Sarah (Unknown) Eaton (abt. 1600 - abt. 1621)

Born about 1600 in England [uncertain]

Wife of Francis Eaton — married before 1621 in England

Descendants

Died about 1621 at about age 21 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, New England

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Biography

Francis Eaton, his wife Sarah, and their infant son Samuel traveled together on the Mayflower. Sarah died the first winter 1620/1621 in the "general sickness" that befell the passengers. Her son Samuel married and had children.^[1]

No records have been found to identify the first wife of Francis Eaton, other than her given name of Sarah.

Leiden?

Francis Eaton and wife Sarah do not appear in any record at Leiden, but he is among the group of Leiden church members on Bradford's list of Mayflower passengers. If Francis was at Leiden, this would explain why his marriage to Sarah and the birth of son Samuel are not found in Bristol records.^[2]

Child

Samuel Eaton b c. 1619, 1620; mar. (1) Elizabeth Unknown, (2) Martha Billington (his stepsister)^[3]

Mayflower, First Sickness and Cole's Hill Burial Ground

Sources

1. ↑ Bradford, William. History of Plymouth Plantation. Originally "Of Plymouth Plantation". (Boston: Little, Brown and company, 1856.) pp 449, 453
2. ↑ Johnson, Caleb, "New Light on the Mayflower Passengers." The American Genealogist. (Vol 80, Page 97) New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 2005. (Online database accessed 28 January 2016. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .)
3. ↑ Anderson, Robert Charles. The Pilgrim Migration: Immigrants to Plymouth Colony 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004).online no subsription needed

• MayflowerHistory.com - Sarah Eaton (Link via Wayback Machine, 17 Nov 2012 capture date)
• Mayflower Families In Progress: Francis Eaton of the Mayflower and His Descendants for Four Generations, Originally Compiled by Lee Douglas van Antwerp, MD, CG, Revised by Robert S. Wakefield, FASG, Published by General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1994.
• Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2: Name: Sarah Eaton; Gender: Female; Relationship: Wife; Spouse's Name: Francis Eaton; Spouse Gender: Male; Household Members: Name: Francis Eaton; Sarah Eaton; Samuel Eaton
• Bradford, William, 1590-1657. Of Plimoth Plantation: manuscript, 1630-1650. State Library of Massachusetts "List of Mayflower Passengers." In Bradford's Hand.

• American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI): Name: Sarah Eaton; Birth Date: 1590; Birthplace: Eng, Massachusetts; Volume: 48; Page number: 346; Reference: Gen. Column of the " Boston Transcript". 1906-1941.( The greatest single source of material for gen. Data for the N.E. area and for the period 1600-1800. Completely indexed in the Index.): 12 Apr 1916, 5351; 26 Apr 1916, 5263; 9 Apr 1924, 1494
• U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s: Name: Sarah Eaton; Arrival Year: 1620; Arrival Place: Massachusetts; Family Members: Wife Sarah; Son Samuel; Source Publication Code: 108; Primary Immigrant: Eaton, Francis; Annotation: Age, occupation, and social condition given. For other Mayflower references, see the index. Source Bibliography: AMES, AZEL. The May-Flower and Her Log, July 15, 1620-May 6, 1621, Chiefly from Original Sources. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin, 1907, pp. 166-195. Page: 186
• U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s: Name: Sarah Eaton; Birth Year: abt 1590; Arrival Year: 1620; Arrival Place: Plymouth, Massachusetts; Age: 30; Source Publication Code: 1058.20; Primary Immigrant: Eaton, Sarah; Annotation: Date and port of arrival. Excerpted author's book The Mayflower, Stine & Day, New York, 1974. Name of ship and other historical information are also provided. Source Bibliography: CAFFREY, KATE. Passengers on the Mayflower, Fortune, Anne, and Little James. In The Ark Valley Crossroads (Wichita KS Genealogical Society), vol. 6:1 (January 1995), pp. 25-27. Page: 25
• U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s: Name: Francis Eaton; Arrival Year: 1620; Arrival Place: Plymouth, Massachusetts; Family Members: Wife Sarah; Son Samuel; Source Publication Code: 116.1; Primary Immigrant: Eaton, Francis; Source Bibliography: ANDERSON, ROBERT CHARLES. The Great Migration Begins, Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. Three Volumes. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995. 2386p. Page: 608
• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900: Name: Eaton; Gender: Female; Spouse Name: Francis Eaton; Spouse Birth Year: 1608; Marriage Year: 1622; Marriage State: MA; Number Pages: 1; Household Members: Name: Eaton; Francis Eaton
• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 18 July 2019), memorial page for Sarah Eaton (1606–1621), Find A Grave Memorial no. 28972106, citing Coles Hill Burial Ground, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Marina Williams (contributor 46998654). NO Image of Stone. Image of Pilgrim Memorial on Cole's Hill. Birth date on memorial is estimate.

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