Reynolds) Clift
Issue :
836 1 Bertha Fay
837 2 Frank Clift b in Champaign, 111.
Sept. 25, 1887
838 3 Leland Ernest b in Cashion (for-
merly Downs), Logan Co., Oklahoma, Dec.
1, 1900
Eugene Eaton, son of Elijah and Lydia
(Rowley) Eaton, b at Summerhill, N. Y.
266 EATON GENEALOGY
Oct. 9, 1858; m Sarah Alvord (b at Homer,
N. Y. June 24, 1857; d at Summerhill, N. Y.
Jan. 21, 1899) mat Homer, N. Y. Dec 31, 1879.
Issue :
839 1 Charles Lucius b Aug. 10, 1881
840 2 Sylvlna Lydla b Sept. 21, 1887
748 1 Sarah Eaton, dau of (590 1), b ;
m Allen
Issue
841 1 May Allen d young
842 2 Ethel
750 4 Alice Eaton, dau of (590 1) b ;
m Oct. 8, 1890, Rev. Henry Cooper, a Baptist
clergyman.
Issue
843 1 Howard Newton Cooper b Jan. 4,
1895
844 2 Alice Lockwood b June 28, 1896
845 3 James Eaton; graduated June, 1910,
from Little Falls high school, standing at
the head of his class. He was editor of the
high school paper.
752 5 Pmf. Elon Howard Eaton, son of
(590.1), b 1868
He is professor of biology at Hobart college,
Geneva, N. Y. He is the author of ''Birds
of New York'*, written at the request of the
State Department of Education. Part 1
was issued in 1910. It is a work of magni-
tude, profusely illustrated by Louis Agassiz,
with many engravings and hundreds of large
colored plates. Prof. Eaton has taken high
rank among living osteologists. Some years
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 267
ago he set up the bones of a mastodon for the
museum of Vassar College, supplying the
missing parts.
755 1 Fred Lockwood Eaton, son of (691
3), b July 16, 1857; m in 1881 Elizabeth
Brett. He taught school, was admitted to
the bar in Oct. 1880; and has since practised
his profession. He served 9 years as city
attorney and is a writer of short stories fur
The Youths Companion, One of them en-
titled '*Way Out 'en the Prary Ken try",
secured the prize of $1000 offered by The
Youths Companion for the best Memorial
Day Story for girls. Other stories published
by the Companion are ** Driven on the North
Shore'', ''Sentinel Rock", etc. He has also
written a number of sonnets which have been
printed. He is strong in the portrayal of
pathos. He has done much in the line of
enlarging and copying engravings in oil;
and has executed beautiful cabinet work.
As a member of the Hamilton Country Club,
he is an enthusiastic golf player.
Issue
846 1 Helen R.
847 2 Richmond
848 3 Harold
756 2 Kate Eaton, dau of (591 3), b
Dec. 12, 1859; m Nov. 28, 1877, Samuel
Henry Bradley, of whose family lines his
wife has traced 24 lines to early colonial
times. She is absorbingly interested in the
growth of the Spirit of Brotherhood — a
truly Christian civilization. In 1890 she
268 EATON GENEALOGY
edited and had printed for private circulation
her husband's "Recollections of Army Life".
In 1902 she collected in book form the his-
tories of her own and her husband's families,
with biographical sketches tracing the first
comer to this country 55 lineal lines.
Issue
849 1 Samuel William Bradley b Jar.. 3,
1880; d Nov. 25, 1880
850 2 Florence Peditha b Dec. 5, 1882
851 3 Almena Kathrine b April 15, 1883
757 3 Earle Hooker Eaton, son of (591 3),
b Oct. 26, 1865; m Mary E. Mathews.
He studied law and was admitted to the
bar, but immediately took up journalism.
For 20 years he had been associated with the
American Press Association, and is now Man-
aging editor of the New York city office.
He is a writer of humorous verses and prose,
and has collected and printed his "Rhymes
and Yams." He is an enthusiast at golf and
has taken first prizes at the annual touma
ments on the Upper Mountclair links.
Issue
852 1 Bradley Richmond
853 2 Marion
Ninth Generation
768 1 Herbert H, Eaton, son of (614 1)
b ; m
Issue
864 1
855 2
866 3
867 4
799 2 Norman Eaton, son of (677 1) b
; m Melissa Waterhouse. He kept a
bowling alley in the Bastable building in
Syracuse, N. Y. (Issue)
806 3 Marietta Amelia Eaton, dau of (679
3); m-Alonzo Camer
Issue
858 1
810 1 Louvina Eaton, dau of (681 5),
b Jan. 11, 1865; m Henry Brown in the town
T of Cazenovia, N. Y. Henry Brown d and
his widow removed to Fulton, N. Y., where
she resides with her son Ernest L. Brown
Issue
869 1 Ernest Lighten Brown
860 2 Lucius
861 3 Grant b Nov. 1, 1873
862 4 Phebe b Dec. 6, 1879
863 5 Henry
811 2 Julius A. Eaton, son of (681 5)
b ; m Feb. 1, 1871, Alice, dau of Melboum
and Susan (DeGraff) Avery
(
^
t
270 EATON GENEALOGY
Issue
864 1 Clarence Avery b 1877
865 2 Nellie b 1876
866 3 Simon b 1878
814 2 John C. Eaton, son of (684 8)
b AprU 1, 1852," in Otselic, Chenango Co.,
N. Y.; m Ella May Smith at VanBuren,
N. Y. April 8, 1885; He is a dealer in farm
implements in Baldwinsville, • N. Y.
Issue
867 1 Harold b Aug. 24, 1888
825 5 Charles W. Eaton, son of (726 2).
b in Atchinson Co., Mo.. Jan. 29, 1878; a
farmer in DeKalb, Mq.; m in Nordaway Co.,
Mo., Oct. 26, 1902. Edna Marie, dau of .Wil-
liam and Lea Hubbard.
Issue
868 1 Harold Blaurlce b in DeKalb Co.,
Mo., Sept. 6, 1903
831 2 Harquis Eaton, son of (738 1) b
at VanBuren Coimty, Michigan; m at Flint,
Mich., June 8, 1904, Jacquette Hunter.
Marquis Eaton at the age of 12 was ap-
pointed page in the Michigan House of Repre-
sentatives. In 1892, he graduated from high
school at Paw Paw, Mich., and soon afterward
entered the literary department at Michigan
university. His university was discontinued
by the sudden death of his father, Adjutant-
General Charles L. Eaton, which occurred in
Feb. 1895. Returning to Lansing, he was
appointed to a responsible position in the
office of the Auditor-General, which he re-
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON
signed to accept the position of deputy-re-
porter, tendered him by the Michigan Supreme
Court. In this position he was occupied,
exclusively, in writing the official head notes
for the published decisions of the Court,
which constituted his employment up to
the time of his removal to Chicago in 1901.
For three years after his father's death he
MARQUIS EATON
devoted five hours each evening and all
his leisure to the study of law. To render
him eligible for his examination, it was
necessary that he procure the enactment by
the Michigan legislature of an amendment
to the statute which at that time extended
the privilege of examinations only to "stu-
dents in law offices and graduates of univer-
sities". The legislation was vindicated by
the circiunstance that from a large number
of competitors, he won first place in the
ensuing examinations. He was immediately
272 EATON GENEALOGY
admitted to practice in Michigan and he has
since been admitted in all the Courts, including
the Supreme Court of the United States.
He is a member of the firm Cody & Eaton,
engaged in the general practice of law. His
business experience has been unusually broad.
The Directory of Directors lists eight pros-
perous business corporations with which he
is connected as officer or director. He has
always been active politically. In the cam-
paign of 1900 he toured the State of Michigan
for the Central Committee, making from one
to three speeches each day during that cam-
paign. In Illinois he has for many years
been identified with the Seventh Ward Repub-
lican organization. His career in the Hamil-
ton Club, of which he is a life member, has
been one of continuous activity. He was in
1904 elected a director of the Club and was
immediately appointed Chairman of the Pol-
itical Action Committee. He was elected
president May 1908, and served for one
year. He is a member of the Illinois State
and Chicago Bar Associations, vice-president
of Chicago Law Institute, and a member of
the Law Club. He belongs to Kenwood
Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and to the Alpha
Omega and Zeta Psi fraternities. He is a
director of the Congregational Brotherhood,
and a member of the Chicago Congregational
Club of the University Congregational church.
Issue
869 1 Hunter Eaton b May 5, 1905
PART m
DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM EATON
EATON OF READING AND FARMINGHAM
Descendants of William Eaton, of Staple,
Couuty Kent, England
The Crest of this family being the same used
by the Dedham Branch as Part II, p. 110.
Crest: An erased (torn from body) black
eagle's head, with sprig of green in beak.
Motto: Vincit omnia Veritas. 'Truth con
quers all things."
A gold shield with blue fret (cross lines and
square) .
See Chart, English Ancestry, p. 101, 102.
(XIX) William Eaton m J^ne Hussey; d
before 1584
(XX) Peter Eaton m Elizabeth Patterson
(XXI) William Eaton of Staple, Co. Kent
m Martha Jenkins
1 William Eaton, of Staple, County Kent,
England, husbandman, with Martha his wife,
three children and one servante, embarked ^^ ^
for new England, before June 9, 1637, in the oen. Reg.
"Hercules & Sandwich.'' They settled first xv. 29
(278)
274
EATON GENEALOGY
Bond's
Watertown
p 202
Genealogi-
cal Glean-
ings, ii.
New Eng.
Hist, and
Gen. Reg.
vii. xxxvii
in Watertown, where he was prop, in 1642,
later removing to Reading, where he settled
on the east side of the "Great Pond.'' He
became freeman in 1653, and d in 1658, aged^
54 years. His widow. Martha, d in 1680..
They had two children bom in this country,
making five children, the number named by
Mrs. Lane.
'^Margaret Lane, of London, widow, 16
January 1661, with addition made 3 Septem-
ber, 1662. To be buried in the grave of my
late husband, Edmund Lane, in the Parish
Church of St. Dustain's in the East London.
To my sister, Martha wife of William Eaton,
now I think, in New England, one hundred
pounds within one year after my decease.
To her five children twenty pounds, to be
equally divided amongst them, and also with-
in the like time, .to their said father or mother
for their use, and whose acquaintance shall
be sufficient discharge to my executor for
the same,*' etc..
In this will she also names her brother,
Daniel Jenkins deceased, showing without
doubt that the name of William Eaton's
wife was Martha Jenkins.
William Eaton d May 16. 1673, his wife z^
d Nov. 14, 1680, leaving issue
Issue
2 1 William b in England; settled in
Tolland. Conn.
3 2 John m Elizabeth Kendall
4 3 Daniel b Jan. 20, 163&; m (1) Mary
; (2) Abigail Herbert '
6 4 Jonas m Grace
DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM EATON 275
6 5 Martha m (1) Richard Oldham, of
Cambridge; (2) Thomas Brown; (3) Francis
Moore
Eaton in his Genealogical History of the
town of Reading, Mass., including the present
Towns of Wakefield, Reading & North Read-
ing, says: Reading 1639, was called Lynn
Village imtil 1644 when the General Court
ordered it to be called * 'Redding'*, probably
after and in honor of Reading, England,
whence some of the first settlers of Lynn Vil-
lage emigrated.
Second Generation
2 1 WiUiam Eaton, son of (WUliam of
Staple, I), b in England; settled in Tolland,
Conn. ; m ; d in 1673.
Issue
7 1 Samuel b
8 2 William b
9 3 Mary unm. 1673
Tolland is one of the small towns of Western
Hampden, and was formed from Granville.
The first settlement being made in 1750.
It was called at one-time West Granville,
tmtil June 14, 1810, when it was incorporated
as a town. The town is mountainous, and
the hill on which the meeting-house stands is
supposed to be the highest in the latitude
lying between the Connecticut and Housa-
tonic rivers. The Catskill mountains are
visible from this elevation. Granville was
first called Bedford.
Eaton's 3 2 John Eaton, son of (Wm. of Staple),
Wakefield b in Eng. ; m Elizabeth, dau of Dea. Thomas
North Rea^. & Rebecca Kendall, on Mar. 8, 1668. They
ing .Mass. p resided in the W. Parish, having settled on
63, 64 the Plain in the westerly part. In 1637 f
John of ye plain, £.8 for killing 3 yoimg |
bears. John Eaton d Dec. 17, 1695.
(276)
^
DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM EATON 277
Issue
10 1 Thomas b 1660; d 1661
11 2 Elizabeth b 1662; m Dea. John
Bancroft, Sept. 24, 1678
12 3 Rebecca b 1665; m Thomas Nicholas
(Capt.) 1690
13 4 John b 1666; m Hannah
14 5 Martha b 1668; m Timothy Hart-
phone
15 6 William b Dec. 1, 1670; m Mary
Swain 1695
16 7 Thomas b 1673; d 1674
17 8 Tabltha b 1675; m Capt. Joseph
Bumap 1690
18 9 Hepzibah b 1680; m Saul Frothing-
ham, of Charlestown 1697
19 10 Wanna h b 1083; m Abraham Brown
20 11 Benjamin b 1684
4 3 Daniel Eaton, son of (Wm. of Staple) ; cen. Hist,
b at Watertown- Jan. 20, 1636; m (1) Mary of Town of
; (2) AbigaU Herbert, Feb. 24, 1682, Reading
and settled at Reading. This Daniel Eaton p*^
was of Lynn. In 1699 it was Voted "that
the town will pay 10s. towards the pxirchase
of land on the Lynn side of the river, at Dan-
iel Eaton's Mill to the better accommoda-
tions of the country road to Salem.
Issue
21 1 John Eaton b 1665
22 2 David b 1667; d 1667)
23 3 Daniel )
24 4 William b 1668; d 1773; m Rachel . .
26 5 Ann b 1671
278 EATON GENEALOGY
f
V
26 6 Martha b 1673; m Isaac Buswell.
Jan. 16, 1718
v27 7 Priscllla b 1676
, 28 8 . Capt. Daniel b 1678 at Reading;
m (1) Mary Collins, of Salem; (2) Abigail
Hebbard
29 9 Mehitable b 1680; d unm.
30 10 Mary m John Cole
6 4 Jonas Eaton, * son of ( Wm. of Staple) ;
b ; m Grace and lived on the N.W.
part of Cowdreys Hill. He was freeman in
1653; also selectman. In 1647 prop., town \
officer, and member of the first church.
He d Feb. 25, 1673; will proved 7:2:1674.
His wid. m (2) Nov. 18 1680 Henry Sissbee.
Issue
31 1 Mary b 1643; d 1732, unm. aged 90 /
32 2 John b 1645; d 1691, m Dorcas Green ^
33 3 Jonas b 1651) m Hannah Mason
34 4 Joseph b 1651;) m Mary Pearson,
of Lynfield
35 5 Joshuabl653;dl717;mRebecca(l)
Kendall; (2) Ruth
36 6 Jonathan b 1655; d 1743; m (1)
Elizabeth Bumap; (2) Mary 6/ V>. . .'
37 7 David b 1657; d 1657
38 8 Sarah m Joseph Dodge 1671 -^
39 9 James
♦Jonas Eaton and several of his neighbors
were fined sixpence each for being late to
town meeting on one occasion.
1
-^
i
1
Third Generation
7 1 Samuel Eaton, son of (2 1) b ;
m ; d at Haverhill, aged 91. He was
a member of the Military Company of Salis-
bury 1677-8.
Issue
40 1 Samuel m Jemima
13 4 John Eaton, son of (3 2), b 1666;
m in 1691, Hannah She d in 1721.
He lived in the North Parish, and d 1727.
Issue
41 1 John n 1682; d 1734
* 42 2 Hannah b 1694; m 1730 Edward
Harcum
43 3 Thomas b 1696; m Mary Gowing of
L3ain
44 4 Hepsibah b 1698; d 1698
46 5 Timothy b 1699; m 1727 Mary Del-
var (Delver)
46 6 Israel b 1700; m 1726 Diadem How-
ard, of Salem
47 7 Paul b 1706; d 1733
48 8 Silas b 1709; m 1736 Jerusha Gould,
of Andover
49 9 Ebenezer b 1712
50 10 Barabbas b 1713
16 6 William Eaton, son of (3 2) » b Dec. 1 ,
1670; m Mary Swain, dau of Maj. Jeremiah
Swain, April 29, 1695; and removed to Lyn-
field, where he d in 1734.
(279)
280 EATON GENEALOGY
Issue
61 1 WilUam b 1696; m, 1720, Mirabele
WardeU
62 2 Jeremiah b July 10, 1698; m (1) 1722,
Margaret Hawks; (2) Hannah Osgood, Nov. 3,
1730
63 3 Elizabeth b 1700
64 4 Jacob b 1703
66 5 Benjamin (Rev) b 1705; m Anna
Rand
66 6 Jedida m Dec. 28, 1769 David Osgood
67 7
68 8
69 9
24 4 William Eaton, son of (4 3), b ;
m Rachel
Issue
Early Con«. 60 1 Rachd
ProteteRe- -^jmam Eaton: Tolland Invt. £. 491-
Hartford 05-06, Taken 15 Feb. 1737
District By John Lothrope & Zebulon West
Manearing Coiut Record Page 28, 13 April 1738
1729-1750 Adms, to Rachel Eaton, wid. Recog.,
xiii. 1737 £• ^^ ^^*^ J°^ P°^^ °^ Tolland
1742 inv^- 28 8 Capt. Daniel Eaton, son of (4 3) ;
tory on File ^j -^ Reading in 1678.
Note: — ^The following Family Record was
Co^.^Hist. furnished by the late Prof. Daniel C. Eaton
p 191 " of Vale College.)
Captain Daniel Eaton, the first person of
See Books this name on Windsor Record's, was bom at
ott Lynn and Reading, Mass., June 20, 1678, and was the
*™ son of Daniel and Mary Eaton and grandson
DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM EATON
281
of William, who, an early settler of Reading,
canae from Staple, Coimty Kent, England.
Captain Daniel Eaton, resided for some
time in Lynn, Mass. ; he was granted land in
Lambstown vnow Hardwick, Mass.) which
land he sold to Thomas Powers, of Worcester,
the deed dated at Windsor, Conn. April 1734.
He resided some years in Tolland, Conn.,
perhaps having gone there with his brother
William, about 1713-16. His family record
is gleaned partly from books at Salem and
Lynn, Mass. He m first Mary Collins, of
Salem, 7th October 1701 (or by Tolland
record 9th Oct. 1702). She d March 10,
1704, and he m second, Abigail Hebbard,
7 (or) 9 Oct. 1704.
Captain Daniel Eaton's name is foimd on
the Roll of Captain Benjamin Allyn's Co.,
Crown Point Expedition. The date of his
death is not certainly known, but a family
record "Daniel Eaton died Jan. 11, 1741''
may refer to him or possibly to his son.
Issue by 1st wife
61 1 Elizabeth b Aug. 11, 1703
62 2 Hary d
63 3 William d infant
Issue by 2nd wife
64 4 Thomas m 1767 Joanna, dau Capt.
John & Joanna (Famham) Flint
66 5 Nathaniel b Jtme 28, 1705; d June
13, 1722
66 6 Daniel jr. b July 24, 1707 ; m Hannah
Cole (68 1)
67 7 AbigaU b Oct. 21, 1714; m Jacob
Bradbury
Hist, of
Ancient
Windsor.
Wellington,
Conn, p 377
I
282 EATON GENEALOCrY
Early Conn. Inventory on File ^
^dT^^ii^^ Daniel Eaton, Windsor. In /entory taken
Hirtford '^^ J^^' 1738-9 by John Burroughs, Daniel
District. Elsworth and Isaac Davis. Abigail Eaton
Manwaringa executrfx; exhibited the inventory in Court.
1729-1750 Accepted.
xiii, 1737-
1742
30 10 Mary Eaton, dau of (4 3) b ;
m John Cole
Issue
68 1 Hannah Cole b ; m Daniel Eaton
jr., (66 3) at Boxford, Mass., Dec. 19, 1727;
d March 10, 1781.
Cyrus Ea- 32 2 John Eaton, son of (5 4); b Sept.
ton's Annals iQ, 1645; m Nov. 26, 1674, Dorcas Green,
sLtT^^"" and lived on Cowdrey's Hill; he d May 24,
Maine Hi 1691, when his widow m (2) Bryant.
His estate was settled in 1700.
Issue
69 1 Jonas b 1677; d 1677
70 2 Grace b 1678; m 1695 John Boutwell
•;» 71 3 Noah b 1678 twin
J|72 4 Thomas b 1679
73 5 Jonas b May 18, 1680; rem. to
Farmingham and m Mehitable Gould
74 6 Joseph b 1681; d 1681
75 7 Benjamin b 1683
76 8 (perhaps Joseph again)
77 9 Dorcas b 1688
78 10 Stephen b 1689
79 11 Phebe b 1690; m 1716 Jonathan
Nicholas
80 11 Marylb 1691
DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM EATON 283
33 3 Jonas Eaton, son of (6 4) b 1651;
m 1677 Hannah Mason. He was an early
settler of the west parish, near the Prescott
place.
Issue
81 1 Jonas b 1673; d
82 2 Jonas b 1680; m
83 3 Jonathan b 1681; m ; settled
in Worcester.
84 4 Hary b 1683
86 5 Hannah b 1684-5; m Ezra S. Upham,
of So. Reading, a merchant.
Issue :
34 4 Joseph Eaton, son of (5 4) b 1651;
m in 1708, Mary Pearson, of Lynfield. He
was of the Militia Co. of SaUsbury 1677-78.
Issue :
86 1 Joseph Jr. b 1711
87 2 Mary b 1714; m Nathaniel Upton. .
in 1734
88 3 Benjamin b 1720* ; m Lydia Ireland
89 4 Sarah b 1722
90 5 Persis (Pearson, Pleason) b 1735t
36 5 Joshua Eaton, son of (5 4) b 1658;
m (1) in 1676, Rebecca,dau of Francis Kendall.
She d in 1690. He m (2) Ruth Lived
in the westerly part of the west Parish, where
he was both selectman and representative.
He d in 1717, aged 64 years. His widow,
Ruth, m (2) in 1719, Jonathan Dunster.
♦Benjamin came in 1783-4.
If Note Pleason Eaton came to this Town
(Dorchester) to live in ye 1783 from Luneng-
bury.
284 EATON GENEALOGY
Issue
91 1 Rebecca b 1678
92 2 Elizabeth b 1681 ; m Samuel Lamson
in 1700
93 3 Joshua (a tanner) b 1683; m Lydia
Livermore
94 4 Capt. Thomas b 1685; m 1708 Lydia
Pierce of Watertown (Boston)
96 5 Abigail b 1688
36 6- Lieut. Jonathan Eaton, son of (6 4)
b 1655; m 1683 Elizabeth, dau of Robert
Bumap, Jr. She d 1688. He m (2) Mary
C': V-.j'.'''^ and lived in the homestead on the
hill. Land was granted him in 1677 with
privilege of wood and herbage, on condition
that he continue in town to follow the trade
of shoemaker. He d in 1743, aged 88 yrs,
having been both Lieut, and Selectman.
Issue
96 1 Sarah b 1684; m John Poole
97 2 Jonathan b 1686; a soldier in Nova
Scjotia expedition; d at Annapolis Royal 1711
98 3 Royal b 1687; d unm
99 4 Elizabeth b 1688; m Joseph Parker
Issue by 2nd wife
100 5 Mary b 1691 ; d 1691
101 6 Samuel b 1693; d 1693
102 7 Many b 1694; m Josiah Nurse
103 8 John b 1697; m Abigail Roberts
104 9 Samuel b 1702
106 10 Nathaniel b 1700; m Lydia
106 12 Joanna b 1708; d 1708
106 11 Noah b 1704; m Phebe Lilley, of
Wobum
Fourth Generation
46 6 Israel Eaton, son of (13 4) b 1700;
m Diadem Howard, of Salem and removed
to Wobum, Mass.
Issue
108 1 John m Mary Mackentite
109 2 Diadem m
62 2 Jeremiah Eaton, son of (15 6) b July
10, 1698; m (1) in Lynn, Margaret Hawkes,
April 10, 1722; m (2) Nov. 13, 1730, Hannah
Osgood, dau of Samuel Osgood of Andover.
He was a carpenter by trade. He went to
Haverhill in 1733 and to Heampstead in 1748.
where he d in 1754.
Issue
110 1 Dea. Jeremiah jr. b April 25, 1738;
m (1) Lydia Flint; (2) Hannah Wardell
111 2 Eliab m Lucretia Flint
112 3 Hannah m William Flint
113 4 Joseph m Caroline (Kendall) Flint
114 5 Samuel m
116 6
116 7 Margaret
Issue by 2nd wife
117 8 Jeddiah m 1769 David Osgood
118 9 Henry m 1799 Sally Stevens
66 5 Rev. Benjamin Eaton, son of (16 6)
m Anna Rand. He was a Baptist clergyman,
and d in Dunstable. His wife rem to Candia
and d at the home of her son William.
(285)
286 EATON GENEALOGY
I§sue
119 1 Wmiam m Ruth Bradley
120 2 David Clement
121 3 Jonathan m
122 4 James m Abigalil Wood
123 5 Ebenezer m Phebe Sargent
124 6
126 7
66 6 Daniel Eaton jr. son of (28 8) b
July 24, 1707; was of Willington, Conn.
In 1729-32 he was of Windsor, in 1734-39.
He m his cousin, Hannah, dau of John and
Mary (Eaton) Cole, at Boxford, Mass. Dec.
19, 1727. (She d March 10, 1781.)
Issue
126 1 Hannah b at Willington Sept. 22,
1729
127 2 Daniel b April 13, 1732; d young
128 3 Nathaniel b at Windsor, April 26,
1736, m Kezie Lawrence, who m (2) Gustavus
Ellsworth, April 14, 1776
129 4 John b at Windsor 1739
130 5 Daniel b 1740, resided at Windsor
1784, when he removed to Castleton, Vt. and
m Rebecca Davidson
Ocn &ii(l •«■«
Biog. of Daniel Eaton Jr. was in Capt. Benjamin
Ancient Allen's Co. Crown Point.
Windsor
73 5 Jonas Eaton, son of (32 2) b May
18, 1680 ; removed to Framingham. By trade
he was a carpenter and bricklayer. He was
Selectman in 1717; May 10, 1705, he bought
of George Walkup one half of the "Half
Mile Square" and built where is now the old
DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM EATON 287
Eaton Hotise, near Sudbury bounds. He Temple's
m in 1705, Mehitable, dau of John Gould, Hist, of
and d Aug. 13, 1727. His widow m (2) ll^'""^'
Nathan Brighanii of Marlborough and lived
in Athol.
Xssue
131 1 Mehitable b Feb. 12, 1706; m John
Trowbridge
132 2 (Comet) Noah b July 22, 1708;
m (1) Hannah Vinton; m (2) Huldah Haynes
133 3 Dea. John b Sept. 28, 1710; m
(1) Rachel Wright; (2) Mary Brooks; settled
in Killingly, Ct. before 1735
134 3 Phebe b Oct. 23, 1714)
135 5 Corp. Jonas ) m Mary Emerson
136 6 Joseph b Mar. 12, 1716; m
and settled in Plainfield, Ct.
137 7 Maiy
138 8 Joshua b July 1, 1721; settled in
Voluntown, Ct.
139 9 Benjamin b Oct. 9, 1723; m Beulah
Stone
140 10
88 3 Benjamin Eaton, son of (34 4) b
in 1720; m Lydia Ireland; was in Captain
John White's Co. Col. AbijahSteame'sRegt.,
April 1, July 2, 1778; Capt. Jonathan Sibley's
Co., Col. Luke Drury's Regt., July 29, Nov.
10, 1781.
Issue:
141 1 Benjamin Jr. m Mary Moore
142 2 Lydia m
93 3 Joshua Eaton, son of (36 5) b 1682-
3; m Lydia Livermore. He established tan
288
EATON GENEALOGY
Lincoln's works, which he sold in 1733 to Joseph
Worcester ^aynard, William Negus and wife Persis,
p 224 ' ^f Worcester. He then removed to Spencer,
where he d Feb. 26, 1767; his wife d June 5,
1760, aged 73. He was assessor of Water-
town in 1714.
Issue
143 1 Lydia b 1710; m Matthias Clark,
Oct. 17, 1729
144 2 Rebeckah b 1712; m James Brown
of Sudbury in 1733
146 3 Joshua Rev. b Dec. 15, 1715;
grad. Harvard university 1735, the first
lawyer who settled in Worcester; stud. Theol,
ogy; ord. pastor of the church in Spencer-
Nov. 7, 1774; m Sarah Eliott
146 4 Samuel b Dec. 16, 1716; d Mar.
30, 1720
Wakefield ^ * *Captain Thomas Eaton, son of (35 5)
Reading and ^ 1685; m Lydia Pierce of Watertown; suc-
NorthRead- cecdcd to his father's homestead. He was
ing, Mass. Captain, selectman and representative. He
d in 1774 aged 91.
Issue
147 1 Thomas b 1712; d 1723
148 2 Jonathan (Lieut.) b 1714; m (1)
Mary Damon; (2) Abna Hayes
*Note Capt. Thomas Eaton, Sr. lived on
the Esq. Prescott (Prescett) place on Sumner
Street. His father Joshua is supposed to
be the first Eaton who settled in the town of
Reading. This Thomas Eaton was grand-
father of Mrs Joshua Prescott of Reading.
DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM EATON 289
149 3 Ruth b 1716; m John Nicholas
150 4 Lydia b 1718; d 1725
151 5 Hannah b 1721; m 1739 James
Nichols
152 6 Abigail b 1724
153 7 Lydia b 1727; m 1750, Phillip
Russelli of Lexington
154 8 Thomas jr. (Capt.) b 1729; m Eliz-
abeth Gerry
155 9 Rebecca b 1731 ; m Jeremiah Bach-
elder
156 10 Joshua b 1734
103 8 John Eaton, son of (35 6) b 1687;
m Abigail Roberta, and d in 1758, aged 61
years. Settled in West Parish, near Tim
Hartshor's place.
Issue
157 1 John b 1723; m Elizabeth Boutwell
158 2 Thomas b 1725; m Betsey Boutwell
159 3 James b 1733; m 1753 Lois Damon
104 9 Samuel Eaton, son of (36 6) b 1702 ;
m and removed to Tolland, Ct.
Issue
160 1 Aaron b 1737; m (1) Lydia Barber;
m (2) Mrs. Abigail Converse
105 10 Nathaniel Eaton, son of (36 6)
b 1700; m Lydia and lived in the
western part of Wakefield, on the place owned
in 1868 by Davis. Committed suicide
by hanging in 1750, the cause being given
that during the French war, tempted by a
reward offered, surrendered up a deserter
who had taken refuge with him and so great
his remorse he committed suicide.
290
EATON GENEALOGY
Hon. LiUey
Eaton's
Wakefield
and North
Reading,
Mass.
Issue
161 1
162 2
163 3
164 4
166 5
166 6
Flint
167 7
168 8
Poole
169 9
Nathan n 1726; m Sarah Coleman
Jonathan b 1728
Lydia b 1730
Nathaniel b 1732; m Mary Wesson
Mary b 1734; m Horace Batchelder
William b 1737; m 1762 Rebecca
Elizabeth b 1740)
Sarah b 1740; m 1760 Jonathan
Susanna b 1746
106 11 Noah Eaton, son of (36 6) b 1704;
m Phebe Lilley, of Wobum; Lived awhile
at the homestead on the hill; afterwards in
1732, he purchased of Benjamin Gibson, of
Boston, the former homestead of Zacharia
Poole, leather-dresser, who sold it to said
Gibson and removed to Medford, the same
place formerly owned by Deacon Jacob
Eaton at the cor. of Eaton and Crescent
Street. On this place he lived until his
death in 1 770. His widow d 1 786.
Issue :
170 1 Noah b 1728; settled in Wobum
171 2 Phebe b 1731; m Thomas Hart,
of Lymefield
172 3 Katherine b 1735; d infant
173 4 Hannah b 1738) m Bout-
well, of Amherst, N. H.
174 5 LiUcy b 1738) twin; m 1762 Sarah,
dau Dea. Brown Emerson
174 6 Katherine b 1744; m John Emerson
DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM EATON 291
176 7 Susanna b 1746
177 8 Reuben b 1750; m (1) Abigail
Lovell; m (2) Ruth Badger, and d in 1813
i
Fifth Generation
108 1 John Eaton, son of (46 6) b in
Woburh, Mass., Mar. 12, 1727; m Aug. 1,
1749, Mary Macketire.
Issue
178 1 Dlademi b 1750; m Thomas Groff
179 2 David b 1752; m 1805 Hannah
Stratton
180 3 Mary b 1755
181 4 Ruth b 1758
182 5 Sarah b 1765
183 6 Joseph m Ruhannah Snow
Flint Gen- 110 1 Deacon Jeremiah Eaton, son of
Register (52 2) b April 25. 1736; m (1) Lydia ( b May
3, 1739) dau of Capt. Thomas Flint and his
wife Priscilla (Porter) Flint, April 14, 1761;
m (2) widow, Hannah Wardell, Nov. 16,
1780; was deacon of the church in North
Reading and Lynn, and also served in the
Revolutionary war. He d July 17, 1791.
Issue
184 1 Osgood b Jan. 7, 1770; m (1)
Joanna Leighton; m (2) Polly Jaqueth
186 1 Thomas
186 3 Porter
187 4 Pri^llla
188 5 Lydla
189 6 William m Pamelia Flint
190 7
Issue by 2nd wife
191 8 Jeremiah b
(398)
DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM EATON ■ 293
192 9 Hannah
193 10 Mary m Jan. 3, 1814, Samuel
Abom
194 11
116 2 Ellab Eaton, son of (52 2) b ;
m Lucretia (b Nov. 20, 1769) dau of Dr.
Thomas Flint* and Lydia (Pope) Flint of
Northborough, on the Damairiscotta River;
served as private in the Revolutionary war.
12 children — ^but I have no record of them.
119 1 William Eaton, son of (55 5) m
Ruth Bradley and removed to Portland. Me.
Issue
195 1 Benjamin m Anna Worthen
196 2 Anna m Solomon Stevens
197 3 Relief m Prescott
198 4 Sarah m Harriaman
199 5 Jesse m (1) Basford; m (2)
Sarah Worthen
200 6 Moses d young
201 7 Patty m Giines
121 3 Jonathan Eaton son of (55 5) m
Issue
202 1 Benjamin
203 2 Dea. William; settled in Chester
*Note Dr. Thomas Flint (b in North
Reading, Oct. 8, 1733, d about 1800). Dur-
ing the war of the Revolution, made several
cruises in private armed ships, in the capacity
of surgeon. After peace, he led a quiet and
useful life in the cultivation of his farm, and
in the practice of his profession.
Flint Gen.
Register
294 EATON GENEALOGY
204 3 Rev. Asa
205 4 James m Martha McClure ; (2) Mrs
Sarah (George) White
122 4 James Eaton, son of (66 5) , m Abi-
gail, dau of Nathaniel Wood.
Issue
206 1 Alexander m Edna Preston
207 2 John; served in the War of the
Revolution
208 3 . Benjamin; served in War of Revol-
ution
209 4 Abigail m Jonathan Pressy
210 5 Betsy m (1) Baker; m (2)
Webster
123 5 Ebenezer Eaton, son of (66 5) m
Phebe Sargent
Issue
211 1 Rand m Rowe, and went
West
212 2 Sarah m Thurston
213 3 Phebe m Plaisted
128 3 Nathaniel Eaton, son of (66 6) b
at Windsor, April 26, 1736. m Kezie Lawrence
Issue
214 1 Nathaniel Eaton, Jr. b at Spring-
field, July 1761; m Oct. 13, 1781, Mary Kent
130 5 Daniel Eaton, son of (66 6) b
Gen. Bio- 1740; resided at Windsor; removed in 1784
graph An- ^^ Castlcton, Vt., and m Rebecca Davidson
wTthers- (b 1741; d 1825). He d June 13, 1780, at
field Castleton, Vt.
DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM EATON 295
Issue
215 1 Daniel b Feb. 23, 1762
216 2 Enoch* b Nov. 1762; m
217 3 Chloe b Oct. 6, 1765 ; d June 9, 1770
218 4 Stephen Davis b Feb. 13, 1767;
m Sukey Currie
219 5 Ellhue b Oct. 17, 1768; d 1768
220 6 Ellhue b Oct. 21, 1770
221 7 John b Mar. 16, 1773; m Catherine
Vundeusen
222 8 Elizabeth b Dec. 6, 1774
223 9 Amelia b Mar. 19, 1776
224 10 Ardon b Jan. 2, 1778; m Sarah
Combs (b Dec. 17, 1782) Jan. 21, 1801; d
Aug. 17, 1858; his wife, Sarah, d Oct. 4, 1843;
both are buried at Salina, Syracuse, N. Y.
225 11 Chloe b Dec. 20, 1780
226 12 Polly b June 20, 1782
132 2 Comet Noah Eaton, son of (73 5)
b July 22, 1708, of Framingham; m Hannah
Vinton of Stoneham, who d May 8, 1795;
he bought, Nov. 11, 1773, the southeast
comer farm in Athol, which became incorp.
in Phillipston; he moved his goods to Athol New Eng.
on a one-horse Indian litter (An Indian horse- JJ**** ^*
litter was merely two long ash poles with y "" ^^^'
slats fastened across the middle, the forward
ends dragging on saddle-girths, and the
*Note (216 2) Enoch Eaton (Pay Roll
Capt. John Benjam's Co. Col. Benjamin Wait's
Battalion) in the service of the State of Ver-
mont. Commencing 1st day Jvdy 1781 and
ending 30 day November 1781.
296 EATON GENEALOGY
hind ends dragging on the ground.) He was
wounded in the French and Indian war June,
1746, being at the time near Charleston; he
was in Capt. Jeremiah Belknap's Co. in 1757,
and in the last French and Indian war, 1780.
He m (2) Huldah Haynes, of Sudbury, and
d in 1791.
Issue
227 1 Hannah b Nov. 4, 1731; m John
Cheney
228 2 Noah b Aug. 7, 1733; d June 12,
1814; m (1) Hannah Hunt; (2) Polly Tilton;
(3) Martha
229 3 Abigail b Feb. 1, 1735; m Daniel
Gregory
230 4 Jonas b Jan. 29, 1737; m Lois
Goodnow
231 5 John b July 30, 1740; m Olive
Conant
232 6 Mehitable b April 21 , 1743 ; m Decon
Darker, of Sudbury
233 7 Ruth b Feb. 16, 1744; m Peter
Parker
234 8 Malthia b Jan. 15, 1747
Issue by 2nd wife
235 9 Silas b Dec. 1, 1750; m Polly
Nicholas
236 10 Mary b May 11, 1753; m Simeon
Goddard, of Phillipston
War Record
Rev', m1^". Noah Eaton, Framingham 17084791 ; Third
Soc. 1899, p Sergeant, Capt. Simon Edgett's Co. at Lexing-
164 ton Alarm; Corp. Capt. Walter McFarland's
Co. Col. Cyprian How's Regt, for service in
DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM EATON 297
Rhode Island, Jtily 24, Oct. 30, 1780; Private,
Capt. Joseph Winch's Co. Col. Samuel Bui-
lard's Re^. Aug. 16— Dec. 10, 1777, at
Bennington, Saratoga, and Surrender of Bur-
goyne. Rev. Rolls, Mass. Archives; Temples
Framingham Charles Lincoln Parker
Peter Parker
Chart
William Eaton, of Staple, Co. Kent, Eng. — Martha Jenkins
1604-1673
Issue
Jonaa Eaton — Grace
1673
Issue
John Eaton — Dorcas Green
1645-1691
Issue
Jonas Eaton — Mehitable Gould (m. 2d Nathan Brigham)
1680-1727
Issue
Noah Eaton — Hannah Vinton ; 2d Huldah Haynes
1708-1791
Issue
Ruth Eaton — Peter Parker
1744
Issue
Parker
Issue
Charies Lincoln Parker, Peter Parker
133 3 Deacon John Eaton, son of (73 5)
b Sept. 28, 1710; m (1) Rachel Wright; (2)
Mary Brooks; and removed to Killingly,
Conn, about 1792.
Issue
237 1 Capt. John b July 29, 1733; m
Eunice Gould Oct. 9, 1754 comi
238 2 Hiram Records
239 3 Rachel
240 4 Thomas
298 ' EATON GENEALOGY
136 5 Corp. Jonas Eaton, son of (65 5)
b Oct. 22, 1714; m Aug. 3, 1738, Mary Emer-
son. He was taxed from 1739 to 1773 in
Framingham and then removed to Charles-
town, where he lived at the time it was burned
by the British. He made claim in 1775 for
loss of property for himself and sons. He
was a tanner by trade. Jonas Eaton was
corporal in Capt. Isaac Clark's Co. of troopers.
Issue
241 1 Jonas Jr. b June 16, 1739; d yoxmg
242 2 Jonas bapt. Feb. 8, 1740; m Mary
Wyer
243 3 Daniel bapt. Jan. 16, 1743; m (1)
Thankful Kenny; (2) Dorothy Langdon
244 4 Ebenezer* bapt. Nov. 4, 1744
246 5 Benjamin m Ruth Symmes
246 6 Mary bapt. Nov. 6, 1748; m 1772
Silas Parker
247 7 James bapt. Jan. 20, 1751; m
Sally
248 8 Joseph bapt. July 22, 1753
249 9 Joshua bapt. Mar. 28, 1757; m
Mary Rand
250 10 William m Sarah Wilson, who
m (2) James Porter
Cyrus Ea- ^39 9 Benjamin Eaton, Cordwainer, son
nak'of War- ^f (73 5) b Oct. 9, 1723; m Beulah Stone,
ren. Dec. 23, 1747, and resided on the present
Ebenezer Eaton place in Framingham.
*Ebenezer Eaton, Private; Capt. Timothy
Eaton's Co. Minute Men; Alarm April 19th,
1775
DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM EATON 299
Issue
251 1 Jonas b 1748; m Abigail Allen and
resided at Barre
262 2 Ebenezer b 1750; m Rebecca Stone,
and d at Framingham
263 3 Beulah b 1752; m Nathan Boynton
264 4 Benjamin b July 27, 1754; m Mary
Stacy
265 5 Anna b 1757; m Brigham Eaton
( ) of Petersham; fifer (Muster Roll of
Minute Men 1775) History of Framingham.
Benjamin Eaton, Framingham. Private, Mass. Soi-
Capt. Simon Edgell's Co. of Minute-Men, diers and
which marched on the alarm of April 19, bailors, p
1775, to Concord and Cambridge; service 4 ^^^
days; also Capt. Thomas Dairy's Co.; Col.
Nixon's regt.; Company receipt for advance
pay dated Cambridge Camp, June 20, 1775;
also. Private, same Co. regt.; muster roll
dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted April 24, 1775;
services 3 mos. 15 days.
141 1 Benjamin Eaton son of (88 3) m
Mary Moore
Issue
1 Sarah m Elbridge Gerry Croweii
Issue
Orestes Eaton Croweii, of Oakland, Me.
146 3 Rev. Joshua Eaton, son of (93 3)
b at Waltham in 1715; d in 1772; m (1) Sarah
Eliot, at Waltham, Mass. He was first a
lawyer and then a clergyman. He settled
in Spencer in 1744, and d there April 2, 1772;
m (2) Molly
300 EATON GENEALOGY
Issue
266 1 Dr. John Eliot b 1756; d 1812 r
m Lydia Atwater
267 2 Joshua b 1757; killed at the battle
of Burgojntie in 1777
268 4 Charles b 1759; m Rebecca Poole
in 1780; was a soldier in the Rev. war (fifer)
Issue by 2nd wife
269 5 Polly m 1789 John Rayner, of
Wakefield
Diary of Ezra Stiles, Vol. I p 226
On the 2nd inst died the Rev. Joshua
Eaton, A.M., Pastor of the Church at Spencer,
aet 58. Minister 28. He was educated and
graduated at Harvard College 1735. He
studied the Law & settled as a practitioner
of it at Worcester for some years He was
always of a serious disposition, and at length
determined to devote himself to the Service
of God in the ministry; and accordingly was
ordained in 1774 Pastor of a new Church in
Spencer, then a yoimg settlement and I
think part of the town of Leicester.
An interesting notice of Joshua Eaton will
be found in Willard's Address to the Wor-
cester Bar. p 54,
Hon. Liiiey 148 2 Lieut. Jonathan Eaton, son of
WaSeid (^* 4) b 1 7 1 4 ; m Mary Damon ; was lieutenant
Reading and ^^^ Selectman scvcral years. He lived on
North Read- the place in **Woodend'\ then so-called,
ing Mass. recently known as the Jonas Parker place,
and now owned by Charles Tweed. He
m (2) Abna Hayes of Stoneham, Ct. The
old house was burnt some 40 years since (1874)
DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM EATON 301
Issue
260 1 Jonathan b 1735; m Lucy Ann
Holden .
261 2 Lydla b 1740; m Lieut. Nathan
Eaton (290 1)
262 3 Edmund b 1742; m 1766, Sarah
Brown and lived at one time on the place
now owned and occupied by the heirs of the
Hon. Thomas Emerson, and d in 1796.
164 8 Capt. Thomas Eaton, Jr. son of
(94 4); b 1729; m Elizabeth Gerry. This
Thomas Eaton succeeded his father on the
place known as the Esq. Prescott place on
Summer street; d in 1787.
Issue
263 1 Lieut. Thomas b 1754; m Abigail
Bryant
264 2 James b 1757; m Lydia Nicholas
and removed to Auburn
266 3 Betsey unm.
Sept. 26, 1777 Lieut. Bancroft issues the
following order: — *To Mr. Thomas Eaton,
Sir, in obedience to orders I have received,
you are required to warn all the training
soldiers in your ward to meet at the meeting-
house in the Third Parish, with arms complete,
the 27th of Sept. inst. at one o'clock in the
afternoon. Also, to warn the Alarm List;
that they attend at said time and place."
167 1 John Eaton, son of (103 8) b 1723;
m Elizabeth Boutwell; d in 1754
302 EATON GENEALOGY
Issue
266 1 Elizabeth
267 2 Rebecca
268 3 Lieut. John b 1751; m Sible Spauld-
ing
269 4 Tabltha
270 5 Abraham
158 2 Thomas Eaton, son of (103 8) b
1725; m Betsy Boutwell
Issue
271 1 Thomas b 1748; m Abigail Bran-
croft
272 2 Dorcas
273 3 Eda b 1757)
274 4 Asa
275 5 Amos b 1760 (was in the continental
army)
War Record of (276 5)
Amos Eaton, Descriptive list of men
raised to reinforce Continental Army for the
term of 6 months, agreeable to resolve of
June 5, 1780; returned as received of Jtistin
Ely, Commissioner, . by Brig. John Glover,
at Springfield, July 7, 1780; aged 21 yrs.;
statue, 5 ft 8 in; complexion light; engaged
for town of Salisbury; marched to Camp
July 7, 1780, under command of Capt. Dix;
also pay roll of Salisbury for service in the
Continental Army during 1780; services 1 mo;
reported discharged at West Point (Mass.
Soldiers and Sailors, p 165)
159 4 James Eaton, son of (103 8) b
1733; d 1771; m in 1758, Lois Damon
DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM EATON 303
War Record of James Eaton n. y. Hist.
James Eaton (1733-1771) Private Capt. ^^H^^
Thomas Eaton, of Reading, Mass. Co. Col. iggi^jj^^.
Green's Regt. ; Minute Men, Lexington Alarm, Muster Rolls
April 19, 1775.
Archibald Nesbet Waterhouse.
Issue
276 1 Lois b 1758
272 2 Lucy b 1760; d 1833; m . . Day . .
(2) m 1803 Jeremiah Rcx^well
278 3 SaUy m WiUiam Blake April 5,
1800
279 4 Abigail b 1766; d 1766
280 5 Jerusha
281 6 Joseph b 1771 ; m Sarah Sweetser.
and settled in Wakefiedld.
160 1 Ensign Aaron Eaton of Safford,
Conn., son of (104 9) b at Tolland, Conn.,
March 8th, 1737; m Oct. 21st, 1762, Lydia Windsor
Barber. (Mrs. Lydia Eaton was hurt by the ^^°^ *^''^'
falling of a well- sweep at her own door the
29th of July, 1790, and d the next day.)
He m (2) in 1790, Mrs .Abigail Converse,
dau of Alden. He d 25th of May,
1815.
Issue by 1st wife
282 1 Rozanna b 1763
283 2 Col. Aaron b 1766; m Polly Doune
Jan. 8, 1813
284 3 Lydia b 1768
286 4 Lucinda b 1772
286 5 Joseph Barber b 1775
Issue by 2nd wife
287 6 Joshua Willis b 1791-2; m
304
EATON GENEALOGY
288 7
289 S
Luther b 1792-3
Sarah b 1795
Public Red.
Conn. XV.
1775-6
Corey's
Hist, of
Maiden.
Flint G«n.
Note "This Assembly do appoint Aaron
Eaton Ensign, of the 6th Company in said
battalion" (2nd)
161 1 Nathan Eaton, son of (105 10)
b 1726; m Sarah Coleman.
Issue
290 1 Lieut. Nathan Eaton b Jan. 1,
1743; m Lydia Eaton (261 2) dau Lieut.
Jonathan Eaton (146 2) Mary (Damon) Eaton
164 4 Nathaniel Eaton, son of (106 10)
b in Reading in 1732; m Mary Wesson, of
Sudbury; d Feb. 24. 1799, aged 67. His
widow d Jan. 3, 1821, aged 90 yrs.
Issue
Betsy b 1757; d 1845; unm.
Polly b 1760; d 1839; unm.
AbigaU b 1762; d 1828; unm
Eunice b 1764; m William Trask
Benjamin b June 15, 1768; m
Elizabeth Atwood
296 6 Nathan b June 8, 1772; m Milly
Baker; (2) Elinor Parmenter
166 6 William Eaton, son of (108 10)
b 1737; m Rebecca Flint in 1762
Issue
297 1 Rebecca of Wakefield, Mass. m
Jeremiah Bachelder
298 2 Timothy of Reading; m Lydia Bach-
elder, Jan. 16, 1791
299 3 Nathaniel m
,1291 1
''292 2
S293 3
]«|294 4
>«295 5
DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM EATON 305
300 4 Joseph
301 5 Abraham*
302 6 WiUIam Jr.
303 7 Charles m 1808 Elizabeth, dau
Hames and Hannah (Putnam) Flint
174 5 Lilley Eaton, son of (106 11) b
1738; m 1762, Sarah, dau of Deacon Brown
Emerson; d 1812, age 73; his widow d 1812;
age 80 yrs.
Issue
304 1 Caleb b 1773; m 1800 Hannah Blair;
d 1846
306 2 Jacob b 1771 ; m (1) Rebecca Holms ;
m (2) widow of his brother, Lilley Eaton
306 3 Sarah m Joseph Boutwell
307 4 Lucy d of consumption in 1807
308 5 Susanna d of dropsy 1828
309 6 Lilley b 1768; m Eunice Evans
310 7 Phebe b 1777; m Comelius Sweetser
311 8 Hannah b 1779; m 1801 Lemuel
Sweetser Esq.
312 9 Catherine b 1781; m Benjamin
Badger Esq.
^Abraham Eaton, Reading. Private. Capt.
Thomas Eaton's Co. Col. Green's regt. which
marched on the Alarm of April 19, 1775;
service 12 d. Also list of training soldiers
of a Co. in Reading under Capt. Thomas
Eaton (yr not given); also Capt. Samuel
Sprague's Co.; Co. return dated 1775; also
same Co. return for guns (yr not given),
Said Eaton's gun reported as Concealed;
name crossed out on return.
306 EATON GENEALOGY
Hist, of 177 8 Reuben Eaton, son of (106 11)
Sutton 1704. Yy ; m (1) Abigail Lovell, Dec. 6, 1770;
(2) Nov. 27, 1787, Ruth Badger; (3) Sarah
Hart; d Nov. 17, 1813.
As a young man Reuben Eaton loved his
gun. He was fond of hunting and skilful
in taking game, especially ducks and wild
fowl. When the alarm news first reached
the town that the British were moving
towards Concord, it is said that he, unlike
his fellow citizens, who, full of excitement,
seizing what arms and amunition first came
to hand, ran with haste to jfind the foe, this
man with the deliberation and care with which
he would prepare to hunt ducks, proceeded
to cleanse his gun, supply his lock with new
flint, his pouch with bullets and every other
equipment, and when thus prepared followed
in pursuit. He reached Concord in season
to join the skirmish there and to assist in
driving the enemy towards Boston. Secret-
ing himself behind a wall or other defence he
would wait their approach, take careful
aim as if hunting fowls. He said afterwards,
in referring to this mode of popping off the
enemy, *'It was glorious picking." At one
time however he came near being picked off
himself. Continuing in his hiding-place rath-
er too long, until the British had come quite
near, hating to leave until he had fired a ball
more, he at length started and ran. The
British saw him and several guns were dis-
charged at him; he immediately dropped al-
though not hit, and lay flat upon his face
until the foe marched on. He then sprang
DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM EATON 307
up and ran again — ^again the balls came
whistling after him and he dropped as if
killed, and after lying a minute jumped up
and took to his heels again. The troops saw
him and again fired but he escaped unhurt.
He heard them say however, **See that Yan-
kee; we have kiUed him twice and look, he
can run yet.*' He remarked after his return
home that this was the happiest day of his
life. April 19, Battle of Lexington, Concord.
The War Record of Reuben Eaton reads —
Reuben Eaton, private; Capt. Andrew W.
Elliott's Sutton, Mass. Co., in Col. . Ebenezer
Leamed's Regt. Minute Men, Lexington
Alarm, April 19, 1775, Col. Jonathan Holman,
Bvt. Frank Earl Schermerhn.
Issue
313 1 Jonathan b Nov. 22, 1773; m Anna
Sibley.
314 2 Sarah b Jan. 9, 1777; m Ayres
Fuller, Sept. 21. 1796
316 3 PoUy b Jan. 11, 1779; m David
Gaskell, Jr., Feb. 20, 1807
316 4 Reuben b Oct. 27, 1780; m Lucy
Dudley, Sept. 15, 1808
317 5 AbigaU b Oct. 7, 1782
318 6 Ruth b Feb. 1, 1790; m John Smith
June 26, 1811
318 7 Samuel b Oct. 11, 1792; m Alice
Hathway, Sept. 25, 1820
320 8 Zeba b April 16, 1795; m Sally
Hathway, Dec. 4, 1817
Sixth Generation
184 1 Osgood Eaton, son of (116 1) b
Jan. 7, 1770; removed to Farmington, Me.,
in or about 1805. By trade he was a carpen-
ter; m Jan. 22, 1797, Joanna Leighton, (b
in Westford, Dec. 30, 1776) dau of Francis
and Lydia (Fitch) Leighton; who d in Read-
ing, Sept. 1803; m (2) PoUv Jacquith, Nov.
9, 1804. He d Sept. 21, 1830.
Issue
321 1 Osgood b Feb. 2, 1799; m Hannah
Wentworth, pf Strong
199 5 Jesse Eaton, son of (119 1) m (1)
Basf ord ; (2) Sarah Worthen. He d
Dec. 23, 1808.
Issue
322 1 Nancy b 1775; m Joseph Chase
323 2 Mary m French; m (2)
Oilman
324 3 Sarah m Benjamin Pillsbury Esq.
of Candia
326 4 Hannah m Henry Ephraim Eaton
326 5 Jesse m Sarah Prince
327 6 Susan m Samuel Buswell
328 7 Eleanor m Prince
329 8 Ebenezer m Sarah Shirley
330 9 Love unm.
331 10 Asa unm.
206 4 James Eaton, son of (121 3) b
; m Martha McClure; m (2) Mrs Sarah
(George) White
(808)
DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM EATON 309
Issue by 1st wife:
332 1 James b ; m Martha Wilson
(or Olive)
Issue by 2d wife;
333 2 Hiram b 1817; mEdna C. Sweetser
334 3 Joseph
214 1 Nathaniel Eaton, son of (128 3)
b at Springfield, July, 1761; m Oct. 13, 1781,
Mary Kent.
Issue
335 1 William b Oct. 22, 1783; m and
settled in Bradford, Pa.
Note The intention of marriage between
Mr. Nathaniel Eaton and Miss Mary Kent,
both of West Springfield, were entered and
published 13 Oct. 1781.
221 7 John Eaton, son of (130 5) b in
Castleton, Vt., Mar. 16, 1773; m Catherine
Vandeusen (b in Schenectady, N. Y., Oct. 11,
1780).
Issue
336 1 Anson b in Hamilton, Ont. Canada,
Dec. 18, 1803; m Saropany Jutton
337 2 Daniel b April 22, 1806; m Lucinda
Jutton
338 3 Levinus b May 29, 1808; m Cather-
ine Bums
339 4 John b Sept. 5, 1811; m Ann Jane
Bums
340 5 Enoch b Feb. 26, 1815 ;.m Catherine
Crooks
310 EATON GENEALOGY
341 6 Wesley b Nov. 6, 1817; m Margaret
Markle
342 7 Sarah Humphrey b Nov. 17, 1820;
m Edward Linsley
343 8 Seymour Smith b AprU 14, 1823;
m Catherin Henery (b in Ireland, Aug. 16,
1829)
344 9 Harmon b Feb. 28, 1814
346 10 Horace b Jan. 26, 1829
346 11 Eliza Jane b Dec. 22, 1830; m
Cribbin Smith
347 12
228 2 Noah Eaton, son of (132 2) b Aug.
7, 1733; d June 12, 1814; m (1) Hannah Hunt;
m (2) Feb. 14, 1771, Polly Tilton (d 1803);
m (3) Martha Abbott, dau of Joseph and
widow of Samuel Abbott, who d Nov. 30,
1834; he was a soldier of the Revolution.
Issue
348 1 Nabby b Nov. 20, 1757; m Jacob
Hemingway
349 2 Noah b Nov. 5, 1758; d in Canada
360 3 Hannah b 1760; m Abel Chllds
361 4 Luther (Cordwainer) b 1762; m
(1) Polly Drury; (2) Polly Newton
362 5 Nathan b 1767; m Asenath Fiske
Issue by 2nd wife
363 6 MoUy b Nov. 11, 1771; d 1772
Note The following incident shows the
value of presence of mind in emergency.
In the pursuit, when on the borders of Lex-
ington, Noah Eaton of this town fired upon
the British, and squatted behind a knoll
DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM EATON 311
to reload, just as a regular came up on the War of
other side of the knoll, and as it proved, for ^^^ye''*'''''
the same purpose. Eaton instantly brought ^
his gun to his shoulder, and demanded a
surrender. The soldier laid down his musket,
when Eaton proceeded to reload. Seeing
the state of the case, the soldier remarked,
**My gun is empty, but I could have loaded
in half the time you take, as I have cartridges. "
The soldier returned to Framingham with
his captor, the next day, and continued in
his service.
(Noah Eaton was a "Minute Man.") ^^^ ^^^
Noah Eaton Muster Roll Capt. Joseph Hist, and
Winch's Co. Col. Samuel Ballard's regt. Gen.
Mass. State Militia Aug. 16— Dec. 10, 1777.
Corp. Noah Eaton, Alarm List in Capt. Jere-
miah Belknap's Co. 16 to 60 yrs. of age,
April 26, 1757.
230 4 Jonas Eaton, son of (132 2) b
Jan. 29, 1737; m May 7, 1761, Lois Goodnow,
of Sudbury, and lived at Salem End. He
d March 10, 1819.
Issue
364 1 Lois b June 16, 1762; m Hon.
Jonathan Haynard, Esq. Issue
365 2 Daniel b Jan. 31, 1764; m Mehit-
able Murdock
366 3 Jesse b Jan. 27, d while singing
in the choir at the Meeting-house, Nov. 5,
1786.
367 4 Anna b June 11, 1768; d young
368 5 Nathan b Sept. 28, 1770; d
369 6 Lydla twin; m Maj. Lawson Nurse
312 EATON GENEALAGY
360 7 Eunice b Jan. 25, 1773; m Nathan
Henderson, of Boston
361 8 Nathan b Mar. 4, 1775; d
362 9 Persls b Aug. 23, 1777; d whUe
preparing for a ride at the house of Jonathan
Maynard, Feb. 5, 1806
363 10 Anna b Feb. 23, 1780; d
364 11 Betsy twin; m Joshua Lane; m
(2) Van Schoick; d Dec. 17, 1854.
365 12 Joseph b May 28. 1782; m Nabby
Taylor and kept a tavern in Boston; d in
Framingham, Nov. 5, 1841 ; his wife d May 8,
1865
231 5 John Eaton, son of (132 2) b July
30, 1740; lived on the original homestead.
He m Olive Connant, and d May 28, 1816.
His widow d Sept. 20, 1842, aged 93 years.
He was in the Revolution in Col. Joseph
Buckminister's Co. of Militia, April 26, 1757.
Issue
366 1 Reuben b May 14, 1769; m Betsy
Hunt and resided at Sudbury
367 2 Sally b Nov. 8, 1770 ; m Elisha Hunt
368 3 John b May 16, 1773 ; m Mary Hunt
369 4 Olive b Dec. 21, 1775; m Reuben
Winch
370 5 Levi b Jan. 15, 1778; m (1) Susan
How; m (2) Elissa Buckminister ; he was a
tavern keeper at Framingham.
371 6 Abel b Sept. 28, 1780; m (1) Sally
Hemmingway; m (2) Persis (Jones) Hill
372 7 Lucy b July 31, 1782; m Obadiah
Perry
DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM EATON 313
235 9 Silas Eaton, son of (132 2) b Dec.
1, 1750; m Feb. 1782, Polly Nicholas, dau.
of John, and lived on the Joseph Pratt place,
east of the State Muster-grounds; d July
18, 1828. His wife Mary (Polly) d Oct.
30, 1818, aged 61 years.
Issue
373 1 Josiah b Nov. 11, 1732; m Eliz-
abeth Stevens
374 2 Major Silas b Oct. 17, 1784; m
Nancy Stone
376 3 Hannah b Jan. 2, 1789; d young
376 4 Mary m Luther Stone
377 5 Martha b Mar. 10, 1791 ; m Abner
Wheeler (Hon.)
378 6 Samuel b May 14, 1794; d young
379 7 Nabby b 1798; d young
380 8 Hetty b 1798; twin; d young
237 1 *Capt. John Eaton, son of (133 2)
b July 29, 1733; m Oct. 9, 1754; Eunice Gould; Early Conn,
by Rev. Aaron Burr. They resided in Kill- Marriages
ingly. Conn., where he d April 24, 1816;
Eunice (Gould) Eaton, his wife, d April
27, 1810.
Issue
381 1 Luther b Sept. 15, 1762; m Rebecca
Bennet
242 2 Jonas Eaton, son of (136 8) b
1740; m Mary Wyer. He was a Currier.
He was published Oct. 26, 1765, to Mary conn. Hist.
Rand; bans "forbidden by the man himself", Soc., CoU.
; Rev. Lists
♦War Record— Capt. Eaton of I regt. Kill- ^^^ Returns
ingly, Conn. ^°*- '"'
314 EATON GENEALOGY
ham
Hist, of and he m two years later (Dec. 1, 1767)
Framing. Mary Wyer of Charlestown, where he settled.
He owned a lot on Main street, part of which
he sold to Benjamin Frothingham. He was
taxed in Charlestown from 1762 — 1766.* He
served in the revolution in Capt. Jesse Eames'
company, Colonel Samuel Bullard's regt.
Fifth Middlesex, in 1776, and also in Capt.
David Brewer's Co. Col. Abner Perry's regt;
Tenth Middlesex, in the Rhode Island cam-
paign. He d in 1787 and his estate was
administrated by his son David.
Issue
382 1 Jonas bapt. Feb. 11, 1770; m Mary
Corey
383 2 Elizabeth bapt. Mar. 8, 1772)
384 3 Mary
385 4 David
386 5
378 6 James
243 3 Daniel Eaton, son of (136 8) b
1743; m Thankful Kenney; m (2) Dorothy
Langdon; he was a Boston trader.
Issue by 1st wife
388 1 Thankful
389 2 Sarah
390 3 Elizabeth
*When Charlestown was burned in 1775,
his wife and three children escaped in a row-
boat and fled to Framingham, where Jonas
joined them later and from there enlisted for
the war.
DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM EATON 315
246 5 Benjamin Eaton, son of (136 5)
b ; m Ruth Symmes; he was of New-
buryport ; he was both currier and undertaker.
Issue
391 1 Dea. William b ; m Mary ,
who was killed by lightning Aug. 9, 1812,
aged 35 yeare.
392 2 John b ; fought in the Rev.
war; d and was buried at Newburyport
393 3 Ruth m Feb. 11, 1810, John Flint
[n Eaton, Newburyport (also given
Newbury) Private, Capt. Moses Nowell's
Co., which marched on the Alarm of April
19, 1775; Service 4 days; also Capt. Benjamin
Perkins's Co., Col. Moses Little's (17) regt.;
Muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted May
9, 1775; served 12 weeks; also company
return probably Oct. 1775); age 27 yrs.;
also order for bounty coat or its equivalent
in money dated Prospects Hill, Nov. 14,
1775; also Private, Capt. Perkins's Co. Com-
pany return for the year 1775, endorsed,
Col. Garrish.
246 7 James Eaton, son of (136 5) b ;
m Sally ; was of Boston, where he was
an auctioneer.
Issue
394 1 James Eaton b
249 9 Joshua Eaton, son of (136 5) b ;
was of Boston; m Mary Rand, who d May 9,
1807 (funeral from Levertete Street 12th).
He was an auctioneer.
316
EATON GENEALOGY
Hist, of
Framing-
ham, by
Temple
Issue
A dau, who d Sept. 4, 1801, aged 8 yrs., of
dysentery.
251 1 Jonas Eaton, son of (139 9) b
July 17, 1748; m Abigail Allen, and resided
at Barre.
Issue
395 1 Abigail m William Fox
262 2 Ebenezer Eaton, son of (139 9)
b May 12, 1750; m Rebecca Stone, May 21,,
1788, dau of Samuel Stone. He was a tavern
keeper at Eli Bullard's place, on the angle of
the roads, east of Warren's bridge, from
1779-81. Early in 1781, he went on his
father's farm. His wife d Mar. 25, 1825.
He took a prominent part in the Rev. war,
and d Mar. 25, 1842.
Issue
396 1 Ebenezer b ; m Amy Walker;
m (2) Sally Spoflford
397 2 Nancy b 1779; m Rev. Joseph
Emerson, and d 1804
398 3 Betsey b 1781; d unm 1862
399 4 WiUiam b Aug. 18, 1783; ord.
Muster at Fitchburg 1815.
400 5 Rebecca b July 25, 1785; d unm
1857
401 6 Susannah b 1787; d unm 1882
402 7 Sally b Aug. 1793; m 1818, Dea.
Samuel Witt, Jr., son of Samuel and Lucy
(Adams) Witt, of Acton. He rem. to Shews-
bury and was Deacon there, and changed
his name to DeWitte.
DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM EATON 317
Ebenezer Eaton Capt. Amos Upton's Co. ; Necrology
return for equipments made by Capt. Upton ^^^^^^^^
dated Reading April 21, 1775. es. xxiii
In Oct. 1776, Capt. Nehemiah Lovewell,
of Newbury, had been sent with a party (Com-
pany) of rangers to garrison the blockhouse
in Peachem and Cabot and guard the Hazen
road. He was with a small scout, near the
Lamoille river, wherein he discovered a party
of armed Indians, 300 in number imder the
command of Hoston, a British Lieut, with a
Frenchman named LaMotte as his assistant,
and with Hoston for their guide. Lovewell
sent his fleetest men to warn the inhabitants.
The alarm was sent to all towns as far as
Charlestown. By the time the tidings reached
Hanover, a terror had magnified the invading
force into an army and all the militia from
bath to Charlestown turned out. The people
who lived at Newbury, below Harriman's
Brook, left their homes and fled to Haverhill.
So many crowded upon a raft which left
Newbury side at Sleeper's meadow that it
began to sink when Robert Hurkins and
others lightened the craft by swimming
ashore. The alarm reached Newbury after
dark, and that night was one like that of
which the town has never seen since. People
left their houses, as they were, fires burning
their bread in the ovens, suppers untasted,
and fled for their lives. Some few retained
presence of mind Mrs. Ebenezer Eaton
hid her spoons and her husband's knee-
buckles so well that she was never able to
318 EATON GENEALOGY
find them again. In the morning the Militia
came in and the day passed without alarm.
Aiuiais of 264 4 Benjamin Eaton, son of (139 9)
Warren, by b July 27, 1754; m Mary Stacy; was a tanner
Cyrus Eaton ^^^ shoemaker, and lived at the Charles Capen
place; in 1786 he bought the tannery and
house of F. & E. Williams, now the brickyard.
He removed to Southboro', where he d Oct.
20, 1800; his wife d at Portland, N. Y., Oct.
14, 1848.
Issue
403 1 Ascneth b Oct. 8, 1775; m Trow-
bridge Brlgham, of Southboro' and d at St.
Albans, Vt.
404 2 NeUy b Nov. 28, 1776; d July 13,
1863
405 3 Mary b May 8, 1778; m Dr. Nathan
Rice and resided at Sudbury, now Wayland,
Mass., and d July 19, 1818
406 4 Fanny b Jan. 14, 1780 ;*d of canker
rash April 11, 1796
407 5 David b Feb. 2, 1782; m Elizabeth
Horn, of Southboro; m (2) Mercy (Groves)
Fay
408 6 Cyrus b Feb. 11, 1784; m Mary
Lermond
Other children were Anne, b 1789; m Solo
Nichols, of Whitestownes ; Charlotte b 1789,
a twin; m John Parker, and Emily, who d
young.
248 5 Anna Eaton, dau of (139 9) b
1757; m Brigham Eaton of Petersham; he
was a fifer in the Rev. war.
DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM EATON 319
Brigham Eaton b 1754; d 1828; Private,
Capt. Joseph Elliott's Killingly, Conn. Co.
Minute Men, Lexington Alarm, April 1775.
256 1 Dr. John Eliot Eaton, son of (145 3) ^^^ ^^^^
b 1756; m Lydia Atwater, Jan. 24, 1774; Rev", ii
served as surgeon's mate in the command of
Col. Rufus Putnam. He was a gentleman
of wealth.
Issue
409 1 Harriet m Dr. Samuel Knight Mem. Biog.
410 2 Lydia Wolcott m Henry Chandler New Eng.
Bowen Hist, and
Gen. Soc, ix
Chart
William Eaton, of Staple. Eng. — Martha Jenkins
1604-1673
Issue
Jonat Eaton — Grace
Issue
Joshua Eaton — Rebecca Kendall
1658-1717
Issue
Capt. Thomas Eaton — Lydia Pierce
1685-1774
Issue
Rev. Joshua Eaton — Sarah Eliot
1734-1772
Issue
Dr John Eliot Eaton — Lydia Atwater
1756-1812
Issue
Harriet Eaton — Dr. Samuel Knight
Issue
Ifaiy Knight— Hezekiah Conant
War record: John . Eliot Eaton, M. D.,
1756-1812; Surgeon's mate, 5th regt. Mass
Line. Col. Rufus Putnam June 1, Nov. 28,
1777
320 EATON GENEALOGY .
262 3 Edmund Eaton, son of (148 2)
b 1742.; m in 1766 Sarah Brown, and lived
at one time on the place now owned and
occupied by the heirs of the Hon. Thomas
Emerson, and d in 1796.
Issue
411 1 Dr. Joseph surgeon in the U. S.
Army; m Susannah
412 2 Edmund b 1767; m Judith Bancroft
413 3 Benjamin b 1769; m Rachel Moon,
Jan. 17, 1805
414 4 Sarah m (1) 1799, Stephen Hall;
m (2) Leonard Wfley
415 5 Hannah m 1797 Aaron Burditt
237 1 Lieut. Thomas Eaton, son of (166
8) b 1754; m 1781 Abigail Bryant of Stone-
ham, and d 1791, being the same year his
father d.
Issue
416 1 Bryant d
416 2 Joseph b 1781; m Betty Collins
417 3 Abigail b 1785; s to place; m 1813
Joshua P. Prescott, a native of Westford,
who graduated at Harvard college 1807, and
d 1857, aged 78; She d 1867.
Issue
Thomas
Alfred
Elizabeth and Abigail
Hist, of 269 3 Lieut. John Eaton, son of (157 1)
Amherst ^ 1751. resided on HoUis Rd. So Souhegan
river, and was a blacksmith; d Feb. 1827.
Sible, his wife, d May 8, 1818, aged 65 years.
She was of Chelmsford.
DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM EATON 321
Issue
418 1 Sibyl m John Taylor, Aug. 30, 1795
419 2 David S. m (1) Sarah F. Wilkins;
m (2) Mary Barnard, and d 1818
420 3 John m Lucy Roby, May 5, 1808
421 4 Philip b July 25, 1781 ; m Clarissa
Blanchard Sept. 1803
422 5 Jonas b 1783; d 1848
423 6 Rebecca m Maj. Barzillai Hudson,
at Boston, July 28, 1814, and d 1836
424 8 Lucretia m John Shepard
426 9 Harrison b at Hillsborough Dec. 9,
1817; m (1) Lucy Hartshorn Aug. 4, 1840,
who d 1843; m (2) Laura Ann Wheeler, Dec.
13, 1846, who d Feb. 24, 1878
Issue
Mary d 1844 aged 3 years
Henry d infant
Harrie b Sept. 26, 1849; m Svisie A.
Few, Jan. 26, 1871
Emma b 1857; unm
271 1 Thomas Eaton, son of (168 2) b
1748; m Abigail Bancroft of Worcester, in
1770.
Issue
1 Thomas b 1775
2 Joshua bl778; m Susannah Boynton
3 Loammi b 1780
281 6 Joseph Eaton, son of (169 4) b
1771; m Sarah Sweetser, and settled in
Wakefield.
Issue
426 1 John b ; m Mary W. Harts-
home
322 EATON GENEALOGY
427 2 Maty b ; m B. B. Burbank
Issue
Ella b at Medford, Mass
283 2 Col. Aaron Eaton, son of (160 1)
b 1766; m Polly Doune, Jan. 8, 1803.
Issue
428 1 Fedella b at Fitchburg June 9, 1804
429 2 WiUiam b 1806; d 1809
430 3 Aaron Jr. b July 5, 1808; m Eliza
Ware Oct. 21, 1842
431 4 Joseph Doune b April 7, 1813;
d Nov. 16, 1830
432 5 Sarah b Mar. 20, 1818
433 6 Mary Wheeler d Oct. 16, 1829
434 7 Martha Wood d April 3, 1865
436 8 Sibel Ann b 1816; d Feb. 24, 1840
436 9 Albert b Nov. 21, 1820; d Sept. 19,
1839
(Deaths recorded by J. A. Marshal, Town
Clerk. Recorded May 12, 1870, by Henry
Jackson, Town Qerk) .
290 1 Lieut. Nathan Eaton, son of (161 1)
b 1743; was a lieutenant in the Revolution;
a man of great physical proportions, so that
it became a proverbial comparison to say
* 'As big as Mr. Nathan Eaton. ' ' He m Lydia,
dau of Lieut. Jonathan Eaton and Mary
(Damon) Eaton. He was one of the Minute
Men of Maiden — ^was Corporal at Lexington
Corey's Alarm, 1775; in 8 months' service with Capt.
Hatch (IV) Lieut. Col. Bond. 1775.
IsSU.6
437 1 Nathan b May 3, 1776; m 1800
Abigail Lowe
Hist, of
Maiden
DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM EATON 323
438 2 Ezra,''' b
439 3 Hon. John Henry b 1799; of Wash-
ington, D. C; m Myra Lewis
295 5 Benjamin Eaton, son of (1644)
b 1768; m Dec. 18, 1792, Elizabeth Atwood;
rem. to Gilsum, H. H.
Issue
440 1 Benjamin, Jr. b 1794; m
441 2 Isaac m Bety Atwood
442 3
296 6 Nathan Eaton, son of (164 4) b Hist, of
; m Milly, dau John and Elizabeth Westminis-
(Marsh) Baker, June 4, 1794; she d Oct. 20. *"' ^^^
1802, aged 29; he m (2) Elinor Parmenter,
May 16, 1803; d Oct. 14, 1861; his widow d
in 1864, aged 83.
Issue
443 1 John b July 24, 1796; m Emma
Kemp
444 2 Milly b 1798; m Nathaniel Trask;
issue
445 3 Myra b 1800; m Sumner May; issue
446 4 Mary b 1804; d 1804
447 5 Nathan b May 22, 1805; m (1)
Mary Ann Bruce; m (2) Emeline Ball; m (3)
Eliza A. Traveur
448 6 Mary b 1806; d 1806
449 7 James b Nov. 14, 1808; m Harriet
Fowler
■■■ ■ ■■■■■■■■■ ■■ll»— ■ ^- !■■ . ■— --!■»■_ p I l.^lll I — ^^—
*Note Ezra and John Eaton settled in
Boston; they built the Eaton tomb and
monument in our burying (town) groimd,
in which Lieut. Eaton was laid.
324 EATON GENEALOGY
450 8 Elinor b 1810; unm
461 9 Benjamin b Feb. 26, 1812; m Susan
Hosmer
462 10 Maeshal b Mar. 3. 1815; m Equilla
Jaynes
463 11 Eleazer b July 25, 1817; m Maria
464 12 StiUman b Oct. 31, 1819; m Mary
E. Wheeler
466 13 William b Jan. 18, 1822; m Anna
Gates
466 14 Nancy
467 16 Sarah 1827; 1842 unm
304 3 Caleb Eaton, son of (174 5) b
1773; m 1800 Hannah Blair of Boston, and d
in 1846.
Issue
468 1 Caleb b ; settled in Ct.
469 2 Victor d young
460 3 Lucy m Ralph Pratt
461 4 Noah m Hannah Whetherspoon
m (2) widow Lund
462 5 Hannah m E. S. Upham, of Wake-
field
306 2 Jacob Eaton, son of (174 5) b
1771; m Rebecca Holms; m (2) Eunice
(Evans) Eaton, wid. of his brother, Lilley
Eaton
Issue
463 1 Zenas b 1797; m 1825 Lois Smith
464 2 Rebecca Ames, b 1799; m 1827
Jonathan Lund
466 3 Sarah b 1802; m 1823 Abel P.
Knight
DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM EATON 325
466 4 Olive b 1805; m 1839 WiUiam G"
Skinner
467 5 Jacob b 1808; m 1833 Louise
Atwell
468 6 David b 1811; m Dec. 25, 1833,
Lucinda Barnard, and d 1837
469 7 Abbie Davis b 1818; m 1840 B. F.
Bancroft, of Wakefield.
309 6 Lilley Eaton, son of (174 5) b 1768;
m in 1787, Eunice, dau of Thomas and Re-
becca Evans; occupied the house that still wakefieid,
stands on the comer of Main and Salem Reading
streets (Reading), erected by him in 1804 ^"^^^J^"''^^
At the time of erection it was by far the Mass.^^by
most imposing dwelling in the village, and Hon. Lilly
occupied a position that was accounted the ^^^on
center of population and business. By trade
he was a shoe manufacturer. After the
erection of this house he opened a country
store. He was one of the foimders of the
Baptist church, and in 1813 established the
first temperance grocery ever kept in the
town. He furnished for many years, free
of charge, a room in his house for social and
conference meetings. This room was long
known as the "Meeting Chamber." The
house was known as the * 'Pilgrims' Hotel,*'
as it was the general resort of traveling clergy-
men, and other brethren of the faith. His
widow, who survived him many years, during
her last decade was totally blind. He d
March 12, 1822, aged 54 years. His widow
d in 1866, aged 85 years.
EATON GENEALOGY
Issue
470 1 Eimiee b 1798; m 1833 Charles
M. Hfll Esq.
471 2 Sally b 1800; d 1801
472 3 LOley Hon. b 1802; m 1824 Eliza
Nichols
473 4 Mary Bently b 1805; m (1) 1823
Abraham Emerson; (2) Capt. Ira Wiley
474 5 Stillman b 1807; d 1828
476 6 EmUy b 1811; m 1838, Rev. Peter
Folsom
476 7 John SulUvan b 1812; m (1) 1846,
Harriet W. Oliver; (2) 1854, Ann E. Knowles
EATON MANSION, READING. MASS.
Erected, 1S04, by Lilley Eaton
316 4 Reuben Eaton, son of (177 8) b
Oct. 27, 1780; m Sept. 15, 1808, Lucy Dudley,
who d May 28, 1817.
Issue
477 1 Sumner b Oct. 17, 1810
DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM EATON 327
478 2 Reuben b April 26, 1813
479 3 Samuel
318 7 Samud Eaton, son of (177 8) b _ .
in 1792, Oct. 11; m (1) Alice Hathway; (2) g^tt^^
Joanna Waite, April 11, 1776
Issue
480 1 Bethia b 1778; m Joseph Hall,
April 27, 1805
481 2 Lucy b 1780
Seventh Generation
321 1 Osgood Eaton, son of (184 1) b
Feb. 2, 1799, in Reading. In early child-
hood his family removed to Maine. He m
Feb. 2, 1825, Hannah Wentworth, of Strong,
and settled in Wilton in that State. He was
a farmer and frequently employed in public
affairs. He d Jan. 7, 1877; his wife d June
26, 1871.
Issue
482 1 Hannah d
483 2 Nathan, of Ashbumham; b April
5, 1836; m 1865; (1) Mary Maynard, (2)
Emma C. Maynard
484 3 Osgood b Dec. 31, 1837; m Helen
Beal'
332 1 James Eaton, son of (204 4) half
brother of Hiram Eaton, came to Antrim
from Bethlehem in 1854, and d in 1860.
He m Martha Wilson.
Issue
486 1 Rebecca b 1812; m Ambros Hemp-
hiU
486 2 Hiram d unm 1853; aged 40
487 3 Luclnda m Clinton French
488 4 Roxanna m Sewell Skinner
489 5 James Jr. b 1833; came to Antrim
to help build Poor's reservoir; m Mary, dau
Alexander Cad well in 1845; rem to Benning-
ton
(828)
DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM EATON 329
Issue
1 Francella m Amos Wyman
2 Martha m Albert Baldwin
3 Edwin b 1852; m Fannie Dodge
490 6 Joseph d unm in 1853, the same
day his brother Hiram was buried and while
the funeral procession of his brother was
on the way to the grave, aged 33.
491 7 Melissa m John Sampson '
492 8 Lucetta m Henry Delano
316 2 Hiram Eaton, son of (206 4) b
in Deering Dec. 11, 1817; came to Antrim in
1841 and built in company with Jonathan
White the old shovel shop. There they
carried on blacksmithing and manufacture
of hoes, and later the celebrated * 'Antrim
Shovel''. It is claimed the patent was Mr.
Eaton's, arid they were laughed at for think-
ing they could weld sheet-steel; but they
succeeded, and now the best shovel in the
world is thus made. He m May 28, 1844,
Edna C. Sweetser of Deering.
Issue
493 1 Charles H. b May. 22, 1845; m
Addie L. EUius March 11, 1871, and is one
of the leading officers of the Knights of Honor
in New England
494 2 Luvia d 1853
496 3 Walter b Feb. 22, 1855
343 8 Seymour Smith Eaton, son of (221
7) b in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, April
14, 1823; m Catherine Henney, b in Ireland,
Aug. 15, 1829.
330 EATON GENEALOGY
Issue
496 1 Anson b 1856; m Jennie Lief
497 2 Dennis b Dec. 21, 1854
498 3 Seymour Smith Jr., b Dec. 11,
1858; m Aime Redmond
499 4 Mary Ellen m John Ingnam
600 5 James Edward m
501 6 William Freeman b Dec. 4, 1864;
m Pauline Miller
602 7 Douglas b Toronto, Canada, Sept.
12, 1866; m Martha Elizabeth Clayton
361 4 Luther Eaton, son of (228 2) b
1762; was a cordwainer; m Oct. 17, 1789,
Polly Drury, who d in 1794; he m (2) Nelly
Drury, who d Feb. 17, 1827. His third wife
was Polly Newton, who d Aug. 29, 1861.
He d June 4, 1848, aged 86 yrs. He was a
Revolutionary hero. (Records of Boston)
Issue
503 1 Mary b Dec. 1, 1790; m Stephen
Rice
504 2 Nathan b Jan. 3, 1791; settled in
Cecil
506 3 Dexter b Aug. 10, 1798
506 4 Luther b Feb. 5, 1800; d unm 1878
607 6 Nancy b Dec. 14, 1804; m
Jennings
508 6 William b Feb. 13, 1810
362 5 Nathan Eaton, son of (228 2) b
1767; d April 26, 1812; m Nov. 13, 1794,
Asenath Fiske (b at Watertown, Sept. 2,
1766) dau of Abijah Fiske. She m (2) Ezekiel
How, Sen.
DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM EATON 331
Issue
609 1 Joshua Trowbridge b ; d young
510 2 AbigaU b Oct. 8, 1798
611 3 Asenath Flske b Feb. 13, 1801; m
Deacon Samuel Witt of Shewsbury
612 4 Joshua T. b Feb. 23, 1803; grad.
Yale college; Episcopal clergyman in Ohio
and N. Y.
366 2 Daniel Eaton, son of (230 4) b
Jan. 31, 1764; d June 21, 1837; in PhUadel-
phia, Pa. He^m Dec. 27, 1787, Mehitable
Murdock, of Newton. She m (2) Fiske.
Note Daniel Eaton bought his grand-
father's place, built a new house, which he
sold to Major Lawson Nurse, and d in Phil-
adelphia, Pa.
Issue
613 1 Charles b 1788; (living in 1818)
m Ann Day
412 Jesse b 1789; resided in Philadel-
phia, Pa. m June 16, 1811, Oliva Clark
368 3 John Eaton, son of (231 5) b
May 16, 1773; m Mary Hunt and lived and d
on the homestead.
Issue
615 1 Luther b Jan. 29. 1799; m Mary
Crosby, of Hudson, Mass.
616 2 William b June 26, 1800; d Nov.
16, 1826; ,m Ann Nurse
617 3 Betsey b May 27, 1804; d unm 1836
618 4 Jesse b Aug. 9, 1805; d unm Sept,
23, 1870
332 EATON GENEALOGY
619 5 Nancy b Jan. 1, 1807; m Arthur
Bowen, of Sudbury, Aug. 31, 1841
620 6 Mary b Mar. 5, 1808; m Luther
Gleason, Jr. of Way
621 7 Charlotte b May 20. 1809
622 8 John b July 11, 1811; m June 9,
1845, Elizabeth Hunt
623 9 Abigail b Jan. 5, 1813, m Samuel
Clapp of Dorchester
624 10 Emily (or Emeline) b Aug. 3, 1814
370 5 Levi Eaton, son of (231 5) b Jan.
16, 1778; m (1) June 1, 1805, by the Rev. Mr.
Kellogg, Susan How, who d March 30,
1824, aged 40 yrs.; m (2) May 19, 1825,
Eliza Buckminister, and d Jan. 4, 1874.
Issue
626 1 Eveline b Oct. 22, 1805; m William
R. Staple, Esq. of Providence, R. L
626 2 Winthrop b Aug. 7, 1808; m Maria
Valentine, of Hopkinton
627 3 Levi Curtis b Dec. 12, 1811; m
Sarah (Mason) Ruggles
628 4 Frederick b May 22, 1820; went to
sea; lost overboard
371 6 Abel Eaton, son of (231 5) b Sept.
Sept. 28, 1780; m (1) Sally Hemmingway,
dau of Ebenezer, and lived north of Saxon-
ville; d Feb. 3, 1851. His first wife d Dec.
29, 1824, and he m (2) Nov. 15, 1825, the
widow, Persis (Jones) Hill, who d Oct. 4, 1855.
Issue
629 1 Willard b Mar. 19, 1802; d young
630 2 Hetty b Nov. 9, 1809; m Frances
Walker
DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM EATON 333
631 3 Fanny W. b Mar. 19, 1806 ; m Henry
Tinker (1836)
632 4 Angelina b Aug. 19, 1808
633 5 Elbridge 6. b Sept. 28, 1811; a
carpenter; m Lydia Brackett
634 6 Lucy b Oct. 27, 1813; m Jan. 19,
1840, George Prentice, of Philadelphia, Pa.
373 1 Josiah Eaton, son of (236 9) b
Nov. 11, 1782; m Elizabeth Stevens of Thom-
aston, Me., and d at Lynn in 1847.
Issue
636 1 Silas b Jan. 17, 1807
636 2 Samuel b June 22, 1809
637 3 Elizabeth b Aug. 14, 1810
628 4 Mary b April 20, 1812
638 5 Irene b Jan. 12, 1814
639 6 Charles b July 26, 1816
641 7 Henry b June 8, 1819
374 2 Major Silas Eaton, son of (236 9)
b Oct. 17, 1784; m March 5, 1812, Nancy,
dau of Dr. Elijah Stone, and lived on his
father's farm, where he d June 23, 1828.
His wife d Aug. 6, 1845.
Issue
642 1 Philander b Aug. 2, 1813; settled
in Framingham, N. H.; m Sarah Pearl
643 2 Lorenzo b Aug. 8, 1815; of Concord;
m (1) Harriet Pratt; m (2) Mary Stow
644 3 Franklin H. b April 8, i817; settled
in Pittsburgh, Pa.; m Josephine W. Alden
646 4 Ann Maria b Mar. 1, 1819; d Aug.
1826
646 5 Louise Jane b Mar. 14, 1822; m
Mordecia DeLange of Pittsburgh, Pa.
334 EATON GENEALOGY
647 6 Caroline b Aug. 28, 1823; m Henry
Richardson of Pittsburgh, Pa.
381 5 Luther Eaton, son of (237 1) b
Sept. 15, 1762; m Rebecca Bennett, Sept.
11, 1783. They resided at Killingly, where
he d July 20, 1828; his wife was b Mar. 23,
1765, and d April 29, 1842.
Issue
648 1 John b Oct. 9, 1784 ; m Mary Brown
382 1 Jonas Eaton, son of (242 2) b
1770; bapt. in Charleston, Feb. 11, 1770;
was with his mother when she escaped from
State of
« ^ ■ • • ■
the burning of the town in 1775. He m in
Maine, in
1792 Mary Corey, and resided in Groton,
Mass.
Issue
649 1 Joshua b
660 2 Amelia
661 3 Jonas
662 4 Charlotte
663 5 WlUiam
664 6 Sarah
666 7 Joseph Emerson b 1809; d 1863;
m Jane Wright
666 667 8 Susan and Mary
668 9 Henry Franklin m Anna Boardnaan
669 10 Mary
396 1 Deacon Ebenezer Eaton, son of
(262 2) b 1789; m (1) Amy Walker, Nov. 28,
1816, and lived in Framingham, Mass. She
was the dau of Comfort Walker of Medway,
and d in 1818, aged 27 yrs. He m (2) Sally
DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM EATON 335
Chadwick Spofford, dau of Moses Spofford
of Georgetown, and d Nov. 26, 1868.
Issue
660 1 Edward b Nov. 29, 1817; m Sarah
Harding. This Edward Eaton lived with
his grandfather Walker, in Medway, and
inherited the estate. He engaged in team-
ing and express business; he was selectman,
and representative of the town in State Legis-
lature 1873. (No children)
561 2 Samuel W. b Dec. 26, 1820; m
Catherine Demarest, of Napanock, N. Y.
662 3 Sereno D. b Jan. 28, 1823; m (1)
Catherine Brown, of Boston; m (2) Gertrude
Williams, of Burlington, la.
663 4 Susan Rebecca b Nov. 30, 1824
664 5 Elizabeth b May 31, 1827; m Rev,
Jesse Guernsey
666 6 Sarah Georglanna b Nov. 17, 1829;
m John M. Otis of Lancaster, Wis.
666 7 Ann Maria b July 14, 1832
667 8 Harriet B. b Feb. 2, 1835; m Rev.
James S. Gilbert
407 5 David Eaton, son of (264 4) b Annais of
Feb. 2, 1782; m (1) Elizabeth Home, of barren, by
Southboro, April 20, 1806; she d in 1810, ^y^^^^^^^"
when he m (2) Mercy (Groves) Fay, in 1811.
He started in March, 1806, for the ** Holland
Purchase" on the shores of Lake Erie, which
he had explored on foot the year previous.
He lost his yoimg wife on the way, but in
time reached his new log home with his
mother and sister; took up the lot on which
he resided nearly 67 years, being one of the
336 EATON GENEALOGY
first settlers of Portland, N. Y., in which,
says its historian, ''little was done and no
enterprise for its benefit prosecuted in which
he was not a leading spirit, a Nestor among
the people." He * 'lived a conscientious,
upright life and died as he lived" Oct. 6,
1872, aged 90 yrs, 8 mos. He was Lieut,
and Reg'tal paymaster in the war of 1812;
fought in the battles of Queenstown, Black
Rock, and Buffalo, and was woimded by a
ball through his wrist. He d at Portland, N.
Y. Oct. 7, 1872.
Issue
568 1 Edwin b Dec. 19, 1811; m Caroline
P. Baldridge and removed to Frewsburg,
N. Y.
569 2 Emily b Aug. 8, 1812; m Josiah
Wheeler in 1847 and removed to Frewsburg,
N. Y.; d in 1871
570 3 Alfred b Mar. 4, 1815; m Hannah
C. Clark, settled in Wisconsin, but returned
and remained on the homestead
571 4 Oscar b Aug. 8, 1820; m Louise
A. Kennedy of Steuben Co., N. Y.; removed
to Grand Traverse, Mich., and to Forest
Grove, Oregon.
572 5 Prof. Darwin C. Eaton, b Mar. 6,
1822; m Ann J. Collins, Oct. 2, 1850; removed
to Brooklyn, N. Y., was teacher of mathematics
and natural sciences in Packer Collegiate
Institute.
wa^en, \y 408 6 Cyrus Eaton, son of (254 4) b Feb.
Cyrus Eaton 11, 1784; at the Charles Capen place, in Fram-
ingham; m Mary Lemond, Dec. 10, 1806.
DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM EATON 337
He resided in Southboro in 1796, but came
to Maine as a teacher in 1804, landing at
Owl's Head and hiring "poor Wandering Joe"
Stackpole to fetch his tnink up to Warren.
He commenced a private school at Oyster, R. I. ;
returned to Southboro' and parted with his
mother and family as they entered their
covered wagon for the *'far west". He came
again to Warren; m Mary Lemond; bought
the lot and frame house that Gideon Seaver,
a blacksmith, had raised at Comhill; got
it partly fit to move into by June 1809, soon
turning the rocky patch into a garden some-
what celebrated in that day; residing there
66 years, he taught various schools and
Warren Academy, nearly 40 years was town
clerk, 13 years its representative, 5 years
its delegate to form the Constitution of Maine
in 1819. He lost his sight in 1846; received
the honorary degree of A. M. from Bowdoin
college in 1850; wrote the local history of
four municipalities, and was elected member
of several historical societies. He was no
mean poet, loved flowers, natural science,
and all the outward world as well as that of
literature and books. He was baptized in
infancy by the Rev. David Kellogg of Fram-
ingham, and admitted to the table of our
Lord by the Rev. Mr. Femald of Thomaston
in 1854. He loved to assemble for worship
with those of any sect. He d Jan. 21, 1875;
aged 90 yrs, 11 mos., 10 days.
Issue
573 1 Oscar b Sept. 2, 1802; m Mary
Standish, Feb. 18, 1841; taught many of our
338
EATON GENEALOGY
New. Eng.
Hist, and
Gen. Reg.
XXIX
Hist, of
Framing-
ham by
Temple
winter schools; traded in the Smith store
from 1838-40; was commissioner of Lincoln
county from 1848-58; remained on the home-
stead and d July 27, 1864
674 2 Eliza Ann b June 19, 1811; taught
in Comhill school five successive summers,
1830-34; d Sept. 25, 1835
676 3 Angelina b June 11, 1814; d Jan.
27, 1874, in Warren, Me., aged 60 yrs. 7
mo. 16 days and 1 hour surviving her father
6 days and 1 hour. With untiring zeal she
devoted her life to the care of a blind father
and invalid sister.
676 4 Emily b Oct. 23, 1817; for 34 years
unable to walk one step without assistance,
but who during that time was sight and pen
to her father, and enabled him to compile
his historical works, for by her help he wrote
the Annals of Warren, Me., an octavo of 437
pages, and the History of Thomaston, Me.
She d in Warren, Me., Sept. 20, 1877, aged
60 yrs.
Cyrus Eaton was bom at the Charles Capen
place in Framingham. When he was two
years old his father bought the Williams
tannery, on the line 6f Southboro' (now J. R.
Rook's brick-yard) and removed there with
his family. There were numerous children,
and their privileges were restricted. The
school-house of the district to which they
belonged occupied the spot where Dr. Peter
Parker's farmhouse now stands; but the
children were bright and ambitious, and the
parents, considerate of their welfare, gave
DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM EATON 339
them all available means of education; and
all who survived infancy became honored
members of society. Cyrus was a wide-
awake, studious boy, and a scholar, who us-
ually held a position at the head of his classes.
When the Framingham Academy was incor-
porated he entered it as a student, and was
punctual, though his morning and evening
walks to school, via Salem End, were fully
three miles.
He d in Warren, Me., Thursday, Jan. 21,
at 5 o'clock in the morning, aged 91. He
was the 6th son of Benjamin and Mar,y (Stacy)
Eaton, and was bom in Framingham, Mass.,
Feb. 11, 1784. He was descended in 6th
generation from Jonas Eaton, of Watertown
and Reading, through John (2), Jonas (3),
Benjamin (4), and Benjamin (5), his father
above named. His father d when he was
16 years old, and his mother was left in pov-
erty with a numerous family. Making the
best use he could of the slender advantages
of the common schools, with a few weeks
at the Framingham academy, to which he
had to travel three miles from his home,
then in Southboro' and after teaching in that
town one winter, he started in 1804 for the
wilds of Maine, where lie commenced his
nearly 40 years* career as a teacher, in the
meantime educating himself in the classics,
most of the sciences, and in French and Ger-
man. In 1830 he was chosen preceptor of
Warren academy, established in 1809, and
held that position from Dec. 1830 to April
1843. He was town clerk of Warren 13 years,
340 EATON GENEALOGY
1817-30, and represented that town five
years, 1811-13-15-16, in the legislature of
Massachusetts. In 1845 he lost his sight
entirely, having been partially blind from an
accident some years before. This calamity
did not prevent him from working, for with
the help of his invalid daughter, Emily, he
compiled the ''Aimals of Warren,'* 12mo.
pp 437 (See Register XIX: 283) and the
"History of Thomaston, Rockland and South
Thomaston*', 2 vols. 12mo. pp 486 and 472
(See Register XIX: 283). These works were
prepared after he was blind, and the latter
after he had passed the age of fourscore
years, showing an amount of industry and
carefulness that have not been excelled by
those who labor under no such disadvantages.
In 1848 Bowdoin college conferred upon him
the degree of A. M., and in 1859, he was
elected a resident member of the Maine His-
torical Society. He was a corresponding
member of several other historical societies.
He had no sickness, and his mind continued
clear to the last. Only the last day was he
confined to his bed.
412 2 Edmund Eaton, son of (262 3)
b 1767; m 1790, Judith, dau. James Ban-
croft Esq. He was killed by the falling of
the Charlestown Bridge. His tombstone
reads :
"In memory of Mr. Edmimd Eaton,
who lost his life by the fall of the
Swing Bridge at Charlestown Jan. 1,
1800, age 33.
DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM EATON 341
Death often strikes unseen and unex-
pected. Frail is man. Scarce were
the wishes of the New Year's mom
exchanged, when fell the tender hus-
band, brother son, and great as sud-
den was the mourner's grief."
Issue
677 1 Edmund m Ann Hawkes; d in 1860
413 2 Benjamin Eaton, son of (262 3)
b in 1769; m Rachel Moon, Jan. 17, 1805,
and was of Reading.
Issue
678 1 Sally b 1806
579 2 Harriet b 1808 and Rachel C, 1813
419 2 David Spauldlng Eaton, son of (268
3) d 1818; m (1) Sarah Wilkins (d 1802);
m (2) Mary Barnard
Issue
680 1 Wmiam Green; m Elizabeth W.
Bolyston, and d 1854, aged 46
681 2
437 1 John Eaton, son of (290 1) b May
1776; m Jan. 7, 1800, Abigail Towl.
Issue
682 1 Nathan b in Pittsfield, N. H.,
Jan. 1, 1803; m Mary Bowman
439 3 (Hon.) Major John Henry Eaton, ^e" <>*
son of (290 1) b 1799; m (1) Myra Lewis l^'^'^ ^^
(b 1788), dau of Maj. William T. Lewis, of ^TemiUw-
Nashville, Tenn. He was a lawyer by pro- is
fession, and was, together with Gen. John
Coffe, commissioner in behalf of the United
States to treat with the Choctaw Indians
V
342 EATON GENEALOGY
at Dancing Rabbit Creek Treaty in 1830.
He was President Jackson's first secretary
of war (1829), and during Gen. Jackson's
administration 1834-36, governor of Florida.
In 1836 he was appointed by Gen. Jackson
as envoy extraordinary and minister to
Spain. After the death of his wife, Myra
Lewis, which took place in Nashville, Tenn.,
he m (2) the widow of Purser Timberlake of
the United States Navy, in Washington City,
whose maiden name was O'Neal, with whom
he lived many years. In consequence of
the wives of the cabinet refusing to call
upon her, the Cabinet was dissolved, Mr.
New. Eng. y^n Buren, who had been secretary of state,
Gen Re'^^x S^^^S ^s Minister to England, and Mr. Eaton
eg. IX ^^ Spain. He wrote a **Life of Jackson."
Wheeler's He was a native of Halifax county; was
Reminscen- educated partly at the University, but never
ces of N. c. graduated. After leaving the University he
studied law and emigrated to Tennessee,
At the age of 31 he was by selection of the
governor one of the senators from Tennessee
which position he held 1818-1829. During
the 1st session of the service, the invasion
of Florida by General Jackson was an import-
ant and exciting question.
The communication of the president on
the subject was referred to a conmiittee
upon which was Mr. Eaton. The majority
of this committee submitted a report strongly
condemning Jackson, from which report Eat-
on and King from New York dissented.
Eaton never during his life for a moment
swerved in his devotion and fidelity to the
DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM EATON 343
"Hero of New Orleans". His letters signed
"Wyoming", in favor of Jackson were con-
sidered models of classical diction and conget
reasoning. These contributed much towards
elevating Jackson to the presidency. Eaton
was appointed secretary of war, which posi-
tion he held 1829-31, until his marriage with
Mrs. Timberlake, ''the fair and fast" widow
of Purser Timberlake of the navy. The wives
of Calhoun, Ingham Branch a:nd Berrien
refused to call on her, Jackson took her part,
and a dissolution of the cabinet was the
result.
Mr. Eaton was of commanding presence,
his elocution graceful and his voice remark-
ably fine. He was social and generous in
his intercourse with his friends and was
much esteemed. He d Nov. 17, 1856-7;
his widow d in 1859.
Issue
583 1 John Eaton, Ph. D., chaplain in
the Civil War ; superintendent of contrabands
1861; of freedom 1862; editor of the Daily
Post at Memphis 1867-70; State superinten-
dent, United States commissioner of educa-
tion 1870. He was b in 1829.
Letter of William T. Barry to his daughter
Washington, 16th May 1829
My Dear Daughter: u^c^?
Yesterday's mail brought lege Quar.
me a letter from my dear John (a son who xiii
was at West Point). He made a good
impression here, especially on the mind of
the Secretary of War. I find that slander
^
344 EATON GENEALOGY
has gone abroad against the amiable lady of
this gentleman. I was not acquainted with
her until I came to the City. She appears
to be an artless, sincere and friendly woman.
She may have been imprudent, as most of
the ladies here are, but I cannot believe she
was ever criminal. Major Eaton is himself
one of the most estimable gentlemen I ever
saw. He is a confidential friend of the
President, and has quite as much, rather
more, weight with him than any other member
of the Cabinet.
The truth is, there is an aristocracy here,
as there is in all places, claiming preference
for birth or wealth and demanding obeisance
from others; they allow none but Sycophants
who cringe to them to have standing of
character. Mrs. Eaton was the daughter
of a tavern keeper belonging to the democracy.
She has by good fortune (if it may be con-
sidered) moved into the fashionable world.
This has touched the pride of the self-con-
stituted great, awakened the jealousy of the
malignant and envious, and led to the basest
calumny. You must receive with caution
what comes through the family of Judge
He wanted to be Secretary of War.
Eaton was preferred to him, and he is a dis-
appointed man The president and
his family (a most interesting and amiable
one) are on terms of intimacy and friendship
with Major Eaton and his Society are the
other heads of the Department. As to my-
self I am now living in Major Eaton's family.
I remained some weeks at the Gadsby's
■«
DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM EATON 345
Hotel, but as soon as Major Eaton commenced
housekeeping he offered me a room with such
sincere evidence of friendship and regard
that I could not decline it. His servants,
carriage and horses are all at my command.
He treated me like a brother; offers me his
name in making Any pecuniary arrangements
I desire, and does everything to make me
comfortable. Both he and Mrs. Eaton treat-
ed our dear John with marked attention and
kindness whilst he was in the city, and it is
no small matter for a Cadet to have the good
will of the Secretary of War.
441 2
Isaac Eaton, son of (296 5) b
•
>
m Betsy Atwood and lived in Francestown.
Issue
684 1
George b in France^own Nov,
30,
1840; m Mary J. Dow, of Antrim, Nov. 4, ]
I860
Issue
585 1
Annie b 1862
586 2
Battle b 1864
587 3
Jennie b 1865
588 4
Charles b 1867
589 5
Nellie b 1870
443 1 John Eaton, son of (296 6) b ;
m Emma, dau John and Sarah (Shattuck)
Kemp. He d as a result of an injury received
from a circular saw Mar. 13, 1844, aged 48;
his widow m (2) Samuel Learned.
Issue
690 1 Thomas b Oct. 29, 1823; m Lydia
Warren; m (2) Sarah Lovewell
691 1 Mllly 1825 1826
346 EATON GENEALOGY
692 3 Nathaniel W. b Feb. 21, 1827;
m and removed to Camden, N. Y.
593 4 Benjamin b 1828; d 1830
594 5 Sarah b 1830 ; m Edward Whltaker ;
issue
695 6 James M. b Oct. 31, 1832; was in
the war of the rebellion. He m (1) Nancy
Balentine; m (2) widow Sarepta Johnson
597 8 Simeon b May. 27, 1839; m ;
res. at Lowell
598 9 Jefferson b June 27, 1839; m Ellen
Brooks; res. Lowell
599 10 Francis b Jan. 27, 1841 ; m Sarah
Scranton
600 11 Charles b 1834; d 1854
447 5 Nathan Eaton, son of (296 6) b
May 22, 1805; m (1) Mary Ann Bruce of
Marlboro, 1830; m (2) Emeline Ball of Athol;
m (3) Eliza Ann Tavener of Newton, who
d May 7, 1877; he d Dec. 21, 1884, aged 79.
IsSU.6
601 1 Nathaniel b Dec. 18, 1842; m
Lucy Ann Eaton
602 2 George W. b Oct. 23, 1845 ;'m Mary
Whitney
603 3 Calvin b Aug. 27, 2847; m Laura
B. Miller
There were also other children who did
not live to grow up.
452 10 Marshall Eaton, son of (296 6)
b Mar. 3, 1851; m Sept. 1842, Emilia, dau
Russell Haynes; he was a chairmaker by
trade; d Mar. 10, 1881; his widow d Mar.
21. 1888, aged 72.
DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM EATON 347
Issue
604 1 Nancy b 1843; m Albert Rice
606 2 Frank b June 1, 1845; m Martha
Jackson
606 3 Helen
607 4 Mary
608 5 Hendle b Oct. 30, 1851; m Sarah
L. Peabody
609 6 Charles b Dec. 1854; m Maud
Butterfield
464 12 SteUman Eaton, son of (296 6)
b Oct. 3, 1819; m Mary, dau Nathaniel
Wheeler, Nov. 21, 1850; d May 5, 1875.
Issue
610 1 Emma m George N. Haynes
611 2 Addle unm
612 3 Delia m Frank M. Rice
466 14 William Eaton, son of (296 6
b Jan. 18, 1822; m Anna Gates, Aug. 12, 1849;
Issue
613 1 Lucy Ann m Nathan Eaton (601 1) ;
and other children
461 4 Noah Eaton, son of (304 3) b ;
m Hannah Whetherspoon
Issue
614 1 Edward b 1844; served as musician
n Co. L 1st Heavy Artillery of Rebellion
616 2 Noah Martin b 1832; m
Served in Rebellion
616 3 Victor b 1840; served as private
in Rebellion; was wounded in the hand near
Richmond Oct. 14, 1864
348 EATON GENEALOGY
463 1 Zenas Eaton, son of (306 2) b
1797; m 1825 Lois Smith
Issue
617 1 Jacob b 1834; Private in War of
Rebellion (4th Cavalry) m
618 2 John Smith b Oct. 30, 1827; was
a cordwainer; served in the Rebellion; m
472 1 Hon. Lilly Eaton, son of (309 6)
b in that part of Reading lately incorporated
as a town by the name of Wakefield, Jan. 13,
1802; d there Jan. 16, 1872, aged 70 years;
he was educated at the public schools in
Reading, and fitted for college at Bradford
academy, under Benjamin Greenleaf . In con-
sequence of the death of his father he aban-
doned the idea of a professional life, and
entered upon mercantile pursuits in the town
of his nativity. He was elected cashier and
treasurer of several corporations in that
town. He served as selectman 1827-49 and
1851-54, and as town clerk 1829-41 ; represent-
ative in general court 1831, 1835, 1845 and
1848; member of the senate 1837, 1838-9.
He edited the Bi-Centennial Celebration of
the Incorporation of the Old Town of Reading,
May 29, 1844, and at the time of his death
had nearly completed a History of Reading,
including the towns of Reading, Wakefield,
and North Reading. He m Eliza Nicholas
(Nichols), dau of Samuel and Elizabeth
Nichols, Nov. 11, 1824. (The Hon. Lilly,
of Wakefield, b Jan. 13. 1802, d suddenly of
DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM EATON 349
paralysis Jan. 16, 1872.) He was writer of
many of the Eaton sketches.
Issue
619 1 Henry Lilly b June 27, 1826
620 2 Stlllman Augustus b Jan. 25, 1826
476 7 John Sullivan Eaton, son of (309 6)
b 1812; m (1) 1846 Harriet W. Oliver; m (2)
Ann E. Knowls.
Issue
621 1 Walter Sullivan b Aug. 11, 1847
was detailed as clerk at Gen. Granby's head-
quarters at New Orleans, La., Jan. 1865
was present at the taking of Mobile, Ala
April 11, 1865; now in Treasury Department
Washington. D. C.
Eighth Generation
484 3 Osgood Eaton, son of (321 1) b
at Welton, Dec. 31, 1837; m (1) ;
m (2) in Hingham, Dec. 23, 1865, Helen E.
Beal, dau of Daniel and Hannah (Burbank)
Beal (boot-manufacturer; afterwards farmer)
Issue
622 1 Helen W. b 1866
623 2 Oabert Osgood b Sept. 4, 1868
624 3 Laurence b Dec. 16, 1870
626 4 Philip b 1873; d 1873
626 5 Wilbur Lewis b 1876
627 6 Wallace b Mar. 1880
498 7 Douglas Eaton, son of (343 8) b
in Toronto, Canada, Sept. 12, 1866; m Martha
Elizabeth Clayton, b at Winter Pock, Va.,
April 9, 1869; m at Richmond, Va. April 10,
1893. He is a hardware and housefumishing
merchant of Richmond, Va.
Issue
628 1 Beulah Ellen b Richmond, Va.,
Aug. 12, 1894
629 2 Douglas Chamberlain b Feb. 10,
1896
630 3 Bemlce Redford b Nov. 3, 1897
631 4 Freeman Smith b Mar. 7, 1902
616 2 WlUiam Eaton, son of (368 3) b
June 26, 1800; m Dec. 2, 1824, Ann Nurse,
dau of John William Eaton, d Nov. 16, 1826;
his widow d in 1850.
(860)
DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM EATON 351
Issue
632 1 George William b Jan. 5, 1826;
m Sarah Adams of Keene, H. H.
633 2 John m Louise Andrews, widow
of Oren Downs
Eliza Eaton of North Haven, Conn., m Andrews
Dec. 1845, Garrett Andrews (2nd son of Mem.
Isaac Andrews) of Naugatuck, Conn., and
Sally Holmes of Solon, N. Y. He d Oct. 31,
1860, at Prince ville, Peoria Co., 111., aged 37.
Issue
Thomas Eaton b Oct. 1856
627 3 Levi Curtis Eaton, son of (370 5)
b Dec. 12, 1811; m Sarah (Mason) Ruggles
Issue
634 1 Amasa M. b 1841; m Alice M.
Dunnell.
363 5 Elbridge Eaton, son of (371 6)
b Sept. 28, 1811; lived at Bracketts Comers.
He m June 28, 1836, Lydia B. Brackett; he
was a carpenter by trade. He d Jan. 29,
1873.
Issue 636 1 Susan A. b Jan. 15, 1842;
m Nov. 20, 1861, George H. Williams of
Groton
636 2 Mary Ella b Jan. 19, 1850; m
Sept. 28, 1870, Josiah S. Williams, brother
of George
644 3 Franklin H. Eaton, son of (374 2)
b April 8, 1817; m Josephine W. Alden and
settled in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Issue
637 1 Josephine m William McConway
638 2
352 EATON GENEALOGY
Family Rec 548 1 John Eaton, son of (381 1) b Oct.
E^on ^oi'' ^' ^'^^^'' ^ ^^ Thanksgiving day 1805, Mary
Piusburg Brown, who was b Nov. 18, 1784; he d Nov.
Pa. V 24, 1823; and Mary his wife d April 8, 1862.
Issue
639 1 Hiram W. b Aug. 19, 1808; m Anna
Mott Holt
666 7 Joseph Emerson Eaton, son of (381
5) b in Groton, Middlesex Co., Mass., 1809;
d Aug. 4, 1868. He removed to the St. Croix
region. New Brunswick, where he engaged
with other members of the family in the
lumber business, in which he was succeeded
by his son, Bradley L. Eaton. He m (2)
Elizabeth Jane Wright, in 1832, of St. Ste-
phens, New Bnmswick.
Issue
640 1 Charles H. of Calais, Me. ; m Sarah
Keith of Portland, Me.
641 2 Joseph E. of Calais ; m Mary Simp-
son of Brooldyn, N. Y.
642 3 Elizabeth m Albert Benton, of Phil-
adelphia, Pa.
643 4 Albert C. m Ella Lovering, of
Houlton, Me.
644 5 Herbert W. of Calais, Me., imm
646 6 Bradley Llwellyn m Vashiti Gates
Issue by 2nd wife
646 7 Mary J. of Boston unm
647 8 William d infant
668 9 Henry Franklin Eaton, son of (381
5) b in Groton, Mass. ; settled in New Bruns-
wick and was very successful as a lumber
merchant; he lived in Milltown, N. B., and
DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM EATON 353
*
Calais, Me.; he m Oct. 17, 1842, Anna Louise,
(b at Portland, Me., Dec. 12, 1822) dau of
William and Esther (Wigglesworth) Board-
man.
Issue
648 1 Henry F.
649 2 George H. (Hon.) b March 14,
1848; m Elizabeth Woodbury
660 3 Henrietta M. m Rev. J. Blair
Issue
Helen Blair
Annie
Kenneth
661 4 Henry B.
662 5 Franklin M.
663 6 Annie K. m Horace B. Murchie
Issue
Wilfred Murchie
Howard
Lillian
664 7 Wilfred L.
661 2 Samuel W. Eaton, son of (396 1) Umb's
b ; m Catherine Demarst . ^^^z- i>ict.
Issue
666 1 Edward Dwight b at Lancaster,
Wis., Jan. 12, 1851; educator, and president
of Beloit college. He graduated Beloit
college, 1872; Yale Divinity school, 1876;
studied at Leipzig and Heidelberg, Germany ;
in 1876 returned to America and entered the
Congregational ministry. He was pastor at
Newton, Iowa, 1876-9; Oak Park, 111., 1886;
Jtme, 1896, was elected president of Beloit
college. In 1889 he visited China as a mem-
of the u. s.
■ •
11
354 EATON GENEALOGY
ber of the deputation sent by the American
Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
to inspect its work in that country. He re-
ceived the degree of LL. D. from the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin, and that of D. D. from the
North vyestem University in 1887. .^ ^^
668 3 Alfred Eaton, son of (407 5) b at
Portland, N. Y., Mar. 4, 1815; m May 20,
1845, Hannah C. Clark (b in Lyme, N. Y.,
Sept. 14, 1825) dau of J. M. Clarke (b Block
Island, R. I., Dec. 4, 1796) came to Jefferson
county, N. Y., in 1814); m (2) Sept. 10, 1848,
Nancy Kendall, b in Vt. Mar. 17, 1803.
In 1836 he removed to Wisconsin, and lived
there until 1853, when he returned to Port-
land and remained upon the homestead imtil
1884, when he removed to Westfield, N. Y.
He d in Portland, April 13, 1890.
672 5 Prof. Darwin Groves Eaton, of
Brooklyn, N. Y., son of (407 5), b at Port-
land, N. Y., Mar. 6, 1822, was a teacher in
the State Normal School, Albany, N. Y.,
1845-51; of Brooklyn Female Academy, af-
terwards Packer Collegiate Institute, 1851-83,
A. M., M. D., Ph. D. He m Oct. 2, 1850,
Ann J. Collins, granddaughter of Claudius
Webster of Monticello, N. Y.
673 1 Oscar Eaton, son of (408 6) b
Sept. 2, 1808; m Feb. 18 1841, Mary Stand-
is, tatight school, as well as traded in Smith's
store, 1830-40. He was county commissioner
of Lincoln coimty 1848-58. He remained
DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM EATON
355
Upon the Eaton homestead, where he d July
27, 1864.
IsStl6
666 1 Miles b Dec. 25, 1841; d Jan. 5,
1842
667 2 Cyrus
668 3 C^rus
669 4 b Dec. 21, 1842; d 1842
660 5 Laura Elizabeth b Jan. 9, 1844
removed to Warren. She was a teacher
661 6 Mary Augusta b Feb. 2, 1846
d 1868 (April 10)
662 7 George Oscar b May 14, 1848
enlisted in the 15th Regt. Me. Vol's; grad-
uated West Point Military academy in 1873
Lieut. 5th Regt. Cavalry U. S. Army.
663 8 Susan Heard b April 28, 1850
d July 6, 1868
664 9 Cyrus Winfield
682 1 Nathan Eaton, son of (437 1) b
1803; m Mary Bowman and resided in Nash-
ua, N. H., where he d Feb. 22, 1865; she d
Feb. 15, 1893.
Issue
666 1
666 2
667 3
Mary b 1828; d 1853
Frank b Nov. 23, 1831
John b April 1832; d Sept. 26,
1890; weis in the war of the Rebellion
668 4 Charles Henry b Mar 6, 1849, at
Concord; was in the war of the Rebellion (a
pensioner at Nashua)
669 5 Eliza jane b 1 836 ; m Joseph Presby,
of Nashua, Oct. 20, 1859
670 6 Lizzie H. m (1) Joseph Warden; m
356 EATON GENEALOGY
(2) Benjamin Pratt; m (3) C. H. Smith, and
resides in Nashua, N. H.
690 1 Thomas Eaton, son of 443 1) b
; m (1) Lydia Warren, Oct. 29, 1846;
she d 1858; he m (2) Sareih, dau Jesse and
Betsy (Comee) Lovewell, Nov. 28, 1858.
He is a collector of taxes.
Issue
671 1 Frederick A. b Dec. 4, 1857; m (1)
Alice Shepard; m (2) Maggie L. Brown
694 6 James Eaton, son of (443 1) b
; m (1) Nancy Balentine, July 1, 1854;
she d 1875; m (2) widow Anna Burnet, Dec.
19, 1881 ; served in the war of the Rebellion.
Issue
672 1 Mary m Alfred Hobbs (issue)
673 2 Ellen m Reuben Puffer (issue)
674 3 Charles d tmm. 1886
676 4 Lucinthia m Albert May (issue)
676 5 George H. Sept. 17, 1865
677 6 Aarian R. b Sept. 12, 1872
678 7 Alice
601 4 Nathaniel Eaton, son of (447 5)
b ; m Sept. 23, 1800, Lucy Ann, dau
William and Ann (Gates) Eaton
Issue
679 1 Arthur George b June 4, 1887
680 2 Lora Ann
606 2 Frank Eaton, son of (462 10) m
Martha, dau Levi and Jane Jackson
Issue
681 1 Susan
682 2 Roy C- b Mar. 18, 1881
DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM EATON 357
608 5 Hendel Eaton, son of (452 10) b
1854; m Sarah L. Peabody, Jan. 18, 1874;
d Mar. 12, 1887.
Issue
683 1 Florence
684 2 Leon
609 6 Charles Eaton, son of (373 10)
b ; m Maud Butterfield
Issue
685 1 Ruby
686 2 Herman
Ninth Generation
632 1 George William Eaton, son of (616
2) b Jan. 5, 1826; m Sarah Adams, of Keene,
N. H.
Issue
687 1 WiUiaxn F. b at Northfield, May
27, 1850
688 2 Emma b at Boston Comers, Jan.
11, 1853
689 3 Mary Ida b at Clinton, Vt., Mar.
31, 1860; d young
Robert 633 2 John Eaton, son of (516 2) ;
Hirt^by ^ (^^ » ^ (^^ Louise Andrews,
A.N. Adams widow of Oren Downs (b 1827; d 1885)
p 229 Issue
690 1 Candace b Sept. 22, 1854; m Amasa
Bums; resides at Vancouver, Wash.
691 2 Eva b Dec. 17, 1856; m John
Tranmer
692 3 Lewis b April 12, 1862; resides in
Tekama, Neb.
634 1 Amasa Mason Eaton, son of (627 3)
of Providence, R. I., b at North Providence
May 31,.1841 ; graduated at Brown University
1861, LL. B. Harvard Law School 1878;
m Sept. 15, 1873, Alice Maud Mary, dau of
Jacob and Amey (Brown) Dunnell of Paw-
tucket, R. I.
(868)
^
DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM EATON 359
Issue
693 1 Amasa Jr. b Sept 24, 1874
694 2 WilUam Dunnells b Feb. 26, 1877
696 3 Sarah Brown b Jtine 30, 1878
696 4 Charles Curtis b Jan. 16, 1880
697 5 Lewis Dinman b Sept. 13, 1881
698 6 Amy Brown b Jan. 1. 1885
639 1 Hiram W. Eaton, son of (648 1)
b Aug. 19, 1808; m May 25, 1837, Anna Mott
Holt, who was b March 31, 1811, and who d
Dec. 4, 1881; he d in 1899. They resided in
Brooklyn, N Y.
. Issue
699 1 John b Aug. 20, 1840; m Margaret
H. Collins
646 6 Bradley Llewellyn Eaton, son of
(666 7) b in Milltown, St. Stephens, N. B.,
Dec. 5, 1850; succeeded his father in the
lumber bvisiness on the St. Croix river until
1887, when he removed to New York
City and becattie a partner in the lumber
btisiness of Church E. Gates & Co. He is
a member of the N. Y. Yacht, Larchmont
Yacht Clubs, director of the Mount Morris
Bank and of the MetropoUtan Bank of New
York, and attends the Congregational church.
He m Oct. 10, 1872, Vashiti, dau Ephraim
C. and Vashiti Gates of Calais, Me.
Issue
700 1 Jane Vashiti b 1874
701 2 Church Gates b Dec. 18, 1878;
d Oct. 31, 1881
702 3 F. Emerson b Nov. 13, 1878; d
Oct. 31, 1881
360 EATON GENEALOGY
703 4 Grace Llewellyn b Jan. 21, 1883;
m Frank L. Schoomnaker
704 5 Ruth Lois b Oct. 20, 1884
705 6 Vashlti Bradley b July 9, 1888
649 2 Hon. George Howard Eaton, son
of (558 9) b at Milltown, New Bnmswick;
graduated at Amherst college, 1870, with
degree of A. B. He became associated with
his father and brothers in the Itunber bus-
iness under the name of Henry Eaton & Sons
at Calais, Me. He is president of the Inter-
national Trust & Banking Company of Calais,
Me.; trustee of the Calais public library.
In 1901 he was elected to the State Legis-
lature and served two terms. He was State
senator in 1906, serving on important com-
mittees, and re-elected in 1908. He m at
Milltown, N. B., Aug. 22, 1871, Elizabeth
Woodbury, of Chicago, 111., (b at Amherst,
Mass., Aug. 27, 1849) dau of James W.
Boyden, a lawyer, of Beverly.
Issue
706 1 George Dudly b Aug. 31, 1872
707 2 Elizabeth b Sept. 1, 1874
708 3 John Boyden Feb. 7, 1877
709 4 Harria Dickinson b Jan. 7, 1879
710 5 Anna Louise b Mar. 7, 1881
711 6 Miriam Breed b Nov. 7, 1883
712 7 Alice rMay, b June 20, 1887
713 8 Louise Woodbury b Mar. 28, 1892
J
Tenth Generation
699 1 John Eaton, son of (626 1) b Aug.
20, 1840; m Margaret H. Collings, Feb. 23,
1863.
Issue
714 1 Mabel b ; m Rev. Frederick
Ward Denys
716 2 Lulu b ; m Louis Brown
716 3 Florence d aged 7 yrs.
2 Joshua Eaton, son of (271 1) b 1778;
m May 26, 1803, Susannah, dau Richard and
Rebecca (Abbott) Boynton.
Issue:
717 1 Joshua b Mar. 23, 1705; m Harriet
Kinney, Mar. 22, 1829
718 2 Rebecca b Oct. 26, 1806; m George
Freeman^ Jan. 7, 1828
719 2 AbigaU b Nov. 7, 1809; m Luther
Wills, May 1830; d 1841
680 1 William Green Eaton, son of (419
2) (p. 431) b in Charlestown in 1808; d at
Roxbury in 1854, aged 46 years; m Elizabeth
W. Boylston.
Issue:
720 1 Edward Boylston m Abbey Frances,
dau Darius Yoimg
721 2 Mary E. b 1836
722 3 Eatherine b 1839; d 1899
(8S1)
362 EATON GENEALOGY
723 4 Frederick R. of Newton m Dec. 24,
1868, Frances Maria, dau Shubel and Mary
(Hammond) Treat of Waltham
Issue:
Warren Mosely b June 11, 1884
724 5 William H. m Jan. 7, 1886, Addie,
dau William Marcus
104 9 Samuel Eaton, son of (36 6)
(p. 284), b 1702; removed to Tolland, Conn,
m
Issue:
726 1 Samuel Jr. b 1735; settled in Hol-
den; m
Issue :
726 1 Abel m Elizabeth ; she d
May 30, 1834
Issue ;
727 1 Joel m Eunice Steams
728 2 Loren b 1804; m (1) Lydia ;
m (2) Mary Cook
729 3 James b 1813; m Martha Snow
727 1 Joel Eaton, son of (726 l)m Eunice
dau Abraham Steams and removed to Wood-
stock, Vt .
Issue:
730 1 Augusta
731 2 Elizabeth
732 3 Ellen
733 4 John S.
728 2 Loren Eaton, son of (726 1) b
1804; m (2) Mary Cook
Issue :
734 1 Mary d unm
J
DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM EATON 363
736 2 Ames tn Eugene Howard
736 3 Elizabeth m David Pomeroy
737 4 Loring b 1828; m Mary Norcross
738 5 Orleans m Ellen Aldrich
739 6 Cyrus m Mary Moor
740 7 Calvin m Ella Pratt
729 3 James Eaton son of (726 1)
729 3 James Eaton, son of (726 1) b
une 22, 1813; m July 10, 1845, Martha, dau
oseph Snow; h d 1872
Issue
741 1 James Harvey b 1847;. d 1864 at
Washington, D, C.
742 2 Humphrey G. b 1847; m Julia
Goodale
743 3 Alfred S. b 1851
744 4 Addie J. b 1856
738 5 Orleans Eaton, son of (728 2) b
1833; m (1) 1863, Ellen (d 1877), dau Rev.
Tristam Aldrich; m (2) 1877, Mrs. Adelphia
Thayer, dau Benjamin F. Draper
Issue m
746 1
Herbert J. b 1864
746 2
WilHs 0. b 1869
747 3
Mabel b 1873; d 1888
748 4
Cora Ellen b 1877
742 2
Humphrey Eaton, son of (729 3)
b Arpil ]
19, 1849; m Sept. 5, 1875, Julia M.
dau E. Y. Goodale
Issue
749 1
Addie Geneva b 1877
760 2
Ned Herman b 1879
761 3
Carl Wesley b 1882
762 4
Leila b 1884
364 EATON GENEALOGY
Chart
Lieut. Nathaniel Eaton — Rebecca Dodge.
1743-1796 (He was Lieut, at Bunker Hill.)
Issue
John Eaton — Mary Limball.
1767-1817 (He d. in Montreal, Canada.)
Issue
Ruth Eaton — Robert Hall Sherburne.
1795-1822 1801-1875
Issue
Maria Louise Sherburne — Col. Jesse Augustus Gove.
1830- 1824-1862
(His portrait is preserved in the State
Issue Capitol at Concord.)
Lieut. Charles Augustus Gove — Minnie Webster.
1854
Chart
John Eaton — Abigail Damon
Issue
John Eaton — Alice
1636-1794-5
Isbue
Jonathan Eaton —Mary Starr
1681-1748
Issue
John Eaton — Hannah Johnson
1724-1788
Issue
Comfort Eaton— Polly Griffith
Issue
Maria Eaton — Rev. Ivers Whitman
1798-1873
Issue
Rebecca Whitman — Dr. P. M. Leonard
PART IV
ELMWOOD OR NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH
BATONS OF SALISBURY
HAVERHILL BATONS
Col. Chestcfr London
Marriage Licences, p 438
John ]&Btton, Clerk. A. M. & Ann Crossman,
of the City of London — ^wid. of Cross-
man, late of Ipswich Co. Suffolk Clerk at
gt PauUs Wharf London 26 Dec 1621
EATON
John Eaton, with his wife Anne and six
children, two sons and four daughters, is
known to have been in Cholcester, now Salis-
bury, Mass. as early as **ye 26th of ye 6th
mo. 1640," *When they were granted to
him 2 acres, more or less for his house lott,
lying between the house lotts of Mr. Samuel
Hall and Ralfe Blesdale'' Said to be
about equally distant from the Atlantic and
the Merrimac.
He remained there about six years, when
he removed to Haverhill, 15 miles up the
river, when he received a deed of land dated
*Note The earliest grants of land (Eaton ^^s'- ^^
Franc "
town
Grants) in Salisbury were given to John Eaton. ^^'*^*-
(865)
366 EATON GENEALOGY
Nov. 25, 1646, from Rev. Nathaniel Ward,
of Ipswich, for which he gave "the ftill sum
of twelve pounds worth of wheat and pipe
' staves, 6 poimds worth of one and six povmds
worth of the other.' '*
John Eaton was a cooper and farmer and
dealt considerably in real estate. He was
proprietor in 1639 and 1646-48 a town officer.
In 1650 A Salisbury Conmioner rated f. o.
34. 7. He was a man of strong will power,
tempered by sound practical judgment, who
believed in liberty of conscience and toler-
ation in society. John and Anne Eaton, it
is supposed, were min England inl618.t It
is thought that their six children were all
bom in England though their names are
recorded in Salisbury in the following order:
Issue
2 1 John b 1619; settled in Salisbury,
m Martha Rowlandson
3 2 Ensign Thomas b 1618; settled in
Haverhill; m (1) Martha Kent; m (2) Unice
Singletery, dau of Richard, of Salisbury,
6 Jan. 1659; (m at Andover, Mass.)
4 3 Anne b 1622; m Lieut. George Brown,
June 25, 1645, and rem. to Haverhill; d 1683
^ 6 4 Elizabeth b 1625; m James Davis
*Note John Eaton, in the fall of 1647,
transferred his homestead and rights as one
New Eng. of the proprietors to his son, John Eaton,
G^* R^^ ^^^ removed to Haverhill, Mass., where he
vH^* ^^* employed himself in the manufacture of staves.
t John Eaton without doubt m Anne Cross-
man as 2d w. in 1621; m 1st in 1617-18.
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 367
6 5 Ruth b 1628; m John Ingalls in 1668
7 6 Esther (Hester) b 1634; d unm.
1649.
Anne, wife of John Eaton, d Feb. 5, 1660.
He m (2) Mrs. Phebe Dow, widow of Thomas
Dow, of Newbury, Nov. 20, 1661, and d Oct.
29, 1668; will proved April 13, 1669; his
2nd wife survived him four years, d Nov. 3,
1672.
Whatever may have been the cause of the
emigration of this Eaton family from the
Old Coimtry, one thing is plain, the leader
was a man of conviction, who acted upon his
own judgment. His general course of con-
duct from the time he left Salisbury till he
d in Haverhill shows he was capable under
God of being the architect of his own fortime.
His autograph, his. dealings in real estate,
and his official relations in Salisbury, his
breaking away from his associates, his choice
of a home in Haverhill, and his last will and
testament, are so many testimonials of his
ability and integrity. The general standing
of the Batons of America to-day is such as
to reflect honor on the name.
John and Anne and six children lived
near the ** Great Neck Bridge*' on the
"beach road". This homestead has never
passed out of the Eaton family and is now
owned by seven sisters in equal and un-
divided shares, under the name of **Brook-
side Farm'*.
In 1646 John Eaton was grand juror and
also one of the "Prudential Men*' to manage
368 EATON GENEALOGY
the affairs of the town. One of his entries
in the record of the town of Haverhill is
"Anne ye wife of John Eaton died on the 5
of Feb. 1660".
Another John Eaton, Sen. and Phebe
Dow, widow of Thomas, of Newbury were
m ye 20 Nov. 1661
John Eaton Sen. d CJct. 29, 1668 aged 73;
Mrs. Phebe Eaton, d in 1672.
From an exact copy of the original entries
on the first leaf of one of the town's books of
ancient records of the First Settlers of Salis-
bury, is found the name of John Eaton sen.
Without doubt Ann Grossman was 2d wife
to John Eaton and Phebe Dow 3d. Name of
1st wife unknown. Issue of 1st wife 2 sons:
by 2d, 4 datis. (Marriage of John Eaton
given on p. 363).
Second Generation
2 1 John Eaton *Tlanter'\ son of John
Eaton of Salisbury ''Commoner" b 1619;
m in 1644 Martha Rowlandson, dau of
Thomas Rowlandson, sen., of Ipswich, Mass.,
and settled in Salisbury in 1650. In deeds
of conveyances of land he was sometimes Town
called "Cooper* \ and at other times * 'planter". Record
In the first paragraph of his will occurs this
sentence; **I commend my soul to Almighty a^^^Ass'n""
God, my Creator, assuredly believing that I Report^89o
shall receive full pardon and free remission
of my sins, and be saved by the precious
death and merits of my blessed Saviour and
Redeemer Christ Jesus.*' He d Nov. 1, 1682;
Martha his wife d about 30 years afterwards,
July 1712, a woman of great age, and of great
excellence of character. John Eaton received
from his father, John sr., all his **living in
Salisbtuy*' and some land in Haverhill.
Issue
8 1 Hester b Aug. 1645; d 1646
■ 9 2 John b 1646; d 1718; m Mary
10 3 Thomas b Jan. 17, 1647; d 1699;
m Hannah Hibbard
11 4 Martha b Aug. 12, 1648; m (1)
Benjamin Collins; m (2) Philip Flanders
12 5 Elizabeth b Dec. 12, 1650; m Dr.
John Groth
13 6 Ann b Dec. 17, 1652; d June 12, 1658
(809)
370 EATON GENEALOGY
14 7 Sarah b Feb. 28, 1655; m Robert
Downer
16 8 Mary b Dec. 9, 1656; d Jan. 1, 1657
16 9 Samuel b Feb. 14, 1659; a mariner.
No account of marriage
17 10 Capt. Joseph b Mar. 1, 1661; m
Mary French
18 11 Ephraim b April 12, 1663; m Mary
True
John Eaton is thought to have been in
England in Mar. 1664-5; as John Hall wrote
to his mother that he had then accidentally
met there John Eaton, and said, "I can dis-
ceme the face of a N. E. man though he forget
mine". Eaton told Hall the name of his
''new brother" (Rev. John Hall), who lived
in ''Satto in N. E." Hall quoted a saying
of his "Late father Worcester," and seems
to have sent a letter by Eaton. . . .
3 2 *Ensign Thomas Eaton, yeoman; son
of John Eaton. ''Commoner" of Salisbury,
Mass., b 1618; went with his father to Haver-
hill, where he m (1) Martha Kent, Aug. 14,
1656, who d Mar. 9, 1657. He m (2) Unice
Singletery, dau of Richard, of Salisbury.
They were m at Andover, Mass., Jan. 2, 1659;
"^Note Thomas Eaton was the first select-
man of the. town in 1697; he was one of the
committee on location of the Meeting House.
The inventory of his estate amoimted to
£404. 5s. His wife, Unes, as he wrote in
his will, d Oct. 5, 1715.
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 371
he d Dec. 15, 1708; Eunice his wife d Oct. 5
1517
Issue by 1st wife
19 1 Martha b Feb. 27, 1657; m Thomas
Roby
Issue by 2nd wife
20 2 Thomas b Mar. 16, 1660; m Hannah
Webster, May 5, 1684
21 3 Lydia b July 23, 1662; m Jacob
Hardy
22 4 John b Mar. 6, 1664; m Mary Sing-
lertery, June 25, 1700
23 5 Jonathan b April 23, 1668; m (1)
Sarah Sanders, Mar. 19, 1695; m (2) Ruth
24 6 Job b April 22, 1671 ; m Mary Simons
Jan. 10. 1698
26 7 Timothy b May 19, 1674; m Ruth
Chapman, and d 1763 (issue)
26 8 Ebenezer* b April 5, 1677; d imm
May 14, 1737
27 9 Martha b Mar. 16, 1680; m Thomas
Roby, as 2nd wife to her half sister's husband
28 10 Ruth b Nov. 23, 1684; m (1) Eben-
ezer Kimball; m (2) Stephen Johnison
"^Note Ebenezer Eaton was a rich bach-
elor farmer who occupied the homestead of
his father. The Inventory of his Estate was
£1757. 13 s. divided among his brothers
and sisters.
Third Generation
9 2 John Eaton, of Salisbtiry Mass., son
of (2 1) b 1646; m in 1684 Mary and
occupied a part of his father's estate on the
"neck lot*' of upland in Salisbury. He seems
to have had a strong passion for real estate,
and extended his purchases into Maine,
into Winnegance Cove, as far as 25 miles
N. E. of Portland He was one of the men
imprest for her Majesty's Service of July
ye 5, 1710; the order read '*An order to
Lt.; or to Sergt Bradbury to give notice
to ye men to march forthwith with Capt
Eaton By Order of Colo noyes, . . " He did
not marry until about 40 years of age; his
wife was much younger than himself. He d
Jan. 17, 1717.
Issue
29 1 Mary b Dec. 18, 1685
30 2 John b June 1687; m Nov. 18,
1708, Esther Swett, of Haverhill (or Hamp-
ton, N. H.)
31 3 William b Nov. 1689; m Mary Little-
field, of Wells, Me.
32 4 James b April. 27, 1691
33 5 Samuel b Nov. 25, 1692; m Htddah
Worthen
34 6 Martha b Sept. 5 1695; m Isaac
Buswell
36 7 Jonathan b Oct. 2, 1698; m Judith
Ash.
(872)
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 373
36 8 Thomas b Mar. 21, 1701; m Mehit-
able Silley (Sully)
37 9 Daniel b July 13, 1704; d young
38 10 Daniel b Mar. 11, 1710; m Nancy
Pike
10 3 Thomas Eaton, son of (2 1) b in
Salisbury, Mass., Jan. 17, 1647; m Nov. 14,
1679> Hannah Hubbard and settled on a
farm in Salisbury, "Laid out to him in the
peake division, so-called, 9th Lot" where
his children were bom. Previous to 1687
he moved his family to Boston, where he d
July 9, 1699.
Issue
39 1 Hannah b 1682; d 1683
40 2 Hannah b 1684; d in Boston 1711
unm.
41 3 Joseph b 1686)
42 4 John b 1686)
43 5 Thomas b Sept. 15, 1680; d Boston
1699
17 10 Capt. Joseph Eaton, son of (2 1)
b in Salisbury, Mass., Mar. 1, 1660-1; m Dec.
14, 1683, Mary French and lived upon the
3 acres of land at *' Sandy Hiir* left him by
his father. He was a house carpenter al-
though he dealt largely in real estate. He
was fond of hunting and trapping, and in
the seasons would go with others as far east
as Bnmswick, Maine, and on his return
entertain family and friends with exciting
incidents of his excursions. His Wife Mary
d July 12, 1725. He m (2) Marv Worcester
of Bradford, Mass., Nov. 1726. His 2nd
374 EATON GENEALOGY
wMe d Sept. 2, 1759; he d Jan. 13, 1743,
having appointed his son Nicholas as executor
of his wiU.
Isstie
44 1 John b 1684; d 1684
46 2 John b Oct. 18, 1685; m Esther
Johnson of Kingston, N. H.; m (2) Elizabeth
Hook
46 3 Samuel b Dec. 7, 1687; m Mary
Malcom
47 4 Joseph b Aug. 14, 1690; m Mary
French
48 5 Benjamin b Feb. 14. 1693; m Sarah
Merrill
49 6 Moses* b May. 18, 1695; killed by
Indians, near Brunswick, Me.
60 7 Mary b April 9, 1697; m Benjamin
True, Jan. 4, 1715
61 8 Nicholas b Sept. 12, 1699; m Mercy
Walton
62 9 Sarah b May 30, 1701; m David
Buswell, June 30, 1720
63 10 Jacob b April 16, 1703; m (1)
Sarah Plummer; m (2) Sarah Malcom, and
resided at Topsham, Me.
64 11
18 11 Ephralm Eaton, son of (2 1) b
April 12, 1662; m Feb. 5, 1688, Mary, dau
of Capt. Henry True; he d Jvme 9, 1723.
Note* (49 6) Moses Eaton was taken
prisoner in Jvme 1722, cruelly mutilated and
carried to Pleasant Point, where the Indians
killed him.
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 375
His wife d in 1748. He was both cooper and
farmer.
Issue
66 1 Mary b Dec. 11, 1689; m Oct. 8,
1713, Jacob Green
66 2 Ephralm b May 24, 1692; was pub-
lished to Mary Bartlett of Newbury Jan. 12,
1722; and forbid
67 3 Jane b Sept. 13, 1694; m 1718
John Stevens
68 4 Samuel b Aug. 6, 1697; d at Hamp-
ton Falls in 1756
69 5 Jemima b April 15, 1701; d 1709
60 6 Capt. Henry b Jan. 22, 1703; m
Aug. 10, 1727, Mary True
61 7 Jabez b 1705; d 1705
62 8 Lieut. Jabez b 1708 (Aug. 9); m
Jan. 16, 1732, Sarah True
20 2 Thomas Eaton, Jr. of Haverhill,
Mass., son of (3 2) b Mar .16, 1660 ; m Hannah
Webster, May 5, 1684. He was killed by
Indians, March 15, 1696, the day Mrs. Hannah
Dtistin was taken prisoner. His widow d
Aug. 14, 1747.
Issue
63 1 Stephen b Mar. 21, 1684; d 1685
64 2 Thomas b Oct. 7, 1686; m May 22,
1729, Lydia Kimball
66 3 Hannah b Sept. 30, 1688; m Caleb
Allen, of Enfield, Mass.
66 4 Judith b Mar. 5, 1690; m Joseph
Hazeltlne
67 5 Joseph b Feb. 16, 1692; d 1715,
unm. He was a weaver
\
376 EATON GENEALOGY
68 6 Lydia b Oct. 17, 1694; m 1732,
Joseph HajTiman
69 7 Nathaniel (Lieut.) b Aug. 14. 1696;
d Jan. 10, 1796-7
Thomas Eaton, Jr. was the first male
child of the Eaton family bom in Haverhill,
Mass. The Eaton neighborhood for a hun-
dred years and more was in plain sight of
the Dustin homestead.
21 3 Lydia Eaton, dau of (3 2) b July
23, 1662; m Jacob Hardy.
Issue
70 1 Joseph b 1701
22 4 John Eaton, son of (3 2) b Mar.
6, 1664; m Mary Singletery, June 25, 1700,
and settled on a farm in Haverhill, where
their children were bom. Mary his wife d
Jan. 26, 1729; he d July 10, 1736.
Issue
71 1 Mary b April 10, 1701; m Thomas
Whittier, of Methuen, 1729
72 2 Sarah b June 4, 1703; d unm
73 3 John b Feb. 5, 1705; m Judith
Hale, of Newbury
74 3 Anne b April 19, 1708; d unm
Nov. 26, 1766; inventory of her estate ;C66.
76 5 Moses b Sept. 6, 1710; m Susanna
Levant
76 6 Nathaniel b April 28, 1714; d young
77 7 Thomas b May 25, 1717; d young
78 8 Eunice b May 6, 1720; d yotmg
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 377
23 5 * Jonathan Eaton, yeoman, son of
(3 2) b April 23, 1668; m (1) Sarah Sanders,
Mar. 17, 1695; she d April 23, 1698; he m
(2) Ruth Paige, of Haverhill, Jan. 23, 1699;
he d Jan. 20, 1723; his wife d April 1743.
Issue by 1st wife
79 1 James (farmer b at Haverhill, Mass.)
Mar. 9, 1697; m Mrs. Rachel (Kimball) Ayer,
widow of Samuel Ayer, Jr., June 13, 1728.
James Eaton was a man of feeble health,
who m late in life.
Issue by 2nd wife
80 2 Nathaniel b Mar. 5, 1701; d before
his father
81 3 Sarah b Mar. 7, 1702 ....
82 4 Jonathan b Mar. 20, 1705; m Jane
Page
83 5 David b Feb. 14, 1707; d before
his father
84 6 Ruth b April 17, 1712; m Samuel
MerriUf
Note* Jonathan Eaton and Sarah (Sanders)
Eaton, had one child (son) bom the same
day (Mar. 9, 1697) with Mrs. Dustin's child
(whose brains were dashed out six days
afterwards against an apple tree that stood
on Jonathan Eaton's land). That his wife
might escape from the attack of the Indians
she was concealed in a swamp near by, and
by this exposure she took cold, which was
the cause of her death, April 23, 1689.
Note fill the settlement of the estate of
onathan Eaton only the names of James,
onathan and Ruth are mentioned.
378 EATON GENEALOGY
24 6 Job Eaton, son of (3 2) b April
22, 1671, m Mary Simons, June 25, 1695,
and occupied a small farm in the West Parish,
where his children were bom. He d Sept.
17, 1717; his widow m (2) John Marsh, of
HaverhiU, Feb. 8, 1721.
Issue
86 1 Samuel b Oct. 5, 1699; m Mehitable
Harriman
86 2 Thomas b Feb. 20, 1701; m Mehit-
able Carter, of Methuen
87 3 •^Abigail b Feb. 14, 1703; d young
88 4]'^Mary b June 9, 1707; m Isaac
Dalton, Dec. 28, 1727. He was a cordwainer,
who d at Cape Brittain. Issue 11 children.
Fourth Generation
30 2 John Eaton, son of (9 2) b in Salis- Records of
bury, Mass., in 1687; m Nov. 18, 1708, Esther Fate»o«tf».
Swett, dau of James Swett of Hampton Falls, |^*^ ^'
N. H. (b June 9, 1690)
Issue
89 1 John b 1709; m Hannah Fowler,
of Hampton Falls
90 2 Joseph b Aug. 30, 1711; m Jan. 11,
1737, Jane True
91 3 Benjamin b 1718; m Jane Hutchins
92 4 William b 1720; m Ruth Wardell
He was the first white man to make a per-
manent settlement off Deer Isle, Me., in 1762,
93 5 Thomas b Mar. 17, 1722; m Jane
Wheeler
94 6 Wyman b July 24, 1725
96 7 Joseph b May 9, 1728; m Sarah
Bumell Sept. 9, 1751
96 8 Rachel b May 2, 1731
97 9 EUzabeth b Mar. 6, 1734
98 10 Ebenezer b Mar. 6, 1736; m Phebe
Boynton
31 3 William Eaton, son of (9 2) b 1689;
m 1709 Mary Littlefield of Wells, Me. The
records of the 1st Congregational church in
Wells shows that William Eaton united with
the church Feb. 10, 1722, and his wife on
Dec. 23, 1722. He d. about 1742
(8TO)
380 EATON GENEALOGY
Issue
99 1 Mary b 1710; m Joseph Credlfer of
WeUs, Me.
100 2 Sarah b 1713; d young
101 3 Joshua b Mar. 9, 1714; m Ann
102 4 WiUlam b 1717; d 1723
103 5 Martha d young
104 6 Ruth b 1725; m Joshua Adams,
of Wells, Me.
106 7 Joseph b 1727; m Lydia Moulton
Note The father of William Eaton gave
him by Will **C)ne half of my land and right
in the Winnegants Cove, so called at Kenne-
beck", Will dated Jan. 15, 1718.
33 5 Samuel Eaton, son of (9 2) b in
Salisbury, Mass., Nov. 25, 1692; m Huldah
Worthen, dau of John of Hampton Falls,
N. H. He d May 7, 1765; Will proved April
23, 1765. She d Nov. 27, 1806, at Sutton,
being very aged.
Issue
106 1 Samuel b Aug. 28, 1714; m 1744,
Huldah
107 2 Jemima b Oct. 2, 1717; m Samuel
Kazfield
108 3 Jonathan* b 1720; m Nancy
109 4 Elisha b Feb. 3, 1723; m Elizabeth
Blake
*Note Jonathan Eaton is named in the
Will of Samuel Eaton, but not called his
son like the others.
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 381
110 5 Sarah b July 23, 1726; m Chris-
topher Toppen
HI 6 David b Nov. 15, 1728; m Lydia
Fowler
112 7 Martha b Jan. 22, 1730; m
Drake; d young
113 8 Lydia b Aug. 8, 1737; m
Eaton
36 7 Jonathan Eaton, son of (9 2) b
Oct. 2, 1698; m Judith Ash of Salisbury, "
Mass. He was a farmer of some means in
Salisbury, where his children were bom, and
though his family was large, yet a fortnight
before he d he made a division of his estate,
and gave to his wife and children their alloted
parts. He d July 7, 1745.
Issue
114 1 TheophUus b July 3, 1721; m Abi-
gail Fellows
116 2 Nancy b Nov. 15, 1723; m
Pritchard
116 3 Patience b 1725
117 4 Abel b Mar. 1, 1727; m Mrs. Dorcas
Coombs, Oct. 22, 1750, and settled on a farm
in Georgetown, Me.; m (2) Sarah Brown, of
Eastham, 1763
118 5 Thomas b Feb. 8, 1729; m Eunice
Moulton, of Newbury
119 6 Ezekiel b Dec. 7, 1730; m Mary
Campbell
120 6 James b Dec. 11, 1733; d July
21, 1748
121 8 Joseph b 1735; d 1736
122 9 Mary b 1737; d 1737
382 EATON GENEALOGY
123 10 Judith b 1738; d 1740
124 11 Joseph b Mar. 7, 1741; m Sarah
Webster (issue 10 children, one named
Peter)
126 12 Jonathan b Sept. 1745, m Diana
Dow, and settled on Deer Isle. Me.
38 10 *Daniel Eaton, son of (9 2) b Mar.
11, 1710, and bapt. April 23, 1710; m Nancy-
Pike, of Salisbury, in 1730; d Sept. 20, 1798.
Issue
126 1 William b June 12, 1731; m
wid. Arnold (no issue)
127 2 AblgaU b 1733; d 1736
128 3 Ma^ b 1735; d 1736
129 4 Moses b 1737; d young
130 5 Abigail b May 31, 1739; m Jon-
athan Ealot
131 6 Joshua b May 9, 1741; (Mariner-
He never married)
132 7 Mary b 1743; hved on the home-
stead imm
133 8 Daniel b May 19, 1745; m Haimah
Walton
134 9 Benjamin b Aug. 4, 1747; m Mary
Manning
135 10 Nancy b 1749; m John Hickson
136 11 Martha b Aug. 30, 1751; m Abel
Eaton, son of Wyman (264 3) in 1776; issue
3 dau's.
137 12 Bette b 1753; m Caleb Pike
138 13 Sarah b 1755: m William Pike
*See Genealogical Sketch of the Nova
Scotia^Eatons, by Rev. A. W. Eaton, p. 22.
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 383
139 14 James b 1757; m Sarah Eaton,
dau Wyman Eaton (263 2) June 17, 1778,
and lived on the homestead near "Neck
Ridge."
46 2 John Eaton, son of (17 10) b Oct.
18, 1685; m in 1710 Esther Johnson, of King-
ston, N. H., who d Jan. 22, 1727, when he
m (2) Jtily 2, 1728 Elizabeth Hook. By
his 1st wife he had seven children and by his
second two. He was a housewright. He
d March 1. 1746.
IsSU.6
140 1 John b 1714; d 1716
141 2 Joseph b Aug. 30, 1715; m Jane
True, Jan. 11 1737, and settled in Hawke,
N. H. He d Jan. 15, 1776
142 3 AblgaU b Sept. 27 1716; m Jacob
Bradley Dec. 18, 1733'
143 4 Benjamin b 1718; d 1737
144 5 Mary b 1723; m Benjamin Kimball
Dec. 22, 1742
145 6 Hannah b 1721
146 7 Wyman b 1725; m Ruth Merrill
147 8 Esther b Jan 16, 1728; d 1738. and
it is said another child, Moses, b 1724; d 1736
Issue by 2nd wife
148 9 Elizabeth b 1730; d 1736
149 10 John b 1732; m Mary Merrill
Jan. 25, 1770
46 3 Samuel Eaton, son of (17 10) b Hist, of
1687; m Mary Malcom and lived in Bruns- Haverhiu
wick.
Issue
160 1 Daniel b 1722
384 EATON GENEALOGY
161 2 Enoch b ; drowned when a boy
162 3 Samuel b 1733; d 1777; m Susan
Noyes. Issue : Ebenezer, m. Betsy Chandler
163 4 Mary b 1727; m Thomas Stoddard
in 1747
Samuel Eaton inherited a love of explora-
tion. To gratify it he went into the forests
of Maine and fmally settled in what is now
Brunswick. He was the one sent to George-
town with a letter to Captain Harmon and
Moody. The letter was tied in his hair.
When it was not safe by land he took to the
water and swam.
47 4 Joseph Eaton, son of (17 10) b
1690; m Mary French who m (2) Ensign
Andrew Downer, of Salisbury, Mass., Jan.
24, 1740.
Issue
164 1 Mary b Jan. 9, 1725
166 2 Sarah b May 1727; m Joseph Pike,
Feb. 25, 1750
166 3 Joseph b
48 5 Benjamin Eaton, son of (17 10)
b 1692; m Sarah Merrill, Feb. 3, 1718. He
was a carpenter. He d in 1737 and his wife
in 1743.
Issue
167 1 Abraham b 1720; d 1720
168 2 Abraham b May 13, 1721; m (1)
Martha True; m (2) Thankful Hubbard
169 3 Sarah b Mar. 1, 1723; m Jabez
True, Jr., Feb. 10, 1741
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 385
160 4 Rhoda b Mar. 16, 1726; m Joseph
Dow, Dec. 9, 1747
161 5 Anne b 1725; m Thomas Arnold,
Nov. 10, 1747
162 6 Elizabeth b Oct. 19, 1729; m Simon
Noyes
163 7 Benjamin b Dec. 29, 1731 ; d 1737
164 8 Rachel b 1735; d 1737
61 8 Nicholas Eaton, son of (17 10) b
1699; m Mercie Walton, and settled in New
Hampshire.
Issue
166 1 Joseph m Mercie Nicholas
63 10 Jacob Eaton, son of (17 10) b
April 10 1703 in Salisbury, Mass., bapt.
Aug. 1, 1708; published to Sarah Plumer in
Newbury, Mass., April 16, 1726, whom he
m shortly afterwards. He m (2) Sarah
Malcom and was in Topsham, Me., as early
as 1730.
Issue by 1st wife
166 1 Sarah b May. 17, 1727; m
167 2 Hannah b Nov. 5, 1728
Issue by 2nd wife
168 3 Jacob b Nov. 1742; m EHzabeth
Thorn in Topsham, Nov. 27, 1764; drowned
in St. John's Falls
169 4 Joseph b Nov. 1742; m Jane Mc-
Glathery, of New Harbor, Feb. 28, 1769;
res. Camden, Me.
170 5 Benjamin b May 20, 1744; m Tab-
itha Whalen; res. in Topsham
386 EATON GENEALOGY
In Oct. 1744, Jacob Eaton was in York, where
he continued tintil 1748, when he retiimed
to Topsham. He is called blacksmith, hus-
bandman, and Dep. SheriflP — ^the latter of
York.
60 6 Capt. Henry Eaton, son of (18 11)
b Jan. 22, 1703; a cordwainer; m Aug. 10,
1727, Mary True, dau of Ensign Henry True,
of Salisbury, and resided in Salisbury. By
will his own father gave him and his brother
Samuel all his land in Haverhill, with a
clause inserted that if either desired to sell
it should be to the other. Henry and Mary
(True) Eaton were members of the church
at Salisbury, and were faithful to the Coven-
ant in this. They had all their children
bapt. in early infancy. Mary, the mother,
d Oct. 28, 1790. He d Dec. 20, 1790.
Issue
171 1 Mary b Jime 20, 1728; m Nathan
Green of Hampton.
172 2 Jemima b July 31, 1730; d May 4,
1736
173 3 True b Mar. 1, 1733; d Oct. 22, 1758
174 4 Henry b Aug. 5, 1735; d 1758
175 5 Sarah b Dec. 4, 1737; m Henry
Maxfield
176 6 AbigaU b 1740; d 1746
177 7 Johannah b 1742; d 1768
178 8 Ephralm b Feb. 1, 1745; m (1)
Abigail Perkins, settled in Camden, N, H,.
m (2) Sarah Stevens
179 9 Peter b 1747; d infant
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 387
180 10 Peter b Mar. 25, 1748; m Abigail
Greeley and resided near "Huckleberry Mill"
on Little River, in Salisbury
181 11 Timothy b Mar. 11, 1750; m
and resided at Hampton Falls. Inventory
ren. Mar. 10, 1791; Dau Rachel only heir
mentioned
62 8 Lieut. Jabez Eaton, son of (18 11)
b Aug. 9, 1708; bapt. Oct. 10, 1708; m Sarah
True, dau Ensign Henry True, Jan. 16, 1732.
He d at Hampton Falls of smallpox. Jan.
28, 1760.
Issue
182 1 Sarah b May 8, 1733; d young
183 2 Paul b Jan. 19, 1735; d Oct. 7, 1736
184 3 Jemima b 1736; d 1736
186 4 Samuel b April 20, 1757; m Rachel
Greeley
186 5 Paul b Aug. 29, 1739; m (1) Mary
Tilton; m (2) Hannah Emerson
187 6 Sarah b July 3, 1743; m Robert
Smith
188 7 Jabez b Sept. 17, 1746 ; d 1819 ; tmm
189 8 Joshua b July 15, 1749; m Anne
Smith Gill and lived at Seabrook
190 9 AbigaU b April 30. 1752
191 10 VLaiy b 1755; d Oct. 1, 1800; unm
64 2 Thomas Eaton, son of (20 2) b
Oct. 7, 1786; m May 22, 1729, Lydia Kim-
ball, and lived on a farm near Haverhill.
In his Will he "provides for wife's support
during widowhood", makes legacies to his
surviving children, and constitutes Joseph
his first bom, executor, giving him the bal-
388 EATON GENEALOGY
ance of the estate after paying legacies. As
Joseph lived and died on the farm opposite
the old garrison house, it is supposed he re-
ceived it from his father.
Issue
192 1 Joseph b Feb. 27, 1730; m Sarah
Webster, Jan. 24, 1754; issue 10 children
193 2 Thomas b Sept. 18, 1731; d Jan.
10, 1740
194 3 Moses b Jan. 29, 1734^ m Anna
Webster of Plaiston, N. H., Feb. 5, 1760
196 4 Lydia b 1736; m Stephen Noyes
March 2, 1757, and lived at Atkinson (5 chil-
dren)
196 5 Nathaniel b 1738; d 1739
197 6 Mehltable b Aug. 17, 1741 ; m Eben
Bagley
198 7 Thomas b Feb. 3, 1744; m Mary
Swaine in 1768 and settled on a farm at
Beech Hill, Concord, N. H.
199 8 Hannah b Mar. 17, 1747; m Abra-
ham Emerson of Haverhill, July 16, 1767,
and d Mar. 30, 1819 (9 children)
73 3 John Eaton, son of (22 4) b Feb.
5, 1705; m Judith Hale, of Newbury, Mass.,
Oct. 21, 1741; he d in 1738.
Issue
200 1 John b Jan. 12, 1743; kiUed at
Bimker Hill, June 17, 1775; unm
201 2 Mary b June 1, 1745; m Isaac
Pearson
202 3 Timothy b April 8, 1748; d young
203 4 Moses b Jan. 20, 1751. (In the
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 389
settlement of his father's estate called a
crotchety old bachelor)
204 5 Sarah b May 11, 1754; m Moses
Parker of Bradford. Mass., May 24, 1781
75 5 Moses Eaton, son of (22 4) b Sept.
6, 1710; m Susanna Levant, of Haverhill,
June 21, 1768. He m late in life, and lived
on a farm in Haverhill, where his children
were bom.
Issue
206 1 Moses b Oct. 11, 1768; m Betsey
Plummer
206 2 Nathaniel b Nov. 6, 1770; m Sarah
Emerson of Haverhill, 1797
207 3 Ebenezer b Aug. 6, 1773; became
a resident of the family of Deacon Joseph
Greeley. He m April 9, 1797, Susanna Col-
btim
79 1 James Eaton, son of (23 5) b in
Haverhill, Mass., Mar. 9, 1697. When six
days old he was concealed with his mother
in a swamp, and thus escaped the fate of
being killed by Indians. His mother d from
exposure thirteen months afterwards. He
was very feeble for many years, but finally
attained to good powers of body arid mind.
He m Mrs. Rachell (Kimball) Ayer, widow
of Samuel Ayer, Jr. of Haverhill, Jvme 13,
1728, and took possession of the "new house",
which his father at death had left imfinished.
Here on the old place, purchased of Rev.
Nathaniel Ward of Ipswich by John Eaton 1st,
James and Rachel Eaton lived together till
separated by death. He d Mar. 18, 1*773.
390 EATON GENEALOGY
according to the inscription on an old stone,
a little inclined with age, in a yard a little
north of his living residence in the West
Parish.
Issue
208 1 David b April 1, 1729; m Deborah
White of Andover, Ct., Oct. 10, 1751, and
settled in Nova Scotia soon after 1760. His
genealogy has been published by Rev. Arthur
W. Eaton
209 2 Timothy b July 31, 1731; m Abi-
gail Massey and settled in Haverhill
210 3 Sarah b Aug. 13, 1733; d Oct. 17,
1736
211 4 Rachel b Mar. 3, 1736; m Daniel
Griflfing of Haverhill, Dec. 12, 1751; (Issue:
Timothy, Ebenezer, Daniel and Bettee.)
212 5 James b May 23, 1738; m AbigaU
Emerson and settled in Goffstown, N. H.
213 6 Susannah b Sept. 14, 1740; m
Benjamin Richards of Goffstown. She was
the great grandmother of Emily Chubbeck,
the 3rd wife of Dr. Judson, the missionary
214 7 Nathaniel b May 5 , 1 743 ; m Rebecca
Dodge, and took care of his father.
216 8 Ebenezer b Aug. 10, 1745; m Abi-
gail Folsom and settled in Walpole, N. H.
216 9 Enoch b Nov. 6, 1748; m Esther
Williams, of Ipswich, Mass., March 22, 1776,
and settled in Haverhill.
&2 4 Jonathan Eaton, son of (23 5) b
Mar. 30, 1705; m Ruth Page of Haverhill,
Nov. 27, 1733, and lived on a farm in Haver-
hill; he d early in 1772. By the inventory
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 391
of his estate, appraised 24 Jan. 1772, returned
28 July 1772, amounting to £943. 4. 4.,
it appears that his real estate lay partly in
Massachtisetts and partly in New Hamp-
shire. His sons Jonathan and Amos settled
the estate. His 2d wife was Jane Page.
Issue
217 1 Ruth b 1734; d 1736
218 2 Jonathan b July 27, 1736; m 1759,
Mary Stone; res. Atkinson
219 3 Benjamin b Sept. 20, 1738; d unm.
June 17, 1762
220 4 Sarah b Dec. 13. 1740; m Stephen
Page, April 10, 1764
221 5 Eunice b Jan. 1, 1743; m Warren
Webster, of Salem, N. H., 1808
222 6 Hannah b June 27, 1745; m Samuel
Cross, of Methuen, 1774
223 7 David b Dec. 10, 1747; d 1750
224 8 Amos b Oct. 18, 1751; m Mary
Gage, of Pelham, N. H , issue 10 children
m (2) Anna Ordway, of Haverhill, Mar, 9,
1796
226 9 Ablah b May 9, 1754; d June 23,
1762
226 10 Ebenezer b April 18, 1756; d
June 23, 1762
86 1 Samuel Eaton, son of (24 6) b
Oct. 5, 1699; m Mehitable Harriman, of
Haverhill, June 11, 1724 He was a farmer.
At the first parish meeting of the West Parish
held May 1. 1734, it was "voted to set the
meeting house on the Southeasterly comer
of Samuel Eatton's (Eaton's) pasture."
392 EATON GENEALOGY
He m (2) Hannah Emerson of Haverhill.
Issue
227 1 Job b Mar. 14, 1725; m Hannah
Stevens
228 2 Mehltable b June 14, 1726; d June
24, 1726)
229 3 Abigail b June 14, 1726; d Jvme
16, 1726)
230 4 Mary b May ai, 1727; m Nehemiah
Heath
231 5 Samuel b Sept. 29, 1729; m Edna
Hukins, Mar. 26. 1761
232 6 Mehitable b 1731; d 1736
233 7 Ebenezer b May 10, 1734; m Phebe
Shepard m 1762
234 8 Abigail b Aug. 8, 1736
Issue by 2nd wife
235 9 Ithmar b Mar. 13, 1743; m Mary
Ordway, Feb. 23, 1796, and settled in Weare,
N. H. (issue 10 children); m (2) Hannah
Lowe
236 K) Mehitable b Feb. 12, 1744; m
Ebenezer Bailey
237 11 Obadiah b April 22, 1747; m
Betsy Paige, of Plaistow, Jan. 9, 1775
238 12 Betsey b Dec. 14, 1749
239 13 Peter b June 21. 1763
86 2 Thomas Eaton, son of (25 7) b
Feb. 20, 1701, in Haverhill, Mass.; m Mehit-
able Carter, Dec. 24, 1730; they settled in
North Parish of Methuen, which, in May,
1760, received a town charter by the name
of Salem, N. H. In the Will of Timothy
Eaton, of the East Parish of Haverhill,
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 393
dated 19 Feb. 1755, one bequest is "To
Cousin Thomas Eaton Deac. of Mr. Bailey's
church in Salem, N. H. my great bible."
In the first parish meeting of the North
Parish of Methuen held Jan. 15, 1736, 'Thom-
as Eaton was chosen parish treasurer.'* His
name frequently appears on committees.
When the church was organized, Jan. 16,
1740, Thomas Eaton was chosen deacon.
Issue
240 1 Ebenezer b Sept. 22, 1731; d 1738
261 2 John b Jvine 18, 1743; m Abigail
Peaslee and settled in Bradford, N. H.
242 3 Timothy b July 28, 1735; m Mary
Dalton. He was a hatter in Methuen
243 4 Mehitable b 1737; d 1738
244 5 Mehitable b 1739; d 1754
246 6 Susanna b 1741
246 7 Hannah b 1745; m Edward Pattee
247 8 Lydia b 1747; m Moors Bailey
248 9 Sarah b 1749; m Oliver Emerson
Fifth Generation
91 3 Benjamin Eaton, son of (30 2) b
1718; m Jane Hutchins, and lived at Sea-
brook; d 1737.
Issue
249 1 Benjamin b ; of Seabrook,
m Sarah Moody of Salisbury
260 2 Samuel m Mary Eaton, Oct. 18,
1770; lived on Barnard Hill
92 4 Maj. William Eaton, son of (30 2) b
1720; m in York, Me., Nov. 20, 1742, Ruth
Wardell, dau of Meril3ah Wardell; there is
a tradition that before her birth her mother
was taken captive by Indians and while in
captivity compelled to be the wife of one
of the chiefs, and that she (Mrs. Eaton) was
the fruit of the \mion. Some of her des-
cendants seem to show the probability of
such an origin. William Eaton was the
first man to make a permanent settlement
on Deer Isle, Me., in 1762.
