John Eaton

Abt 1619 - 1682  (63 years)

• Name	John Eaton
  	to New England — Farmer and a Commoner
  Birth	Abt 1619	Hatton, Warwickshire, England   [1, 2]
  General Information	He owned much real estate and was one of the Prudential Men of Salisbury’.
  Tax	1650 (31 years)  [3]
  John was taxed in 1650 and 1652.
  Legal	1660 (41 years)  [4]
  He deposed in 1660 at the age of about 40 years.
  Travel	Mar 1664/65 (46 years)
  He most probably made a return voyage to England in March 1664/65, as John Hall met him in London at that time.
  Religion	1677 (58 years)	Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony   [3]
  He was listed as a member of the Salisbury Church.
  Will	12 Sep 1682 (63 years)  [3]
  Probate/Proved	30 Oct 1682 (63 years)	Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony   [3]
  Death	1 Nov 1682	Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Burial	Aft 1 Nov 1682	Salisbury Colonial Burying Ground, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Salisbury Colonial Burying Ground,  Salisbury, Massachusetts Also known as First Cemetery, Old Burying Ground, Old Corner Burying Ground   [2]
  Siblings	5 brothers and 5 sisters
  + 1. John Eaton,   b. Abt 1619, Hatton, Warwickshire, England d. 1 Nov 1682, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony  (Age 63 years) ▻ Martha Rowlandson,  m. 1645 > 2. Anne Eaton,   c. 14 Sep 1623, Hatton, Warwickshire, England d. 16 Dec 1683, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony  (Age ~ 60 years) ▻ Captain George Brown,  m. 25 Jun 1645 > 3. Ensign Thomas Eaton,   c. 19 Feb 1625/26, Hatton, Warwickshire, England d. 15 Dec 1708, Haverhill, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  (Age ~ 82 years) ▻ Martha Kent,  m. 14 Aug 1656 ;   Eunice Singletary,  m. 6 Jan 1658/59   4. Richard Eaton,   c. 12 Oct 1628, Hatton, Warwickshire, England d. 27 Mar 1630, Hatton, Warwickshire, England  (Age ~ 1 years) > 5. Elizabeth Eaton,   c. 31 Jan 1629/30, Hatton, Warwickshire, England d. 21 Jan 1683, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony  (Age ~ 52 years) ▻ James Davis,  m. 1 Dec 1648   6. Sarah Eaton   bur. 4 Aug 1633, Hatton, Warwickshire, England   7. Daniel Eaton,   c. 8 Dec 1633, Hatton, Warwickshire, England d. say 1634  (Age ~ 0 years)   8. Daniel Eaton,   c. 26 Feb 1634/35, Hatton, Warwickshire, England bur. 13 Aug 1635, Hatton, Warwickshire, England  (Age ~ 0 years) > 9. Ruth Eaton,   c. 12 Feb 1637, Hatton, Warwickshire, England d. Bef 1716  (Age ~ 78 years) ▻ Samuel Ingalls,  m. 9 Dec 1656   10. Hester Eaton,   c. 6 May 1638, Hatton, Warwickshire, England d. 1649, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony  (Age ~ 10 years)   11. Job Eaton,   c. 9 Sep 1639, Hatton, Warwickshire, England d. Bef 6 Aug 1668  (Age ~ 28 years)
  Patriarch & Matriarch	John Eaton   (2 x Great Grandfather)  Anne   d. 5 Feb 1660, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony   (Mother)
  Person ID, Branch	I728	Roy Line
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Death: Richardson (1993) gives his death date as 1 November 1682.

  
  

Father	John Eaton,   c. 26 Dec 1590, Hatton, Warwickshire, England d. 29 Oct 1668, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony (Age ~ 77 years)
Mother	Anne   d. 5 Feb 1660, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Family ID	F700	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart




Spouse / Partner	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)
Marriage	1645	Massachusetts Bay Colony   [1, 3, 4, 6, 7]
Age at Marriage	He : ~ 26 years - She : ~ 22 years and 4 months.
Children	5 sons and 6 daughters
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
Family ID	F699	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
Last Modified	21 Jun 2025




• Pedigree

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

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1619 - Hatton, Warwickshire, England Marriage - 1645 - Massachusetts Bay Colony Religion - 1677 - Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony Probate/Proved - 30 Oct 1682 - Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony Death - 1 Nov 1682 - Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony Burial - Aft 1 Nov 1682 - Salisbury Colonial Burying Ground, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S1329] Richardson, Douglas, "The English Origin of John Easton (1590-1668) of Salisbury and Haverhill, Massachusetts" , (New Haven, Connecticut: The American Genealogist, volume LXVIII, 1993). [S14] Ancestry.com, Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current® http://findagrave.com, (Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Memorial ID 186591106 John George Eaton II . [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), p 148. [S2577] Holman, Mary Lovering, Ancestry of Charles Stinson Pillsbury and John Sargent Pillsbury , (Concord, New Hampshire: Rumford Press, 1938), p 1120. [S845] Brown, Asa W., "Early Settlers of Salisbury, Mass., Arranged into Families" 1854, (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume VIII, 1854). [S2578] Molyneux, Nellie Zara Rice, History, Genealogical and Biographical, of the Eaton Families, (New York: C. W. Bardeen, 1911). [S91] Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriage Prior to 1700, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985), p 241.