Descendants of John Eaton

 

Generation No. 1

 

1.  JOHN1 EATON1 died Unknown.  He married DOROTHY SMITH1 14 Oct 1594 in St. Thomas, Bristol, County Gloucester, England1.  She died Unknown.

       

Children of JOHN EATON and DOROTHY SMITH are:

                   i.    JOHN2 EATON1, b. Bef. 26 Jul 1595, probably Bristol, County Gloucester, England1; d. Bet. 26 - 29 Jul 15951.

More About JOHN EATON:

Baptism: 26 Jul 1595, St. Thomas, Bristol, County Gloucester, England1

2.               ii.    FRANCIS EATON, b. Bef. 11 Sep 1596, probably Bristol, County Gloucester, England; d. Bet. 25 Oct - 08 Nov 1633, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.

                 iii.    JANE EATON1, b. Bef. 20 Jan 15991; d. Mar 16041.

More About JANE EATON:

Baptism: 20 Jan 1599, St. Thomas, Bristol, County Gloucester, England1

                 iv.    SAMUEL EATON1, b. Bef. 08 Nov 1600, probably Bristol, County Gloucester, England1; d. Mar 16041.

More About SAMUEL EATON:

Baptism: 08 Nov 1600, St. Thomas, Bristol, County Gloucester, England1

                  v.    WELTHIAN EATON1, b. Bef. 20 Mar 16041; d. Unknown.

More About WELTHIAN EATON:

Burial: 20 Mar 1604, St. Thomas, Bristol, County Gloucester, England1

 

 

Generation No. 2

 

2.  FRANCIS2 EATON (JOHN1)2 was born Bef. 11 Sep 1596 in probably Bristol, County Gloucester, England3, and died Bet. 25 Oct - 08 Nov 1633 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts4,5.  He married (1) SARAH6 Bef. 1620 in Leyden, South Holland, Netherlands6.  She was born WFT Est. 1579-16046, and died 16216.  He married (2) DOROTHY7 Bef. 1623 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts7.  She died Unknown.  He married (3) CHRISTIANA PENN8 Abt. 1625 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts9.  She was born Abt. 1608 in County Lincolnshire, England10, and died Abt. 1684 in Middleboro, Plymouth County, Massachusetts10.

 

Notes for FRANCIS EATON:

[Caleb Johnson, Francis Eaton from the Alphabetical Listing of Mayflower Passengers,  (Mayflower Web Pages, 1995-1999), "Electronic."]

ANCESTRAL SUMMARY:
The English ancestry of Francis Eaton was only recently discovered.  

In 1929, Charles E. Banks in his English Ancestry and Homes of the Pilgrim Fathers brought to light a Bristol apprenticeship document dated 4 December 1626, in which John Morgan son of Edward Morgan was apprenticed to Francis Eaton, carpenter, and his wife Dorothy.  In the margin the document it says "The Mr at New England", and on the reverse it states John Morgan would receive 25 acres of land in New England and 15 bushels of wheat.

In Mayflower Families for Five Generations: Francis Eaton (volume 1, updated in volume 9) and Plymouth Colony: Its History and Its People, this record was rejected as relating to Francis Eaton of the Mayflower because by 1626 Francis' wife was Christiana Penn, not somebody named Dorothy, and further the record says Eaton was "at New England" and "of Bristol", instead of being listed as "of Plymouth".  

The rejection of this record was challenged by myself on this web page in September 1995, and was again challenged by David Greene, editor of The American Genealogist in his review of Mayflower Families: Eaton (The American Genealogist, April 1996, p. 125-6).  The reasons for our objection was that the Francis Eaton listed in the Bristol records is called a carpenter, as was the Francis Eaton of the Mayflower.  And further, there are no records of any Francis Eaton in America by 1626, except for the Francis Eaton of the Mayflower.  The slow travel of news could easily be the cause for the delayed information about the death of Francis Eaton's wife.