Issue (4 sons and 2 daus.)
261 2 Stephen of Newbury; m Sukey
Currier
262 3 Ellaklm settled on Deer Isle and
d there
263 4 William, of York; b 1745
264 5 Ruth m Benjamin Weed
266 6 Mary m Jonathan Torrey
(394)
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 395
109 3 Rev. Elisha Eaton, son of (38 5)
b 1723; m Eliza Blake, and d in 1765
Issue
266 1 Hannah
267 2 MoUy m Abither MerrlU
268 3 John m Sarah French (issue)
269 4 EUsha
111 6 David Eaton, son (38 5) b 1728; Hist, of
m' Lydia Fowler. He was an early inhab- Sutton
itant of the town of Sutton, no doubt from
Deerfield or Nottingham. He settled on
the John Felch place. He was constable
in 1728, and d in Sutton, May 16, 1804, aged
66.
Issue
260 1 David Jr. m Dec. 3, 1807, Clarissa
Dudley
261 2 Jonathan m Jane Sargent, who m
(2) John Sargent as his 2d wife
262 3
124 11 Joseph Eaton, son of (36 7) b
Mar. 7, 1741 ; m Sarah Webster.
Issue
263 1 Moses
264 2 Joseph
266 3 Sarah
266 4 Rev. Peter; m Sarah Stone
126 12 Jonathan Eaton, son of (114 1)
b 1740; was the youngest brother of Theo-
philus Eaton, and was brought up by him.
He m Diana, dau of Nathan Dow. He en-
gaged in the business of boiling salt, ani d
1809, aged 59.
Me.
396 EATON GENEALOGY ,
Issue
Sketch of 267 1 Joseph d in Sedgwick
Deer Isle, 268 2 Jonathan Jr.
269 3 John, drowned in 1814 while taking
a cow across the bay in a boat
270 4 Nathan
271 5 James, removed to Prospect
272 6 dau m Samuel Ward
273 7 dau m Joseph Weed
274 8 dau m William Weed
The house Jonathan Eaton built is still
standing, and is now more than a hundred
years old.
146 7 Wyman Eaton, son of (45 2) b
July, 1725; m Ruth Merrill and settled in
that part of Hampton, N. H., now Seabrook,
and within six miles of the homestead he
made. There five generations of descendants
have resided up to the present time. In
1765 his name appears on the petition to
Governor Wentworth for a Presbyterian so-
ciety in Hampton Falls, which shows he was
a freeholder and inhabitant of the town.
Issue
276 1 Sarah m James Eaton (139 14)
276 2 Abel m Hartha Eaton (136 11)
277 3 Samuel m Jemima Maxfield
278 4 John Jemima Green
Other children were Ruth and Aaron, b 1769
162 3 Samuel Eaton, son of (46 3) b
1733; d 1777; m Lois Damon.
Issue
279 1 Lois m Henry Bradford
280 2 Sarah m Moses Bradford
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 397
166 1 Joseph Eaton, son of (61 8) b Hist, of
; d at Monmouth, Me. ; m Mercy Nicholas ; J^""*^^
they came from New Hampshire to Thomas- Eatoa ^^
ton, where she d Dec. 18, 1825, aged 70 years.
Issue
281 1 James b Aug. 14, 1785; m Hannah
Day
282 2 Joseph d at sea
283 3 Mary m William KeUy; m (2)
John Moody
284 5 Hubbard m Charlotte Frye, of
Bucksport, and d 1827
286 6 Parker d unm
286 7 Mercy m Henry Day
287 8 Hannah m Francis Weeks, of Har-
lem, now China, Dec. 30, 1821 ; res. at Pettan,
Me.
168 8 Jacob Eaton, son of (63 10) b
at Pemaquid proper, now Bristol, Me., April
8, 1741; was one of the first pioneer settlers
who came to the valley of Sancy River. He
called himself of Scotch-Irish descent. He
was a ship carpenter. At the beginning of
the Revolutionary war he was captured by
the enemy and taken to England with Joseph
Berry, of Topsham. They were taken by
the British, Nov. 5, 1775, brought into the
Port of Boston, and put aboard the Boyne-
man-of-war to help work her home to Eng-
land. They arrived safely in Plymouth and
from there ran away and reached France,
where they entered on board a Continental
vessel for America and were carried to New
York; from New York they made their way
398 EATON GENEALOGY
to New Haven and there obtained a pass
home, reaching there destitute, and his appeal
to the legislature for aid in 1776 gives his
record in the war. In 1783, Jacob Eaton,
with his brother Joseph, bought land in Sandy
River township, built a log house and removed
there with his family of twelve persons, —
himself and wife, William Thorn,, father of
Mrs. Eaton, Joseph his brother, and eight
children. His wife Elizabeth, dau of Wil-
History of Ham and Martha Thorn, was b Dec. 29, 1741,
Bristol and d Mar. 6, 1804 ; they were m Nov. 27, 1764.
In 1790 he built a little craft he called the
Lark, and tradition says the sails of the Lark
were made from duck, spun and woven by
Mrs. Eaton, from flax grown upon the mill-
lot, and the rigging was made from flax by
Jesse Butterfield. On June 14, 1791, every-
thing in readiness, Jacob Eaton as Master,
with a crew of three men, cast off from the
shore, and the little Lark, impelled, glided
down the river. During the voyage Mr.
Eaton kept a daily journal, with remarks on
the voyage. He was drowned in the Bay
of Fundy Nov. 19, 1791. When passing the
Falls of St. John, taking the tide at the wrong
time, the Lark went to the bottom of the
Bay.
Issue :
288 1 Sarah b 1765; m Ezekiel Lancas-
ter (issue)
289 2 Martha b 1770; m Joseph Fair-
banks and d 1842
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 399
290 3 Hannah b 1772; m 1796-7 Joshua
Perley and rem to Ohio in 1801; d 1803
(issue)
291 4 Elizabeth b 1774; m 1798 Thomas
Wendell
292 6 Robert b Feb. 1. 1776; m April
1, 1800, Rachel dau Moses Starling and
rem to Portage Co., Ohio (issue)
293 6 Rachel b 1778; m 1799 Jabez
Gay
294 7 Isaac b Nov. 10. 1780; m Maty
(Mary) Lyon, June 2, 1808
296 8 Jacob Jr. b July 12, 1784; m
Abagail Bradford; m (2) Mary Wendell
178 8 Ephriam Eaton, son of (60 6) b
Feb. 1, 1746; ni Abigail Perkins and settled
in Camden, N. H. His 2nd wife was Sarah
Stevens. He d in 1826, aged 81 years.
Issue:
296 1 Molly Eaton m Dr. Jacob Moore
297 2 Henry m Hannah, dau of Major
Jesse Eaton ( ) and d 1852, aged 75 years
298 3 Hannah m Moses Patten
299 4 Peter m Hannah Hale
300 5 Sally d unm
183 8 Paul Eaton, son of (62 8) b Jan.
19. 1736; m (1) MoUy Tilton who d in 1776;
m (2) Hannah Emerson and d 1830
Issue:
301 1 Col. Henry T. Eaton m EUzabeth,
dau Nathaniel Emerson and d 1851
302 2 Lydia m Josiah French
Other children were Molly, Anna, John,
Sally and Luke.
400 EATON GENEALOGY
192 1 Joseph Eaton, son of (64 2) b
Feb, 27, 1730; m Sarah Webster Jan. 24, 1754
Issue, 10 children
303 1 Benjamin
304 2 James
306 3 William m Mary Grove
194~3T Moses Eaton, son of (64 2) b Jan.
29, 1734; m Anna Webster of Plaistow,
N. H., Feb. 5, 1760. He d March 1, 1813.
She d^Sept. 6, 1831
Moses Eaton resided in Haverhill, Mass.,
Hampstead, N. H., and in Pelham. N. H.,
previous to his coming to Francestown, which
was about 1779 David Gregg had then
made a beginning upon the place purchased
by Mr. Eaton, which is now owned and
occupied by Henry and George Richardson.
Here he lived for more than 30 years and
commenced the good work [carried on with
enterprise and success by his son. Dr. Thomas.
He d in Francestown, March 1. 1813
Issue :
306 1 Hannah b April 26, 1761; m Rob-
ert Bradford and d 1840
307 2 Lydia b 1763; d 1787; m (1)
James Wilson; m (2) Eliphalet Webster
308 3 Mary
309 4 Dr. Thomas b 1769; m Betsy
Eaton of Weare
310 5 Sarah b 1772; m Rev. Moses Brad-
ford
311 6 Moses Jr b 1775; d 1778
312 7 Rev. Asa b 1778; d 1858 •
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 401
See ''The Elmwood Batons '' by Rev. Arthur
Wcntworth Hamilton Eaton, B. A. (1895,
printed at Advertiser Office, Kentville, Nova
Scotia)
The estate of Elmwood, Kings coxrnty,
Nova Scotia, came into the possession of the
maternal ancestors of its Author in 1808,
and William Eaton purchased it from Otho
Hamilton in 1862. This family descended
from Ward Eaton, J. P., at Comwallis, Sept.
30, 1826. d at Elmwood, Kentville, May
3rd, 1895
The Eaton family of Nova Scotia, whose
genealogy has been published by one of
its members, the Rev. Arthur Wentworth
Hamilton Eaton, of the Episcopal diocese of
New York, is a distinct branch of the New
England family foxmded in 1640 by John
and Ann Eaton of Salisbury and Haverhill,
Mass., and the first notice we have of him
in America is in the year mentioned above.
Descended from his second son Thomas in
the 6th generation from John,was David Eaton
(James 4, Jonathan 3, Thomas 2, John 1),
who was bom in Haverhill, April 1, 1729.
October 10, 1761 he m Deborah, dau of
Thomas and Sarah (Miller) White (Jacob 3,
Capt. Nathaniel 2, elder John 1) b May 19,
1732, and by her had fifteen children.
After the expulsion of the Arcadians from
Nova Scotia in 1756 the depopulated lands
were offered to New England settlers, and
in 1761 David Eaton became one of the
402 EATON GENEALOGY
government grantees in that Province and
thither removed. Acquiring in Nova Scotia
(the coimty of Kings) a large and valuable
property, he became a man of importance,
amd among Eaton families in this continent
the family he founded in the Arcadian pro-
vince by the sea must have been regarded
as having a place of chief importance. From
his seven sons and four daughters, who
married and reared families, have come a
large number of influential people, many of
whom live in other provinces of Canada, in
the United States, and in foreign lands.
David Eaton m (2) in Comwallis, Mrs. Alice
(English) Willoughby, widow of Dr. Samuel
Willoughly, another of New England gran-
tees of the Nova Scotia French lands.
From Eiisha Eaton, the second son of
David Eaton, who married, has come perhaps
a larger number of men of note than from
any other member of his family. Eiisha
Eaton was b Jan. 8, 1767, in Tolland, Conn-
necticut, and m in Comwallis, Nova Scotia,
May 31, 1779, Irene, dau of Nathanial and
Eunice (Irish) Bliss, b in Lebanon, Conn.,
Jan. 4, 1761. Of the descendants of Eiisha
and Irene (Bliss) Eaton has come a group of
first and second cousins, some who are
living have attained no little prominence in
the Dominion of Canada and in the United
States. The first of importance of these
perhaps is His Honor, the late George Whee-
lock Burbrldge, D. C. L.. Judge of the Ex-
chequer Court of the Dominion of Canada,
who d at Ottawa, much lamented, Feb. 18,
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 403
1908. The second was Colonel Daniel
Lewis Eaton, M. A., a lawyer, member of
of the Territorial Coxmcil in Washington,
D. C. who d in Washington, deeply regretted,
in 1873. The third is Breton Halliburton
Eaton, M. A K. C, D. C. L., Barrister of
Halifax, Nova Scotia, a lawyer of note, who
is still living. The fourth is the late Theodore
Harding Rand, M. A., D. C. L., education-
ist and author, widely known, who d in
The fifth, William Eaton, second inspector
of schools for Kings coimty, and a public
official of the coimty town of Kings, who d
in 1893. The sixth, Benjamin Rand, M. Q.,
Ph. D., a distinguished bibliographer and
author, librarian of philosophy in Emerson
Hall, Harvard University. The seventh, the
late Francis Herbert Eaton, M. A., D. C. L.,
an able educationist, who was long influential
in the educational affairs of Nova Scotia
and British Columbia, who d in Victoria,
B. C, in 1908. The eighth (brother of Dr.
Francis H. Eaton), the Rev. Arthur Went-
worth Hamilton Eaton, M. A., D. C. L.,
priest of the diocese of New York, historian,
poet, and essayist. Of important business
men belonging to this group is Arthur Watson
Eaton, of Pittsfield, Mass., one of the leading
firms of paper manufactures in western Mass-
achusetts.
208 1 David Eaton, son of (79 1) b in
Haverhill, Mass., at the family home, April
1, 1729; m while in his 23rd year, Deborah
White of Coventry, a dau of Thomas White
404 EATON GENEALOGY
and Sarah (Miller) White, Oct. 10, 1751,
and removed to Tolland, Conn. His wife,
Deborah White, was bom May 19, 1732 and
d May 20, 1790. He m (2) Alice (English)
Willoughby, widow of Dr. Samuel WiUoughby.
David Eaton was an ancestor of the Nova
Scotia family. He was a loyalist and moved
to Nova Scotia with many other Connecticut
people, that colony having been depopulated
by the expulsion of the French in 1755.
After accumulating much valuable property,
which he divided among his children, he d
in Comwallis on July 17th, 1803, and with
his wife is buried in the old burying ground
near Hamilton's comer, a few rods from the
home where they lived but no stone or
monument markes their resting place.
Issue bom in Connecticut
314 1 Susannah b Sept. 26, 1752, in Tol-
land, Ct., d Oct. 18, 1761
315 2 Stephen b Jan. 29, 1754 in N. S.;
m Elizabeth Woodworth
316 3 EUsha b Jan. 8, 1757 in Tolland,
Ct. ; m Irene Bliss
317 4 Timothy b July 17, 1768 in Conn.;
m Huldah Woodworth
Issue bom in Comwallis, N. S.
318 5 Sarah b Feb. 13, 1762, N. S.
319 6 Elijah b Oct. 16, 1763, N. S.; m
Elizabeth Rand
320 7 David b July 13, 1765; m Eunice
Wells
321 8 James b Aug. 1767, N. S.; m (1)
Nancy Manning; m (2) Lucy Famsworth
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 405
322 9 Susannah b June 24, 1769, N. S.;
Harry Cox (Sea Capt.)
323 10 Deborah b Jan. 6, 1771, N. S.;
m John Manning
324 11 John b May 29, 1773, N. S.; m
(1) Tabitha Rand; m (2) Abagail Rand
325 12 Prudence b Oct. 13, 1774, N. S.;
m John Wells
326 13 Amos b Sept, 9, 1778, N. S.; d
April 1784 from a wound received from
falling on a butcher knife.
Note — "David Eaton received his grant oen. Sketch
from the government on the 31st of Dec, Nova Scotia
1764, the fourth year of the reign of King Batons by
George III. It is signed by Richard Bulke- ^^' ^- ^'
ley, Secretary of Coimcil ^^'^
In the office of the Registry of Deeds,
Salem, Mass., are the following records:
"James Eaton, of Haverhill, yeoman, to
David Eaton, of Haverhill, Cordwainer, his
son, for £66-6-8 (which sum aforesaid, I
give said David as part of his portion) 9 acres
in Haverhill." Dated 2 Feb. 1751
"David Eaton, of Tolland, Conn. . . , Cord-
wainer, to Joseph Eaton, of Haverhill hus-
bandman, for JB66-1 3-4.9 acres in Haverhill."
Dated 20 May, 1762.
David Eaton became noted for his wealth.
His descendants are ntimerous; many of
them reside in the United States. For
history of this branch of the Eaton family
406 EATON GENEALOGY
see also The Elmwood Batons, by Rev. A. W.
H. Eaton D. C. L.
There is a tradition that when the house
of David Eaton was btimed, probably not
long after his wife's death ; he had, so it has
been currently reported, a heavy box of coin
on which when it was removed from the
burning house he bade his daughter Susannah
sit, in order to secure it as the bottom was in
danger of coming out. Another tradition
is that he had laid up in bottles for his children
about 500 pounds in gold. But when he
came to die none of the money could be
foxmd nor did it ever come into the hands of
his descendants.
Will and Testament of David Eaton, late
of Comwallis. — No. 60.
*'In the name of God, Amen. I David
Eaton, of Comwallis, Kings Cotmty and
Province of Nova Scotia, yeoman, do make
and declare this my last will and testament,
in manner following:
** First I bequeath my soul into the hands
of Almighty God, hoping and believing a
remission of my sins by the merits and med-
itation of Jesus Christ, and my body I commit
to the earth to be buried at the discretion
of my executor hereafter named: and my
worldly estate I give and devise as follows:
"First — I give and devise to my son
Stephen Eaton all that my Messuage and
Tenement, with the appurtenances, on which
he now lives in said Comwallis; also the
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 407
privilage of a Lane from the north-west
comer of said messuage to the brook for the
purpose of watering his cattle, on condition
that he will be at the sole expense of fencing
said Lane; and a part of a Tract of Dyke
Land, adjoining the said messuage, boimded
as follows : To nm from the South-west comer
of the said messuage, southerly, to the
center of the Angle formed by the old nmning
dyke; from thence by the running dyke,
easterly to the road, and from thence by the
road to the South-east comer of said mes-
suage ; also one-seventh part in quantity and
qufiJity of a Tract of Land on the mountain
(adjoining lands I lately sold William Baxter)
containing about six himdred acres, more
or less, and one-seventh part in quantity and
quality of a Tract of Land adjoining the
Lands of Thaddeus Harris containing about
three hundred acres, more or less. To Have
and to hold, all and every said messauge
lands, tenements and hereditaments, with
the appurtenances, to him, the said Stephen
Eaton, his heirs and assigns forever.
"Also, I give, and devise to my son Elisha
Eaton, all my messuage and tenement with
the appurtenances, on which he now lives,
in Comwallis aforesaid; also one-seventh part
in quantity and quality of a Tract (adjoining
the lands, I lately sold William Baxter)
containing about six himdred acres, more
or less; also one-seventh part in quantity
and quality of a Tract of Land, adjoining
the lands of Thaddeus Harris containing
about three himdred acres, more or less.
408 EATON GENEALOGY
To have and to hold All and every said mes-
suage, lands, tenements and hereditaiments
with the apptirtenances, to him the said
Elisha Eaton, his heirs and assigns forever.
"Also I give and devise to my son Timothy
Eaton, all that my messuage and tenement
with the appurtenances, on which he now
lives, in Comwallis aforesaid; also a lot of
marsh, which I bought of Ezekiel Hunting-
ton, and lays outside the dyke lands said
Timothy bought of John Nisbet; also one
seventh part of a Tract of land on the moun-
tain (adjoining lands I lately sold William
Baxter) in quantity and quality, containing
about six hxmdred acres, more or less; also
one-seventh part, in quantity and quality,
of a Tract of Land adjoining the lands of
Thaddeus Harris, containing about three
himdred, more or less. Also, I give and
devise to my son Elijah Eaton, Four acres
of Dyke land on the Bowling Dyke, viz:
two acres I had from John Anderson, and
two acres adjoining it, so as to make it square;
also one-seventh part, in quantity and quality,
of a Tract of Land on the motmtain (adjoin-
ing the land I lately sold William Baxter)
containing about six himdred acres more or
less ; also one-seventh part in quantity and
quality, of a Tract of Land adjoining lands
of Thaddeus Harris, containing about three
hxmdred acres, more or less. To have and
to hold all and every said messuage, lands,
tenements and hereditaments with the appur-
tennances to him, the said Elijah Eaton his
heirs and assigns forever. Also I give and
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bequeath unto my said son Elijah Eaton,
the sum of two hundred poimds (£220)
to be paid him by my son David Eaton in
stock, three months after my decease, or in
cash nine months after my decease, at the
option of the said EUjah Eaton.
"Also I give and devise to my son David
Eaton, all that my messuage and tenement,
with appurtenannces, on which I now dwell,
viz; All the upland from Canard Dyke to
Habitant, except sixty acres, on the North
side thereof, which, my Dyke land adjoining
said messuage, except the East part thereof,
which is already deyised to my son Stephen
Eaton; also a Tract of Dyke Land in the
Bowling Dyke, lying on the East side of a
Creek called Dewey's Creek, containing about
nine acres, of which is called the Post Lot,
and three acres the Newcomb Lot; also one-
seventh part in quantity and quality of a
Tract on the moimtain (adjoining lands I
lately sold William Baxter) containing about
six hundred acres, more or less; also one-
seventh part in quantity and quality of a
Tract of Land adjoining lands . owned by
Thaddeus Harris containing about three htm-
dred acres more or less to have and to hold
all and every the said messuages lands, tene-
ments, hereditaments, with the appurtenances
(subject neverthless to, charged and charge-
able with several legacies as by this will
bequeathed amounting to the sum of Three
Hundred Pounds) to him, the said David
Eaton, his heirs and assigns forever. And
I give and bequeath imto my said son David
410 EATON GENEALOGY
Eaton, all my cattle, horses sheep and hogs,
and all farming utensils that may remain
imdisposed of at the time of my death, on
messuage and tenements where I now dwell.
"Also I give and devise my son James
Eaton, all that, my messuage and tenement,
with the appurtenances, on which he now
lives, in Comwallis aforesaid, containing about
fifty acres, more or less; Also a lot of land
adjoining the said messuage, called the Chase
Lot, containing about fifty acres, more or
less ; Also a lot of Dyke land in the Bowling
Dyke, the original draft of Amos Sheffield,
containing six acres more or less to have and
to hold all and every the said messuage,
lands, tenements and hereditaments with
the appurtenances, to him the, said James
Eaton, his heirs and assigns forever. I also
give and devise to my said son James Eaton,
one-seventh part in quality and quantity of
a Tract on the moimtain (adjoining lands I
lately sold William Baxter) containing about
six himdred acres, more or less; also one-
seventh part of a Tract, in quantity and quaU-
ty adjoining lands owned by Thaddeus Harris,
containing about 300 acres more or less. To
have and to hold the said lands, tenements
and hereditaments, with the appurtenances,
to him, the said James Eaton his heirs and
assigns forever.
"Also I give and devise to my son John
Eaton, the North end of the messuage and
tenement on which I now dwell, at present
imder lease to Jonathan Parker, to advance
the full breadth thereof so far south as to
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make sixty acres; Also four Dyke lots in
Habitant Dyke being all the land I own
there containing about thirteen acres, more
or less. Also a part of a Marsh Lot, being
the original draft of Stephen Bamaby, viz
three acres, the said lot adjoining marsh land
of Benoni Sweet; also one-seventh part in
quantity and quality of a Tract of Land on
the mountain (adjoining lands owned by
Thaddeus Harris containing about 300 acre
more or less, To have and to hold all and every
the said messuage, lands, tenements and
hereditaments, with the appurtenances, to
him, the said James Eaton, his heirs and
assigns forever, Also as the word 'Inheri-
tances' has been omitted in the lands, etc.,
devised in the Will, to my son Timothy Eaton
it was my intention, and is my will, that he
shall have and hold all and every the said
messuage, lands, tenements and heredita-
ments with the appurtenances to him, the
said Timothy Eaton, his heirs and assigns
forever. Also I give and bequeath to my
daughter, Sarah Strong, wife of Abel Strong,
the sum of Forty Pounds. Also I give and
bequeath to my daughter Susannah Cox,
the wife of Henry Cox, the stun of Forty
Pounds. Also I give and bequeath to my
daughter Deborah Manning, the wife of John
Manning the sum of Forty Pounds. Also
I give and bequeath to my daughter Prudence
Wells, the wife of John Wells, the siun of
Forty Pounds. To be paid unto them re-
spectively by my son David Eaton, in stock
three months after my decease, at the option
412 EATON GENEALOGY
of my said daughters. Also I give and de-
vise unto my son Elisha Eaton, two acres
of Marsh land at west end of mv tract of
Salt Marsh or Canard River, to have and to
hold the said appurtenances thereto, to him
the said Elisha Eaton, his heirs and assigns
forever. It is my Will that instead of the
three acres of Marsh given my son John
Eaton, on the West and adjoining Benoni
Sweet, he shall have it off the east end. I
therefore revoke the former devise and hereby
give and devise to my said son John Eaton
three acres off the east end of the said Tract
of Salt Marsh, to have and to hold, to him,
the said John Eaton, his heirs, and assigns
forever. Also the remainder of my Real
Estate, supposing it only dyke Land on the
Bowling Dyke and sedge bed on the Canard
River, but be it wheresoever and what-soever
it may be, I give and devise to my sons, Ste-
phen, Elisha, Timothy, Elijah, David, James
and John, to be divided equally in quantity
and quality amongst them as soon after
my decease as it can be done conveniently,
each of them to have and to hold their several
proportions, to them, my said sons, their heirs
and assigns forever. And, I do hereby ordain
and appoint my trusty friend, William Camp-
bell, of said Comwallis, Esquire, executor
of this my last will and testiments. In
virtue whereof, I have hereimto set my hand
and seal at Comwallis July 8, 1803.
David Eaton
Signed declared and published as and for
his last Will and Testiment in the presence
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of US, who subscribe our names as witnesses
in the Testator's Presence, and at his request.
Ezra Huntington
Ann Jess
Peter Harper
In a codicil dated 9 July 1803, he gives to
each of his daughters forty pounds more.
209 2 Timothy Eaton, son of (79 1) b
July 31, 1731; m Abigail Massey, and became
ancestor of the Haverhill Branch.
Issue
327 1 Dr. Daniel Eaton b April 18, 1769;
m Mrs. Esther Cater
328 2 John
329 3 Ward m Judith Ingalls
330 4 Timothy b July 20, 1761; m Betty
Frye
212 5 James Eaton, son of (79 1) b May
28, 1738; m. Abigail Emerson, and removed
to Nova Scotia; afterwards settled in Goffs-
town, N. H., where he was killed by lightning
June 29, 1809.
Issue
331 1
Eaton Grange, the summer home of the
sons and daughters of John Eaton, is located
in the south-eastern part of the town of
Sutton on the road from South Sutton to
Warren, near the highest point of Kimball's
Hill, so called from Caleb Kimball, its first
settler, who was supposed to have come here
in 1780-81. The altitude of the site is some
twelve htmdred feet above the sea-level.
EATON GENEALOGY
The air is breezy, cool and healthful. The
roads are hilly, but the drives are embowered
with trees, shady and attractive, and the
views from the open heights are magnificent.
South-eastwardly can be seen the steeples
of the Warner churches; southerly is Stuart
mountain, 1800 feet high; south-westwardly
EATON GRANGE
is Lovell's mountain. Turning to the right
the eye takes in Sunapee mountain, at whose
base nestles Sunapee lake in all its beauty, at
an altitude of about 1,100 feet; then Dresser's,
King's, and New London hills, the last with
its church and academy, until directly north
the eye rests upon Kearsarge, which in its
majesty crowns the surrounding landscape
at the height of 2,942 feet. The summit of
the mountain is about eight miles from the
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 415
Grange, towards which it descends contin-
uously to Stevens brook as that courses its
way toward Warner river along the foot of
KimbaU's hill "(Christie L. Eaton)
214 7 Lieut. Nathaniel Eaton, son of (79 gLi^ and
1), b May. 5, 1743; m May 8, 1766, Rebecca Notes of
Dodge, of Lunenburg, Mass. They first set- Andrew
tied on a farm in Concord, where their first Ki^baUand
child, John, was bom, but sold it to Thomas ^.""^""J^'
Eaton, of Bow, viz., Oct. 6, 1768, and Nathan- 12 u Eaton
iel Eaton and his family moved into the
paternal homestead in the West Parish of
Haverhill, where they passed through the
trying time of the Revolution. The Muster
Rolls say that Nathaniel Eaton was commis-
sioned second lieutenant at Btmker Hill
in 1775, in Captain James Sawyer's company,
and in the absence of his captain commanded
his Company during the battle. He d at
Haverhill, Dec. 29, 1796; his widow removed
to Sutton, where she m (2) Mr. Gile, after
his death living with her sons Elijah and
Nathaniel Eaton. She was a woman of
marked ability, faith, and good cheer.
Issue
332 1 John b at Concord, Mass., Feb.
21, 1767; m Mary Kimball in Hampstead
333 2 Eliza b in Haverhill, Mass., Mar.
15, 1769; m Jeremiah Hutchins, of Fryeburg,
Me.
334 3 Elijah b in Haverhill, Jan. 12,
1770; m Elizabeth Vose of Bedford
416 EATON GENEALOGY
335 4 Ebenezer b Feb. 5, 1773; m Deborah
Vose, of Bedford; m (2) Sarah Carlton, of
Bartlett
336 5 Nathaniel b May 4, 1775; m Sarah
Emmerson, of Haverhill
337 6 Rebecca b April 11, 1777; m Stilson
Eastman Hutchlns (issue)
338 7 Ichabod b June 3, 1779; m Rebecca
Hazeltine (issue)
339 8 Priscilla b Dec. 12, 1781; m Henry
Hutchlns (issue)
340 9 Parmelia b Oct. 17, 1785; m James
Messer, of Sutton (issue)
215 8 Ebenezer Eaton, son of (79 1) b
Aug. 10, 1745; m Abigail Folsome, settled
in Walpole, N. H., and became ancestor of
the Albany branch of Eatons.
Issue
341 1 James b
342 2 Josiah b ; m Gertrude Mac
Eaton; b in New Jersey
216 9 Enoch Eaton, son of (79 1) b Nov.
6, 1748; in Haverhill, Mass., at the paternal
homestead; m about 1770, Esther Williams,
of Ipswich.
From the IsSUe
Record of 343 j Lucy b in Haverhill, Mass., Nov.
EaL of 22, 1770
Keene.N.H. 344 2 ElimDall b in Goffstown, N. H.,
June 14. 1772
345 3 Enoch b Mar. 17, 1774; m
346 4 Jonathan b Mar. 22, 1776
347 5 Warren b in Gofifstown. N. H.,
Jan. 15, 1778; m
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348 6 Frazer b Jan. 23, 1780
349 7 DoUy b in HaverhiU Feb. 5, 1785
360 8 Debby b Feb. 10, 1788
224 8 Amos Eaton, son of (82 4) b Oct.
17, 1751; m (1) Mary Gage of Pelham, N. H;
m (2) Anna Ordway of Haverhill, Mass.
Issue by 1st wife:
351 1 Mary
362 1 Amos b 1785; m Sally Peabody
363 3 John
364 4 William Gage b 1819; tn Lydia
Ann Richardson
366 5 Seth
366 6 Daniel
357 7 David
358 8 Eunice
259 9 Jonathan
360 10 Joseph
235 9 Lieut. Ithmar Eaton, son of (85 1)
b March 13, 1743; m (1) Mary Ordway, Feb.
23, 1776, and settled in Weare, N. H. m (2)
Mrs. Hannah Low. He was in the French and
Indian wars and Lieut, in the Revolution.
Issue:
361 1 Peter b 1770 ; m Elizabeth Bracken-
bury
362 2 Nathan b 1771; d 1796
363 3 Samuel b 1773
364 4 Jacob b 1776
365 5 Ithmar Jr. b 1778; m Jane Price
366 6 Joseph b 1782
367 7 Hannah
368 8 George Washington b 1788; m
Hannah Low
418 EATON GENEALOGY
237 11 Obedlah Eaton, son of (85 1) b
April 22, 1747; m Betsy, dau Benjamin
Paige, Jan. 9, 1775, and res in Haistow
N. H. He d AprU 1800
Issue :
369 1 Capt. Samuel m Betsy Edmunds
370 2 Paige b July 19, 1790; m Roxanna
Bradford in 1817 and d 1872
371 3 Obldiah m Abigail Woodbury
372 4 Betsy m Dr. Thomas Baton
373 6 Polly m Samuel Wilson and d 1853
Sixth Generation
249 1 Benjamin Eaton, son of (91 3) m
Sarah Moody of Salisbury
Issue:
374 1 Aaron b 1769; m
375 2 Benjamin m Ann Mallett
260 2 Samuel Eaton, son of (91 3 m
Mary Eaton, Oct. 18, 1770. She was of
Seabrook and they lived on Barnard Hill.
Issue :
376 1 Huldah m Reuben Barnard
377 2 Reuben m Judith Eaton
378 3 Moses m (1) Mary Eaton; (2)
Ruth Johnson
379 4 Mary m James Worthley
380 5 Polly m Nathan George
381 6 Samuel lived at Seabrook, m Lydia
Williams; (2) Mary Colby
382 7 William settled in Maine.
383 8 Lydia m Marsden Emerson Jr.
384 9 Sarah m Josiah Swan
385 10 David m Polly Worthley
260 1 David Eaton Jr., son of (111 6)
was of Stafford, Conn. He m Dec. 3, 1807,
Clarissa Dudley of Newport, who m (2)
Josiah Bragg
Issue:
386 1 Roderick Random b Sept. 13, 1808
387 2 Eliphas m Mary Bragg, his step-
sister
388 3 Phebe m Leonard Bragg, her step-
brother
(419)
420 EATON GENEALOGY
Hist, of 270 2 Jonathan Eaton, son of (111 6)
Sutton Vol. b ; m, in 1760, Jane Sargent and lived
on the homestead, also in Brownington, Vt.,
where he died. His widow m (2) John Sar-
gent as his 2nd wife. She d March 26, 1864,
aged 91 years.
Issue:
389 2 John Clement b Dec. 17. 1793
390 3 Cyrus b Jan. 8, 1796; m
391 4 Pat^ (Martha) b April 22, 1797;
was drowned in Kezor's pond, July 17, 1800
392 5 Amanda b 1799
393 6 Matthew Hanrey b June 28, 1801;
d 1803
394 8 Elinor b 1803
395 9 Meriam b 1807
397 10 Stellman
398 11 Harrison
266 4 Rev. Peter Eaton, of Haverhill,
£nd Vt. ^^ss., son of (124 11) b 1765; m Sarah Stone
Issue *
399 1 Rev. Peter Sydney b Oct. 7,
1796; m
400 2 Rev. John Hubbard b April 12,
1806
401 3 Sarah b July 24, 1794; m Major
Daniel Flint and res in North Reading.
N. E. Hist. Note—Uay 12, 1799, the parish of Box-
and Gen. f^j.^^ y^ ^ concurred with the church in in-
viting Peter Eaton of Haverhill, to the
pastoral office, agreeing to give him ;(^80 and
20 cords of firewood annually as a salary, and
vol. ii
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a settlement of ;(^160. His letter of accep-
tance was read before the congregation Aug.
2, where letters* inviting the assistance at
Mr. Eaton's ordination were sent to the
neighboring churches. The ordination took
place Wed., Oct. 7, 1789. Peter Eaton d
April 14, 1888. He was a D.D.W. grad. H. C.
1787.
276 3 Abel Eaton, son of (146 3) m
Martha Eaton (135 11)
Issue :
402 1 Abel Jr., Private, Capt. Nathaniel
Larabee's (Needham) Co.; enlisted July 11,
1775. Service 6 mo 5 days coast in Cum-
berland Co.
278 1 John Eaton, son of (146 7 b
m Jemima Green
Issue ',
403 1 Tristram b 1781; d 1875; m Betsy
Woodman
281 1 James Eaton, son of (165 1) b
Aug. 14, 1785; m Hannah Day of Monmouth,
and came to Thomaston, Me., where he d
suddenly, Sept. 3, 1828
Issue:
404 1 Antoinette, b May 9, 1819; m Capt.
Edwin S. Snow of St. Mary's, Texas
405 2 Sarah b June 9, 1822
406 3 James N. b Sept. 23, 1823; d at
St. Thomas, W. I., Mar., 1841
407 4 Agarlsta A. b July 16, 1827; d
Sept. 13, 1846
422 EATON GENEALOGY
294 7 Isaac Eaton, son of (178 3) b Nov.
10, 1780; m Mary Lyon June 2, 1808. She
was of Redfield and h Dec. 22, 1787. He
accompanied his brother Robert and brother-
in-law Joshua Perley to Ohio in 1801 but
returned and settled at Fairbanks village.
He d July 31, 1867. She d Aug. 31, 1852
Issue :
408 1 Emellne b March 9, 1809; m June
29, 1830, Nathan Goodridge. She d 1878 and
he d 1871
409 2 Rachel Lyon b May 4, 1810; m
Jan. 31, 1842, Joseph Fairbanks and d Sept.
10, 1844
410 3 Mary Ann b Aug. 27, 1812; m Dec.
25, 1837, William Reed of Strong and d at
Hennepin, 111., Dec. 27 1867. Issue 1 son.
411 4 Greenwood b Sept. 15, 1815; d
child
412 5 Susan Wendell m Truman Allen.
Issue 1 son
413 6 Eliba Lyon b Aug. X5, 1818; m
Julia Wendell
414 8 Horatio Greenwood b June 25, 1828 ;
m Hannah Whitmore
296 8 Jacob Eaton Jr., son of (178 3)
b July 12, 1784; m Feb. 16, 1805, Abigail,
dau of Joseph Bradford, m (2) April 26,
1814, Mary Wendell Davis (b 1792 d 1858).
Jacob Eaton settled on a farm adjoining his
brother Isaac. He d Oct. 19, 1825.
Issue :
416 1 Lyman b Mar. 8, 1808; was of
Orono, Me.; m Lucy Brown
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 423
417 2 Hartha b Jan. 1, 1812; m
Whitehotise.
Issue by 2d wife
418 3 Wendell Davis b Aug. 15, 1815;
m Hannah Norton
419 4 Mary Smith b Mar. 22, 1817; m^
John Bullen
420 5 Eliza Ann b June 28, 1819; m
Dec. 8, 1840, Henry Bettle
421 6 Abigail b May 10, 1822; unm
309 4 Dr. Thomas Eaton, son of (194 3)
b in Hampstead Feb. 6, 1769; graduated at
the Vermont Medical School and was in
practice of medicine 8 years in Weare and
Henniker and 32 years in Francestown. He
succeeded his father upon the Eaton place
and won a place in the history of American
farmimg as the introducer of the Spanish
Merino sheep in this country. He m Betsey
Eaton (372 4) of Weare, Feb. 20, 1793.
Dr. Thomas Eaton d in Francestown, Jan.
23, 1858; she d Oct. 14, 1840.
Issue:
422 1 Dr. Obediah Page b Sept. 13, 1800;
d imm in Smithfield, Ky.
423 2 Moses Webster b April 14, 1803;
m Louise Shephard Lawrence Sept. 17, 1829;
removed to Revere, Mass. and d at Nashua,
Jan. 3, 1882
424 3 Dr. Harvey Wallace b June 22, '
1813; d unm Nov. 10, 1838
425 4 Anna Frances b April 23, 1824;
m Levi Gale of Concord, July 28, 1846.
424 EATON GENEALOGY
r
I
Note — Dr. Obedlah Page Eaton b in Frances-
town, Sept. 13, 1800. Choosing his father's
profession he graduated at a medical school
in Cincinnati, Ohio, and practiced with mark-
ed success at Smithfield, Ky., where he d
while young. He was followed to his grave
by the entire medical profession of the city
''with every mark of respect.'*
Note — ^The farm of Dr. Thomas Eaton was
known as the premium farm of the town,
and the results of his methods in the fields
tilled under his supervision. He was a large
hearted man liberal with those in his employ,
the prosperity of many of whom he was vir-
tually the founder. He was the foremost
to prohibit the free use of liquor upon the
' farm and was champion of the first temper-
ance reform in the town, in which good work
he antedated some of the best men of his
time by fully a quarter of a century.
Note — Dr. Hfurcy Wallace Eaton, b in
Francestown, June 22, 1813; educated at
Dartmouth and Union College, Schenectady,
N. Y., and at Boston, Mass. Immediately
after his graduation he was appointed sur-
geon of the Eye and Ear infirmary at Syra-
cuse, N. Y., which position he resigned and
settled in Burlington, la., where he d Nov.
10, 1838 unm
312 7 Rev. Asa Eaton, son of (194 3)
b at Plaistow, N. H., July 25, 1778; graduatd
at Harvard college 1803. While pursuing
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 425
his theological studies he was lay reader in Umb's
Christ Church, Boston, 1803-5. Ordained ul'voi'ii'^
a priest in Trinity Church, New York City,
July 1805, by Bishop Moore and returned
to Boston as rector of Christ church, Cam-
bridge, Mass. His voice failed in 1829 and
he resigned his position and engaged in
city mission work until 1837, when he be-
came connected with St. Mary's school,
Burlington, N. J. In 1841 he* returned to
Boston, resumed mission work and was in
charge of Trinity Church, Bridgewater, Mass.
at the time of his death which occurred in
Boston, Mar. 24, 1858.
315 2 Stephen Eaton, son of (208 1) b
Jan. 29, 1754, m Nov. 23, 1775, Elizabeth
Woodworth, dau of Thomas and Zerviah
Woodward, and sister of Huldah, 1st wife
of Timothy. He was a farmer and d 20
AprU, 1838. His wife d Mar. 28, 1841.
They are buried in the old burying ground
near Hamiltons Comer, where the Congre-
gational meeting-house stood, but no stones
have ever been erected.
Issue
426 1 Jacob b Mar. 31, 1776; m Mary
Troop
427 2 Zerviah b Mar. 31, 1779; m Mar-
chant Rand
428 3 Rebecca b April 21 , 1781 ; m Alphae-
sus Harris
429 4 Olive b Jan. 12, 1782; d Aug. 29,
1784
430 5 Deborali b Aug. 6, 1783; d 1784
426 EATON GENEALOGY
431 6 Amos b July 26 1785; m Sarah
Harris
432 7 Nathan b June 9, 1787; m Phebe
Loomer
433 8 Elizabeth b Aug. 18, 1789; d Jan.
28, 1808, the day of her uncle John's second
marriage, of a kick received from a horse
434 9 Stephen b Mar. 23, 1702; m Mary
EUza Bill
435 10 Nancy b Nov. 14, 1795; m (1)
Richard Smith; m (2) William Rand; m (3)
Wood
316 3 Elisha Eaton, son of (208 1) b
Jan. 8, 1757; m 31 May 1779, Irene Bliss,
dau of Nathaniel and Eimice (Fish) Bliss.
He was a farmer and lived and d in the old
house which, with the farm, has been owned
and occupied by his descendants ever since.
Note Rev. A. W Eaton, in his Genealogy
of Nova Scotia Batons p. 25, says: '*Brenton
Haliburton, son of James, Barrister-at-Law,
writes in 1884, The old house, as nearly as
I can learn, was built upwards 102 years
ago The old structure is of wood, gam-
brel roof, one story and a half high, 1 chimney,
small porch in front and one at east end,
a low, miserable head-knocking and dark
cellar. In front of the house is the river
Gamard, celebrated in old times for the
wild ducks which frequented it, and Grand-
father Elisha is said to have shot partridges
from his bed room window. Those were
days for sportsmen. In the rear, to the
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 427
northward of the old house, is the River
Habitant, in which I myself have seen 40,000
shad caught in one tide in the seine set across
the channel.' "
They are buried in the cemetery at Upper
Canard, and their graves are marked by two
substantial brown stones, whose carefully
cut inscriptions, which record simply their
names and ages and the dates of their deaths .
are as fresh as ever —
Sacred to the Memory of
ELISHA EATON
Died March 9, 1827
In his 71st year
Sacred to the Memory of
IRENE
Consort of Elisha Eaton
Died June 2, 1826
In her 66th year
Issue
436 1 Dan b Mar. 2, 1780; m Martha
Knowles; m (2) Margaret Blumer
437 2 Enoch b Sept. 22, 1781 ; m Hannah
Rockwell
438 3 Elisha b June 30, 1783; m Susannah
Steadman
439 4 William b April 20, 1786; m Nancy
Dewolf
440 5 Lydia b Feb. 3, 1788; m 1806,
Worden Barnaby and d 1815
128 EATON GENEALOGY
441 6 George b April 6, 1790; m Anne
Catherine Manning
442 7 David b Sept. 25, 1792 ; m Susannah
Strong
443 8 John b Feb. 27, 1795; d luim at
the home of his sister, Eunice Deborah,
July 9, 1866
444 9 Eunice Deborah b July 14, 1798;
m her cousin Ward Eaton (469 2)
446 10 James b May 16, 1802; m Hannah
Strong, sister of his brother David's wife
317 4 Timothy Eaton, son of (208 1)
b Aug. 27, 1758; m Huldah Woodworth, dau
of Thomas apd Zerviah Woodworth. He
was a farmer and owned much property.
His wife Huldah d July 14, 1807; he m (2)
Dec. 17, 1807, Sarah Rand Beckwith, a widow,
and dau of Caleb and Mary Rand. He d
July, 1834.
Issue by 1st wife
446 1 Ruth b Oct. 17, 1784; m (1) John?
Cogswell; m (2) John G. Hilpert
447 2 Alice b Sept. 27, 1786; m Lev"
Wells; d 1809
448 3 Olive m Nov. 23, 1807, Joseph
Rockwell
449 4 Sarah b 1797; m James Bragg
449 5 Sophia m Wm. Henry Getchell;
d 1883
460 6 Gideon b June 12, 1791; m Alice
Rockwell
461 7 Timothy b July 23 1800; m Sarah
Ann Wescott
Rand Gen.
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Issue by 2nd wife
462 8 Sarah m Abel Strong
319 6 Elijah Eaton, son of (208 1) b
Oct. 16, 1763; m May 2, 1785, Elizabeth
Rand, dau of Caleb and Mary Rand, b 1766
They were m by Rev. John Wiswell, Rector
of St. John's Church. Elijah Eaton was a
farmer and sailor. He settled at Bass Creek,
now known as Medford of Minas Basin,
where some of his descendants have always
lived. He d in 1816; his wife d Oct. 14,
1852. They are buried at Medford, but no
tombstones.
Issue
453 1 Ebenezer b April 9. 1786; m Eunice
Palmeter
464 2 Caleb b Nov. 15, 1787; m Jane
Rand, dau Jonathan
466 3 Susannah b 1790; m (1) Peter
Rand; m (2) Kllcup; m (3)
Green; m (4) Morris
466 4 Deborah b ; m Noah Rockwell
467 5 Elizabeth m Charles Calkins
468 6 Prudence m John Starr starr Gen.
469 7 Charlotte m Joseph Farrin
460 8 Rebecca m Hugh Almond
461 9 Mellnda m (1) George Bennett;
m (2) William Bishop
462 10 Mary Ann m Jeremiah Tupper
463 11 Elijah d of fever, aged 12, about
the time of his father*s death
464 12 Elisha b 1806; m Mary Beckwith
466 13 Alice Jane m Tohn Sanford
1
420 EATON GENEALOGY
320 7 David Eaton, son of (208 1) b
July 12, 1766; m Jan. 17, 1788; Eunice WeUs,
dau of Judah and Ann Wells. He was a
farmer, and after his father's death owned
the land and occupied the house in which
his father had lived. He d in 1830. His
wife d in Dec. 1850.
466 1 Guy b Oct. 16, 1788; m Lydia
Rockwell
467 2 Emily m John Rockwell
468 3 Judah b Dec. 25, 1792; m Eunice
Pineo
469 4 David b Feb. 2, 1795; m Jerusha
Rockwell
469 6 Eunice m (1) James Cogswell; m
m (2) Ebenezer Kinsman
470 6 Ami m Benjamin Ells
471 7 Asenath m Gurdon Rand
472 8 Prudence m James Sivright
473 9 Eliza m Benjamin Ells, after her
sister's death
475 10 Levi Wells b Dec. 10, 1812; m (1)
Mary Eliza Northrup; m (2) Sarah Ellis
Woodworth
321 8 James Eaton^ son of (208 1) b
Aug. 14, 1767; m Nancy, dau John Manning,
of Falmouth, Hants Co. He was a farmer
and owned a farm beside his brother Elisha's,
to the westward, which is now in the pos-
session of the family. He d in 1813. His
wife Nancy d in 1798, and he m (2) Lucy
Famsworth, who m for her 2nd husband
John Sanford.
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 431
Issue by 1st wife
476 1 Ruth b 1794; d 1814
477 2 Mary Ann m Benjamin Stedman
Issue by 2nd wife
478 3 Nancy b 1801; m Henry Hall
479 4 Harriett b 1803; m Aaron Hardy
480 5 Edward b Nov. 6, 1804; m Sarah
Jane Manning
481 6 Fanny m James Huntly
482 7 James d infant
483 8 Rebecca m Capt. Guy Newcomb
484 9 Caroline m Benjamin Sanford
324 1 John Eaton^ son of (208 1) b May
29, 1773; m May 29, 1794, Tabitha Rand,
dau of John and Catherine Rand and a cousin
of the first wife of Timothy Eaton. They
were m by the Rev. William Twining. John
Eaton in early life followed the sea or made
occasional voyages; then he settled on a
farm near the "Smith Woods", on the road
to Canning. He afterwards removed to Up-
per Canard. Tabitha (Rand) Eaton, d Oct.
26, 1807, and John m (2) the 28th Jan. 1808,
her sister, Abigail Rand. He d May 5, 1843.
Abigail Rand Eaton d 14 Dec. 1848, aged
70 years.
Issue by 1st wife
486 1 Abigail b 1796; m Edward Borden
486 2 Ward b Nov. 28, 1797; m Eunice
Deborah Eaton (416 9)
487 3 Abijah Atheam b Dec. 7, 1798;
m Deborah Coffin
488 4 Sophia m William EUis
432 EATON GENEALOGY
489 5 Charles b May 6 1802; m (1)
Sarah Wickwire; m (2) Rebecca DeWolf
490 6 Catherne m Robert Ellis; issue,
Eunice Ellis, m Chas. Fred'k Eaton
491 7 Jane m John Russell CoflFin
492 8 Eunice
Issue by 2nd wife
493 9 Alice m William Coz
494 10 Olive m James Cox
496 11 Enuna m Gerrard Beekman Coz
496 12 Mary m George D. Connors
497 13 John White b Jan. 4, 1817; m
Lydia Payzant
327 1 *Dr. Daniel Eaton, son of (209 2)
b in Haverhill, Mass., April 18, 1769.
Removed to Onslow, Colchester Co., Nova
Scotia, and m Mrs. Esther Cater, widow of
William Cater, youthful, attractive and with
comfortable means. On the death of Dr.
Eaton his widow m (3) Captain Simon Kol-
lock, a retired officer in the British Army.
Issue :
489 1 Daniel m Jane Dunlap
♦iVofe — In 1790, Daniel Eaton, a yoimg
physician, son of Timothy, brother of David
and Abigail (Massey) b in Haveii^ill, April
18, 1769. Came to Nova Scotia to visit
his uncle and instead of returning to Mass.,
removed to Onslow, Colchester Co., N. S.,
m Mrs. Esther Cater (Carter) , widow of Wil-
liam and founded the family of which Cyrus
Eaton 2nd time Mayor of Truro, a merchant,
is a representative.
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 433
332 1 John Eaton, son of (214 7) b at
Concord, Mass., Feb. 21, 1767. He was a
brazier, trader and farmer and removed in
early manhood to Sutton, where he m Dec.
20, 1792, Mary Kimball (b Dec. 11, 1770,
eldest child of Caleb and Sarah (Sawyer)
Kimball). John Eaton built a house on the
brow of Kimball's hill. He was a naan of
splendid physique, of a vigorous mind, a
natural leader of men, but not thrifty. He
d in Montreal, Canada, Nov. 1817. . His
wife is discribed as a woman of medium
stature and a remarkable strength of mind.
She often surprised her friends by repeating
whole chapters and even books of the Bible.
She d at the home of her son Jacob S. Eaton
M. D., at Bristol, Sept. 20, 1848, and is buried
in the South Sutton graveyard.
Issue :
499 1 Frederick b Nov. 16, 1793; d Jan. ^
31, 1865; m (1) Polly S Badger who d in
1861; m (2) Abiah Heath.
Frederick Eaton learned the clothier's trade
which he followed for a time in Warner. He
subsequently devoted himself to the study
for a teacher, and once had the ministry in
view. But after his marriage settled down
to farming. He was for 28 years deacon
of the Congregational church in Warner;
also for many years superintendent of its
Sabbath-School. He d at Warner where
his second wife still survives him. His
life of severest labor was consecrated to his
religious zeal. He was wont to rise every
night several times for secret prayer, and
434 EATON GENEALOGY
had special hours devoted to prayer for
relatives by name. Though a fanner of
small means, he contributed sums of $30
and $40 at times to objects of Christian
charity. He was a member of the American
Bible Society, the American Tract Society
the Home Mission Society, and the American
and Foreign Christian Union.
600 2 Ruth Kimball b Feb. 10, x795; d
Sept. 13, 1882; m Robert H. Sherburne.
(Celebrated golden wedding Sept. 16, 1875)
501 3 Sarah b Oct. 12, 1797; d infant
602 4 Rebecca Dodge b June 3, 1796; d
Dec. 9, 1852. (Taught school in Utica and
Rochester, N. Y.)
503 5 John b Nov. 7, 1798; d May 19,
1873; m Janet Collings
604 6 Sarah Sawyer b April 27. 1800; d
Dec. 4, 1878; m Hon. Samuel Dresser (issue)
John Eaton and his wife removed near
Warner Lower Village, where were bom to
them the following children.
506 7 Hiram b Jan. 14, 1802; dAug. 8,
1876 (of St. Albans, Vt.)
606 8 Lucretia Kimball b Mar. 12, 1803 ; d
July 13, 1881 (A milliner; m Warner)
607 9 Dr. Jacob Sawyer b Jan. 4. 1805;
d Sept. 5, 1888; m Mrs. Harriet (Bean)
Kimball
608 10 Charles b at Sutton, Feb. 4, 1807;
d Nov. 14, 1877
609 11 Lucian Bonapart b Dec. 17, 1808;
d 1889; m Melinda Phelps
610 12 Horace b Oct. 7, 1810; d Oct.
21, 1883; m Anna Ruth Webster
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 435
Note — John Eaton was b near the present
village of Penacook, on the banks of the
Merrimack river, just below the site of the
monument erected to commemorate the
heroic escape of Hannah Dustin from the
Indians.
334 3 Elijah Eaton son of (214 7) b in
Haverhill, Mass., Jan. 12, 1770-1; m Jan.
1, 1797, in Bedford, Elizabeth (b Aug. 10,
1777), dau of James and Abigail (Richardson)
Vose.
Elijah Eaton and his wife removed to Sutton
and located on the eastern slope of Kimball's
Hill. Elijah Eaton^ though not tall, was
like his brother John in great strength and
like his brother Nathaniel in agility: he could
outstrip younger men in a foot race. With
these physical gifts was blended a devoted
piety, and he was styled the ''peacemaker".
He was the devoted scholar of the family.
He began the practice of medicine but not
believing in the practice of that day, he
conscientiously abandoned it. He was a
Baptist. His sons, Ariel Kendrick and Pel-
atiah Chapini were named for ministers of
that denomination. Elijah Eaton d Sept.
6, 1818. Mrs. Eaton showed great fortitude
in caring for and training her young chil-
dren and the managing of her farm, her son
Carlos being but four months old at the time
of her husband's death. She d Aug. 12, 1840.
Issue \
511 1 JubalEatonbAug.l,1798;dNov.2,
1878 ; m (1) Ptdma Putney ; m (2) Sarah Brown
436 EATON GENEALOGY
612 1 Nathaniel b Sept. 9, 1800; d June
29, 1804
513 3 Elijah b Mar. 24, 1803; d Sept
1843; m Fanny Sawyer
515 5 James Vose b Jtdy 27, 1808; d
Nov. 13, 1843; went to Penna. as a stone
quarrier
516 6 Roxanna b June 26, 1811
517 7 Ariel Kendrick b Dec.. 1, 1813;
m (1) Sarah McArthur; m (2) Sarah Jar-
nargin
518 8 Pelathia Chapln b April 9, 1815;
d Aug. 25, 1818
519 9 Carlos Smith b May 4, 1818; d
Nov. 1886; m Laura Warner Dimond of
Warner.
336 5 Nathaniel Eaton, son of (214 7)
b in Haverhill, Mass., May 4, 1775; m in
that town, Oct. 11, 1797, Sarah Emerson
(b April 21, 1776) dau of Eltrimer and Sarah
(Eaton) Emerson. He first moved into Hop-
kinton and bought a farm about a mile north
of Contoockville. Here he remained for two
years when he sold out and bought for $950
the eighty acre farm of Josiah Cutler in
Sutton where, in 1801, he established his
home and spent the remainder of his life.
In 1814 Nathaniel Eaton built the house in
which he lived and died, and in 1822 the
large bams opposite. He had the first
chaise in use in the neighborhood. He was
a good neighbor, and his relations to all
were cordid, but that between ** Neighbor
Adams" — ^John Adams, who lived near him
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 437
— and ** Neighbor Eaton," as each called the
other, was for over sixty years a model of
unbroken friendliness. His wife was the
first to be buried in the neighborhood bury-
ing-ground on the Waterloo road. He d on
the 9th of May 1875, over one hundred years
of age in full possession of all his faculties,
revered as a patriarch by a large circle of
relatives, and respected by all who knew
him.
Issue:
620 1 Hon. Leonard Eaton b in Hopkin-
ton, Jtme 10, 1800; d Mar. 22, 1868; m
Susan Evans.
621 2 Mesehellum Eaton b in Sutton,
Oct. 1803; d June 28, 1864 imm
622 3 Alvln b in Sutton, Dec 18, 1805;
d Mar. 1873; m (1) Hannah W. Hardy; m
(2) Sylvia Hazeltine
623 4 Nathaniel Jr. b in Sutton, Jan. 22,
1808; d April 1874; m Hariette Augustine
Ricketts
624 5 Rolinda b in Sutton, June 12,1810;
d Sept. 14, 1818
626 6 Hon. George Clinton b in Sutton,
July 23, 1814; m (1) Lorinda Rowell; m (2)
Betsey Jane Pressey
626 7 Cynthia b 1821; m William Allen
Ncfte — **To-day the venerable centenarian,
Nathan Eaton of Sutton, completed the ftdl
term of a hundred years, and the event was
duly observed and commemorated by many
relatives and friends who paid their respects
438 EATON GENEALOGY
to him and his in a way so cordial that it
was made a source of pleasure to all.
**Mr. Eaton dressed in a new and his centen-
nial suit of black, received his friends in a
cordial way, easily recognizing and remem-
bering all, and gave each a hearty grasp of
the hand and as warm a. welcome as most
men of seventy. "
340 9 Pameiia Eaton, dau of (214 7)
b in Haverhill, Mass., Oct. 17, 1785; m James
Messer, of Sutton. Pameiia (Eaton) Messer
was a teacher among the district schools of
Warner and Sutton. She possessed a sym-
pathetic, genial and happy disposition,
and was a devout Christian. She was m to
James Messer in 1762 and d April 9, 1828.
Issue :
Pameiia Messer b 1810; d 1854; m Moses
Hazen
Matilda b 1815; d 1875; m Ruben Messer
Amanda b 1823; m (1) Benjamin Jenks;
m (2) Jeremiah Jenks
342 2 Josiah Eaton^ son of (216 8) b ;
m Gertrude McEaton (MacEaton). She was
of Scotch German parentage and b in New Jer-
sey in 1728. Josiah Eaton was of Keene, N. H.
527 1 James W. Eaton b Aug. 22, 1817
at Summerville, N. J.
344 2 Kimball Eaton, son of (216 9) b
in Goflfstown, N. H., June 14, 1772; m Mary-
Paige in or alx)ut 1796. He was a goldsmith
Issue '
629 1 PoUy b 1796
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 439
530 2 Deborah b 1798
631 3 Sally b 1801
532 4 Kimball b 1806
533 5 Asa
534 6 Ryland Fletcher bMar. 18, 1808;
m Clarissa Cook Clark of Middletown Springs.
He was a marble dealer.
346 Enoch Eaton, son of (216 9) b Mar.
17, 1774; m and removed to
Oxford, N. Y.
Issue:
636 1 Warren b April 2, 1814; d 1889;
m EHza Pension
362 2 Amos Eaton, son of (224 8); m
(1) ; m (2) Sally Peabody and
removed to Wilton, N. H. in 1792, where he
resided on lot 6, South range
Issue t
636 1 Polly b 1793; m Willard Searles
637 2 Amos b Aug. 2, 1796; m Charlotte
Dale
Issue by 2d wife
638 Abel b Mar. 11, 1801; m Eveline
Fletcher
539 4 Fanny b 1808; d 1834
361 1 Peter Eaton, son of (236 9) b
1770; m Elizabeth Brackbury
Issue:
640 1 Nathan b 1799; m Dorcas Marshall
366 5 Ithmar Eaton, son of (236 9) b
1778; m Jane Price; removed to Hillard,
Cape Ann, Mass. He kept a public house
when at East Weare.
440 EATON GBNBALOGY
Issue:
641 1 Andrew n 1S07
642 2 Harriet b 1810
643 3 John b 1813
868 8 George Washington Eaton, son of
(236 9) b Jan. 7, 1788; m Hannah Low.
He d Sept. 2, 1841
Isstie:
644 1 William L. b 1812, became a Bap-
tist clergyman
646 2 Peter b 1815: m Eliza Pillsbury
647 3 Otis b 1818; d 1819
648 4 Abigail b 1819; m Rev. Josei^
Foster
649 5 James b Dec. 1821
660 6 Willis b 1821; d 1853
Seventh Generation
374 1 Aaron Eaton, son of (249 1) b
1769; m
Issue:
661 1 Benjamin m
662 2 Sarah
663 3 Moses b Jan. 2, 1791; m Mary
377 2 Reuben Eaton, son of (260 2) m
Judith Eaton. He d in 1862
Issue I
654 1 William m This WiUiam
Eaton was schcx>l commissioner in Weare;
now res in Goffstown
666 2 Plllsbury m (1) JuUa Fitch; m (2)
Elvira Marshall
378 Moses Eaton^ son of (250 2) m (1)
Mary Eaton; m (2) Ruth Johnson
Issue:
656 1 Nancy m Moody Huse
557 2 William b 1825; m Celestia Sweet
558 3 Julia m John Phelps
559 5 Adeline m as (2) wife her sister's
husband, Moody Huse
385 10 David Eaton, son of (250 2) m
Polly Worthley. He d 1874; his wife in
1872 Issue:
661 1 Sarah m John Martin
562 2 Perry m Lucretia Williams
(441)
442 EATON GENEALOGY
403 1 Tristram Eaton^ son of (278 1) b
in Buxton, Me., Dec. 16, 1781; m Betsy
Woodman in 1808 arid settled on the place
he occupied at the time of his death in 1875.
He was present at the raising of the first
mill (sawmill) at the Bar on the Hollis side.
The Buxton Centennial History says : 'Tris-
tram Eaton attended teacher Barnabas
Sawyer's school and was taught in 1785 in
Ebenezer Ridlon's house.'! Mr. Raton is
several times quoted by the compiler of the
Centennial History of Buxton and "though
feeble in body" is said to be * 'sound in mind
and with remarkable clear and distinct
memory."
Issue:
563 1 Stephen b 1805; d 1876; m Miranda
B. Knox -
564 2 Woodman Stephen m Judith Colby
565 3 Samuel K.
566 4 George
567 5 Winnie
568 6 Howard
569 7 Charles Coffin b May 14, 1819;
tn Esther Jane Frost
413 6 Ellab Lyon Eaton^ son of (294 7)
b Aug. 15, 1818; lived on the homestead,
but later moved to Manchester (1858). He
m Feb. 20, 1851, Julia Wendell, dau Leonard
and Abigail (Wendell) Hackett.
Issue :
570 1 Louise Lyon b Jan. 4, 1852; m
Dec. 23, 1882, Abner Jewett of Augusta, Me.
571 2 Hiram A. b June 2, 1853
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 443
672 3 Greenwood P. b May 22, 1858
673 4 Charles b 1866
416 8 Horatio Greenwood Eaton, son of
(294 7) b June 25, 1828; owned and operated
the sawmill at Fairbanks Mills. He m July
25, 1850, Hannah, dau Benjamin and. Martha
(Perley) Whitmore
Issue :
674 1 Aura Genevieve b 1852
676 2 Clarence Melvin b Nov. 8, 1853;
m June 11, 1880, Alice M. Chick; res at
Fairbanks
676 3 Florence Emma
677 4 Stella Marion
416 1 Lyman Eaton, son of (296 8) b
Mar. 8, 1808; m Lucy Brown
Issue:
678 1 Dr. Frank b Mar. 8, 1851 ; m Lu-
ella, dau Ezekiel Knowlton •
418 3 Wendell Davis Eaton, son of
(296 8) b June 8, 1867; m Dec. 29, 1842,
Hannah S. dau Elihu Norton
Issue :
679 1 Oliver David b June 11, 1844; m
Emilie Btdkley
680 2 Jacob Elihu b July 23, 1845; m
Ella Fales
681 3 Mary Fletcher b Dec. 15, 1847; m
Mar. 4, 1875, E. M. Preston
682 4 Lizzie Morton b April 21, 1854;
m Jime 30, 1883, J. A. Tilton
398 2 Moses Webster Eaton, son of
(309 4) b at Francestown, April 14, 1803;
444 EATON GENEALOGY
m Louise Shepard Lawrence, Sept. 1781, 28
and upon his father's death became the
owner of the large and productive Eaton
farm, which he disposed of and soon after
purchased the proprietorship of the Frances-
town Hotel. But after a few years removed
to Revere, Mass. Like his father he was a
large-hearted man and retained even in his
old age, a marked mental clearness and
geniality of disposition. He d at Nashua,
Jan. 3, 1882. His wife whose memory like
his is cherished with deep affection by those
who knew her best, was b at Alatead, Feb.
25, 1800, and d at Nashua, Dec. 19, 1879.
Their children were all bom at Francestown.
Issue:
683 1 Thomas H. b Aug. 8, 1829; m Mary
Gross of Henniker and d in Boston, Mass.,
Nov. 25, 1878
684 2 Betsey Susan b Mar. 6, 1832; m
William T. Hall of Revere, Mass.
686 3 James Harvey d infant
686 4 Louise Frances b Sept. 19, 1837;
m Cornelius V. Dearborn of Francestown,
June 18, 1857
687 5 Moses Harvey M. D., (a physician
in Philadelphia)
426 1 Jacob Eaton, son of (316 2) b
Mar. 31, 1776; m Nov. 19, 1801, Mary Throop
of Granville; d Aug. 26, 1780. He removed
in early life from Comwallis to Granville,
was a blacksmith and farmer, and d Aug. 7,
1849. His wife d Oct. 9, 1862.
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 446
Issue
688 1 Thomas Woodworth b April 19,
1803; m Mary Ann Withers
689 2 Ann Eliza m Lawrence Hall
690 3 Phebe m John Parker
691 4 Stephen b May 27, 1810; m Sarah
Ann Hall
692 5 Elizabeth m Leonard Eaton (668 1)
693 6 Eunice m Harris Roblee
694 7 Mary m George Withers
696 8 Jacob Valentine b 1820; d 1883
696 9 Oliver b Aug. 24, 1823; m Emiline
Day
431 6 Amos Eaton, son of (316 2) b July
28, 1785; m Jan. 11, 1810, Sarah Harris, dau
of Lebbeus and Margaret Lucilla (DeWolf)
Harris; b April 2, 1787 (sister of Alpheus).
Amos Eaton moved early in life to Pugwash
Cumberland Co. He was a Colonel in the
militia and highly respected. He d Feb. 12,
1862; wife Sarah d Oct. 17, 1865.
Issue:
697 1 Levi Woodworth b Aug. 23, 1811
698 2 Nathan Harris b Mar. 13, 1814;
m Alice Bigelow
699 3 Amos b Oct. 6, 1815; m Elizabeth
McPherson
600 4 Margaret m Isaac Newton Bige-
low
601 5 Stephen b June 26, 1819; m Desiah
Parker
602 6 Caroline S. m Harklns
603 7 Sarah Eliza m (1) Isaac Newton
Bigelow, as 2nd wife
446 EATON GENEALOGY
604 8 James Edward b June 3, 1826;
d aged 19 yrs.
606 9 Rebecca d aged 19 yrs.
606 10 Alphesus b Sept. 1, 1831; m
Note—{eOZ 7) Sarah Eliza Eaton m 1849,
Isaac Newton Blgelow as 2d wife and has
8 children, of whom Sadie (Mrs. Wilder) has
been a successful actress and Carrie (Mrs,
Harklns) and Emma (Mrs. Blair) are all on
the stage and have shown liiuch histrionic
talent.
404 7 Nathan Eaton, son of (316 2) b
June 9, 1787; m Oct. 5, 1809, Phebe Loomer.
He was a boot and shoe maker of Comwallis.
He d Jan. 11, 1868; wife d Sept. 7, 1858,
both buried at Billtown.
Issue I
607 1 Marie b Oct. 1, 1810; m WiUiam
Parker
608 2 Eliza b Feb. 22, 1812; m Asael
Porter
609 3 Sarah Ann b Sept. 21, 1813; imm
610 4 Jacob b Oct. 5, 1815; m Rachel
Rand
611 5 Rebecca b Sept. 19, 1817; m Wil-
liam Trorp (issue)
612 6 Levi b Feb. 7, 1820; m Elizabeth
Huntington
613 7 Phebe m David Andrew Wood
(issue)
614 8 Mary Lois m Henry Porter (issue)
616 9 Olivia m James Curry
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 447
616 10 Hannah m (1) Janes Manson
Rockwell; m (2) Patten Wood (issue)
617 1 1 I^dence m Gideon Wlckwire and
d 1860 (issue)
434 9 Stephen Eaton, son of (316 2) b
Mar. 23, 1792; m June 20, 1815 (1) Mary
Eliza Bill, dau of Asael and Mary Bill, b
Nov. 25, 1794. He moved early in his mar-
ried life to Niagara Coimty, New York, and
d Nov. 29, 1869, in Porter, N. Y., where
most of his life had been spent. His wife
d May 7, 1842; he m (2) Hannah St. John.
He was a successful farmer.
Issue by 1st wife:
618 1 Douglas Woodworth b Aug. 23,
1816; m (1) Rhoda Hopkins; m (2) Weal-
thy Moss of Canada
619 2 Asael Bill b May 12, 1818 m(l)
Maria B. Palmer; m (2) Lovina Hopkins
620 3 Ingram Ebenezer b New York City,
Jan. 30, 1821; m (1) Susan Hopkins; m (2)
Irene (Stansell) Barney, widow of Lucas
Barney
621 4 Jacob b 1826; d 1827
622 5 Mary Eleanor m McDougall
623 6 Edward Manning b in Porter, N. Y.,
Oct. 3, 1831; m Harriet Hopkins
624 7 Stephen Rand b Aug. 27, 1823;
m Hester Ann Black
626 8 Adoniram Judson b July 20, 1835;
m Henrietta Frank Peet
Issue by 2d wife:
626 9 Cordelia b Mar. 11, 1844; m George
Whittaker
448 EATON GENEALOGY
436 1 Dan Eaton, son of (316 3) b Mar.
2, 1780; m (1) Martha Knowles of Newport,
Hants cotinty. She d Jan. 10, 1806. He
m (2) 1806, Margaret Blumer of Amherst,
Nova Scotia, b Dec. 23, 1787, dau William
and .... (Forest) Blumer. He removed
from Nova Scotia to Maine in 1825, his family,
with the exception of his daughter Sarah
having been bom in Nova Scotia. He d in
Perry, Me., Sept. 2, 1864; Margaret his wife,
d Jime 1865. He was a merchant first in
Nova Scotia, then in Maine. His son Wil-
liam Wentworth Eaton, writes of him:
**I have most pleasant remembrances of
my father, and could probably say more
about him than any of his surviving children.
He was always a cheerful, healthy, vigorous
man. He was always a kind father, friend,
neighbor, and thought so much of his children
that he never saw any of their faults." In
1818 he built a vessel at Scots' Bay, Nova
Scotia, and called her the ''Margaret'* after
his first wife. At the same time and place,
Caleb, son of Elijah, built one and named
it after his wife Jane.
Issue by 1st wife:
627 1 Henry Knowles b Nov. 6, 1805;
m Lucy Ann DeWolf
Issue by 2d wife:
628 2 Martha m Theodore Cutts
629 3 George b Jime 28, 1809; m Elvira
Clark
630 4 William Wentworh b Feb. 16, 181 1 ;
m Sarah Annt Peavey
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 449
631 5 Mary Ann m Matthias Vlckey and
d 1879
632 6 Irene Deborah m Nathaniel Brown
633 7 Clarissa Margaret m Jonathan
Stlclmey
634 8 Daniel Lewis, Col., b Oct. 31, 1824;
m Frances Webster
636 9 Sarah m Rev. Thomas Howard
of Charleston, N. H.
437 2 Enoch Eaton, son of (316 3) b
Sept. '23, 1781; m Feb. 7, 1811, by Rev.
Robert Norris, rector of St. John's church,
to Hannah Rockwell, dau of Asael and Ruth
Rockwell. He was a farmer in Comwallis
where he d July 11, 1851. She d Jan. 5, 1850.
Issue :
636 1 Lydla Ann b ; m John Wlswell,
lives in South Boston
637 2 Eunice Maria m George W. Cun-
nabel, lives in New Zealand
638 3 Enoch b Jan. 128, 1816; m (1)
Elizabeth Terry; m (2) Irene Terry
639 4 Harry Allen b Dec. 31, 1817; m
Armanilla Eaton, dau of James Eaton
640 5 Watson b Feb. 21, 1820; m Emelina
Shaftner
641 6 Benjamin b Feb. 27, 1822; m
Sophia, dau William and Sophia (Eaton)
Elk, dau of John
642 7 James Mason b April 20, 1824;
m Elizabeth Mary Vincent
643 8 Eliza Irene m John Mailman
644 9 Mary Pauline m as 2d wife to her
sister's husband John Mailman
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646 10 George Wlswell b Oct. 2, 1834; m
Lucilla Harris
438 3 Elisha Eaton, son of (316 3) b
June 30, 1783; m Mar. 22, 1814, Susannah
Steadman, dau of Enoch. He was a merchant
and fanner and one of the most prominent
members of the family. He d Oct. 3, 1846;
his wife d May 5, 1857, aged 73 years.
Issue:
646 1 David Owen b 1822; d imm Jan.
14, 1861
439 4 William Eaton, son of (316 3) b
April 20, 1786; m April 25, 1809, Nancy
DeWolf, dau of John DeWolf-of Horton.
He was a prominent land owner and farmer,
and for many years deacon and clerk of the
First Baptist Church in Comwallis. He d
Nov. 20, 1852; she d Aug. 27, 1874, aged 85
years.
Issue :
647 1 Leonard b May 15, 1810; m Eliza-
beth Eaton (624 5)
648 2 Eliza Jane m William Starratt of
Liverpool, N. S.
649 3 Susannah m Levi Woodworth
650 4 Anna m Evarard Doe
661 5 Clement Belcher b April 26, 1824;
m Rebecca Leonard Deming
662 6 George William b May 8, 1826;
m Clara A. Hallett
663 7 Joseph Henry b July 20, 1828; m
Maria Fitch
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 461
441 6 George Eaton, son of (316 3) b
April 6, 1790; m in 1813, Anne Catherine
Manning, dau of Walter and Thresa Man-
ning of Halifax. George Eaton was a book-
seller and publisher in Halifax, a fine looking
man of cultxired manners and good social
connections. He d Oct. 8, 1822.
Issue :
654 1 George enlisted in the Mexican
war; imm, killed
666 2 Edward m (He was a lumber
merchant in New Bnmswick)
666 3 Alexander
667 4 Anne m Alexander Eraser
447 7 David Eaton, son of (316 3) b
Sept. 25, 1792; m Jime 2, 1814, Susannah
Strong, dau of Peter Strong. He was a
prominent land owner and farmer and d
Nov. 23, 1847. His wife d May, 1875, aged
78 years.
David Eaton took active part in military
matters and held the Commission of Captain
in the militia. When but a yoimg man he
was placed in charge of the building of a boi-
teau across the Camard river, which after
several imsuccessful attempts had been made
by others, under his management was brought
to a successful issue, one of the greatest
enterprises ever imdertaken in this coimtry,
and which added to the wealth of the inhabi-
tants. For through this undertaking several
thousand acres of most valuable land were
reclaimed from the sea.
J
452 EATON GENEALOGY
Issue :
668 1 Rachel b Mar. 18, 1815; m Kins-
man Porter
669 2 Lydia Amelia b Nov. 2, 1816; m
Arnold S. Burbrfdge
660 3 James Mason b Sept. 14, 1818;
d 1819
661 4 llargaret Manning b May 16, 1820;
m Guy Eaton (644 6)
662 5 David Rupert b Dec. 4, 1827; m
Joanna Augusta Fitch
663 6 Charles Frederick b April 24, 1830;
m (1) Eunice Ells; m (2) Eliza Jane Elder
664 7 Susannah Maria m Judson Eaton
(860 2)
666 8 Mary Alice Dickey b 1834; d unm
666 9 Emeline Augusta m Nov. 5, 1861,
Theodore Harding R^d, D. C. L., son of
Thomas Rand, son of Marchant and Zerviah
(Eaton) dau of Stephen. His mother was
Eliza Irene Bamaby, dau of Worden and
Lydia (Eaton), dau of Elisha. He was for
some time Chief Superintendent of Educa-
tion for Nova Scotia, and tinder his direc-
tion the present Free School system was
inaugurated. He was then called to the
Province of New Brunswick, where he re-
mained tmtil 1883, when he became professor
of Education and History in Acadia College,
Wolfville, N. S.
David Eaton d Nov. 23, 1847. In the
Christian Messenger was published an obit-
uary notice from which we take these ex-
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 463
tracts. The article was written by the late
Rev. A. S. Hunt:
**We have just witnessed a most solemn
and impressive providence ! On the after- *
noon of the 23 inst., Mr. David Eaton, an
esteemed and highly respected member of
this community was removed from earth
without a moment's warning. He died of
heart disease, with which he had been af-
flicted some years. His funeral took place
on the 25, and the attendance showed how
greatly Mr. Eaton was respected, and how
deeply his death was felt. He was not a
member of the Baptist Church but was a
regular member of the congregation, and
manifested much interest in the welfare of
the church as any member.
**Dear as thou art, and justly dear,
We will not weep for thee;
One thought shall check the starting tear,
It is, that thou art free."
668 2 Lydla A. Eaton m Amold Bur-
bridge
Issue:
1 Henry Burbrldge, is principal of
Morris street school in Halifax, N. S.
2 Wlieelock is Deputy Minister of
Justice for the Dominion of Canada.
446 10 James Eaton, son of (316 3) b
May 16, 1802; m Jan. 31. 1822, Hannah
Strong, dau of Peter Strong of Horton. She
was b Sept. 12, 1802. James Eaton was a
tall, fine looking man, of gentlemanly bearing
464 EATON GENEALOGY
and utmost intelligence. His son, Breton
Haliburton, has an excellent oil painting of
him which will preserve to his descendants
the memory of his remarkable face and
features. He d Feb. 5, 1884; wife d Sept. 8,
1822.
Issue :
667 1 Armanllla b 1823; m Henry Allen
Eaton
668 2 Mary Jane m Christopher Starr
669 3 Irene m Enoch Griffin
670 4 James Edwin b 1828; d 1843
671 5 Levi b Oct. 22, 1832; m Eunice
Ann Ellis
672 6 Amelia m Albert Porter
673 7 Brenton Haliburton b Aug. 8, 1837;
m Mary Jean Evans
674 8 Martha Ellen m William Famam
676 9 Caroline Augusta m Charles Wil-
liam Porter
676 10 Anna Maria b 1845 imm
460 6 Gideon Eaton, son of (317 4) b
Jime 21, 1791; m Nov. 20, 1816, Alice Rock-
well, dau of Joseph and Lydia. They were
m by Rev. Dr. Robert Morris. Gideon Eaton
was a druggist in Halifax where he d and is
buried. He d Nov. 8, 1866; wife d Jtme 12,
1850.
Issue :
677 1 Prudence Caroline m William New-
comb
467 7 Timothy Eaton, son of (317 4) b
July 23, 1800; m Aug. 28, 1821, Sarah Ann
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 466
Wescott, dau Robert. He was a shoemaker
in Comwallis.
Issue :
678 1 Gideon b Sept. 16, 1822; m Ann
O'Donnell
679 2 Sarah Ann m John Palmeter
680 3 WUUam Henry b April 28, 1826;
m Armilla Stevens
681 4 Nancy
682 5 Edwin d aged 14
683 6 Otho b Nov. 9, 1830; m Jenrietta
Sophronia Gould
684 7 Robert Allen b April 30, 1836; m
Emiline A. Turner
468 1 Ebenezer Eaton, son of (319 6)
b April 9, 1786; m Eunice Palmeter, dau
Charles. Ebenezer Eaton d Oct. 5, 1857;
wife d 1876. He was a farmer in Medford.
Issue I
686 1 William b 1810; d aged 15
686 2 Marsden b 1814; killed by Indians
in California; unm
687 3 James b 1816; m (1) Susan Cox;
m (2) Ruth Cox
688 4 Abram b 1821 ; m Abigail Spinnens
689 5 Elijah b Nov. 10, 1819; m Nancy
J. Hardy
690 6 Isaac b twins; d yoimg of
691 7 Jacob putrid sore throat
464 2 Caleb Eaton, son of (319 6) b Nov.
15, 1787; m Feb. 22, 1810, (1) Jane Rand,
dau of Jonathan and Lydia. Caleb Eaton
was a sea captain. He moved to New Bruns-
wick about 1823 and lived at St. Andrews
466 EATON GENEALOGY
and at Deer Isle, where he d Jan. 4 1863.
His first wife d in 1826 and he m (2) Etinice
Benjamin, niece of his first wife, b in Gas-
pereau, Nova Scotia July 11, 1799; they
were m at St. Andrews. She d at Deer Isle
Aug. 18, 1884.
Issue by 1st wife
692 1 Mary Alloc b 1811 in Comwallis; d
young
693 2 Jonathan Rand b Nov. 27, 1812;
m Silvinia Herson
694 3 Naomi m Thomas Whitney; d 1830,
Bangor, Me.
696 4 Elijah b June 10, 1810; m
696 5 Ruth b 1817; d 1822
697 6 Mary Jane d unm
698 7 Caleb b April 3, 1824; m Drusilla
Herson
Issue by 2d wife :
699 8 Eunice m Asa Nehemiah Lord,
Nov. 1849
700 9 Elizabeth b 1830; d 1837
701 10 Abel Benjamin b Oct. 23, 1833;
m Sarah E. Stiver
702 11 Joanna Caroline b 1835; d 1867;
m Patrick C. Gorman, 1852
703 12 Feynetty Charlotte m Jedediah
Crocker in 1865; (issue)
704 13 Eliza Ann d unm at Deer Isle,
Sept. 19, 1842
464 12 Ellsha Eaton, son of (319 6) b
1806-8; m Dec. 8. 1829, Mary Beckwith, b
.1810. Ellsha Eaton was a blacksmith and
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 457
lived in Aylesford where he d Aug. 25, 1881 ;
wife d in 1882,
Issue :
706 1 Eliza Jane m Asahel Rockwell, a
farmer, May 14, 1856
706 2 Thomas Worden b Mar. 17, 1832;
d 1839
707 3 James Edward b 1834; d 1835.
708 4 James Edward b Dec. 3. 1835;
m Rebecca B. Strouach
709 5 Mary Lavinia
710 6 Mayhew Emerson b Sept. 14, 1840;
m (1) Tersa Kilcup; m (2) Lucy Olivia
Amxstrong
711 7 Joseph Henry b Nov. 29, 1842;
m Helen Sophia Rhodes
712 8 George William b Mar. 18, 1845;
m Louisa Magee
713 9 Julia Etta m Inglis NeUy
714 10 Rebecca m
716 11 Albert Ross b May 18, 1852
466 1 Guy Eaton, son of (320 7) b Aug.
15, 1788; m April 15, 1812, Lydia Rockwell,
b Dec. 16, 1792. He was a farmer, lived
most of his life in Comwallis but d in Wis-
consin, April 16, 1852. His wife d in 1827.
Issue:
716 1 Asael b Feb. 7, 1813; m Aman-
da Eaton, dau of Judah Eaton (647 1)
717 2 James Newton b 1814, a black-
smith, d unm in 1842
718 3 Mary Ann m Charles Flske of
Murphy's, Calvaras Co., Cal.
