John
Rufus
Eaton
Born in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia
Ancestors 
Son of Ward Eaton Esq.
and Eunice Deborah Eaton
Brother of
Ann Isabella (Eaton) Rand, Leander Eaton, William Eaton, Martha (Eaton) Starr and James Stanley Eaton
Husband of
Josephine Collins (Hamilton) Eaton
— married
1 Dec 1849 (to 4 Nov 1861) in St. Joseph Parish, Cornwallis, Nova Scotia
Died
at age 35
in Boston Harbor, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 16 Mar 2014
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Biography
John was born in 1826 in Cornwallis and died in 1861 at Boston MA. at age 35 years. He Married Josephine Collins Hamilton in 1849 and was buried at Chelsea, Suffolk, Mass. in 1861.
Children born to John Eaton and Josephine Hamilton:
- Emma Marie 1851-1851
- Grace Hunnewell 1852-1931
Notes about John: He was in business first in Kentville, Nova Scotia, and afterwards in Boston, Mass., where he was a member of the Ship Chandlery and Commission firm of J. Rufus Eaton & Company. He was a genial and generous man. His death was sudden and sad; he was drowned while rowing in Boston Harbor, 4th November 1861- his body was found and buried at Chelsea Garden Cemetery. (Source: The Nova Scotia Eatons)
Sources
- Family Search ID Family 96
- The Nova Scotia Eatons
- Census's of Canada and United States
- Vital statistics of Nova Scotia 1763-1957
- The History of Kings Co. p. 654
- hhennigar.ca person ID I41560 Family F633
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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~1.56%
Mike Partridge
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23andMe, GEDmatch M323683 [compare]
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~1.56%
Deborah Clarke :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Donna (Bishop) Mitchell :
23andMe, GEDmatch WJ1847354 [compare]
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch WJ1847354 [compare], FTDNA kit #MI52735
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~0.78%
M Johnson :
23andMe
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~0.78%
John Eaton :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Alan Whitman :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Greg Bishop :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member greg_bishop01
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch CB8900066 [compare], FTDNA kit #IN65298
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~0.78%
Tom Annand :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch TD7207679 [compare], Ancestry member tannand
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~0.78%
Kenneth Macgowan :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch F327899 [compare], FTDNA kit #351953
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MyHeritage DNA
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Living DNA
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