Deacon
Henry
Knowles
Eaton
Born in Newport Township, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada
Ancestors 
Son of Daniel Eaton
and Martha (Knowles) Eaton
Brother of
Daniel Lewis Eaton [half]
Husband of
Lucy Ann (DeWolfe) Eaton
— married
10 Mar 1830 (to 11 Mar 1872) in Kings Co., Nova Scotia
Father of
Otis Henry Eaton and Edward Henry Eaton
Died
at about age 89
in Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 4 Mar 2012
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Biography
Henry was born in 1805.[1] He was the son of Dan and Martha Eaton.[1] He died in 1895 and is buried in Upper Canard Cemetery, Kings Co., NS. He married Lucy Ann Dewolf in 1871 at Centerville, Kings Co., NS.[1]
Children of Henry and Lucy include:
- daughter, b 2 Feb 1831, d 2 Mar 1831[1]
- Judson, b 13 Dec 1832, m first Mar 1859 Susan Maria Eaton, m second 27 Aug 1861 Susan Spinney, no children[1]
- Otis, b 2 Jun 1835, m 9 Apr 1867 Adelaide Marr, 6 children[1]
- Margaret Ann, b 6 Nov 1837, d unmarried 25 Jan 1864[1]
- Joshua Tinson, b 7 Feb 1840, m Minnie B DeWolf[1]
- Daniel, b 24 Aug 1842, d unmarried 11 Aug 1868[1]
- Martha Laleah, b 5 Apt 1845, m W S Sweet, had children[1]
- Sarah Julia, b 15 Oct 1847, m Samuel S Strong, had children[1]
- Edward Henry, b 5 Mar 1850, m Clara Louisa Rogers, had children[1]
- Clara J S DeWolf, b 1 Jul 1852, d unmarried after 1855.[1]
Arthur W A Eaton refers to him as
- ”one of the most honorable of David Eaton’s descendants, a man of integrity and refinement, of the most unaffected piety, and a simplicity and sweetness of character that have won for him the increasing respect of his generation.”[1]
Census
1891 Canada Census: [2]
Sources
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 Eaton, Arthur Wentworth Hamilton, “The Eaton family of Nova Scotia, 1760-1929”, The Murray printing Company, Cambridge, MA, 1929; pp 93-94
- ↑ "Canada Census, 1891," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MW23-WKG : 3 August 2016), Henry Eaton, Brooklyn, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada; Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; Library and Archives Canada film number 30953_148119.
- The Nova Scotia Eaton's
- www.hhennigar.ca Family ID F13575 Person ID: 36576
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- Chris (Fortin) Eaton
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Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #B403191
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~0.78%
M Johnson :
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~0.78%
John Eaton :
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~0.78%
Deborah Clarke :
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~0.78%
Kenneth Macgowan :
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