458 EATON GENEALOGY
719 4 Eunice m James Briggs of Sac-
ramento, Cal.
720 5 Benjamin d infant
721 6 Guy b Aug. 6. 1821; m (1) Mar-
garet Manning Eaton (584 4); m (2) Eunice
Wells Belcher
722 7 Ruth m Henry Boynton of Forest
City, Mecan Co., Minn.
723 8 John Wells b Dec. 14, 1827; m De-
lana Crossman
468 3 Judah Eaton, son of (320 7) b
Dec. 25, 1792; m May 22, 1817, Eunice Pineo,
dau of Erastus and Prudence, b Oct. 11, 1798.
He was a farmer but removed to Wisconsin
where he d Dec. 23, 1849.
Issue :
724 1 Amanda b 1818; m her covisin
Asael Eaton (639 1)
725 2 Ann Eliza m William Henry Wells
726 3 Judah b 1824; d 1838
727 4 Eunice m William Pineo
728 5 Wells b Mar. 2, 1822; m Mary
Wood
469 4 David Eaton,, son of (320 7) b
Feb. 2, 1795; m Feb. 13, 1814, Jerusha Rock-
well, dau of Asael and Ruth. David Eaton
was a farmer in Comwallis, N. S.
Issue:
729 1 Emily m Robert Thompson of St.
John, N. B.
730 2 Gurdon b July 25, 1816; m (1)
Mary Rockwell; m (2) Elizabeth RockweU
731 3 Lavinia m William Wickwire
732 4 Susan m John Northup
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 469
733 5 George Edward b Oct. 14, 1822;
m Nancy Wood
734 6 Jerusha Ann m David Lowden
735 7 David Henry b 1827; d unm 1854
736 8 Eunice m William Ross
737 9 Mary Alice
738 10 Lydia Elizabeth m 1852 Newton
Comstock
739 11 Rebecca m as 2d wife to David
Lowden
740 12 Hannah Jane m John Parsons
and lived in Boston, Mass.
475 10 Levi Wells Eaton, son of (320 7)
b Dec. 10, 1812; m (1) June 21, 1836-7 Mary
Eliza Northup, dau Joseph and Mahala; m
(2) July 28, 1851, Sarah Ellis Woodworth,
dau of Nathan Woodworth. He was a con-
veyancer, a good business man and for many
years a Magistrate. He lived at Canning,
Kings coimty, where he d March, 1884
Issue by 1st wife:
741 1 Joseph Edwin b June 11, 1838;
m Eunice Eliza Woodworth
742 2 Charles Frederick b 1840; unm,
lives in Parrsboro
743 3 John Levi b 1846; went to Boston
in 1867 /
Issue by 2d wife:
744 4 Mary Eliza m William H. Baxter
of Canning
745 5 Annie Maud
746 6 Nathan Woodworth b April 17,
1860; m Minnie Bigelow
460 EATON GENEALOGY
480 5 Edward Eaton, son of (321 8) b
Nov. 6, 1804; m Dec. 1840, Sarah Jane
Manning, yotingest dau of John and Deborah
(Eaton) Manning and niece of his father's
first wife. He is a merchant in Bridgetown,
Nova Scotia (1885).
Issue:
747 1 James Harvey b Jan. 25, 1842;
m lantha Ann Ring
748 2 WiUiam Pitt b June 29, 1844; res.
Stockton, Cal.
749 3 Julia EUzabeth b 1846; d 1848
750 4 Edward Ifanning b Aug. 6, 1849
res New Germany, Lunenburg, N. S.
751 5 George Norris b July 31, 1851;
m Maud D'Entremont
752 6 Anna Maria b 1853; d 1856
753 7 Thresa Furguson n^ William Brooks
754 8 Bessie Maud (a teacher)
486 2 Ward Eaton, son of (324 11) b
Nov. 28, 1797; m May 13, 1819, Eunice De-
borah Eaton (416 9) dau of Elisha and Irene
(Bliss) Eaton, his cousin. They were m by
the Rev. Edward Manning. Ward Eaton
d Feb. 1, 1870. His widow d May 13, 1874.
When Ward Eaton was 8 or 9 years old
his father purchased the fine place in Upper
Canard, Comwallis, which at his death passed
to his son. In the low roofed cottage with
its narrow halls and doorways, its roomy
parlors and quaint bedrooms, he and his
honored wife raised their family of six child-
ren. **It seems but yesterday that the prairie
roses bloomed on the outer walls, and the
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 461
dear old garden was fiill of gay flowers. Here
it was that David Eaton and his wife enter-
tained many cultured and delightful visi-
tors, James DeMille, the novelist, the Rev.
Dr. Sawyer, President of Acadia College, and
many others This charming old cot-
tage, now unoccupied, was originally built
fo'' Irene Bliss to go into as a bride, but her
earliest matrimonial plans having failed, the
house passed into the hands of John Eaton
whose son Ward, in 1819, many years after
brought Irene Bliss's daughter into it a bride/'
The following widely copied poem by a
grandson of Ward and Eunice Deborah
Eaton, is commemorative of the old house
and its surroundings:
At Grandmother's
By ARTHUR WENTWORTH EATON
Under the shade of the poplars still,
Lilacs and locusts in clumps between,
Roses over the window sill,
Is the dear old house with its doors of
green.
Never were seen such spotless floors
Never such shining rows of tin.
While the rose-leaf odors that came through
the doors.
Told of the peaceful life within.
Here is the room where the children slept,
Grandmother's children tired with play,
462 EATON GENEALOGY
And the famous drawer where the cakes
were kept.
Shewsbury cookies and caraway.
The garden walks where children ran,
To smell the flowers and learn their
names,
The children thought since the world began.
Were never such garden walks for games.
There were tulips and asters in regular lines,
Sweet-williams and marigolds on their
stalks,
Bachelor's buttons and sweet pea vines,
And box that bordered the narrow walks.
Pure white lilies stood comer-wise
From simflowers yellow and poppies red,
And the summer pinks looked up in surprise
At the kingly hollyhocks overhead.
Morning glories and larkspur stood
Close to the neighborly daffodil;
Cabbage roses and southern wood
Roamed through the beds at their own
sweet will.
Many a year has passed since then,
Grandmama's house is empty and still;
Grandmama's babies / have grown to men
And the roses grow wild o'er the window
sill.
Never again shall the children meet
Under the poplars gray and tall,
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 463
Never again shall the careless feet
Dance through the rose-leaf scented hall,
•
Grandmama's welcome is heard no more
And the children are scattered far and
wide,
And the world is a larger place than of yore
But hallowed memories still abide.
And the children are better men to-day
For the cakes and rose-leaves and gar-
den walks,
And grandmother's welcome so far away
And the old sweet-williams on their
stalks.
— Youth's Companion
Ward Eaton was a man of dignified pre-
sence, courteous manners and a generous
heart. He was for many years justice of the
peace, and at his death town clerk. He was
frequently called upon to settle arbitrations.
In politics he was a strong conservative, and
while he rarely said much, he would expend
time or money in the advancement of party
ends. Of Mrs. Ward Eaton her nephew, the
Reverend William Wentworth Eaton writes
"I could write a volume about *Aunt Debby*.
Her heart was a deep fountain of sympathy,
always sparkling, bubbling and running over
in the presence of joy or sorrow. If she had
faults I never knew them. Not only her
relatives and friends but the poor were the
constant objects of her thoughtf ulness ; and
while far from blind to the faults or the
464 EATON GENEALOGY
crudeness of those about her, few words of
censure ever passed her lips." There was
one wound in her heart that never healed,
and that was caused by the drowning of her
third son, Rufus, in Boston harbor on the
4th of Nov., 1851.
She was a member of the Baptist church,
the date of her baptism and reception being
Dec, 1839.
Issue :
755 1 Ann Isabella m Ebenezer Rand
Oct. 25, 1852
756 2 Leander b Dec. 25, 1821 ; m Pauline
757 3 WlUlam b Sept. 30, 1823; m Anna
Augusta Wilboughby Hamilton
768 4 John Rufus b July 3, 1826; m
Josephine Collins Hamilton
759 5 Martha b March 9, 1828
760 6 James Stanley b Feb. 4, 1836; m
Janet Nicholson
487 3 Abljah Atheam . Eaton, son of
(324 11) b Dec. 7, 1798; m Nov., 1821. Debo-
rah Coffin sister of John Russell Coffin. He
was a farmer at Centreville, Comwallis, and
d Aug. 31, 1871; wife d Aug. 9, 1880.
Issue:
761 1 Andrew b Oct. 17, 1822; m Phebe
Ann Newcomb
762 2 Sarah Jane b 1824; d 1832
763 3 Ward b Jan. 23, 1829; m Gertrude
Aberly Masters
764 4 Abraham b April 29, 1835; m
Charlotte Henders
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 465
765 5 Rebecca Ann m William Edwin
Masters (issue)
489 5 Charles Eaton, son of (324 11) b
May 6, 1802; m Jan. 6, 1825, Sarah A. Wick-
wire. He was a master mariner and mer-
chant at Black Rock, Comwallis, on the bay
of Fundy, where he d Oct. 22, 1878. His
1st wife d Nov. 6, 1850; his 2d wife was
Rebecca DeWolf.
Issue by 1st wife:
766 1 Samuel Nelson b 1 825 ; d 1 830
767 2 Pruaence Eliza b 1827; d 1830
768 3 Sarah Alice m Gideon Power
769 5 Prudence Olivia m Joseph H. Raw-
ding, a merchant
770 5 Charles Edward b Jime 28, 1838;
m Sarah Elizabeth Robinson
771 6 A son b 1835; d 1835
772 7 WUliam Allen b 1836; d 1838
773 8 Marietta b Oct. 17, 1859; m Aspah
W. Newcomb, sparmaker
774 9 Rebecca m John Farquharson.
(She was principal of the Ladies' Seminary
at Wolfville, and afterwards a teacher in
Halifax. Her husband was a merchant of
Halifax)
497 13 John White Eaton, son of (324 11)
b Jan. 4, 1817; m Jan. 25, 1844, Lydia Pay-
zant of Canning. He is a farmer and lives
below Canning
Issue I
775 1 Frederick Edward b Feb. 16, 1845;
m Ruth Ann Beach
776 2 Annie Sophia m James C. Sanford
466 EATON GENEALOGY
777 3 William Payzant b Aug. 7, 1864;
. m Clara Burbridge
778 4 Sarah Jane m Robert Gow June,
1798
779 5 Maria L. b Dec. 11, 1868
498 1 Daniel Eaton, son of (327 1) b ;
m Jane Dunlap
Issue:
780 1 Daniel b ; m
603 6 John Eaton son of (332 1) b Nov.
7, 1798; m June 6, 1828, Janet CoUings
(Andrews) b in Fisherfield, Jan. 2, 1808, dau
of Nathan and Hannah (Gregg) Andrews.
John Eaton d May 9, 1878. His wife Janet
Collins Eaton, d Feb. 7, 1846
Issue
781 1 Gen. John b Dec. 5, 1829; m Alice
Eugenia Shirley
782 2 Caroline b July 10, 1831 ; m Samuel
McMaster Pennock
783 3 Frederick b Feb. 10, 1835; d Feb.
4. 1890; m (1) Mary Helen Shirley; m (2)
Laura Baldwin
784 4 Nathan Andrew b April 11, 1833
785 5 Lucien Bonaparte, Col. b Mar. 8,
1837; m Clara Winters
786 6 Christian Landon b Aug. 23. 1839
787 7 James Andrews b Sept. 30, 1841;
m Fannie Josephine Newell
788 8 Charles b Aug. 28, 1843; m Marion
E. Blanchard
789 9 Mary Janet b July 12, 1845; d
Nov. 10, 1845
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 467
John Eaton learned the currier's trade at
Croydon and worked at this for Consul Jarvis
at Whethersfield, Vt.; afterwards for his
uncle, William Haddock in that part of Salis-
bury now known as Franklin. His grand-
father, Caleb Kimball, when aged offered
him his homestead farm on Kimball's Hill
if he would take charge of it and care for
him and his wife till death. He accepted
the proposition and became a farmer. John '
Eaton was a man of great energy and industry,
and added farm to farm until he was the
largest land owner in his section. Mrs. Eaton
was a woman who ever sought to commimi-
cate to her children aspirations for a broader
and a higher life.
505 7 Hiram Eaton, son of (332 1) b
Jan. 14, 1802; learned the trade of a watch
and clock maker and silversmith with Jacob
Kimball, his uncle, at Montpelier, Vt. He
established himself and prospered in this
business in St. Albans, Vt., afterwards resid-
ing and following the trade at Warner and
Concord. He was a man of gentle manners,
fine sensibility, and poetic spirit. He d at
Warner, Aug. 8, 1876.
607 9 Dr. Jacob Sawyer Eaton, son of
(332 1) b Jan. 4, 1804; m (1) Sept. 20, 1830,
Mrs. Harriet (Bean) Kimball, dau of Daniel
and Sally (Pattee) Bean of Waterloo. She
d at Bristol, Dec. 5, 1837. Dr. Eaton m (2)
Sept. 20, 1849, Ahna EUery Tyler, dau of
Edward and Alma (Holden) Tyler of Har-
468 EATON GENEALOGY
vard, Mass. Dr. Jacob S. Eaton d at Harvard,
Mass., Sept. 5, 1888.
Issue by 1st wife:
790 1 Dr. John Marshall bMay 12,1832;
m Maria Whetherbee
791 2 Frances Amelia b June 10, 1835;
d Aug. 1838
792 3 Horace Augustus b Nov. 5, 1837;
d Mar. 1839
Issue by 2d wife:
793 4 Lucien Kimball b Nov. 7, 1850;
d Mar. 16, 1888; m Mary Titus
794 5 Harriet Frances b Mar. 1853; d
July 7, 1863
r* 795 6 James Ellery b July 10, 1855; m
Flora Timpany
796 7 Ahna Tyler b Nov. 12, 1857; m June
19, 1889, Dr. Benjamin Royal of Garland, Me.
They settled in Harvard in 1888.
508 10 Charles Eaton, son of (332 1) b
at Sutton, Feb. 4, 1807; early removed to
Pennsylvania and afterwards to Plaquemine,
La. He was a skillful millwright and wide-
ly known as a builder of cotton gins, presses,
and sugar mills. He remained for years
secluded from his friends, making them a
general visit but once. Being so chagrined
and disappointed at the triumph of the
national arms in the War of the Rebellion,
shook off the dust of his feet against his
kindred and coimtry. He was traced to
Valparaiso, Chili, and thence to the island
Tahiti in the South Seas, where according to
report of the U. S. consul, he d Nov. 14, 1877.
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 469
He gave his property, valued at some $3,000,
to educational purposes.
609 11 Lucian Bonaparte Eaton, son of
(332 1) b Dec. 17, 1808, early settled in
northern Indiana, finally locating in Fre-
mont, Ind. For three years he gave himself
to the ministry of the Protestant Methodist
church. When not preaching he devoted
himself to farming and was a large land owner
of his section. He m July 3, 1853, Malinda
Phelps, dau of Reuben Benjamin and Ruth
(Corson) Phelps (b Nov. 20, 1815, d Feb. 19,
1874). He d Feb. 27, 1889. He gave 800
acres of land and over $5,000 to found and
maintain a home in his county (Steuben) , for
indigent widows and spinsters, and the re-
mainder of his estate, consisting of 120
acres of land, to his son.
Though of eccentric severity in limiting
his own comforts, he was a most generous
giver to his church and to his township.
Issue :
797 1 Isaac b Jan. 12, 1855. He is a
sturdy farmer, his possessions lying near
his father's farms in Fremont, Ind.
510 12 Horace Eaton, son of (332 1) b
Oct. 7, 1810; spent his first years with his
mother and Kimball grandparents at Eaton
Grange. At the age of 14, with the blessing
of his mother, he took a solitary journey to
his brother Hiram at St. Albans, Vt., where
he mastered the trade of watch and clock
maker and silversmith. He spent six years
470 EATON GENEALOGY
at St. Albans and Burlington, Vt., as ap-
prentice and journeyman.
At St. Albans he entered the church and
began to prepare for the ministry. While
at College he was elected president of the
"Social Friends'*, the literary society to
which he belonged. He supported himself
by his own exertions while securing his edu-
cation. In vacations and in winters, even
into the south, employing his skill at "clock-
ology'* or "tick-tacks**, as he was wont to
call his trade. He was ordained pastor of
the Sixth Street Presbyterian church, New
York city, in June 1843. In June, 1848, he
became pastor of the Presbyterian church at
Palmyra, N. Y. While officiating at Pal-
myra he travelled through Europe, the Holy
Land, and Egypt, and made a second visit
to Europe. He wrote much for the press
and published many sermons. In the exact-
ness with which he held himself in all high
duties he was the Puritan of the Puritans,
but in genial overflow of wit and humor and
friendly intercourse he was the cavalier of
the cavaliers. His devotion to his mother
and to his kindred was imsurpassed. He
maintained his scholarship in the classics and
in Hebrew until his old age. Dartmouth
college conferred the honorary degree of D. D.
upon him in 1869. He m Aug. 13, 1845,
Anna Ruth Webster (b in Boscawen, Nov.
26, 1823) dau of Nathaniel and Betsey (Saw-
yer) Webster. Mrs. Eaton was a graduate
and a teacher at Mt. Holyoke Seminar}\
vShe has been eminent in her labors in the
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 471
parish and in behalf of missions and tem-
perance. She habittially copied her htis-
band's sermons, and since his death has
published a " Memorial' ' of his life which
has reached its second edition. The Rev-
erend Horace Eaton d Oct. 21, 1883. During
the funeral all business houses in Palmyra
were closed. A memorial was erected for
him in his church by the yoimg people and a
suitable monument in the cemetery by the
congregation.
Issue :
798 1 Horace W. b Jime 28, 1846
799 2 John Spaulding b Aug. 27, 1848;
d July 4, 1868
800 3 Anna Sawyer b April 21, 1851; d
Sept. 11, 1853
801 4 Mary Sawyer b Dec. 19, 1853
802 5 Elizabeth Webster b Mar. 25, 1857.
(Prof, of modem languages in Colorado col-
lege, Colorado Springs.)
611 1 Jubal Harrington Eaton, son of
(334 3) b in Haverhill, Mass., Aug. 1, 1798;
removed when a small child with his parents
to Sutton; m (1) Oct., 1827, Pluma Putney,
dau of Stephen and Sarah Putney of Bosca-
wen. They settled on the farm known as
the William Kendrick farm. Jubal H.
Eaton is said to have been the best scholar
of the family and to have possessed a genial
and frank disposition. His wife Pluma d
Feb. 1883, in Sutton, and he m (2) March 5,
1835 Sarah Brown, dau of Samuel and
Rachel (Story) Dresser of Sutton. They
472 EATON GENEALOGY
lived in Warner, he making bricks at Dow's
brickyard till 1850; the remainder of his life
he devoted to farm interest. Jubal Eaton d
Mar. 2, 1878; his wife Mrs. Sarah (Dresser)
Eaton d Nov. 11, 1876.
Issue by 1st wife:
803 1 Sumner b Sept. 2, 1828; d 1843
804 2 Sarah Elizabeth b Nov. 11, 1830;
m James Morrill (issue)
Issue by 2d wife:
806 3 Plumab Jan. 16, 1836; m Stdlivan
Marston
896 4 Jubal Harrington Jr. b Nov. 1 1839 ;
m Martha Bryant
807 5 Jacob b Feb. 14, 1843; d Oct. 2,
1847
Note — Pluma Eaton, wife of Sullivan Mar-
ston, is a writer and philanthropist
613 3 Elijah Eaton, son of (334 3) b
Mar. 24, 1803; d Sept. 1843; m Fanny (b June
25, 1804), dau of Joshua and Sarah (George)
Sawyer, of Warner. They lived at Warner.
He was a sharp trader, a sprightly genial
gentleman with a trusting Christian temper-
ment. Elijah Eaton d Mar. 24, 1843; wife d
Sept. 26, 1885.
Issue:
808 1 Frances b Jime 29. 1836; m June
26, 1883, Lucius H. T^ler of Hopkinton
809 2 Mary S. b Nov. 3, 1837; d Sept.
25, 1853
810 3 Rozanna b Jan. 20, 1840; d Mar.
12 1843
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 473
811 4 Sarah b May 12, 1842; d Jan. 15,
1843
614 4 Nathaniel Eaton, son of (334 3)
b April 27, 1807; d Mar. 26, 1844; m
and settled in Western New York on a farm
in Alabama, Genesee county, where he resided
until his death. He was one of the elders in
his church; he d Mar. 26, 1844.
Issue :
812 1 Sumner b . . . . ; m . . . . ; lives near
Buffalo
813 2 Martha
814 3 Hary d young
816 4 Nathaniel enlisted in the army and
d a soldier
617 7 Ariel K. Eaton, son of (334 3) b
Dec. 1, 1813; left home in 1832 to avail him-
self of better opportunities for study than his
district could afford. In 1836 he taught, and
studied law in Ohio, mostly in Washington,
Fayette county. Later he went to Indiana.
He m (1) June 3, 1839, Sarah McArthur, of
Rose county, Ohio; she d June 15, 1840.
Mr. Eaton was cotmty auditor of Randolph
county, Ind from 1841-44 and from 1855-58
he was "receiver of public moneys for the
Turkey river land district", the sale for the
period covering over two million acres of
public land. In 1858 his office was in Osage,
Mitchell Co., where he now lives. He m (2)
Dec. 7, 1845, in Randolph Co., Ind. Sarah
Jamagin.
474 EATON GENEALOGY
Issue :
816 1 Marshall Story b at Delhi, Sept.
26, 1846; d 1848
817 2 Willard Lee b Oct. 13, 1848; m
Laura R. Annis *
818 3 Sumner Franklin b Dec. 5, 1851;
m Lucy A. Sherman
819 4 Jones b May 21, 1858 at Osage; d
Dec. 23, 1860
519 8 Carlos Smith Eaton, son of (334 3)
b May 4, 1818; was reared by his widowed
mother. He in turn remained with her and
always lived on the farm. He was a hard
working upright citizen and by his prudence
and good management doubled the estate.
He m May 14, 1850, Laura (b Dec. 11, 1822)
dau of Ezekiel and Lydia (Hardy) Dimond
of Warner. In Mrs. Eaton the sick and those
in trouble were always sure of a friend.
Issue '.
820 1 Martha b Mar. 17, 1851 ; m Charles
A. Bemis
821 2 Ellen b May 23, 1853; m Atistin C.
822 3 Mary Elizabeth b April 6, 1855; m
Benning M. Bean (b Oct. 5, 1852) son of
Dolphas S. and Anna R. (Eaton) Bean of
Warren. Mr. Bean is a stock raiser in Mon-
tana. They reside in Grass Range, Montana.
520 1 Hon. Leonard Eaton, son of (336 5)
b June 10, 1800; m at Warner, 1828, Susan
Evans (b Jan. 25, 1801) dau of Hon. Ben-
jamin and Susan (Wadleigh) Evans. Leonard
Eaton lived all his life in Warner. He
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 475
studied medicine with Dr. Caleb Buswell and
graduated at Dartmouth college in 1826. He
began to practice at Heampstead but soon
bought out his old instructor, Dr. Boswell,
and settled in Warner. He was a member of
the Baptist church and a leader of the choir.
He was representative in the state legisla-
ture in 1851-52, a member of the constitu-
tional convention in 1852 and a member of
the state senate in 1853-54. He d Nov. 22,
1868; wife d July 1874.
Issue:
823 1 Susan Evans b 1833; d 1889
824 2 Maria George b 1835; m Hon.
John Y. Mugridge
825 3 Sophronia Badger b 1837; d 1864;
m Hillard Davis
622 3 Alvin Eaton, son of (336 5) b Dec.
18, 1805; m (1) Mar. 3, 1845, Hannah. W.
Hardy (b Dec. 21, 1820) and settled in Wood-
stock, Md. He was a worker in stone and
owned and managed the Fox Rock granite
quarries at Woodstock. He furnished stone
for the court house, jail, and city hall, and
for the depot of the B. and O. railroad at
Baltimore, and for the post office extension
in Washington, D. C. His wife d June 11,
1857 when he m (2) Jan. 3, 1859, Sylvia
Hazeltine, He d Mar.. 1873.
Issue
826 1 Alvin b Dec. 10, 1847; d 1847
827 2 Ellen Marie b 1849; m
John J. Evans of Wales, England
828 3 George 1852-1857
476 EATON GENEALOGY
523 4 Dr. Nathaniel Eaton, Jr., son of
(336 5) b Jan. 22, 1808; m Feb. 18, 1855, Har-
riet Augustine Ricketts, He studied medicine
with his brother. Dr. Leonard Eaton, and
attended lectures at Dartmouth and Bow-
doin colleges. He practised his profession
in Mississippi and Texas, and after a visit to
his old home removed to Moimtain View,
Cal., where he d April, 1874.
626 6 Hon. George C. Eaton, son of
(336 5) b July 28, 1814; m (1) Oct. 1842,
Lorinda Rowell (b 1821) dau of Silas and
Susan (Pettee) RoweU. She d July 15, 1851.
He m (2) March 19, 1863, Betsey Jane Pressey,
dau of Winthrop and Hannah (Bean) Pressey.
Issue:
829 1 Georgiana b Dec. 31, 1849; d Julv
7, 1865
Hist of the 627 1 *James W. Eaton, son of (342 2) b
^*y ^* at SomervUle N. J., Aug. 22, 1817; removed
with his parents to Albany where he learned
the trade of his father, that of a stone mason.
He spent his summers working at his trade,
in the winter he attended the old Lancaster
school and a private school kept by Mr.
Fitch. In 1840 he m Eliza M. Brenner.
Issue:
830 1 b
831 2 Calvint b
"^Note — James W. Eaton in 1874, was Sup't
of construction of the Capitol until 1883,
when the position was abolished.
t Wholesale lumber, Van Santford & Eaton.
Albany.
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 477
832 3 James Webster b at Albany, N. Y., Lamb's
May 14. 1857; a graduate of Yale and ^^^^J^^"*
a member of the law firm of Eaton and Kirch- * * • •
wey. James Webster Eaton, Jr. was dis-
trict attorney in 1891
534 6 Ryland Fletcher Eaton, son of
(344 2) b Mar. 1808 (18) was m Aug. 11, 1833,
to Clarissa Cook Clark of Middletown Springs,
Vt. He was a marble dealer and d in Adams,
N. Y. His wife Clarissa Cook Clark Eaton
d at Middletown Springs, Vt., Nov. 9, 1887.
Issue :
833 1 Emmett D. b in Vt., Mar. 1, 1835;
was in Confederate service
834 2 Augusta E. b Mar. 1, 1837
835 3 Frank T. b Jan. 8, 1840; d in Cedar
Rapids in 1884
836 4 Frances H.b 1842; din Washington,
D. C, Feb. 23, 1861
837 5 Barton C. b Sept. 10, 1843
838 6 Fannie A. b in Arlington, Vt.,
Jan. 13, 1845
839 7 John R. (Dr.) b April 5, 1849; m
Spohia E. Vail
840 8 Charles A. b Woodville, N. Y.,
Feb. 22 1852
635 1 Warren Eaton, son of (345 9) b Annals of
April 2. 1814, in Oxford, N. Y.; d suddenly Orford.N.
April 7, 1889; he m Aug. 12, 1838, Eliza Pen- "^•
ston. When but a mere lad Warren Eaton
entered the employ of Benjamin Butler on
the Com Hill farm, which by assiduous ap-
plication and industry, he himself became
the owner in later life. In religious con-
478 EATON GENEALOGY
victions he heartily affiliated with the Metho-
dist faith and that society of Oxford received
his earnest support irntil the end of his life.
In 1888 Mr. and Mrs. Eaton celebrated their
golden wedding
Issue of this marriage:
841 1 George Avery b ; d infant
842 2 James Warren b ; d Jan. 3,
1865 in prison hospital, Salisbury, N. C. He
enlisted in 5th N. Y. Heavy Artillery, Civil
war and made a good record upon many a
well-fought battlefield
843 3 Mary Elizabeth b ;d
844 4 Amanda C. m Mar. 12, 1873, George
B. Fletcher
846 5 Emma m Charles Brown, res. Wa-
verly, N. Y.
846 6 Lizzie
847 7 George P. m Emma Kennear of
Wailsburg, Wyo., res Granger, Wash. Issue
848 8 Charles B. m (1) Ida Sherwood;
m (2) Anna Tfembl
637 2 Amos Eaton, son of (362 2) b Aug.
2, 1796; m May 22, 1821, Charlotte Dale
who d Sept. 13, 1876, aged 81.
846 1 Samuel b Oct. 26, 1833; m (1)
Lydia Williams; m (2) Mary Colby
Hist.o£Wii- 538 2 Abel Eaton, son of (362 2) b Mar.
ton. N.H. 11, 1801; m June 1, 1834, Eveline Fletcher,
who d Feb. 20, 1876, aged 66. He remained
on the homestead until he was 60 years old
when he sold it and removed to Greenville
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 479
Issue:
847 1 George W. m April 4, 1863, Mar-
ietta H. Burton. He was a wheelwright in
Peterborough but returned to Wilton where
he d Aug. 16, 1876
848 2 Heniy Clay
Eighth Generation
552 2 Pillsbury Eaton, son of (377 2)
b 1831; m (1) Julia A. Felch who d 1863; m
(2) Elvira J. Marshall; he d Nov. 21, 1885
Issue '.
849 1 Henry b 1854; m Nellie M. Willaid
850 2 Sidney b 1855
3 Catherine b 1861; m Edgar Breed
Issue by 2d wife:
851 4 C. Edwhi b 1866 ; tn Hattie Merriam
5 Archie
6 Erminnie
553 3 Moses Eaton, son of (374 1) b
Jan. 2 1791.; m Mary (or Betsy)
Issue:
852 1 Rev. Benjamhi F. b Sept. 16, 1836
m
853 2 Jeremiah
854 3 Thomas
855 4 Jacob b 1814; m Adeline Hxmt-
ington
856 5 Mary
Old North- Huntington Family Memoir, page 218 :
west Quar- jj^^.^^ g^ g^ton m Adeline (b 1814) Hunt-
St Luke's mgton
Parish; Elizabeth Eaton m Glenn Huntington (b
GranviUcO. 1823)
_ Celia Eaton of Yotingstown m Mr. Funk
Eben F. Eaton m Sept. 12, 1865, Maria L.
Haskell
(480)
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 481
563 1 Stephen Eaton, son of (403 1) b .
in Bruxton, Me.; m Miranda B. Knox
His first work in connection with the travel-
hng public was in the employ of the Cumber-
land and Oxford Canal Company. He was
next engaged as engineer in making the
first survey of the line of the Atlantic and
St. Lawrence (now Grand Tnmk) railroad
an^ after the road was completed filled the
office of freight agent. He resigned in 1853
to accept a position on the Michigan Central
railroad but in a short time returned to
Maine and became railroad superintendent
at Leeds and Framington, next filling the
office of second lieutenant of the Andro-
scoggin railroad and later superintendent of
the York and Cumberland. He next en-
gaged in commercial business in Portland,
Me., and for many years was a prominent
merchant. In politics he affiliated with the
Democratic party and was surveyor of the
port of Portland under President Taylor, serv-
ing under Collector Jewett. On accoimt of
ill heklth he removed from Portland to Gor-
ham and in 1876 d aged 71 years.
Issue :
862 1 Stephen
863 3 Samuel
864 3 George
866 4 Winnie
866 5 Charles P.
867 6 Woodman S, b Oct. 16. 1846; m
Judith Colby
868 7 Howard
869 8 Edward
482 EATON GENEALOGY
4 857 6 Woodman Stephen Eaton, son of
(663 1) b in Portland, Me., Oct. 16, 1646; m
Judith Annette Colby, dau of Rev. Joseph
and Almeda (Ballard) Colby; he d in Port-
land, Me., Aug. 8, 1905. He was provost
marshal in New Orleans until the close of the
war.
Issue !
860 1 William Colby b Jan. 13, 1868;
m Marion Durant Dow
569 7 Charles Coffin Eaton, son of (403 1)
b in Buxton, Me., May 14, 1819; m in 1851,
Esther Janet Frost of Limington. He was
general agent of the International Steamship
Company but removed to Saco; later settled
down in Buxton on a farm where he d Mar.
12, 1898.
Issue :
861 1 Helen Hathway
Hist, of 579 1 Oliver Davis Eaton, son of (418 3)
Framing- b June 11, 1844; m Nov. 13, 1864, EmUie F.
ham, Me. Buckley of New York. He enlisted in the
War of the Rebellion and after his discharge
went into business in New York city.
Issue:
862 1 Florence b Jan. 2, 1866
863 2 Elsie Bulkley b Jan. 10, 1869
864 3 John Oliver b Feb. 24, 1871 '
580 2 Jacob Elihu Eaton, son of (418 3)
b July 23, 1845; removed to Jav, Me.; m
April 6, 1876, Ella M. Fales
Issue :
865 1 Lester Davis b July 28, 1877
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 483
866 2 Clarence Ellery b April 20, 1879
867 3 Arthur Garfield b Jan. 8, 1881
868 4 Kenneth Fales b Dec. 24, 1882
688 1 Thomas Woodworth Eaton, son of
(426 1) b April, 1803; m April 23, 1833,
Mary Ann Withers, dau of William Withers
of Annapolis Co. (of Granville). He lived
in Granville where he d Aug. 13, 1878.
Issue :
869 1 Mary Eliza m Thomas Harris of -
Comwallis
870 2 Jacob Valentine b Aug. 9, 1836;
m Henrietta Parker
871 3 Annie Marie m Henry Calnek
872 4 Emma Jane b Sept. 30, 1840
873 5 William Thomas b Sept. 10, 1843;
m Frances Tuttle
874 6 Francis Eugene, M. D. b July
18, 1845. He received his elementary train-
ing in the common schools of his native
place and after private study engaged in
teaching. He graduated at the Truro Nor-
mal school. For a term he studied at Dal-
housie medical school, Halifax, and later
in Harvard University, where he received
his medical diploma in 1873. Commencing
his practice at Clementsport, N. S., he soon
moved to Granville Ferry where he obtained
an extensive practice and gained the esteem
of all. His skill and devotedness to his work,
his accuracy and originality of thought,
his rhetorical powers and fluent speech gave
promise of an honorable career and a life
of much usefulness. During a season of
484 EATON GENEALOGY
much sickness he d of diphtheria at Gran-
ville, Apriil 5, 1876, aged 31.
875 7 Burton Chase b Jan. 22, 1848;
m Henrietta Troop
876 8 Adoniram Judson b Oct. 16, 1850;
m Adelia Woodman
591 4 Stephen Eaton, son of (426 1) b
May 27, 1810; m (1) Sept., 1844. Sarah Ann
Hall of Granville (b June 27, 1823), who d
Dec. 24, 1863. He m (2) Elizabeth Ann
(Roney) Fox of Granville, Sept. 26, 1877.
Issue by 1st wife;
877 1 Weston Hall b July 7, 1845; mGa-
brielle Rice
878 2 Charlotte Elizabeth b Dec. 13, 1846;
d July 20, 1877; tinm
879 3 Anna Maria b April 6, 1848; d
Dec. 30, 1875; unm
880 4 Jacob b July 25, 1849; m Mary
Eliza Strong
881 5 Leonard b Mar. 23, 1851. Has
an orange grove in Florida
882 6 Edward d 1853
883 7 Hary Ella
596 8 Oliver Eaton, son of (426 1) b
Aug. 24, 1823; m Oct. 6, 1847, Emiline Day
(b June 5, 1823), Oliver Eaton is a carpenter
at Granville Ferry.
Issue :
883 1 George Thomas b July 10, 1848;
m Hester WiUiams
886 2 Charles Rupert b June 12, 1852;
m Rosanna Melvenia Young
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH ' 485
886 3 Emma Day b July 14, 1857; mDec.
1877, Orbin Sprotil of Granville, a seaman.
She lives at Digby and has 3 children
1 George Alvln Sproul b Oct. 27, 1878
2 Charles Ernest b Sept. 28, 1880 •
3 Harry Augustus b Jan. 3, 1883
597 1 Levi Woodworth Eaton, son of
(431 6) b Aug. 23, 1811 ; m (1) Sarah Bigelow,
dau of John and Sarah of Pugwash. Levi
Eaton is a merchant in Aukland, New Zealand,
whither he went from Nova Scotia in 1860.
His first wife d in the summer of 1878 and he
m (2) in 1883.
Issue by 1st wife:
887 2 Lydla Ann m in New Zealand,
Capt. John James (issue 9 children)
888 3 George Woodworth Eaton b ; m
in Nova Scotia, Minnie Crane. George Wood-
worth was drowned in 1885. He was a sea
captain. He left two children, a son Robert
Crane Eaton, who lives with his grandfather
in Aukland, and a son Albert Eaton, who m
in New Zealand and has children. Minnie
Crane Eaton m (2) a Mr. Carter and removed
to Pugwash.
598 2 Nathan Harris Eaton, son of (431 6)
b Mar. 13, 1814; m Nov., 1836, Alice Bigelow,
dau of John and Sarah of Pugwash. He was
a Ivunberman and d in Pugwash, Oct. 4, 1855.
His widow m (2) Hans Himter of Linden,
Cumberland Co. where she lives. Issue of
Nathan H. Eaton:
889 1 John Wellington b Nov. 24, 1837;
m Sarah Elizabeth Walker
892 4
893 5
894 6
895 7
896 8
897 9
898 10
486 EATON GENEALOGY
890 2 Amos Blucher b Feb. 28, 1840;
m Mary Amelia Davidson
891 3 Judson Harris b Oct. 8, 1841; m
Lucy Maria Horten
Rebecca m John Huntly
Sarah Fine m John G. Ralston
Annie Pamelia d infant
James d infant
Edward d infant
Delia d infant
Jane d infant
699 1 Amos Eaton, son of (431 6) b Oct.
6, 1815, in Oxford, Nova Scotia; m May 26,
1836, Elizabeth U. McPherson, b in Shelbum
April 7, 1817. He was a farmer in Pugwash,
N. S. but after the birth of his youngest
child removed to North Attleboro, Mass.,
where he had a farm. He d Jan. 20, 1879.
Issue :
899 1 David Harris b May 6, 1837; m
Emma Furnace Herring
900 2 Edward Higgins b Oct. 1, 1838*
901 3 Even McPherson b June 5, 1840; m
Caroline De Young
902 4 Margaret LuciUa b Nov. 24, 1842;
m Rufus Evans
* Edward Higgins Eaton was a sailor.
He shipped in his uncle's vessel as second
mate. His cousin, George Eaton, was cap-
tain. The vessel went to Ireland where
George sold it and the cargo and discharged
the crew, since when Edward has never been
heard of.
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 487
903 5 Isaac Bigelow b Jan. 17, 1845;
m Hannah Waugh
904 6 Ruth Roach m Nelson Pierce (issue)
905 7 Mary Jane m John Kirtland De-
Wolf (issue)
906 8 Levi Woodworth b Oct. 5, 1851;
m Ella Davis
907 9 Sarah Elizabeth m John Henry
Pilling (issue)
908 10 Rachel Adelia m Fred Ashley
Dunnell
909 11 Annie b 1857; d 1857
910 12 WUliam Hobbs b Nov. 17, 1858;
m Minnie Frances Seagrave
601 5 Stephen Eaton, son of (431 6) b
June 26, 1819; m Jan. 5, 1842, Mary Desiah
Parker, dau of Maynard Parker of Pugwash,
b Feb. 16, 1825. He was a farmer in Pug-
wash and d Dec. 28, 1883, muih respected.
Issue:
911 1 Caroline Mathilda m David Ham-
ilton Eaton
912 2 Robert F. b Aug. 10, 1844; d 1846
913 3 Howe b 1846; d 1847
" 914 4 Joseph b Mar. 26, 1849; m Adelia
McPherson
916 5 Emma. Sarah m Simmer Keyes of
Lancaster, Mass. (issue)
916 6 John Russell b Aug. 18, 1853;
m Maggie Ray
917 7 Hattie b 1855; d 1856
918 8 . Cyrus Balch b Dec. 18, 1857; m
Maggie Whidden
488 EATON GENEALOGY
919 9 Frederick Lane b April 9, 1864,
a mechanic in Medway, Mass.
920 10 Charies Aubrey b Mar. 29, 1868;
a teacher in Amherst, N. S.
610 4 Jacob Eaton, son of (432 7) b Oct.
5, 1815; m (1) Dec. 14, 1843, Rachel Rand,
dau of Michael Rand of Canaan, Kings Co;
b in 1816. He was a farmer. Rachel
Eaton d in 1868; when Jacob Eaton m (2)
Susan Dunham of Lakeville, Comwallis. Il4ar.
8, 1870.
Issue by 1st wife:
921 1 Eunice Ann m William Stickney
and lives in Boston
922 2 Harriet Marie m Brison McDonald
(issue)
923 3 Amos Richmond b Sept. 24, 1850;
m Harriett Jane WUls
924 4 Mary Eveline m Henry Reid (issue)
926 5 Phebe Loomer m Thomas Thompson
926 6 Emma Jane m John Bruce (issue)
612 6 Levi Eaton, son of ( ) b Feb.
7, 1820; m May 1845, Elizabeth Huntington,
dau of Elizabeth (Strong) Himtington,- dau
of Sarah (Eaton) Strong; b Sept. 9, 1819.
Levi Eaton d in Billtown, Aug. 29, 1872, and
is buried there. His widow m (2) in Dec.
1882, William Rockwell
Issue :
927 1 Stephen b Mar. 6, 1847; m Eunice
Ann Rand
928 2 Charlotte b 1849; imm
929 3 Prudence b 1851 ; m Capt. Lorenzo
Curry of Port Williams (issue)
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 489
930 4 James b in 1853, was adopted
when one year old by his uncle, James Curry.
He is said to live in Quaco, Maine, and to
have m
931 5 Manson Henry b April 19, 1855;
m Eliza Jane Coaldwell
932 6 Ida b 1857; unm
933 7 Alfaretta m Lewis Forsythe, son
of James and Hannah (Gould) Forsyth (issue)
934 8 Anne
935 9 Levi b April 16, 1864; m Hen-
rietta Calkin, dau of Frederick and Joan-
na (Rhome) Calkins. He lives on the Wel-
lington Dyke Road, Comwallis.
618 1 Douglas Woodworth Eaton, son of
(434 9) b Aug. 23, 1816; m (1) April 6, 1842,
Rhoda Hopkins who d in Wilson, N. Y.,
July 9, 1849; m (2) May 29, 1850, Wealthy
Moss of Canada, b Oct. 8, 1821; d in Detroit,
Mich., Jan. 1885. He d Aug. 27, 1871, in .
Porter, N. Y., having lived in Wilson and
Ransomville. He was a farmer.
Issue by 1st wife:
936 1 Ingham D. b Jan. 1, 1843, in
Wilson, N. Y.; d July 11, 1866, in Petrolia,
Canada
937 2 James E. b July 5, 1849, in Wilson,
N. Y.; d in Wilson, Jan. 7, 1856
Issue by 2d wife:
938 3 George Moss b May 3, 1851; lives
in Detroit
939 4 Elmer William b Oct. 8, 1852,
Ransomville, N. Y.
490 EATON GENEALOGY
940 5 Charles H. b Jan. 1, 1862; lives
in Detroit
941 6 Mary Lillian b 1864; d 1867
619 2 Asael Bill Eaton, son of (434 9)
b May 12, 1818; m (1) Nov. 2, 1843, Maria B.
Palmer, b in Bridgewater, Oneida Co., N. Y.,
Sept. 23, 1828; m (2) Lovina Hopkins, b Mar.
24, 1831, in Buriington, Otsego Co., N. Y.
He is a fanner and lives in Cheshire, Allehan
Co., Mich.
Issue by 1st wife: .
942 1 Dr. Orletus Palmer b Jan. 27,
1845; d 1905 in Wilson, N. Y.; m Matie
Josephine Mason
943 2 Mary Eliza m June 30, 1867,
Fernando Cortez Petty, b in Jefferson Co.,
N. Y. (issue)
944 3 Washington Irving bSept. 3, 1847;
m Frances Imogene Bailey
620 3 Ingram Ebenezer Eaton, son of
(434 9) b Jan. 30, 1821; m (1) April 15, 1847,
Susan H. Hopkins; m (2) Rena L. (Stansell)
Barney, widow of Lucas Barney, in 1875.
Issue :
946 1 Frances A. m J. D. O^Brien (issue)
946 2 Alice J. m H. J. Starkweather
(issue) live in Bloomingdale,-Mich.
947 3 Ida M. m P. Vanalstyne (issue)
948 4 Emma Sarah d in Wilson, N. Y.
1856
949 5 Grace A. m E. J. Post (issue)
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 491
960 6 Stephen Homer b April 8, 1862,
lives in Bloomingdale, Mich, (a music teacher)
623 6 Edward Manning Eaton, son of
(434 9) b Oct. 3, 1831; m April 30, 1857,
Harriet Hopkins, b in Burlington, N. Y.
He is an agent for the sale of agricultural
implements in Bloomingdale, Mich.
Issue:
951 1 Cora Lovlna m Brayton C. Day,
April 30, 1884, (b in Three Mile Bay,
Jeflferson Co., N. Y.) Lives in Detroit, Mich.
962 2 George Edward b Feb. 19, 1869,
in Bloomingdale, Mich.
624 7 Stephen Rand Eaton, son of (434 9)
b Aug. 27, 1823; m Jan. 1, 1852, Hester Ann
Black of Pictou, Nova Scotia, b May 28, 1826.
He was a farmer in Buffalo, N. Y., and
Marysville, California, and d in Ukiah, Cal.,
April 13, 1884.
Issue :
953 1 Ida b 1853; d 1854
964 2 Edward Alma b Feb. 11, 1855,
in Marysville, Cal. ; m EUzabeth Ellen Brad-
ley
955 3 Mary Eleanor m 1884, Simeon Loder
Frosty a merchant in Marysville, Cal.
956 4 Frances Helen
957 5 Charles Stephen b April 4, 1861,
a farmer in Oakland, Cal.
958 6 Harry b April 5, 1863
625 8 Adoniram Judson Eaton, son of
(434 9) b July 20, 1835; m Oct. 23, 1860,
492 EATON GENEALOGY
Henrietta Frank Peek of Lewiston, N. Y., b
Oct. 20, 1840. He is the United States cus-
toms officer at Youngstown, Niagara Co.,
N. Y.
Issue :
959 1 Wilbur C. b Jan. 19, 1863, in
Porter, N. Y., a teacher in Youngstown
960 2 Herbert B. b Feb. 3, 1869
961 3 Benjamin b Nov. 16, 1879
627 1 Henry Knowles Eaton, son of
(436 1) b in Newport, Hants Col, Nov. 26,
1805; m Mar. 10, 1830, Lucy Ann DeWolf of
Horton. She d Mar. 11, 1872, aged 54 years.
Deacon Henry K. Eaton is one of the most
honored of David Eaton's descendants. A
man of refined nature, unaffected piety and
a sweetness of character that won for him
the respect of his generation, he has lived
beyond the allotted sphere of life only to
bless and purify the world.
Issue :
962 2 Judson b Dec. 3, 1832; m Susan
Maria Eaton
963 3 Otis b June 2, 1835; m Ade-
laide Marr
964 4 Margaret Ann b 1837; d 1864; a
most interesting girl and Christian
965 5 Joshua Tinson b Feb. 7, 1840;
m Minnie DeWolf
966 6 Daniel b Aug. 24, 1842; d 1868
967 7 Martha Laleah m in 1879, W. S.
Sweet of Billingtown, Comwallis (issue)
968 8 Sarah Julia m in 1877, Samuel S.
Strong a merchant of Kentville (issue)
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 493
969 9 Edward Henry b Mat. 5, 1850;
m Clara Louisa Rogers
970 10 Clara S. DeWolf b July 1, 1852
629 3 George Eaton, son of (436 1) b
June 28, 1809; m Elvira Clarke of Eastport,
Me. She d in St. John, N. B., July 12, 1854.
He is a prominent ship builder.
Issue :
971 1 Maria Chapman m 1859, Abram
Seelye, a cotton buyer in New Orleans where
they lived; she d in 1860
972 2 Harriet Elvira
973 3 Mary Annie m 1867, Robert Chap-
man Adams (issue)
630 4 William Wentworth Eaton, son of
(436 1) b Feb. 16, 1811; m April 14 1834, by
the Rev. Phineas Bond, Baptist, to Sarah
Ann Peavey of Eastport, Me In early life
he was ordained a minister of the ** Disciples"
denomination and the following extract from
a private letter to Rev. William Hadley
Eaton, D. D., speal^ of his first work in the
ministry :
"I intend giving you a brief narrative of
my pedestrian excursions and eaiiy efforts
to preach the gospel in Vermont, making
Woodstock my starting point, and my pere-
grinations over the hills and through the
valleys of Westmoreland, Walpole, Charles-
town, Clermont, Newport, Bradford, Fishers-
field, Marlow, Unity, and naany other parts
of your native state. I spent the winter of
1832-3 in Walpole and addressed a large
audience at Haverhill, Mass., on my 23d
494 EATON GENEALOGY
birthday, not once suspecting that my great
grandfather ever trod its streets. I enjoyed
pleasant visits among new friends in Spring-
field, N. H., at Exeter, Hampton, Hampton
Falls, Portsmouth and Kittery, Me., and many
other points in Maine and New Hampshire."
For many years Mr. Eaton lived in Chicago
where he was connected with the Chicago
Journal of Commerce.
Issue :
974 1 Brewer D. Moore b Mar. 5 1835;
m Mary C. Gillian ; m (2) Lizzie Carroll
975 2 Sophia m Allan C. Raid; lives
in Chicago, 111.
976 3 Charles Peavey b Jime 20, 1842
977 4 Frederick Oberlln b July 27, 1847
634 8 Col. Daniel Lewis Eaton, son of
(436 1) b Oct. 31. 1824; m Nov. 27, 1856,
Frances Webster of Cape Elizabeth, Me.,
dau of Eben Webster and Mary Jones (Jor-
dan) Webster, b Oct. 5, 1827. He d Feb.
16, 1873, in Washington, D. C.
■ _
(See p. 68 Genealogical Sketch of the Nova
Scotia Batons By Rev. A. W. Eaton)
Col. Daniel Lewis Eaton graduated at Bow-
doin college in 1851; read law in Portland;
taught in Louisville, Ky., was connected
with the press in Pittsburg; was newspaper
correspondent in 1861; remained through the
war as paymaster in the Army ; was appointed
actuary of the Freedman's Savings and
Trust Company, and d cashier of the Second
National Bank. General Howard, for whom
he cherished a lifelong devotion, fitly held
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 495
his hand in death. Resolutions were sent
the family by the First Congregational church
as also resolutions of the Trustees of Howard
University, Freedman's Saving and Trust
Company, Second National Bank and the
Legislative Assembly, District of Columbia.
Obituary — Ck>L D. L. Eaton
This well-known citizen of Washington de-
parted this life yesterday at 3:30 o'clock
p. m., at his residence near Howard University .
Among the friends around him was General
O. O. Howard, a man whom he loved and
honored with all the intensity of his nature,
and who had been his associate in the acad-
emy, and in college, and whose hand he held
in death. This event takes away from our
citizens a man of the strictest integrity — a
man who has held important business and
public trusts, and whose reputation is with-
out a stain. He was marked by a chivalric
devotion to his friends, an unswerving loyalty
to what he believed to be right and a gener-
osity and enthusiasm, which lent themselves
to every worthy cause. Bom in 1824, he
graduated from Bowdoin college in 1851;
read law with Shepley and Dana in Portland,
Me. ; taught in Louisville, Ky. ; was connected
with the press in Pittsburg; came to Wash-
ington as correspondent in 1861; was ap-
pointed paymaster in the army, and so re-
mained until mustered out of service by
President Johnson. He was actuary of the
Freedman's Saving and Trust Company, at
its principal office in this city, till last June.
T
496 EA/ON GENEALOGY
when he became cashier of the Second
National Bank, which position he held at
his death. In all these positions he proved
himself a man without fear and without
reproach, and at his death makes a void not
easily filled. From its inception. Col Eaton
had been a member of the First Congrega-
tional church, and its success has been largely
due to his zeal and fidelity, and few of its
members have been more ready to bear
their share of its burdens and responsibilities
than himself. He was also a member of the
Territorial Cotmcil. We assure his family
of the wannest sympathy in their affliction.
— Daily Chronicle.
Colonel Eaton is dead. The colored peo-
ple have sustained a great loss. He was
true to them in sympathy and labor. Con-
nected with the Freedman's Bank from its
commencement, he did much to give it tone
and efficiency. He was wise in plans for
the promotion of every interest affecting
the Freedman's Saving Bank, which we
regard as one of the best educational institu-
tions among us. While it is true that the
idea of such an institution was originated
by J. W. Alvord, Esq., and seconded by
Senator Simmer, yet it required some such
devoted agent as Colonel Eaton to make it
a success. In departing from us, he leaves
in this institution a monument of which all
who are connected with him may be justly
proud. — New National Era,
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 497
The Rev. J. E. Rankin in his address upon
the death of Colonel Eaton said "Until his
life in Pittsburg, he had never been a professed
Christian. Industrious, upright, strictly
temperate, with nobleness of character he
had struggled through his preparatory col-
legiate and professional studies. He had
married the woman of his choice. Then
death came and took away their first bom.
It was the lowering of that little casket into
the grave, that seemed to open the Kingdom
of Heaven to him. From that time he was
ready to avow himself a Christian, dependent
upon Christ alone for salvation."
Children of Colonel Eaton:
978 1 Frank b Sept. 30, 1859; d Jan. 1,
1861, in Pittsburg, Pa.
979 2 Paul Webster b Dec. 27, 1861 in
Washington, D. C. A clerk in the War
Department; m Elinor B. Adams
980 3 Isabel b Nov. 22, 1863 (Secretary
of Dr. Felix Addler's Ethical Society, New
York city).
638 3 Enoch Eaton, son of (437 2) b
Jan. 28, 1816; m (1) in 1853, Elizabeth
Terry, dau of Elkanah Terry. She d July 4,
1875, aged 60 years. He m (2) Dec. 2, 1876,
Irene Terry, dau of Ephraim Terry, son of
Ephraim. Enoch Eaton was a tanner and
shoemaker at Port Williams, Kings Co. He
d May 24, 1885
498 EATON GENEALOGY
Issue by 1st wife:
981 1 Arthur Crawley b April 19, 1854;
d Sept. 2. 1875
982 2 Edgar Primrose b April 13, 1856;
m Florence Fraser
639 4 Henry Alien Eaton, son of ,(437 2)
b Dec. 31, 1817; m (1) Jan. 18, 1843, Arman-
illa Eaton, dau of James ( ) his cousin,
b Jan. 18, 1823. She d Oct. 31, 1867. He
m (2) June 15, 1869, Maria (Fitch) Eaton,
widow of Joseph Henry (son of William
Henry).
Issue by 1st wife:
983 1 Charles Edwin b 1846; d 1848
984 2 Emma Irene
985 3 Flora Jane m Mar. 9, 1875, Rev.
William B. Boggs, a Baptist missionary to
India. They live in Cumbtun, India.
Issue :
Henry Herbert Boggs b 1876
Grace Evelyn b 1878
Theodore b 1881
Albert b 1882
986 4 Grace Lillian m Edwin Mosher of
Merrimack, Mass.
987 5 Freeman Allen b Jan. 29, 1858; m
Lina Clark
988 6 Albert Edward b July 21, 1860; m
Emily Lockwood
989 7 Frank Maihnan b Dec. 12, 1863
989a 8 Bessie Maria
640 5 Watson Eaton, son of (437 2) b
Feb. 21, 1820; m July! 8, 1847, EmiUna
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 499
Shaftner, b Oct., 1828. He is a commission
merchant in Halifax, N. S.
Issue :
990 1 Hannah Rebecca m George W.
Stuart, a mining agent at Truro, Nova
Scotia, (issue)
991 2 John Shaftner b Nov. 26, 1849; d
1859
992 3 Clara Maria b 1851; d 1854
993 4 George Cunnabel b 1853; d 1854
994 5 William Lloyd Garrison b Jan. 21,
1856; m Ellen Neiley
996 6 Charles Lewis b May 3, 1858; m
Rose Hubley
996 7 Estella
997 8 Watson b 1865; d 1875
997a 9 Maggie Stewart
641 6 Benjamin Eaton, son of (437 2) b
Feb. 27, 1822; m May 19, 1847, Sophia Ells,
dau of WUliam and Sophia (Eaton) Ells. He
is a blacksmith and well-known manufacturer
of axes at Sheffield's Mills, Comwallis.
Issue:
998 1 James Everett b Feb. 16, 1848;
m Sophia Rebecca Bentley of Billtown
999 2 William Edwin b Nov. 24, 1849;
m (1) Mary J. Brecken; m (2) Althea Amanda
Kinsman
1000 3 Eliza Irene m Thomas Offen, a
block maker
1001 4 Arthur Watson b Dec. 1, 1852; m
Fannie Maria Hanmer
1002 5 Eunice Marie
1003 6 David Owen b Nov. 1, 1859
Kings Co.
Issue:
1004 1
farmer
1006 2
1006 3
1007 4
1008 5
1009 6
1010 7
1011 8
600 EATON GENEALOGY
646 10 George Wlswell Eaton, son of
(437 2) b Oct. 2, 1834; m Feb. 25, 1856.
Lucilla Harris, dau of Elisha. George W.
Eaton is a blacksmith and lives in Berwick,
Ralph Ellington b Nov. 25, 1859;
Lavlnia Olive
Fanny AdeUa
Burpee b Jtme 24, 1866
Frank George
Mattie Lorena
Lillian May
Howard b Nov. 18, 1878
647 1 Leonard Eaton, son of (439 4) b
May 15, 1810; m Oct. 1, 1840, Elizabeth dau
Jacob Eaton, b Jan. 14. 1813
Issue:
1012 1 Stephen Woodworth b Sept. 28,
1841 ; m Addie M. Sanford of Comwallis
1013 2 Everard Doe b Jan 5, 1844
662 6 George William Eaton, son of (439
4) b May 8, 1826; m Mar. 20, 1854, Clara, dau
of Elisha Hallett. Their home is in Melrose,
Mass. For years he had been with the
Chickering Piano Manufacturing Co., Boston.
Issue:
1014 1 Enuna b 1855; d 1858
1016 2 George Radford b Jttne 25, 1857
1016 3 Clement Levi b Oct. 15, 1859
1017 4 Monorah b Jan. 20, 1762; d young
1018 5 Evorah twin
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 501
663 7 Joseph Henry Eaton, son of (439 4)
D July 20, 1828; m Oct. 2, 1849, Maria Fitch,
dau William Fitch, Esq. of Wolfville. He
was a farmer at Lower Canard and was
drowned while getting salt hay, Nov. 5, 1861
Issue :
1019 1 Arthur William b July 20, 1852;
m Adelia Gertrude Gilliatt
1020 2 Aubrey b 1855; d 1861
662 5 David Rupert Eaton, son of (447 7)
b Dec. 4, 1827; m Feb. 24, 1853, Joanna
Augusta, dau of William Fitch, Esq. of Wolf-
ville. David Rupert Eaton d suddenly, Nov.
20, 1883, after a prosperous business career.
He lived in Lower Canard, but afterward at
Parrsboro.
In Hemoriam
DAVID RUPERT EATON
Your many readers have heard with regret
of the death of Mr. Eaton, senior member
of the business firm of D. R. and C. F. Eaton.
His last illness was brief and his death un-
expected. -He had come on business to
Comwallis. his former place of residence,
and there on the morning of the 20 inst, he
passed away from the cares and toils of this
life to the rest above. * * * Mr. Eaton was
baptised Dec. 12, 1847, into the fellowship of
the First Baptist church, Canard, Comwallis.
* * * As a business man Mr. Eaton was
widely known. Left at the early age of
nineteen, by the sudden death of his father,
at the head of quite a large family, with a
602 EATON GENEALOGY
farm under a mortgage, he and his only
brother, two years younger than himself,
bravely set themselves to work to save the
homestead for their mother. And they nobly
succeeded.
As a Christian he was tender hearted, true,
and brave. A struggling soul would find a
ready audience with him the busiest days of
his intensely busy life. He had a word of
sympathy for the poor, and for those who
had wandered from the ways of peace and
virtue. His friends many times urged him
to accept public positions open to him, but
from the conviction that it was not best for
him, he declined them. He ever followed his
own sense of duty.
Children of David Rupert Eaton:
1021 1 Laura Augusta b 1854
1022 2 Ada Theodate b 1855
1023 3 Edgar Emerson b 1853 8
1024 4 Horace Eugene b 1860
1026 5 Fred Rupert b 1862
1026 6 Foster Fitch b 1863
1027 7 Aubrey William b 1867
1028 8 Hattie Maria b 1868
1029 9 Percy Haverlock b 1870
1030 10 William Bernard twins
{Far the Christian Messenger)
The Late D. Rupert Eaton, Esq.
5. Selden, Esq,
Dear Sir: I am instructed by the board
of Governors of Arcadia College to forward
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 503
to you for insertion the Minutes of a meeting
held in WolfviUe, Dec. 19, 1883.
"The Board of Governors of Acadia Col-
lege would record their sense of the deep loss
sustained by them in the decease of D.
Rupert Eaton, Esq.
For the past 15 years Bro. Eaton has been
a member of this Board, giving them the
benefit of mature experience. He was a
man of cautious temperment, great firmness
and imtiring industry and could probably
take forecast of the results of a given course
of action as wisely as any member of this
Board.
These characteristics, combined with
thorough conscientiousness made up a mind
peculiarly adapted to a large business. Our
departed brother devised great things, and
the extensive shipping and other enterprises
of the firm of which he was the head, are the
embodiment of his wide views and aims.
The Board would tender their sincere
sympathies to the family of our deceased
friend and brother, and also to the firm of
which he was a member.'*
T. A. HiGGINS,
Secretary of the Board.
Wolfville, Dec. 28, 1883
663 6 Charles Frederick Eaton, son of
(447 7) b April 24, 1830; m (1) Dec. 27, 1855,
Eimice Ells, dau of Robert and Catherine
(Eaton) Ells. She d Jan. 8, 1866 and he m
(2) Sept. 26, 1868, Eliza Elder of Hantsport,
Nova Scotia, dau of Samuel Elder. He was
504 EATON GENEALOGY
for many years associated in business with
his brother. David Rupert Eaton, in the firm
of D. R. and C. F. Eaton. (The ships recently
built by this firm have been built at Eaton-
ville, Three Sisters, Cumberland county.)
Issue by 1st wife:
1031 1 Frederick Edmund b 1856; d 1859
1032 2 Edwin Sheffiield b 1858; d 1859
Issue by 2d wife:
1033 3 Charles WUUam b June 30, 1867
1034 4 Lewis Frederick b AprU 18, 1869
1035 5 Edith Irene b Feb. 27, 1872
671 5 Levi Eaton, son of ( 10) b Oct.
22, 1832; m Dec. 24, 1855, Eunice EUs, dau
of Joshua Ells of Lower Canard. Levi Eaton
is a farmer at Lower Canard.
Issue :
1036 1 Leveret Eugene b Dec. 1856; m
Edith Clementine Woodworth
1037 2 Agnes LiUian b 1859; d 1865
1038 3 Ernest Linwood b Aug. 2, 1862
1039 4 James Edwin b July 1, 1864
1040 5 Mabel Irene b 1875
1041 6 Carrie Maria b 1878
673 7 Brenton Haliburton Eaton, son of
(447 10) b Aug. 8, 1837; m Aug. 4, 1870,
Mary Jean Evans, dau of Llewellyn Evans,
Esq., of Dartmouth, Halifax Co. He was
fitted for college at Horton academy, matric-
ulated at Acadia college 1855, and graduated
in 1859. In the same year he began the
study of law with George A. Blanchard, Esq.,
at Kentville. In 1860-61 he was classical
tutor at Acadia college, and was admitted
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 505
to the bar Oct. 11, 1864. He was admitted
one of Her Majesty's Counsel, May 6 1884,
and is a partner of the firm of Eaton, Par-
sons and Beckwith. (Halifax). He received
the degree of A. M. from Acadia college in
1862 and since 1877 has been one of its
governors. He lives at Dartmouth and his
residence is known as * 'Canard' '. Mr. Eaton
is B. A., ... A. and D. C. L. of Acadia Univer-
sity.
Issue
1042 1 Llewellyn b May 14, 1871; m (1)
m (2)
1043 2 James Edwin b Sept. 25, 1871;
d May 11, 1909; imm
1044 3 Isobel b Jan. 8, 1876; m Eugene
E. Patterson
1045 4 Stella Jean b Feb. 10 1880; d
July 17. 1880
1046 5 Blanch Mary tv/in
1047 6 Brenton Hallburtonjr. b June 18,
1884; graduated from Acadia University
Nova Scotia.
678 1 Gideon Eaton, son of (460 7) b
Sept. 16, 1822; m (1) Aug. 3, 1843, Ann
O'Donnell (b 1823). He was a shoemaker
and lived both in Kentville and Dartmouth
where he d June 18, 1877. His (2) wife was
Sophia E. Leary. b in Lunenburg, Feb. 10.
1827, whom he m in 1851.
Issue by 1st wife:
1048 1 James Edwin b Sept. 17, 1844; m
Janet A. Dickey
506 EATON GENEALOGY
1049 2 Nancy Sophia m Isaac Schofield
(issue)
1060 3 Gideon b Sept. 14. 1843; m Allie
Duncanson
1061 4 Otho b Sept. 24, 1848; m
(no record)
1062 5 Anne b 1851 ; d 1855
Issue by 2d wife:
1053 6 WlUiam Webster b Sept. 15, 1852;
lost at sea, 1871
1064 7 George Frederick b Feb. 19, 1854;
m Alice Pitman
1066 8 John Chlpman b 1855; d 1857
1066 9 ^ Sarah Ellen lives in Boston, Mass.
1067 10 Wallace Stephen Dexter b in
Digby, N. S., Sept. 15, 1860, wood-turner in
Boston
1068 11 Walter Stuart b April 19, 1862,
seaman
1069 12 Norman Bond b Feb. 21, 1863;
machinist in Yarmouth
1060 13 Eliza Catherine
1061 14 Mary Jane
680 3 William Henry Eaton, son of (467
7) b April 28, 1826; m AprU 17, 1853, Arman-
illa Stevens, dau of Jacob Stevens of South
Alton, Kings Co. He was a teacher and book-
keeper, and d Aug. 2, 1879 at Cochituate,
Mass.
Issue :
1062 1 Enos Elbridge b Mar. 3, 1854;
m Jennie Wagner, June 4, 1881 and
lives in Oregon where he is engaged in the
Itmiber business
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 507
1063 2 Mary Eliza b 1856; d 1856
1064 3 Arthur Stanley b 1857; d 1857
1066 4 Josephine Elizabeth b 1858; d 1858
1066 5 Anna Maria b 1859; d 1859
1067 6 Susannah Selina b 1861 ; m James
H. Whlttemore, Bay City, Mich.
1068 7 Jacob Elsworth b 1863; d 1864
1069 8 Sarah Alice b 1866; d 1866
1070 9 Loretta Mau b 1868
1071 10 Carrie Lavina b 1871
683 6 Otho Eaton, son of (467 7) b Nov.
9, 1830; m Mar. 16, 1855, Henrietta Sophronia
Gould, dau of William Gould, Deputy Sheriff
of Kings county. He is a blacksmith at
Kentville.
Issue:
1072 1 Carrie Grace b 1866
1073 2 Rufus Edmund b 1873; d 1879
684 7 Robert Allwn Eaton, son of (467
7) b April 30, 1836; m Aug. 25, 1856, Emeline
A. Turner. He d July 16, 1876.
Issue:
1074 1 Arthur Stanley b July 27, 1859
1076 2 Elma Euana m Bradford Kempton
Pineo
1076 3 Norman Albert b Nov. 4, 1863
1077 4 Nancy Sophia b 1865; d 1865
1078 5 Perry Wihner b June 30, 1870
1079 6 Hattie Belle b 1873
1080 7 Charles Rupert b Dec. 19, 1876
687 3 James Eaton, son of (468 1) b Mar.
9, 1816; m (1) Mar. 1847, Susan Cox, dau of
Thomas. James Eaton is a farmer at Lower
508 EATON GENEALOGY
Pereau or Medford, King's Co. His wife
Susan d June 17, 1851, aged 40 years and he
m (2) her sister, Ruth Cox, Feb. 26, 1857
Issue by 1st wife :
1081 1 Eunice m Joseph Cox, son of
George (issue)
1082 2 WllUam b 1851; d 1878
688 4 Abraham Eaton, son of (458 1) b
Aug. 9, 1821; m in 1852. Abigail Spinnens
of Michigan. He is a seaman and carpenter
and lives in Lower Pereau.
Issue :
1083 1 Mary Eunice b 1853
1084 2 Lucretia Naomi m George Alonzo
(issue)
1086 3 Victoria Corinthla b 1858
1086 4 Christina Mellnda m Frank Elijah
Eaton, her cousin
1087 5 Annie Caroline b 1865; d 1867
1088 6 Henry Clark b Oct. 15, 1866
1089 7 Feodora Marie b 1872
689 5 Elijah Eaton, son of (468 1) b Nov.
10, 1819; m Jan. 1, 1848, Nancy J. Hardy of
Maine, and d in Medford where he is buried,
June 12, 1860. His widow m (2) N. J. GU-
man of Framington, Me.
Issue of Elijah Eaton:
1090 1 Everett Eugene b May, 1850
1091 2 Frank Elijah b Jan. 20, 1859; m
Christina Mellnda Eaton
693 2 Jonathan Rand Eaton, son of (464
2) b Sept. 27, 1812; m Dec. 6, 1837 in Deer
Isle, N. B., Silvinia Herson. He was a ship
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 609
captain and was lost at sea January, 1847.
She d at Deer Isle, Dec. 1, 1863.
Issue :
1092 5 Elizabeth Jane m William John-
son (issue)
1093 2 Naomi Caroline m Gradis Johnson
of Deer Isle (issue)
1094 3 Asa Caleb b 1843; d 1862
1096 4 Charles Alfred b June 27, 1845;
m Carrie Rose Cook
1096 5 Jonathan Rand b July 28, 1847;
is a sea captain and sails out of Gloucester,
Mass., where he spends his winters.
696 4 EUjah Eaton, son of (464 2) b
June 2, 1816; m in Baltimore, and went to
California in 1847. It is thought that he
settled in San Francisco. He left home at
18 years of age but has never written his
family.
698 7 Caleb Eaton, son of (464 2) .b April
3, 1824; m Dec. 22, 1847, Drusilla Herson of
Deer Isle. He was a sea captain and lost
at sea Dec. 23, 1850.
Issue:
1097 1 Sarah F. m (1) James Doughty;
m (2) Joseph Conley (issue by both marriages)
1098 2 Caleb J. b June 5, 1851; m Dor-
cas Stewart
701 10 Abel Benjamin Eaton, son of (464
2) b Oct. 23, 1833; m April 2, 1856, Sarah
E. Stivers of Deer Isle, (b Oct. 27, 1834).
He is a farmer and has the homestead in
Deer Isle.
510 EATON GENEALOGY
Issue:
1099 1 Annie m Charles Gardner (issue)
1100 2 Lizzie m Harvey Leonard
1101 3 (hinda m Wesley Lambert (issue)
1102 4 Catherine m Charles Greenlaw
(issue)
1103 5 Gertrude b May 30, 1867
1104 6 Ada May b May 11, 1871
1105 7 Melboum b Oct. 25, 1874
707 4 James Edward Eaton, son of (464
12) b Dec. 3. 1835; m Feb. 11, 1857, Rebecca
B. Strouach, b at Alyesford, Dec. 18, 1836.
He was a farmer in North Klingston, Ayles-
ford, King's Co. N. S.
Issue:
1106 1 Frederick Stanley b Jan. 17, 1858
1107 2 William Nelson b 1859; d 1860
1108 3 Charles Edward b Sept. 17, 1862;
m Maggie Stevenson
1109 4 Flora Blanche b 1866; d 1867
1110 5 Mary Eliza b 1868
1111 6 Rebecca Adella b 1871
1112 7 Leffle Inez b 1875
710 6 Mayhew Emerson Eaton, son of
(464 12) b Sept. 14, 1840; m (1) Mar. 28,
1876. Thresa Kilcup (b May 10, 1846) a
teacher. She d May 11, 1878; he m (2) July
13, 1881, Lucy Olivia Armstrong of Nictaux,
Annapolis Co. (b Mar. 14, 1841). He is a
farmer in North Kingston, Aylesford.
Issue by 2d wife:
1113 1 Bertha Maria Lavlnia b May
20, 1889
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 511
711 7 Joseph Henry Eaton, son of (464
12) b Nov. 29, 1842; m April, 1870, Helen
Sophia Rhodes of Aykford, b Oct. 1844
Issue :
1114 1 Btyrtle Eudora b 1871; d 1871
1116 2 ' Jessie Blanch Sutherland b 1875
^)7;i2 8 George William Eaton, son of (464
12) b Mar. 18, 1845; m Nov. 10, 1870, Louisa
Magee of Aylsford. He is a merchant at
PaknerRoad, Aylsford, clerk of the Baptist
church and a much respected man.
Issue:
1116 3 Ethel Maud b 1876
1117 2 Ernest Scott b Sept. 13, 1882
716 1 Asael Eaton, son of (466 1) b in
Comwallis Feb. 7, 1813; m (1) Dec. 28, 1842,
Amanda Eaton (647 1). He was a farmer in
Hardin, Allamakee Co., Iowa, where he
removed between 1 856 and 1 859 . Asael Eaton
d in 1895. m (2)
Issue:
1118 1 Lydia Ann b 1843; d imm-
1119 2 Mary Elizabeth m James McNutt
d 1866
1120 3 Mayhew Wells b Aug. 1, 1849
m Ella Minett
1121 4 Davenport Chlpman b Sept. 1852
a sheep owner in Waitsburg, Walla Walla,
Washington; imm
1122 5 Ruth Maria m Lucius Henry Ma-
gee of Iowa
1123 6 Rupert Asael b Dec. 29, 1859; m
Nancy Minett
512 EATON GENEALOGY
1124 7 David b May 29, 1859, m Frances
Jemison of Iowa
721 6 Guy Eaton, son of (466 1) b Aug.
6. 1821; m (1) May 8, 1844, Margaret Man-
ning Eaton (684 4) She d Dec. 29, 1845.
He m (2) April 19, 1849 Eunice Wells Bel-
cher, dau of John and Matilda (Wells), dau
of John and Prudence (Eaton) Wells. He is
a farmer in ComwaUis.
Issue by 1st wife :
1126 1 Charles Henry b May 18, 1845;
m (1) Leah Porter; m (2) Leleah Frances
DeWolf
Issue by 2d wife:
1127 3 Margaret Elizabeth
1128 4 James Edward twins, b Jan. 15,
1855
1129 5 James Edward b Nov. 15, 1856
1130 6 Alfred b 1863 ; drowned April, 1865
723 8 John Wells Eaton, son of (466 1)
b Dec. 11, 1827; m Oct. 28, 1851, Delana
Grossman, b in Bumham, Me., Sept. 21, 1831.
He was a soldier in the late American war;
is a carpenter and lives in North Minneapolis,
Minn.
Issue :
1131 1 John Franklin b Aug. 12, 1852,
at Oldtown, Me; m Annie Moulton, Jan.
1, 1880. He is a teacher of music and lives
in North Minneapolis, Minn.
1132 2 Fred Follett b May 13, 1865
728 5 Wells Eaton, son of (468 3) b Mar.
2, 1822; m Mar. 26, 1845, Mary Wood of
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 513
Comwallis (b April 14, 1825). They removed
to Wisconsin where their children were bom.
He was a farmer and d in Potsville, Allama-
kee Co., Iowa, May 6, 1881. She d May 14,
1904
In Memoriam
Once more the death Angel has written
finis to a life's history, and we are left to
chronicle that Wells Eaton, aged 59 years,
2 months and 4 davs is no more. He died at
his home in Post Township, Allamakee Co.,
Iowa, May 6. 1881. For years Mr. Eaton
was in poor health, and for a year or two
past it had been evident to the loving ones
of his household that he was liable to be
taken from them at any time. His death
has caused a general sadness throughout his
large circle of acquaintances. Mr. Eaton
was bom at King's coimty. Nova Scotia,
March 2 1822. He was imited in marriage
to Miss Mary Wood, March 26, 1845. During
the summer of the same year he removed
with his young wife to Walworth coimty,
Wisconsin. He remained in this state until
1853. In August of this year he settled in
Post Township, Allamakee Coimty, Iowa,
where he has since resided. He was the
father of eleven children nine of whom, with
their mother, mourn their irreparable loss.
In 1858 with his family and a few others,
he gave his name as a member of the Church
of the United Brethren in Christ. Here as
elsewhere, he proved himself worthy of con-
fidence. He was one of the Board of Trustees
614 EATON GENEALOGY
of Bethel Church at the time of its erection
and held the position until his death. Start-
ing upon the lower round of the ladder of
life, by patient toil, close economy and heroic
perseverance, he was able to provide for the
wants of his growing family and leave them
a competence at the time of his death. He
was possessed of a good mind and imclouded
judgment. When administering in the af-
fairs of orphan children he was known to
carry a penny wrapped in a piece of paper
that he might keep their fimds from his own.
This simple instance of his scrupulous honesty
will serve as an index to his moral worth and
christian integrity. His manly virtues are
enough to fill a volume, while the few foibles
of his life are completely obliterated in the
sorrow attendant upon the loss of this noble
husband, father, neighbor and friend. May
the God whom it was his delight to serve, and
to whom he went with gladness, bring com-
fort to all who mourn. — L. B. Hix
Children of WeUs Eaton:
1133 1 William Albert b 1846; d 1866
1134 2 George Edwin b Mar. 7, 1849; m
Alice Lull
1136 3 Maria Ellen m Nahtun Howe
1136 4 WeUs Wentworth b April 8, 1853;
m Ella Hall
1137 5 Marietta m Charles B. Martin of
Iowa
1138 6 Margaret Eunice m John S. Dres-
ser
1139 7 Amanda Jane m Henry S. Harris
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 515
1140 8 Eliza Ann m George Waters
1141 9 Frank L. b Jan. 19, 1864
1142 10 Alfred Watson b 1866; d 1867
1142a 11 Scott WiUis b Mar. 1, 1868
730 2 Gurdon Eaton, son of (469 4) b
July 25, 1816; m (1) Dec. 23, 1840, Mary
Rockwell, dau of Benjamin (b Oct. 28, 1813).
She d Oct. 12, 1851, and he m (2) Mar 4, 1852,
Elizabeth Rockwell, her sister. He was a
caulker in Hantsport, Nova Scotia and d
Feb. 13, 1885
Issue by 1st wife:
1143 1 Mary Jerusha. m Watson Ells
(issue)
1144 2 Eunice Ann m Thomas Cox (issue)
Issue by 2d wife:
1146 3 Asel Emerson b 1853; d 1854
1146 4 Edgar Burton b AprU 16, 1855;
m Mary Reid
1147 5 Ella Elizabeth m Joseph Nelson
(issue)
1148 6 Laura Jenette
1149 7 Gurdon Noble b 1865; d 1866
1150 8 Oressa May b 1869
1161 9 Bessie Leona b 1872
733 5 George Edward Eaton, son of (469
4) b Oct. 14, 1822; m AprU 13, 1841, .Nancy
Wood, dau of Daniel Wood.
Issue :
1162 1 AbigaU b 1842; d
1153 2 Emily Eddany m Wentworth
Harry Newcomb (issue)
1154 3 David Henry b Jan. 29, 1845; m
Bessie Hennigar
516 EATON GENEALOGY
1165 4 . Gurdon Sturtley b Nov. 10, 1847;
m Florence McGinnis
1166 5 Abigail Jerusha m Walter S. Fi-
field
1167 6 Nancy Lavinia m Richmond W.
TTtngnmn
1168 7 Hannah Charlotte b 1853; d 1853
1169 8 Charlotte Anne b 1855; d 1855
1160 9 George Edward b Oct. 7, 1857;
lives in the U. S.
1161 10 liarshall Starr b June 20, 1859;
m Eliza Sawyer
1161a 11 Lewis b Feb. 29, 1862
741 1 Joseph Edwin Eaton, son of (476
10) b June 11, 1828; m Oct. 28, 1868, Eunice
Eliza Woodworth, dau of Benjamin B. Wood-
worth Esq. of Canning. Joseph Edwin Eaton
is postmaster at Kentville.
Issue:
1162 1 Harry Northup b 1869; d 1870
1163 2 Mary Eliza b 1871
1164 3 Nellie Woodworth b 1874
1166 4 Douglass Breton b 1876
1166 5 Prudence Emily b 1878
1167 6 Joseph Levi b 1881
746 6 Nathan Woodworth Eaton, son of
(476 10) b April 17, 1860; m July 21, 1881,
Minnie B. Bigelow. He is employed in the
shipping house at Spencer's Island, Nova
Scotia.
Issue:
1168 1 Victor Bigelow b Nov. 26, 1883
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 517
747 1 James Harvey Eaton, son of (486
5) b Jan. 29, 1842; m Dec. 21, 1869, lantha
Ann Ring, dau of James Ring, He is a mer-
chant in Freeport, Digby covmty, N. S.
Issue:
1169 1 James Edward b Oct. 18, 1870
1170 2 Ralph b Mar. 13, 1883
751 5 George Norris Eaton, son of (486
5) b Jan. 31, 1844; m in 1876, Maud D'Entre-
mont. He is a school teacher in Pubnico,
Yarmouth Co.
1171 1 Frederick MUes b 1877
1172 2 Roy Manning b April 30, 1881
1173 3 Bessie Maud b Feb. 14, 1883
766 2 Leander Eaton, son of (462 2) b
Dec. 25, 1821; m May 22, 1850, Pauline
Starr, dau of Samuel Starr, Esq. and Susanna
(Cox) dau of Susannah (Eaton) Cox, b July
29 1823. They were m at St. John's Church,
ComwalliS; by the Rev. John Storrs, Rector.
Leander Eaton is an extensive land owner,
stock raiser and fruit grower.
Issue I
1174 1 Alfred Starr b June 20, 1851 ; m
Bessie George
1176 2 Fannie Susan b Feb. 27, 1853
1176 3 Mary Sophia b Feb. 21, 1855; m
Charles Wright
1177 4 Florence Jane b A.ug. 30, 1865;
m Charles Ellis
1178 5 Ralph Samuel b Aug. 11, 1858
1179 6 Sarah Elizabeth b Oct. 11, 1860;
m Herbert Stairs
518 EATON GENEALOGY
1180 7 Charles Cotman Hamaton b Sept.
10, 1863
1181 8 AUce Maud b April 27, 1866
767 3 William Eaton, son of (486 2) b
Sept. 30, 1823; m Feb. 15, 1849, Anna Augusta
Hamilton, b at Kentville, Sept. 11, 1828; m
at St. James Church by the Rev. John Storrs,
Rector.
William Eaton was appointed Commission-
er of Schools, which position he held con-
tinuously, except during the term of his
Inspectorship of Schools. In 1859 he was
appointed a Commissioner in the Supreme
Court of the Province, and in 1865, the govern-
ment, acting through the Cotmcil of Public
Instruction, conferred on him the appoint-
ment of Inspector of Schools for the county
of King's. In 1870 he was created Justice
of Peace. He was also Secretary of the Pro-
vincial Agriculture and Industrial Exhibition.
Mrs. Eaton was the youngest child of Otho and
Maria (Starr) Hamilton, and was b in the old
homestead of her mother and grandmother,
which in 1852-3 and 1862-3 came into the
hands of her husband, William Eaton. The
place had been known for many years as "The
Royal Oak,'* but in these days with a new
and larger house differently situated, it is
called **Elmwood.'* Mrs. Eaton d Sept. 23,
1883, after a ten days illness, and is buried
in *'The Oaks" Cemetery beside her little
Emily, whose death made a woimd in her
tender heart which never healed. William
Eaton d May 2, 1893.