In response, David Greene requested Neil D. Thompson, FASG, to search the parish registers of Bristol for information on the Francis Eaton in the apprentice record, to see if he was the Mayflower passenger.  The results of the successful search were published in The American Genealogist, 72:301-309.  The baptismal record of Francis Eaton of the Mayflower was discovered in the parish of St. Thomas, Bristol, on 11 September 1596, son of John Eaton.  Two years earlier, the marriage of his parents were discovered: John Eaton and Dorothy Smith were married on 14 October 1594.  Francis had other siblings as well: John (bp. 26 July 1595), Jane (bp. 20 January 1598/9), Samuel (bp. 8 November 1600), and Welthian (buried 20 March 1603/4).  Francis' brother John died within three days of his baptism; and Jane, Samuel, and Welthian all died in March 1603/4 suggesting an illness wiped out the young children.  The only brother Francis would remember would be Samuel--a significant find, since Francis Eaton of the Mayflower named his first son Samuel.  Another record shows that in the 1615 will of Christopher Cary of Bristol, he gives to his eldest son "a garden ground, with a lodge in the same, in the parish of St. Phillip's, now in the occupation of Frances [sic] Eaton, house carpenter."

BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY:
Francis Eaton was baptized in St. Thomas, Bristol, County Gloucester, England in 1596, and came to America on the Mayflower at the age of 24, with his first wife Sarah and their "sucking child" Samuel.  Sarah died the first winter, and Francis remarried to Dorothy (---), John Carver's maidservant.  She died about two years later, and Francis married Christiana Penn about 1625 in Plymouth.  Francis was a "house carpenter" by the age of 19, and is called a "carpenter" in the 1626 Bristol apprenticeship record and in his 1633 estate inventory.  

Francis died in 1633 in Plymouth, likely from a disease that was going around that year and also claimed Mayflower passenger Peter Browne.  The inventory of Francis Eaton's estate included one cow and a calf, two hogs, fifty bushels of corn, a black suit, a white hat and a black hat, boots, saws, hammers, an adze, square, augers, a chisel, boards, fishing lead, and some kitchen items.

Baptism: 11 Sep 1596, St. Thomas, Bristol, County Gloucester, England11

Emigration: 1620, Arrived in America in "Mayflower"11

Occupation: Carpenter11

 

More About DOROTHY:

Occupation: John Carver's maidservant11

       

Child of FRANCIS EATON and SARAH is:

3.                i.    SAMUEL3 EATON, b. Abt. 1620, England; d. Bef. 29 Oct 1684, Middleboro, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.

 

Children of FRANCIS EATON and CHRISTIANA PENN are:

                  ii.    EATON311, d. Aft. 165111.

More About EATON:

Medical Information: Called "an ideote"11

                 iii.    RACHEL EATON11, b. 1625, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts11; d. Bet. 03 Jun 1656 - Oct 166111; m. JOSEPH RAMSDELL11, 02 Mar 1645, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts11; d. Unknown.

                 iv.    BENJAMIN EATON11, b. Bet. 01 Jun - 31 Aug 1627, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts11; d. 16 Jan 1712, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts11; m. SARAH HOSKINS11, 04 Dec 1660, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts11; d. Unknown.

 

 

Generation No. 3

 

3.  SAMUEL3 EATON (FRANCIS2, JOHN1)12 was born Abt. 1620 in England12,13, and died Bef. 29 Oct 1684 in Middleboro, Plymouth County, Massachusetts14,15.  He married (1) ELIZABETH16 Bef. 10 Mar 1646 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts17.  She was born WFT Est. 1612-163618, and died WFT Est. 1663-172418.  He married (2) MARTHA BILLINGTON18 10 Jan 1661 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts18, daughter of FRANCIS BILLINGTON and CHRISTIANA PENN.  She was born Aft. 163418, and died Aft. Nov 168418.

       

Child of SAMUEL EATON and ELIZABETH is:

4.                i.    SARAH4 EATON, b. Bef. 1661, Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut; d. WFT Est. 1704-1756.

 

Child of SAMUEL EATON and MARTHA BILLINGTON is:

5.               ii.    MERCY4 EATON, b. WFT Est. 1647-1669; d. WFT Est. 1690-1758.

