Unknown Eaton (aft. 1651)

Born after Mar 1651 in Duxbury, Plymouth Colony

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Biography

Unknown Eaton was born after March 1651 (William Bradford's accounting of the increase in families of Mayflower passengers). She was the daughter of Samuel Eaton and Elizabeth Unknown.

Samuel Eaton by his first wife Elizabeth had at least two daughters. ^[1] "Children (EATON) all or most b. Duxbury, two by first wife, four by second wife:

1. dau. b. prob. bef. 1651 (Bradford's acct.); m. ----- -----
   
2. dau. b. after March 1651 (Bradford's acct.); m. ----- -----
   
3. SARAH b. bef. 3 Jan. 1663/4*
   
4. SAMUEL b. ca. 1664 (aft. 3 Jan. 1663/4)
   
5. MERCY b. ca. 1665
   
6. BETHIAH b. ca. 1668"

From Samuel's estate settlement: "... and the Children of the first wife to have the sume of twenty shillings a peece & such of them as are Dead the sume to be payed amonge theire children." 20s was also the amount given to the two youngest children, daughters of Samuel, so by this they were daughters. There could be more than just two, but the implication is that at least one was living and one deceased.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Van Antwerp, Lee Douglas and Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations : Volume 9, Francis Eaton, (Plymouth:GSMD, 1996), Vol. 9, p. 6
2. ↑ The Inventory of Samuel Eaton (Francis) and the Settlement of his Estate. The Mayflower Descendant 2: 172 Link at AmericanAncestors ($); link at Hathi (free)

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