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Source for: John Eaton, 1595 - 29 OCT 1668
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Name source: S9Page: Page 007.
Text: "The Nova Scotia Eatons are descendants of John Eaton (and his wife Anne) of Salisbury and Haverhill, Massachusetts. John Eaton, Founder of the American Eaton family is which we of the Nova Scotia branch of this family belong appears to have come to Massachusetts with a group of Wiltshire families. His English home appears to have been in the vicinity of Salisbury, in the County of Wilts. His parentage or that of his wife, Anne, has never been traced. The research done by Dr. Arthur Wentworth Hamiltion Eaton could not determine his ancestoral home. The research done by the present writer in Salisbury, Wiltshire; in Salisbury, Massachusetts; and in Boston, Massachusetts could not determine the ancestral home of John Eaton."
"It is not known in what vessel John Eaton, His wife Anne and six children came. His name first appears in the minutes of the Town Meeting of Colchester, now Salisbury, Massachusetts , near the mouth of the Merrimac River 'on ye 26th of ye 6th mo. 1640,' when there were granted him '2 acres more or less for his house lotte, lying between the house lotts of Mr. Samuel Hall and Ralfe Blesdale,' this lott being identified as lying about a stone's throw nearly south from the 'town Office'. It is believed that John Eaton did not build a house on this lot, but that he lived upon his 'planting lott' granted to him on 'the 7th day of the 9th mo. 1640, containing approximately six acres more or less 'lying upon ye great neck'. His house was on the beach road near the great neck bridge. This property was known as 'Brookside Farm' and remained in the Eaton family continuously until at least 1890."
Birth source: S9Page: Page 008.
Text: "John Eaton was chosen a grand juror and also one of the 'Prudential men', to manage the town's affairs, during the spring of 1646. Later, in the same year, he transferred his homestead to his elder son, John, Jr., 'together with all his rights and priviledges as one of the proprietors in common' and moved with the rest of the family about fifteen miles up the Merrimac River to Haverhill, where he spend the rest of his life. He died, testate in Haverhill on 29 October 1668, aged about 73 years. Ann, the mother of his children, died 5 February 1660. John married again on 20 November 1661, Mrs. Phebe Dow, Widow of Thomas Dow of Newbury, who lived after him until 1672."
"Five of John Eaton's six children were married. The youngest daughter, Hester, born about 1634, was not married but died young. Ann, Elizabeth, and Rugh became the wives respectively of Lieut. George Brown of Haverhill, James Davis of Haverhill, and Samuel Ingalls of Ipswich. The eldest child in the family was John, born in 1619. He married Martha Rowlandson of Ipswich, and lived in Salisbury. The fifth child was Thomas, born about 1631, who lived in Haverhill. His first wife Martha Kent, who bore him one child, Martha, who died young; his second wife, Eunice Singletery, bore him nine children. Of the nine children, the fourth was a son, Jonathan, born 23 April 1668, who had a son, David, born 1 April 1729, who became the founder of the main branch of the family in Nova Scotia."
"David moved from Massachusetts to Eastern Connecticut in early life, where he married in his"
Property source: S9Page: Page 008.
Text: "John Eaton was chosen a grand juror and also one of the 'Prudential men', to manage the town's affairs, during the spring of 1646. Later, in the same year, he transferred his homestead to his elder son, John, Jr., 'together with all his rights and priviledges as one of the proprietors in common' and moved with the rest of the family about fifteen miles up the Merrimac River to Haverhill, where he spend the rest of his life. He died, testate in Haverhill on 29 October 1668, aged about 73 years. Ann, the mother of his children, died 5 February 1660. John married again on 20 November 1661, Mrs. Phebe Dow, Widow of Thomas Dow of Newbury, who lived after him until 1672."
