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• Birth	1618  [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UPD	15 AUG 2009 01:38:15 GMT-5
  Died	15 Dec 1708  [2]
  Person ID	I1057	Alan Donald Vibber
  Last Modified	08 Dec 2009
  Father	Eaton John,   b. Abt 1595,   d. 29 Oct 1668
  Mother	Anne,   d. 05 Feb 1660
  Family ID	F472	Group Sheet
  Family 1	Kent Martha,   d. 09 Mar 1657
  Married	14 Aug 1656	Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, USA   [1, 3]
  Family ID	F471	Group Sheet
  Family 2	Singletary or Singletery Eunice or Unice,   b. 07 Jan 1641,   d. 05 Oct 1715
  Married	06 Jan 1659	Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, USA   [1, 3, 4]
  Children	1. Eaton Jonathan,   b. 23 Apr 1668, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 20 Jan 1723
  Family ID	F2228	Group Sheet

• Notes

  3 2 *Ensign Thomas Eaton, yeoman; son of John Eaton. "Commoner" of Salisbury, Mass., b 1618; went with his father to Haver- hill, where he m (1) Martha Kent, Aug. 14, 1656, who d Mar. 9, 1657. He m (2) Unice Singletery, dau of Richard, of Salisbury. They were m at Andover, Mass., Jan. 2, 1659; he d Dec. 15, 1708; Eunice his wife d Oct. 5 1517 Issue by 1st wife 19 1 Martha b Feb. 27, 1657; m Thomas Roby Issue by 2nd wife 20 2 Thomas b Mar. 16, 1660; m Hannah Webster, May 5, 1684 21 3 Lydia b July 23, 1662; m Jacob Hardy 22 4 John b Mar. 6, 1664; m Mary Sing- lertery, June 25, 1700 23 5 Jonathan b April 23, 1668; m (1) Sarah Sanders, Mar. 19, 1695; m (2) Ruth Page 24 6 Job b April 22, 1671 ; m Mary Simons Jan. 10. 1698 26 7 Timothy b May 19, 1674; m Ruth Chapman, and d 1763 (issue) 26 8 Ebenezer* b April 5, 1677; d unm May 14, 1737 27 9 Martha b Mar. 16, 1680; m Thomas Roby, as 2nd wife to her half sister's husband 28 10 Ruth b Nov. 23, 1684; m (1) Ebenezer Kimball; m (2) Stephen Johnson *Note Thomas Eaton was the first selectman of the.town in 1697; he was one of the committee on location of the Meeting House. The inventory of his estate amounted to £404. 5s. His wife, Unes, as he wrote in his will, d Oct. 5, 1715. *Note Ebenezer Eaton was a rich bachelor farmer who occupied the homestead of his father. The Inventory of his Estate was £1757. 13 s. divided among his brothers and sisters. 3 2 Ensign Thomas b 1618; settled in Haverhill; m (1) Martha Kent; m (2) Unice Singletery, dau of Richard, of Salisbury, 6 Jan. 1659; (m at Andover, Mass.) (II) Ensign Thomas, son of John Eaton, was born about 1631 in England, and removed with his father from Salisbury to Haverhill in 1646. He was one of the thirty-seven signers of a petition to the general court to revoke the sentence of disfranchisement against Robert Pike for freedom of speech. In 1675 he was selectman and also in 1692. He was one of a committee on the location of the meeting house. He was a well-to-do farmer, prominent in church and town affairs. He married (first) August 14, 1656, Martha Kent, who died March 9, 1657. He married (second) at Andover, January 6, 1659, Eunice Singletary, born January 7,1641, died October 5, 1715, daughter of Richard and Susanna Singletary, of Salisbury. He died October 5, 1715. Child of first wife: I. Martha, bora February 27, 1657, died young. Children of second wife: 2. Thomas, March 18, 1660, married Hannah Webster, of Haverhill. 3. Lydia, July 23, 1662, married Jacob Hardy. 4. John, March 6, 1664, married Mary Singletary. 5. Jonathan, April 23, 1668, mentioned below. 6. Job, April 22, 1671, married Mary Simons. 7. Timothy, May 19, 1674, married Ruth Chapman. 8. Ebenezer, April 5, 1677, occupied the homestead. 9. Martha, March 16, 1680, married Thomas Roby. 10. Ruth, November 23, 1684, married (first) Ebenezer Kimball; (second) Stephen Johnson.

• Sources

  [S60] History, Genealogical and Biographical, of the Eaton Families, Nellie Zada Rice Molyneux, (Name: C. W. Bardeen, 1911;), 370 (Reliability: 3). [S60] History, Genealogical and Biographical, of the Eaton Families, Nellie Zada Rice Molyneux, (Name: C. W. Bardeen, 1911;), 371 (Reliability: 3). [S152] Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of the State of Massachusetts, William Richard Cutter, William Frederick Adams, (Name: Lewis historical publishing company, 1910;), 1562 (Reliability: 3). [S60] History, Genealogical and Biographical, of the Eaton Families, Nellie Zada Rice Molyneux, (Name: C. W. Bardeen, 1911;), 366 (Reliability: 3).