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 519
Issue :
1182 1 Arthur Wentworth Hamaton
b Dec. 10, 1849
1183 2 Francis Herbert b July 29, 1851;
d Jan. 11, 1908
1184 3 Anna Marton b Jan. 1, 1853; m
Albert Leighton
1186 4 Rufus William b Aug. 23, 1865
1186 5 Leslie Seymour b May 17, 1865
1187 6 Emily Maria Hamilton b Feb. 14,
1868; d May 2, 1871 of croup
Francis Herbert Eaton
Francis Herbert Eaton. M.A., D.C.L., died
Jan. 11, 1908, in Victoria, British Columbia,
Canada. Dr. Eaton was bom at Kentville,
Nova Scotia, July 29, 1851, his father being
the late William Eaton, Esq., and his mother
Anna Augusta Willouhgby (Hamilton) Eaton,
and was prepared for college at the grammar
schools of his native town and at Horton
Academy at Wolfville, N. S. Seven miles
from his birthplace was Acadia College, now
the University of Acadia College, and there
Dr. Eaton received his first bachelor's degree.
Until November, 1873, he was principal of
the Academy in Shelboum, N. S., when he
joined the class of 1876 at Harvard and short-
ly afterwards our class. In 1876 Acadia
University conferred on him the degree of
M.A. From 1875 to 1877 he taught Greek
and natural science in Horton Academy, but
in August, 1877 he returned to Harvard Uni-
versity for a special course of study in the
Post-graduate Department. The next year
520 ^ EATON GENEALOGY
he was appointed to the principalship of
Amherst Academy in Nova Scotia, and in
November, 1879, was elected to a professor-
ship of mathematics and physics in the Pro-
vincial Normal School at Truro. The latter
position he filled with distinction until 1890,
when he resigned and went to Eiu*ope for a
second time to make a special study of the
educational systems of Great Britain and
Germany. His first visit for the same pur-
pose had been made eight years earlier. In
1891-92 he held temporary appointments as
mathematical instructor in the Boston Latin
School and the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, six months in each. From Jan-
uary, 1893, he owned, edited, and published
two weekly papers in Kentville, Nova Scotia,
the Advertiser and the Acadian Orchardist,
and concurrently, from April, 1893, was
mimicipal clerk and treasurer of that town
and commissioner of the Supreme and County
Courts of Kings County under appointment
of the government of Nova Scotia. In 1890
he was appointed to a professorship of mathe-
matics in Acadia University, but declined
the appointment. For some time after this,
however, he remained as he had long been
a governor of the college.
In his long educational career in Nova
Scotia Dr. Eaton made himself a recognized
power. There was no general movement
in public education in which he was not
importantly concerned. At the inception
of a now extinct "paper imiversity*' known
as ''Halifax University," he was appointed
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 521
examiner in physics and mathematics, and
twice he held the office of president of the
Nova Scotia Summer School of Science, an
institution he had helped organize. During
his connection with educational work in
Nova Scotia he contributed greatly by his
public addresses, his published articles, and
his work on important committees, towards
the achievement of the present excellence
of the school system of that province.
In August, 1897, Dr. Eaton was called to
the superintendency of the schools of Victoria,
British Colimibia, a post then newly created,
and in the years that have elapsed since, in
spite of imcertain health, he has done a work
that is universally conceded to be one of
unusual thoroughness and power. In edu-
cation he was a man of wide vision, and his
keen intelligence, firm grasp 6t educational
forces, and great organizing ability have
easily given him a place among the ablest
educators in the Dominion of Canada. To
his influence, recent valuable legislation in
the province of British Colvmibia is in no
little measure due. In recognition of his
unusual services to education on both the
Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the Dominion,
the University of Acadia in 1905 conferred
on him the highest honor in its gift — sl Doc-
torate of Civil Law. Among Dr. Eaton's
published writings are a text-book on Practi-
cal Mathematics for the use of high schools
in Nova Scotia, published in 1883, Reports
of the Victoria Schools, an article in the
Popular Science Monthly on the "Bay of
522 EATON GENEALOGY
Fundy Tides and Marshes," and many edi-
torial articles, always in clear, scholarly,
vigorous English.
Dr. Eaton's funeral was held in the Anglican
Cathedral in Victoria, Jan. 12, 1908, the
burial taking place in the Victoria Cemetery
in a spot overiooking the beautiful blue
water of Juan de Fuca Straits. — Sent out by
his Harvard Class Secretary.
758 4 John Rufus, son of (486 2) b July
3, 1826; m Dec. 1, 1849, in Kentville, Jose-
phine Collins Hamilton, fourth dau of Otho
and Maria (Starr) Hamilton.
John Rufus Eaton was in business in Bos-
ton, Mass., where he was a member of the
firm of J. Rufus Eaton and Company, a ship
chandlery and commission firm. He was a
genial and generous man. He was drowned
while rowing in Boston Harbor, Nov. 4, 1861,
and is buried in Garden Cemetery, Chelsea,
Mass. His widow m (2) Aug. 5, 1863, D.
Stuart Hamilton, D. C. L., a well-known
classical teacher who received Holy Orders
from the Bishop of Alabama.
Issue
1188 1 Emma Maria b Jan. 1851; d 1851
1189 2 Grace Hunnawell m 1872, William
C. Porter (issue)
760 6 James Stanley Eaton, son of (486
2) b Feb. 4, 1836; m May 28, 1860, Janet
Nicholas of Bridgetown, N. S. He inherited
the homestead from his father. He has been
for some years county clerk and commissioner
of schools.
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 523
ISStl6!
1190 1 Clarence Ward b Mar. 8, 1861
1191 2 Agnes Lillian m Rev. John
Lowden, minister of the Free Baptist church,
Portland, Me.
1192 3 Walter Ernest b May 28, 1868
1193 4 John Nicholson b Sept. 10, 1874
761 1 Andrew Eaton, son of (487 3) b
Oct. 17, 1822; m Ann Newcomb; d June 8,
1857
Issue:
1194 1 Andraetta b Dec. 1857; d 1859
763 3 Ward Eaton, son of (487 3) b Jan.
23, 1829; m Dec. 1858, Gertrude Aberly
Masters.
Issue :
1195 1 Inez Hammond b Nov. 22, 1860
. 1196 2 Clara Gertrude b Feb. 5, 1886
764 4 Abraham Eaton, son of (487 3) b
April 29. 1835; m Charlotte Henderson. He
d Feb. 5, 1875
Issue I
1197 1 Annetta b Feb. 29, 1864
1198 2 Andrew Henderson b Jvdy 1, 1870
769 5 Charles Edward Eaton, son of (489
5) b June 28, 1838; m July 20, 1854, in Bos-
ton, Sarah Elizabeth Robinson of County
Antrim, Ireland.
Issue!
1199 1 Rufus b June 17, 1855; d 1758
1200 2 Alice m Samuel B. Sweet
524 EATON GENEALOGY
776 1 Frederick Edward Eaton, son of
(497 13) b Feb. 16, 1845; m Nov. 5, 1868,
Ruth Ann Beach, dau of Osaac Beach of
Medford.
Issue:
1201 1 Mabel Adella b 1870
1202 2 John Brenton b June 28, 1871
1203 3 Herman Wflder b Mar, 28, 1873
1204 4 Isaac Howard b Nov. 12, 1874
1206 5 Phronle b June 13, 1876
777 3 WilUam Payzant Eaton, son of
(497 13) b Aug. 7, 1854; m June 4, 1877,
Clara Burbridge of Canning, dau of William
and Rebecca (Belcher) Burbridge
Issue:
1206 1 Louise b Mar. 1880
1207 2 Eveline b
1208 3 Jessie Payzant b July 1883
781 1 Gen. John Eaton, son of (479 5)
b in Sutton, N. H., Dec. 5, 1829; graduated
at Dartmouth college, 1854; became a teacher
in Cleveland, Ohio, 1854-56. He was or-
dained minister of the gospel and in Aug.
1861, became chaplain of the 27th Ohio
Volimteer Infantry; he was twice in prison,
once at Lexington, Mo. When our troops
retired from Springfield, Mo., he volunteered
to stay behind with Colonel, now Major
General, J. W. Ftdler of Toledo, O., who was
sick and expected to die, becoming again a
prisoner in the Confederate lines and while
there was called upon to preach to the Con-
federate soldiers. In 1862 he became bri-
gade inspector. In 1862 he was appointed
' <S-<^«--S^S-<-v
526 EATON GENEALOGY
by General Grant superintendent of the
colored people who came into the lines of
his army by the thousands in northern
Alabama, western Tennessee and northern
Mississippi. General Grant in his "Personal
Memoirs" refers to the service of Chaplain
Eaton as follows :
'*It was at this point, probably, where the
first idea of a 'Freedman.'s Bureau' took its
origin. Orders of the government prohibited
the expulsion of the negroes from the pro-
tection of the army when they came in
voluntarily. Humanity forbade allowing
them to starve. * * * The plantations were
all deserted; the cotton and com were ripe;
men, women, and children above ten years
of age could be employed in saving these
crops. To do this work with contrabands,
or to have it done, organization under a
competent chief was necessary. On inquir-
ing for such a man, Chaplain Eaton, now
and for many years the very able United
States Commissioner of Education, was sug-
gested. He proved as efficient in that field
as he has since done in his present one."
Chaplain Eaton became colonel of the 63d
Colored Infantry and was brigadier-general
by brevet, and in May, 1865, assistant com-
missioner of the Freedman's Bureau; he was
ordered to Washington, D. C. In 1866 he
became the founder and editor of the Mem-
phis Post, a daily, weekly and tri-weeldy
Republican paper. He was elected state
superintendent of public instruction for
Tennessee, and secured the attendance of
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 527
185,000 pupils in the new schools. He was
appointed United States Commissioner of
Education by General Grant and assumed
the duties of the office March, 1877. General
Eaton twice visited Europe, and travelling
much in the states and territories made
himself familiar with the actvial needs of
education.
He was decreed honorary member of the
French ministry of Public Instruction. The
emperor of Brazil offered him the order of
Commander of the Rose. He was a member
of the society of Japanese savans for the
promotion of education.
Perhaps no one in the United States had
a more extensive personal acquaintance with
men who have distinguished themselves in
peace dnd war, in philosophy, science, edu-
cation, politics, and religion, in the past
thirty years. He had the confidence of
President Lincoln, and was an intimate
friend and confidant of General Grant from
the time of their acquaintance in the war
until the latter *s death.
Rev. Edward Everett Hale, D. D., in speak-
ing of him, said, "I will not simply say he
is one of the most distinguished educators
in this country, but one of the most distin-
tinguished known to the world."
In the History of Memphis, where the
general served the public as an editor, are
the following fitting words:
"General Eaton's whole Ufe has been con-
secrated to the highest benevolence and to
528 EATON GENEALOGY
the broadest patriotism, and to going about
doing good in every direction.**
Gen. John Eaton m Sept. 29, 1864, Alice
Eugenia, dau of Capt. James and Adeline
(Quincy) Shirley of Vicksburg, Miss. She
was b at Carrolton, Miss., May 2, 1844. (Capt.
Shirley was a native of Goffstown and grad.
at Dartmouth the year before his life long
friend, Rufus Choate.)
Issue:
1209 1 James Shirley, b Aug. 1, 1868 at
Nashville, Tenn.; m Ethel Osgood Mason
1210 2 Elsie Janet b Feb. 6, 1871 at
Washington, D. C.
1211 3 John Quincy b July 14, 1873
1212 4 Frederick Charles b Aug. 9, 1877;
d June 15, 1878
783 3 Frederick Eaton, son of (603 5)
b Feb. 10, 1835; m (1) Mar. 8, 1860, Mary
Helen (b May 23, 1839) dau of Robert and
Sarah (McCuthcheon) Shirley, who d Jan. 2,
1887. He m (2) Jan. 23, 1889, Laura Helen,
dau of DeWitt Clinton and Laura May
(Wheeler) Baldwin. For thirty years Frede-
rick Eaton was a merchant in Toledo, Ohio.
He d Feb. 4, 1890. His 2d wife d June 2,
1890.
The crape on the door of F. Eaton and Go's
lion store brought grief to many hearts and
tears to many eyes. Said one of his clerks
"He has been more than a father to me.'*
Flags on many of the buildings were at half
mast. His employes and the merchants and
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 529
bankers and others, held meetings and passed .
resolutions of respect and condolence.
Issue by 1st wife :
1213 1 Helen Shirley b Aug. 5, 1863; d
April, 1876
Issue by 2d wife:
1214 2 Frederick b May 31, 1890
706 4 Nathan Andrew Eaton, son of (476 '
5) b April 11, 1833; left home when only 16
years of age and fought his own way in the
world. In 1850 he went via the Isthmus to
California and engaged successfully in mining.
He engaged in trade in Waterloo, Ind., after-
wards in Chicago, 111. In 1873 he returned
to California and lives near Merle, San Diego
Co., Cal. He has salt works on his place, also
several hundred hives of bees.
786 5 Colonel Lucien Bonaparte Eaton,
son of (603 5) b Mar. 8, 1837; m Dec. 26,
1867, Clara dau of Valentine and Catherine
(Harshman) Winters of Dayton, Ohio. (She
was b Feb. 16, 1841). Lucien Bonaparte
Eaton became the principal of the Hudson
Street school in Cleveland, Ohio. Early in
Oct., 1861, he resigned and entered the 65th
Ohio Vol. Infantry as a second lieutenant.
The teachers of Cleveland presented him with
a sword. He was in the battles of Shilo,
Perryville, Stone River, Chickamauga, Mis-
sionary Ridge and many other engagements.
After the battle of Stony River he was com-
missioned captain and served as brigade
inspector on the staff of Gen. Charles G.
Harker, who was killed at Kenesaw Mountain.
530 EATON GENEALOGY
In 1864 he was appointed lieutenant-colonel
of the 69 U. S. C. Q. At the close of the war
he settled in Memphis and La Grange,
Tenn., and in Corinth, Miss., but devoted
himself to the study of law. In 1870 he was
appointed by President U. S. Grant, JJnited
States marshal for the western district of
Tennessee and served until April, 1887, when
he resigned. His term of service was during
the reconstruction and ku-klux era and four
of his deputy marshals were killed. In 1872
he was admitted to the bar; in 1877 he began
active practice of his profession. He is head
of the firm of L. B. Eaton and Co., the owners
of the oldest office furnishing abstract titles
to lands in Memphis and Shelby counties,
and of the firm of Eaton and Smith, Itunber
dealers. He is a member of the Knights of
Honor, of the Historical Society, of the
American Public Health Association, and of
the American Social Science Congress. In
1880 he was elected and served as representa-
tive in the state legislature.
His wife d Aug. 23, 1885. She was a woman
of quiet, cheerful temperament, a devoted
wife and mother and a faithful Christian.
Issue '
1216 1 Valintine Winters b Nov. 1, 1870
in Dayton, Ohio
1216 2 Katie b July 28, 1872; d July 27,
1873
1217 3 Luclen b Oct. 19, 1877 in Memphis,
Tenn.; d Nov. 24, 1877
1218 4 Clara b June 13, 1879; d July 2,
1879
s^ /?/Z£u>^
532 EATON GENEALOGY
787 7 James Andrew Eaton, son of (603
5) b Sept. 30, 1841; m Fannie Josephine
(b Dec. 24, 1847) dau of James John and
Joanna Wright (Needham) Newell of Adrian,
Mich. James A, Eaton finished his studies at
Phillips academy, Andover, Mass.; entered
his brother Frederick's store; later went into
business for himself in Fort Wayne, Ind.,
and Memphis, Tenn. In 1887 he went to
Grand Rapids, Mich., where he has a large
and successful business.
Issue :
1219 1 Mary b Mar. 24, 1877
788 8 Charles Eaton, son of (503 5) b
Aug. 28, 1843. After his mother's death he
was given to his uncle, Samuel Andrews,
brother of his mother. At fifteen he entered
Phillips academy, Andover, Mass., and finish-
ed at Kimball Union Academy, Meriden.
The expense of his education was paid by
his brother Frederick and a small bequest
left by his mother to aid in the education of
all her children. He studied law in Michigan
University 1865-66; was reporter on the
Boston Times in 1868 and city editor of the
Toledo Blade in 1868-70 and clerk in the
Bureau of Education, Washington, D. C.
Is now with his brother Col. L. B. Eaton.
He m May 25, 1865, Marion Emma (b in
Cornish, Nov. 9, 1847) dau of Dr. John Sabin
and Louise (Jackson) Blanchard.
Issue :
1220 1 Charles Linsley b Nov. 25, 1866;
d Nov. 23, 1874 at Eaton Grange. His death
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 533
was occasioned by an accidental fall severing
his spine.
790 1 Dr. John Marshall Eaton, son of
(507 9) b May 12, 1832; m Maria Whether-
bee, Oct. 27, 1858, dau of Lewis and Lucy
Whetherbee. John Marshall Eaton gradu-
ated at the Medical college of Harvard Uni-
versity in 1856. He served as assistant sur-
geon of volunteers in the War of the Rebel-
lion from 1862 to 1864. He is a surgeon of
remarkable skill and is state medical examiner
for the coimty. He resides in Milford, Mass.
793 4 Luclen Kimball Eaton, son of (507
9) b Nov. 7, 1850; m Mary E. Titus, dau of
John Titus of Elkhart, Ind. He was a natural
mechanic and for the last twelve years of
his life was employed in the railroad shops
at Elkhart and Fort Wayne, Ind. He was a
man of powerful frame and perfect health,
but was suddenly stricken, and d Mar. 16,
1888, after a weeks sickness. He was a mem-
ber of the Third Presbyterian church of Fort
Wayne, a large hearted, frank, and generous
man, earnest in Christian and temperance
and political work.
806 4 Jubal Harrington Eaton, Jr. son
of (511 1) b Nov. 1, 1839; m Martha Bryant
of Lewiston, Me.
Issue I
1221 1 Edward b Mar. 1870
817 2 Willard Lee Eaton, son of (517 7)
b Oct. 13, 1851, at Delhi, Iowa; m Sept. 11,
1874, Lavira R. Annis
534 EATON GENEALOGY
Willard Lee Eaton, lawyer and railroad
commissioner, is a prominent republican and
was elected to 27, 28, 29, General Assemblies
of Iowa. He was Speaker of the House of
Representatives and senator in the 29th
General Assembly. He was elected railroad
commissioner for Iowa, 1986, for a four year
term; is director of the Farmers' National
Bank, and Home Trust and Savings Bank
of Osage, Iowa; Trustee of Cedar Valley
Seminary and Upper Iowa University; a
member of all Masonic bodies both N. Y. and
Scotish Rites and was formerly Worshipful
Grand Master of Masons, Iowa; a member
of Knights of Phythias and Elks and of
Grant Club, Des Moines. He received a
degree from Iowa State University of B. S.,
LL.B., and LL.D.
Issue :
1221a 1 Ivan Willard b Feb. 18, 1882;
d Sept. 17, 1884
1222 2 Allen March b Mar. 15, 1887
818 3 Sumner Franklin Eaton, son of
(517 7) b Dec. 5, 1851; m Aug. 7, 1876, Lucy
A Sherman (b Jan. 8, 1854). He is a farmer
at Osage.
Issue:
1223 1 Fred b July 28, 1877
1224 2 Lee b Sept. 30, 1879
1225 3 Ross b Sept. 5, 1881
1226 4 Jesse b Feb. 22, 1884
1227 5 Harry b Feb. 9, 1886
1228 6 Leonard b Nov. 6, 1888
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 535
820 1 Martha Eaton, dau of (519 9) b
Mar. 17, 1851; m Oct. 17, 1872, Charles A,
Bemis (b Sept. 2, 1848) son of George W. and
Mary (Smith) Bemis of Dublin; resides at
Boston Highlands, Mass.
Issue:
1229 1 Florence Bemis b 1873
1230 2 Shirley Eaton b 1876
1231 3 Laura b 1878
1232 4 Melville C. b 1883 in Boston
821 2 Ellen Maria Eaton, dau of (519 9)
b May 29, 1853; m Sept. 23, 1880 Austin
Calvin Steames (b July 13, 1836) son of Alson
and Maria (Gibson) Steames of Hopkinton
Mass.
Issue
1232a 1 Austin Eaton Steames b 1883
839 7 John R. Eaton, son of (534 6) b
in Arlington, Vt., April 5, 1849; m Sophia E.
Vail of Syracuse, N. Y., June 26, 1872. Stud-
ied medicine with Dr. Armstrong of Auburn,
N. Y.; was graduated at College of Medicine,
Syracuse University, 1875; has practised in
Chittenango N. Y., ever since.
Issue:
1233 1 Maurice VanDuyn b in Chitte-
nango, N. Y., July 19, 1877; d Feb. 21, 1882
1234 2 Charles Emmett b Nov. 16, 1880;
b March 21, 1898
1235 3 Chester Ryland b Dec. 24, 1885
847 7 George Eaton, son of (535 1) b ;
m Emma Kennear of Wailsburg, Wyo., and
resides at Granger, Wash.
636 EATON GENEALOGY
Issue:
1236 1 Emma
1237 2 Warren
1238 3 Edith
1239 4 Clara
848 8 Charles B. Eaton, son of (635 1)
b ; m (1) Ida Sherwood who d Mar 17,
1899; m (2) Anna Tremble; resides in Seattle,
Wash.
Issue :
1240 1 James
1241 2 Alice
1242 3 Ruth
1243 4 Philip
Ninth Generation
852 1 Rev. Benjamin F. Eaton, son of
(663 3) b Sept. 16, 1836; m and resides
at South Hampton, N. H.
Issue:
1244 1 Clarence L. b May 14, 1868; m
Issue
1246 Richard H. b Jan. 26, 1909
867 6 Woodman Steplien Eaton son of
(663 1) bom in Portland, Me., Oct. 16, 1846;
m in Gorham, Oct. 16, 1866, Judith Annette,
dau of Rev. Joseph and Almedia (Ballard)
Colby. He was provost marshal, New Orleans,
until close of the war. He d in Portland,
Me., Aug. 28, 1905.
Issue
1246 2 Edward b 1871
1247 3 Harry d 1895
1248 4 Gertrude May (twin)
Record of his eldest son reads :
860 1 WiUiam Colby Eaton, son of (867 6)
b Jan. 13, 1868; was 4 years on the staff of
Gov. Powers as senior aid-de-camp with
rank of Lieut-Colonel. He m May 16, 1894,
Marion Durant Dow, dau of Col. Fred and
Julia (Hammond) Dow.
Issue:
1249 1 Annette Hammond b Mar. 13, 1898
870 2 Jacob Valentine Eaton, son of (867
1) b Aug. 9, 1836; m June 1, 1868, Henrietta
E. Parker, dau of Charles Park Parker. He
is a farmer in Aranville, Annapolis. Co
(587)
538 EATON GENEALOGY
Issue:
1260 1 Carrie Edith b 1869
1261 2 Blanch Edna b 1871
1262 3 Avard Parker b 1873
873 5 William Thomas Eaton, son of
(688 1) b Sept. 10, 1843; m June 15, 1871,
Frances Tuttle of Boston. He is a builder
and a member of the firm of Eaton and Tuttle,
real estate and insurance agents, Boston, Mass.
Issue:
1263 1 Harold Woodworth b Feb. 23, 1881
I
876 7 Burton Chase Eaton, son of (688 1)
b Jan. 22, 1848; m Dec. 12, 1878, Henrietta
Troop, dau of Robt. Troop of Granville.
Issue :
1264 1 Francis Eugene b Sept. 1877 ; d 1881
1266 2 Ethel Maud b April 18, 1881
1266 3 Victor Arnold b July 8, 1883
876 8 Adoniram Judson Eaton, son of
(688 1) b Oct. 16, 1850; m Dec. 25, 1879,
Adelia Woodman of Wolfville, Nova Scotia.
Adoniram J. Eaton, M. A., Ph.D., at the age
of 16 engaged in teaching. He entered
Acadia College, Wolfville, N. S., in 1869,
graduated in 1873 with honors in mathema-
tics and classics; graduated from Harvard
University in 1876, M.A., in 1877. Soon
after became head master of Amherst Acad-
emy and in 1879 was elected Principal and
teacher of classics in Woonsocket high school
Providence, R. I. Resigning his position
in 1882, he went abroad for further study and
in May, 1884, received the doctor's degree
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 539
in philosophy from Leipzig University, by the
presentation of a dissertation entitled "The
Atmanepada in Rigveda*' and examination in
Greek, Latin and Sanscrit with highest honors.
Issue :
1257 1 Jean Courtlandt b Sept. 12, 1881
877 1 Weston Hall Eaton, son of (688 4)
b July 7, 1845; m Sept. 30, 1873, Gabrielle
Rice of Bear River, Digby county. He is a
farmer at Bear River.
Issue I
1268 1 Clarence'^ Hall b May 11, 1880
1269 2 Lennie Gertrude b Sept. 6, 1883
879 4 Jacob Eaton, son of (591 4) b July
25, 1849; m Feb. 22, 1879, Mary Eliza Strong
of Comwallis. He is a fanner at Sterling,
Pratts Junction, Mass., having removed from
Nova Scotia.
Issue '.
1260 1 Walter Russel b Jan. 13, 1880
1261 2 Lament Royal b Nov. 25, 1881
1262 3 Egbert A. b Nov. 7, 1883
884 1 George Thomas Eaton, son of (596
9) b July 10, 1848; m July 20, 1873, Hester
Williams of Cork, Ireland, and d in Cork, Jan.
30, 1879. He was a master mariner. They
had children but none are living.
779 2 Charles Rupert Eaton, son of
(528 9) b June 24, 1852; m Oct. 15, 1879,
Rosanna Melvenia Yoimg, b in Granville,
Annapolis coimty, Jan. 26, 1853. He is a
blacksmith at Granville.
*Note — Name Clarence or Lawrence
540 EATON GENEALOGY
Issue:
1263 1 Arthur St. Clair b Jan. 19, 1881
1264 2 Cora Belle b Feb. 1, 1882
1266 3 Charles Wentworth b Nov. 9, 1883
889 1 John Wellington Eaton, son of
(598 2) b Nov. 24, 1837; m Dec. 25, 1867 at
Centreville, Cumberland Co., Sarah Elizabeth
Walker (b Aug. 5, 1851)
Issue '
1266 1 Phebe Alice b 1868
1267 2 Helen Hay b 1870
1268 3 Hattie Coretta b 1872
1269 4 Graham Allen b June 18, 1875
1270 5 Harley Everett b Jan. 9, 1880
1271 6 Herbert Harris b Sept. 28, 1882
890 2 Amos Blucher Eaton, son of (698 2)
b Feb. 28, 1840; m Feb. 15, 1867, Mary
Amelia Davidson of River Philip, Cumberland
Co. (b Mar. 15, 1848)
Issue:
1272 1 Florence Amelia b 1868
1273 2 Martha Alice b 1879
1274 3 Ada Marietta b 1872
1276 4 Winnie Pomona b 1873
1276 5 Lizzie Rebecca b 1875
1277 6 Levi Woodworth b April 25, 1877
1278 7 Annie Emma b June 12, 1881
891 3 Judson Harris Eaton, son of (598
2) b Oct. 8, 1841; m Dec. 31, 1868, Lucy
Maria Horton of Pugwash; b Nov. 17, 1844.
He is a farmer in Centreville, Cumberland Co.
Issue:
1279 1 Eva b 1870 at Port Howe
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 541
1280 2 George Rupert b Sept. 1, 1872
1281 3 James Logan b June 5, 1874
1282 4 Annie b 1877
1283 5 Asa Blgelow b Nov. 19, 1879 in
Centreville
1284 6 Sylvanus Morton b June 15, 1882
1286 7 Minnetta Lavinla b Jan. 5, 1885
899 1 David Harris Eaton, son of (599 1)
b May 6, 1837; m Nov. 26, 1862 in Wrentham,
Mass., Emma Furnace Herring. He is a
jeweler in Wrentham, Mass.
Issue:
1286 1 Annie Laurie b 1864; d 1866
1287 2 Ida May b July 29, 1867 in Mansfield
1288 3 Nettie Emma b Feb. 24, 1871 in
New York city.
1289 4 Eveline Harris b Jtme 5, 1864 in
Wrentham, Mass,
1290 5 Edward Even b 1875; d 1876
1291 6 Sarah Elizabeth b 1878
1292 7 Winnie Louise b 1881
903 5 Isaac Bigelow Eaton, son of (531 1)
b Jan. 17, 1840; m Hannah Waugh. He is
a jeweler in North Attleboro, Mass.
Issue:
1293 1 Amos Alexander
1294 2 Edgar
1296 3 Mabel
906 8 Levi Woodworth Eaton, son of
(599 1) b Oct. 6, 1851; m Ella Davis. He is
a carpenter and lives in Newark, N. J.
Issue:
1296 1 Beulah
542 EATON GENEALOGY
1297 2 James
1298 3 Annie
914 4 Joseph Howe Eaton, son of (601 5)
b Mar. 26, 1849; m Feb. 11, 1871 at Pugwash
River, Adelia McPherson (b 1852)
Issue :
1299 1 Parker b 1871 ; d 1877
1300 2 Gertie May b 1873; d 1877
1301 3 Frank b 1877; d 1880
1302 4 John Wilbur b Mar. 19, 1881
1303 5 Cyrus Stephen b Dec. 16, 1883
916 6 John Russell Eaton, son of (601 5)
b Aug. 18, 1853; m Mar. 8, 1874, Maggie Ray,
He d Sept. 8, 1878.
Issue I
1304 1 Arthur b 1875; d 1876
1306 2 Annie b Aug. 13, 1878
918 8 Cyrus Black Eaton, son of (601 5)
b Dec. 18, 1857; m Dec. 25, 1876, Maggie
Whidden of Aritigonish. He is a mechanic
in Denver, Colorado.
Issuer
1306 1 WilUam b Dec. 20, 1878 in Pugwash
1307 2 Emelia b Oct. 12, 1880 in Cam-
bridge
920 10 Rev. Charles Aubrey Eaton, son
of (601 5) b in Nova Scotia, Mar. 29, 1863.
He was educated at Acadia University at
Wolfville, not far from Grand Pre, the land of
Evangeline. He made his own way in life
and raised the funds to complete his college
course by teaching and lecturing. His theo-
logical degree was received from the Theo-
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 543
logical Seminary at Newton, Mass., and his
first charge was Natick, Mass.; he was then
called to Toronto, where in addition to minis-
tering to a large church, he took active part
in public affairs and was for five years the
sociological editor of the Toronto Globe.
The Rev. Dr. Eaton is six feet in height,
broad shouldered and of athletic build al-
though rather slender. In his manner and
bearing he reveals strength and forcefulness.
For seven years he was pastor of the Euclid
Avenue Baptist church in Cleveland, Ohio,
where John D. Rockfeller is a member and
the Standard Oil financier is one of his per-
sonal friends. He is now pastor of the Mad-
ison Avenue Baptist church of New York.
923 3 Amos Richmond Eaton, son of (610
4) b Sept. 24, 1850; m in Boston, Mar. 4,
1874, Harriet Jane Wills. He is a grocer in
Aubumdale, Mass.
Issue :
1308 1 Frederick Richmond b Nov. 9,
1874 at Newton, Mass.
1309 2 Ethel Annie
1310 3 Grace Adelaide
1311 4 Perry Doulgass b Dec. 11, 1881
1312 5 Sidney Jacob b Sept. 24, 1884
927 1 Stephen Eaton, son of (612 6) b
Mar 6, 1847; m in 1871, Eunice Rand, dau of
Jeremiah Rand of West Comwallis and lives
at Cold Brook.
Issue:
1313 1 Ernest
1314 2 WilUe
544 EATON GENEALOGY
1316 3 Nellie
1316 4 Worthy
1317 5 Frank
931 5 Manson Henry Eatob, son of (612
6) b April 19, 1855; m Dec. 18, 1880, Eliza
Jane Coldwell of Gaspereau, dau of Daniel
and Emily (Lovelace) Coldwell.
Issue :
1318 1 Leander Leslie b June 9, 1884
942 1 Dr. Orletus Palmer Eaton, sou of
(619 2) b Jan. 27, 1845; m Nov. 14, 1880,
Matie Josephine Mason, b in Ypsilanti, Wash-
tenaw Co., Mich., Aug. 5, 1862. Removed
with his parents from New York state to
Michigan when he was five years of age, and
at seventeen enlisted in the War of the
Rebellion which had been in progress one
year. The date of his enrolment in Company
J, Fifth Michigan Cavalry, was the Autumn
of 1862, and he served as private for nearly
three years, until the close of the war, taking
part in many battles. At the battle of
Boonsborough, Maryland, July, 1863, he re-
ceived a gun-shot wound in his left wrist.
When the war closed he resumed his farm
work at home, studying and one winter
teaching in a district school. He attended
the lectures at the University of Michigan
and after practising successfully for a year
at Bear Lake, he came to Detroit and gradu-
ated at the Detroit Medical College in 1872.
He served as City Physician and member
of the Board of Health, and belonged to the
Wayne county Medical Society, the De-
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 545
troit Medical and Library Association and
the Michigan State Medical Society. He was
a member of the Baptist church. Dr. Pal-
mer d 1905
Xsstie >
1319 1 Maria Florence b 1881; d 1881
1320 2 Mabel b 1882
944 3 Washington Irving Eaton, son of
(619 2) b Sept. 3, 1847; m Nov. 14, 1869,
Frances Imogene Bagley, b at Somerset,
Niagara Co., N. Y. He was a farmer in
Cheshire, Allegan Co., Mich, and d Jan. 2,
1876. His widow m (2)
Issue :
1321 1 Theresa Ann b Aug. 21, 1870
1322 2 Bertha Marian b May 9, 1872
963 3 Otis Eaton, son of (627 1) b June
2, 1835; m April 9, 1867, Adelaide Marr of
Windsor, N. S.
Issue:
1323 1 Alice Lavinia b 1868
1324 2 Irene Lucy b 1869
1326 3 Minnie Blanch b 1873
1326 4 Truman Henry b Aug. 17, 1874
1327 5 Harold Tinson b April 17, 1876
1328 6 Russel Daniel b May 5, 1881
965 5 Rev. Joshua Tinson Eaton, son of
(629 1) b Feb. 7, 1840; m Sept. 12, 1876,
Minnie DeWolf, dau of Thomas DeWolf of
Halifax. He is a clergjmian of the Baptist
denomination and has Studied at the Horton
Academy, Wolfville, and at Newton Theo-
logical Institute, Newton Center, Mass., from
646 EATON GENEALOGY
which institution he was graduated in 1876.
He has had pastorates at St. Stephen, New
Brunswick, at Paradise, Nova Scotia, and at
Ohio, Yarmouth county. His wife was at
one time missionary in India.
969 9 Edward Henry Eaton, son of (629
1) b Mkr. 5, 1850; m Clara Louisa Rogers, dau
of John Rogers of Nictaux, Annapolis Co., N. S.
Issue:
1329 1 Bradford E[nowies b Jan. 26, 1885
974 1 Brewer D. Moore Eaton^ son of
(630 4) b Mar. 5, 1835; m (1) Mary C. Gil-
lian; m(2) Lizzie CaroU of St. Louis, Mo.
Issue by 2d wife:
1330 1 Sydney B. b Nov. 1867
Brewer D. Moore Eaton and Whitelaw Reid,
now ambassador to London, England, were
reporters on the Cincinnati Gazette in 1858-9.
He (Reid) went to Virginia at the commence-
ment of the war to report army movements
and Brewer D. M. Eaton to Vicl^burg with a
division of Bumside's Corps to report military
movements there. Brewer D. N. Eaton repre-
sented the New York Herald in 1863 and his
name is on the Correspondents Memorial
Arch at the foot of South Moimtain, which
slopes down to the battle-field at Antietam.
Mr. Eaton published a daily paper in Cincin-
nati from 1860-1862. Then went to St.
Louis as business manager of the new daily
called The Union, later publishing the Home
Journal, the Commercial Gazette, the Bid-
letin. New Fireside Weekly, the Hotel Re-
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 547
porter y and is now connected with the Daily
Record.
976 3 Charles Peavey Eaton, son of (630
4) b in Eastport, Me., June 20, 1842. He en-
listed in the 50th Ohio in 1862; after the bat-
tle of Perryville and after Zollicoffer was
killed, he was detailed for Secretary to Gen-
eral Cox and then to General Sheridan, and
was General Sheridan's Secretary until the
close of the war and sometime afterward;
was appointed to position of Burlington rail-
road office in Chicago, 111., until stricken with
rheumatism and is now at the Milwaukee
Soldiers' Home. He wrote a very fine, small
hand and was an expert accountant.
979 2 Paul Webster Eaton, son of (634 8)
b Dec. 27, 1861. Mr. Eaton is in the Depart-
ment of State where he drafts some of the
diplomatic correspondence. He is also known
as a writer, from heavy political to sporty,
and is author of a historical novel "The Meas-
ure" published by R. F. Fenno, New York.
He m Elinor B. Adams and has
Issue:
1331 1 John Adams b 1892
1332 2 William Adams b 1894
981 2 Edgar Primrose Eaton, son of (638
3) b April 13, 1856; m Nov. 1878, Florence
Fraser, dau of John Fraser. He is a shoe-
maker at Port Williams, Kings coimty.
Issue :
1333 1 Mary Elizabeth b Mar. 26, 1881
548 EATON GENEALOGY
987 5 Freeman Allen Eaton, son of (639 4)
b Jan. 29, 1858; m April 19, 1882, Lina Clark
dau of Leonard and Margaret Clark.
Issue:
1334 1 Flora Blanch b 1883
1335 2 Henry b Mar. 1850; d 1885
988 6 Albert Edward Eaton, son of (639
4) b July 21, 1866; m April 21, 1884, Enuly
Lockwood, dau of Edward and Mira (White)
Lockwood.
Issue:
1336 1 Amy Winifred b Jan. 7, 1885
994 6 Charles Lewis Eaton, son of (640 5) ^
b May 3, 1858; m Feb. 1, 1883, Rose Hubley
of Halifax. He graduated at Acadia College
in 1880 and is now a: commission nlerchant in
Halifax.
Issue I
1337 1 Lewis Randolph b Dec. 1884
998 1 James Everett Eaton, son of (641
6) b Dec. 16, 1848; m Sept. 7, 1871, Sophia
Rebecca Bently of Billtown; resides at Shef-
field's Mills. Comwallis.
»
Issue :
1338 1 Laurie Everton b 1874
1339 2 Mabel Leta b 1985
1340 4 Arthur Harold b 1878
1341 5 Violet Locke b 1881
1342 6 Edith Sophia b 1882
1343 7
999 2 William Edwin Eaton, son of (641
6) b Nov. 24, 1849; nx (1) Oct. 26, 1874,
Mary J. Brecken, dau of Perez Brecken of
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 649
Canard. She d Feb. 23, 1878, aged 32 years;
m (2) June 24, 1880, Althea Amanda Eansman,
dau of Theodorus Kinsman, b 1849; resides at
Sheffield's MiUs.
Issue by 2d wife:
1344 1 Arthur Theodorus b June 13, 1882
1001 4 Arthur Watson Eaton, son of (641
6) b Dec. 1, 1852; m Jime 11, 1878, Fannie
Maria Hanmer, dau of William and Caroline E.
Hanmer of East Hartford, Conn., b 1855.
He is a ipanufacturer of fine writing papers
in Bumside, Conn., and Secretary of the
East Hartford Manufactiuing Company. In
1883 he was a member of the Connecticut
legislature, representing the town of East
Hartford.
Issue:
1345 1 William Hanmer b June 3, 1879
1346 2 Ethel Geneva b AprU 17, 1882
1012 1 Stephen Woodworth Eaton, son
of (647 1) b Sept. 28, 1841; m Dec. 28, 1871,
Addie M. Sanford of Comwallis. He is a
dentist and resides at Canning, Kings Co.
Issue :
1347 1 Angle Adella b 1873
1348 2 Rufus Sanford b July 8, 1875
1349 3 Leslie Emerson b Feb. 19, 1877
1350 4 Eugene Brayton b Oct. 14, 1879
1064 7 George Frederick Eaton, son of
(601 1) b Feb. 19, 1853 in Kentville; m Dec.
25, 1880, Alice Pitman, b in Ohio, Yarmouth
Co., Sept. 12, 1866. He is an engineer in .
Yarmouth.
550 EATON GENEALOGY
Issue:
1351 1 Murray b Feb. 22, 1882
1352 2 Jennie b Nov. 2, 1884
1258 3 Clarence Hall Eaton, son of (877
1) b Mar. 23, 1846; m June 15, 1881, Jerusha
T. Locke of Lockport, Nova Scotia, dau of
Enos Locke.
Issue :
1353 1 Jonathan Locke b Dec. 25, 1882
1354 2 Jennie b 1884
1095 4 Charles Alfred Eaton, son of (464
2) b June 27, 1845; m Jan. 17, 1868, Carrie
Rose Cook of Steuben, Me. He is a sea
captain and lives at Steuben.
Issue •
1366 1 Frank Herbert b April 27, 1872
1350 2 George Alfred b April 30, 1880
1098 2
Caleb J. Eaton,
son of
(697 7)
b
June 5, 1851; m Dorcas Stewart.
Issue:
1357 1
Frederick
1358 2
Clarendon
1369 3
George
1360 4
Maud
1361 5
Lekia
1120 3 Hathew Wells Eaton, son of (716
1) b Aug. 1, 1849; m May 28. 1879. Ella
Minett. He is a stock buyer and resides in
Allamakee Co., Iowa. Later removed to
Waukon, Iowa.
Issue I
1362 1 NeUle b 1880
1363 2 Dora b 1882
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 651
1364 3 Arthur b Nov. 11, 1883
1123 6 Rupert Asael Eaton, son of (716 1)
b Dec. 28, 1856; m Dec. 23, 1880, Nancy
Minett
Issue '
1366 4 Minnie b 1882
1366 2 Jay J. b Aug. 23, 1883
1164 3 David Henry Eaton, son of (733 5)
b Jan. 29, 1845; m in 1868, Bessie Hennigar,
dau of Rev. James Hennigar, a well-known
Methodist clergyman in Nova Scotia.
Issue I
1368 1 Robie Dimock b July 27, 1869
1368 2 Nellie Hennigar b Feb. 28, 1870
1166 4 Gurdon Sturtley Eaton, son of
(733 5) b Nov. 10, 1847; m Feb. 17, 1876,
Florence McGinnis of Los Angeles, Cal. He
is engaged in mining and ranching in Tucson,
Arizona.
Issue ',
1369 1 Edward Gurdon b Dec. 10, 1876
1370 2 Louis Stlckley b May 2, 1878
1160 10 Marshall Starr Eaton, son of
(733 5) b June 20, 1859; m Dec. 13, 1882,
Eliza Sawyer, dau of William Tobin Starr
Sawyer of Comwallis and granddaughter of
the late Sheriff Sawyer of Halifax.
Issue •
1371 1 William Purdy b Oct. 3, 1883
1174 1 Alfred Starr Eaton, son of (766 2)
b June 20, 1851; m Sept. 7, 1881, Bessie
George, dau of William George of Sackville,
662 EATON GENEALOGY
New Brunswick. He is now a fanner but
before his marriage Was a successful teacher.
Issue:
1372 1 Paulina Starr b June 23, 1882
1373 2 William George b Jan. 9, 1884
1126 1 Charles Henry Eaton, son of (721
6) b May 18, 1845; m (1) 1866, Leah Porter
who d. He m (2) Sept. 1869, Laleah Frances
DeWolf of Canaan, Kings County, b 1849
Issue by 1st wife:
1374 1 Minnie Jane b 1867
Issue by 2d wife:
1376 2 Beatrice Anetta b 1874
1376 3 Fay Ethel b 1876; d 1876
1377 4 Gertrude Claude b 1877
1378 5 Budd Austen b 1880; d 1882
1379 6 Budd DeWold b June 7, 1883 at
New Mines
1134 2 George Edwin Eaton, son of (728
5) b Mar. 7, 1849 in Wisconsin; m Feb. 15,
1871, Alice Lull, b in New York state, May
15, 1854; resides Spencer, Clay Co., Iowa.
Issue :
1380 1 Edith b 1872; d 1877
1381 2 Ruba Oldest b 1875; d 1877
1382 3 Frank W. b April 5, 1880
1136 4 Wells Wentworth Eaton, son of
(728 5) b April 8, 1853; m May 12, 1875,
Ella E. Hall resides in Panora, Iowa.
Issue :
1383 1 Cloy WeUs b July 23, 1876
1384 2 Mysta Mabel
1386 3 Harvey Hall b May 12, 1883
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH 553
1146 4 Edgar Burton Eaton, son of (730
2) b April 16, 1855; m May 4, 1875, Mary
Reid dau of Ezra and Tabitha (Ells)
Issue :
1386 1 Laura
1387 2 Ella b 1882; d
Chart
Sergt. William Baton— Abigail Littlefield
Served with the garrison at Port George in Capt.
Nathan Watkin's Co., Col. Edmund Phinney's
Reg't;b and d at Wells
1756-1841
Issue
Ruftti Baton — Sarah Lombard
Issue
Lydia Baton — Edward J. Newhall
Issue
Maiy Newhall b in Mass. — Harry C. Piper
Chart
54 11 Worcetter Baton son of (17 10) (p. 373,374) by 2nd
wife, Mary Worcester, of Bradford, Mass.; b 1732; m
Issue
2 1 Woster Wettover b 1767; m Abigail Hart (bom 1764)
and removed to Oneida Co ., N Y .
3 1 Juftii (Jttfltui) b 1800; m Mercy Keech, of Augusta,
Oneida, Co ., N . Y .
4 2 Worcetter m Mary Batty
Issue
Sarah Baton m Rev . Jonathan Jenkina
3 1 Jttitua Baton son of (2 1) b 1800 ; m Mary Keech,
b 1798
Issue
6 1 Bad W. Baton b 1828; m Mary Burleson b 1833
Issue
6 1 Bad W. Baton, Jr. b ; m
Issue
7 1 W. Lee Baton, of Oneida, N . Y .
654 EATON GENEALOGY
Notes
Nelson Eaton son of ( ) ; b in Manlius,
N. Y. ; m ICate He was a veteran
of the Civil War. Issue 11 children, but two
lived to grow up, a son who died in ; and
a dau who m. He is thought to have lived
in Baldwinsville, N. Y.
Issue. .
1
2
Spencer Eaton, fife-major of the 12th regi-
ment, New York Volunteer Infantry. Among
the field and staff officers.
Albert Eaton son of ( ) ; b 1823; m ;
died at Fayetteville, N. Y.; buried in Oak-
wood, Syracuse, N. Y.
Issue
1 m Charles Lynch
2 m George C. Beach
3 Martha m Henderson
CuUen C. Eaton b May 26, 1820; d Nov. 20,
1905, at Syracuse, N. Y.
PART V
DESCENDANTS OF RICHARD EATON
Vicar of Great Budworth, Cheshire,
England
QSL^U &atim^
Richard Eaton and Elizabeth Shtppard Shropshire
married at Ludlow imlawfuUie that is not by Register
publication of bannes or by Licence ; but by ™'- '^
authoritie of St. Katherine's day being the
flaire day at Ludlow.
(S5S)
556 EATON GENEALOGY
Elizabeth wife of Richard Eaton and oneley
da. of Thomas Sheapheard, of Eastfields, bur.
Nov. 11, 1636.
ormcrod's Richard Eaton, Vicar of Great Budworth,
Cheshire, buried Jan. 7, 1600. m EUzabeth
Chester-
shire iii
Records of Richard Eaton, Vicar of Trinity Church
Trinity Coventry, Warwickshire, from Jan. 12, 1590
Church,Cov- till May 8, 1604 when he was instituted Vicar
"!*^.^*^' of Great Budworth as successor to his father,
wic ire rpj^j^ ^^ ^ large and straggling parish, and
one of the townships included in it was Over
Whitley, where part of the property mention-
ed in his will was situated. He received the
degree of B. A. at Lincoln College, Oxford,
Feb. 2, 1585-6; that of B. D. July 5, 1599.
He arrived at dignity in the Church by his
appointment, July 10, 1607, to the position
of Prebendary of Lincoln Cathedral; and he
d within a few days after the date of his will.
The records of Trinity church, Coventry,
Warwickshire, gives the baptism of five of
his ten children.
Hist, of Issue :
c^Zn^""^^ 2 1 Richard of Palgrave m Catherine
^^ Dada of Taxley.
The People's 3 2 Thcophilus b in Stratford, Aug. 1591;
Cyclopedia m Ann Lloyd, widow of Thomas Yale, gent
of Universal and dau of George Lloyd, Bishop of Chester
Knowledge 4 3 EUzabeth bapt. 1598; unm 1616
''''^•" 6 4 Hannah (Ann) bapt Oct. 20, 1598;
m as 2d wife Francis Higginson, and accom-
panied that godly minister to Salem in 1629,
♦May have been Elizabeth Shippard
DESCENDANTS OF RICHARD EATON 557
and after his early death removed to New Family of
Haven where she d in 1640 Cov. Eaton
by Prof.
Note— Mr. Edwin A. HUl, the Mayflower e'^'^^ter
historian, differs with the above statement, a.m.. of
saying that latter evidence from an earlier Yale Coi..
will proves that she did not marry Francis New Haven,
Higginson. ^^'
*'It is necessary/' says Prof. Dexter, **if we
assume this identification, to conclude that
she was the second wife and not mother of
the Rev. John Higginson, whose birth was
only a few days after the date of Richard's
will.
6 5 John bapt Sept. 28, 1600; m Anne shopshire
Parish
Note — It has been called to my notice by ®^^^
Mr. Brewer M. Eaton of Saint Louis, Mo.,
that this is the same John Eaton who with
his wife Anne settled in Colchester, now
Salisbury, and who afterwards removed to
Haverhill, Mass., giving his reason that John
Eaton was a son of Richard and brother of
Theophllus Eaton as the description of his
personal appearance, size and style were
exactly like his father Rev. WlUlam Went-
worth Eaton, a direct descendant of John
and Anne Eaton who came from England and
settled in Salisbury about 1640.
7 6 Rev. Samuel b 1598; d 1635
8 7 Thomas m Elizabeth Owberry
9 8 Frances m Low ; issue a dau
Mary Low
558 EATON GENEALOGY
10 9 Nathaniel b 1609; d 1674; m (2)
Elizabeth ; m (2) .... Graves
11 10 Jonathan
Chronicles ^^^ — ^^ *^^ y®^^ 1663, there was a suit
of ThcrwaU, pending between Richard Eaton and Peter
Co. Chester Dtmabin, the church wardens of Daresbury,
The Topog- QXiA Peter Drinkwater and Robert Leigh on
rapher and b^h^if of themselves and other inhabitants
Nichols ^ ^^ Therwall, respecting a contribution claimed
from the latter towards the repair of Runcorn
and Daresbury churches; etc., etc.
New. Eng Rlchatd Eaton, Clerk (vicar of Great Bud-
Hist. and worth, Cheshire) Will 11th of July, 1616
v^iii^*' proved 14 Jan. 1616-17 Pow Howse & Poo
Abstiact of House, Overwhetly, County Chester, lately
EngUsh bought of John Eaton of Sandyway, to wife
Wills Elizabeth for life. Other tenements in occu-
pation of Thomas Whitley and Brothwicks
house, Overwhetly, to children, viz; Eliza-
beth, Hannah, John, Samuell, and Jonathan.
To son Theophilus Eaton, executor aforesaid,
Pow House & Pooe House, reserving to wife
during life etc.. To him also after mother's
death houses bought of John Eaton of Sanda-
way aforesaid — As to the rest of goods, one
third to wife rest to children viz. John,
Samuell, and Jonathan. To pay 3 daughters,
viz. Elizabeth, Hannah and Frances at mar-
riage their portions &c.,
{Mathew Hules
Joseph Denman
Thos. Fetherstone
DESCENDANTS OF RICHARD EATON 56«
That Elizabeth Eaton, widow of Rev.
Richard Eaton, (vicar of Great Budworth,
Cheshire) accompanied her son Theophllus
Eaton to New England, is shown in the
History of New Haven Colony, page 377 when
it refers to "Gov. Eaton, with his aged mother
leaning on his arm, walks up on the opposite
side of the street, and crosses over from Mr.
Perry's comer, followed by his honored guests
and the rest of his numerous household.''
Again on page 250 in speaking of the seating
of 1656 in the meeting-house "The Governor
may have been spared, because his wife being
now excommunicated, no seat could be as-
signed to her by name. It will be seen, how-
ever, that there was plenty of room for her
in the seat with 'old Mrs. Eaton,' again re-
fering to the mother of Governor Eaton "
Second Generation
3 2 Gov. Theophilus Eaton, son of Richard
Magnolia Eaton, a clergyman in Coventry, was b Aug.
^^- ^ 1591. His first wife d in London, England,
Family of ^^^^^ bearing him two children. He m for
Gov. The- ^^is sccQnd wife Ann Lloyd, widow of Thomas
ophiius Ea- Yale, gent; and a daughter of George Lloyd,
ton. By Bishop of Chester.
Prof Frank Theoohllus Eaton was a wealthy merchant
lin B. Dex- r ▼ 5 r u. • j £
ter. A.M.. of ^^ London, a man of great mmd, a man of
Yale Col. gravity and a great reader. He came to
New Haven. America in "goodly company," coming with
^^' John Davenport, a distinguished divine of
London; his father (Richard Eaton) having
been the teacher of John Davenport in his
youth.
These men desired to found a community
of their own, and though efforts were made
to keep them in Massachusetts — even the
generous offer of the whole town of Newberry,
they could not be persuaded to remain
and set out for the tempting regions of the
Connecticut shore. (They settled in Quin-
nipiac, calling the place New Haven.) Here
Mr. Eaton built a house of large proportions,
having twenty-seven rooms, and furnished
it in a truly luxurious fashion, for the records
bear witness that he had "tapestries, Turkey
carpets and tapestry carpets, and that he
accomodated an immense household, many
besides his immediate family being sheltered
in that spacious mansion."
(660)
DESCENDANTS OF RICHARD EATON 561
Theophllus Eaton, statesman, was English Hist, of
agent at the Danish Court, and afterwards a ^®^ Haven
reputable merchant of London. He came °°^^
to Massachusetts in 1637, and was chosen a
magistrate; went to New Haven in 1638, and
was the first Governor of New Haven Colony,
1638-57. He d suddenly in New Haven,
Jan. 7, 1658, aged 66 years.
Issue :
12 1 d in infancy of fever
13 2 Samuel b 1629 ; grad Harvard College
1649. ''In April, 1654 the people of New
Haven hearing that he, Mr. Eaton (Samuel)
son of our governor, is now sent for into the
Bay, which if attended to they feared may
be deprived not only for the present, but
for the future of the helpfulness, wjiich they
have hoped for from him and considering
the small number of just able help here for
the work of the Magistracy for the present
who also by age are wearing away,'* inducing
him to remain with them by offering to elect
him Magistrate. He was accordingly elected
and had now been in Office about six months.
Samuel Eaton d in 1665.
14 3 Hannah b ; m William Jones,
July 4, 1659; m in London
15 4 Theophllus Jr. , b ; m Annie ;
lived in Dublin, Ireland
16 5 Mary* m Valentine Hill of Boston
Note — There were also other children of
Theophllus Eaton
562 EATON GENEALOGY
Note — Step-sons of Theophllus Eaton were
David Yale, Thomas Yale, David Yale being
the great-grandfather of Elihu Yale.
Edward Hopkins m the step-daugh-
ter of Theophilus Eaton and came with him
from Boston but settled in Hartford, where
he became governor of the Colony.
New Haven Among the list of the earliest settlers: at
Hist. Soc. ^YiQ head is the name of Mr. Theophllus Eaton
voMH ^^*^ ^ family of six persons, and an estate of
Branford £ 3000 (thricc as large as any other planter,
Annals 227 and almost 10 pr ct of the whole amount)
and next after him his brother, and mother,
comes the name of his Stepson Daniel Yale
unm. with an estate of ;^30. While Gover-
nor Eaton was a London merchant 15 years
before he m as second wife Anne, widow of
David Yale, of the ancient family of Yale
of Denbighshire, in North Wales.
Gen. Diet of Thcophllus Eaton^ brother of Samuel and
b'^'^s^v^* Nathaniel b at Stony Stratford Co., Bucks.
v<fi ii ^^^^^ ^^* Oxford as Mather has it. His father was
minister there, and after at Coventry, Eng-
lish authorities make him son of Richard
(Vicar) . He was dep. gov. of East Land or the
Baltic Company in London, and by King
James w^as employed as his agent at the
Court of Denmark. He had a wife and
children who d at London and m (2) Ann
widow of David Yale dau of Thomas Morton
Bishop of Chester which had kindness for
the Puritans.* The family seat was in that
DESCENDANTS OF RICHARD EATON 563
Shire and the Governor in his Will devises
the est, at Great Budworth in the same
County. He came in 1637 to Boston — set-
tled in New Haven 1639 and so by Annual
choice until his death Jan. 7, 1658. His
Will, 12 Aug. 1656 names 3 children:
Theophllus Eaton
Mary wife of Valentine Hill of Boston, late
of Piscataqua
TTflnnah
Also mentions his wife's heirs Thomas Yale
and Son-in-law Edward Hopkins, late Gover-
nor of Connecticut then in London whose
death preceeded Eaton by 10 mos.
The inventory including the estate in Eng-
land, of £1440.15.7 was made Feb. 1658,
and the Will 31 May following, yet the
record at New Haven carelessly makes the
burial 11 Jan. 1656 near a year before his
death.
The widow, who had been sadly worried
by the church in 1644 (then probably insane)
when Mary Launce, an inmate of the house-
hold and probably a ward of hers was called
to testify as to her extraordinary behavior,
of which Dr. Bacon in his charming lectures
upon early history, has furnished adequate
detail to illustrate the melancholy history
of church discipline in that era, went home to
England and d in 1659.
The son and unmarried daughter went with
the mother. Theophllus Eaton (son) lived
after in Dublin but Hannah married July 4,
1659, at London William Jones and next
year came to New Haven.
EATON GENEALOGY
Notes and Savage says that the widow Yale was a
Sw"eo daughter of Bishop Morton of Chester.
hIsT and ^^^ Bishop Moiton never married and d
Gen. Reg, ^^ the age of 93 childless. Yale m the dau
vol. 1 of Bishop Lloyd of Chester.
RESIDENCE OF GOV. THEOPHILUS EATON
Erected in New Haven >i th« FltU UkDiiOD ia tbe Colony
A house of large proportions, having twenty-
seven rooms, and furnished in truly luxurious
fashion, for the records bear witness that he
had, "tapestries, Turkey carpets and tapestry
carpets "
The principal apartment of the dwelling-
house, denominated as in the mother-country,
the hall, was the first to be entered. It was
sufficiently spacious to accomodate the whole
family when assembled at meals and prayers.
It contained, according to the inventory
taken after the governor's decease, "a draw-
ing-table," "a round table," "green cush-
ions," "a great chair with needlework,"
"high chairs," "high stools," "low chairs,"
"low stools," "Turkey carpets," "high wine
DESCENDANTS OF RICHARD EATON 565
stools/' and **great brass andirons/' **The
parlor" probably adjoined the hall and hav-
ing windows opening upon the street, served
as a withdra wing-room, to which the elder
members of the family and their guests re-
tired from the crowd and bustle of the hall.
But according to the fashion of the day,
the parlor contained the furniture of a bed-
room, and was occasionally used a^ a sleep-
ing apartment of a guest. Mather in speak-
ing of Eaton's manner of life, says that **it
was his custom when he first rose in the
morning to repair unto his study;*' and
again that **being a great reader, all the time
he could spare from company and business,
he commonly spent in his beloved study."
There is no mention in the inventory of **the
study," but perhaps the apartment referred
to by Mather was descrtbed by the appraiser
as **the counting-house," the two names
denoting that it was used both as a library
and as an office. If these three rooms filled
the front of the mansion, the reader may
locate at his own discretion behind them the
winter-kitchen, the summer-kitchen, the
buttery, the pantry — offices necessarily im-
plied, even if not mentioned as connected
with an extensive homestead of the seven-
teeth century — and than add the brew-
house and the warehouse, both mentioned
in the inventory.
Of the sleeping apartments in the second
story, the green chamber, so called from the
color of its drapery, was chief in the expen-
siveness and elegance of its furniture, and
566 EATON GENEALOGY
presumably in its size, situation, and wain-
scoting. The walls of the blue chamber
were htmg with tapestry but the green drapery
was a better quality than the blue. The
blue chamber had a Turkey carpet, but the
appraisers set a higher value on the carpet
in the green chamber. All the other sleep-
ing rooms were furnished each with a feather-
bed of greater or less value, but the green
chamber had a bed of down. In this chamber,
probably was displayed the silver basin and
ewer, double gilt, and curiously wrought
with gold, which the Fellowship of Eastland
Merchants had presented Mrs. Eaton in ac-
knowledgement of her husband's services
as their agent in the countries about the
Baltic. The appraisers valued it at forty
potmds sterling, but did not put it in the
inventory because Mrs. Eaton claimed it
as **her proper estate,"
There was in the house, in addition to the
bowl and ewer, plate to the value of one
himdred and seven potmds sterling and
eleven shillings.
Hist, of In the seventeenth century, as compared
New Haven with the present day household furniture was
Colony By j^^j^ q^^^ scanty, even in England
^^^^ few of the most distinguished men in New
Haven had tapestry hangings in their principal
apartments; and Gov. Eaton had, in addition
to such luxuries, two Turkey carpets, a tapes-
try carpet besides rugs The houses of
men to whom title of Mr. was prefixed, were
bare of carpets, as generally in the houses
DESCENDANTS OF RICHARD EATON 667
of a planter whom his neighbors called
**Goodman". Excepting the beds, which
stood in so many apartments, the most
conspicuous and costly piece of furniture
in the house was perhaps, a tall case of
drawers in the parlor. It was called a case
of drawers and not a bureau. If, as it was
sometimes the case, there were drawers in
the lower part, and a chest at the top, it was
called a chest of drawers. This form, being
the less expensive, received less of ornament,
and was found in the cottages of the poor.
Still another form had drawers below and
doors above which, being opened, revealed
small drawers for the preservation of im-
portant papers or other articles of value.
This form was sometimes called a cabinet.
After the death of Gov. Eaton "there was
fotmd in his cabinet a paper fairly written
with his own hand, and subscribed also with
his own hand, having his seal also thereunto
affixed," which was accepted as his last will
and testament, "though not testified by any
witnesses, nor subscribed by any hands as
witnesses."
It was the custom of Gov. Eaton, when he
first rose in the morning to repair unto his
study; a study well perf tuned with medita-
tions and supplications of a holy soul. After
this, calling his family together, he would
read a portion of the Scripture among them
and after some devout and useful reflections
upon it he would make a prayer not long,
but extraordinarily pertinent and reverent;
568 , EATON GENEALOGY
and in the evening some of the same exercises
were again attended. On the Saturday
morning he would still take notice of the
approaching Sabbath in his prayer, and ask
the grace to be remembering of it and pre-
paring for it; and when the evening arrived,
he, besides this not only repeated a sermon,
but also instructed his people with putting
of questions referring to the points of religion,
which would oblige them to study for an
answer; and^if their answer were at any time
insufficient, he would wisely and gently en-
lighten their imderstanding ; **all which he
concluded by singing a psalm.'*
Hist, and jj^ ^^55 Qovemor Edtoii was desired to
of^^New*^^ perfect a code of laws for the Colony of New
Haven 82 Haven.
•This yr (1637) Mr. Thcophilus Eaton and
Mr. John Davenport accompanied with divers
other christians of special eminence began
the fourth of the United Colonies in New
England called New Haven*, where they
errected a church of Christ, which continue
in gospel order until this day in an amicable
and exemplary manner.
New/Eng. This yr. (1657) that much honored and
land Mem- worthy gentleman, Mr. Thcophilus Eaton,
Nathaniel govcmor of Ncw Havcn, deceased, who was
Morton Very eminent, both on a religious and civil
account. His death proved a great blow.
"^Note — Called by the Dutch Rocabert,
and by the Indians Quinnapiuk.
* DESCENDANTS OP RICHARD EATON 569
Mr. Eaton was one of the original patentees
of Massachusetts, and soon after his arrival
in Boston, in 1637, was chosen one of the
Magistrates of the Colony. He was one of
the founders of New Haven, and was annual-
ly elected governor until his death. His
family was numerous, sometimes containing
not less than 30 persons, and was governed
with singular good order and regularity.
He d in the sixty seventh year of his age.
A handsome monument was erected to his
memory, at the public expense, which is
still in good preservation; the following lines
are inscribed upon it:
The Phoenix of our world here hides his dust.
His name forget. New England never must.
Governor Hopkins of Connecticut d about
the same time in England. To this gentleman
New England is indebted for his liberal be-
quest. His whole estate in this country
which was very considerable, was given to
charitable purposes .
The restraint which the Puritans put upon jjjg^ ^^ ^^^
their feelings appears, perhaps, more won- Haven By
derful when death entered the house, than Atwater,
at any other time. We have a detailed re- ^-^^-^
port of the manner in which Gov. Eaton
carried himself when his eldest son was called
to die:
"His eldest son he maintained at the Col-
lege until he proceeded master of arts; and
he was indeed the son of his vows, and the
570 EATON GENEALOGY
son of great hopes. But a severe catarrh
diverted this young gentleman from the work
of the ministry, whereto his father had once
devoted him: and a malignant fever, then
raging in those parts of the coimtry, carried
him off with his wife within three days of one
another. This was coimted the sorest of all
the trials that ever befell his father in the das^s
of the years of his pilgrimage, but he bore it
with a patience and composure of spirit
truly admirable. His dying son looked earn-
estly at him, and said, *Sir, what shall we do V
Whereto, with well-ordered countenance, he
replied, 'Look up to God.' And when he
passed by his daughter, drowned in tears on
this occasion, to her he said, 'Remember the
sixth commandment; hurt not yourself with
immoderate grief; remember Job, who said,
"The Lord hath given, and the Lord hath
taken away; blessed be the name of the
Lord." ' You may mark what a note the
spirit of God put upon it, *In all this Job
sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.' God
accoimts it a charging him foolishly when
we don't submit unto him patiently.' Ac-
cordingly he now governed himself as one
that had attained imto the rule of weeping
as if he wept not, for it being the Lord's day,
he repaired imto the church in the afternoon,
as he had been there in the forenoon, though he
was never like to see his dearest son alive any
more in this world. And though before the
first prayer began, a messenger came to
prevent Mr. Davenport's praying for a sick
person who was now dead, yet his affectionate
DESCENDANTS OF RICHARD EATON 571
father altered not his course, but wrote after
the preacher as formerly; and when he came
home, he held on his former methods of,
divine worship in his family, not, for the ex-
cuse of Aaron, omitting anything in the
service of God. In like sort, when the people
had been at the solemn interment of this his
worthy son, he did with a very impassionate
aspect and carriage then say, 'Friends, I
thank you all for your love and help, and for
this testimony of respect unto me and mine:
The Lord hath given, and the Lord hath
taken; blessed be the name of the Lord/
Nevertheless, retiring hereupon into the cham-
ber where his daughter then lay sick, some
tears were observed falling from him while
he uttered these words, 'There is a difference
between a sullen silence or a stupid senseless-
ness imder the hand of God, and a child-like
submission theretmto.' "
Not all Puritans attained so near to the
Puritan ideal as Theophilus Eaton, but all
had something of his self-control. They
governed themselves as seeing Him who is
invisible. In speaking of Theophilus Eaton,
a member of his family testifies that "he
seldom used any recreations, but, being a
* great reader, all the time he could spare from
company and business, he commonly spent
in his beloved study.*' Hubbard, who was
his contemporary, describes him as "of such
pleasantness and harmless wit as can hardly
be paralleled."
572 EATON GENEALOGY
'There were Baptists in New Haven, but
no action was taken against them by the
civil authority. Perhaps their immunity is
sufficiently accounted for when we learn that
the wife of Gov. Eaton was one of them. * The
first discovery of her peremptory engagement
was by her departing from the assembly
after the morning sermon w^hen the Lord's
Supper was administered, and the same
afternoon, after sermon, when baptism was
administered, judging herself not capable
of the former, because she conceited herself
to be not baptised, nor dust she be present
at the latter, imagining that paedobaptism is
imlawful.'' Mr. Davenport, finding others of
his flock were also astray, undertook to prove
in a sermon on the next Lord's Day that
'baptism is come in place of circumcision,
and is to be administered unto infants;'
which he himself says was done *with a
blessing of God for the recovery of some from
error, and for the establishment of others in
truth. Only Mrs. Eaton (received) no bene-
fit by all but continued as before.' (The
action of the church in regard Mrs. Eaton
may be seen in the Appendix to Bacon's
Historical Discourses.) ** Divers rumors were
spread up and down the town of her scan-
dalous walking in her family. Upon in-
quiry, it appeared the reports were true, and
more evils were discovered The con-
duct of Mrs. Eaton became so strange as to
suggest the conjecture that she was either
insane, or in that state of nervous excite-
ment which borders on insanity, and thai
DESCENDANTS OF RICHARD EATON 573
medical treatment would have been more
appropriate than church discipline."
Note — The widow of Theophilus Eaton
who had been driven to the verge of insanity
by the severity of church discipline about 1644
went home, accompanied by Theophilus and
Hannah and d in London in 1659. Bacon p.
87, 90, 296, 306
Theophilus Eaton. Esq., Epitaphs
Bridgeman
GOVERNOR 210
Dec. 7 Jan. 1657 aet 67
Eaton so famed, so wise, so meek, so just;
The phoenix of our world, here hides his
dust,
This name forget New England never must.
To attend you Syr, under these framed
stones.
Are come yor hond son and daughter Jones,
On each hand to repose yr. weary bones.
Note — A plain sandstone tablet in the
cemetery at New Haven marks the place
of his burial or later reinterment.
The Will of Theophilus Eaton, Esq. of 12 ^'^^^^
Aug. 1656 prov'd May 31, 1685. The inven- Biography
tory included an estate at Great Bud worth, vol. xvi
The statement that the first wife of Theo-
philus Eaton was the daughter of Bishop
Morton has been proved as not correct. Mr.
574 EATON GENEALOGY
Edwin A. Hill, the Mayflower Historian, tells
me that the error as to the marriage of Thco-
phllus arose from an erroneous construction
of the statement of Mather, viz. ,that he married
a daughter of the Bishop of Chester. This
is a correct statement as he married for second
wife Ann (Lloyd) Yale daughter of Bishop
George Lloyd of Chester. The Yale Gen-
ealogy followed an earlier writer and made
her Bishop Morton's daughter but the present
Yale family of New Haven and descendants
now accept the descent from Bishop Lloyd.
The first wife was not a dau of a Bishop.
6 4 Hannah (Ann) Eaton, dau of Rev.
Richard Eaton, bapt. Oct. 20, 1598 may have
been the widow of Rev. Francis Higginson.
There seems to be a difference in opinion,
but the family names and the taking into the
home of Gov. Eaton the children of widow
Higginson makes one think they were of kin.
Hist, of **The lot on Grove Street, next east from
New Haven ^j. Xrench's comer still remained, when the
Atwater ^ Schedule was written, in the name of Mrs.
Higginson, though tHe lady had died a few
weeks before her neighbor Mr. Trench. She
was the widow of the Rev. Francis Higginson,
the first minister to Salem, and probably a
kinsman of the Batons, as the names of
Theophilus and Samuel had been given to
two of her children, and one of the children
was taken by the governor into his family.
In the settlement of the estate no mention is
made of any house on the homestead lot ; but
DESCENDANTS OF RICHARD EATON 575
in 1647 Theophilus Higginson sold to 'Chris-
topher Todd his house and home-lot, in New
Haven lying betwixt the lot now William
Judsons and Mr. Trench's*. The inference
is, that when Mrs. Higginson died, the family
were still occupying a temporary habitation.'*
7 6 Samuel Eaton, b 1596; d 1665; son pic. of Nat-
of Richard Eaton, a clergyman was bom in ^^ ^^®«'
the hamlet of Crowly. "^^^^
Educated at Magdajene College, Cambridge,
where he graduated B. A., 1624, M. A., 1628.
He took orders and was beneficed, but being
unable to conform to the regulations of the
church as interpreted by Laud he accom-
panied his elder brother Theophilus to New
England in 1637.
A difference of opinion arose between him
and Davenport at the Convention of June 4,
1639 (O'S) Eaton took exception to the fifth
article of the Constitution which limited the
right of voting and of holding public office to
church members only on the groimd that
"the free planters ought not to surrender
their power out of their hands.*' After his
brother and Davenport had replied, he found
so little support that he withdrew his dis-
sent and the following year set forth for
England with the design of bringing back a
company to settle Toboket, afterwards Bran-
ford, of which a grant had been mad^ him.
On his way he preached for some time in
Boston but declined an invitation to settle
there. He arrived in England at a time when
his own party was everywhere triumphant.
576 EATON GENEALOGY
and found more encouragement to remain
than to return to the ** Wilderness/' Aston
bears unwilling testimony to Eaton's powers
as a preacher in asserting that by his doc-
trines many of the Common people are
brought into that odium of the Book of
Common Prayer that divers of them Will not
come into the church during the time of
divine Service Upon being silenced in
1662 he attended the ministry of John Angie
at Denton, near Manchester, where it is said
many of his old hearers who had disliked
him much while their minister were wrought
into a better temper. He d at Denton, Jan.
9, 1664-5, aged 68 yrs and was buried in the
Chapel there on the 13th.
Samuel Eaton was a nonconforming clergy-
man, a prisoner at Newgate goal, committed
by William, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury
for a schismatical and dangerous fellow. He
was probably released on bail, for the Court
after calling him several times finally decided,
Feb. 19, 1635, that for their contempt in not
appearing to answer charges touching their
holding conventicles, their bonds should be
certified and they attached and committed.
Eaton, having lain in concealment till the
return of Davenport from Holland became
his associate in the voyage to America. His
arrival is noted among the New England
ministers in 1637, he coming the same time
as his brother Theophllus.
Gen. Diet.
t^^^ge Samuel Eaton, New Haven, brother of
vol. ii Nathaniel, son of Richard, bred at Magdalen
DESCENDANTS OF RICHARD EATON 577
College, Cambridge, where he had his degree
1624-8; came to New England in 1637. Went
home in three years and had a living at Duck-
enfield, Coimty Chester, near Manchester,
and d in Denton, Jan. 9, 1665; no isgue.
About twelve months before Davenport Hist of New
fled from London, Samuel Eaton and John ^^^^^ ^^^-
Lathrop, two nonconforming clergymen, ^^^water
were imprisoned by the High Commission
for holding Conventicles with the connivance
of the jailor. Eaton continued to hold con-
venticles after his incarceration, as appears
from a document preserved among the English
State Papers, and here subjoined:
*To the most Reverend Father in God,
William Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, his
grace. Primate and Metropolitan of all Eng-
land.
"Humbly Sheweth: The most humble peri-
tion of Frances Tucker, Bachelor of Divinity,
and prisoner of Newgate for debt. That
whereas there is one Samuel Eaton, prisoner
in Newgate, committed by your grace for a
schismatical and dangerous fellow; that the
said Eaton hath held divers conventicles
within said goal, some whereof hath been to
the number of seventy persons or most and
that he was permitted by the said keeper
openly and publicly to preach tmto them;
and that the said Eaton hath oftentimes
affirmed in his said sermons that baptism was
the doctrine of devils, and its original was
institution from the devil; and of times he
would rail against your grace, affirming that
578 EATON GENEALOGY
all bishops were heretics, blasphemers, and
antichrist ian. That the said keeper, having
notice hereof by the petitioner, who desired
him to be a means that these great resorts
and Conventicles might be prevented, and
that he would reprove the said Eaton, for
the same and remove him to another place
in the prison, That therupon the said keeper,
in a disdainful manner, replied that they
should not meddle with what he had to do,
and if he did dislike the said Eaton and his
conventicles, he would remove the peti-
tioner unto some worse place of the prison.
That at this time there was a Conventicle of
sixty persons or more ; the said keeper coming
into the room where the Conventicle was, and
the said Eaton preaching unto them and main-
taining dangerous opinions, having viewed the
said Assemblv. He said there was a fair and
goodly company; and staying there some
season departed without any distaste thereat,
so the great encouragement of the said Eaton
and the said persons to frequent the said
places, that the said keeper had a strict charge
from the said Commissioner to have a special
care of the said Eaton; and that since, the
keeper hath several times permitted him to
go abroad to preach to conventicles appointed
by him, the said Eaton. That daily there
doth resort to the said Eaton, much people
to hear him preach. That the said petitioner
reproving the said keeper for the said con-
tempt, he therefore abused him with uncivil
language and further caused the said Eaton
1
DESCENDANTS OF RICHARD EATON 579
to abuse the petitioner, not only with most
abusive words, but also blows."
Note — If ever lists of passengers in the
Hector and her Consort should be discovered
they will no doubt contain the names of
Davenport and Samuel Eaton.
**At a General Court held 1st of 7th mo. New Haven
1640. The plantation of Totokette's granted ^^«*- ^^•
to Mr. Samuel Eaton for such friends as he ^^^
shall bring over from Old England, and upon Bradford
such terms as shall be agreed between him- Annals
self and the Committy Chosen to that pur-
pose (namely) Mr. Eaton an four deputys.*'
p. 251
Mr. Samuel Eaton went to England to
procure settlers for the land granted him,
but never returned.
8 7 Thomas Eaton, son of Richard Eaton,
a clergyman of Coventry, and brother of
TheophUus Eaton, was b ; m Elizabeth
Owberry, Oct. 15, 1627
Issue
1 John bapt. May 26, 1639 ; bur Aug. 2, 1643
2 Johan bapt. Dec. 19, 1640
3 Elizabeth bur Jan. 30. 1649
10 9 ''Unhappy* Nathaniel Eaton, son
of Richard Eaton, a clergyman in Coventry,
and a brother of TheophUus Eaton was b in
1609. Educated under Dr. William Ames at
Franeker in the Netherlands, came to Cam-
bridge in 1637. He became first Master of the
580 EATON GENEALOGY
school which grew into Harvard College.
A grant of land was made to him by the town
of Cambridge 2 (2) 1638, with this memoran-
dum:
"The two acres & two-thirds above men-
tioned to the Professor is to the Common
use forever for a publicke scool, or Colledge,
And the use of our Nathaniel Eaton so long
as he shall be employed in that worke."
Nathaniel Eaton was tried by the Court 4
(7) 1639, on the charge of cruelty to his usher,
Mr Nathaniel Briscoe and to many of his
pupils. He fled to New Hampshire, was
sent back, but afterwards escaped to Vir-
ginia, leaving great debts, and ill repute.
^/n ^e* ^^ ^^ ^^^ initiated among the Jesuits,
By ^&iva» ^^ *^^^ ^^ upon himself to be a minister there,
vol. ii His first wife and children were drowned on
a voyage thither, and he afterwards is said
to have married a Miss Elizabeth Graves, dau
of Mr. Thomas Graves of Va., formerly of
Dorchester, and deserted her.
He officiated at Northampton, Va, in
1642-3 and d in 1646. Educated at West-
minister, Mr. Eaton was chosen Professor of
Harvard College in 1637 and had the manage-
ment of the nations for erecting of such edi-
fices as were meet and necessary for the Col-
lege, and for his own lodgings. He was made
a Freeman Jime 9, 1638. Cotton Mather
said of him, "He was a rare scholar himself
and made many such.'' Winthrope says he
"had many scholars the sons of gentlemen
and others of the best note in the country.'*
DESCENDANTS OF RICHARD EATON 581
**The Court granted Mr Eaton 500 acres if he
continue his employment with us for his
life, and be to him and his heirs. " It appears,
(lb. p. 282) his house was near the College
in 1639. These records not only show his
public character from Nov. 6, 1639 &c., he was
the first head or principal of Harvard College,
and it was under the administration of Mr.
Nathaniel Eaton that John Harvard bequeath-
ed his library and half his property in 1638.
There is no original record showing when, by
whom, or by what official title Mr. Eaton
was appointed.
Winthrope (Vol. i, p. 303) calls him a
* 'Schoolmaster'', etc. It is with humiliation
we are obliged to add that a man of such in-
tellect should be termed a drunkard and
something worse, cruel and avaricious, an
embezzler of College money. His career as
first head of Harvard from 1637 to September,
1639, was not therefore a credit to the name.
He is said to have remained in Virginia until
1645*, and on returning to England is said
by Mather (Magnalia, iv, 127) to have be-
come, after the Restoration, a parish minister
in Bedeford, Devon, and finally to have d a
prisoner for debt in King's Bench prison.
Such was the fate of Nathaniel Eaton, educat-
ed under Dr. William Ames at Franeker in
the Netherlands, and initiated among the
Jesuits.
* Records of Massacuhsets Bay ed. Shut-
^eflF, ii. 114; and MS. Archives in Secretary
of State's Office, Boston, Vol. 15 B, p. 246
582 EATON GENEALOGY
Gen. Diet. Children of Nathaniel Eaton :
JEng. By j^^^ ^y jg^ ^-f^.
^rr ' ' 1"^ 1 Eleazer b July 22, 1636
^ 18 2 Nathaniel b June 6, 1638; m (1)
Mary Trott; m (2) Sarah Day
-^ 19 3 Benonl b 1639; m Rebecca
Issue by 2d wife:
20 4 Elizabeth b Aug. 13, 1643
New Eng. Winthrop in his Journal mentions that
Hist, and Eaton after he went to Virginia, was a drunken
Gen. Regis- preacher, and that he sent for his wife and
ter vol. xi children, who embarked in a vessel that was
lost. Subsequently he married the only sur-
viving child of Thomas Graves of Virginia,
formerly of Dorchester, Mass. Ann Eaton
was possibly his widow although he de-
serted his wife about 1646; and Mather in
the Magnalia, writes that he went from Vir-
ginia to England, where he lived privately
tmtil the restoration of King Charles II.
Conforming to the ceremonies of the church
of England, he was fixed at Biddefield, where
he became a bitter persecutor of the Dis-
senters and d in prison for debt.
13 2 Samuel Eaton, son of (3 2); b 1629-
30 in London. Samuel Eaton, son of Theo-
phllus Eaton by his first wife, graduated from
Harvard College in 1649. In Apiil, 1654, the
people of New Haven, * 'hearing that Mr.
Samuel Eaton, son of our Governor, is now
sent for into the Bay, which, if attended to,
they feared they may be deprived, not only
for the present, but for the future, of the
DESCENDANTS OF RICHARD EATON 583
helpftilness which they hoped from him, and
considering the small number of first able
helps here for the work of the magistracy
for the present, who by age are wearing away,"
induced him to remain with them by offer-
ing to elect him magistrate.
Samuel Eaton mNov. 17, 1654, Mrs. Mabel
Haines and both d of the epidemical sickness
and faintness in 1655.
14 3 Hannah Eaton, dau of (3 2) m as
second wife to William Jones* July 4, 1659.
Note — William Jones, having m as his
2d wife, Hannah, yotmgest dau of Theophilus
Eaton, July 4, 1659, came the following year
from London to New Haven, where May 23,
1662, he took the oath of fidelity with the
following qualifications: 'That whereas the
king hath proclaimed in this colony to be
our sovereign, and we his loyal subjects,
do take the said oath with subordination to
his majesty, hoping his majesty will conform
the said government for the advancement
of Christ's gospel, kingdom, and ends in this
colony, upon the fotmdations already laid;
but in case of the alteration of the govern-
♦William Jones b 1624 at London, where New Eng.
he was an attorney, arrived in Boston July Hist, and
27, 1660, and brought with him his sons ^^^- ^^
William and Nathaniel by 1st wife. He m ^' ^''^' ^"^
(2) at London, Hannah (b in London, 1633)
dau of Gov. Theophilus Eaton of New Haven,
Julv 7, 1659.
584 EATON GENEALOGY
ment in the fundamentals thereof, then to
be free from the said oath.'' The same day
he was admitted a freeman; and five days
afterward, at a court of election for the
jurisdiction, he was chosen a magistrate.
By a deed of indenture, dated Mar. 20,
1658-9, Theophilus Eaton of Dublin, in Ire-
land, Esq; son and heir to Theophilus Eaton,
governor, late of New Haven, in New Eng-
land, of one part and Hannah Eaton, of
London spinster, dau of Theophilus Eaton,
and Thomas Yale of New Haven, Grentleman
of the other part conveyed the estate of
Governor Eaton.
An agreement made by some of his heirs
is on the New Haven County Records. &c., &c.
New Eng. Lieut. Gov. Jones d Oct. 17, 1706
Hist, and Mrs. Hamuth (Eaton) Jones d May 4, 1707
Gen. Regis- /jsgue)
ter vol. xl ^ '
In the town records of New Haven is re-
corded the ante-nuptial contract between
Hannah Eaton and her then intended hus-
band William Jones, dated July 4, 1659, in
which she is described as of the parish of St.
Andrew, Holbome, London, spinister.
