Mehitable Richardson (1764 - 1847)

Born 10 Aug 1764 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of John Eaton — married 6 Nov 1782 in East Hoosac, Berkshire County, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 22 Feb 1847 at age 82 in Huron, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Mehitable was born on 10 Aug 1764 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony. She was the daughter of Jonathan Richardson and Mary (Woodward) Richardson.

She married John Eaton.

She died on 22 Feb 1847 in Huron, Ohio.

Marriage and Children

Married: John Eaton on 6 November 1782 in East Hoosick (now Adams), Berkshire County, Massachusetts.^[1]

Children of John Eaton and Mehitable Richardson:^[2]

1. Arunah Eaton. Born 4 February 1784 in East Hoosick (now Adams), Massachusetts.^[3] He married Candace Esther Raymond on December 31, 1807 in Fairfield, New York.^[4] She died on May 25, 1826 in Peru, leaving behind four children including Delos who was only 1 year old. He m. 2nd Mary Ann Blodgett, the daughter of Solomon Blodgett and Thankful Blair, on January 30, 1827 in Gorham, New York. He died 7 November 1868 in Norwalk, Ohio.
2. Esther Eaton. Born 19 November 1787 in Fairfield, Herkimer County, New York. Said to have m. Asa Morse
3. RICHARDSON EATON b. April 11, 1790; m. Marjorie White; d. March 21, 1881 in Peru. (ch. Emeline, Eleanor, Ann M.)
4. JOHN EATON b. December 25, 1791; m. Anna Stanton in 1815; d. October 5, 1863 in Eatonville (ch. Elvira A., Lucinda, Esther Ann, Charles, John Irving)
5. JONATHAN EATON b. November 14, 1794; m. Hepsibah; d. February 27, 1826 in Peru, Ohio.
6. LEONARD EATON b. September 21, 1796; m. Susan Arnold; d. November 8, 1856 and bur. Eatonville (ch. Arnold)
7. ALMIRA EATON b. December 8, 1802; d. 1878
8. OWEN EATON b.

Sources

1. ↑ Rev War Pension application. #W21032, John Eaton.
2. ↑ Dates are all confirmed from a family bible now in the possession Sally Rolls Pavia
3. ↑ On the internet his birth year is given either as 1784 or 1785. Apparently a copy of a bible record says 1784 and this would agree with the 1850 census. The pension files of his father give the 1785 birth date. Originally, Adams was part of the East Hoosuck Plantation (variously spelled Hoosick, Hoosuck, Hoosic) until incorporated and renamed Adams (after Samuel Adams) in 1787. In 1878, Adams was split into 2 townships, Adams and North Adams.
4. ↑ Raymond. Genealogies of the Raymond families. (1886): page 145

Source list:

• Barbour, Lucious Barnes. Connecticut Vital Records (The Barbour Collection): Killingly Births - Marriages - Deaths 1708-1850. (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, NEHGS, 1920): page 66.

• Rev War Pension. U.S. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900. (database online, Ancestry.com). Pension W21032, pension application of John Eaton and wife Mehitable. Available at ancestry.com.

• FamilySearch profile.

See also:

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHTW-LFS : 10 November 2020), Mehitable Richardson, 10 Aug 1764; citing Birth, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009513.

Mehitable Richardson

Birth Date 10 Aug 1764

Birthplace Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America

Father's Name Jonathan Richardson

Mother's Name Mary

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