"Five of John Eaton's six children were married. The youngest daughter, Hester, born about 1634, was not married but died young. Ann, Elizabeth, and Rugh became the wives respectively of Lieut. George Brown of Haverhill, James Davis of Haverhill, and Samuel Ingalls of Ipswich. The eldest child in the family was John, born in 1619. He married Martha Rowlandson of Ipswich, and lived in Salisbury. The fifth child was Thomas, born about 1631, who lived in Haverhill. His first wife Martha Kent, who bore him one child, Martha, who died young; his second wife, Eunice Singletery, bore him nine children. Of the nine children, the fourth was a son, Jonathan, born 23 April 1668, who had a son, David, born 1 April 1729, who became the founder of the main branch of the family in Nova Scotia."
"David moved from Massachusetts to Eastern Connecticut in early life, where he married in his"
Residence source: S9Page: Page 006
Text: "The county from which John of Salisbury and Haverhill came is undoubtedly Wilts."
Page: Page 007.
Text: "The Nova Scotia Eatons are descendants of John Eaton (and his wife Anne) of Salisbury and Haverhill, Massachusetts. John Eaton, Founder of the American Eaton family is which we of the Nova Scotia branch of this family belong appears to have come to Massachusetts with a group of Wiltshire families. His English home appears to have been in the vicinity of Salisbury, in the County of Wilts. His parentage or that of his wife, Anne, has never been traced. The research done by Dr. Arthur Wentworth Hamiltion Eaton could not determine his ancestoral home. The research done by the present writer in Salisbury, Wiltshire; in Salisbury, Massachusetts; and in Boston, Massachusetts could not determine the ancestral home of John Eaton."
"It is not known in what vessel John Eaton, His wife Anne and six children came. His name first appears in the minutes of the Town Meeting of Colchester, now Salisbury, Massachusetts , near the mouth of the Merrimac River 'on ye 26th of ye 6th mo. 1640,' when there were granted him '2 acres more or less for his house lotte, lying between the house lotts of Mr. Samuel Hall and Ralfe Blesdale,' this lott being identified as lying about a stone's throw nearly south from the 'town Office'. It is believed that John Eaton did not build a house on this lot, but that he lived upon his 'planting lott' granted to him on 'the 7th day of the 9th mo. 1640, containing approximately six acres more or less 'lying upon ye great neck'. His house was on the beach road near the great neck bridge. This property was known as 'Brookside Farm' and remained in the Eaton family continuously until at least 1890."
Death source: S9Page: Page 008.
Text: "John Eaton was chosen a grand juror and also one of the 'Prudential men', to manage the town's affairs, during the spring of 1646. Later, in the same year, he transferred his homestead to his elder son, John, Jr., 'together with all his rights and priviledges as one of the proprietors in common' and moved with the rest of the family about fifteen miles up the Merrimac River to Haverhill, where he spend the rest of his life. He died, testate in Haverhill on 29 October 1668, aged about 73 years. Ann, the mother of his children, died 5 February 1660. John married again on 20 November 1661, Mrs. Phebe Dow, Widow of Thomas Dow of Newbury, who lived after him until 1672."
"Five of John Eaton's six children were married. The youngest daughter, Hester, born about 1634, was not married but died young. Ann, Elizabeth, and Rugh became the wives respectively of Lieut. George Brown of Haverhill, James Davis of Haverhill, and Samuel Ingalls of Ipswich. The eldest child in the family was John, born in 1619. He married Martha Rowlandson of Ipswich, and lived in Salisbury. The fifth child was Thomas, born about 1631, who lived in Haverhill. His first wife Martha Kent, who bore him one child, Martha, who died young; his second wife, Eunice Singletery, bore him nine children. Of the nine children, the fourth was a son, Jonathan, born 23 April 1668, who had a son, David, born 1 April 1729, who became the founder of the main branch of the family in Nova Scotia."
"David moved from Massachusetts to Eastern Connecticut in early life, where he married in his"
Property source: S9Page: Page 007.
Text: "The Nova Scotia Eatons are descendants of John Eaton (and his wife Anne) of Salisbury and Haverhill, Massachusetts. John Eaton, Founder of the American Eaton family is which we of the Nova Scotia branch of this family belong appears to have come to Massachusetts with a group of Wiltshire families. His English home appears to have been in the vicinity of Salisbury, in the County of Wilts. His parentage or that of his wife, Anne, has never been traced. The research done by Dr. Arthur Wentworth Hamiltion Eaton could not determine his ancestoral home. The research done by the present writer in Salisbury, Wiltshire; in Salisbury, Massachusetts; and in Boston, Massachusetts could not determine the ancestral home of John Eaton."