Atwater
Hist, of New 15 4 Theophilus Eaton, Jr., son of (3 2)
?fZ^__^^ b ; m Annie and lived in Dublin,
Ireland, where he d in 1653; bur. the 18th
daie of July 1653. His wife d and was bur.
Feb. 23, 1693.
DESCENDANTS OF RICHARD EATON 586
Issue:
21 1 Theophilus* bapt. Mar. 11, 1631
18 2 Nathaniel Eaton, son of (10 9) b;
m (1) Mercy Trott, Aug. 26, 1743; m (2) Sarah
Day, dau of James Day. Nathaniel Eaton
was a leather dresser of Boston. He d in 1750
Issue '•
22 1 Nathaniel Jr. b July 24, 1744; m
(1) Martha Gridley ; m (2) wid. Lucy Bennett t
(PhiUips)
19 3 Benoni Eaton, son of (10 9) b 1639;
was brought up by Thomas Cheesholm. He
m Rebecca who m (2) Sept. 28, 1691,
John Hastings.
Benoni Eaton was of Cambridge; was a
member of the trainband. He d Dec. 20,
1690, aged 51 yrs.
Issue:
23 1 Nathaniel b 1667; d 1691
24 2 Rebecca b 1670; m John Bunker, Parish Reg-
April 28, 1690 (issue) ister St.
. Stephen's
* Note— This Theophilus Eaton may have ^^ ^®«-
been the Theophilus Eaton who d Jtme 7, ^^^l ""
1658 in Columbia, S, C, but given as the Registers of
death notice of Gov. Theophilus Eaton in st. Michan,
Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Dublin 1636-
Biography p. 328. Gov. Theophilus Eaton less
d in Connecticut, Jan. 7, 1657 See May-
liNote — Lucy Bennett, dau of widow, Lucy g^^ants"
Bennett who m 2ndly Nathaniel Eaton Jr., prands
m Jairus Eaton Eaton
586 EATON GENEALOGY
25 3 Anne b Sept. 7, 1672; d Oct. 5, 1673
26 4 Theophllus b Sept. 20. 1674; d Feb.
22, 1690-1
27 5 Ursula m Jacob Parker
28 6 Samuel m Ruth Fairfield
22 1 Capt. Nathaniel Eaton, Jr., son of
(18 2) b July 24, 1744, was the only living
child at the death of his father. He was a
baker by trade and resided in Roxbury and
later in Lancaster. He was Captain of the
minute-men in Lancaster, where he d aged
97 yrs.
He m (1) Martha Gridley of Roxbury, dau
of Deacon William Gridley. He m (2) Dec.
30, 1778, widow Lucy Bennett.
Issue: (Five children by 1st wife and nine
by second)
29 1 William b 1767
30 2 Nathaniel b 1768; d 1769
31 3 Theophllus
32 4 Martha
33 5
Issue by 2d wife:
34 6 Lucy b 1779; d 1779
35 7 Abijah
36 8
37 9 John b Oct. 21, 1784; m Eunice
Jones
38 10 Samuel
39 11 Nathaniel b 1800; m
40 12 Lucy b 1801
41 13 Friend b 1802; m Mary Law
42 14 James
DESCENDANTS OF RICHARD EATON 587
28 6 Samuel Eaton, son of (19 3) b ;
m Ruth Fairfield, grand-daughter of Daniel
Fairfield, July 23, 1702
IsSU,6 *
43 1 Mary b May 1, 1704
44 2 Rebecca b Dec. 14, 1705; m Nathan-
iel Goodwin, 1723
45 3 Benoni b Aug. 7, 1712
46 4 Anna b Aug. 6, 1715
47 5 Samuel b May 20, 1718; m Deborah
Markham
48 6 Ursula b 1721
37 9 John Eaton, son of (22 1) b in Lan-
caster, Oct. 21, 1784, m June 12, 1808,
Enuice Jones, dau of Enos Jones. John Eaton
was a cabinet-maker. He resided in Ash-
bumham from 1805 to 1809 or 1810, when
he removed to Royalston, and about 1830
he removed to Fitzwilliam, N. H., where he
d Sept. 22, 1835; wife d in 1852.
Issue:
49 1 Dr. Albin Jones b June 19, 1809; m
Delight Stone
50 2 Harriet M. b Oct. 6, 1811; m Otis
Whitmore
51 3 John H. n June 6, 1814; rem to
Richland, Ohio
52 4 Nathaniel L. b May 23, 1816; re-
sided unm in Ashbumham, where he was
engaged in business and town affairs.
63 5 Eunice Ann b Jvme 21, 1819; m
Chauncy Davis
54 6 Charles L. b Mar. 21, 1822; unm in
the West
55 7 Lucy b Aug. 12, 1824; d Feb. 13, 1829
688 EATON GENEALOGY
56 8 Francis W. b Feb. 26,' 1827; d Dec.
12, 1837
Note — John Eaton was the first to engage
in the manufacturing of chairs. A native
of Lancaster who came to town in 1805 from
Ashby, where he learned his trade. Here he
remained for four years, when he removed
to Royalston. It is said that Enos Jones
persuaded Mr. Eaton to locate in Ashbum-
ham and that he agreed to purchase a stipu-
lated number of chairs for the marriage outfit
of his daughters. While supplying this de-
mand for his wares Mr. Eaton married the
youngest* daughter.
41 13
•
Friend Eaton
son of (22 1) b in or
about 1802; m in 1826 Mary Law
Issue
57 1
Nathaniel
58 2
Abijahb 1840;
m Emma Andrews
60 3
Jackson
60 4
William
61 5
James
62 6
Lewis
47 5 Samuel Eaton, son of (28 6) b
May 20, 1818; m Deborah Markham of
Middletown, June 25. 1746
Issue:
63 1 Samuel b June 7, 1747; m Mary
Tiffany
64 2 Deborah b June 30, 1749
65 3 OUver d Mar. 29. 1762
DESCENDANTS OF RICHARD EATON 589
49 1 Dr. Albin Jones Eaton son of (37 9)
b June 19, 1809; m March 27, 1838. Delight,
dau of David and Ruby (Hatch) Stone, of
Fitzwilliam, N. H. He was a physician at
Oakham.
Issue
66 1 Francis b 1840 ; d 1842
67 2 Henrietta Altossa b 1843; d 1844
68 3 Maria Stone b 1846. She is Prof, of
Chemistry and Mineralogy in Wellesley Col-
lege, Wellesley, Mass.
58 2 Abljah Eaton son of (41 13) b 1840;
m in 1868 Emma Andrews, who d in 1884; m
(2) Harriet E. Smith in 1887.
69 1 John B. b ; d
70 2 Clarence J. b 1875
71 3 Don Law b ; d
63 1 Samuel Eaton, son of (47 5) b Jtme
7, 1747; m at Enfield, Mary Tiffany
Issue ',
72 1 Mary b July 26, 1766
73 2 Samuel b April 9, 1768; m
74 3 SybU b Nov. 22, 1769
76 4 Ruth b Oct. 17, 1771
76 5 Lovisa b Aug. 24, 1774
77 6 Roxanna b
78 7 Ebenezer b June 4, 1776
79 8 Elisha b 1778
Note — In 1798 Samuel Eaton and children,
Ruth, Elisha, and Roxanna joined the Com-
munity of Shakers at Enfield, and in that
Community they died. The father, Mar. 28,
590 EATON GENEALOGY
1817; Ruth, Sept. 3, 1829; Roxanna, May 3,
1853 and Elisha Nov. 1, 1842.
His son, Samuel Eaton, b 1678, refused to
join though urged by his father with some
severity so characteristic of his ancestor
Nathaniel, and .went away from his native
town never to return. He made his way to
New York State and enlisted in the regular
Army and was stationed in New York City
for several years. After his time expired he
worked on a farm in Dutchess Co. In 1807
he went to western New York and took up
land in the town of Boston, Erie Co., on what
was called the ** Holland Purchase*'; later he
sold and bought a farm in Concord, where he
d June 4, 1841. He m
Issue :
80 1 Fideila b ; m Stephen Conger
of North Collins
81 2 Samuel b (settled in Roch^ter,
Minn.
82 3 DeWitt
83 4 Horace
The farmers of Virginia who unlike the
M a>i Bostonians lived a remote distance from each
vol ii other and consequently found it difficult to
co-operate in public affairs did not rest with
the school of Benjamin Symmes.
The records of Elizabeth City Co. were
partially destroyed during the war, but those
that remain evidence the existence of another
school in Elizabeth City before 1689, estab-
lished by Thomas Eaton, a relative perhaps,
of Nathaniel Eaton, first principal of Harvard
DESCENDANTS OF RICHARD EATON 591
School, who on account of his tyranical con-
duct left the Colony of Massachusetts for
Virginia, where he officiated as minister in
Accomac for several years.
The Eaton Free School
Commimicated by Mrs. F. M. Armstrong of Hampton, Va.,
who copied it from he original deed.
To all Christian People to whom these Wiiuamand
presents shall come. I THOMAS EATON, of ^^^ ^^•
the Black-River, in the County of Eliza- ^^^^
beth Citty (hereby) send Greeting in our
Lord God everlasting, know ye that I, the
said Thomas Eaton, being at present weake
in body, but whole and perfect in Memory,
praised bee God out of my owne free wille
(and the love) that I beare towards the in-
habitants of the County of Elizabeth Citty,
I have for the maintenance of an able School-
master (to) educate and teach the children
bom within the said County of Elizabeth
Citty — Given, Granted, Assigned, Set over
and Confirm after the time of my decease
for the use aforesaid Five hundred acres of
land, whereon the said Free School shall be
kept, being a part of a dividend of six him-
dred and — acres granted unto me by pat-
tent bearing date the fifth day of Jime, Anno
1638, Beginning from the Beaver Damm
Westerly towards the Head
of the Black River and Southerly
Woods, with all houses, edicives, orchards,
and Rights to belonging to it, Two
negroes called by the names of
5«2 EATON GENEALOGY
Twelve Cows and two bulls, Twenty Hoggs
young and old, one bedstead, a table, a
cheese press, twelve milk trays, An Iron Ket-
tle Contayning about twelve gallons, pot
rack and pot hooks, Milk pans, Water tubs,
and powdering tubbs, to have and to hold
the said land with all other the premises before
mentioned for the use afores'd, with all ye
male increase thereof for ye maintenance of
the said School Master such as by the Com-
missioners Mynester and Church wardens
who I doe Nominate and appoint as trustees,
in trust for the ordering and settling thereof
from time to time shall be thought fit, and I,
the said THOMAS EATON, do further order
and appoint that no free education be allow-
ed but to such children as shall be borne
within the said County And that when there
shall bee found to be sufficient maintenance
for the sd. School-Master that ye overplus
thereof shal be employed for the maintenance
of poor, unpotent persons. Widdowes and
Orphans, to be thought fit, Allwch the prem-
ises before mentioned to be enjoyed for the
use afores'd wothout anie manner of Claime
or demand, disturbance, uncumbrance or
hindrance of anie person or persons Clayming
by from or under mee forever by these presents
and further know ye, that I ye said THOMAS
EATON have delivered at the time of the
ensealing and delivery hereof part of the sd
land in name of all the rest of the premises
before mentioned. In witness Whereof I
DESCENDANTS OF RICHARD EATON 593
have hereunto set my hand and seal this
Nineteenth day of September, Anno Dni, 1659
THOMAS EATON (Seal)
Signed, sealed and delivered in the pr*ce
of Leonard George Wm. Hill, Henry Poole.
This Thomas Eaton may have been (7 7)
son of Richard of Great Budsworth.
14 3 Hannah Eaton dau of (3 2) ;
2d wife
of Lieut.-Gov. Williain Jones,
m July
7, 1659
Issue
84
1 William Jones
86
2 Caleb
86
3 Nathaniel
87
4 Hannah
88
5 Theophilus Eaton
89
6 Sarah
90
7 Elizabeth
91
8 Samuel
«
92
9 John
93
10 Diodate
94
11 Isaac
95
12 AblgaU
96
13 Rebecca
97
14 Susannah
Dr. James Eaton Beach, descendant on his Hist, of
mother's side of Gov. Theophilus Eaton, came Stratford,
from New Haven to Stratford in 1778, and p ^^^
married Huldah, daughter of David Sherman,
Jr., and Mary (Sterling) Sherman.
January, 1675, Jeremiah Eaton, in his will,
devised to the first Protestant minister who
504
EATON GENEALOGY
should reside in Baltimore County and his
successors, **Stokely Manner/' containing 500
acres. Up to this time there had been no
resident Protestant, in other words Church of
England, minister in the county. This manor
was two miles south of Abington. The Rev.
John Yeo, who moved from Calvert in 1682,
is the first minister mentioned in Baltimore
County. He died in 1686.
Sons of the
Am. Rev.
Discendants
of Thomas
Eaton, p.
599, Part VI
Chart
Joanna Eaton — Rev. Elihu Spencer, D. D.
Issue
Margaret Spencer — ^Jonathan Dickerson Sargant
Issue
Sarah Sargeant — Rev. Samuel Miller
Issue
Margaret BCiller — Rev. John Brickinridge
Issue
1. John Brickintidge — Mary Hopkins (Cabell)
Issue
Joseph C. Brickinridge — May Hopkins
Issue
2. Samuel Brickinridge — Virginia Castleman
David Castleman Brickinridge, b St. Louis, Mo., June
7, 1860
XX
PART VI
DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS EATON
OF MONMOUTH, N. J.
Thomas Eaton, son of Thomas Eaton and Historical
Mercy (Mary) . . . .Mercy Eaton, m (2) ^fScis
Carrieway (Coriway) and resided at Grood- Records of
hurst (Goldhurst), Kent Co., England. Shrewsbury
Thomas Eaton landed in Rhode Island n. j.
where he m a widow, Jerusha Wing, who had
one son Joseph. In 1670 Thomas Eaton locat- ^ J- ^^''^''
ed in Monmouth Co., N. J., where he built a series vol.
grist mill on one of the headwaters of South Newspaper
Shrewsbury. In 1685 he was settled a quar- Extracts
ter of a mile south of Shrewsbury and called vol iv
the place "Eatontown." He d Oct. 26, 1688, i756-i76i
leaving his mill property to his widow in
trust for their unborn child John Eaton, who
was b March 26, 1689.
Some say that Thomas Eaton came direct
from Wales, others that he came from Eng-
land, but as his mother had married the
second time, it may be supposed that she
removed from Wales to England; which I
think more correct, as in his will he mentions
his mother as being at Goldhurst Co., Kent,
England. At any rate he first landed and
settled in Rhode Island.
♦The present village of Eatontown, four Hist. Coii.
miles west of Long Branch. o^ N. j. By
(595) J°^" ®^'^'
596 EATON GENEALOGY
Eatontown is a mile and a quarter south of
Shrewsbury. It contains four stores, a grist
mill, an academy and thirty-five dwellings.
It derives its name from the Eaton family
who were among the early settlers of the
township.
The following is traditionary — ^About the
year 1670 the Indians sold out this section of
the country to Lewis Morris for a barrel of
cider, and emigrated to Cosswicks and Cran-
berry. One of them called Indian Will, re-
mained and dwelt in a wigwam between Tin-
ton Falls and Swimming River. His tribe
was in consequence exasperated, and at
various times sent messengers to kill him in
single combat; but being a brave, athletic
man he always came off conqueror.
On a certain occasion, while partaking of
a breakfast of suppawn and milk at Mr.
Eaton's with a silver spoon, he casually re-
marked that he knew where there were plenty
of such. They promised if he would bring
them, they would give him a red coat and a
cocked hat. In a short time he was arrayed
in that dress; and it is said that the Eaton's
suddenly became wealthy. About 80 years
since in pulling down an old mansion in
Shrewsbury, in which a maiden member of
this family in her lifetime had resided, a
quantity of cob dollars supposed by the
superstitious to have been Kidd's money
was found concealed in a cellar wall.
This coin was generally of a square or
oblong shape the comers of which wore out
pockets. Our informant, a respectable revo-
DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS EATON 597
lutionary pensioner, in his young days, made
shoe-buckles from the coin of this descrip-
tion.
Note — Eatontown was originally a Quaker Hist, of
village and the planting of a Baptist church ^^^.ptist m
there as early as it was, was a mistake. Griffiths ^
1688 Nov. 11. EATTON Thomas of Shews- n. j, Coi-
bury; Copy of Will of wife Jeguisha. Son- °^^^^ ^°^-
in-law (stepson) Joseph Wines, an expected ^^^^^ ^^ '
child. Mother, Mercy Coriway, living in the wiiis
town of Goodhurst, Co. Kent, England,
friend, John Dennis (Dennes) son of Robert n. j. Ar-
Dennes, of Portsmouth, R. I. Farm and chives, xxi.
Mill in Shewsbury, land near Geogre Keith, Monmouth
btwn. Jeddiah Allen and Francis Borden, land wiUs
in the Town of Dartmouth, New England, on
Norkent Neck, and Cedar Island, rights to
undivided lands in Dartmouth, Personal pro-
perty. The wife Executrix. Witnesses,
Jedah Allen, Thomas Hillbom and Samuel
Dennes
Proved Dec. 13, Historical
" Miscellany
Births of Thos. Eaton and Jeru
John b in Shrousbeury 26 d 1 mo s. SoUth
ThoS J his W. d 10, 10, 1686 and Ocean
Thos Eaton husband Jerusha d 26 d 9 mo 1688 counties
Gen. Rec.
XXV
Second Generation
N. J. Archi. 2 1 John Eaton, son of (Thomas 1) b
XX News™' ^^^- 2^' 1689; m Joanna, dau of Joseph Ward-
paper Ex- ^®^' S^' so^ ^^ Eliakim Wardell, who lived
tracts iv at the present Monmouth Beach.
1766-1761 John Eaton was elected to the Assembly in
1727 and was re-elected in 1730, 1733, 1740,
1743, 1744 continually for twenty years.
April 26, 1716, he sold out the mill pro-
perty to Gabriel Stelle. John Eaton was a
leading ntian in his time in business and in
public matters. He was Justice of Peace for
many years. He d October 25, 1750. In
his will dated Dec. 2, 1745, proved May 11,
1750, he gives to his son Thomas, £600 in
money also his **Big Bible, big Dicksonary,
Nelsons Justice and my Sword and Pistils."
To his son Joseph, his small gun. Small Dick-
sonary, Church History and Conductter gener-
all (Conductor Generalis) and ten shillings
in money. His widow made her will May 25,
1769, proved, Jan. 15, 1776.
Children :
Thomas, who lived on the paternal acres
^rlJ\.t^f^^' in 1749; was a merchant in New York. He
was bapt. in the Old Tennent Church, Mon-
mouth Co., in Lid Shewsbury, on profession
of faith, Aug. 20, 1749. In 1754 he advertis-
ed for sale a lot of 13 and one-fourth acres a
quarter of a mile from the center of the town-
ship of Shewsbury. A Thomas Eaton was
(698)
ves xxii
Marriage
Records
1665-1800
DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS EATON 599
living in Elizabethtown where his first wife
d and several of his children, 1774-1795
Dr. Joseph, a physician, d April 5, 1761
Valera m Dr. Joseph LeConte of Middleton
Point. She and her husband joined the Old
Tennant Church, May 4, 1744. He sub-
scribed £10 March 16, 1749-50 towards the
erection of the present meeting house; he d
Jan. 29, 1768; bur in the Presbyterian Ceme-
tery near Matawau. His widow d in 1788;
bur at Orange where she ntiade her home with
her daughter Margarette, 2d wife of the Rev.
Jedediah Chapman.
Sarah m Richard Tola, New York, June 23,
1761
Lydia m John Wanton Jr., Rhode Island,
Aug. 10, 1750
Joanna m Oct. 15, 1775, Rev. Elihu Spencer,
Presbyterian minister. She d at Trenton,
Nov. i, 1791; he d at Trenton, Dec. 27, 1784.
Elizabeth m Thomas Richardson, Newport,
April 4, 1755
Margaret m John Berien (Berrien) Aug. 16,
1759
Note — ^Joanna Wardell, wife of John Eaton JJ^*- ^
of Monmouth, was a Quaker; her father ^nTo^an
Joseph, son of Eliakim Wardell, who with counties
his wife Lydia were among the original set- Gen. Rec.
tiers of Monmouth named in 1667. He was
a Deputy and Overseer in Shewsbury in
1667, and chosen associate patentee, 1670.
Under Grants and Concessions he had a war-
rant for himself and wife for 240 acres and
also other warrants for land. He was the
600 EATON GENEALOGY
first High Sheriff of Monmouth, after the
County was established in 1683. He is
frequently named in records at Freehold,
Trenton and Perth Amboy, and lived on
what is now Monmouth Beach.
Eliakim Wardell and his wife Lvdia were
Quakers from Newbury, Massachusetts.
Carried away by a strange fanaticism she laid
aside all her clothing and went into Newbury
meeting-house, saying that the Lord had
directed her to do so. The constable quickly
had her in jail (p. 221 Old Times in the Col-
onies.) Eliakim Wardell was a son of Thomas
Wardell who came to this co\mtry and was
made freeman in Boston in 1634. His father
was disarmed in 1637 for being an Antino-
mian, as the followers of Ann Hutchinson
were called. A short history of his life is
found on page 440, Hist, of Monmouth and
Ocean Counties. Eliakim Wardell was at
one time sentenced to be whipped with fifteen
lashes at the carts tail, for alleged disrespect-
ful remarks of Simon Bradstreet, which re-
marks he made because Bradstreet had
spoken disrespectfully of his (WardelFs) wife.
His wife's name previous to her marriage
was Lydia Perkins. Lydia Perkins Wardell
had been a member of the Newbury church
but when the Quakers promulgated their
doctrines she joined them. She also was a
victim of the lash of the Puritans. There
is no doubt but Eliakim Wardell and wife
and Edward Wharton of Salem and James
Heard, all Quakers, were induced to come
and aid in the settlement of Monmouth by
DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS EATON 601
the energetic Quaker merchant of Newport,
William Reape. (p. 441, Hist, of Monmouth
and Ocean Counties)
Among the Members of the N. J. Provin- ow Times
cial Assembly from Monmouth Co. John >nOWMon-
17a4-r^«. mouth
Record :
9th Assembly John Eaton 1727
10 1730
11 1738
12 1740
13 1743
14 1744
15 1745
16 1746
17 1749
Third Generation
S" ^Mis. 3 1 Thomas Eaton, son of (2 1) b ;
ceiiany By ^ Thomas Eaton lived on the
stiUweU ii paternal acres in 1749. He was bapt. in
the Old Tennant Church, Monmouth Co., in
Historical Qld Shewsbury, on profession of faith, Aug.
MisceUany ^ j^^g j^ j^g^ j^^ advertised for sale a
lot of 13 acres and }4 acres a quarter of a
mile from the center of the township of Shews-
bury, after which he removed to New York
and became a merchant.
Issue:
11 1 Thomas b
12 2 Elizabeth m Philip Edwards at
Friends Meeting, 6 mo. 4, 1736 '
1 intention of Philip Edwards and Elizabeth
Eaton 5-7 1735
2d intention 1736:4:6
Vital Rcc- 4 2 Dr. Joseph Eaton, son of (2 l)bl717;
ordsR. i.xv m Susannah Mayhew, widow of William
Little Dr. Joseph Eaton d April 5, 1761,
and was buried in Christ Church, Shewsbury,
N. J. His tombstone reads:
In Memory of
Doct. Joseph Eaton
Who d April 5, A. D. 1761
In the 44 yr of his age.
(602)
DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS EATON 603
Issue:
13 1 Thomas b 1735; m Susannah
14 2 John (Dr.) b
15 3 Joseph b ; m who m (2)
April 11, 1778, Joseph Lawrence
Note — Joseph Eaton went to Massachusetts
studied medicine, and returned to Eatontown
with a diploma and a wife, who was the dau
of Zacoheus Mayhew and the widow of Wil-
liam Little.
He commenced the practice of medicine
in 1735 and continued until his death, April
5, 1761. He early developed anti-slavery
proclivities, which are fully shown in the
Case of Lyon in 1789, when testimony was
taken in the case of a slave who claimed to be
free because her mother had been emancipat-
ed by Dr. Joseph Eaton, who in his lifetime,
had repeatedly declared himself as opposed
to slavery. (History of Monmouth, N. J.)
8 6 Joanna Eaton, dau of (2 1) b ;
m Oct. 15, 1775, Rev. Elihu Spencer D. D.,
(Presbyterian minister) at Shrewsbury and
Middletown who was b in 1721, and d
in 1748. He was of Trenton, N. J. In
1775 he was employed by the Provincial
Congress of H. C, to assist in allaying the
conscientious scruples of the Scotch Colonists,
who were slow to relinquish their allegiance
to the crown. A reward was offered for his
head by the British and his books and furni-
ture was burned in 1777 by the New Jersey
Tories.
604
EATON GENEALOGY
Issue
John Brain -
ard
Hist, of
Elizabeth,
N. J. By E.
T. Hatfield »
DD
16
17
18
19
20
1
2
3
4
5
21 6 Margaret Spencer m March 14, 1775,
Jonathan Dickerson Sargent
Note — In the Diary of the 'Rev. John
Brainard occurs this passage:
Monday, Sept. 25, — Spent the forenoon
at Mr. Eaton's (It being rainy) partly in
reading and partly in Conversation.
This was at Shrewsbury, at EatontowTi,
near the present Long Branch, and about 125
miles east of Bethel, near Cranberry.
The village took its name from Mr. Thomas
Eaton, who had settled here as early as 1685.
It was at the house of John Eaton, the son
of Thomas, most probably, that Brainard was
a welcome guest. And here, quite likely,
during the winter that Spencer spent with
Brainard at Bethel, he loved his daughter
Joanna, then a blooming girl of 19 years.
Mrs. Joanna (Eaton) Spencer d Nov. 1,
1791, aged 63. From her many virtues she
lived beloved and d lamented. The cheerful
patience with which she bore a painful and
tedious disease threw a luster on the last
scenes of her life, and evinces that* with true
piety death loses its terrors.
Note — Dr. Samuel Miller and John Sargent,
the noted Philadelphia lawyer, are descend-
ants of this branch.
Fourth Generation
13 1 Thomas Eaton, son of (4 2) b 1735;
m (1) Susannah (b 1757) who d Nov.
12, 1774, aged 17 years; m (2) Sarah Wonton.
Thomas Eaton lived in Elizabeth, N. J.,
and it was there that his first wife Susannah
died.
Issue by 2d wife Sarah:
22 1 Maria E. b 1780; d May 30, 1783
23 2 Sarah b 1785; d May 16, 1785
24 3 Sarah b 1788; d 1788
25 4 Samuel Wonton b 1794; d Oct. 10,
1795
726 X . ,.
- • ^ Inscriptions
M. E. on Tomb-
Maria B. daughter of Thos & Sarah Eaton stones, Eli-
d May 30, 1783 aged 3 years & 4 months zabeth.N.,
727
S. E.
Sarah the 2nd, daughter of Thos & Sarah
Eaton d Mar. 16, 1785 age 2 mo.
728
S. W. E.
Samuel Wonton Eaton, son of Thos. & Sarah
Eaton d Oct. 10, 1795 age 1 year
729
Sar (stone broken off)
Thoma
Eaton died
26th 1783 age 18 months
(605)
606 EATON GENEALOGY
730* stone broken off
ow of
Joseph Eaton
died Oct. 9, 1779
age 59 years
731
S. E.
In Memory of
Susannah wife of
Thomas Eaton d Nov. 12
1774 age 17 years.
To Be Sold
chives New
series ii
^^. J- J^^^ A neck of land, lying one mile from Shrews-
bury, East-New- Jersey, containing 284 acres,
consisting of the best fresh and Salt meadow,
timber and tilable land. Whereon is a good
dwelling-house, with five rooms on a floor, a
good bam, milk and chair-house, two large
orchards of the best of fruit.
It is pleasantly situated and bounded by
water, so that to enclose the whole requires
but a few pannelsof line fence. For further
particulars enquire of the Inscriber of Eliza-
beth-Town.
Thomas Eatton
May 2, 1777
N. J. Gazette, Vol. 1, 24, May 13, 1778.
♦Mother of Thomas Eaton buried Oct. 11,
1779
PART VII
EATON OF RADNORSHIRE, WALES
Motto: Gogoniant Fr diwgd, **Success to
the industrious."
By Records it is known that John Eatton
(Eaton), came frcwn Wales.
EATON
Thomas M. Potts in his Book **Our Family
Ancestors'' tells us that the name Eaton
signifies "River-town, Aqua-duniem," and
occurs before A. D., 1060, as Ettuna, the
name of several places in England.
James II came into the throne Feb. 6, 1685. a student's
His character resembled that of his father. ?^^^q^^?."^
He had the same unalterable belief that what- J^,
ever he wished to do was absolutely right.
He was bent on procuring religious liberty
for the Catholics — ^Judge Jefferys had been
made Chief Justice of the King's Bench.
•Judge Jefferys was a man who delighted in
cruelty and at sneering at his unhappy vic-
tims. It was to escape the persecutions of
this man that Edward, Joseph and John
Eatton (Eaton) with their sister Elizabeth
set out for New England
(607)
ner
608 EATON GENEALOGY
By records it is known that John Eaton
came from Radnor Wales, in 1686
In the passinger list wch Sailed From
ye Port of London — 1685.
John Eaton and wife Joan were of Dolan,
Radnorshire, Wales; they came to Pennepack,
Philadelphia Q)., in 1683. Soon after came
his sons Joseph and Edward Eaton; later in
1685 came his sons John Eaton (who came
with two sons, Joseph and George) Joseph,
and George with his wife Jane.
John Eaton and his wife Joan moved to
the Welsh Tract, Pancader Hundred, New
Castle Co., Del., in 1712, where he resided
until his death, March, 1716; his wife Joan d
in November, 1716, and both are buried in
the Welsh Tract Baptist Church yard at Iron
Hill, near Newark, Del.
Issue :
2 1 Edward b 1658; d 1709; m (1) Ann
Kirby ; m (2) Martha ; m (3) Sarah
Shoemaker
3 2 John b 1659; d 1750; m Jane
4 3 George b ; d 1706; m Jane. .
who d Aug. 20, 1724
5 4 Joseph b ; d 1747; m Uriah
Humphrey
2 1 Edward Eaton of Abington Town-
ship, Philadelphia County, Penn.
Edward Eaton came from Radnorshire,
Wales, in 1683, and settled in Abington Town-
ship, Philadelphia County, Pa., being there
in 1685. As Edward Eaton was of Pennsyl-
WELSH BRANCH 609
vania in 1686, for it was at the Monthly Meet- '^he Taking
ing in PhQadelphia, 5 (2) 1686, he appeared New^'Stie
and desired a Certificate of his Clearness q^ p^^^ ^^
(purposing to take a wife from Oxford Meet- oen. Soc. of
ing) relating to marriage the meeting appoint- Pa. i
ed Edward Luffe, Daniel Jones and David
Powell to Enquire of his Clearness, and if
Clear to Certify the same unto his friends in
behalf of the Meeting.
We also find that Edward Eaton had writ-
ten an Almanack for in Pub. of
the Gen. Society of Pa. Vol. II, p. 123.
We find ** Ordered by this Meeting that
William Bradford the printer do shew what
may concern friends of Truth before printing
to the Quarterly Meeting of Philadelphia and
if required shud then to the Monthly Meeting
where it may belong, and it is further ordered
by the Meeting. that John EcMey, JohnShel-
son, Samuel Richardson and Samuel Carpen-
ter view before it is given to be printed in
writing
goes
behalf of this Meeting.
Edward Eaton m Ann Kirby of Oxford
township at the Meeting house in Oxford, on
3 mo. 18, 1686. The witnesses were Richard
Seary (or Geary), Jonathan Levezey, Mar-
garet Waddy, Joan Wall, Hannah Adams,
John and Ann Harper and nineteen others.
Ann Eaton, wife of Edward Eaton, d 8 m.
2. 1686, and was buried in Oxford, near
Tacony Bridge; his second wife was Martha
; his third wife was Sarah Shoemaker.
610 EATON GENEALOGY
They declared intentions of marriage 1 1 mo.
8, 1688 and were probably married a month
later. This Sarah Shoemaker is in all proba-
bility the cousin who came with Peter Shoe-
maker in 1685*
Our Family Edwaid EatOH took up land in Philadel-
Ancestors ^)^[^ County in 1683 and made one or two
p^tts^ ^ subsequent purchases. An examination at
the Recorder's office at Philadelphia failed
to discover any entries of transfer of the
Edward Eaton lands down to 1851. It is
therefore probable that it has descended from
heir to heir by will or Conmion law; or else
that deeds of transfer have never . been re-
corded.
In the Philadelphia tax-list on 1693, Edward
Eaton is assessed in Cheltenham township.
He seems to have died in 1709. His will
*Peter Shoemaker Sr., b 1622, was an
early Convert, Krisheim in the Palatinate,
from the Mennonites to the doctrines taught
by the Friends, and was a sufferer on account
of his faith.
We gather the following from Besses's
'^Sufferings of Friends/' In 1663, for joining
in an Assembly for worship, * 'Goods worth
two Guilders*' were taken from Peter Shoe-
maker. In 1664, for refusing to bear arms,
these were taken from him, **two sheets worth
three Guliders." In 1666, Peter Shoemaker
and three others **haf each of them a Cow
taken away .for Fines, for their religious
Meetings.'*
WELSH BRANCH 611
dated Nov. 11, 1708, and proven Dec. 29,
1709. He is designated as "Edward Eaton,
of Abington, in County of Philadelphia Shoe-
maker. ' '
He makes bequests in the following:
My eldest daughter (She already having
had and recei\ed of me her pro por ble Share
or Portion) one Shilling Sterling money of
Old England.
My dear and loving wife Sarah her heirs
and assigns for ever all my Estate real, per-
sonal and mixt during her Viduity and
Widowhood, and after her decease to my
youngest daughter Sarah Eaton her heir and
assigns. In case my wife marries again one
third of ye sd Estate the other two parts to
my youngest daughter Sarah. Daughter
Sarah to be Executrix. If she dies before
her mother, oldest daughter Mary to be Exec-
utrix.
(Codicil)
The first half of what my dear Wife leaves
behind to go to my oldest daughter Mary the
other to my wives nearest relatives.
(Witnesses) Joseph Phipps, George Shoe-
maker, John Roberts
Sarah Eaton, widow of Edward Eaton,
seeming to have died in 1716, as Letters of
Administration were granted to "Sarah Eaton,
Spinster, of ye County of Philadelphia on the
Estate of Sarah Eaton, 7th Nov. 1716.*'
The following is a Copy of the Inventory on
file in the Registers office, endorsed:
"Inventory of the Estate of Sarah Eaton
wid deed, in Admin Exhibited 7 9th 1716.
«12 EATON GENEALOGY
Inventory
An Appraisment of ye Estate real and
Personal of Sarah Eaton wife and Executrix
of Edward Eaton, late of Abbington, deceased.
• ;f s d
Impts House & land 50 00 00
Six Sheep 01 05 00
Some old books 02 00 00
Two Little Stells 06 00 00
One bed 02 00 00
Four Chest 02 00 00
A pott, kettle pewter & some other
household goods 02 00 00
Some Brandy 06 00 00
81 15 00
Appraised ye 6th day of 9th 1716 By us
George Shoemaker
George Boone
Sarah (Shoemaker) Eaton was b in Germany
in 1665, dau of George and Sarah Shoemaker.
She was married to Edward Eaton 11 mo. 18,
1688 (Mariage foimd in Abington Meeting
Shoemaker Records p. 20, 24, and 25) ; Sarah (Shoemaker)
Gen. Shoe- Eaton d in Cheltenham Township, Philadel-
makerFam- j^- (^ p^ ^^ jyjg
ily of Chelt- ^ ' '
enham, Pa. IsSUe by Ist Wife:
6 1 Mary d 1748; m Henry Stirk
Issue by 3d wife;
7 2 Sarah d 12 mo. 24, 1775 and was
buried in Abington Friends burying grotmd;
m May 12, 1717, John Harris of Abington.
(See Records of Christ Church P. E. Phila-
delphia)
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The will of Sarah (Eaton) Harris, made Dec. Out Family
14, 1770, and proved Jan. 2, 1776, is on record ^^'^5''^
in the Registers Office at Philadelphia, in potts
Will Book Q p. 232. The will is a long one
and many bequests are made. She is des-
cribed as of Abington township. County of
Philadelphia, Widow being ancient and often
indisposed in body but (thro divine favor) at
the executing of these Presents of Perfect
Soimd disposing mind, &c. She mentions
bequests of the following persons, Mary
Stirk, my late sister, Henry Stirk, son of my
sister Mary, George Stirk, son of my sister
Mary (was to have 50 acres of land) , Aim wife
of John Wassel, and Jane wife of Andrew But-
ler child of my sister Mary Stirk dec'd. She
also makes bequest to her cousins, the Shoe-
makers. *
Dolan, Coimty Radnor, Wales. Several mem-
bers of the Baptist church in this place, and
their friends, moved to America during the
persecution, 1686, and commenced the first
Baptist church in Pennsylvania at Penny-
pack in 1686. Their names were Samuel
Jones, John Eaton, George Eaton and Jane
Eaton.
*Not€ — Her cousins Benjamin and William
Shoemaker, sons of cousin Abraham deceased,
and to his son George, 40 acres of land, and
same given by Sarah Shoemaker Eaton to her
dau Sarah (2nd)
614 EATON GENEALOGY
John Eaton when he went to America, had
two sons, George and Joseph. George Eaton
m Mary, dau of Peter Davis. He was assis-
tant minister, and d in 1764. Joseph Eaton,
son of John, was b in Wales in 1679; he was
7 years old when he came to America with his
father. He was called to preach with Ben-
jamin Griffith, at Montgomery County, Pa.
Joseph Eaton d in 1749-50. He had a son
Isaac Eaton who was an eminent minister at
a place called Hopewell in 1770.
The following from Mr. Isaac E. Chandler,
Johnston, Pa., was copied for him, from an
old Welsh book in the possession of a friend.
Hist, of the **In the Spring of 1701 several Baptist in the
Old Che- Coimties of Pembroke and Carmarthen resolv-
raws ed to go to America. One a minister (Thomas
Griffith) advised to be constituted a church —
They took the advice. (The instrument of
their confederation was in being in 1770 but
it is now lost except one copy in the hands
of Mr. Isaac Hughes, and that without date.)
16 persons which may be styled a church
emigrated and saliant mdt at Milford in the
month of June 1701 and embarked on board
the good Ship * James & Mary,' and on the
8th Sept. landed at Philadelphia where the
breathem treated them courteously and ad-
vised that they settle about Pennepek ; thither
they went and there continued about a year
and a half, but in 1703, took up land in
New Castle County from Messrs. Evans,
Davis and Willis who had purchased the
Welsh Tract from William Penn, containing
30,000 acres and thither removed the same
WELSH BRANCH 613
year and built a little meeting-house on the
spot where the present one now stands. In
1713 were added from the said Pennepek,
John Eaton, Jane Eaton, Joseph Eaton,
Gwenlllan Eaton, George Eaton, Mary Eaton.
3 2 John Eaton, son of (John Eaton) b Historical
in 1659; was of Llandewr Fach, Radnorshire, MisceUany
Wales in 1686, and settled on the banks of J^^f^^'^'J
the Pennypack, Pennsylvania. (Settled in Shrewsbury,
Bucks Co. Pa.) He departed this Ufe the First n. j. 276
day of April, 1750, aged 91 yrs.
The tombstone of John Eaton, Esq.; b According
1659; d April 1, 1750, aged 91 yrs & 6 d.) 5^/^^^^.
tombstone largely undergrotmd. ton, of wn-
IsSUe I liam Jewel
8 1 Rev. Joseph b in Wales, Aug. 25,
1679; d 1749; m Gwenllian Morgan.
Col. Mo.
N. J. Ar-
9 2 Rev. George b 1673; d 1764; m Mary chives 1st
Davis ; m (2) Jane series xxii
Colonial
Documents
Note — * 'Among the members of the Church
who went to America in 1686, ther was one JJ'f ^^3^
John Eaton, who had two sons, George and Baptist By
Joseph who became preachers of the gospel Davis
'in that Country."
21 May 1635
Theis vnder — ^written names are to be original
transported to St. Christopher embarqued in List of Per-
the Matthew of London, Richard Groodladd sonsofQuai
Mr. p Warrent from ye *Earl of Carlesle ^^^ ^^ Hot-
ten
George Eaton 27 years
EATON GENEALOGY
4 3 George Eaton, son of (John Eaton)
b in Wales; d in 1706. Came from Coimty
Radnor, Wales with his wife Jane in
compaliy with his brother John about 1686.
He became owner of lands in Lower Dublin
township and was one of the founders of the
Baptist church. In 1693 he was assessor
Peima.Mftg. for Dublin Township. He d in 1706 and a
of Hist aad gtone In the Pennypack graveyard is inscribed
"George I Eaton 1 7 1706"
His will is on record in the Registers office
at Philadelphia in Will Book C p. 41. In it
he names Jane Eaton his well beloved wife,
Amos Parker and a negro girl named Mai,
probably i '
WELSH BRANCH 617
Samuel Jones, Evan Morgan. Joseph Wood
and Joseph Eaton to receive £100 in trust
**for use of the Congregation unto which I
now belong,'* John Watts for use of his
children £12* Henry Stirk for use of his
children £20 Joseph Eatton for use of his
children £20 Patrick Kelly for use of his
children £10 Mary, Sarah and Ann Davis
Samuel Jones
Thomas Powell, the use of the old house etc.,
George Eatton my kinsman, the son of John
Eaton my brother after my wife's decease
all my whole Estate, both personal and reall
to him. His heirs, and Assigns, for Ever Except
what is by my last will otherwise given and
disposed oV Executor, the sd George Eatton
Witnesses, Samuel Jones and Peter Taylor.
Will made, Sept. 14, 1706; proved Oct. 16, 1706.
The will of Jane Eaton, widow of George o^r Family
Eaton made Aug. 20, 1724, proven Oct. 3, of ^'^^J^\
the same year. She makes bequest to .**Jane p^^^g *
Stirk, dau of Henry and Mary Stirk and "to my
kinsman George Eatton son of John and Jane."
From a note found in George Eaton's bible
referred to by Dr. Samuel Jones in a letter
written in 1788 to Joshua Thomas, it seems
that they left Wales Aug. 1, 1683, and arrived
in Philadelphia, Nov. 30, 1683.
♦John and Sarah Watts, Elizabeth, John,
Sarah, Mary, Deborah, Silas bom from 1686-
1700 (See Penna. Mag. Of Hist and Biog.
Vol. IX p. 58)
618 EATON GENEALOGY
Pub. of the Note—Wm of Richard Buttere, of Penne-
Gen^society ^^^^ q^^^^ Philadelphia, yeoman, being
weake in body, is Dated 16 Sept. 1685.
Proved 17, 9 mo. 1685, by George Eaton,
Christopher Taylor, Regr. Genl.
**Unto George Eaton 50 acres, which I pur-
chased of John Mason of the Creek above
said
Adjoining to that on which he liveth — He
to be sole Executor.
He shall cause to be paid to John Randall,
of Pascatauay, in the Province of East Jersey
£5 on the 29th Sept. 1686.
^o John Eaton, brother of George "of the
Creek'' 50 acres Adjoining land given to his
brother etc.
Witness Allen Foster
Pa. Mag. of 5 4 Joseph Eaton, yeoman, son of (John
Hist, and Eaton 1) b ; m Uriah Himiphrey* a
Biog. ix widow with two children, whose maiden name
was Gill, and the place of their residence was
Chandler of Montgomery township, Philadelphia County,
Bethlehem Pa. He d in 1749 and his widow in 1759;
Pa. Histor- both are buried in the Montgomery Baptist
icai Miscei- church-yard. Joseph Eaton was bom at
lany Nautmeal, Honebrook, Wales.
Issue I
11 1 John b Nov. 25, 1700; d Feb. 1. 1758;
m Martha Todd
12 2 Joseph b July 2, 1703; unm
13 3 Georget b Feb. 15, 1705
Pa Mag. xi *She had two children by her first husband,
Charles and Thomas Gill.
fGeorge Eaton b at one in the morning
WELSH BRANCH 619
14 4 Edward b July 9, 1706; m Mary
(Howard) Lewis
16 5 Joan m Goodwin
16 6 Mary m Williams
17 7 Sarah m Jones
18 8 Judith b Jan. 33, 1710
19 9 David
20 10 Jacob b ; d 1750; unm
21 11 Hannah m Edward Doyle
22 12 Isaac
Joseph Eaton appointed his brother-in-law,
Thomas Gill of Buckham Co., as one of the
executors of his will.
Will of Joseph Eaton
In The name of God amen. This second
day of April Anno Domini One Thousand,
seven hundred and -forty-seven, I Joseph
Eaton, of the Township of Mount Gomery, in
the County of Philadelphia, and the Province
of Pennsylvania, yeoman, being stricken in
years and laboring under decays of body, and
believing that it is appointed for men once to
Die, and after that the Judgement, and I
being now of Perfect mind and memory
(Praise God for it) do make and Ordain this
my last Will, and Testament in manner and
form following Viz. Principally and first of
all I recommend my soul to God who gave it,
Hoping and depending on the merits of Jesus
Christ my dead Lord alone for mercy, for-
giveness of sins and Eternal happiness, and
my body I recomend to the Earth from whence
it was taken, to be buried in a Christlike and
620 EATON GENEALOGY
decent manner at the discretion of my Ex-
ecutors hereafter named. Nothing doubting
but to receive the same again at ye General
Resurrection by the mighty power of God,
and as touching such worldly Estate where-
with it has pleased God to bless me in this
life. I do order, devise and dispose thereof
as follows ; That is to say, Imprivise. My Will
is that all my just debts be justly and fully
paid and discharged.
Item I give and bequeath unto my Eldest son
John Eaton ye stim of Five pounds
to be paid unto him in currant money of
ye Province afore said at the expira-
tion of one year after my decease.
Item I will and bequeath unto my daughter
Mary Williams the sum of One pound
like money to be paid to her at the
Expiration of one year after my de-
cease.
Item I give and bequeath to my son Joseph
Eaton the sima of Five poimds like
money to be paid to him at the Ex-
piration of Two years after my decease.
Item I give and bequeath unto my daughter
Joan Goodwin the stim of One potmd
like money to be paid unto her at the
Expiration of Two years after my de-
cease.
Item I give and bequeath unto my son Ed-
ward Eaton the sima of Five pounds
like money above to be paid imto him
at the Expiration of Three years after
my decease
J
WELSH BRANCH 621
Item I give and bequeath tinto Sarah Jones
my daughter the sum of Twenty Shil-
lings like money to be paid to her at the
expiration of Three years after my de-
cease.
Item I give and bequeath unto my son
David Eaton the sum of Ten pounds
to be paid unto him at the Expiration
of Four years after my decease.
Item I give and bequeath tmto Thomas Hum-
phery and Charles Humphery One Ewe
and Lamb to each of them.
Item I give and bequeath tmto my son
Jacob all that tract or parcel of land
which I have bought of Andrew Hamil-
ton, situated in the Township of Moimt
Gomery aforesd partly joining my other
land containing seven acres (be it more
or less) to be held by him, his heirs and
assigns forever and to be enjoyed and
possessed by him at the time when he
shall arrive at the full age of Twenty
one years. He the sd Jacob my son
thenceforward paying yearly and every
year the sum of Forty shillings to his
mother Uriah during the term of Jier
natural life for her own proper use and
benefit.
Item I give and bequeath also unto my sd
son Jacob one Flock Bed and Bedding
to be delivered unto him together with
ye Deed on & belonging to the above sd
tract or parcel of lands bequeathed to
him when he shall arrive at or to the
age above sd.
622 EATON GENEALOGY
Item I give and bequeath unto my daughter
Hannah Eaton the value of Twenty
jfive poimds in such goods of my Personal
Estate as my Executors or Trustees
hereafter named shall see meet & the
occasion and circtunstances of the case
shall then require and will admit of to be
delivered unto her at the time when
she shall arrive at or to the full age of
Eighteen years.
Item I give and bequeath also unto my sd
daughter Hannah the further sum
of Twenty five pounds currant money
of the Provinces aforesd to be paid unto
her at the time when she shall arrive at
ye or to the full age of Twenty one years
and my will further is in the case she
the said Hannah my daughter should
happen to dye and leaving no issue that
then and in that case whatever of the
aforesaid Legacies by me bequeathed
unto her shall happen to be unpaid as
before ordered and directed shall go to
and be equally divided between my
two sons Isaac Eaton and Jacob above
named.
Item I give and bequeath to my said son
Isaac Eaton all that tract or parcel
of land Messuage Plantation on whom
I now live and dwell (which land I for-
merly bought of Thomas Sute, together
with all and singular the appurtenances
therunto belonging or in any way ap-
pertaining, containing One hundred and
Seventy five acres of land, be it more
WELSH BRANCH 623
or less, to be held by him the said
Isaac and his heirs and assigns for-
ever and to be enjoyed and possessed
by him immediately after my decease in
manner following; That is to say joint-
ly and Equally as in Partnership only
with his mother Uriah (my well be-
loved wife) during the term of her
natural life or widowhood and after
my said wife's decease or in case
she should marry another man that
then and in that case and from thence
forward my son Isaac and his heirs
and assigns shall enjoy and possess
the whole of the said land and Plan-
tation with all ye appurtenances there
unto belonging or any way appertaining
wholly, entirely, and all together for-
ever.
Item I give and bequeath unto my said son
Isaac one moyety or one half part of
ye remainder of my personal Estate after
the reductions of the aforementioned
Twenty-five pounds which I have be-
queathed to my daughter Hannah to
be paid imto her in goods as I have before
ordered and directed.
Item I give and bequeath unto Uriah my
beloved wife one moyety or other half
part of the remainder of personal Estate
after the deductions out of the same to
the value of Twenty-five pounds before
mentioned and bequeathed to my daugh-
ter Hannah in good to be enjoyed and
possessed by her my said wife which part
624 EATON GENEALOGY
shall be wholly and entirely unto her
and at her own will and disposal and no
way to be liable or subject to the pay-
ment of any part of my just debts or the
Legacies hereby me bequested.
Item I give and bequeath ako unto my said
wife one moyety or one half part of the
use and privileges, benefit issue, and
profits wch anyways shall arise from the
before mentioned plantations and ye
appurtenances their or during the term
of her natural life or widowhood to be
enjoyed and possessed by her immediate-
ly after my decease in manner following,
that is to say jointly & equally as in
partnership only together with my son
Isaac she paying equally proportions
with him of my just debts and Legacies
by me bequeathed as before mentioned
during the term she shall enjoy possess
and receive the use and profits of the said
plantation and out of the same only and
no longer my will further is that in case
Uriah my said wife should marry an-
other naan that then and in case she shall
be debarred wholly from having any
claim to Right in or possession of nor
have any benefit or profit from the said
land or plantation bequeathed to my
son Isaac save only and in that case he
my said son shall pay unto her my said
wife yearly and every year the fuU sum
ofvThree pounds currane money or Pro-
vince aforesaid and that during the
whole term of her natural life. And
WELSH BRANCH 625
I nominate and make choice of my good
and trusty friends Thomas Gill of Buck-
ham my brother-in-law and Simon Butler
Esq; both of the County of Buck to be
Trustees to inspect and to see that this
my will be performed and kept in all
and every part according to the true
interest and meaning thereof and I do
constitute make and ordain Uriah my
said well beloved wife and my well be-
loved son Isaac Eaton aforesaid to be
sole executors of this my last will and
Testament and do hereby utterly disalow
revoke and disannuU all and every other
and former Testaments, wills, Legacies
and Executions by me in any other way
before this time named, Willed or be-
queathed.
Readifying and confirming this and no
other to be my last will and Testament.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and seal.
Joseph Eaton (seal)
Signed sealed published pronounced and
declared by the said Joseph Eaton as his last
will and Testament in the presence of the
subscribers.
Isaac Jones
Daniel Jones
Rebecca Butler
The will of Uriah Eaton, widow of Joseph
Eaton was proven April 7, 1759 (Book L 243)
626 EATON GENEALOGY
6 1 Mary Eaton, dau of (2 1) b ; d
1748; m Henry Stirk
Issue :
23 1 Henry Stirk b
24 2 George
26 3 Ann m John Wassel
26 4 Jane m Andrew Butler
7 2 Sarah Eaton, dau of (2 1) b ; d
1775; m John Harris
Issue :
27 1 Sarah Harris
Hist, of 8 1 Rev. Joseph Eaton, son of (3 2) b
Bucks Co at Radnor, Wales, Aug. 25, 1679; came to
this country at the age of seven years. He
took sides with New Britain party from the
first (The distinguished Isaac Eaton of Hope-
well, N. J. was his son)
The New Baptist church — For several years
the Welsh Baptist of that township and
neighboring settlers of the same faith at-
tended the Montgomery church of which
many were members. They became tired
of going so far to church at all seasons and
asked for another meeting house to be built
near them. This was so violently opposed
by the leading men who lived near the
Montgomery church that the petitioners took
great offense. About this time a doctrinal
difference touching the '*Sonship of Christ"
sprung up and made the breach wider. The
New Britain party resolved to build a meeting
house for themselves. This was carried into
effect, and on a lot of two acres, partly the
gift of Lawrence Growden, they erected a
WELSH BRANCH 627
Stone church 30 by 40 ft, a school house, and
stabling. The congregation consisted of
seventy families and the Rev. Joseph Eaton
preached for them* at £^0 sl year, assisted Hist, of the
by the Rev. William Davis who succeeded ^^P^^^t in
him at his death in 1828. This church was Snffithf ^
called the **Society Meeting-House'' because
it was built on land that had been owned by
the **Free Society of Traders". Mr. Eaton
was of Montgomery Co. ; he preached monthly
in Hopewell for fifteen years. His wife was
Gwenllian Morgan
Issue I
28 1 Rev. Isaac b 1725; d 1772; m Rebec-
ca Stout
29 2 John b 1727; d ; m Sarah
30 3 Joseph b 1728; m Katherine
31 4 William* b 1726
9 2 Rev. George Eaton, son of (3 2) b Hist, of the
1687; m (1) Mary dau of Peter Davis, an Jf^g^^?"
assistant preacher in this church. He was ^^^^^ ^
useful in the ministry for many years in the
church at Penepack, Pa., and d in 1764.
His (2) wife was Jane
Issue:
32 1 George b Dec. 12, 1712; m Mary
Griffith, widow of James Street street Gen.
Abstract of Will of George Eaton of Dublin Pa. Mag xv
Township, Philadelphia Co., Sept., 1764,
proved Oct. 16, 1764; wife Jane, brother
John and son George. Legacies to children,
of John Watts, of Joseph Eaton, of Henry
Stirk, and of Patrick Kelly (Kelley) to Mary
628
EATON GENEALOGY
Our Family
Ancestors
By T. M.
Potts
Sarah and Ann Davis, Samuel Jones, and
Thomas Powell, friends Samuel Jones, Evan
Morgan, Joseph Wood, Joseph Eaton.
Witnesses: Samuel Jones, Peter Taylor.
Book C. 41, 33
He received from his uncle George Eaton,
by his Will in 1 706 which bequeathed him all
his real and personal property after certain
legacies were paid. He was buried in the
old Pennypack Baptist graveyard, his tomb-
stone bearing the following inscription
In Memory of
The Rev. George Eaton
Who departed this life July 1st 1764
Aged 77 years & 11 months
Who did Delight his talent to Improve
And Speak ye Glory s of Redeeming love.
10 3 John Eaton Jr., son of (3 2) b ;
d 1702; m He was a resident of Dublin
township, Pa. county. According to Penny-
pack Baptist church records he was baptised
5 mo. 9. 1702. Letters of Administration
upon his estate were granted to his brother
Joseph, Oct. 23, of the same year. The
administration bond has the following en-
dorsement on the back:
* 'Joseph Eaton, Admin on his brother
John Eaton's Estate the widow renouncing.''
A stone marks his grave at Pennypack,
bearing the inscription
lOHN I EATON 17 1702
Xllt
WELSH BRANCH 629
28 1 Rev. Isaac Eaton, son of (8 1) b Vital Re-
in Montgomery in 1725; d July 4, 1772; m ^^^^^ ^' ^
in 1740, Rebecca Stout of Hopewell, N. J.
Mr. Edwards writes that he was the son of
Joseph Eaton of Montgomery, Pa., and united
with the South Hampton church in early
life. He was buried in the meeting-house
at Hopewell. At the head of his grave close
to the base of the pulpit is set up by his
congregation, a piece of fine marble with
this inscription
**To the front of this are Deposited, the
Remains of the Rev. Isaac Eaton, A. M.,
who for upwards of twenty years, was pastor
of this Church; from the care of which he
was removed by death, on the 4th of July
1772. in the 47 year of his age.
In him with grace and eminence did shine
The man the Christian, Scholar, and devine
His funeral sermon was preached by the
Rev. Samuel Jones who speaks of him to the
following effect; (Which I choose to trans-
scribe partly because I cannot do the business
well) *'The natural endowments of his mind
the improvements of these by accomplish-
ments of literature; his early and genuine
piety; his .ability as a divine and a preacher;
His extensive knowledge of men and books,
his Catholicism would afford scope to flourish
in a funeral oration, etc., but it is needless.*'
When it is recalled who the Rev. Samuel
Jones was and who the Rev. Isaac Eaton
was these were not words of extravagant
laudation.
630 EATON GENEALOGY
Geo A. He was educated at Southampton, Bucks
Sthithem ^-^ ^^-^ removed to Hopewell, N.J. in 1748,
^e e em, ^j^^j.^ j^^ became pastor of the Baptist church
and founded the first Baptist school on the
N Y. Gen. continent for the education of youths for the
Mag. ministry. He was one of the world's great
men; not alone in his natural endowments
Baptist By ^^^ culturc, but as much in the appreciation
Griffiths of the claim and the future upon him, and his
relations to that future.
His forecast in founding a school of univer-
sal qualities, and also his choice of location
and of its social forces, amid the men of the
only Baptist Association in the country and
in the colony of the largest libraries, having
guarantees in its settlers, ** Friends*' and
Baptist unlike other colonies. His wife
Rebecca (Stout) Eaton was without doubt the
grand daughter of Joseph Stout whose record
reads :
Officers and Joscph Stout, Capt., Sccond Batalion, First
Men of N J. Establishment Dec. 18, 1775; Capt. Second
War^^ ^^"^ Batalion, Second Establishment Nov. 29, 177;
Killed at the Battle of Brandywine, Sept.
11, 1777.
Hist, of the Rcbecca (Stout) Eaton, dau of David and
Baptist By Ann (Merrle) Stout of Hopewell, N. J., ""and
Griffiths gr. gr. dau of David, son of Riphard and
Penelope (Vanprinses) Stout of Monmouth
Co., N. J., no doubt influenced the coming of
her husband to the church where his father
had ministered so long. For eight years he
was pastor of the Baptist church at Hopewell,
N. J. The house in which he taught still
stands in the village of Hopewell. Among
WELSH BRANCH 631
his pupils was the Rev. James Manning, 1st Records of
Geo. A.
Chandler
president of Rhode Island College, now ^®°- ^•
Brown Uniyersity, Providence, R. I. Mrs.
Eaton, after the death of her husband, re-
moved to Fallowfield, Chester Co., Pa., where
she m (2) Joseph Mitchell; she d in 1793 and
was buried at Hepzibah Baptist church yard.
Issue: p^. Ar-
33 1 Isaac b 1760 chives 2d
34 2 Daniel b ; m Mary Werner Nov. series viii
8, 1804 at Christ church, Philadlephia
36 3 David b 1762; m Mary Potts
36 4 Joseph b ; m Turner
37 5 Pamelia m John G. Humphrey
38 6 Amy unm
39 7 Uree unm
29 2 John Eaton, son of (8 1) b 1727; Muster
dl786; m Saran. . . . and settled in Henderson RoUs Cum-
township, Huntingdon Co., served in the beriand, Pa.
Revolutionary war, Capt. Samuel Patton's Archives
Co. (Militia) 1780. 3d series
Issue:
40 1 Capt. David b 1740; m Mary Eaton
Sept. 25, 1760
41 2 John jr. b 1745; m Anne Chattel of
Salem, May 8, 1770
30 1 Joseph Eaton son of (8 i) b 1728; ?» Ar-
d 1793; m Katherine ^^'''^^ ''^
Issue
42 1 John b 1749; m Rebecca
43 2 Jean m Robert McClelland
44 3 Joseph b 1756; m Jeanet Ramsey
and Katherine m John Cochran; and
Mary who m . . . . Marshall
•632 EATON GENEALOGY
Officers and 31 4 WiUiam Eaton, son of (8 1) b ;
y^^^^^^J' m He was a Revolutionary soldier, 4
War ^ ^^ Regt.; Dec. 1777 (enlisted by Lieut. Ekiward
Oldham, passed by Thomas Bond, July 1776)
Issue :
46 1 William jr. b
46 2 David
47 3 James
48 4 Elizabeth
Pa. Ar- 49 5 Thomas of Cumberland township
chives 3d Co. Washington 1781 Effective Supply Tax
series xxii Xax 100 acres 1 horse 1 cattle Val. 71
32 1 George Eaton, son of (9 2) b Dec.
• 12, 1712; m Mary Griffith 2d dau of Robert
and Alice Griffith and widow of James
Street. (Abstracts from wills show he m
Mary Griffith, widow of James Street and 2d
dau of Robert and Alice Griffith) Will of
James Street of Oxford township, Philadel-
phia Co., dated Sept. 24, 1735 p. June 8, 1736,
Pa Mag. XX mentioned wife Mary and brother-in-law
Griffith Griffith; Will of Griffith Griffith of
Bristol, Pa. Mason proved Sept. 2, 1754;
brother-in-law, George Eaton, and sister Mary
(Eaton) Will of Alice Griffith of Bristol
Philadelphia Co., widow
Children
Joseph
Mary Eaton
Ann Clajrpool
Margaret Davis
Grandchildren, Griffith Griffith, Benjamin,
Street Gen. Thomas and Daniel Street ; Marv Davis and
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Mary Rush, son-in-law George Eaton and
David Davis proved Feb. 24, 1755
Lower Dublin Township 1769 Co. of Phil- Pa Ar-
adelphia Proprietary Tax ^^'^^" ^^^
George Eaton
20 acres 2 horses 2 cattle 5 12 0 1769
20 1 3 13 4 1774
Issue of George Eaton and Mary (Griffith) n. j. Ar-
Street ""^^^^^ ^.
50 1 Robert b ; m . . . . (issue) ^"^^
51 2 George jr. b
52 3 Benjamin b ; m Sarah Vandike
53 4 Alice m Joseph Dllworth, Phila-
delphia
54 5 Peter (joined Co. Aug. 7, 1755)
55 6 John
56 7 James m. . . . (joined Co. Aug. 7, 1775)
57 8 Sarah m Grey (Gray)
George Eaton in his will makes bequest to
or names the following persons
Mary Eaton his beloved wife
George Eaton his son
Peter, John , James deceased who left two
sons, Joseph and James.
Sarah Gray, his daughter, Thomas Street,
Daniel Street and Mary Rush, children of his
wife Mary Eaton
And Alexander Edwards and Thomas
Webster, Deacons of the Pennypack Baptist
Church, to whom he makes a bequest, in
trust for the benefit of the poor of the congre-
gation.
(Will Book N. p. 165, Register's Office,
Philadelphia.)
634
EATON GENEALOGY
Records o
Geo. A.
Chandler
Phila. Mar-
riages 1760
Muster
Rolls, Cum-
berland Co
1781
Pa. Ar-
chives xxiii
The records of the Pennypack Baptist
church show that he was the son of George
and Mary (Davis) Eaton and was bom 12 mo.
12. 1712
35 2 Dr. David Eaton, son of (28 1) b in
Hopewell, N. J., Oct. 21, 1762; m Oct. 21,
1783, Mary Potts, daughter of William and
Amy (Berden) Potts, and rem to Chester, Pa.
He d in London Tract, Chester Co., Pa.,
Aug. 13, 1813; and his wife d in 1843. Both
are buried in the London Tract Baptist
Church yard.
Issue :
58 1 Rebecca m James McGrath
Amy m Robert Lockyard
Pamella m Samuel Taylor
Mary m Allen Chandler
Uree m Dr. John C. Hardy
Eliza m Dr. Thomas Davis
Dr. Isaac b 1792; m Malinda Craig
Dr. William Potts b 1798; m Julia
59
60
61
62
63 6
64 7
65 8
2
3
4
5
A. Rowe
66 9 David Johnson b 1806; m Agnes
Avice
67 10 Ann m Jacob Entriked
40 1 Capt. David Eaton, son of (29 2)
b ; m in Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 25, 1760,
Mary Eaton. He was of Cumberland Co.,
Pa. ; served in the Militia of 8 Battalion com-
manded by Col. James Johnson. His wife
was scalped by the Indians, June 10, 1776,
as also two of their children. Muster Rolls
of Cumberland Co., 1781, read Capt. David
Eaton, Captain Samuel HoUiday's Company
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(Pay Roll) militia of 8 Battalion By ye Col.
James Johnston.
Issue ' Records of
68 1 Joseph b in Pa., in 1766; d Feb. 8, ^^ ^^*-
1825; m Bethsheba Sackett u s N
69 2 David
70 3 James
71 4 Mary d unm
72 5 dau
73 6 a son killed by Indians, ^
74 7 babe killed by Indians, ^
une 10, 1778
une 10, 1778
PERILS OF THE WILDERNESS
A TALE OF THE REVOLUTION
As told by Mary Eaton, "the little girl," when she became
"old aunty."
It had become a tradition among the Eaton
family that a grandmother and several of
her children had been carried away by the
Indians and herself and baby and one son
killed. One of the children is still living at
an advanced age.
When, about 1846, the late Rev. Joseph
H. Eaton, youngest brother of the late James
Eaton of Delaware, O., and of Rev. George
W. E^ton, president of Madison University,
resolved to visit her and get the story from
her own lips. She was their father's youngest
sister Mary, and this is the way she told the
story.
In the year 1778, June 10, a party of In-
dians, five in number, came into Cumberland
County, Pa., as it was called at that day.
636 EATON GENEALOGY
now Huntington, and lay by the side of an
old log near the home of Mr. David Eaton.
In the morning very early, Mr. Eaton
started for a mill about thirteen miles dis-
tant, intending the next day to remove his
family to a block house at some distance.
Two of his boys went the same morning to a
neighbor's to help him shell some com to
take to mill. After they had shelled the com
the three (the two young boys and the neigh-
bor) started ofT to mill. The Indians seeing
the man and the boys start oflf, three of them
ran around to waylay them. About a mile
or two from the house the road forked, a new
road having been cut, but very little travelled.
When they came thus far they halted, to
consult as to which of the roads they should
take.
After some conversation, they concluded
to take the new road; and well it was that
they did; for about two hundred yards in
advance on the old road the three Indians
lay in a hollow.
The man and the boys had just arrived
at the mill when another man came riding at
the top of his horse's speed. He had taken
the old road and the Indians had jumped
from their concealment and fired on him.
At the first fire, his horse sprang and no
doubt saved his life. One of the balls entered
his thigh and broke it. He, however, clung
to the horse until he arrived at the mill. The
three Indians then returned to their comrades
and they proceeded to the house.
WELSH BRANCH 637
Mrs Eaton and four children were there,
the eldest about eleven years old, and the
next seven, another four, and a baby eleven
months old.
The first notice they had of the Indians,
they were standing in the door flourishing
their tomahawks in order to keep any one
from going out. Mrs Eaton fainted and one
of the children ran under the bed. The In-
dians, after rummaging the house and taking
what they could carry conveniently, started,
taking Mrs. Eaton and three children. Before
they left, however, they set fire to the house.
They had not been gone long before the
little girl who had remained under the bed
thought she would run out and hide in the
woods. As she passed around a comer of
the house, one of the Indians saw her and
returned and took her. She did not recollect
anything from the time she saw the Indian
reach out his hand and seize her until she
caught up with the, rest. After they had
travelled some distance they stopped and the
Indians put moccasins on all the children.
They urged them on at a rapid pace for
twelve miles over the mountains. Mrs Eaton
here became so fatigued that she could not
proceed any farther. She was a very large
and fleshy woman, and the Indians compelled
her to carry her child, which was large and
fat. She attempted to give it to her son to
carry but the Indians raised their tomahawks
and threatened to bury them in their heads
if he took it. The little girl also attempted
to take it but the Indians would not suffer
638 EATON GENEALOGY
her to do so. Mrs. Eaton finally sank down
beside a log, wearied out, and told them that
she could not proceed any further. Two of
them stopped with her, and the others went
on, taking the children. In about an hour
the two came up having the scalps of Mrs.
Eaton and her child. They would take the
scalps in their mouths and shake them in
the faces of the children and tell them that
if they made any noise they would serve them
the same way. One of the Indians carried
the youngest little girl on his back. They
pushed on rapidly imtil night when they
stopped and botind the children. In the
morning they proceeded rapidly, but when
they supposed they were out of danger they
stopped and began hunting. They killed a
buffalo. They had brought with them some
provisions which they had taken from the
house. The Indian who was left to watch
them amused himself by taking one of the
dresses of the little girl and throwing it
around his shoulders and putting a cap on
his head, dancing aroimd her and making all
kinds of grimaces. They dried part of the
buffalo which they had killed. They put
up small forked sticks, laid others across
them and then cutting the flesh in large thin
pieces laid them across the sticks and thus
dried them.
This was their food for three days and the
children received but little of it.
On the third day they fotmd some leeks
and filled their stomachs with them. They
travelled on until they became very hungry
WELSH BRANCH 639
and the Indians again halted to hunt. The
little girl, seeing a dead carcass which looked
like that of a cow (probably a buflfalo) lying
in a swamp, ran to it and rubbed off some of
the skin which she could do very easily, and
pulled off a double handful of flesh, took it to
the fire and roasted it and ate it and she said
it was certainly the sweetest meat that she
ever ate. The Indians did the same. They
killed some game there and then travelled
on. They crossed a river. The Indians made
the little boy and girl go across first. The
boy took his little sister by the hand to keep
her from falling. The water was nearly to
their chins.
The Indians had caught several large crabs
and they would hold them to the little girl's
nose to see her distress and pain. They
travelled over mountains to ascend which they
had to pull themselves up by shrubs and twigs.
After a tedious march they at length reached
the Indian village; but before they entered,
the Indians raised the whoop that the people
of the village might prepare to meet them.
The whole village turned out, men, women,
and children, as is their custom on such oc-
casions, and arranged themselves in two
long rows, and the children were told that
they must run the gauntlet; the boys were
to whip the boy and the girls the girl. One
who could talk English told them that if
they would run to the Council House, which
he pointed out to them, they would be safe
as soon as they entered it. The word was
given and they started. The little girl was
640 EATON GENEALOGY
nearly beaten to death. She was so beaten
in the face that she was blind for three days.
The boy used a little stratagem and escaped.
In the bustle of the starting, as they all
rushed up in a crowd, he slipped to one side
and threw himself behind a brush heap and
lay close to the ground ; and when he saw the
way open and all scattered about, he leaped
up, ran with all his might and got to the
council house, receiving but one lick just as
he was entering.
The Indians danced all that night. An
old squaw took pity on the little girl, gathered
some herbs, boiled them and washed her
bruises until they were healed. Here the
children were separated. One took the boy
and another the girls. They went on to-
wards Canada, to which they had been ordered
to bring all prisoners. At the next town
the girl (the oldest one) saw her brother
gathering berries. She jumped up with joy
and ran to embrace him. He gave her some
berries; but a great swarthy Indian came
running up and snatched her away, and would
not suffer them to speak to each other. They
never saw each other again until they reached
Canada.
The little girl remained in that village a
long time, but she could not get half enough
to eat. Some times she would set her inge-
nuity to work to get some food. She would
ask the privilege of going out some distance
to bring wood. When liberty was granted
she would slip out and drive a c6w away from
the wigwams behind some bushes, and there
WELSH BRANCH 641
milk into her mouth imtil she was satisfied.
One day an old squaw saw her and told the
man to whom she belonged. He tied her up
and gave her a severe whipping. But this
did not deter her from doing the same thing
again when she got an opportunity and
though she received many whippings, she
preferred them to the hunger. Sometimes
she would take one of the troughs in which
the Indians caught sugar water, made from
the bark of a tree and holding about two
quarts, she would milk this full and hide it
away beside an old log, cover it up and when
she could find an opportunity slip out and
take a drink. She was obliged to wait upon
an old hag, the mother of the man to whom
she belonged, who treated her very badly.
At length they left this village and reached
Niagara. On the way the Indians procured
some whisky and determined to have a frolic.
They told the squaws to take the prisoners
away lest when they became excited they
should kill them. The squaws took them
arotmd a hill and built up a little fire. One
of the Indians discovered it and came up and
struck at the little girl with his knife; but a
squaw caught his arm and thus saved her
life.
He, however, cut a gash in her hand which
is visible to this day. The squaws pacified
him so that he made no further attempt to
kill the prisoners. They soon arrived in
Canada, where they were again compelled to
run the gauntlet. ^
642 EATON GENEALOGY
The council house here was in a hollow
and a hill sloped down to it. The Indians
arranged themselves on this, and the prisoners
were told the same thing as at the other place.
The little girl fearing the same treatment as
before, ran with all her might and escaped
imhurt.
Here there was a council of British officers,
and they purchased the little girl, paying
eight dollars for her. As soon as they had
struck the bargain, the Indians pushed her
away to the officers, to signify that they had
nothing more to do with her. Her sister
had been bought a few days before and when
the British officers saw her they scolded the
Indians for bringing so small a prisoner. They
said it was a bill of expense to them, and that
they would not give so much for her as they
would for her scalp. The Indian told them
that he could not find it in his heart to kill
her; he had carried her all the way on his
back. However, he took her out to a pond
not far distant and threw her in and walked
away. A Dutch woman living near, on her
way to a spring, heard a splash and went to
see what it was; and seeing the child, got her
out with a long pole and took her home and
concealed her. The Indian soon returned
with the intention of getting her scalp. Not
finding her, he began to search for her in all
the houses near by, no one daring to forbid
him. The Dutch woman took her and put her
in a closet and covered her with old rags.
The Indian looked into the closet and took
WELSH BRANCH 643
up every rag except the last one which covered
her, and finally gave up the search.
The brother was taken by a merchant in
Detroit. The merchant went away to pur-
chase goods. His wife said that the boy was
too great an eater and would break them up.
She said that he could eat a slice of bread, all
around the loaf, and drink a pint of tea. So
to draw up his entrails, she boiled oak bark
and made him drink a quart. This so drew
up his entrails that it threw him into a fever
and he soon died. The merchant was very
sorry for he thought a great deal of the boy.
I was sent for to take care of him. After
I had been with him four years the man with
whom I lived removed to Montreal, and after
peace was declared, my father, hearing that
we were still living, came and took us home.
My sister was in Niagara.
The way my father came to know that we
were still living was this. One day as I was
passing along, I heard some one call my
name. I turned around and saw a woman
standing in a door of a house. She beckoned
to me to come to her, and asked if I was not
the daughter of David Eaton. I said that I
was and she asked if any of my sisters and
brothers were living. I told her that my sister
was living but that my brothers were dead.
When peace was declared, they gathered
all the prisoners together for the purpose of
sending them home. I told them that I
did not wish to return. I knew that my
mother was dead, and I did not knovy- that
my father was living. So I remained. This
644 EATON GENEALOGY
woman, who was acquainted with me, re-
turned to Pennsylvania soon after, saw my
father and told him about me and my brother.
As soon as he could he came for us. I did
not know him. Before I was taken his hair
was black, but now it was very gray.
Such was the story of the "old aunty''.
It will be seen that the family of Mr. Eaton
consisted of wife and seven children. Three
boys, probably the older, happened to be
away from the house; one with the father
and two with a neighbor.
Among these was Joseph, who afterwards
removed to Ohio and became the father of
Isaac, James, George, and Joseph.
Isaac became a Freewill Baptist minister
and afterwards died in Mississippi or Kansas.
James became an engineer and land surveyor
and lived and died in or near Delaware, O,,
near the old homestead at Berlin. George
became a student, first at Gambier, then at
Athens, then went to Virginia to teach; then
went to Union College, Schenectady, N. Y.,
where he graduated in 1829. Afterwards
he became a professor in Georgetown College,
Ky., and in 1838 was called to Hamilton, N, Y.
to become professor in the now Colgate Uni-
versity of which he subsequently became the
president. Joseph was a student at Col-
gate and graduated there in 1837; then he
went to Tennessee as a teacher and foimded
what became Union University at Murfrees-
boro, of which he was president at the time
of his death in 1859. He was the father of
WELSH BRANCH 645
the Rev. T. T. Eaton of Louisville, Ky.
One of the daughters of George is "L. E. L/'
wife of the editor of the Journal and Messenger,
41 2 John Eaton jr., son of (29 2) b ^^ ^^ ^^^
about 1745; m Anne Chattel; served in the MenoTN^j
Militia in 1780 in Capt. Samuel Patton's in Rev. War
Company
Issue:
75 1 Johnston b 1776; m Eliza Cannon
76 2 David b 1778; m Mary
There were other children but I have been
unable to trace them.
42 1 John Eaton, son of (30 1) b 1749;
m Rebecca
Issue
76a 1 Isaac m Jane Mathews
76b 2 James
76c 3 John
76d 4 Isabel m George Mathews
44 3 Joseph Eaton, son of (30 1) b in Record of
Franklin County, Pa., March 18, 1756; d in orra E.
Guernsey County, Ohio, December 15th, Monnette,
1832; m in 1787, Jeanet Ramsey, dau of Wil- Atty at Law
liam and Martha (Allen) Ramsey. ]f^ ^"«^^^^
Issue:
77 1 William b 1788; m Martha Ramsey
78 2 John b 1781 ; m Catherine Eckles
79 3 Joseph b 1790; m Sarah Smiley
80 4 Katherine b 1792; m John Sharon;
rem to Schuyler Co., 111.
81 5 Benjamin b May 2, 1791; d Mar. 17,
1863; m Mary Koons Scott
82 6 Martha b May 2, 1791; m James
Sharon
senes x
646 EATON GENEALOGY
Pa. Ar- Joseph Eaton enlisted in 1775 for one year,
^^J7^® ^ under Capt. James Chambers, in Colonel
William Thompson's Battalion. In the Penn-
sylvania Archives, Volume 10, New Series
Volume 2, will be found the name Joseph
Eaton, in Volume 10, pages 16 and 339.
From which it appears that Captain Chambers'
Company were riflemen raised in Cumberland,
now Franklin, County, Pa., in Jime, 1775,
and went to the siege of Boston, arriving there
July 7th. On the new organization of the
army in January and February, 1776, the
Battalion became first Pennsylvania Regi-
ment. He re-enlisted in February, 1776,
for three years in the same Company, at first
commanded by Captain James Grier, next
by Captain Thomas Buchanan in the regi-
ment of James Chambers who had been
promoted Colonal. Boston was evacuated
by the British March 17, 1776, and he must
have been ordered to New York city, for he
stated that he was in the Battle of Long Is-
land (August 27, 1776, and New York city
evacuated September 15, 1776); in the battle
of Brand 3rwine, Delaware, September 26,
1777; and Philadelphia occupied by the
British, September 26, 1777; in the battle of
Germantown, Pa., (October 4th, 1777) at
which time he was one of the assaulting party
that unsuccessfully attacked the stone '*Chew
House'' in which the almost defeated enemy
took refuge.
He must have been, although he does not
confirm it, in winter quarters in the historic
camp at Valley Forge, Chester County, &c.,
WELSH BRANCH 647
from whence the army pursued the British
on their march from Philadelphia across New-
Jersey, overtook them at Monmouth, June
28th, 1778, and Joseph Eaton was in that
battle on an excessive hot day. In May 1829,
he resided at Morristown, Ohio, aged 73, and
in October, 1832, he was living in Guemesy
County, Ohio, aged 76 years and badly af-
flicted with dropsey. His wife Jeanet was
living in 1829, aged 59 years. He d Decem-
ber 15th, 1832.
Pa. Ar-
Battalion of Riflemen, June 25, 1775, July chives 3d
1st 1776 Roll of Capt. James Chambers Co; series xxiii
Private. Joseph Eaton enlisted in Cumber-
land County now Franklin Penn Archives
Vol. XII, p. 16
Joseph Eatton pr. P L Mar. 23, 1833; 78
d Dec. 5, 1832
Jeanet Ramsey, wife of Joseph Eaton and
dau of William Ramsey and Martha Allen
is supposed to be a descendant of William
Ramsey, a friend of Robert Bruce, by whose
side he fought throughout the War of Inde-
pendence, and was one of the nobles who
subscribed the celebrated memorial to the
Pope in 1320, vindicating the rights and
liberties of their country. Like others of the
great "Scottish families" the Ramsey s set-
tled in Scotland during the reign of David I.
Joseph Ramsey is noted as passenger for New Eng.
Virginia, Aug., 1635, having embarked in ?J*^* ^^^
the "Globe of London." He no doubt was 9^''' ^^«'
the ancestor of William.
n
648 EATON GENEALOGY
Phiia Mar. 62 3 Benjamin Eaton, son of (32 1) b
riagcs 1760 ^ (J) j^j^ 7^ jygQ^ Miraim Lowber; m (2)
N. J. Ar. J^ly 13, 1763, Sarah Vandike
chives 1st War Record of Benjamin Eaton, First
series xxii Battalion, Second Establishments; Captain
Holm's Company, First Regiment **Com-
mander-in-Chief's Guard'* Continental Army
66 7 James Eaton, son of (32 1) b ;
m Margaret
Issue :
83 1 Joseph m Eunacy Curtes in 1820
84 2 James
Records of g^ ^ jj^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^gg g^ ^ .^
Chandler, Chester Co., Pa., May, 1800; m in Chester Co.,
Bethlehem, Allen Chandler and resided in Chester Co. ; d
^*- May 21, 1871, on the 51 anniversary of her
marriage; her husband d Jan. 8, 1876; they
are both buried at Oakland Cemetery, West
Chester, Pa.
Issue :
86 1 Isaac E. Chandler d infant
86 2 Morris T. b ; m Elizabeth Stott
87 3 Isaac E. b 1824; m Catherine Fritz
88 4 Thomas D. b ; unm
89 5 Pennock d yoimg
90 6 William P. b ; m Margaret Rob-
inson
91 7 David A. b ; m Hannah A.
Johnson
64 7 Dr. Isaac Eaton, son of (36 3) b
Aug. 15, 1792; m Malinda Craig Mar. 18, 1823
(b 1804; d 1873); he settled at Mt. Gillead,
London Co., Va., where he m and lived the
WELSH BRANCH 649
balance of his life and is buried at Old North
Fork Baptist church yard, London Co., Va.
Issue:
186 1 Rebecca Jane b 1824; d 1864; m
Benjamin Davis 1809-1879
187 2 James Wiliiam b 1828; d 1830
188 3 Mary Mallnda b 1831; d 1894
189 4 Uree Ann b 1834; d 1861
180 5 Frances Pamelia b 1837; d 1837
191 6 Isaac Newton b 1838; d 1859
192 7 Amy Eliza b 1841; d 1861
193 8 David Henry b Jan. 9, 1846; m
Mary C. Riticor
194 9 Philena Chandler b Aug. 30, 1849;
m Benjamin Tavenner
66 8 Dr. William P. Eaton, son of (35 3)
b June 4, 1798; m Feb. 26, 1833, Julia A.
Rowe at St. Charles, Me., where he settled
about 20 miles above St. Charles City on the
Mo. river. He d in 1849 and is buried with
his family in a farm grave yard overlooking
the river. This farm was once owned by the
pioneer Daniel Boone, who was also buried in
this graveyard but his body was afterwards
removed to Kentucky. His wife is buried
in the city cemetery.
Issue :
195 1 Mary Frances b Oct. 1, 1834; d
Dec. 17. 1850
196 2 Judge James William b Sept. 6,
1839; m Mary Stone Hake
197 3 David Henry b Jan. 12, 1842; d
1903; m Kitty Taggart
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198 4 Sarah Amanda b Dec. 14, 1843; d
1845
199 5 Isaac M. b Oct. 25, 1846; d 1849
200 6 Edwin Potts b 1849; d 1852
66 9 David Johnson Eaton, son of (35 3)
Feb. 2, 1806; m 1837, Agnes Avice (b 1815;
d 1865) ; settled in 111. near Narvon
Issue:
201 1 David Avise b 1839; d 1887; m
Cora Rebecca Johnson
202 2 Edward Troy b 1841; m Rebecca
J. Welch
203 3 Isaac William b 1843; m Lucy A.
