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Francis Eaton

Francis Eaton

Male 1596 - 1633  (37 years)


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  • Name Francis Eaton  [1, 2
    Birth 11 Sep 1596  St. Thomas Parish, Bristol, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christening 11 Sep 1596  St. Thomas Parish, Bristol, Gloucester, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 18 Nov 1633  Plymouth, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I54698  Cecilie Family
    Last Modified 21 Jul 2005 

    Father John Eaton,   b. Abt 1570   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Dorothy Smith,   b. Abt 1570   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage 14 Oct 1594  Bristol, Avon, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F22948  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sarah (Eaton) 
    Children 
     1. Samuel Eaton,   b. 1620, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Oct 1684, Middleboro, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
    Family ID F22891  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Feb 2009 

    Family 2 Christian Penn,   b. Abt 1606, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jul 1684, Middleborough, Plymouth, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Marriage 1624-1625  Plymouth, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Benjamin Eaton, Sr.,   b. 1 Jun 1627, Plymouth, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jan 1712, Plymouth, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
     2. Racheal Eaton,   b. 1625, Plymouth, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F22892  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Feb 2009 

  • Event Map
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  • Notes 





    • Image of Mayflower Passenger

      Mayflower Passenger

      Image of Signature from Mayflower Compact

      Signature from Mayflower Compact


      Francis Eaton was one of the Mayflower Company and a carpenter. The following copyrighted information was found at: http://members.aol.com/calebj/eaton.html Frances Eaton


      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."



      Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families - pg 100

       
      FRANCIS came in the Mayflower 1620, with wife Sarah, and son Samuel. He had a 2d wife by whom he had Rachel, m. Joseph Ramsden; and a 3d, Christian Penn, before 1627, by whom he had BENJAMIN, 1627.



      Colonial Families of the United States of America: Volume 5 p.607

       
      FRANCIS EATON. Died at Plymouth, Mass., between 4 and 18 November, 1633. He married, first, Sarah, who died at Plymouth, Mass., early in 1621, but after 11 Jan. His second wife, whom he married at Plymouth, Mass., was probably Governor Carver's maid servant. He married, third, at Plymouth, Mass., in 1624, or 1625, Christian Penn, who died at Middleborough, Mass., about 1684. She had married, second, Francis2 Billington.

      For more information see the Our Folk - Hart family Web Site

  • Sources 
    1. [S913] Davis, William T., Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families, (Boston, MA: Damrell & Upham, 1899).

    2. [S759] Mackenzie, George Norbury, Colonial Families of the United States of America, (New York: 1907), v5 pg 607 (Reliability: 3).