"It is not known in what vessel John Eaton, His wife Anne and six children came. His name first appears in the minutes of the Town Meeting of Colchester, now Salisbury, Massachusetts , near the mouth of the Merrimac River 'on ye 26th of ye 6th mo. 1640,' when there were granted him '2 acres more or less for his house lotte, lying between the house lotts of Mr. Samuel Hall and Ralfe Blesdale,' this lott being identified as lying about a stone's throw nearly south from the 'town Office'. It is believed that John Eaton did not build a house on this lot, but that he lived upon his 'planting lott' granted to him on 'the 7th day of the 9th mo. 1640, containing approximately six acres more or less 'lying upon ye great neck'. His house was on the beach road near the great neck bridge. This property was known as 'Brookside Farm' and remained in the Eaton family continuously until at least 1890."
Page: Page 007.
Text: "The Nova Scotia Eatons are descendants of John Eaton (and his wife Anne) of Salisbury and Haverhill, Massachusetts. John Eaton, Founder of the American Eaton family is which we of the Nova Scotia branch of this family belong appears to have come to Massachusetts with a group of Wiltshire families. His English home appears to have been in the vicinity of Salisbury, in the County of Wilts. His parentage or that of his wife, Anne, has never been traced. The research done by Dr. Arthur Wentworth Hamiltion Eaton could not determine his ancestoral home. The research done by the present writer in Salisbury, Wiltshire; in Salisbury, Massachusetts; and in Boston, Massachusetts could not determine the ancestral home of John Eaton."
"It is not known in what vessel John Eaton, His wife Anne and six children came. His name first appears in the minutes of the Town Meeting of Colchester, now Salisbury, Massachusetts , near the mouth of the Merrimac River 'on ye 26th of ye 6th mo. 1640,' when there were granted him '2 acres more or less for his house lotte, lying between the house lotts of Mr. Samuel Hall and Ralfe Blesdale,' this lott being identified as lying about a stone's throw nearly south from the 'town Office'. It is believed that John Eaton did not build a house on this lot, but that he lived upon his 'planting lott' granted to him on 'the 7th day of the 9th mo. 1640, containing approximately six acres more or less 'lying upon ye great neck'. His house was on the beach road near the great neck bridge. This property was known as 'Brookside Farm' and remained in the Eaton family continuously until at least 1890."
Residence source: S9Page: Page 008.
Text: "John Eaton was chosen a grand juror and also one of the 'Prudential men', to manage the town's affairs, during the spring of 1646. Later, in the same year, he transferred his homestead to his elder son, John, Jr., 'together with all his rights and priviledges as one of the proprietors in common' and moved with the rest of the family about fifteen miles up the Merrimac River to Haverhill, where he spend the rest of his life. He died, testate in Haverhill on 29 October 1668, aged about 73 years. Ann, the mother of his children, died 5 February 1660. John married again on 20 November 1661, Mrs. Phebe Dow, Widow of Thomas Dow of Newbury, who lived after him until 1672."
"Five of John Eaton's six children were married. The youngest daughter, Hester, born about 1634, was not married but died young. Ann, Elizabeth, and Rugh became the wives respectively of Lieut. George Brown of Haverhill, James Davis of Haverhill, and Samuel Ingalls of Ipswich. The eldest child in the family was John, born in 1619. He married Martha Rowlandson of Ipswich, and lived in Salisbury. The fifth child was Thomas, born about 1631, who lived in Haverhill. His first wife Martha Kent, who bore him one child, Martha, who died young; his second wife, Eunice Singletery, bore him nine children. Of the nine children, the fourth was a son, Jonathan, born 23 April 1668, who had a son, David, born 1 April 1729, who became the founder of the main branch of the family in Nova Scotia."
"David moved from Massachusetts to Eastern Connecticut in early life, where he married in his"