Timothy Eaton (1731 - 1811)

Born 31 Jul 1731 in Haverhill, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Massey) Eaton — married 1756 (to 29 May 1797) in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 17 Jul 1811 at age 79 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Captain Timothy Eaton served with Essex County, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Timothy Eaton is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A036065.

Timothy Eaton is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: [1]
Rank: Captain

Timothy Eaton of Haverhill was an officer in the Revolutionary War, serving as Captain of a company of Minute-men, Col. Samuel Johnson's regiment, which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, and as Captain of a militia company that joined Col. Jedediah Huntington's regiment, and in Col. Edward Wiggelsworth's regiment in 1776 reinforcing the Continental Army in Canada and New York. ^{[1] [2]}

Timothy was born in 1731. He was the son of James Eaton and Rachel Kimball. ^[3]

Abigail Massey married Capt. Timothy Eaton in 1756 at Haverhill, Massachusetts. ^[4] They had 12 children.

Timothy was shown as a Brass Founder as Occupation.

His first wife died May 29, 1797. On Nov 28, 1797 "Timothy Eaton and wid. Mary Coburn of Dracut" were married. ^[5]

Capt. Timothy died in 1811 at age 80 in Haverhill, Massachusetts. ^[6] He was buried at Second West Parish Cemetery. ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2023-10-22), "Record of Timothy Eaton", Ancestor # A036065.
2. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War
3. ↑ Vital Records of Haverhill, Massachusetts Vol 1 Births Topsfield, Massachusetts, 1911. Page 108
4. ↑ Vital Records of Haverhill, Massachusetts Vol 2 Marriages and Deaths Topsfield, Massachusetts, 1911. Page 103
5. ↑ Vital Records of Haverhill, Massachusetts Vol 2 Marriages and Deaths Topsfield, Massachusetts, 1911. Page 103
6. ↑ Vital Records of Haverhill, Massachusetts Vol 2 Marriages and Deaths Topsfield, Massachusetts, 1911. Page 390
7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 17 November 2020), memorial page for Timothy Eaton (1731–14 Oct 1811), Find A Grave: Memorial #52427342, citing Second West Parish Cemetery, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by V. Nareen Lake (contributor 46613568) .

• Family Group Sheet for James Eaton/Rachel Kimball.
• Family Search.org Ancestral File AFN: 2DLV-PLN
• Haverhill death date 1811 recorded at Haverhill Essex Co., Mass.
• Find a Grave Memorial - see tombstone
• Family record.net person ID #13121
• Descendants of Thomas Wells of London, England and Ipswich, Plymouth Colony, New World.
• Computersrwilde.com/WildeFamily - Family 22010
• Hollinger, Lavisa Ferrin. A Genealogical Record of the Ancestors and Descendants of Joseph Ferrin and Elizabeth Preston (Cherokee, Iowa, 1915) Page 34.
• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter, Boston, 1896-1908) Vol. 5, p. 184
  • "Eaton, Timothy, Haverhill. Captain of a company of Minute-men, Col. Johnson's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775 ; service, 6 days ; also. Captain ; return of militia companies that joined Col. Jedediah Huntington's regt., dated Camp at Roxbury, Dec. 22, 1775; ordered in Council Feb. 3, 1776, that commissions be issued to officers of said companies ; reported commissioned Feb. 3, 1776 ; also. Captain of a company raised in Haverhill and Bradford ; return made by Aaron Wood, Chairman of a committee in Essex Co. appointed by resolve of June 20, 1776, to raise men to reinforce Continental Army in Canada and New York ; also. Col. Edward Wiggelsworth's regt. ; pay abstract for travel allowance from Ticonderoga in 1776; roll sworn to in Suffolk Co., Jan. 31, 1777."