Born in Cornwallis Township, Kings, Nova Scotia
Ancestors 
Daughter of Charles Eaton Sr.
and Sarah A. (Wickwire) Eaton
Sister of
Samuel Nelson Eaton, Prudence Eliza Eaton, Sarah Alice (Eaton) Power, Charles Edward Eaton Jr., William Allen Eaton, Marietta (Eaton) Newcomb and Maria Rebecca (Eaton) Farquharson
Wife of
Joseph H. Rawding
— married
3 Mar 1857 in Cornwallis, Kings Co., Nova Scotia.
Mother of
Prudence Mehetable (Rawding) Swindell, William Sommerville Rawding, John E. Rawding, Joseph H. Rawding Jr. and Sarah Lavinia (Rawding) Kempton
Died
at age 76
in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 23 Feb 2010
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Biography
Prudence was born to Charles Eaton and Sarah Wickwire in 1831.
She immigrated to the United States in 1849 at age 18 on Ship name Chronicle. It appears that she returned to Nova Scotia prior to 1856.
She married Joseph H. Rawding, 3 Mar1857 and had 4 children (1 born prior to marriage).
Her death is calculated after 1873 at Cornwallis, Nova Scotia.
Sources
- Vital statistics of Nova Scotia 1763-1957
- Family Search.org Ancestral File AFN: 15GM-TLG
- Canada Census's
- US Census 1850
- Information from Family Bible (cousin Bernice)
- Immigration: United States Index to Passenger Arrivals: 1820-1974. Affiliate publication number M334, Affiliate Film 49, GS Film 000418209, Digital Folder 004882508, Image #03080.
- Canada Marriages 1661-1949 - Joseph H, Rawding and Prudence Eaton Mar. 3, 1837; citing Cornwallis, reference P, 182, CN 168, FHL microfilm 1298810
- Nova Scotia Deaths 1890-1965 (new)
- Kings County, Nova Scotia probate records
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Prudence by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Prudence:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Prudence by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Prudence:
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~6.25%
Mike Partridge
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M323683 [compare]
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~3.12%
~12.50%
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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~3.12%
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%
Alan Whitman :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
~0.78%
Karen (Bickford) Lebrun :
AncestryDNA
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #897531
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~0.78%
Deborah Clarke :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Tom Annand :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch TD7207679 [compare], Ancestry member tannand
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