Watts
204 4 John Brent b 1845; m (1) Isabella
IQepper; marriage annulled; m (2) Isabella
M. Nelson
205 5 Mary Ann b 1847; d 1848
206 6 Agnes Ann b 1848; d 1864
68 1 Joseph Eaton, son of (40 1) b in
1776; d in Delaware, Ohio, Feb. 8, 1825; m
Bathsheba Sackett and had
Issue :
92 1 Rev. Isaac b 1800
93 2 Rev. James b 1802; m Elizabeth
94 3 Rev. George b 1804; m EUza Board-
man
96 4 Elizabeth m Wilson
96 5 Mary m Cunningham
97 6 Rachel m Crawford
98 7 Joseph d young
99 8 Rev. Joseph b 1812; m Esther Tred-
well
WELSH BRANCH 651
100 9 David d in early manhood; buried
in Berlin, Ohio. In a graveyard at Berlin,
near Delaware, Ohio, is a tombstone bearing
the following inscription:
Here rests the remains of
JOSEPH EATON
Who departed this Life
Feb. 8th A D. 1825
Aged 59 years
He emigrated from the State of
Pennsylvania A. D. 1805
He was the son of David Eaton, which was
the son of John Eaton, which was the son
of Joseph Eaton, which was the son
of John Eaton, who emigrated
from Wales A. D. 1686
75 1 Johnston Eaton, son of (41 2) b at ^'^^- ^^ *^®
Rocky Spring Congregation, Franklin Co., J^^^f^^
Pa., Feb. 7, 1776. "An old patriarch now p 265-269
deceased relates that he had seen Five Gene-
rations of the Eatons in that Congregation. *'
In 1801 he entered the Junior class of the
College of New Jersey where he remained
one year, at the close of which the college
building being burned, he repaired to Can-
nonsburg, and entered the Senior class of
Jefferson College where he graduated in 1802,
a member of the first class that graduated
under the Charter. He was licensed to
preach the gospel by the Presbytery of Ohio
652 EATON GENEALOGY
August 22, 1805. His constitution, naturally
delicate and sensitive, being much broken
and his energies weakened by laborious ap-
plication he determined to spend some time
travelling and visiting the destitutions of
the West. After visiting Erie Co., he spent
a year in the southern part of Ohio. In 1806
he returned to Erie Coimty and took up his
abode there. His first sermon was preached
in a small log tavern at the mouth of Walnut
Creek, kept by Capt. Swan. This county
at the time was a wilderness. He was or-
dained by the Presbytery of Erie, Jime 30,
1808. The services were held in William
Sturgeon's bam, near the present site of the
village of Fairview. In 1813 during the war
with Great Britain he was employed as a
government chaplain and ministered to the
troops stationed at Erie. He also preached
at Harbor Creek, Waterford, Washington,
and McKean, in Erie Co., Pa. He met with
his people for the last time in Dec, 1846,
when feeling that it was the last time he com-
mitted them to God and the word of his Grace,
when his people separated not to meet again
until they went to mingle their tears over
his grave.
His death took place Jime 17, 1847, at
what had been his earthly home for forty
years, in the 72d year of his age and 43d of his
ministry. His disease was paralysis which
not only prostrated his physical powers but
obscured his mental faculties. 'He m Sept.
20, 1807, Eliza Canon of Fayette Co., Pa., a
WELSH BRANCH 653
niece of Col. John Canon the founder of
Canonsburg.
Issue; 9 children
Hist, of
Presbytery
of Erie, Pa.
101 1
Samuel J. Mills b
102 2
James
103 3
John
104 4
105 5
106 6
107 7
1088 8
109 9
In person the Rev. Johnston Eaton was
below the ordinary statue, about 5 ft. 7, and
always light and slender. He had a mild
blue eye, with a tinge of sadness in its cast,
nose approaching the aquline, with thin brown
hair, that did not become entirely gray in
old age. He did not write his sermons but
preached from a brief skeleton, which was
carefully drawn and systematized.
His mortal remains await the resurrection
near the spot on which he was ordained 40
years before his death.
Johnston Eaton was chaplain in the War f,^l^ ^^ ^*-
of 1812, 1814 Volunteers
Reminiscences of an Early Settler in Fairview Township ^^^ ^f
By REV. JOHNSTON EATON E"® ^^'
p. 281
"In 1810 my father bought a four-hundred
acre tract of land in Fairview, ten miles west
of Erie and one mile and a half south of the
ridge road, of Jacob Ebersol, for five dollars
654 EATON GENEALOGY
per acre, on which were two cabins of round
logs so near to each other that it was con-
sidered but one dwelling, the space between
the two being the wall. There was also
what w^as considered a large bam in those
days.
About fifty acres were partially cleared,
much deadened timber yet standing in the
fields, and some peach and apple trees. The
nearest neighbors were of the names of Vance,
James Moorhead, John Long, John Stewart,
and Jacob Wise, all within the bounds of
three miles, w^hich was then considered near
neighbors. (Many of their descendants re-
side on the same lands, which have become
valuable.)
It was seldom in those days that tw^o im-
proved lots joined each other; generally,
they were divided or separated by at least
a strip of woodland. The dwellings were
rude log cabins, in many instances taken from
the forest and erected into a dwelling in the
space of two days by the assistance of the
neighbors. Some engaged cutting the trees,
while others would be hauling, building,
splitting clapboards for the roof or puncheon
for the floor, and thus a tenement would be
completed and with but few nails or boards.
Our crops were often injured by the depre-
dations of bears, raccoons, deer and wild
turkeys which were numerous. Our house
of worship was near the mouth of Walnut
Creek."
L
WELSH BRANCH 655
Vol. XII Penn Archives War of 1812-14
Muster Rolls of the Penna Volunteers Com-
mander in Chief Simon Snyder; Chaplain
Johnston Eaton.
76 2 David Eaton, son of (41 2) b 1778;
m Mary
Issue:
110 1 Mary b Oct. 15, 1781; d 1856; m
Isaiah Potts son of Stephen and Jane
77 1 WiUiam Eaton son of (44 3) ; b 1788;
m Martha Ramsey ; settled in Morristown and
kept a hotel until 1821. He retired and in
1837 engaged in mercantile business imtil his
death from apoplexy, July 11, 1849. His
wife d Mar. 1, 1863, aged 82 years.
Issue
110a 1 William b 1 81 7 ; m Jane Barcklay ;
d 1877
110b 2 Joseph b 1818; m Elizabeth, dau
of Thomas Atwell, and had issue:
110c 1 Robert
llOd 2 Charles
llOe 3 Mary Bell
llOf 4 William
llOg 5 Joseph
llOh 3 John
llOi 4 Benjamin
110k 5 Daniel
1101 6 Isaac (Served in Mexican War) .
110m 7 David (Served in Mexican War and
d in service, May 23, 1847, near Carmargo,
Mexico)
llOn 8 Jeannette
llOo 9 Mary
656 EATON GENEALOGY
78 1 John Eaton son of (44 3) b at
Chambersburg, Pa., April 6, 1781; m Cath-
erine Eckles, Mar. 29, 1804.
Issue
llOp 1 John Eaton, Jr. , bom in Washington
Co., Pa., Oct, 16. 1806; m Sept. 18, 1832, Jane
Smith of N. Clair ville. He served two terms
as County Treasurer. In 1843 he returned
to Morristown, where he died Dec. 10, 1848.
Issue, one son, Joseph Eaton, m and is living
on the old farm in Morristown.
ix No. 2
1896
The old 79 3 Joseph Eaton, son of (44 3) b in
Northwest 1790; m Sarah Smiley and settled in Mount
Vernon, Ohio; d in 1847 and is buried at
Centerburg, Knox, Co., O. His wife d aged
104 years.
Issue :
111 1 Joseph m Sarah; d 1846
112 2 Benjamin b ; d 1851
113 3 Mary b ; d 1847
EATON:— Joseph Eaton d July 20, 1847
aged 62 yr 8 mo lid; Charles, son of Joseph
& Sarah d Dec. 29, 1846 ae 1 yr; Benjamin
Eaton d Nov. 17, 1851 ae 23yr8m 10 d; Mary
dau. Joseph & Sarah Eaton d April 15th
1857 ae 1 yr. — Monumental inscription in the
Town Cemetery Knox County, Ohio, for-
merly Baptist Graveyard)
81 5 Benjamin Eaton, son of (44 3) b
in Franklin County, Pa., May 2nd, 1791; d
March 17th, 1863; m (1) Mary Coons (Koons)
m (2) Scott
WELSH BRANCH 657
Issue:
114 1 Eliza b ; m William Houston
82 6 Martha Eaton, dau of (44 5) b May
2nd, 1791 ; (twin) m James Sharon about 1815;
he was b in 1790, and was a son of William
Sharon and Sarah Smiley. The Sharons were
of Scotch Irish descent, originally settling
in Westmoreland County, Pa., and later moving
to Jefferson county, Ohio. James Sharon had
a brother William who was the father of
Senator William Sharon of Nevada.
Issue
115 1 Joseph Sharon b ; m Eliza May-
holm
116 2 Smiley b ; m Loretta Shotwell
117 3 Sarah m Jonas Bernard
118 4 Jane Eaton m James Gill Elrick
87 3 Isaac Eaton Chandler, son of (61 4)
b July 26, 1824; m June 11, 1857 Catherine
Fritz b Jan. 18, 1826. They resided at Johns-
town, Pa. He d Sept. ,13, 1895; his wife re-
moved to Parksburg, Chester Co., Pa., where
she d Dec. 21, 1902; both are buried at the
Hepzibah Baptist Church yard East Fallow-
field, Chester county. Pa.
Issue :
119 1 George Allen Chandler b Sept. 8,
1858; m Florence White
120 2 Hary Gertrude m Alec Oahlin
92 1 Rev. Isaac Eaton, son of (68 1) b
m He became a Freewill Baptist minis-
ter and d in Mississippi or Kansas. (I have
been unable to trace his family)
668 EATON GENEALOGY
93 2 Rev. James Eaton, son of (68 1)
b ; m Elizabeth
Issue :
121 1 George C. b ; m Helen
122 2 Henry J. b ; m (1) Sarah Kel-
sey; m (2) Maria Kelsey
123 3 Laura m T. C. O'Kane
Issue Edward O'SIane
124 4 Julia d young
Boardman 94 3 Rev. George Washington Eaton, D.D.,
Gen. LLD., son of (68 1) b in Huntington county,
Pa., July 3, 1804; m Eliza H. Boardman, dau
of George Boardman, Sept. 15, 1830, at
Schenectady, N. Y. (She was b April 2,
1807.) His father d when he was young and
he was brought up by his mother. He grad-
uated at Union College, Schenectady, N. Y.;
became a . professor of Ancient History and
languages at Georgetown College, Ky., and
also a leading Baptist clergyman, a leading
man in his denomination. In 1833 he was
professor and for many years president of
Colgate University, Hamilton, N. Y. He
was a genial man with a winning manner
which made him very popular. He d Aug.
3, 1872 at Hamilton, N. Y.; his wife d at
Liberty, Mo., Jan. 18, 1898, aged 86 years.
Dr. Armitage in his History of the Baptist
says of him:
**Mr. Eaton would have been a man of
mark in any sphere of life. In body, intel-
lect and soul he possessed a uniform great-
ness which entitled him without exagera-
tion to the application of threefold giant.
REV. GEORGE WASHINGTON EATON, D. D.. LL. D.
President Colgate University, Hamilton, N. V.
EATON HALL, COLGATE UNIVERSITY
WELSH BRANCH 661
He knew nothing of cowardice but met every
issue on the high ground of Christian manli-
ness. His first and last question on any-
subject was *Is it right?'. That determined
in his own mind, his position was taken
whether he stood alone or with the multitude.
His memory was prodigious, his eloquence
massive. He was as artless as a child, in
sympathy with the weak, the wronged and
the suffering extraordinary.''
His memory is perpetuated in "Eaton Hall'
which stands on the site of the house "Wood-
land Heights" where he lived for forty years
and where in the Theological Seminary of
Colgate University is carried on the work
to which he devoted himself.
On his monument is his last message to
the students "Tell the young men not to
have a divided Consecration."
Eliza Boardman, his wife, was of Colonial
descent through Samuel Boardman who emi-
grated from England. One of her ancestors
was Samuel Wolcott, brother of Oliver, the
signer of the Declaration of Independence
and a son of Roger Wolcott, Colonial Gover-
nor of Connecticut.
Issue :
125 1 George Boardman b 1832; m Har-
riet Phillips
126 2 James Rodoiphus b 1834; mMary
Elizabeth Lewright
127 3 Frances Douglas b 1837; m (1)
Charles Mott; m (2) Chancellor Pierson
128 4 Eliza Clarissa b 1839; m Rev.
George Lasher
662 EATON GENEALOGY
129 5 Mary Hammer b 1841 ; m Rev. Her-
bert C. Wood as 2d wife
130 6 William Colgate (Comd.) b 1851;
m Lizzie Blesh
The Butter Story
By MRS. E. E. LASHER
''Father please tell the 'butter story'."
I know not what subtle association recalled
little Mary's plea, but it has decided a half-
formed purpose of many years I will write
for the boys of to-day the story of a boy of
long ago.
Commencement is over. The culminating
point of the year has been reached and passed.
The sonorous Latin of the President has
ceased to resound through the hall. The
greetings of the Salutatorian and the fare-
wells of the Valedictorian are ended. The
honorable Board of Trustees has taken its
departure. The actual and the expectant
recipients of the D. D.'s and the LL. D.'s
have retired from the scene; the former to
recover from the shock of newly descended
honors, the latter to conceal present disap-
pointment, to "put a cheerful courage on''
and hope for better things in the future.
The debris on the campus of frayed collars,
toothless combs and broken backed brushes
betrays the fact that the undergraduate had
a clearing up time before leaving his room
to the lonely spider. The empty corridors
give forth a hollow echo to the footfall of
some belated Academe. No sound from the
WELSH BRANCH 663
belfry vibrates on the air. Visitors and
students have been bom away by the crowded
stages; the silence of vacation is fallen upon
the little village, and to-morrow it will seem
as if the fairy in the story of the "Sleeping
Beauty" had returned to touch everything
with her wand, not to awaken till the college
bell shall rouse it to life again.
Though the hamlet wears a deserted air,
some guests linger, loath to leave the. charm-
ing hospitality of ''Woodland Heights,'* the
vine-embowered home of the genial Professor
of Theology. The host, released from the
confinement of the classroom, the formality
of the faculty meeting and the distasteful
duties of the discipline committee, is in his
happiest mood.
A congenial company gathers around the
table at the late dinner. The brilliant essay-
ist whose magazine articles delight the reader,
proves himself as delightful in conversation,
scattering golden grains of thought as lavishly
as if each one did not possess a commercial
value.
There are present, too, the poet and the
humorist, between whom there is a veritable
pyrothechnic display of witticism and repar-
tee. An enjoyable feature of the occasion
is that the talkers have delighted listeners
in the bright-eyed children, hitherto relegated
to the second table during Conunencement
week, and to whom the dinner hour seemed
woefully long, before the stir of rising guests
announced that waiting time was over, and
alas, too, the fact that hardly a scrap of
664 EATON GENEALOGY
chicken-pie or other unusual dainty remained
for the hungry crowd. But to-day the circle
has so narrowed that there is room for the
children, and keenly do they enjoy and long
will they retain the impressions received,
making them potent influences in the educa-
tion of heart and mind.
One and another had told humorous or
pathetic incidents, when during a lull in the
conversation, little Mary slipped down from
her chair, and stealing round to her father's
side, laid her hand on his arm and whispered
** Father, please tell the butter story.'* He
shook his head, but his neighbor had heard
the murmur and repeated "The butter story ?'*
A chorus of voices clamored and with the
deprecatory remark, **It's not much of a
story, but the children like to hear it,*' the
professor yielded. I fear it will not seem
much of a story as I shall tell it, but could I
reproduce the vivid language and gesture
with which the tale was told by its hero, it
would produce an impression upon the reader,
and the lesson would not be lost upon the
boy of to-day as it was not on the boy of long
ago.
**The harrowing incidents I am about to
relate,'* said the professor, ''happened when
I was a boy in the Buckeye State, my father
beinjg a pioneer who had removed from Penn-
sylvania. His former home was in the vicinity
of the Wyoming massacre; his mother and
several of her children falling victims in that
terrible calamity.
WELSH BRANCH 665
**Many were the hardships in making a
home in the wilderness. Great vigilance was
needed to protect our growing com from the
marauding bear, who had his den in the depth
of the forest still tenanted by wolf and pan-
ther. We were frequently started by the
appearance of wandering Indians; and well
do I remember that fearful day when, during
the War of 1812, a neighboring Colonel,
wishing to test the courage of his troops gave
the Indian war-whoop. Immediately the
soldiers sprang to arms, with the exception
of one who ran down the valley crying *The
Indians are coming! Flee for your lives!*
Great was the exodus as far and wide the
tidings spread, a terror stricken mother even
dropping her baby in her flight. It was
long before the false alarm was quieted and
the frightened people returned to their homes,
Hard work and sometimes scanty fare was the
portion of the ten children who crowded the
log cabin, but there was nothing sordid about
our life.
**Both father and mother had inherited a
love of learning from their Welsh ancestry,
and we were taught to put the highest value
on education. I was a devourer of books
from my earliest years. Whether this fact
or that of my utter distaste for farm work
had the most to do with my parents' decision
I do not know, but the fiat went forth 'George
must go to College;' accordingly I became
a pupil of that enthusiastic instructior Bishop
Chase, the founder of Kenyon College. Here
I formed the friendship, which lasted through
666 EATON GENEALOGY
maturer years, with his nephew, Salmon P.
Chase, afterwards so eminent.
"It was a rare thing to go to college in
those days and I was the only boy so dis-
tinguished for miles around. I say *boy' in
looking backward; but I verily thought my-
self a man then. So set up was I in my own
opinion that it was rather a dismayed feeling
that I listened to the request of my landlady
on the occasion of my first visit home : 'Mr.
Eaton' — how good that 'Mister' soimded —
'does your mother make butter?'
'Yes, ma'am,' I answered.
I am very anxious,' continued Mrs. R.,
'to get some good butter, and would be greatly
obliged if you would bring me ten pounds or
so when you return.' Though the thought
passed through my mind that it was hardly
the thing for a collegian to be carrying butter,
I concealed my chagrin and answered as
politely as I could that I would be happy to
do so.
"I walked the twelve miles, oh, so eager to
get home to mother, and as gladly was I re-
ceived. Indeed, so much fuss was made over
me that my self-esteem was largely increased
The self-complacency of Jack Homer after
his successful plumming operation was as
nothing to mine. But all day Sunday the
thought of that butter was the fly in the
ointment of my enjoyment.
"I did not prefer my request imtil Monday
morning hoping devoutly that mother would
be out of butter; but owing perhaps to my
protracted absence, she had an unusual supply
WELSH BRANCH 667
on hand and could send Mrs R. some jxist as
well as not.
**My elder brother was teaching the dis-
trict school which I had formerly attended
two miles from my home, and urged me to
stop on my way to college and visit my former
comrades. I could not resist the opportunity
to exhibit my newly acquired dignity, but
I feared being guyed by the boys for carrying
butter; so to his 'Come on, it's time to go,
I said, 'You go on, and Til come after a while.'
* 'Mother wrapped the beautiful but detested
balls each in a clean white cloth, then the
whole in a snowy napkin, and knotted secure-
ly around the bundle a bandanna handker-
chief, and placed it in my reluctant hand as
she kissed me good-by.
"I arrived at the schoolhouse an hour after
my brother left home and approached it from
the windowless side lest some one should
peek and see the impedimenta X bore. How
could I conceal it. Ah, I have it. The
schoolhouse, situated on the edge of a wood,
was built of logs, one of which jutted out a
short distance from the ground, forming a
kind of shelf on which I placed my butter,
intending after a short stay to take it again
and resume my journey and no one would be
the wiser.
"My entrance caused a suppressed ex-
citement; I heard whispered remarks, 'Smart',
'Goin' to college,' 'Studying Greek 'n Latin.
"My brother requested me to take charge
of the advanced class in arithmetic. I tried
to appear very much at my ease, assuming
668 EATON GENEALOGY
an attitude as much like a college professor as
possible. My class consisted of three young
ladies. The one with curls, laughing blue
eyes and dimpled cheeks, I had been wont to
think of as a sweetheart.
"If it were not for that butter on the log
I should feel very well indeed: but after all,
nobody will be apt to find it. Alas for the
flattering unction. As the teacher calls, The
boys go out,' a chill makes me shiver. What
if they should discover the bandanna.
**My direct fears are realized; for hardly
has the door closed when it is burst open and
a shrill voice cries, 'George Eaton, George
Eaton! The hogs got y'r butter.*
**0h, what a fall was there, my countrymen.
All my plumage of self -complacency drooped ;
a spectacle to the whole school, my humilia-
tion was complete as I followed the boys to
the scene of devastation.
**As I have said, the schoolhouse was on
the edge of a wood. It was the custom of
Ohio farmers then, as it is of many in the South
to-day, to turn the hogs loose to subsist on
the *mast' of the forest, the acorns that cover
the ground in the fall. Can you blame the
foragers for regaling themselves on the fat
of the land when it was placed so temptingly
within their reach? The Hogs driven far
afield, the boys aided me in gathering up the
fragments.
"Here and there a roll, they called out,
* Wasn't teched,' but the most of it was
bemired beyond redemption, the imprint of
the divided hoof being a trademark not re-
WELSH BRANCH 669
cognized in my mother's kitchen. The white
napkin was torn to shreds and the bandanna
as dilapidated as a battle flag after the war.
"In language more forcible than elegant my
whilom companion, Ike Cunningham, voiced
the anathema of my debased spirit, 'Dam'd
or ho-ogs!*
**If the boys suspected my mean stuckup-
ishness, they were too considerate to add
to my misery by taunting me as I deserved ;
but I knew it myself and that was enough.
"A sadder and a wiser boy, I retraced my
steps to replenish my stock and, relieved of
the incubus of self-conceit, passed the school-
house going coUegeward, whistling as I went.
Ah, my friend, my pride had a fall in that
Ohio clearing, and it never had a resurrec-
tion. In after life, if I found such a feeling
trying to gain possession of forbidden ground,
a vision of that scene of long ago would rise
before me. I saw again the log schoolhouse,
the tall hickories, the black walnuts, the
tusset-leafed oaks and the grunting quad-
rupeds; and as I seemed to hear again the
cry, 'George Eaton, George Eaton, The
hog's got y'r butter!' the ignoble thoughts
fled like the vandal swine."
Our hostess gave an addendum to the
professor's story as follows:
**It was a number of years after this incident,
when I was a young lady in Schenectady
that I met on his way to the packet, a young
man who had that day graduated as the
valedictorian of his class with the highest
honors Old Union could give. He was es-
670 EATON GENEALOGY
corting his landlady, who was to take a jour-
ney by canal, and the newly elected tutor
was carrying the baby. He had come to
know that no kindly act is degrading to the
doer, whether he be king baking cakes on a
cottager's hearth or a college boy carrying
butter.''
Those who were so privileged as to know
Dr. Eaton, for so many years president of
Madison University, will find it difficult to
believe that he could ever have exhibited
the feelings confessed by him in this narra-
tive, so foreign to his nature do they seem.
He never looked down upQn men; he raised
them to his level. He never patronized,
but always found a common standpoint from
which to address his brother man of what-
ever station.
I have seen him delight an audience with
his graphic pictures of foreign travel, and
have seen him equally brilliant, equally solic-
itous to please when his auditor was the
maid of all work, the village blacksmith, or
the town ne'er-do-well. Poor Steerforth said
to David Copperfield, "Think of me at my
best." George Eaton not only thought of
men at their best, but they were at their
best in his presence. He enlisted all that
was good in them ; his nobility ennobled them.
He sleeps on the hillside overlooking the
beautiful valley of the Chenango, amid scenes
he loved. The group gathered around that
table of long ago are scattered far and wide,
and to children's children is told the story
of a life spent in blessing others.
WELSH BRANCH 671
99 8 Rev. Joseph Heywood Eaton, LL.D.;
son of (68 1) b in Berlin, Delaware County,
Ohio, Sept. 10, 1812; m Esther Mary Tread-
weU, a woman of fine mental ability and mark-
ed character. He was president of Union
University, Murfreesboro, Tenn., and was
highly honored for his character and his
talents, having few equals as an educator.
He won the enthusiastic devotion of all who
knew him, and was loved as few men are
loved. He d Jan. 12, 1859, in Murfrees-
boro, Tenn. Once during his childhood he
was supposed to be dead ; the physicians pro-
nounced him dead but his mother doubted.
She believed that he was a child of too many
prayers, that God had a work for him to do;
and the child recovered. When it was neces-
sary for him to leave home for larger advan-
tages of study, being the youngest son, his
mother parted with him with great reluctance,
saying, '* Joseph, I have but a little while to
live — I believe God has a work for you and
you must be educated to fit you for it and
hence you must go.*'
Issue
131 1 Thomas Treadwell b 1845; m Alice
Roberts
132 2 Josephine m Alonzo Peck
133 3 Henry D. d in infancy
134 4 Wayland d aged 5 years
135 5 Mary d infant
101 1 Samuel J. Mills Eaton, son of (76 1)
b at Fairview, Erie county. Pa.; graduated
at Jefferson College in 1845; pursued his
672 EATON GENEALOGY
theological studies at the Weston Theological
Seminary and was licensed to preach the
gospel by the Presbytery of Erie on the 16th
of March, 1848. He was ordained by the
same Presbytery on the 7th day of Feb.,
1849, and installed as pastor of the churches
of Franklin and Mount Pleasant, Aug. 29,
1855, giving hlis entire time to Franklin. He
was a member of the Christian Commission
He was not only a clergyman but an author
as well.
Samuel John Mills Eaton who was bom
at Fairview, Erie Co., Pa., April 15, 1820
died in Franklin, Pa., July 16, 1889; in 1871
he travelled in Europe, Egypt, Palestine and
Greece. He married Nov. 5, 1850 Clara T.
daughter of John W. Howe a representative
from Pa. in 1831 and 32. (Lamb's Biograph-
ical Dictionary of the U. S.)
The Potts 110 1 Mary Eaton, dau of (76 2) b Oct.
Family ^^ jygj. ^ -^ jggg. ^ -^ jgjg, Isaiah Potts,
son of Stephen and Jane (Jones) Potts. Isaiah
Potts (b April 7, 1780) d June 22, 1858; was
disciplined for marrying contrary to Friends
usage.
Both are buried in graveyard of the Valley
Friends Meeting in Chester county.
Issue:
136 1 Eezia Potts m Trimble
137 2 Jane m Polley
138 3 Martha b 1827
139 4 Mary imm
140 5 WlUiam
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114 1 Eliza Eaton, dau of (81 5) b ;
m William Houston
Issue:
141 1 Adelbert Houston b
142 2 Mary Margaret m Moxley
118 4 Jane Sharon, dau of (82 6) b
m James Gill Elrick, grandson of a Revolu-
tionary soldier, and resides in Columbus, Ohio.
Issue:
143 1 Helen Sharon Efarlck
144 2 Clarabel
145 3 Anna Eaton m William Francis
Janeway
146 4 Bfary Elizabeth m John liacKall
of Bamesville, Ohio
119 1 George Allen Chandler, son of (87 3)
b at Johnstown, Pa., Sept. 8, 1858; moved
to Bethlehem in Sept. 1881. He m Dec. 27,
1881, Florence M. White of Chambersburg,
Pa.
Issue:
147 1 Gertrude Fritz Chandler b Mar. 29,
1883; m Oct. 17, 1905, John Horace Erview; re-
side at W5nicote, Pa.
148 2 Allen Chandler Jr., b June 18, 1885;
d Sept. 7, 1908
149 3 George Fritz b May 30, 1888; re-
sides in Philadelphia
150 4 David Eaton b Nov. 20, 1890; d
Sept. 6, 1891
V. 161 5 Daniel Tucker b July 13, 1892
121 1 George C. Eaton, son of (93 2) b
m Helen ......
674 EATON GENEALOGY
Issue:
152 1 AUce b ; m
153 2 Julia ; m Jacoby
122 2 Henry J. Eaton, son of (93 2) b ;
m (1) Sarah Kelsey; m (2) her sister Maria
Kelsey
Issue :
154 1 Sarah m Frank Garrett
• 155 2 a son d in shildhood
125 1 George Boardmanl^aton, A.M., son of
(94 3) b June 10, 1832. He was a writer
under the name of * Jacob Staff*' for Forest
and Stream and other periodicals; was b in
Georgetown, Ky., and d in Waterloo, Wis.,
AprU 15, 1906.
He was a graduate of Madison University
in 1856; went west as a civil engineer, return-
ed to the east in 1859 and settled in New
York city in 1861, where he held a position
in the Inspector's Department of the Custom
House. He m at Lake Mills, Wis., June 19th,
1858, Harriet Phillips, a descendant of the
Rev. George Phillips who came to New Eng-
land with Gov. Winthrop in the ''Arabella"
in 1630. (Harriet Phillips was b at Canas-
tota, N. Y., Oct. 13, 1838)
Issue : *
156 1 May and Mable, twin girls, b Aug.
15, 1859; d Sept., 1859
157 2 Commander Charles Phillips, U.
S. N.; b 1863; m Louise Bogart
*A daughter Daisy b Aug. 2nd, 1871; d
Jan. 1872
WELSH BRANCH 675
158 3 Louise b April 19, 1865; m George
126 2 Prof. James Rodolphus Eaton, son Memng-
of (94 3) b at Hamilton, N. Y., Dec. 11th, shaw's En-
1834; m June 6th, 1872; Mary Elizabeth, of Am.Biog
only dau of William P. and Mary E. Lew-
right. He graduated at Colgate University;
moved May 1st, 1862, to Liberty, Mo., to
accept the Chair of Natural Science in Wil-
liam Jewel College, Liberty, Mo., where he
was elected head of the scientific department ;
d March 20, 1897 in Cairo, Egypt, while on a
trip to the Holy Land and his body lies in
the American Mission Cemetery in Cairo.
Issue:
159 1 Lewright Boardman b Aug. 4, 1876;
d Mar. 10, 1877
160 2 Harold William b April 13, 1876;
d Aug. 31, 1882
161 3 Herbert Lewright b June 3, 1881
162 4 Mable Elsie b June 1, 1887
127 3 Frances Douglas Eaton, dau of
(94 3) b May 29, 1837; was educated and
graduated at Troy Female Seminary, m (1)
in 1856 Charles Addison Mott who d in ;
m (2) Hon. Henry R. Pierson, a Senator, rail-
road president and Chancellor of the Uni-
versity of New York.
Issue by 1st husband:
163 1 George E. Mott, a distinguished
lawyer in New York city
168 3 Louise Eaton, dau of (126 1) b
April 19, 1865; graduated from the Woman's
676 EATON GENEALOGY
Records of Medical College of Baltimore, April, 1894;
^?°^°^^^^ appointed assistant resident physician of the
Eaton US. *'Good Samaritan Hospital'' (connected with
Navy * the College) . Post graduate from John Hop-
kins in 1895, and practised in New York city
imtil her marriage to George Kennedy Seeber
of Waterioo, Wis., March 9, 1904.
170 7 Elizabeth Lasher, dau of (128 4)
b April 2, 1875; m George S. Austin of Paines-
ville, O., Nov. 28, 1901
Issue :
182 1 Flora Angell Austin b June 16, 1904
183 3 George Lasher b May 6, 1907
128 4 Eliza Clarissa Eaton, dau of (94 3)
b May 3, 1839; graduated from Chestnut
Female Seminary (now Ogontz) Philadelphia ;
m Rev. George William Lasher Aug. 23, 1860.
(George Lasher, D. D., LL. D., traces descent
from the Palatinate in 1710, having as one
of his ancestors Silas Marsh, a member of the
Boston Tea-party. He is editor of the Jour-
nal and Messenger, Cincinnati). On the
23d of Aug. 1910, Rev. George and Mrs. Lash-
er celebrated their golden wedding with an
informal reception.
Issue :
164 1 George Eaton Lasher b May 21,
1861; d Feb. 21, 1873
165 2 Mary b Dec. 23, 1863; d May 20,
1865
166 3 William b Oct. 25, 1865; d Dec. 2,
1866
167 4 Mabel Elsie b Aug. 13, 1867; d
Feb. 9, 1870
WELSH BRANCH 677
168 5 Helen Louise b July 9, 1869
169 6 Clara Adella b Mar. 13, 1872
170 7 Elizabeth b April 2, 1875; m George
S. Austin
129 5 Mary Hammer Eaton, dau of (94 3)
b Nov. 29, 1841. Graduated from Chestnut
Female Seminary, (now Ogontz) Philadelphia,
Pa. m as 2d wife to Rev. Herbert C. Woods
who d in Pasadena, Cal.; she d April 16, 1906
in Madison ville, Ohio.
Issue:
171 1 Grace E. Woods b in Minneapolis,
Minn.
The Rev. Herbert C. Woods D. D., was
pastor of the Fayette ville, N. Y., Baptist
church from 1867-72. His portrait is to be
found on p 53 "Centennial of the Baptist
Church, Fayetteville, N. Y., 1797-1897''
130 6 Commodore William Colgate Eaton,
A. M., Ph. D., son of (94 3) b Feb. 4, 1851;
m Sept. 7, 1890 Lizzie Blesh. Graduated
from Colgate University in 1869; entered
the United States Navy in 1872 and was com-
missioned chief engineer, June 1, 1895; fleet
engineer Pacific Squadron, 1899-1900; Capt.,
Nov. 18, 1907; retired as Commodore at his
own request, June 30, 1908; detailed as head
of Dep't EngV, Colgate University, 1888-90;
appointed by Viceroy Li Hung Chang, ex-
aminer of naval engineering graduates, Im-
perial University, Tientsin, China, 1892;
present duty, inspecting engineering material
and ordinance for U. S. Navy. ,
678 EATON GENEALOGY
Issue:
172 1 WiUiam West b July, 1893
Note — Extract from a letter written by
Commcxiore William Colgate Eaton.
* * * Many years ago when I was a
small lad, I remember that at a commence-
ment of Colgate University one of the vis-
itors was a certain Dr. Price, a Baptist
clergyman from Wales. Visiting my father,
then President of the College, he remembered
that he has seen on a mantlepiece in Wales,
a genealogy of an Eaton family so interesting
that he had copied it in his diary, as it went
back a thousand years. He, therefore, pro-
duced hi& dairy and read it and it fitted exact-
ly, as the emigration in 1686 was referred to
with the correct names, etc., showing that
it was our family. Most unfortunately none
of the family at the time copied this genealogy
and a day or two later Dr. Price went away,
returning to Wales where his address could
not be learned and therefore the whole thing
was lost. I cannot now conceive why we
should all have been so stupid as to take no
copy of this interesting thing, for while the
records a thousand years back were doubtless
legendary, though set forth on the mantle-
piece, much of it would now be valuable.
This must have been some forty-five years
ago or more and of course that Mr. Price
must now be dead, but I suppose the mantle-
piece still exists if it could only be located.
Very cordially,
W. C. Eaton, Commodore, U. S. N.
COMMODORE WILLIAM COUJATE EATON. A, M., Ph. D.
MOMUMENT TO THOMAS TREADWELL EATON, D. D., LL. D.
WELSH BRANCH 681
131 1 Rev. Thomas Treadwell Eaton, son
of (99 8) b in Murfreesboro, Tenn., Nov. 16,
1846; d June 29, 1907; m Alice Roberts. He
was pastor of Walnut street Baptist church
and editor of the Western Recorder, Louisville,
Ky.; was an eloquent preacher, fearless as
an editor, and greatly honored by the com-
munity in which he lived.
Issue:
173 1 Maria m £. C. Farmer
174 2 Joseph H. b ; m Alice Bouen
Inscription on His Monument
1845 1907
Thomas Treadwell Eaton, D. D .,L. L. D.
This Montiment is an Expression
Of the Gratitude of Southern Baptists
To Almighty God
for his Gift to the World of him who
as Pastor for twenty-seven years
of the Walnut street Baptist Church
of Louisville, Kentucky
as Leader, Editor and Author
did * 'earnestly contend for the faith
which was once for all
delivered unto the Saints''
132 2 Josephine Eaton, dau of (99 8) b
; m Alonzo Peck of Hamilton, N. Y., who
d in 1883. Mrs Peck is a woman of brilliant
intellect, an incisive writer of editorials in
the Richmond Herald and Western Recorder,
Louisville, Ky.
682 EATON GENEALOGY
146 3 Anna Eaton Elrick, dau of (118 4)
b at Morristown, O., June 21, 1853; m William
Francis Janeway (b at Zanesville, O., Sept.
28, 1850), Sept. 18, 1873. He was a jobber
and manufacturer of tinware and a dealer in
tinplate. In 1874, he settled in Barnes ville,
O., and there established a large business,
leaving there for Columbus, O., where he in-
creased his business and established a large
manufacturing concern, where he continued
his business imtil his death, which took place
April 8, 1907. William F. Janeway was vice-
president of the Buckeye State Building and
Loan Company and one of the prime movers
in the establishment of the Ohio State Life
Insurance Company, of which he was a direc-
tor and treasurer. He was also a member of
the Columbus Board of Trade and a director
of the Security Savings Bank. He was a
member of the Kine Avenue Methodist Epis- *
copal church and superintendent of the Sim-
day School for years.
Issue :
175 1 Carrie Lucile Janeway b at Zanes-
ville, Ohio, Aug. 3, 1874; m Orra Eugene
Monnette Nov. 6, 1895
176 2 Louella Sharon b Dec. 26, 1875;
d Feb. 18, 1876
177 3 Edith Francis b at Bamesville,
Ohio, Jan. 3, 1876
178 4 Mary Viola b Oct. 10, 1881; m
Alfred Cookman de Bruin, June 27, 1905
179 5 William Ralph b Dec. 6, 1884
180 6 (child d in infancy)
181 7 George Harold b Dec. 5, 1888
WELSH BRANCH 683
167 2 Commander Charles Phillips Eaton,
son of (125 1) b at 250 East Broadway, New
York, May 13, 1863. His parents removed
to Jersey City, N. J., in 1866 and there he
attended the public schools until 15. In
1879 he entered the U. S. Naval Academy as
a Cadet Engineer by competition examina-
tion. Cadet Midshipman and Cadet Engi-
neer were amalgamated as Naval Cadets by
Act of Congress, Aug. 2, 1882. He grad-
uated *Vith distinction'' in June, 1883.
Promotions, Ensign, July 1, 1885; Leiutenant
(junior grade) Dec. 4, 1894; Lieutenant,
April 13, 1988; Lieutenant Commander, Dec.
4, 1904; retired as Commander, June 30, 1905;
served in various ships in China, Japan and
the Philippines, West Indies, East coast of
Africa, East coast of South America, Pacific
coast from Sitka to Salvadore, Mediterranean
and North of Europe, and on shore duty for
short periods at the Navy Yard, N. Y., the
Training Station at Newport, R. I., and as
Naval Inspector of machinery at various
private works. While on shore duty in
New York city in 1890 and 1891, he studied
and was admitted to the bar for New Jersey
as an Attorney -at-law in Nov., 1891. He
wrote several pamphlets on steam engineer-
ing and other professional notes and a book
on International law.
While surveying in Jiquirica Bay, Salva-
dor, the close fine work required caused
serious eye strain which was made worse by
work as navigator of the battleship Maine
COMMANDER CHARLES PHILLIPS EATON, U. S. N.
(684)
WELSH BRANCH 685
in 1905, and catised his retirement June 30
of that year.
Dec. 8, 1908 he m Frances Bogert of Bo-
gota, N. J., whose ancestors on both sides
were Holland Dutch who came to America
about the middle of the 17th century. One
of her aunts is living in the second house
built on the lot set aside for an ancestor in
1660 when the town of Bergen (now part of
Jersey City) was founded. This house and
the preceeding one have been occupied con-
tinuously by members of the family.
173 1 Maria Eaton, dau of (131 1) m
E. C. Fanner
Issue:
182 1 Josephine Fanner
183 2 Lucy
174 2 Joseph H. Eaton, son of (131 1) b
; m Alice Bouen
Issue:
184 1 Alice d aged 4 years
186 2 Thomas d aged 7 years
175 1 Carrie Lucile Janeway, dau of Monnette
(146 3) b at Zanesville, Ohio; m Nov. 6, 1895, ^^'^^^^''•
Orra Eugene Monnette, Attomey-at-law M^^"ueof
(Monnette Family Genealogy By Orra E. los Angeles,
Monnette of Los Angeles, Cal.) Cai.
686 EATON GENEALOGY
Chart
John Eaton, of Dolan, Radnorshire, Wales, m Joan ;
came to Pennepack, Philadelphia Co.^n 1683. Hed Mar.
1716; his wife d Nov. 1716
Issue
John Eaton, of J Llandewr Fach, Radnorshire, Wales, 165d-
1760, m Jane'.
Issue
Rev. Joseph Eaton — Gwillian Morgan
1679-1749
Issue
Joseph Eaton — Katherine
1718-1793
Issue
Joseph Eaton — Jeanet Ramsey
1756-1832
Issue
Martha Eaton — ^James Sharon
Issue
Jane Sharon — James Gill Elrick
Issue
Anna Eaton Elrick — William Francis Janeway
1863- 1850-1907
Issue
Carrie Lucille Janeway — Ora Eugene Monnette
193 8 David Henry Eaton, son of (64 7)
b at Mt. Gilead, Va., Jan. 9, 1846; m Feb. 25,
1890, Mary C. Riticor
Issue:
196 2 Judge James Wilson Eaton, son
of (66 8) b Sept. 6, 1639; graduated in the
same class with Robert Lincohi at Harvard
College; served as Judge of Otol Co., Neb.,
but now lives in Syracuse, Neb. m Mary E.
Stone Hake in 1863
EATON
Bleddyn, ap Cynfyn, Prince of Powis
through his great grand-son, C3mric Efell
Griffith ap Nichols ap Diarus ap Grono ap
ap Griffith Grach ap Mellir ap Grono, married
Margaret, daughter John ap Ellis Eyton, of
Rhuabon Co. Denbigh, an old Bosworth
Soldier (of the tribe of the Marshes, established
by Tudor Trevo, Lord of Hereford and
Whittington) , and from him was taken the
surname Eyton. Of this the elder son John
Eyton, married Catherine, daughter of Ellis
ap Tudyr, of Yale and had several daughters
but one son,
John Eyton who married Jane, daughter
of John Lloyd, Esq., of Bodidrisyn Yale Co.
Denbigh, and sister of Sir Evan Lloyd, Knight
of Bodidris. He was father of eight sons
and three daughters. From Ellis, one of
the younger sons derived Eytons of Mais-y-
Groes Co. Flint a younger son of which family
Thomas Eyton, Esq., of Cilcain, was father
of Thomas Eyton, Esq., of Langynhafal Co.
Denbigh married Alice Roberts and had Rev.
Robert Eyton, d unm.
Thomas married Miss Pryse of Caewys
and was father of John Eyton, Esq., of
Llanech-y-Mor; Elizabeth married in 1771
the Rev. William Tooke and had two sons,
Thomas and William and a daughter Eliza-
beth. The eldest son John Eyton, Esq.,
(687)
688 EATON GENEALOGY
of Leeswood, Co. Flint, married Jane, daughter
of David Jones of Halkin, Co. Flint; married
2nd, Jane, daughter of Edward Kynaston
of Pantybksley, relict of Philip Lloyd of
Hardwick
p Issue 4 daughters and 1 son John Eyton,
Esq; of Leeswood, married Susan, daughter
of Thomas Puleston, of Lightwood-Green
and died Mar. 19, 1600; issue daughter Mary
who married John Trevor Esq., of Trevon.
John Eyton Esq.. of Trimley, nmrried
Dorothy, daughter of William Herbert of
Kerry and Trefeglwys, both of Coimty Mont-
gomerie, and had
John Eyton of Leeswood whose issue be-
came extinct.
Thomas
William
Thomas 2nd son of Trimley married Eliza-
beth, daughter of Sir Thomas Powell, Bart,
of Horsley, Surry and had issue
Thomas Eyton, Esq., married Elizabeth,
daughter of Robert Davis, Esq., of Gwysaney
and Llanerch and had son, Thomas Eyton,
his heir and other child who died immarried.
A daughter Elizabeth married Robert Wynne,
Esq., of Garthewyn and a son the Rev. John
Eyton Rector of Westbury, Salop married
Penelope, only child of George Hope, Esq.,
of Hope by Elizabeth Longueville, his wife
and by her who died in 1800 left with other
issue a son
Hope Ejjrton Esq,, of Leeswood; b Nov.
19, 1754; m Nov. 10, 1783, Margaret, niece
WELSH BRANCH 689
of Robert Wynne Esq., of Tower, Co. Flint
and had issue
John Eyton his heir
Thomas m in 1846, Catherine, 4th dau of
Sir Henry Mainwaring Bart, of Over Peovil,
Co. Chester and had
Thomas Wynne Ejjrton of Tower Mold, Co.
Flint; b Oct. 28, 1847
John Hope Wynne b April 19, 1852
Robert William b June 24, 1854
Charles Edward b Aug. 17, 1857 and Kath-
erlne Margaret Laetitia b Nov. 4, 1850; d
Dec. 1850
Robert Wynne, M. A. Vicar of Llangollen,
m Charlotte, dau of Thomas Griffith Esq., of
Rhual, Co. Flint
William Wynne R. N.
Charles Warkin Wynne, Rector Ashton
Clinton Bucks, m Mar. 2, 1848, Philadelphia,
Frances Esther eldest dau of Rev. Francis
Wrangham M. A. and F. R. S. Archdeacon
of Cleveland, Yorkshire and Canon of Chester
Harriet
Louise Elizabeth
Margaret Letitia b unm, 1808
William Eyton d in 1824
Arms — Az. on a bend arg. a lion passa Sa.
Seat — Lees wood. Mold, Flintshire.
Leeswood, North Wales, in the Co. of
Flint, the seat of John Wynne Eyton, Esq.
C90 EATON GENEALOGY
This house must not, however, be confused
with another in the neighborhood having
the same name and being the paternal resi-
dence of the same owner, although he him-
self no longer lives there. The Leeswood
in which Mr. Eyton resides was bought by
his father from the late Mr. Gamons, and is
a very old mansion, the original date of which
can no longer be ascertained, but has been
greatly added to and at considerable expense,
by the late Sir George Wjrmie, who amongst
other improvements, erected two magnificent
iron gates in front of it. Mr. Eyton also
possesses — Tower, in the Co. of Flint, in-
herited from his mother's family. It is
situated about a mile and a half from Mold
and on the right hand side of the road from
that town to Nerquis. The building has a
venerable but somewhat desolate appearance,
and is partly of ancient, partly of modem date,
standing amongst the remains of its ances-
tral groves. It consists of a tall machicho-
lated and ambattled tower, adjoining to what
appears to be a dwelling-house of the time
of Queen Anne. The two structures, as
may be supposed, are perfectly incongruous.
Of the fortified portion, the defences and
outer-works are gone, and there is not even
the trim garden nor the stable-yard of the
more peaceful habitation.
In front is an ordinary pasturefield with a
fish-pond and solitary sim-dial:
**The dial-stone aged and green"
while beyond are piggeries, sow-sheds, and^
WELSH BRANCH 691
the other essential but not very picturesque
adjuncts of a small farm.
Still the edifice is not much dilapidated;
the masonry of the tower is as soimd and sharp
as when first erected; even the rampant
monsters at the comers, that voided from
their mouths the waters of the roof, grin as
freshly and grotesquely as ever they did, and
if injury be an5nvhere visible, it has come,
not from time but from the hand of man.
The principal tower and which seems to
have given its name to the entire building,
is on the western side of the house, forming
an oblong of forty-five feet on the western
and eastern sides, twenty-seven on the north-
em and southern, and about forty feet in
height to the top of the battlement. At
one period it was divided into three stories,
but these have been altered into two, and
apparently at the commencement of the
eighteenth century ; and thus the architectural
character of the whole has been much altered.
On the top is the stone roof, reposing on
massive timbers sufficiently level to permit
the working of warlike engines upon it, with
area enough to accommodate a score or so
of archers. A circular turret staircase leads
to the roof at the south-eastern angle, and
has three doors within, corresponding with
the different stories of the original structure.
At the south-western comer of this tower is
a lower oblong building, usually called the
dungeon. It consisted of two stories with
a cellar beneath and communicated with the
ground-floor room of the larger tower by a
692 EATON GENEALOGY
small arched doorway. In this lesser build-
ing are some remains of an ornamental tim-
ber ceiling; and a water-channel with a
ring in the subterranean part leads to the
beUef that it was used either for prisoners
or a place of concealment. It is lighted only
by long narrow loop-holes from without,
and preserves its original stone roof. Under
the larger building is a cellar with a plain,
segmental vault, which was approached by
a doorway leading from the mansion. On
the eastern wall of the main tower are to be
seen traces of jimction with the old roof of
the house, which as we shall presently have
occasion to mention, was burnt down in the
fifteenth century ; and it has been conjectured
by an able writer in the "Cambrian Arch-
aeology"— from which we have largely bor-
rowed— that this tower was intended as a
place of permanent abode.
From the fonns of the archways, which
are flattened and fourcentered, from the
mouldings of the battlements, and from the
workmanship of the immense gargouilles
that are still perfect at each comer of the
machicholated battlement, it may be con-
jectured that the building was erected early
in the fifteenth century, though there is no
documentary evidence as to its precise date.
The style of the two large apartments which
occupy the whole extent of the building is
French, and is rather curious from the respect
that has been shown in making them, to the
style of the middle ages; for insjtead of form-
ing square-headed Italian windows, an at-
WELSH BRANCH 693
tempt, and not a bad one, at mediaeval
windows has been made. The mouldings
have been imitated from the battlement
and certain ornamental portions of the older
windows have been used up, so as to produce
an effect which at first puzzles the antiquary.
Were it not for the style of the rooms within,
we should assign these windows to the tem-
porary revival in time of Charles I. Over
the northern window of the upper apartment
is a shield, the bearings of which we are not
able to assign correctly to any family. They
are quarterly, first and fourth, three fleurs-de-
lys, two and one; second and third, three
lions passant regardant; supporters, on the
dexter side, a mermaid, on the sinister side
what appears (being much mutilated) to be
a griffin. A small head crowned terminates
the dripstone on the eastern side of this
window, and a female head with the homed
head-dress in fashion during the fifteenth
century ends that on the western. These
ornaments formed part of the older decora-
tions of the original building. In the lower
part of the tower, which is panelled with oak
all around to three-fifths of its height, there
is a shield over the chimney-piece, the head-
ings connected with those of the Wynnes
formerly possessors of the domain. On a
corbel outside this room is a griffin. The
masonry of this tower shows few signs of
decay, and none but what might easily be
repaired. Several of the stones in the turret-
stair-case and on the western wall bear the
masons mark, a rude W. The gargouilles
694 EATON GENEALOGY
of the tower no longer serve to carry off the
water from the roof, it having been altered;
but they are in excellent preservation and of
truly monstrous design. The loop-holes of
the battlement are beautifully formed equal-
armed crosses with circular ends. The mod-
em house on the eastern side of the tower
presents no features worthy of remark; but
it might be formed into a commodious resi-
dence.
In a field on the western side of the tower
is a circular pigeon-house, perhaps of the
seventeenth century; and tradition — only an
idle one — says that a subterraneous passage
leads to it from the dungeon. Pennant tells
us that during the wars of the Roses this
place was inhabited by Reinallt ap Gruffyd
ap Bleddyn, a descendant of Bleddyn ap
Cynvyn, founder of the third royal tribe of
Wales. He and his people were always at
variance with the citizens of Chester. In
1465 a considerable number of the latter
came to Mold Fair; a fray ensued between
the two parties and a dreadful slaughter was
made on both sides. Reinallt, however, ob-
tained the victory, took prisoner Robert
Bryne, linen-draper and ex-Mayor of Chester,
whom he lead to his tower and hung on his
staple in his great hall. An attempt was
subsequently made to seize Renallt, two
hundred powerful men sallying forth from
Chester for that purpose. He retired there-
upon into a neighboring wood, permitted
some of his enemies to enter the house, then
rushing from his hiding place fastened the
WELSH BRANCH 695
door and setting fire to the place, burnt them
without mercy. He then attacked the rest
and pursued them to the seaside where those
who escaped the sword perished in the Chan-
nel. Reinallt, however, had the good for-
time to receive a pardon for his offences from
Thomas Lord Stanley, Lord of the Council
of Wales, the difficulty of bringing so form-
idable an offender to justice being, no doubt,
the principal cause of this impolitic lenity.
Some portions of this tradition, as given by
Pennant, are manifestly false. As to the
hanging of the ex-Mayor, this could hardly
be, since the room in which the hanging is
said to have taken place was of a date long
posterior to that event, while the supposed
staple is nothing more than a slight staple
for a chandelier with nothing antique about
it. The burning, too, of Reinallt's house by
himself when he had other modes of ven-
geance at hand, seems to be somewhat prob-
lematical ; besides which there is a traditionary
anecdote that completely contradicts either
of these assertions. **Four cousins having
met at an inn, began to boast to each other
of their various exploits. The first was
Davydd ap Sianeyn, ap Davydd Crech of
Nant Conwy, who began, 'This is the dagger
with which I slew the red judge on the bench
at Denbigh.' The second, Davydd ap Jeuan
ap Einion, who had been keeper of Harlech
Castle said, This is the sword and this the
ashen spear with which I slew the shreiff at
Llandrillo.' The third, Reinallt ap Gruf-
fydd ap Bleddyn of Tower, said, This is the
696 EATON GENEALOGY
sword with which I slew the Mayor of Chester
when he came to bum my house.' Then
they inquired of the fourth, Gruff ydd Vychan
ap Jeuan ap Einion, a quiet and peaceable
man, what daring deed had he ever performed
when he replied, 'This is the sword with which
had I drawn it in dishonor, I should have
accomplished as much as the best of you
ever did.' " A Welsh bard has left us a song
showing the high estimation in which the
Lord of Tower was held in his own days.
"Reinallt ap Gruflydd ap Bledd5m
Possess a sword which is sharp upon the skin ;
For fear of it, whilst it attacks at once a
hundred men,
The puny city (Chester) and its inhabitants
tremble.
"Chester and its inhabitants trembled for
fear of Reinallt,
As far as the extreme edge of Velallt (Beeston).
They trembled whilst they fled towards
Wenalit,
Trembled all over, their skin and hair.
'Their skin, and brittle bones, and shanks,
Will the descendants of Einion break;
In every part of Chester
He will slay a thousand men with his ashen
spear."
And much more there is to the same ef-
fect; the bard having been inspired with a
double portion of the poetic fury from his
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having been driven out of Chester and de-
prived of all his hotisehold ftimiture because
he married a citizen's widow without the
leave of the magistrates.
It only remains to observe that one of the Seats of
names of the Tower in former times was ^*- ^^^^
Bryncoed **The woody bank" and the town- ^^ ®^^
ship in which it stands still retains that name.
Eaton, of Dublin, Ireland
A. J. Eaton, of Hampton House, Rath,
mines, Dublin, Ireland, d 1907. He was
Collector of Inemal Revenue for Dublin; a
man of generous mind and broad views,
deeply read; a keen logician and a conversa-
tionalist of high order. Buried in Dean's
Grange Cemetery.
Sons
Wallace
Oscar, A. M.
Richard
Frederick Heber Eaton, son of ( ); b
; married in Bloomsburg, Pa, 1881, Eliz-
abeth Furman. Mr. Eaton is President and
Director x>i American Car and Foundry Com-
pany; Vice-President and Director of the
Susquehana, Bloomsburg & Berwick R. R.
Columbus Trust Company, Seaboard National
Bank.
Issue
1 Daughter.
Note — Frederick Heber Eaton, son of
Ralph H. and Eliza Knapp (Dickerman)
Eaton.
698 EATON GENEALOGY
History of Gurdon Eaton, a native of New York, m
^^g^l^^^^ Lucinda Holcomb, of Ulster, Bradford Co.
^ He was a cabinet-maker and served a number
of years as Justice of the Peace and Constable
in Tonawanda, and died there in the spring of
1878, aged 74. His wife died in 1856, aged
39 years.
Issue
1
2
3
4
5 William H. b April 2, 1850; locomotive
engineer, L. V. R. R. ; m April 26, 1882,Emma,
dau of Jabez B. and Adelia (Rightmire) Hard-
ing, a native of Tunkhannock, Pa. Her
great grandfather, Elisha Harding, was in the
Wyoming massacre, and had two brothers
killed three days before the massacre, while
hoeing com. William Eaton was reared in
Tonawanda and completed his education at
the Collegiate.
Issue
1 Clarence Harding, b
PART vin
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON
WHO BECAME A CITIZEN OF IRELAND
John Eaton b in England or Wales, was
counted a Briton He was one of King
William's men and was in the battle of the
Boyne; received a large bounty of land from
King William and became a citizen of Ireland ;
m
Issue:
2 1 John Eaton and other sons and daugh-
ters whom he raised with respectablilty.
Note — It was on the 14th of Jime, 1690,
that King i William landed at Carrickfergus.
On July 1st, he defeated James at the Battle
of Boyne. He entered Dublin in triumph
and marching on through the country laid
siege to^Limerick.
2 1 John Eaton, of Ireland; lived on the
homestead, son of John Eaton of England
and Wales; removed to America and settled
in Chester county. Pa. He was a man six
feet high, strong and robust, of a good con-
stitution. (His father was just such a size
and a good honest churchman.) m (1)
who lived until after the birth of her
third child; then he m (2) He had a
(690)
700
EATON GENEALOGY
Family Rec.
Rev. T. M.
Eaton, Mt.
Pleasant,
Pa.
maxim which was ''Never put your friend
in your pocket."
Issue :
3 1 James b 1733; m (1) Croft; m
(2) Elizabeth Downey
4 2 Hugh
6 3 Ma^
3 1 James Eaton, son of (2 1) a native
of Ireland; b in 1733; date or place not known.
He travelled through France and other coun-
tries with Lord Cople as gentleman's waiter.
After seeing a good part of the world he en-
listed for seven years and was on sea the
greater part of the time where were fought
many bloody battles. On his return to
London he m a Miss Croft who was of a decent
family but not rich, and followed his trade
as a shoemaker. After the birth of his son
Edward he decided to return to Ireland to
make his father (who was a wealthy man) a
visit; reaching Ireland he fotmd that his
father had removed to America, his second
wife having died. So James Eaton and his
brother Hugh followed their father's example
and also sailed for America, reaching Phila-
delphia and afterwards going to his father
who had settled in Chester Co. James Eaton
rented a farm, and sent a small cargo to his wife
in England with a letter by the Captain;
which letter never reached her. He stayed
another year and went over himself to re-
move his family to his new home but found
that his wife was dead and her parents not
willing to part with the child. He returned
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to Ameriica, settled for a while in Hartford
Co., Md., where he m Elizabeth Downey and
removed west of the mountains and settled
on land near where now stands Cannonsburg,
Pa., but the Indians were so bad that they
returned over the mountains and settled at
Green's Springs Furnace, in Worthington
Coimty, Md., but in 1788 he removed again
over the mountains to a farm which he bought
on the headquarters of Pike Run, Washington
Co., Pa. (In those days the country was
almost a wilderness) . He crossed the moun-
tains 76 times. In 1713 he sold his land and
was to remove to Columbia Co., Ohio, but was
taken with typhus fever and d the day he
was to start, March 31, 1714; is buried in the
cemetery at Bentleysville, Pa. His grave is
marked and no doubt the date of his birth
appears there. He was not as large a man
as his forefathers, being but five feet ten inches
and of a large form.
Issue by 1st wife:
6 1 Edward b in England
Issue by 2d wife:
7 2 John b Sept. 1778; m Catherine
8 2 Hugh b 1780; d 1863; m Ann Rose
9 4 Nancy
10 5 William ; d aged 3 yrs
11 6 James
12 7 Elizabeth d infant
13 8 Sarah
14 9 Rebecca
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4 2 Hugh Eaton, son of (2 1) b . He
went to London where he learned the trade
of a tailor and m
Hugh Eaton accompanied his brother James
to America in search of their father John
Eaton who had removed from Ireland to
Chester County, Pa.
7 2 John Eaton, son of (3 1) b April,
1778; m Catherine who d Oct. 30, 1854;
he d July 23, 1850
Issue I
16 1 Catherine b April 8, 1798
16 2 Rebecca b Jan. 12, 1800
17 3 Wlliiam b Nov. 14, 1801 ; d May 20,
1820
18 4 Martha b July 6, 1804; d Feb. 21,
1805
19 5 Nancy b Jan. 6; m Feb. 9, 1816
James Dodge, m by Chas. Henley, Lener Co.,
Pa.
20 6 Sarah b April 11, 1809
21 7 Horace b Mar. 11, 1811
22 8 James Harvey b Dec. 19, 1813
23 9 John Thompson b Mar. 21, 1816;
d Aug. 1, 1822
24 10 Resin Bell b Dec. 4, 1818; m
Margaret E. Hayes April 8, 1851
8 3 Hugh Eaton, son of (3 1) b Feb. 25,
1780 (according to his own statement) at
Green's Springs Furnace, in Worthington
Co., Maryland, m Ann Rose, Ctet. 20, 1803
and lived for many years in Washington Co.,
Pa., but d in Columbia Co., Ohio, Feb. 12,
1863
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Issue :
26 1 Catherine b 1804; m Isaac Garrett
issue
26 2 James b 1806; was killed by his
horse running away while he was moving
to a new home. His last words were "Though
He slay me, yet will I trust him."
27 3 Isaac (Rev.) b Feb. 20, 1809; m
Mary Lamberson and d 1879
28 4 Dr. Henry b 1811; m (1) (2)
29 5 Elizabeth b 1814; m Joseph Keeler
30 6 Hathais M. (Rev.) b 1816; m Mary
31 7 Samuel (Rev.) b 1820; m Nancy
Owens
32 8 John b 1823; m
33 9 Hester Ann b 1818; d infant
34 10 Rose Ann b 1826
8 3 Hugh Eaton, son of (3 1); Mary
Eaton, his daughter-in-law, widow of Rev.
Mathias M. Eaton writes of him:
**To begin with Father Hugh. Mr. Eaton
often talked to me of his father before we
were married, always speaking of him as the
'Old Patriarch' and when I saw and knew
him I thought the title fitted him well.
He was 70 when I first saw him ; fine looking,
tall and straight with long silvery hairs,
calm and dignified, yet genial and affectionate.
He was a weaver by trade but had not worked
any for more than twenty years ; rode around
over the farm and examined the stock and
fences and if there was anything amiss it
704 EATON GENEALOGY
caught his eye. If there was anything he
detested it was things out of order, a thing
he would not tolerate where he could remedy
it. Father Eaton was a man above the
average physically, intellectually and spirit-
ually; a man of more than ordinary force.
He was original, had his own notions about
matters and did not fear to express them if
necessary. Some of them were peculiar.
One of his ideas was that it was the duty of
his children to marry above their station in
life, as it was the only way that the human
race could be improved. He would say,
*You be careful to improve your stock by
crossing it with better breeds; the same rule
holds good in selecting a companion, for
there is as much difference in the breed of
poeple as of stock.* The idea was peculiar
but the argument not bad. He sought by
every means to elevate his family. Though
firm he was singularly kind and affectionate;
was a lover • of the other sex and had his
peculiar notions about the way they should
be treated; had no use for a man who would
treat a woman disrespectfully or tmkindly . He
married a beautiful woman whom he adored
and he never ceased to mourn her loss. No
matter how much company he had he would
complain of being lonely; said 'They do not
take Ann's place.' I have heard the sons
say that they had a beautiful mother.
** Father Eaton was a good entertainer ; was
well informed on all that was going on in
Church and State, and I might say neighbor-
hood, and his own comments on these sub-
IRISH BRANCH 705
jects were rich and entertaining. He was a
good singer and being sentimental he loved
to sing love songs of the Highland laddies
and Highland chiefs as he called them. He
had no scruples about singing these songs
for he held human love as sacred as his re-
ligion. There was something about his relig-
ious life that I did not understand. He did
not talk of his religion and yet he possessed
a singular influence, quiet but forceful, not
only in his own family but in the neighbor-
hood where he lived. For instance, to show
how great an influence he possessed, he mar-
ried a Baptist and though a staunch Metho-
dist himself he took the ground that every one
had a right to think his own religious beliefs ;
consequently did not ask her to come with
him, but attended church with her as often
as possible, as did the children, entertained
her preachers as cordially as his own, never
discussed the matter but left the children
perfectly free to make their own choice.
Children, in most cases, will follow the mother,
at least a part of them, but in this case every
one of them as they grew up joined their
father's church, most of them prominent
workers in the church; three sons and three
grandsons preachers and down to the fourth
generation his descendants belong to the
M. E. church. What was the cause ? There
was an unseen force; I have always thought
it was Father's honest, upright, loyal chris-
tain life that the children saw daily. He was
loyal to the church and preachers. I never
heard him speak a disparaging word of a
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minister and he bad a great love for the
'worn out' preachers as he called them.
He called them *Jack and Jerry' ; said that,
like oxen, they were worn out and could no
longer bear the yoke and were turned out to
browse and live the best they could. Every
year his five dollars went to conference mark-
ed for Jack and Jerry, one of the original
notions.
**He lived nearly fourteen years after I
knew him; we visited him frequently and
corresponded with him and the more inti-
mately I became acquairrted with him the
more I was convinced that Hugh Eaton was
more than an ordinary man and after Uving
with one of his sons for thirty-two years and
having intimate intercourse with most of the
family, I am convinced that Hugh Eaton
raised much more than an ordinary family.''
Written on January 28, 1909 by Mary S.
Eaton, widow of M. M.r Eaton
Letter written by Hugh Eaton, son of (3 1)
East Palastine, May 27th. 1846
My Dear Son:
I would inform you that we are all well
as usual. Sam has come home safe. He likes
country about Vinton pretty well. I shall
try to give you some account of my forefathers.
My great-grandfather, John Eaton, was bom
in England. It is probable they were descen-
dants from the Welsh as the Welsh claim
kindred with the name and so do the English.
IRISH BRANCH 707
He was counted a true Britain. He was one
of King William's men and was at the Battle
of Boyne Water and after King William's
subdued the Catholics, he offered a large
boimty of land to each of his men if they
would stay in Ireland to keep the Catholics
from rising again. My great-grand-father
accepted the offer with others and so became
a citizen of Ireland. He had sons and daugh-
ters that he raised with respectability, but
the number I cannot tell. However he had
a son John, that lived with him on the home-
stead. This was my grandfather. He was
a man six feet in height, strong and robust,
of a good constitution. His father, (my
great-grand-father) was just such a size,,
six feet in height, well built, good honest
churchman. My grandfather had two sons
and one daughter — James, Hugh and Mary.
James was my father. He was not so large
as his forefathers. He was five feet ten
inches in height and heavily bodied. He
lived to the age of 83. He travelled in his
youth a great deal. He and his brothers
were seven years on board a man-of-war and
sailed up and down the Mediterranean on
board the old Missaw. They had many bat-
tles with the French on sea and land on the
coast of Guinea in Africa. They took the
Isle of Gory from the French after a hard
battle. Some of them composed a song set-
ting forth their battle and victory. I can
remember some of it yet. But to return to
my father — he never had any diseases that
are common, such as small pox, measles.
708 EATON GENEALOGY
mumps, whooping cough. Never was sea-
sick, never had the rheumatism, backache
or headache. He had the nervous fever
and once the pleurisy and in his old age the
influenza. He was a very loving, warm
hearted man; generous, high spirited, of a
quick temper and despised anything mean,
low, underhanded or covetous. His father's
maxim was, "Never put your friend in your
pocket.*' The fact is that from disinterested
people and some that did not know that I
was related to them, I have gotten a true ac-
count of the Batons in Ireland, and it is said
that never was a lovelier race of people in
Ireland. I feel glad that I came from such
a race of people. I am proud of the name of
Eaton. To this end they should look to
heaven for divine grace to do what is right
in the name of Him to whom we must give
account of our conduct here. And also to
marry into good families. **Mind the breed,''
as Mr. Fletcher says.
But to return to the family narrative —
my grandmother died after she had the
third child. The children were taken care
of by friends until my grandfather married
the second wife, and then the children and
their stepmother did not agree very well, so
my father and his brother went to London.
There they learned trades, my father shoe-
making; his brother the tailor trade. From
whence they travelled through different parts.
My father travelled through France and other
countries with Lord Capel as a gentleman's
waiter. Lord Caple was travelling for his
IRISH BRANCH 709
health. After travelling and seeing a good
deal of the world, they both enlisted for
seven years and were mostly on sea where they
had hard battles, although they fought by
land also as I have already stated. But I
must be brief. When their service was out
they returned to London and there they both
married. My father married a Mrs. Croft.
She was of very decent family but not rich.
My father followed his trade. His wife bore
him a fine son. He called his name Edward.
About this time my father and his brother
began to think about their father, who was a
very sick man when they left home. They
thought if they had some of his over-plus
they could find use for it, so they concluded
to go over to Ireland and pay him a visit
and get some of his money as they could find
use for it. I can't tell how much land he
had, nor how rich he was, but he had a great
stock farm. He kept at one time, nine breed-
ing mares besides sheep and homed cattle,
and the time of the hard winter and great
snow that year was remembered a longtime
on accoimt of the death of the cattle. He
lost sixty head of homed cattle and I think
about one hundred sheep. He had a great
fulling mill and was what is called a clothier
in that coimtry. But when they got there
(Ireland) he (their father) had gone to Amer-
ica. He had heard nothing from them after
they went into the army. His second wife
was dead and he had two rich brothers-in-
law coming to America. He sold his pos-
sessions and came over with them — ^the name
710 EATON GENEALOGY
of one was Douglas. Some of them used
to go to the Legislature when it was in Phila-
delphia, and the Rev. Wesley Kenney is of
the Kenny family.
So when they foimd he was gone they
followed after and came to Philadelphia.
By this time their money was gone and one
of them stayed on board the ship as hostage
while the other went to himt their father.
I think he settled in Chester Cotmty on a
stream called Picqua. When my father
foimd him he was overjoyed. He had
thought they were dead, but here they
were healthy, handsome, polite young
men. He had plenty of money. He gave
them money to pay their passage, bought each
of them a fine horse, saddle and bridle, a fine
watch, a fine suit of clothes and gave them
spending money. They rode aroimd among
their friends for a while. My father rented
a farm, sent a small cargo to his wife and
wrote her a letter by the Captain but she
never got the letter nor the property — ^it
was lost. He stayed another year and went
over himself in order to move his little family
to America as he had got some land and made
some improvements on it in Fayette Coimty,
although there was no county there for many
years after. But' when he went to London
his wife was found dead and her parents not
willing to part with the child, so he went
from there to Ireland and paid a visit to his
friends, then came over to America again
and stayed a while in Hartford County, Md.,
where many of his old shipmates had settled —
IRISH BRANCH 711
the Hills, Hortons, and Welshs who were all
related to the Downeys. There he first saw
my dear mother, Elizabeth Downey. The
first time he saw her he loved her, courted
and married her, moved west of the moun-
tains and settled on land he bought near
where Cannonsburg now stands. But the
Indians were very troublesome, killing a
great many of the settlers and they had to
fort and blockhouse in those days. So my
father and mother retired from the scene of
blood and savage cruelty over the mountains
again and settled at the Green Spring Fur-
nace in Washington Coimty, Md., where my
grandfather, Richard Downey had moved
to Hartford Coimty. There they lived in
sight of each other for many years. While
living there my mother bore six children,
John, Hugh, Nancy, William, James; one
died in infancy, I was the second child. I
was bom in the year 1780, February 25th,
and in the fall of 1788 my father moved over
the moimtains onto a farm he bought on
the headwater of Pike Run in Washington
County, Pa. There my mother bore three
more daughters, Elizabeth, Rebecca and
Sarah. My father crossed the mountains
seventy-six times and the most part in the
early days when it was almost a wilderness.
On this farm we lived and cleared a great
deal of land and might have gotten rich had
we known how to have made and laid up mon-
ey. My father sold his farm in 1813 and in
the fall my brothers-in-law, J. and C. Ward,
moved to this county, Coltmibiana, and my
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mother with them. My father stayed with
my brother James and me to settle up his
business, intending moving with us in the
spring but took typhus fever and was buried
the day we were to have moved.
I have not room to give the particulars
of my grandfather Eaton's death nor my imcle
Hugh's enlistment. Many other things I
must leave out. Early in the spring of 1803
I first saw your dear mother and I thought
then and think yet she was as handsome a
woman as I ever saw. Her make was per-
fect symmetry. She had the most regular
features that I ever saw. She only lacked
one thing to make her a perfect beauty —
that was a red cheek that she lost by over-
heating and taking cold, though it would
show when she was warm by exercise. I
loved her the first time I saw her. On Octo- '
ber 3d of the same year we were married,
and a better wife no poor man ever had.
She was virtuous, industrious, honest, pru-
dent, and religious, and worthy of a much
better man than she got. After the death
of my father I stayed until the fall; then on
the 14th day of September, 1814, I came to
this place where I still remain. I have every
earthly comfort that I want but it does not
make up for the loss of your dear mother.
I am lonesome in the midst of good company.
I want to be content. No more but remain,
Your loving father
Hugh Eaton.
M. M. Eaton.
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Now my dear Harvey I have given you a
transcript of the letter I wrote my son M.
It is poorly written for a worse pen and a
poorer ink I never wrote with. I can't make
nor mend a pen but I did the best I could.
You must spell it out.
Ancient Record
By HUGH EATON
My great grandfather, John Eaton, was f"^"^^*"-
bom in England or Wales, I know not which, ^ton.
The Welsh claim kindred with the name and Kansa'scity,
so do the English: however, he was counted mo.
a Briton; he was one of King William's men
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and was at the battle of the Bojme and after
King William subdued the Catholics, he of-
fered a large bounty of land to each of his
men if they would stay in Ireland and keep
the Catholics from raising again. My great-
grandfather accepted the offer with others
and so became a citizen of Ireland. He had
sons and daughters that he raised with respec-
tability, but the number I will not say. How-
ever, he had a son John that lived with him
on the homestead; this was my grandfather.
He was a man six feet high, strong and robust
and of a great constitution. His father
(that is my great-grandfather) was just such
a size and a good honest churchman. My
grandfather had two sons and one daughter
— ^JameS, Hugh, and Mary. James was my
father. He was not so large as his forefathers
were; he was five feet ten inches and of
large form ; he lived to the age of 87 ; he travel-
led in his youth a great deal and was seven
years on a man of war ; sailed up the Mediter-
ranean on board the old Missaw; they had
bloody battles with the French on sea and
land on the cost of Africa; they took the Isle
of Grory from the French after a hard fight.
Some of them composed a song setting
forth the battle and victory. I can recollect
some of it yet — but to return to my father.
He never had any of those diseases that
are common as small pox, measles etc., he
never was sea sick, never had the backache,
headache or rheumatism, but once had the
nervous fever and once the pleurisy in my
time and in his old age the influenza. He
IRISH BRANCH 715
was a very loving, warm hearted man, gener-
oiis, high minded, of a quick temper, despised
anything mean, low or underhanded, and
courteous. His father's maxim was **Never
put your friend in your pocket;" this fact
is from disinterested persons and some that
did not know that I was kin to him. I have
gotten a true account of the Batons in Ireland
and in this country and it is said that there
never was a more noble race of people. I
feel glad that I come of such a race of people.
I am proud of the name of Eaton. I can
trace my family back 156 years to the battle
of Boyne Water and there is nothing to make
one blush and my desire is that none of my
children may dishonor the name of Eaton.
To this end they should marry into good
families; mind the breed.
But to return to my family narrative. My
grandmother died after she had the third
child. The children were taken care of by
the friends until my grandfather married the
second time and then the children and their
step-mother did not agree very well, so my
father and his brother went to London and
there they learned a trade. My father the
shoe making trade, his brother the tailor
trade. From this they travelled to different
parts. My father travelled through France
and other countries with Lord Cople as gen-
tleman's waiter. Lord Cople was travelling
for his health. After travelling and seeing
a good part of the world both enlisted for
seven years and was on sea the greater part
of the time, where they had many bloody
i
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battles, although they fought by land as I
have already said. But I must be brief.
When their time was out they returned to
to London and there they both married.
My father married a Miss Croft. She was of
a very decent family but not rich. My father
followed his trade. His wife bore him a fine
son; he called him Edward. About this
time my father and his brother began to
think about their father who was a very rich
man when they left him. They thought if
they had some of his over plus they could
find use for it, so they conctilded to go over
to Ireland and get some of the old man's
money and pay him a visit. I cannot tell
^ how much land he had nor how rich he was,
but he had a great stock farm. He had at
one time nine breeding mares and the time
of the hard winter and the hard show that
year was remembered a long time on account
of the death of the cattle. He lost 60 head
of homed cattle and I think about 100 sheep.
He had a fulling mill and was what is called
clother in that coimtry.
But when they got there he had gone to
America. He had not heard anything from
them since they had entered the army and
his second wife was dead. He had two rich
brothers-in-law coming to America, so he
sold his possessions and went with them. The
one's name was Kemy and the other Douglass.
Some of the Douglasses used to go to the
Legislature when it sat in Philadelphia and
Wesley Kemy is said to be of the same family.
So when they found he was gone they fol-
IRISH BRANCH 717
lowed after and came to Philadelphia. By
this time their money was gone and one of
them stayed on the ship as hostage while
the other went to hunt their father. I think ,
he had settled in Chester County on a stream
called Picqua. He had errected a fulling
mill and was doing a good business. When
my father found him he was overjoyed; he
had thought they were both dead and here
they were both healthy, handsome, polite
young men. He had plenty of money and
gave them money to pay their passage and
to spend, bought them each a horse and sad-
dle and bridle, and fine clothes, a watch
apiece. They rode around awhile and father
rented a farm, sent a small cargo to his wife
and wrote her a letter by the captain but she
never got the letter nor the property. He
stayed another year and went over himself
on order to move his family to America as
he had got land and made some improvements
on it in Fayette on Red Stone, but when he
went to London his wife was dead and her
parents were not willing to part with the
child so he went to Ireland and paid another
visit to his friends, then came over to America
again and stayed awhile in Hartford County,
Md., where many of his old shipmates had
settled; the Hills and Mortons who were all
related to the Downey s.
While there he saw Elizabeth Downey and
the first time he saw her he fell in love with
her, courted and married her and moved
west of the mountains and settled on land
he bought near where Canonsburg, Pa., now
718 EATON GENEALOGY
stands, but the Indians were very bad, killing
a great many settlers, so they had to fort
and block-house in those days, so my father
and mother retired from the scene of blood
and savage cruelty over the mountains again
and settled at Green's Springs Furnace in
Worthington County, Md., where my gradn-
father Downey had moved to from Hartford
where they lived in sight of each other for
many years. While there my mother bore
six children, John, Hugh, Nancy, William
and James, one died in infancy; William died
about three years of age. I am the second
child. I was bom in the year 1780 and in
the fall of 1788 my father moved over the
mountains again to a farm he bought on the
head waters of Pike Run in Washington
County, Pa. There my mother bore three
more daughters, Elizabeth, Sarah, and Rebec-
ca. My father crossed the mountains 76
times in those early days when it was almost
a wilderness. There he lived and opened a
large farm and might have gotten rich had
he known how. He sold his land in 1713
and my two brothers-in-law moved with my
mother to Columbia County, Ohio. My father
stayed intending to move in the spring but
was attacked by typhus fever and died on
the day he was to start on his journey. I
saw your mother in 1803 and I thought then
and think yet she was the prettiest woman
I ever saw. I loved her the first time I ever
saw her and on Oct. 3, of the same year we
were married and a better wife no man ever
had. She was a member of the regular Bap-
IRISH BRANCH 719
tist church. She died December 19, 1844,
aged 60 years, 4 mo. and 14 days and since
that time I have lived to mourn her loss.
Hugh Eaton,
By John Eaton Sr.
Copied by John W. Eaton, Jr., Nov. 10,
1874. Copied by Lou Eaton Hartshome,
Nov. 23, 1907. Copied by JohnMcF. Eaton,
Jan. 27, 1909. Copied by Nellie Z. Rice
Molyneux, Aug. 16, 1910
James Eaton, a native of Ireland, died Mar.
31, 1714, aged 87, and is buried in the cemetery
at Bentleysville, Pa. His grave is marked
and no doubt the date of birth appears there-
on.
27 3 Isaac Eaton, son of (8 3) b in
Washington County, Pa, Feb. 20, 1809 and
in 1814 moved with his parents to East Pales-
tine, Ohio, m in 1841, Mary Lamberson.
He was licensed to preach in 1856 and was
ordained Deacon in 1862; d Mar. 24, 1879
28 4 Henry Eaton, M. D., son of (8 3)
1811; m(l) ;m(2)
Issue by 1st wife :
36 2 Hugh b
36 2 John b
37 3 Cynthia b
38 4
39 5
40 6
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Issue by 2d wife:
41 7 Harry
42 8 Charles
29 5 Elizabeth Eaton, dau of (8 3)
1814; m Joseph Keeler
Issue:
43 1
44 2
46 3
46 4
47 5
Note — Issue of this family 3 girls and 2
boys, one of the sons being a Methodist
preacher.
30 6 Rev. Blathias M. Eaton, son of (8 3)
b 1816; d Oct. 29, 1879, aged 62 years. He
m Mary ; was in the ministry 32 years,
six in the West Virginia and twenty-six in
' the Pittsburg Conference.
"A Short Sketch of the Early Itinerary
Preacher'* by his wife best tells of their life
• in those early days.
*' Sixty-one years ago, Mathias M. Eaton
was a Circuit Rider (as Methodist preachers
were called in those days) in the wilds of
western Virginia. The West Virginia Con-
ference was formed that year and all the
preachers that were travelling in Virginia
had to stay there; he was one of them and
remained six years before he got a transfer.
This appointment, called Harris ville Circuit
at the time of which I speak, was a six weeks
IRISH BRANCH 721
Circuit; starting from one point it took six
weeks to round the circuit and get back to
the place he started from.
In that roimd he covered five himdred
miles on horseback, preached every day in
the week save one (Wednesday was rest day)
and three times on Stmday and generally led
Class after preaching. The preaching was
all done in private houses or more properly
speaking, in cabins, for good houses at that
time in that part of the world were like Angels
visits, few and far between.
These cabins consisted of one room and a
loft reached by a ladder. This served as a
preaching place, living room and for cooking
and sleeping and often there was a place in
the chimney comer for the pig, with a hole
in the wall so "Mr. Pig" could go out and come
in at pleasure.
I don't know the exact number of appoint-
ments on this circuit but as near as I can tell
from the book used at that time, about twenty.
I do not know how many creeks and rivers
were to be forded or swam. Bridges there
were none after you left the pike but this
travelling was on country roads and often
nothing but bridle paths and it was a common
thing to swim the streams when they were
out of their banks.
This was the longest Circuit he ever rode
but not the hardest. The people were more
civilized here than when we got up in the
mountains where the people believed in
witches and stopped the key holes in their
doors to keep them out. This is not fiction.
722 EATON GENEALOGY
A majority of the people on the Westemford
Circuit, this was our first mountain circuit,
believed in witches and not a few had their
cows and horses or butter or something be-
witched. We lived on a little bottom in a
bend of Cheat River in one room of a log
house and to get out of this bottom we had
to cross the Cheat in a dugout or ride around
the side of the mountain on a bridle path
where, if your horse should make a false
step, you would go fifty or a hundred feet
down the mountain side into the river.
Nettie (Antoinette) was bom here and strange
to say, when we had her baptised I rode on
horseback around the mountain on this
bridle path, carrying her in my arms, while
Mr. Eaton went before with the little boys,
one riding behind the other in his lap. This
was the only way as in order to reach the
church otherwise had we to cross Cheat
river twice and at that time the river was
high and could not be crossed.
Cheat river is beautiful when in a normal
condition, treacherous at all times but when
high it is awful; surging and roaring as if
trying to do away with everything in its path
I shall never forget the year spent at Wester-
ford. Our books, what are left, still bear
the marks of their baptism in Cheat. I have
stood on the shore and watched Mr. Eaton
swim his horse across the river when it was
out of its banks and drift running, he crossing
in a dugout, when it looked doubtful if they
would reach the other shore. It was awful
but there was no other way and matters like
IRISH BRANCH 723
that never kept him from his appointments;
he seemed to be fearless where duty called
him.
