Eunice Unity (Singletary) Eaton (1642 - 1715)

Born 7 Jan 1642 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Eaton Sr. — married 6 Jan 1659 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 5 Oct 1715 at age 73 in Haverhill, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Birth

Eunice was born 7th day, 11th month, 1641 (7 January 1642). Her birth was recorded at Salisbury, Massachusetts.^[1] She was the daughter of Richard Singletary and Susanna Cooke. ^[2]

Marriage and Children

Married: 2nd Thomas Eaton of Haverhill, as his second wife, on 6 January 1658/9 at Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts. She died 5 October 1715.

^[3]

"Thomas, and Unity Singletary, both of Haverhill, Jan. 6, 1658." ^[4]

Children of Thomas Eaton and Eunice Singletary: ^[5]

• Thomas Eaton. Born 18 March 1659/60.
• Lydia Eaton. Born 23 July 1662.
• John Eaton. Born 6 March 1664/5.
• Jonathan Eaton. Born 23 April 1668.
• Job Eaton. Born 22 April 1671.
• Timothy Eaton. Born 19 March 1674.
• Ebenezer Eaton. Born 5 April 1677
• Unknown Eaton. Born 16 March 1680/1. Died 17 March 1680/1. In the Haverhill birth and death records is given as _____ Eaton; I have seen online this child's name given as Martha - evidence unknown.
• Ruth Eaton. Born 23 November 1684.

Death

Eunice died 5 Oct 1715 at Haverhill.^[6]

"Unice, wid. Thomas, Oct. 5, 1715." ^[7]

Her Find A Grave memorial shows that she was buried at the Pentucket Cemetery, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts; however, there is no gravestone and no citation to a source for her burial.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Salisbury (Mass.). Vital records of Salisbury, Massachusetts. Topsfield, Mass: Topsfield historical society, 1915. [1] Page 218
2. ↑ Baptism: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
   citing Page: Book 1, page 2; FHL microfilm: 890245; Record number: 66;
   FamilySearch Record: DDMW-2VW2 (accessed 22 September 2022)
   FamilySearch Image: 3QSQ-G979-4P6F Image number 00316
   Eunice Singletary baptism on 7 Nov 1641, daughter of Richard Singletary & Susana, in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
3. ↑ Marriage: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
   citing Marriage, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007010678.
   FamilySearch Record: QPZH-2BY8 (accessed 22 September 2022)
   FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-9979-HP2V Image number 00007
   Unity Singletary marriage to Thomas Eaton on 6 Jan 1658 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
4. ↑ Andover. Vital records of Andover, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, vol. 2: Marrigaes and Deaths. (Topsfield:Topsfield Historical Society, 1912):110. in Haverhill. LINK
5. ↑ Haverhill. Vital records of Haverhill, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, vol. 1:Births. (Topsfield:Topsfield Historical Society, 1910):103-108. LINK
6. ↑ Haverhill (Mass.). Vital records of Haverhill, Massachusetts. Vol. 2 - Marriages and Deaths. Salem, Mass: Topsfield historical society, 1911. GoogleBooks Page 390
7. ↑ Haverhill. Vital records of Haverhill, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, vol. 2:Marriages and Deaths. (Topsfield:Topsfield Historical Society, 1910):390. LINK
8. ↑ www.FindAGrave.com; Created by: Nareen, et al; Record added: May 15, 2010; Find A Grave: Memorial #52427724

See Also:

• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 for Eunice Singletary.
• Family Search.org Ancestral File AFN: 2RK8-MBT
• Eaton Family Tree records and documents
• History of an American Family
• First Settlers of New England
• Brunton, Yvonne Miller. "The Singletary History: Collected Research, 1599-1899. Heritage Papers, Danielsville, Georgia, 1989.
• Chase, George W. "History of Haverhill, Massachusetts" Haverhill Historical Society, 1983, New England University Press, p 80.
• Coddington, John Insley. Singletary Research Findings The Kentucky Genealogist, 1962, Vol. 4, p 111.
• Hoyt, David W. "The old families of Salisbury and Amesbury,, Massachusetts ; with some related families of Newbury, Haverhill, Ipswich and Hampton," Snow & Farnham, Printers, Providence, RI, 1897, pp 148-9.
• Monette, Orra Eugene, "First Settlers of Ye Plantations of Piscataway and Woodsridge Olde East New Jersey" The Leroy Carman Press. California. 1931.
• Singletary, Herrin: Arthur's Book written, compiled, and edited by Arthur and Nancy Singletary Xlibris Corporation, 2013, pp. 55, 91-93
• Ward, Marion Eaton. "Report of the 6th Annual Eaton Family Association, Boston, 1890," Tuttle, Morehouse, and Taylor, New Haven, 1891, p93.
• Philip E. Converse, William H. Eaton, An Eight-Generation Genealogy of the Eatons of Salisbury and Haverhill, Massachusetts, Willow Bend Books, Maryland, 2004