 

 

Generation No. 4

 

4.  SARAH4 EATON (SAMUEL3, FRANCIS2, JOHN1)18 was born Bef. 1661 in Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut18, and died WFT Est. 1704-175618.  She married PHILIP BUMPS18 Bef. 1700 in Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island18, son of EDWARD BOMPASSE and HANNAH.  He was born WFT Est. 1627-167918, and died Abt. 1725 in Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut18.

       

Child of SARAH EATON and PHILIP BUMPS is:

                   i.    BETHIA5 BUMPS, b. WFT Est. 1680-1704; d. WFT Est. 1726-1792.

 

 

5.  MERCY4 EATON (SAMUEL3, FRANCIS2, JOHN1)19,20 was born WFT Est. 1647-166920, and died WFT Est. 1690-175820.  She married SAMUEL FULLER21,22 07 Jan 168523,24, son of SAMUEL FULLER and ELIZABETH BREWSTER.  He was born 1659 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts24,25, and died 06 Sep 1728 in Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts26,27.

 

More About SAMUEL FULLER:

BAPL: 19 Nov 191727

ENDL: 04 Sep 192427

Residence: Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts28

SLGC: 13 Sep 195029

       

Children of MERCY EATON and SAMUEL FULLER are:

                   i.    NATHANIEL5 FULLER, b. 14 Nov 1687, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; d. 20 Apr 1750, Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.

                  ii.    SAMUEL FULLER, b. 30 Aug 1689, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; d. 19 Apr 1724, Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.

                 iii.    WILLIAM FULLER, b. 14 Feb 1691, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; d. 26 Aug 1692, Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.

                 iv.    SETH FULLER, b. 30 Aug 1692, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; d. Unknown.

                  v.    EBENEZER FULLER, b. 24 Mar 1695, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; d. Unknown.

                 vi.    BENJAMIN FULLER, b. 07 Mar 1696, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; d. Unknown.

                vii.    ELIZABETH FULLER, b. 20 Mar 1697, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; d. Unknown.

               viii.    JOHN FULLER, b. 19 Dec 1698, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; d. Unknown.

                  ix.    JABEZ FULLER, b. Jun 1701, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; d. Unknown.

                   x.    MERCY FULLER, b. 03 Oct 1702, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; d. Unknown.

                  xi.    JAMES FULLER, b. 27 Feb 1704, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; d. Unknown.

Endnotes

 

1.  Caleb Johnson, Francis Eaton from the Alphabetical Listing of Mayflower Passengers,  (Mayflower Web Pages, 1995-1999), "Electronic."

2.  Susan B. Stavropoulos, v10t0507.FTW,  (World Family Tree submission Volume 10 Tree 0507), "CD-ROM," Date of Import: Dec 25, 2000.

3.  Caleb Johnson, Francis Eaton from the Alphabetical Listing of Mayflower Passengers,  (Mayflower Web Pages, 1995-1999), "Electronic," SOURCES:   Neil D. Thompson, "The Origin and Parentage of Francis Eaton of the Mayflower," The American Genealogist 72(1997):301-309   Lee Douglas van Antwerp, Mayflower Families for Five Generations: Francis Eaton, volume 1 (Plymouth: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1988).   George Bowman, "Francis Eaton's Estate Inventory, The Mayflower Descendant 1(1899):198-199.   William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation, ed. Samuel Morison (New York: Random House, 1952).   Eugene Aubrey Stratton, Plymouth Colony: Its History and Its People, 1620-1691 (Ancestry Publishing: Salt Lake City, 1986).  The American Genealogist 72(1997):301-309.

4.  Susan B. Stavropoulos, v10t0507.FTW,  (World Family Tree submission Volume 10 Tree 0507), "CD-ROM," Date of Import: Dec 25, 2000.

5.  Caleb Johnson, Francis Eaton from the Alphabetical Listing of Mayflower Passengers,  (Mayflower Web Pages, 1995-1999), "Electronic."

6.  Susan B. Stavropoulos, v10t0507.FTW,  (World Family Tree submission Volume 10 Tree 0507), "CD-ROM," Date of Import: Dec 25, 2000.

