Alice (English) Eaton (1738 - 1809)

Born 2 Oct 1738 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel Willoughby — married 28 Aug 1760 (to 1789) in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia

Wife of David Eaton Sr. — married 13 Dec 1790 (to 1799) in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia

Descendants

Died 1809 at about age 70 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia

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Biography

Alice English was born on October 2, 1738 in Lebanon, Connecticut. She was the daughter of John English and Abigail Newcomb.^[1] Around 1760, Alice's family migrated to Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, where her widowed mother, Abigail, was granted 666 2/3 acres of land on July 21, 1761.^[2]

Alice married Dr. Samuel Willoughby on August 28, 1760 in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia.^[1] He died before 1790. On December 23, 1790, she married David Eaton, who was 61 years of age at the time.

Alice is buried at Chipman's Corner Churchyard Kings, NS with first husband Samuel Willoughby.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Eaton, Arthur Wentworth Hamilton, The History of Kings County, Nova Scotia, The Salem Press Company, 1910, pp 661-663 (Available at Archive.org and other online sources)
2. ↑ ibid. pg 74

See also:

• David Eaton Genealogy
• Family Search Community Trees
• Vital statistics of Nova Scotia 1763-1950