John Eaton

Abt 1646 - 1718  (72 years)

• Name	John Eaton
  Birth	Abt 1646	Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony   [1]
  He testified that he was 48 years old on 3 July 1694.
  History	17 Oct 1691 (45 years)	Plymouth Colony merged with Massachusetts Bay Colony forming the Province of Massachusetts Bay
  Legal	3 Jul 1694 (48 years)  [2]
  He testified that he went to York, Maine about 1670 to work for William Hooke mowing the meadow and making hay. He also stated that his age was 48 years.
  Religion	7 Sep 1707 (61 years)	Salisbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [2]
  John Eaton was admitted to the Salisbury Church in Salisbury.
  Will	15 Jan 1717/18 (72 years)	Salisbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [2]
  Death	17 Jan 1717/18	Salisbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [1, 2, 3]
  Probate/Proved	9 Apr 1718 (72 years)	Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [2]
  Siblings	4 brothers and 6 sisters
  > 1. John Eaton,   b. Abt 1646, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 17 Jan 1717/18, Salisbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  (Age 72 years) ▻ Mary ______,  m. 1685 > 2. Thomas Eaton,   b. 17 Jan 1646/47, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 9 Jul 1699, Boston, Suffolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  (Age 52 years) ▻ Hannah Hubbard,  m. 14 Nov 1679 + 3. Martha Eaton,   b. 12 Aug 1648, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 19 Apr 1734, Salisbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  (Age 85 years) ▻ Benjamin Collins,  m. 5 Nov 1668 ;   Philip Flanders,  m. 4 Nov 1686   4. Esther Eaton,   b. say 1649, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 1649, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony  (Age 0 years) > 5. Elizabeth Eaton,   b. 12 Dec 1650, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony ▻ John Groth,  m. 7 Jan 1673 ;   William Hutchins,  m. 30 Apr 1685   6. Ann Eaton,   b. 17 Dec 1652, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 12 Jun 1658, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony  (Age 5 years) > 7. Sarah Eaton,   b. 28 Dec 1654, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 13 Sep 1726, Salisbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  (Age 71 years) ▻ Robert Downer,  m. 6 May 1675   8. Mary Eaton,   b. 9 Dec 1656, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 02 Feb 1656/57, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony  (Age 0 years)   9. Samuel Eaton,   b. 14 Feb 1659, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony > 10. Captain Joseph Eaton,   b. 6 Mar 1660/61, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 13 Jan 1742/43, Salisbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  (Age 81 years) ▻ Mary French,  m. 14 Dec 1683 ;   Mary Cheney,  m. 8 Dec 1726 > 11. Ephraim Eaton,   b. 12 Apr 1663, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 8 Jun 1723, Salisbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  (Age 60 years) ▻ Mary True,  m. 5 Feb 1689
  Patriarch & Matriarch	John Eaton   (3 x Great Grandfather)  Bridget Bradstreet   d. 14 Jun 1662, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Bay Colony   (Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I18790
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	John Eaton,   b. Abt 1619, Hatton, Warwickshire, England d. 1 Nov 1682, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Martha Rowlandson,   b. 12 Aug 1622, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 17 Jul 1712, Salisbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay (Age 89 years)
  Family ID	F699	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Mary ______
  Marriage	1685	Massachusetts Bay Colony   [4, 5, 6, 7]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 39 years - She : ??.
  Children	1685 to 1710  [4, 5, 6]
  1. Mary Eaton (1685-____) 2. John Eaton (c1687-1717) 3. William Eaton (c1689-____) 4. James Eaton (1691-____) 5. Samuel Eaton (1692-____) 6. Martha Eaton (1695-____) 7. Jonathan Eaton (1698-____) 8. Thomas Eaton (1702-____) 9. Daniel Eaton (1704-____) 10. Daniel Eaton (1710-____)
  Family ID	F9619	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2025

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1John Eaton(Abt 1646 – 17 Jan 1717/18) 2John Eaton(Abt 1619 – 1682) 4John Eaton(1590 – 1668) 8Thomas Eaton(Abt 1565 – 1622) 16Thomas Eaton(1530 – ) 17Isabel Baker 9Helen ______ 18 19 5Anne( – 1660) 10 20 21 11 22 23 3Martha Rowlandson(1622 – 1712) 6Thomas Rowlandson( – 1657) 12 24 25 13 26 27 7Bridget Bradstreet( – 1662) 14 28 29 15 30 31

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1646 - Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony Marriage - 1685 - Massachusetts Bay Colony Religion - 7 Sep 1707 - Salisbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Will - 15 Jan 1717/18 - Salisbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Death - 17 Jan 1717/18 - Salisbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Probate/Proved - 9 Apr 1718 - Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S2578] Molyneux, Nellie Zara Rice, History, Genealogical and Biographical, of the Eaton Families, (New York: C. W. Bardeen, 1911), p 369. [S621] Hoyt, David W., The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts, with some Related Families of Newbury, Haverhill, Ipswich, and Hampton volume I, (Providence, Rhode Island: Snow & Farnham, 1897). [S846] Topsfield Historical Society. Vital Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 , (Topsfield, Massachusetts: Topsfield Publishing Co., 1915), p 553. 🟡 [S2578] Molyneux, Nellie Zara Rice, History, Genealogical and Biographical, of the Eaton Families, (New York: C. W. Bardeen, 1911) . 🟡 [S845] Brown, Asa W., "Early Settlers of Salisbury, Mass., Arranged into Families" 1854, (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume VIII, 1854) . 🟡 [S621] Hoyt, David W., The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts, with some Related Families of Newbury, Haverhill, Ipswich, and Hampton volume I, (Providence, Rhode Island: Snow & Farnham, 1897) . 🟡 [S91] Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriage Prior to 1700, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985), p 241 .