7.  Caleb Johnson, Francis Eaton from the Alphabetical Listing of Mayflower Passengers,  (Mayflower Web Pages, 1995-1999), "Electronic."

8.  Susan B. Stavropoulos, v10t0507.FTW,  (World Family Tree submission Volume 10 Tree 0507), "CD-ROM," Date of Import: Dec 25, 2000.

9.  Caleb Johnson, Francis Eaton from the Alphabetical Listing of Mayflower Passengers,  (Mayflower Web Pages, 1995-1999), "Electronic."

10.  Susan B. Stavropoulos, v10t0507.FTW,  (World Family Tree submission Volume 10 Tree 0507), "CD-ROM," Date of Import: Dec 25, 2000.

11.  Caleb Johnson, Francis Eaton from the Alphabetical Listing of Mayflower Passengers,  (Mayflower Web Pages, 1995-1999), "Electronic."

12.  Susan B. Stavropoulos, v10t0507.FTW,  (World Family Tree submission Volume 10 Tree 0507), "CD-ROM," Date of Import: Dec 25, 2000.

13.  Caleb Johnson, Francis Eaton from the Alphabetical Listing of Mayflower Passengers,  (Mayflower Web Pages, 1995-1999), "Electronic."

14.  Susan B. Stavropoulos, v10t0507.FTW,  (World Family Tree submission Volume 10 Tree 0507), "CD-ROM," Date of Import: Dec 25, 2000.

15.  Caleb Johnson, Francis Eaton from the Alphabetical Listing of Mayflower Passengers,  (Mayflower Web Pages, 1995-1999), "Electronic."

16.  Susan B. Stavropoulos, v10t0507.FTW,  (World Family Tree submission Volume 10 Tree 0507), "CD-ROM," Date of Import: Dec 25, 2000.

17.  Caleb Johnson, Francis Eaton from the Alphabetical Listing of Mayflower Passengers,  (Mayflower Web Pages, 1995-1999), "Electronic."

18.  Susan B. Stavropoulos, v10t0507.FTW,  (World Family Tree submission Volume 10 Tree 0507), "CD-ROM," Date of Import: Dec 25, 2000.

19.  William Hyslop Fuller, Genealogy of Some Descendants of Dr. Samuel Fuller,  (Palmer, Massachusetts C. B. Fiske & Co. 1910), pg. 20.

20.  Alden R. Partridge, v10t3192.FTW,  (World Family Tree submission Volume 10 Tree 3192), "CD-ROM," Date of Import: Dec 26, 2000.

21.  William Hyslop Fuller, Genealogy of Some Descendants of Dr. Samuel Fuller,  (Palmer, Massachusetts C. B. Fiske & Co. 1910), pg. 20.

22.  Alden R. Partridge, v10t3192.FTW,  (World Family Tree submission Volume 10 Tree 3192), "CD-ROM," Date of Import: Dec 26, 2000.

23.  William Hyslop Fuller, Genealogy of Some Descendants of Dr. Samuel Fuller,  (Palmer, Massachusetts C. B. Fiske & Co. 1910), pg. 20.

24.  Alden R. Partridge, v10t3192.FTW,  (World Family Tree submission Volume 10 Tree 3192), "CD-ROM," Date of Import: Dec 26, 2000.

25.  William Hyslop Fuller, Genealogy of Some Descendants of Dr. Samuel Fuller,  (Palmer, Massachusetts C. B. Fiske & Co. 1910), page 20.

26.  William Hyslop Fuller, Genealogy of Some Descendants of Dr. Samuel Fuller,  (Palmer, Massachusetts C. B. Fiske & Co. 1910), pg. 20.

27.  Alden R. Partridge, v10t3192.FTW,  (World Family Tree submission Volume 10 Tree 3192), "CD-ROM," Date of Import: Dec 26, 2000.

28.  William Hyslop Fuller, Genealogy of Some Descendants of Dr. Samuel Fuller,  (Palmer, Massachusetts C. B. Fiske & Co. 1910), pg. 20.

29.  Alden R. Partridge, v10t3192.FTW,  (World Family Tree submission Volume 10 Tree 3192), "CD-ROM," Date of Import: Dec 26, 2000.

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