There were seven preaching places on this
circuit and that year we received $60 in
money. On the charge before we received
only $60. It might be well to state here
that on the Harrisville circuit of which I
have written Mr. Eaton received a salary of
$100 a year but after his marriage an addi-
tional $100 was given for me. You wonder
how we lived, especially on the Westemford
circuit.
We lived just as our people lived and they
shared with us. They had all their little
farms and raised enough to give them plenty
to eat. There was no market so they only
aimed at raising a living. We had plenty
of com pone, good coimtry ham dnd home
made cheese but butter seldom. Wheat
could not be raised in the moimtains nor
could buckwheat, and the majority of families
rarely tasted wheat bread as wheat flour had
to come from other places and the cost and
difficulty of getting it made it so dear that
the people could not buy it. Although there
was plenty to eat, a dollar in money was a
rarity.
In our log room there was a fireplace near-
ly across one end and we burned wood with
the proverbial back log. How to get the
wood was a question as there was none on
the bottom and all that could be had was on
the mountain side. What was to be done?
You would soon freeze in that climate with-
724 EATON GENEALOGY
out fire. I will tell you what was done.
Our mountain members watched for a suit-
able day when there was snow on the ground
and not too cold. They came, I don't know
how many, and brought a team, a log chain
and double trees. The boss divided his
men into squads; sent some up the mountain
to fell trees and trim off the limbs, the chain
was fastened to the butt end of these logs
and snaked down the mountain side to the
dooryard, where a part of the men cut it
into fire lengths and split and piled it up.
By night we had enough wood to do us all
winter ready to lay on the fire. Sometimes
it would be snowed under but that was a
small matter. The lady whose room we
rented cooked the dinner and the process of
snaking the trees down the moimtain was
interesting.
With plenty of wood and plenty of com
pone and good country bacon (butter we had
only occasionally) we were prepared for the
winter, which was a severe one, and my hus-
band began his protracted meetings, swim-
ming rivers, climbing mountains, battling
with snow drifts and meeting many other
difficulties which had to be surmoimted. I
stayed at home with my babe and two little
boys in constant suspense, imagining the
worst as we always do: but thanks to a kind
providence all went well and it was one of
the best years in point of revival that we had
during our stay in the Virginia Conference.
These simple minded people received the
Gospel gladly. They came into the church
IRISH BRANCH 725
in flocks; whole neighborhoods and with
little effort on the part of the preacher. Some
of the superstitioiis said he had a coin that
he charmed them with. It was purely the
Lord's work. Mr. Eaton took cold and lost
his voice in the early part of the winter but
with the help of an old exhorter they held
all of the meetings and had such glorious
success that all the difficulties were forgotten
or overlooked. I tell you, it took more than
an . ordinary man and more than a double
portion of the Grace of God in the heart to
be a preacher at that time in that country.
In the spring we bade good-bye to Western-
ford without shedding one tear. Leaving
many warm friends behind we wended our
way up the mountain to the summit to the
German Settlement, the charge being Oakland
and Stony Creek, the surrounding country
and Snowy Creek. Here the people were
more cultivated and we felt more at home.
The surrounding country was settled by the
Amish, a wealthy, honest class of people
very singular in their dress as well as their
religion. We lived in West Union, a town
of few houses and here we had trouble to
get a house. There was an old ttmible down
parsonage; the preacher that preceded us
had consumption and had to give up; he
occupied the parsonage and there we let him
stay. We finally succeeded in getting a
little log house of one room and a lean-to
kitchen on the back of somebody's lot. Here
we had nothing but enormous rats which
would occupy the beds or any other part of
726 EATON GENEALOGY
the house at pleasure. We had to carry
water well on to a quarter of a mile; across
a field and climb down a bank to a spring.
• I have a n\imber of times gone through snow
nearly to my knees to that spring, filled my
bucket, slipped and spilled it, go back and
fill it again and try it over. After a while
we got a part of what \ised to be a hotel, three
rooms. It was said to be haimted and no-
body would live there. I saw no ghosts there.
We stayed xmtil about the middle of winter
when the Oakland people built a little one
story house of two rooms and a kitchen, into
which we moved. It stood in the woods.
Here Theodore Mathias started to school
and in the spring, Oh joyful, we boarded the
cars and landed at the old Ohio home; and
when Conference met we were transferred
to the Pittsburg Conference, where my hus-
band, Mathais M. Eaton, a son of Hugh
Eaton, preached for twenty-six years.
Written on Jaunary 28th, 1909 by Mary
S. Eaton, widow of Mathias M. Eaton.
Issue :
48 1 Rev. Theodore Mathias b Jan. 2,
1849; m Mary Matilda Barnes
49 2 Leonldas b 1850; d 1886; m Clarissa
McFeeley
60 3 Antoinette Isadore b Jan. 25, 1853;
m S. P. Marsh
51 4 Luella Catherine b Oct. 3, 1855; d
Feb. 24, 1867
62 5 Charles Homer b June 28, 1861; m
53 6 Osman Lynn b June 28, 1863; m
Mary Rowand Oct. 17, 1889
IRISH BRANCH 727
54 7 Edgar Everett b April 25, 1868 m
Carrie Morrison Oct. 1897
32 8 John Eaton, son of (8 3) b 1823;
m
Issue:
56 1 John Eaton, b ; resides in Niles,
Ohio.
48 1 Rev. Theodore Mathias Eaton, b ^^"^^
Jan. 2, 1849; m Aug., 1872, Mary MatUda ^^^
Barnes of Weston. He is pastor of the by a. n.
Methodist Episcopal church at Mount Pleas- Adams
ant. Pa.
Issue: S*~^'m
66 1 Dr. Paul b June 18, 1875; m Mary ^^J- **'
Wright, Dec. 23, 1908
67 2 Oliver Knight b July 13, 1877; ra
Marie Wachob Oct. 30, 1907
68 3 Nina Adams b 1880; m Nov 8, 1906
William A. Weldin of Wilkinsburg, Pa.
49 2 Leonidas Hamline Eaton, son of
(30 6) b at Murrayville, Wood County, Vir-
ginia, Sept. 25, 1850; d Mar. 1, 1886; m
Clarissa McFeely July 4, 1876, who d Oct.
29, 1898.
Issue ',
59 1 Leonidas H. Jr., b Feb. 17, 1886;
d aged 4 mo.
60 2 Charles Brooks b June 22, 1883
61 3 Mary S. b May 22, 1881
62 4 John M. Fealy b Mar. 9, 1880; m
Blanche Kirke
62 5 Charles Homer Earon, son of (30 6)
b June 28, 1861 ; m Blanch B. Yamell ( b 1863)
728 EATON GENEALOGY
Issue:
63 1 Ruth b 1886
64 2 Fred b 1890
65 3 David b 1903
53 6 Osman Lynn Eaton, son of (30 6)
b June 28, 1863; m Oct. 17, 1889 Mary Ro-
wand
Issue:
66 1 Archibald Rowand b Aug. 23. 1890;
d Feb. 13, 1903
67 2 Martha b April 27, 1895
68 3 Lynn b Nov. 13, 1903
54 7 Edgar Everett Eaton, son of (30 6)
b April 25, 1868; m Oct. 1897 Carrie Morrison
Issue :
69 1 Margaret Salome b Sept. 22, 1897
70 2 Charles Lynn b June 21, 1899
71 3 Helen b Feb. 26, 1901; d Mar. 6,
1901
72 4 Doris Louise b July 31 1903
73 5 Donald Everett b May 31. 1906
74 6 Robert Morrison b Aug. 13, 1908
62 4 John McFealy Eaton, son of (49 2)
b Mar. 9, 1880; m Blanch Kirke
Issue :
75 1 Dorothy b Jan. 30, 1903
24 10 Resin Bell Eaton, son of (3 1) b
Dec. 4, 1818; m April 8, 1851 Margaret Eliza-
beth, dau of Thomas and Jane Hayes, (b Dec.
3, 1829) who d Oct. He d Feb. 16, 1886
Issue:
77 1 Catherine b May 5, 1852
IRISH BRANCH 729
78 2 John A. b Nov. 17. 1853; m Bath-
sheba Gidlev Quaintance
79 3 Horace b Mar. 17, 1855
80 4 VfrgU b Dec. 14, 1856; d Oct. 16,
1859
81 5 Harvey b May 17, 1858
82 6 Reasin b Feb. 22, 1860
83 7 Mark b June 15, 1862; d Oct. 4. 1866
84 8 George b Nov. 20, 1863; d Sept.
11, 1865
86 9 Melly b Sept. 2, 1865; d Oct. 4, 1866
86 10 Ethel b April 22, 1869
87 11 Walter R. b July 11, 1874
78 2 John A. Eaton, son of (24 10) b Records of
Nov. 17, 1853 at Bern, Crawford County, , John A.
Ohio; m Bathsheba Gidley Quaintance, eldest ^**°"
dau of J. W. and Lucinda Quaintance, Oct. 8,
1873, and reside in Kansas City, Mo.
Issue:
88 1 Dudley Ward b July 15, 1874; m
Madge McAlister
89 2 Warren Vincent b Jan. 11, 1878;
m Olive Watson Kennedy
90 3 Inez Gertrude b June 4, 1880; m
David Edward Brand
91 4 Hyden Jay b June 27, 1885
88 1 Dudley Ward Eaton, son of (78 2)
b in Bucyrus, Ohio, July 15, 1874; m Oct. 25,
1899, Madge, dau of William B. and Cor-
delia Frances McAlister
Issue:
92 1 Frances Qulntance b in Kansas City,
Mo., Aug. 22, 1901
730 EATON GENEALOGY
89 2 Warren Vincent Eaton, son of (78 2)
b in Bucyus, Ohio, Jan. 11, 1878; m June 1,
1904, Olive Watson, eldest dau of Theodore
and Josephine Kennedy of Kansas City, Mo.
Issue :
93 1 John Fitz b Dec. 4, 1907
90 3 Inez Gertrude Eaton, only dau of
(78 2) b June 4, 1880, in Bucyrus, Ohio; m
Jan. 7, 1902, David Edward Brand (b Nov.
17, 1871), at Catawba, Va.
Issue :
94 1 Virginia Eaton b June 1, 1906 in
Kansas City, Mo.
96 2 John William b Aug. 20, 1907 in
Kansas City, Mo.
EATON
IRISH BRANCH
Tradition tells us that the Eatons of this
branch were Protestants of a pronounced
type, that they settled in the town of Adare,
Limerick County, at that time the only Pro-
testant settlement in the south of Ireland.
It is said that they came from Palatine in
Holland in the reign of Queen Anne, having
fled with other Palatines from Catholic perse-
cutions. Grants were given by the Crowni to
permit their settling in England, Ireland and
North America. The families settling in
Ireland chiefly located on the Southwell prop-
erty near Rathkeal. Each man, woman and
child was allowed eight acres of land, for
which was to be paid five shillings an acre for-
IRISH BRANCH 731
ever. The Government agreed to pay their
rent for twenty years in order to encourage
the Protestant interest in Ireland and make
them freeholders, and each man was supplied
with a musket to protect himself and family.
"Under the surnames of the Adventures Irish
for lands in Ireland, commencing with the P^jiigrees
Act of 17 Charles I., Chap. 33, A. D. 1642, and "'''' "
ending 1646, when all further subscriptions index to
ceased," is found the name of Eaton, p. wills in
699-700. Ireland
1 John Eaton, sawyer, b Sept. 27, 1674
(Parish Register, St. John, Dublin.)
Issue
2 1 Richard
3 2 Robert
4 3 John
2 1 Richard Eaton, son of (John), settled
in Richmond County, Dublin, Ireland. His
death is recorded as Richard Eaton, vintner,
d May 28, 1685; bur at S. Michan, Dublin.
Issue
5 1 Richard b 1797
6 2 William b 1787, settled in U. S.; m
Mary Keys
7 3 Annie
And there may have been other children.
3 2 Robert Eaton, son of (John) was a
"tayler." He was bur Nov. 9, 1681.
Issue
8 1 Job, cutler; bur Dec. 1, 1674.
9 2 Alice bapt May 9, 1658.
732 EATON GENEALOGY
4 3 John Eaton, son of (John), was a
farmer
Issue
10 1 William
11 2 James
12 3 Sara
13 4 Timothy
14 5 John
15 6 Francis
John Eaton, of Limerick County, Ireland;
m Ball; rem to Canada
Issue
Seymour, b in Canada, May 7,ii859; educa-
tor and author; professor in Drexel Institute
of Philadelphia. Editor of the Home Study
Library. Author of "How to do Business*',
(appenda) Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of
American Biography
Record of EATON
c 'Ea?oT^'' In' beaver passant— Keys— A griffin's head
between wings with palm branch
Crests of Eaton and Keys Families
William Eaton, son of Richard, b in Ireland
in 1787; was a descendant of the Eatonsof
County Tyron, Ireland; he m Mary Keys of
"Elkridge" at WoodviUe, Md.
Family record as taken from the Keys
Bible: Married at WoodviUe, State of Mary-
land by the Rev. Doctor James Inglis of
Baltimore on the 19th of November 1813
William Eaton aged 26 to Mary Keys aged . . .
IRISH BRANCH 733
William Eaton d April 13, 1827, aged 41
years; Mary (Keys) Eaton, his wife d July
13, 1843, aged 54 years
Issue :
2 1 Richard Keys b Aug. 16, 1814; d
Wednesday, Jan. 24, 1839
3 2 Anne Jane b July 1, 1816; m
4 3 Mary Eliza b May 25, 1818; d Aug.
6, 1818
6 4 Dr. George Coleman b May 5, 1820;
m Bettie Harrison (b 1823)
6 5 James Eeyes b Nov. 25. 1824; d June
15, 1825
Note — William Eaton was known to have
had two sisters, Faith and Annie, who lived
in Dublin, Ireland.
5 4 Dr. George Colenwn Eaton, son of
(WiUiam Eaton) b May 5, 1820; m Bettie
Harrison, eldest dau of John Scott Harrison
who was son of President William Henry
Harrison, and a sister of Benjamin Harrison,
both of whom were Presidents of the United
States of America. I'hey were m at Point
Farm, Jtme 1, 1847, by the Rev. N. L. Rice.
Dr. Eaton was a man of scientific taste, an
ornithologist of some authority, a talent which
runs through the family. He was a man of
the highest integrity ; was a physician of great
prominence, a cotemporary of our best sur-
geons. He d at North Bend, Ohio, May,
1866, aged 46 years. His wife, Mrs. Bettie
(Harrison) Eaton was a woman of rare talent
and culture. She d in 1904, aged 79 years.
734 EATON GENEALOGY
Issue:
7 1 Dr. George Coleman Jr. b 1844; d
at Asheville, N. C, Jtine 4, 1889; m Lilly
Storch
8 2 Scott Harrison b 1848; d at North
Bend, Ohio, Aug. 7, 1878
9 3 Mary Goodrich b 1851 ; d Oct. 21, 1877
10 4 Archibald Irwin b 1859; d Nov. 14.
1895
7 1 Dr. George Coleman Eaton, Jr., son
of (6 4) b in Cincinnati in 1844; m Dec. 29.
1880. Lilly A. Storch; they were m by the
Rev. Horace Bushnell at Cincinnati. Dr.
Eaton received his medical diploma when but
twenty years of age and had to wait a year
before he could practice, being imder age.
He also pursued the study of omitholog>' at
a great length; one of the strong characteris-
tics of the Eatons is a fondness for a gun.
He was a wonderful shot and received from the
gun club a silver cup as a prize for fine shoot-
ing. He d at Asheville, N. C, J\me 4, 1889.
in the 35th year of his age ; is buried at North
Bend, Ohio, in the Harrison tomb.
Issue:
11 1 Infant son b 1881 ;d 1881
12 2 Scott Harrison b 1884
13 3 George Coleman d Feb. 23, 1890
infant
Marriages in ^^^vid P. Eaton m Eliza Jane Marshall
Harrison Co. F^b. 28, 1839
1813-1840 Johiel E. Eaton m Sarah Coalman, Mar.
26, 1840; m by Rev. J. D. Kennear
IRISH BRANCH 735
Joseph E. Eaton m Peggy Ann Ankrim,
Feb. 16, 1832
Tradition tells us that the ancestors of
this branch of the Eaton fanaily were descen-
dants of the Eaton of the plantation of Ulster
in King James' time, and came from Scotland,
the original form of the name being Aytoun.
John Eaton of Ireland
Issue :
John Eaton m Margaret Craig; he was a
substantial farmer holding the land which had
been tilled by his ancestors for several genera-
tions. He was highly esteemed for his chris-
tian character and kindly help to all in need;
d at the age of 42. Margaret Craig Eaton was
distinguished by all the characteristics of
her race, intellectual, moral and religious, a
strong and notable woman. The issue of this
marriage was nine children.
Issue:
1 Robert became a merchant in London,
Ontario and St. Mary's; d in 1893
2 James also a dry-goods merchant; d in
1904
3 John remained on the home farm and d
in 1895
4
5
6
7
8 Sara
TIMOTHY EATON
IRISH BRANCH 737
9 Timothy b in the townland of Clogher
two miles from Ballymena, co\mty Antrim,
Ireland; m in 1834, Margaret Beattie
Timothy Eaton, * son of John Eaton and
Margaret Craig; b in Ireland in 1834; d in
Toronto, Canada, Jan. 31, 1907; being the
youngest of nine children. In 1850-1 he
entered the apprenticeship of a merchant in
the town of Portglenone; his time served in
1857 he followed his elder brothers to Canada.
Here he foimd employment in Glen Williams
and a little later set up for himself in the
village of Kirkton. Under the ministry of the
Rev. Alexander Campbell, in a Methodist
revival he became a Methodist, but never
did he forget the foundations of religious life
laid under the instructions of his godly Presby-
terian mother and the ministrations of the
church of his forefathers. With his brother
he removed to St. Mary^s, later removing to
Toronto where after sixteen years of patient
toil he secured the place which has since be-
come known from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
A greater merchant than Timothy Eaton
never lived in any age or country.
Issue :
1 John C. m 1901
2 William p. m 1899
3 E. Y. m 1891
Timothy Eaton d Jan. 31, 1907, God's
good man. His was a beautiful life. Long
will he be remembered in the city which he
helped to build up and in the country which
learned to know his name. Toronto has lost
738 EATON GENEALOGY
a great citizen and Canada her greatest mer-
chant.
In the funeral procession were over 223
carriages and many motor cars. Three large
florist vans were packed full of wreaths and
other floral tributes. Burial was made in
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery. The mahogany cask-
et was draped with a white satin pall broidered
with natural flowers, and at the head a
large heart of violets which was the floral
offering of the wife of the deceased. The
pall bearers were Harry McGee, George W.
Dean, Charles Lewis, A. A. Gilroy, Charles
Booth and Allan McPherson. Dr. W. S.
Griffin conducted the service, Rev. Mr. Arm-
strong offerred prayer, Rev. J. W. Holmes
read the Scripture service, Rev. Joseph
Odery spoke from the words **Let not your
heart be troubled''; and **I will not leave you
comfortless; I wUl comfort you." Chancellor
Burwash referred to his fear of God and faith
in Divine Providence. H. N. Blight sang
"Abide with Me'\ The Rev. Richard Whit-
ing closed the services with prayer, and the
last rites were paid to one of the greatest
citizens to whom Toronto has been called
upon to pay her tribute of mourning and
respect.
SUPPLEMENT
PART II
Line of Herbert Hasseltine Eaton, Scranton, Pa.
DEDHAM BRANCH
Chart
John Baton, of Dover, Co . Kent, Eng .-^bigail Damon
1611-1658
Issue
John Baton — Alice
1636-1694 •
Issue
Thomas Eaton — Elizabeth Parker; (2) Hannah
1698-1773
Issue
Thomas Eaton — Asenath Cady
1726-
Issue
James Baton — Abigail Rice; (2) Fanny Richards
1780-1878 1782-1803 1787-1857
Issue
Asa Richards Eaton — Perline Ann Schultz ; (2) Marianne Dean
1811- 1813-1879 1824-
Issue
Abram Augustus Baton — Louise E valine Tingley
1838- 1839-1910
Issue
Herbert Hasseltine Eaton — Minnie Bums
185^
193 4 James Eaton, son of (66 3) b Aug. p ise
8, 1780; m in 1803 (1) Abigail Rice who d the
same year. He m (2) May 15, 1805, Fanny
Richards (b July 15, 1787). She d Nov. 24,
1857; he d June 7, 1878
(739)
740 EATON GENEALOGY
Issue:
2 1 Thlrza b Aug. 20, 1806; m Robert
Kilpatrick
3 2 Calvin (442 2) b Dec. 21, 1808; m
Caroline Campbell
4 3 Asa (421 1) b Mar. 6, 1811; m (1)
Perline Ann Schtiltz; m (2) Marianne Dean
5 4 Fanny b May 28, 1813; m William
Powell
6 5 £hnir» b July 23, 1815; m Marcus
Chllds
7 6 DrusclUa b Jan. 21, 1818; m Albert
Griggs •
8 7 Cynthia b Mar. 1, 1820; m Mr. Finn
9 8 Elizabeth b Sept. 15, 1822; m Mr.
Dodge and d July 25, 1870
10 9 Abel (423 3) b July 18, 1825; m
Catherine Cross
2 1 Thlrza Eaton, dau of (193 4) m
Robert Kilpatrick
Issue:
11 1 Calvin Kilpatrick m
12 1 Avery m
13 2 Arthur m
14 3 Alice m George Morris; resides in
Michigan
P 211 3 2 Calvin Eaton (422 2) son of (193 4)
b Dec. 21, 1808; m Oct. 31, 1849, Caroline,
dau Aaron and Deborah Campbell of Willett
N. Y.
Issue :
16 1 Flora D. b Nov. 7, 1850; m Daniel
T. Bowdish Feb. 11, 1873; she d Feb. 23, 1907,
in Binghamton, N. Y.; he d Oct. 9, 1909
SUPPLEMENT 741
16 2 Estella M. b June 27, 1856; m Oct.
20, 1908, Jacob W. Stroud of Black Walnut,
Pa. ; resides in Victoria, B. C.
17 3 Frank M. b Dec. 1, 1861; m Dec.
9, 1885 (1) Ella Richardson; m (2) Mary
Seeber
18 4 Fred C. b Feb. 9, 1866; resides in
Freetown, N. Y.
4 3 Asa Richards Eaton, (421 1) son of p 211
(193 4) b Mar. 6, 1811; m Aug. 19, 1832 (1)
Perline Ann, dau of Abram and Mary (Smith)
Schultz (b July 18, 1813 at Middletown, Dela-
ware Co., N. Y.) who d at Dunnings, Lacka-
wanna Co., Pa., Nov. 21, 1879; bur at Hickory
Grove cemetery, Waverly, Lackawanna Co
Pa. m (2) Marianne, dau of James and Martha
(Wall) Dean, Nov. 10, 1880, who d at Dalton,
Pa., April 1, 1895; bur at Hickory Grove
cemetery, Waverly, Pa.
Issue :
19 1 Mary Augusta b Aug. 9, 1833; m
Daniel Thomas, son of Thomas and Nancy
(Crandle) Wihnarth, June 24, 1855; she d
at Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 11, 1911; he d at
Dalton, Pa., May 6, 1896
20 2 Abram Augustus b Feb. 8, 2838; m
Louisa Evaline Tingley
21 3 Cordelia Frances b Aug. 4, 1843;
m Charles Paige
7 6 Druscilla Eaton, dau of (198 4) m
Albert Griggs
Issue :
22 1 Anson Griggs
742 EATON GENEALOGY
23 2 John
24 3 Louisa
8 7 Cynthia Eaton, dau of (193 4) m
Finn, a Baptist minister
Issue:
25 1
26 2
27 3
10 9 Abel Eaton (423 3), son of (193 4)
b Jtily 18, 1825; m Katherine, dau of James
and Hannah Cross, Feb. 9, 1847; he d Dec.
28, 1909; his wife d June 8, 1910; bur at
Woodlawn cemetery, Elmira, N. Y.
Issue:
28 1 Charles Atigustus b April 12, 1852
m Elizabeth Grace Treadwell
29 2 Emma Charlotte b June 5, 1850; d
Mar. 8. 1864
30 3 Fred b April 6, 1854 ; d April 25, 1879
17 2 Frank Eaton, son of (3 2) m (1)
Ella Richardson who d Aug. 4, 1901; m (2)
May 26, 1903, Mary A. Seeber
Issue by 1st wife:
31 1 Harry R. b Oct. 26, 1898
Issue by 2d wife:
32 2 Ruth b July 29, 1905
»
p24i 20 2 Abram Augustus £atoii| (615 1 p.
211), son of (421 1) (4 3) b Feb. 8, 1838; m
Louisa Evaline (b Sept. 1, 1839) dau of Free-
man and Juliana Tingley ; she d at Harrisburg
Pa., Mar. 5, 1910; bur at Lenox, Susquehan-
nah Co., Pa.
SUPPLEMENT 743
Issue :
33 1 Herbert Hasseltine (768 1) b Sept. p 242
12, 1859 m Minnie Bums
34 2 Elmer Jay b April 26, 1861; d at
Pittson, Luzem Co., Pa., Dec. 4, 1890; bur
at Lenox, Susq. Co., Pa.
35 3 Frank Schultz b April 14, 1863; m
Evaline Lewis
36 4 Fred Clare b at Middletown, Orange
Co., N. Y., April 16, 1865; d at Dunnings, Pa.,
Nov. 19, 1887
37 5 Grace May m Dennis E. Baxter Mar.
2, 1892; m annulled 1897
38 6 Harry Carl b July 22, 1873; m
Dolcy Haldeman
21 2 Cordelia Frances Eaton, dau of
(421 1) (4 3) m Charles Paige, son of James
and Eliza (Pasley) Paige, Nov. 19, 1863
Issue:
39 1 George Wilmarth Paige b Mar. 11,
1865; m Eva May French
40 2 Arthur b May 13, 1868; m EUa
Anna Hippie
41 3 Walter Schultz b Feb. 21, 1874;
m Dora Straddon
Issue :
Frances Paige
42 4 Charles Padley b Jan 21, 1881; m
Lillian R. Hogue
29 1 Charles Augustus Eaton, son of
(422 3) (10 9) b April 12, 1852; m Elizabeth
Grace (b Aug. 31, 1860) dau Orrin and Maria
(Fuller) Treadwell, May 13, 1878; he d Jan.
1, 1894; his wife d July 16, 1907
744 EATON GENEALOGY
Issue :
43 1 Jennie Maud b Sept, 1$. 1880; m
James Bert Geer, son of John and Ella (Van
Orden) Geer, July 8, 1903
Issue :
Dorothea Eaton Geer b April 10, 1904
James Bert Jr., b Oct. 27, 1910
p269 34 1 Herbert Hasseltine Eaton (768 1)
son of (615 1), p 211, b at Glenwood,
Susquehannah Co., Pa., Sept. 12, 1859; m
Minnie (b Nov. 25, 1859) dau of Amiz Lock-
wood and Mary Jane (Cobb) Bums at Dagus-
cahonda. Elk Co., Pa., Oct. 17. 1883; m by
Rev. Walter Cattell; resides at Scranton, Pa.
Issue:
44 1 Leon Schultz b Aug. 23, 1884 at
Daguscahonda, Pa.
45 2 Fred Clare b at Scranton, Pa., Aug
31, 1886
46 3 Paul Bums b May 31, 1888
47 4 Ralph Wayne b at Wilkes-Barre
Pa., May 23, 1893; d at Bethleham, Northamp-
ton Co, Pa., Oct. 30, 1895; bur at Scranton,
Pa.
48 5 Earl Bums b at Bethleham, Pa.,
Aug. 13, 1895; d Sept. 16, 1895
Scranton. Fred Clare Eaton of this city, started for the
Re'^biicaaT ^^^^^^ coast on the Lackawanna Limited to-
' ^ day, to stop over a day or two each with
friends at Ithaca and Iowa City, on the way.
Mr. Eaton has been instructing in higher
mathematics at the State University of Iowa
until recently. He has been appointed pro-
SUPPLEMENT 745
fessor of chemistry, in charge of that depart-
ment in the Kolegio de Juna Hinujo (School
of Young China), now nearing completion at
Pekin. The college buildings are delight-
fully located in the garden of a prince, out-
side the city wall, and are being equipped
with all that modem requirements demand
therefor. Mr. Eaton is but one of a numerous
group of American instructors engaged for
the same seat of learning, under a three-year
contract, now on their journey to San Fran-
cisco, from which point the steamship Tenyo
Maru, a large modem equipped Japanese
vessel, will be taken for China on the 15th
inst. Mr. Eaton is of the Cornell class of 1909,
and during his course formed strong friendship
with several Chinamen, one of whom was
commissioned by his government to select or
arrange for the required list of instructors.
The Pekin college courses are specially ar-
ranged, as being preparatory for the great
American universities. Is is said the Chinese
students surpass American students for assid-
uous qualities in learning, and also prove to
be very affectionate friends. One of Mr.
Eaton's friends has already written to him
advising against association with the "foreign*'
element (English, American, German, French,
etc). **You are one of us," are the words of
sincere friendship. — The Tribune Republican
Scranton, Pa., Jan. 9. 1911
35 3 Frank Schultz Eaton, son of (20 2)
b April 14, 1863 at Glenwood, Susq. Co., Pa.;
746 EATON GENEALOGY
m E valine ( b June 11, 1861) dau of Salmon
and Clarinda (Shippey) Lewis, Nov. 26, 1885
Issue:
49 1 Lura Mildred b at Harding, Luzem
Co., Pa., Dec. 19, 1888 '
60 2 Clara Louisa b at Harrisburg, Pa.,
Aug. 19, 1891
51 3 Frank Gertrude b Nov. 4, 1893
62 4 Lewis Abram b Feb. 15, 1896
63 5 Asa Tingley b Oct. 3, 1901
39 6 Harry Carl Eaton, son of (20 2) b
July 22, 1873 at Middletown, N. Y.; m Dolcy
(b Oct. 9, 1875) dau of Samuel and Martha
(Ferber) at Scranton, Pa., Jxme 1, 1898
Issue:
64 1 Belden Haldeman b at Pittston,
Luzem Co., Pa., April 3, 1899
40 1 George Wilmarth Paige, son of (21 3)
b Mar. 11, 1865; m Eva May, dau of Dennis
and Mary B. (Crisinan) French
Issue :
66 1 Earl W. Paige b Nov. 17, 1890
66 2 Maxj Leona b Jan. 29, 1892; d May
21, 1892
41 2 Arthur Eaton Page, son of (21 3)
b May 13, 1868; m Ella Anna dau of George
and Sarah Josephine (Wirshing) Hippie
Issue:
67 1 Howard Ronald Paige b Jan. 5, 1893
68 2 Frank Eaton b July 7, 1895
69 3 Ruth Maura b Sept. 10, 1900
p 146 137 3 Wyman Eaton, son of (40 8) m
Mary Knight
SUPPLEMENT 747
Issue :
2 1 Parley Eaton who served in the war
of 1812 at Sacketts Harbor, N. Y.; m Phila
Barnes
Issue:
3 1 Volney m Alida Herkimer
4 2 Maria m Edwin Caswell
3 1 Volney Eaton, son of (137 8) m Aldia
Herkimer, a descendant of Colonel George
Herkimer, brother of Gen. Nicholas Herkimer
of Revolutionary fame and Aldia Schuyler,
niece of Gen. Schuyler of N. Y.; he was in
the saw-mill business and was sheriff in 1872;
d 1886
Issue :
5 1 W, H. Eaton b in lona, Mich., in
1 847 . Came to Herkimer in 1 852 ; was private
in 44 N. Y. Infantry or Ellsworth Zouaves
and commissioned Lieut, in 28 U. S. Colored
troops.
6 2 Leonard resides in Little Falls, N. Y.
7 3 Dr. Parley H. b May 2, 1842; m Anne
dau of Col. John More in Little Falls, N. Y.,
in 1865; was chief of the division of issue,
United States Treasury. He was an officer
in the Union Army, serving throughout the
civil war with distinction. At the close of
the war he accepted an appointment in the
Treasury Department and was rapidly pro-
moted; d in Washington, D. C, in 1910 and
is bur in Arlington cemetery. He was a
member of Hiram Lodge of Masons and Mead
Post, G. A. R.
748 EATON GENEALOGY
Issue:
8 1 Volncy resides in Washington, D. C.
9 2 Edward resides in Washington, D. C.
10 3 John M. of Chicago, lU.
11 4 Warner MlUcr of Chicago, lU. '
12 5 dau m Lotiis J. Sanders
13 6 dau m M. W. Phelps
14 7 dau m Upshur Wilson
16 8 dau m John S. McGarth of Cape
Charles, Va.
16 9 Marion m Harrison Brand
4 2 Maria Eaton, dau'of (137 3) m Edwin
Caswell, b in Herkimer, N. Y.
Issue :
17 1 Florence m John Randolph JPelton
326 3 Timothy Eaton, son of (116 4) b
Aug. 1, 1799; m Mar. 25, 1825, Nancy, dau
P ^^ of Shadrack and Fanny Ward who d Feb. 11,
1885; he d May 7, 1884. He was an early
anti-slavery man and resided in Penfield,
N. Y.; removed in 1838 to Coneau, Pa , and
Edgewood, Pa., in 1857
Issue:
2 1 Lemuel b 1828; m Julia Millard
3 2 Sarah b 1831; d 1888; m Oliver
Temple. Issue
4 3 Moses b^l837; m Emma Launning
2 1 Lemuel Eaton, son of (326 3) b Feb.
13, 1828; d 1883; m Jan. 1, 1863, Julia, dau
of Alexander and Sarah Millard
Issue :
6 1 Mary m 1886, Alson Holister
SUPPLEMENT 749
6 2 Lane m 1877, Preston B. Saylor;
resides in Fullerton, Neb.
7 3 Ann
8 4 Timothy b 1869
9 5 Moses b 1872
10 6 Rose b 1877
11 7 Almond b 1879
12 8 Charles Lemuel b 1882
4 3 Moses Eaton, son of (326 3) b Nov.
14, 1837; m Emma Launning and resides at
Nooksachki, Wash.
Issue:
13 1 Hattle b 1867; m 1835 Martin Um-
sted
14 2 Carrie b 1869; m 1887 Albert Hop-
kins
16 3 Timothy b 1870; d 1872
16 4 LUUe b 1871
18 6 Mary b 1876
480 1 Gen. Amos Beebe Eaton, son of p 22."%
(246 1) m (2) Sept. 10, 1870, Mrs. Mary
(Jerome) Smith, widow of Col. E. Kirby
Smith, U. S. A.
Issue by 1st wife:
936 1 Ellen Dwlght b Mar. 19, 1832 at
Niagara, N. Y.
936 2 Frances Spencer b July 18, 1836
704 1 Dorman Bridgeman Eaton, lawyer,
b at Hardwick, Vt., June 27, 1823, son of p -^^
(617 6); grad. from University of Vermont
in 1848; Harvard Law school 1850, receiving
highest prize for legal essay. He prepared
750 EATON GENEALOGY
a supplement to Chipman's work on Contract.
In 1850 he assisted William Kent in editing
7 editions of Kent's Commentaries and in 1851
became a partner of Judge Kent in practice
of law. He drafted the law tmder which the
Metropolitan board of health for New York
and Brooklyn was organized in 1866-7; drafted
the Sanitary Code of ordinances for that
body of which he was the first counsel. He
was a member of the Union league Club of
1862 and one of its vice-presidents. Upon
resignation of George William Curtis in 1873
he was appointed a member of the Civil Ser-
vice Conamission and elected chairman of
that body, continuing under Presidents
Grant, Hayes, Garfield and Arthur. The
first Civil service reform was formed in Mr.
Eaton's house. He delivered the annual
address before Yale Law School at the 53
anniversary in 1882; received the degree of
LL. D. from the University of Vermont in
1874. (Lamb's Biog. Diet, of the U. S.,Vol..
11)
PART in
READING AND FARMINGHAM BRANCH
Chart
p 303 280 5 Jerusha Eaton, dau of (169 4) ; m Henry Bodge
Issue
Sally Bodge — Barnabas Turner
Issue
Eliza Turner — William Burbank
Issue
EUa Burbank, b Medford, Mass.
SUPPLEMENT
751
335 1 Wmiam Eaton, son of (214 1) p309
b 1783; m ; Nathaniel Eaton was
no doubt a son; he lived in Tioga Co., Pa.;
m and raised a large family. He was a Union
soldier and starved to death in Anderson-
ville Prison
Issue:
A son who resided in Chemung Co., also a
Union soldier who m
Issue :
Samuel Eaton of Stockbridge, N. Y.
(316 2) should read (333 2)
p 329
Chart
William Eaton, of Staple, Co. Kent, Eng. — Martha Jenkins
1604r-1673
Issue
Jonaa Eaton — Grace
-1673
Issue
John Eaton — Dorcas Green
1654-1691
Issue
Jonaa Eaton — Mehitable Gould
1680-1727
Issue
Ifoah Eaton — Hannah Vinton
1708-1795 (2) Huldah Haynes
• Issue
Lois Eaton — Hon. Jonathan Maynard
1762-
Issue
Hiram Maynard — Anna Day
Descend-
ants of
Wm. Eaton
Part iii
Issue
Lieut. Jonathan Eaton — Elizabeth
1655-1743 Bumap; (2) Mary . .
Issue
John Eaton — ^Abigail Roberts
1697-1758
Issue
James Eaton — Lois Damon
1733-1771
Issue
Lucy Eaton — Day
1760-1833 (2) Jeremiah Rockwell
Issue
Minerva Day — Frederick Miller
Anna Day — Hiram Maynard
752
EATON GENEALOGY
Hist, of
Haverhill
p371
PART IV
NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH
25 7 Timothy Eaton, son of (3 2) b May
19, 1674; m Ruth Chapman and d 1763.
In 1696 he petitioned the town to grant him
a bounty, more than the county allowed, for
killing a full grown she-wolf on the Ox-Com-
mon. The town granted him 10s for killing
said wolf since he declares it was a bitch
wolf and that she will not bring any more
whelps. Under date of Mar. 29, 1748, we
find a petition signed by 27 **free holders and
inhabitants'' who therein declare they were
not present at the annual meeting on account
of the great depth of snow, etc., among them
Timothy and Moses Eaton (Eatton) . . Small
pox in 1757 and the house of Timothy Eaton
was used as a Pest house.
Issue :
1 Timothy b May 28, 1756; m
Chart
p 293 jeeae Eaton — Sarah Worthen
Issue
Descend- Henry Eaton — Hannah Eaton
ants of Issue
Wm. Eaton Hannah Eaton — ^John D. Patterson
Part iii Issue
Elizabeth Patterson — Henry E. Bumham
Issue f
Gertrude Bumham — Charles M. Baker
p 413
209 2 Capt. Timothy Eaton m (1) Abi-
gail Massey; m (2) Mary Cobum of Dracut
SUPPLEMENT 753
1731-1801 (This Timothy Eaton is called
ancestor of the Haverhill Branch)
Issue:
2 1 Dr. Daniel Eaton m Mrs. Elizabeth p 432
Carter; issue
3 2 John
4 3 Ward m Judith Ingalls of Walpole,
Mar. 5, 1800
6 4 Timothy m Betty Frye, Feb. 21, 1782
6 5 Sarah b 1750
7 6 Isaiah b Oct. 15, 1757; m Priscilla
West
8 7 Phebc b 1767
9 8 Phcneas b June 8, 1773
10 9 James b Aug. 6, 1763
11 10 Polly b 1771
12 11 Abigail b May 23, 1765
13 12 Abijah b Aug. 16, 1759; m Eliza-
beth Poor
14 13 Betsy b Sept. 30, 1778
Timothy Eaton was a member of the Com-
mittee of Correspondence and commanded a
Company at the siege of Boston. It is a
tradition in the family that he was a leader
of the party who called on Col. Saltonstall,
that the bold and unpatriotic words and ac-
tions of the latter had become so obnoxious
to the public opinion of the town that a large
party was made to call on him and notify
him such was the case. They went, and Mr.
Eaton, leaving the company a short distance
from the house, called the Colonel to the door
and informed him of his errand. Upon this
the Colonel drew himself up and exclaimed
"Is that any of your business?" Eaton
754 EATON GENEALOGY
quickly replied, "TU let you know that's my
business," and was about returning to his
companions when the Colonel, finding the
affair was like to terminate seriously, dropped
his lofty air, held a parley, promised to give
no more cause for offence and invited them
all to refreshments at his expense. Timothy
Eaton was a zealous patriot and one of the
leading men of the town. He was chosen to
the second place on the Committee of In-
spection.
7 6 Isaiah Eaton, son of (209 2) b 1751;
d 1847; m Priscilla West. He was a private
in the Revolutionary war under Capt. James
Sawyer at Lexington Alarm, 1776; d at
Westminister, Vt.
Issue :
Henry m Margaret Forman
Issue :
Elizabeth Forman b at Easton, Pa.
13 12 Abijah Eaton, son of (209 2) b
Aug. 16, 1759; m Elizabeth Poor
Issue I
Daniel Poor b Feb. 24, 1792
Line of Dr. Marshman Edward Wardsworthi
Dean of University of Pittsburgh, Pa.
Chart
John Eatoiii of Salisbury, Mass. — Anne
Issue
John Eaton — Martha Rowlandson
1619-1682
Issue
SUPPLEMENT 755
Capt. Joseph Baton — Mary French
1660-1743 -1725
Issue
John Eaton — Esther Johnson
1686-1746 -1727
Issue
Wyman Eaton (146 7)— Ruth Merrill
1725-
Samnel Eaton (277 3) — Jemina Maxfield ' p 396
Issue
Miriam Eaton — William Lowell Lowell Gen.
Issue
Hannah Lowell — Benjamin Eaton
Issue
Lowell Eaton — Sabina Warren
Issue
Nancy Eaton — Joseph Wardsworth Wardsworth
Issue Gen.
Dr. Manhman Edward Wardaworth
Issue
of Be:
Qja
min Eaton anc
Lowell
fw
2 1
Samuel
3 2
Isaac
4 3
John
6 4
Lowell
m
Sabina
Warren
6 4 Lowell Eaton, son of Benjamin and
Hannah Eaton; m Sabina Warren
Issue :
6 1 Nancy Fidelia b 1817 ; m Joseph Wards-
worth at Livermore Falls, Me. He was a
descendant of the Wardsworths who came
from Macclesfield, Cheshire, England.
Issue :
7 1 Harrison Lowell b 1842
8 2 Dr. Marshman Edward b 1847; A. M.,
Ph. D., Dean and Professor of Mining Geology,
School of Mines of Pittsburgh, Pa.
756 EATON GENEALOGY
p 417 364 4 William Gage Eaton, son of (224
8) b April 21, 1819; m April 21, 1841,
Lydia Ann Richardson (b 1820); he served
3 years in the Civil war in Co. A, 33d Mass.
Volunteers.
Issue:
2 1 Abbey E. J. b Jan. 21, 1843; m May
2, 1866, John C. Ruddock
3 2 Ufariannie b Jan. 31, ; m July 4, 1867,
Samuel H. Downes; issue
4 3 Judith b Nov. 20, 1852; m May 27,
1873, William A. Nutter; issue
356 6 Daniel W. Eaton, son of (224 8)
m Sarah Little Smith (b 1822) and d.l860
Issue:
5 1 Sarah b 1847; m 1866 Joseph E.
Bailey
6 2 Daniel Herbert b June 29, 1849; m
Emma Rebecca Chase
Issue:
Ernest Whittier b May 18, 1873
Carrie Edith b July 12, 1875
7 3 Elizabeth Whittier b Jan. 4, 1851 ; m
Warren W. Potter Oct. 5, 1880
8 4 Edward Smith b July 25, 1852
9 5 Anne Little b Aug. 6, 1854
10 6 Ernest Bemadine b Jan. 12, 1856
11 7 Roswell Jameson b Nov. 6, 1857;
m Sept. 30, 1879, Mary Esther Allison
12 8 Mary Johnson b July 20, 1859
Little Gen. 367 7 David Eaton of Haverhill; son of
(224 8) b ; d Mar. 13, 1874; m 1811,
p 345, 406 Ruth dau of Edmimd Little, Sept. 2, 1792.
She d Nov. 15, 1857
SUPPLEMENT 757
Issue:
13 2 Judith Bartlett b Jan. 12, 1812; m
July 6, 1832, Edward Johnson; issue
14 2 Edmund Little b Feb. 14, 1814; m
May 24, 1838, Ruth Buffum (b in Grafton,
Vt., Sept. 19, 1813; d Sept. 24, 1881). He
d Jan. , 1869 in Manchester, Iowa
Issue b in Cuba, N. Y.
16 1 Helen Judith b Mar. 11, 1840; m
Oct. 13, 1861, Franklin W. Wilcox of Man-
chester, Iowa; issue
Edmund S. b July 22, 1862
16 2 Caroline AmeUa b Sept. 28, 1841
m Nov. 21, 1858, H. Munson; resides in Man-
chester, Iowa; issue 3 daus
17 3 Ruth Ann b Feb. 28,1843; m July
29, 1860, C. W. Mead; issue
18 4 Mary Johnston b Dec. 1847; m (1)
April 24, 1864, J. Burrington; m (2) J. F.
Gates; issue
19 5 Charles Edmund b Mar. 15, 1849;
m Nov. 4, 1873, Martha Benedict and resides
at Manchester, Iowa; issue
20 1 Frank b Dec. 10, 1874
21 2 Ruth b April 4, 1876
360 11 Alexander Eaton, son of (224 8)
b ; m Dorcas D. Little (b 1825; d 1864) Little Gen.
and resides at Vermillionville, 111.
Issue:
22 1 Charles Little b Dec. 6, 1845
23 2 Julius Alden b Aug. 13, 1849
24 3 Henry Hartwell b Aug. 10, 1854;
Oct. 1, 1855
26 4 Nellie Rebecca b Dec. 24, 1857
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26 5 William Alexander b Sept. 4. 1859
27 6 Lucia Theodosia b Jan. 28, 1862
28 7 Frank b May 9, 1864
Other children of (377 2, p 441) were
2 3 Betsey m Samuel Page; issue
3 4 James b 1816; m Mary Williams; issue
Zellah m Walter Eaton
4 5 Thomas b 1818; m Katherine Dow
6 6 Daniel b 1822; m Lucretia Gould
6 7 Ruth b 1825; m William H. Brown
7 8 Louvilla b 1825; d 1845
664 1 William Eaton, son of (377 2) m
Eliza Hout
Issue:
8 1 Anne
9 2 NeUie
10 3 Frank b 1872
Other children of (378 3, p 441) were
[' 11 6 Hannah m Joseph Whipple
12 7 Walter m Zillah Eaton
13 8 Abbie m Augustus Parker
381 6 Samuel Eaton, son of (260 2) b
Oct. 26, 1833; m (1) June 5, 1855, Lydia
Williams who d April 16, 1864; m (2) Sept.
28, 1867, Mary Colby
Issue '
14 1 Frederick WiUis b 1856; d 1861
15 2 Herbert Estella b 1857; d 1861
16 3 Herbert Maurice b 1859; d 1861
17 4 Lizzie May b 1860; d 1863
18 5 Wilfred Samuel b April 30, 1861
SUPPLEMENT 759
19 6 Anna Lillian b 1863 ; m Mar. 20, 1887 ,
George Small
20 7 Edward Augustus b 1869; d 1869
21 8 Edward Edson b Sept. 14, 1871
22 9 Elmer Everett b 1875; d 1876
6 6
Daniel Eaton,, son
of (377 2);
m
Lucretia Gould
Issue
•
•
23 1
George b 1847; d
1869
24 2
Thomas b 1856; m Frances Favor
Issue :
26 1
George b Feb. 26,
1880
26 2
Jennie b 1881
27 3
Alonzo b 1883
555 2 Pillsbury Eaton, son of (377 2) m
(1) Julia Felch; m (2) Elvira J. Marshall; he
d Nov. 21, 1885
Issue by 1st wife:
28 1 Henry b 1845; m Nellie Willard
resides Sugar Hill
Issue:
29 2 George b Dec. 13, 1855
299 4 Peter Eaton, son of (178 8) m
Hannah Hale, dau of E. H. Kelly; he was a
trader in Canada and went to Manchester
Issue :
F. B. Eaton, historian of Candia
Joseph Oriel Eaton, painter, b in Ticking
Co., Ohio, Feb. 8. 1829, son of ( ); edu-
cated in art in New York and became a por-
trait painter; d at Yonkers, N. Y., Feb. 7,
1875
760 EATON GENEALOGY
WilUam Wallace Eaton, son of ( ) b
in Tolland, Conn., Oct. 11, 1816; educated
in his native town, was judge of the Hartford
City Court. He was also Senator; d in
Hartford, Conn., Sept. 21, 1898.
Daniel Eatoni b May 2, 1831, in Templeton,
Mass., firm of Eaton & Co., furniture manu-
factures; went to Worcester in 1845. In
1850 he removed to Fitchburg, Mass., engaged
History of [^ making piano-fortes; m May 2, 1855, Jane
Co^ioL ^^^* ^^ Worcester, Mass. In 1856 removed
p^567°^* to Jamestown, N. Y.; May, 1857, removed
to Ottumwas and is the first man who used
machinery in the manufacture of furniture
in southern Iowa.
Issue :
IdaM.
Eddie
Hattie J.
Lincoln A.
Lucien Eaton, lawyer, b Denmark, N. Y.,
Sept. 24, 1831; grad. Iowa College, 1855;
Harvard law school, 1857; removed to St.
Louis, 1858 and began practicing. Entered
U. S. Army, was commissioned Capt., 1863
May 1864, 1875, U. S. Commissioner of Ala-
bama claims etc., d at Boeme, Texas, Mar.
7, 1890
Wyatt Eaton, painter, b at Phillipsburg,
Quebec, Canada, May 6, 1899. Studied under
Joseph O. Eaton, N. Y.; d at Newport, R. I.,
June 7, 1896
SUPPLEMENT 761
a
Elizabeth Eaton* dau of ( )tb ;
m Edward Jones Curtlss (son of John G. and
Minervia (Montague) (2654) Curtiss b Feb.
24, 1832) m Oct. 18, 1856. She d Sept. 18,
1862. He d Nov. 18, 1863
Issue:
John Dcllvan Curtlss b April 13, 1858
EATON OF RAINHAM, ESSEX, ENGLAND
A stork arg. beaked and legged gu., holding
in the beak an ostrich feather or.
Settled in Granville County, N. C. Granviik
Col. WiUlam Eaton, son of William Eaton, f^^:!^^!-
whose ancestors lived in County Essex, Eng-
land, coming from Petersburg, where he had
property, located in Edgecomb County, south
side of the Roanoke river, 16 miles from War-
renton and 30 from Halifax, had lands at his
death in Dinwiddie and Brunswick, besides a
lot in Petersburg, in Colony, Pa.
He married Mary Rives, of Virginia; and d
in 1759. Wm dated Feb. 19, 1759.
Issue
2 1 Jane m Anthony Haynes ; m (2) Col.
Nathan Edwards
Issue by 1st husband
Eaton Haynes
^Note — Elizabeth Eaton, dau of Vearon
Eaton, who was a lineal descendant on his
mother's side of the family of the celebrated
Indian missionary, George Elliott, and also
of the celebrated and eccentric divine, Lorenzo
Dow.
762
EATON GENEALOGY
Officers and
Men of N.J.
in the Rev.
War
3 2 Anne m Andrew Haynes, bro of An-
thony; m (2) Graham Daves, of Newbem,N.C.
4 3 Mary m Robert Jones
5 4 Sarah m John Thornton; m (2)
Charies Johnston
6 5 Elizabeth (Betty) m David Weldon
and emigrated from Virginia.*
7 6 Col. William b ; m (a man of
influence)
8 7 Gen. Thomas m Anna Bland, of Va ;
m (2) Elizabeth, dau of Gen. Allen Jones.;
m (3) Anna Stith.
Thomas Eaton, Essex, "Capt. Marshes
Troop Light Horse.''
Thomas Eaton stood high in civil and mili-
tary affairs in the Revolution
9 8 Charles Rust (under 21 yrs. in 1759),
m
10 9 Martha (under 21 in 1759) m Thomas
M. Owen, of CarroUton. Ala,
N. C. Hist,
and Gen.
Reg. vol. i
WiUs)
Will of William Eaton, of Granville Co.,
Feb. 19, 1759; probated Mar. 20, 1759: son
William; daughter Jane Edwards, wife of Col.
wiiil^^^^^ ^ Nathan Edwards; dau Annie Haynes, relict of
Andrew Haynes; dau Mary Jones, wife of
Robert Jones dau Sarah Johnston, wife of
Charles Johnston, her former husband, John
Thornton; son-in-law Daniel Weldon; son
*Marriage bonds at Oxford, Grannelle Co.,
N. C. Betty Eaton married Daniel Weldon
Jan. 17, 1763. Security, Blake Baker. Wit-
ness, Samuel Sevaun. (emigrated from Vir-
ginia) .
SUPPLEMENT 763
Charles Rush Eaton ; grandson Eaton Haynes ;
wife Mary ; dau Martha, wife of Daniel Weldon.
EATON OF WARRINGTON, ENGLAND
This branch of the Eaton Family was de-
scended from one of the pioneers who settled
in Connecticut, but returned to England.
Thomas Eaton came from Warrington,
England, and settled in Bellingham, Mass.,
in 1805. He m at Bellingham, Mrs. Rebecca
Barton, a widow with two children, Seth and
Rebecca. He afterwards removed to Bath,
Me., where he engaged as ropemaker. He m
(2) ....
Issue by 2d wife
2 1 Elizabeth m Robert Goddard
3 2 Hannah m Godfrey
4 3 Mary Ann m Zachariah T. Thornton
6 5 Sarah d young
7 6 Thomas Jr. b in Bellingham, Mass.,
Dec. 13, 1813; d in Brunswick, Aug. 16, 1887;
having removed to Brunswick in 1865. He
was a harness and carriage maker; m at Bath,
Me., Oct, 21. 1838, Emily Bartlett Nash, who
was b in Bath, Nov. 22, 1819, dau of William
and Lydia (Shaw) Nash, being a descendant
of Elder Brewster, who came in the Mayflower.
Issue
8 1 Maria Frances m George S. Berry, of
DamariscoUa
Issue
George Berry, of Denver, Colo.
764 EATON GENEALOGY
9 2 Sarah Ellen m Finley Lattimore, of
Washington, D. C.
Issue
Emily Lattlmore, m Sidney Coombs
Katherlne
10 3 Emily J. m as 2d wife, her sister's
husband Finley Lattimore.
11 4 Ray P. m Ella Cutter
12 5 Thomas H. b Aug. 23, 1849; grad.
Bowdoin College, 1869, with honors; received
degree A. M. In 1883 he went to London,
England, as representative of the Anglo-
American Investment Company, where the
business required him 8 months. After his
return, he became teller of the Iowa National
Bank of Ottumwa, Iowa, and later cashier.
After a period of twenty-two years he re-
turned to Maine (1896) and entered the em-
ploy of the Chapman National Bank of Port-
land, Me. In 1889 was made its cashier.
13 6 Charles H. m Ella Bethen
11 4 Ray P. Eaton, son of (7 6) m Ella
Cutter
Issue
14 1 Abbie Cutter
16 2 Alice
13 6 Charles H. Eaton, son of (7 6) m
Ella Bethen •
Issue
16 1 Harold
SUPPLEMENT 765
EATON OF SUSSEX, ENGLAND
James Eaton, b in Sussex, England, Dec. 7,
1827, oldest of eight children (son of Samuel
and Hannah Eaton), came to America in
1854, and d on his return to England. His
widow died in England in 1853. James
Eaton came to Ontario in 1850 ; m May 8, 1851 ,
Fannie Woodhams. Both were members of
the Wesley an Methodist Church.
Issue
2 1 James T.
3 2 Jacob
4 3 Wllliam
6 4 Sarah
6 5 John
7 6 Amiie
8 7 Charles F.
9 8 Emma J.
10 9 Nettie
11 10 LlUie
12 11 Roland
EYTON OF EYTON
Lineage — ^The family of Eyton resided xhe Landed
from very early peroid at Eyton-on-the- Gentry of
Waldmores. Gt. Britain
The first name on the pedigree is Robert de f^^^^'!^'^^
Eyton who witnessed a grant by Robert Cor- . ^^^
bet to the Abbey of Shrewsbury, and himself
grantee to that religious house the lands of
Buttery, temp. Henry II.
From him descended John de Eyton, Sheriff
of Shropshire, 1394, whose brother Humphrey
Eyton, Esq., ranger of the forest on Wrekin
766 EATON GENEALOGY
and Waldmores, was grandfather of Nicholas
Eyton, Esq., of Eyton, Sheriff of Shropshire
in 1440, and knight of the Shire in 1449.
He was father of I^wls Eyton, Esq., of Eyton;
m Anne, dau of Sir John Savage, Knt. of
Cheshire, and was great-grandfather of Thom-
as Eyton; sheriff, 1567; m Alice, dau of Wil-
liam Charlton Esq., of Apley.
Issue :
2 1 Robert Eyton m Anne dau James Lev-
erson.
Issue :
Richard Eaton
3 2 Wililam
4 3 Thomas, father of Sir Phillip, who s.
his cousin Richard at Eyton and was High
Sheriff of Shropshire in 1633. He m Mary,
dau of David Yale, Chancellor of Ches-
ster, and had a son successor, Sir Thomas,
whose 2d son, the Rev. John Eyton, Vicar of
Wellington, s. to the family estates at the
decease of his nephew Sowdley Eaton. He
m Rachel, dau of Thomas Acton of Great-
acre Park, Salop, and by her had issue; she
din 1706; he din 1709.
Issue :
1 Thomas m Anne dau Robert Butts
2 Robert d 1717
3 Sowdely d 1817
4 Mabell m George Whitemore, Esq., of
London.
5 Margaret d young
SUPPLEMENT 767
Thomas Eyton, Esq. of Eyton, High Sher-
iff of Salop, 1741 s. his father, Rev. John Eyton
m Annie, dau of the Right Rev. Robert Butts
Bishop of Ely. He d 1776; she d 1757.
Issue :
2 1 Anne m Thomas Kynnersley Esq. of
Leigh ton.
3 2 Elizabeth m Richard Morrall, Esq., of
Onslow, Salop
4 3 Thomas of Eyton , High Sheriff of Shop-
shire, 1779; m 1776, Mary, dau of John
Rocke, Esq., of Trefunny, Co.- Montgomery,
and by her who d Jan. 26, 1809, had issue,
6 1 Thomas, J. P. and D. L., Recorder of
Wenlock, Shopshire, b Mar. 27, 1772; d 1855;
m Elizabeth Cambelle
7 2 Robert d 1780
8 3 Rev. John Eyton, Rector of Wellington;
m Anna Marie, sole dau and heiress of Ed-
mund Joseph Plowden, Esq., of Plowden
Hall, Salop.
5 4 Robert d 1772
6 1 Thomas Eaton, son of Thomas Eyton
and Mary (Rocke) Eyton; b 1777; m 1808,
Elizabeth dau of Maj. Gen. Donald Camp-
belle. He d in 1855.
Issue :
9 1 Thomas Campbelle
10 2 Charles James d 1854
11 3 William Archibald formerly Capt.
96th regt.; d 1859
8 3 Rev. John Eyton, son of Thomas and
Mary (Rocke) Eyton; m Anna Marie, dau and
heiress of Edmund Joseph Plowden, Esq.
768 EATON GENEALOGY
Issue :
12 1 John d 1836 and Edmund Thomas
(twins)
13 2 Walter Nathaniel d Mar 16, 1817
14 3 Rev. Robert WUlIam of Albany House,
Guildford
15 4 Henry d Sept. 30, 1841
16 5 Joseph
17 6 Walter
18 7 Mary m William Henry Perry, Esq.
19 8 Ann Rose m Rev. Henry Beckwith
20 9 Anna. Maria Dorothea m Richard
Keave, Esq.
Arms: Quarterly — 1st and 4th, or, a fret
az. ; 2nd and 3rd, gu two bars erm. Crest, a
reindeer's head couped and attired or, holding
in the mouth an acorn slipped vert fructed
gold.
Seat: Eyton, near Willimton, Salop.
Adam Eyton, Esq., of Llannerck-y-Mor
Flintshire. J. P. for the Borough of Flint;
Mayor of Flint, Nov. 9, 1852-3. Son of John
Prys Eyton, Esq., b at Plas Llannerck-y-Mor,
Holwell, Nov. 11, 1824; educated at High
School, Liverpool Institute; m Oct. 13, 1855,
Clara Ann, only dau of James Ashwin, Bret-
forton Hall, Co. of Worcester, J. P. S. to
estates of his father, John Ptys Eyton, Esq.;
1856 and to Maria Eyton 1860. Residence,
Plas Llannerch-y-Mor, near Holwell.
Issue; three sons and three daughters.
1
2
SUPPLEMENT 769
3
4
6
6
7
Armes: Ermine, a lion rampart az. armd
and langued qu (quartering ten others)
Motto: Gogoniant I'r divyd
Success to the Industrious
Lineage: Edward Eyton of Moes-y-groes,
direct descendant through Ellis E3rton and
John ap Ellis Eyton of Rhuabon of Tudor
Trevor, bounder of the "Tribe of the Marches,"
Lord of Bromfield, Whittston, etc.
Eaten and Eaton, a crow's head erased.
Eaton, Baron Cheylesmore, see Cheylesmore.
Eaton, Notts., an eagle's head erased Sa.,
holding in the bea]k a sprig vert.
"Vincit omnia verites."
Eaton, Ireland, a beaver passant arg.
Eaton, out of a ducal coronet or, a bull's head
sa., armed arg.
Eaton, a boar's head erased, holding in the
mouth a sword.
ADDITIONAL NOTES
Too late for insertion in regular place.
Nova Scotia Hoii. Willard Lee Eaton (817 2) In the
Branch passing of the Hon. ^Willard Lee Eaton, of
p*633*^534 Osage, Iowa, June 7, 1911, a progressive and
public spirited man was removed. The funer-
al on Friday was held on the lawn that friends
might hear the beautiful Masonic services.
Mr. Eaton's home life was ideal, and his devo-
tion to his wife and son marked. What
greater tribute or compliment could a man
pay his life companion than did Mr. Eaton in
his will, which. says: "I give, devise and be-
queath to my son, Allan March Eaton, a good
mother, which is the best inheritance a boy
can have. I have perfect confidence in her
judgment and am sure that she will give him
whatever is best for his true interest and for
this reason I make no reservation upon her
absolute control of my estate." Mr. Eaton
was laid at rest in the beautiful cemeterj^ of
Osage, Iowa.
Mary Eaton, dau of Rev. Peter Eaton and
Mrs. Sarah Eaton, died June 20, 1797, aged
14 months... j^
* 'Early, bright, transient as the morning dew,
She sparkled, was exhard,andwent'to heaven''
(dau of 266 4, Part IV, p. 420.)
(770)
INDEX TO PROPER NAMES OF EATONS
Aarian 356
Aaron 136, 158, 187, 212, 289, 308, 322, 419, 441, 175
Abby or Abbey 177, 221, 213, 258, 325, 758
Abel 160, 312, 332, 381, 362, 396, 421, 456, 509, 133, 478, 439, 742, 744
Abiel 129, 144
AbigaU 113, 115, 147, 149, 164, 174, 281, 289, 294, 296, 303,307,316,
332, 361, 382, 383, 392, 431, 440, 516
Abijah 391, 431, 464, 588, 589
Abner 144, 145, 169
Abraham 211, 305, 384, 464, 508, 533
Abram 241, 302, 455, 743, 744
Adoniram 447, 484, 491, 538
Agnes 504, 523
Albert 237, 241, 322, 352, 354, 457, 498, 548, 554
Albin 587, 589
Alexander 294, 451, 757
Alfaretta 489
Alfred 77, 97, 336, 354, 512, 515, 517, 551
AUce 133, 144, 151, 239, 266, 356, 360. 428, 429, 432, 490, 518, 523, 545
Alma 468
Almira 58, 186, 192
Almond 58, 62, 749
Alpheus or Alphesus 145, 169, 163, 200, 446
Alvin 437, 475
Amasa 154, 351, 358, 359
Ambros 196, 226, 2C0, 295, 334, 454
Amherst 163, 199, 200
Amos 160, 193, 223, 302, 391, 405, 417, 426, 439, 445, 478, 486, 541
Andrew 226, 227, 440, 464, 523
Ann or Anne 133, 149, 176, 227, 333, 335, 369, 445, 458, 474, 507, 510,
Annie 128, 140, 198, 293, 318, 366, 376, 385, 423, 450, 451, 454, 459,
460, 471, 483, 519, 540, 542, 759, 762
Anson 309, 330
Antoinette 421, 478, 726
Apelles or Apolles 52, 62, 103
Archibald 728
Ardon 295
(771)
772 EATON GENEALOGY ]
Ariel 436, 473
ArmanilU 449, 454
Arthur 356, 488, 498, 499, 501, 507, 519, 540, 549, 551, 746
Am 139, 162, 185, 202, 211, 294, 302, 400, 424, 439, 509, 541, 74:{
AMel 447, 457, 490, 511
Aichah or Achiha 199, 231
Asanath 156, 186, 318, 331, 430
Athael or AOuSt 158, 188, 227, 457, 458
Barnabas 43, 47, 51, 279
Barney 226, 260
Barton 477
Benjamin 136, 156, 158, 190, 202, 277, 287, 294, 298, 280. 285, 304,
314, 318, 320, 341, 379, 382, 384.394, 400,419,441,449, 480, 49^,499
499, 537. 755
Bennett 59, 63, 64
Benoi 582, 585
Bethia 327
Bet^ 165, 169, 188, 228, 294, 312, 331, 418, 444, 758
Bette 382
Bradford 546
Bradley 268, 352, 359
Brenton 454, 504, 505
Brewer 494, 546
Burr 187
Burton 484, 538
Caleb 160, 228, 305, 324, 429, 455, 456, 550
CalYin 138, 155, 156, 168, 184, 196, 346, 363, 476, 740
Cardinal 194, 195, 224, 226, 259
Cariot 436, 474
Caroline 63, 183, 205, 236, 334, 431, 445, 466, 487, 757
Catherine 186, 195, 198, 226, 305, 432, 480, 510, 703
Charlotte 183, 209, 332, 429, 484, 488
Chariea 222, 235, 237, 256, 262, 266, 284, 270, 345, 347^ 300, 329, 359'
465, 468, 466, 459, 477, 481, 488, 482, 491, 494, 499, 503, 510, 518, 536,
539, 548. 552. 550, 532, 683, 727, 743
Chauncey
Chester 535
Christian 34, 466, 508
Christopher 34
Clarence 231, 260, 270, 443, 483, 523, 537, 538, 550, 589
Clark 61, 229, 262
Clement 450, 500
INDEX 773
demons 47
Comfort 133, 146, 147, 172
Consider 46
318. 336. 338, 363, 355, 429, 487, 542, 543
I
r
Danforth 23, 203
Daniel 69, 160, 193, 213, 222, 224, 267, 274, 277, 278, 380, 281, 286,
294, 295, 298, 309, 311. 314, 331, 373, 382, 383, 417, 427, 432, 449,
466, 494, 756
Darwin 336, 354
David 120, 128, 139, 161. 162, 197, 199, 201, 202, 229, 286, 292, 314,
321, 325, 341. 377, 381. 390, 395, 403, 417, 419, 428, 430, 441, 450.
452, 459, 485, 486, 499, 501, 512, 515, 541, 686. 734
Darius 52. 62
Davenport 511
Didama 146, 292
Delia 347
Donald 728
Dorman 228, 749 ^
Dudley 729
Earl 241, 268, 553, 744, 746
Ebenezer 42, 128. 143, 159, 160. 165, 192, 202, 279. 286, 289, 290, 294,
298, 299, 308, 316, 317, 334, 429
Edgar 498. 502, 515, 541, 547. 553, 728
Edmund 301, 320, 340, 341, 757
Edward 335, 347, 353, 361, 431, 460, 609. 610, 748
Edwin 183, 198, 227, 329, 336, 504
Elbridge 333, 351
Eleaser 156, 186, 324, 582
EUab 285, 293
Elijah 138, 160, 380, 415, 426, 435, 436, 472
EUphat 49, 59, 419
EUsha 43, 46, 146, 172, 206, 380. 395, 426, 427, 429, 450, 456
EUza 183, 310, 338, 351. 430, 449, 506. 515
/ .. . EUzabeth 136, 147, 148, 149, 150, 158, 174, 198, 206, 227, 257, 277, 280,
295, 302, 314, 333. 352, 366, 385, 429, 445, 471, 509. 677 .
EUen 204, 215, 230, 237, 252, 355, 362, 472, 473, 749 .
EUiot 230
Elma 507
Elon 207, 266, 289
Emeline 452
Emerson 359
774 EATON GENEALOGY
Emily 176, 204, 326, 332, 336, 338, 448, 575
Enoch 295, 309, 390, 416, 427, 4439, 449, 497
Eno8 506
Ephraim 77, 78, 139, 156, 161, 370, 373, 375
Ernest 236, 265, 504, 511, 543
Esther 138, 146, 168, 211, 367, 383
Eugene 230, 261, 265, 549
Evard 500
Eunice 145, 312, 326, 391, 432, 445. 449, 456. 488, 508, 515
Ezekiel 139, 162, 381
Ezra 323
FideUa 198, 227, 322, 590
Frances 33, 729
Francis 483, 519
Frank 211. 222, 237, 242, 256, 258, 264, 265, 347, 356, 447, 475, 498.
500, 508, 515. 544, 742, 743
Frederick 61, 200, 207, 222, 230, 256, 356, 362, 465, 488, 510, 528, 543
Fred 240, 267, 502, 534, 744
Freeman 350, 498, 548
Friend 586, 588
George 170, 213, 236, 263, 345, 451, 476, 499, 500, 511. 514, 517, 539.
549, 552, 616, 627, 632. 733, 746
Gideon 42, 428, 454, 455, 505, 506
GUbert 201, 231, 350
Grace 235, 252, 282, 360, 498, 522, 543. 677
Greenwood 443
Gurdon 458, 515, 516, 551
Guy 457, 512
Hannah 168. 175, 183, 209, 277, 289, 286, 290, 296, 308. 310, 324. 320,
574. 588
Harley 540
Harold 245. 267. 271, 270
Harrison 258, 321, 420, 755
Harry 189, 213, 252, 321, 534. 537, 743, 746
Harvey 196, 252, 424, 552, 729
Hendle 347, 357
Henry 61, 285. 321. 334, 352, 353, 479, 492, 498. 508
Hervey 214
Herbert 242, 265, 269, 540, 739, 743, 744
Hibbard 222
Hiram 215, 231, 297, 309, 328, 329, 352, 358, 359. 362, 434, 442, 467
Homer 68, 90
INDEX 775
Horace 310, 469, 471, 502, 590, 702
Hosea 203, 237
Howard 265, 481, 500
Hubbard 397
Hugh 700, 701, 702, 713
Humphrey 165, 202
Hunter 272
Ingham 489, 490
Ira 62, 77, 161, 194, 196, 211, 224, 226
Isaac 135, 153, 155, 186, 198, 211, 323, 345, 487, 541, 629, 645, 648
Isaiah 754
Israel 279, 285
Ithman417, 439
Jabez 42, 48
Jacob 136, 156, 186, 198. 280, 324, 325, 348. 385, 467, 483, 488, 482.
507, 539
James 185, 186, 214, 243, 244, 259, 286, 289, 294, 301. 305, 323, 346
453, 476. 517, 4522, 538, 548, 686, 700, 765
Jane 186, 216. 215, 222, 226. 254, 258, 761
Jarius 58, 59
Jeddiah 280, 285
Jefferson 346
Jemima '
Jeremiah 129, 143, 144, 280, 285, 292
Jesse \M, 201, 293, 308, 311, 331, 511, 524, 534
Job 4)^371. 378. 392
Joel 48. 176, 210, 362
John 44. 98. 115. 120, 126, 134, 141, 148. 166, 170. 175, 179. 208, 219
260. 270, 271, 276, 289, 293. 297, 301, 302, 309, 312, 313, 320, 323
326, 331, 334, 339, 341, 343, 345, 348, 349, 352, 359, 361, 365, 366
367, 368, 369. 370, 371, 374, 376, 378. 383. 388. 396, 398, 400, 405
413, 415, 421, 428, 432, 433, 434, 440, 458, 464, 465, 466, 467,468,
477, 485, 487, 508, 512, 522. 524, 528. 533, 535, 540, 543, 608,615,
628, 631, 699, 729, 727, 731, 735
Johnston 645, 651, 658
Jonas 165. 202. 274. 278* 282, 293, 286. 287, 296, 298, 311, 313, 314.
316, 328, 334
Jonathan 113, 133, 144, 145. 132, 166, 282, 284, 286, 288, 290. 293.
300. 307. 508, 509
Joseph 135, 136, 164, 155, 157, 164, 182, 212, 262, 263, 278, 285,291,
309, 312. 316, 321. 322, 352. 385, 400, 487, 516, 542, 602, 618,619,
626, 646, 656, 681, 735, 759 '
^'^^ EATON GENEALOGY
SJ^too ifn ?^^ ^^^' ^^^' 283, 287, 288. 299, 300. 315. 321,545
Joiiah 129, 139, 142, 143, 161, 166, 167, 197, 204, 313
Jubal 471, 472, 633
Judson 205, 238, 488, 492, 640
Juliiw 259, 269, 757
Juttis 563
Kate 267
KimbaU 416, 438, 439
Leander 517, 544
Lee 634
Lemuel 144, 158. 168, 187, 205, 748
Leonafd 450. 474, 484, 500, 534, 747
Leon 744
Leonidas 727
Lennox 259
Leslie 519, 549
Lewis 187, 212, 215, 222, 264, 504. 648
uSnw 309^^' ^^^' ^^^' ^^' ^^^' ^^^' ^^^' ^' ^^' ^^' ^^
Levert 504
Lilly 326, 290, 306, 326, 348
Llewellyn 605
Lizzie 355, 510
Lot 46
Lozen 362
Lowell 755 \^
Lucian 199, 469
Lucien 533, 466, 468, 529
Lucius 199, 236
Luther 149. 175, 184, 210, 310. 313, 334
Luzern 196, 207 .
Lyman 443 \.
Maeshall 324 ^.
Mahala 172 V
Manson 544 ^
Harquis 266, 270, 271
^!s^'At%r' '^' ""'• ^"' '^' «^«- «^^
Marston 133, 147
Mathew 650
Mathias 722
Maverick 161
\
INDEX 777
Merrick 237
Morris 223, 648
Moiet 143, 167, 168, 388, 389, 480, 749
Nathan 267, 310, 322, 323, 336, 346, 459. 616, 539
Nathaniel 138, 160, 200, 228, 289, 294, 309, 346, 389, 390, 473, 476, 585.
585, 586
Nelson 554
Nicholas 104, 112, 113, 207, 374, 384
Noah 284, 290, 295, 296, 310, 324
Norman 258, 269, 506, 607
Norris 212, 242
Obediah 418
pKver 58, 482, 484
Origen 161, 195, 196
Oriand 205
Orletus 299, 490, 544
Orison 51
Oscar 51, 336, 337, 354
Osgood 292, 328, 350
Otho 455, 506, 507
Otis 203, 492, 545
Parley 146, 747
Paul 387, 497, 547, 727, 744
Peregrine 205
Perry 507, 543
Peter 102, 110, 166, 387, 759
Pillsbury 480, 759
Pluma 472
Ralph 164, 201, 500, 517, 744
Rand 294
Resin 702, 728, 729
Reuben 154, 183, 187, 212, 291, 312, 326, 327
Richard 555,558, 731, 733
Robert 135 143, 150, 222, 256, 455. 507. 728. 731
Rollin 69, 96
RosweU 163, 188, 213, 766
Rufus 146, 147, 171, 205, 507, 619, 563
Rupert 511, 561
Russell 200, 545
Ryland 477
778 EATON GENEALOGY
Samuel 41, 43, 47, 60, 168, 190, 279, 290. 307, 327, 333, 335. 353. 575.
576. 582, 587, 589, 756
Scott 734
Seth43
Seymour 77, 97, 310, 732
SUas 279, 296, 313, 333
Simon 259. 346
Smiley 657
Solomon 47, 49
Stephen 500, 549
Stillman 324, 347, 349. 420
Sumner 326, 473, 474
Sylvester 172, 198, 205
Sylvanus 146, 170, 541
Thankful 136, 157. 158, 314
TheophUus 381, 556, 560. 561. 584
Thomas 120, 136, 153, 162, 188, 227, 258, 288, 289, 297. 301, 320. 321.
579, P95, 602. 605. 681. 762, 763, 764
Timothy 63, 231. 387, 454, 732, 736, 737, 748, 752, 753
Tristram, 421
Truman 545
Valentine 530
Vashti 360
Victor 324, 516, 538
Volney 747, 748
Walter 147. 349, 506, 539, 758
Wallace 350
Ward 188. 460, 464, 486. 523
Warren 362. 416. 477, 636, 729, 730
Washington 490, 545
Watson 449, 498
Wesley 310
WeUs 512, 513, 514, 552
Weston 484, 539
WUbur 350, 492
WiUard 190, 223, 332, 474, 634, 732
WilUam 129, 140, 164, 201, 203, 227, 236, 260. 273. 279. 293. 309. 487.
493, 510. 548, 588. 632, 677, 732, 751, 756, 761
Woodman 481. 482, 637
Worcester 553
Wyman 146, 379, 396, 746
Zeba 307
INDEX 771i
ZelUh 758
Zenas 52, 324, 348
Zerviah 425
Ziba 43. 47.48. 178
Zilora 147
Zoa 195. 224
OTHER NAMES THAN EATON
Adkint, Charlotte 261
Alden, David 43
Francis 40, 42, 44
George 176, 209
Hamet 229
John 42, 43, 44, 183
Josephine 351, 333
Thankful 41, 43
Alliaon, Mary 756
Andrews, Garret 351
Emma 589
Janet 466
Louise 358
Nathan 466
Annit, Laura 533
Austin, George 676, 677
Avery, Alice 259, 269
Eda 51
Liorette 230
Zada 214, 222
Avice, Agnes 650
Ayer, Rachel 377, 389
Bachelder, Jeremiah 289, 304
Horace 290
Bailey, Joseph 757
Baker, Charles 752
Eliphalet 149. 176
Balch, William 155, 184
Baldridge, Caroline 336
Ball, Emeline 323, 346
Bancroft Judith 321, 340
Barber, Lydia 303
Bamet, Mary 726, 727
Phila 747
Polly 49
Bamour, Sarah 164, 201
Ban, John 182, 183
Bates, Louisa 77
Beackwith, George 429
Henry 768
Beal Helen 350
Susannah 41
Bean, Harriet 476
Beard, Augusta 254
Beattie, Margaret 737
Bemis, Charles 474, 535
Bennett, Lucy 49, 58, 585, 586
Rebecca 313, 334
Sarah 205, 238
Bernard, Jonas 657
Berry, George 763
Bigelow, Isaac 445
Minnie 516, 459
Billingt, Martha 34, 37
Bill, fiary 477
Bird, Prank 209
Jane 222
Blanchard, Clarissa 321
John 532
Marion 479
Bliss, Irene 404
Blesh. Lizzie 662, 677
Boardman, Eliza 658
Bogart, Louisa 674, 683
Boggs, William 498
Boutwell, Betsy 2^9, 302
Joseph 306
Brackett, Abigail 129, 140
Lydia 351
BrackenbuiT, Elizabeth 417, 439
Bradbuiv, Jacob 281
Bradford, Moses 296, 400
Bradley, Almenia 241, 267
Annie 160
Elizabeth 491
Jacob 383
Samuel 267
, Tames 428
David 730
Breed, Edgar 480
Brickenbridge, Daivd 594
Bridgeman, Ruth 228
Browne, Horace 289
Bunker. John 585
Burbank, Ella 750
Henry 752
Burbridge Arnold 453
Clara 466, 524
Henry 453
Wheelock 453
Burleson, Mary 553
Bums, Amiz 744
Minnie 743, 744
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INDEX
781
Btttterfleld, Maud 357
Cady, Asenath 136, 156, 739
Harriet 160, 193
John 158
Sally 160
Camer, Alonzo 269
Campbell, Caroline 740
Cattleman, Virginia 594
Chadwick, Harrison 208
Chandler, Allen 634, 648
Philemon 133, 145
Childs, Abel 310
Chaffe, Betsy 206
Chick, Alice 443
Clark, Wattey 257
Ama 199
Cleveland, Lucy 236
Colbum, Warren 135
Colby, Lydia 758
Cole, Hannah 286, 758
Coleman, Sarah 304, 734, 736
Collins, Margaret 361
Jane 259
Conger, Stephen 590
Cooper. Henry 266
Craig, Margaret 737
Crane, William 241
Crawford, Clyde 235
Crosa, Katherine 185, 742
Cochran, John 631
Damon, Abigail 113, 115, 120
Dana, Phineas 151
Davii, Mary 615, 627 -
DeWolf, Minnie 492
Draper, Abyah 151
Eckles, Catherine 645, 656
Edincott, Hannah 175
Ellsworth, 196
Elricj, James 673
Elrick, Anna 686. 782
Entriked, Jacob 634
Evans, Rufus 486
Farquharson, John 648
Fay, On is 196
Fletcher, George 478
Flint, Joanna 281
William 285
Garrett, Frank ^4
Isaac 703
Geer, James 744
Gorton, Sheridan 238
Gould, Martha 282
Haldeman, Dolcy 743
Harding, Emma 698
Harrison, Bettie 733
Herkimer, Alida 747
HibbanL Amy 188
Hippie, Ella 743
Hogue, Lillian 742
Holister, Alson 748
Houston, William 657, 673
Howe, Clara 672
Hume, Elizabeth 48, 51
Humphrey, Uriah 608, 618
Hunter, Jacquette 220
Janeway, Carrie L. 685, 686
William 673, 686
Joiner, Nellie 264
Jones, William 561, 593
fceeler, Joseph 720
KeUy, Andrew W. 253
Kennedy, Olive 730
Keys, Mary 732, 733
Kilpatrick, Robert 740
Knight, Mary 146 ^
Knowlton, Aim
Lasher, George 661, 676
Leonaitl, Lucy 48, 52
Lewright, Mary 675
Little, Dorcas 661, 757
Lockyard, Robert 634
Lovering, Elizabeth 134
Manning, Margaret 512
McCrea, Flora 61
McFeeley, Clarissa 727
Massay, Abigail 752
Maynard, Hiram 615
Jonathan 615
May, Abigail 186. 211
Millard, Sarah 48, 748
Molyneuz, Robert A. 253
Monnette, Orra 685, 686
Morgan, Gwillian 615
Mott, George 675
O'Kane, Edward 658
Paige, Charles 743
Peck, Alonzo 659, 671, 681
Potts, Isaiah 655, 672
Mary 631
Potter, Sally 171. 172
Powell, William 740
Priest, Henry 228
782
EATON GENEALOGY
Pullman, George 234
Albert
James
Royal
Quintance, Bathsheba 729
Kaintey, Janet 631, 647, 739
Martha 645, 655
Reali, Catherine 212
Reid, Allan 494
Rice, Abigail 185, 739
Nellie Z. 253
Richards, Fanny 185, 739
Rickertson, William 221
Robinson, Jane 136, 156
Rockwell, Jeremiah 475
Rose, Ann 701, 702
Rumsey, Prank 238
Sackett, Bathsheba 635, 650
Schultz, Perline 740
Seeber, George 675, 676
Sharon, James 645
Shipman, Harvey 199
SmUey, Sarah 645
Smith, Apphia 202
Sarah 136
Snell, Asa 198
Soule, Zachariah 42
Spencer, Elihu 599, 603
Sproul, Orbin 485
Spruns, Elizabeth 155
Starr, Mary 129, 131
Lydia 132, 134
Stirk, Henry 612, 627
Storch, Lilly 734
Stout, Rebecca 627, 6291
Stroud, Jacob 741
Tavenner, Benjamin 649
Thompson, Thomas 488
Tingley, Louise 739, 742
Tolman, Thomas 213
TreadweU, Esther 671
Umsted, Martin 749
Upham, Ezra 283
Vail, Sophia 477
Vandeusen, Martha 309
Van Petten, Mary 224
WardeU. Joanna 599
Ware, Esther 165
Wardsworth, Harrison 755
Joseph 75
Marshman E. 755
Watson, Olive 730
Weldin, William 727
WeUs, Eunice 512
Westerfield, May 21 1
White, Florence 673
Woods, Grace 677
Woodcock, Ann 139
YameU, Blanche 727
Toung, Emily 222
Florence L. 253
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