Jonas of Reading?2
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In reply to:
Re: 12 immigrant Eaton's of the 17th Century
3/01/01
The following is the second source I mentioned.It is from a book called "Our Family Ancestors."
Our Family Ancestors
CHAPTER XVI.
THE EATON FAMILY.
Eaton, as a family name, under various forms of spelling, is found, from a very early period. There is no evidence that all the families bearing this name are descended from a common ancestor. It is quite probable that several distinct families assumed the name. It signifies "River-town," Aqua-dunum, and occurs before, A. D., 1060, as Ettuna,--the name of several places in England.
The principal founders of Eaton families in America, who came before 1700, seem to be the following; Francis Eaton of Plymouth, who came in the Mayflower in 1620; John Eaton of Dedham, John Eaton of Haverhill, Jonas Eaton of Reading, Nathaniel Eaton of Cambridge, and William Eaton of Reading, who settled in New England from 1630 to 1640; William Eaton of North Carolina, about 1670; Thomas Eaton of Shrewsbury, N. J., 1670 to 1680; and John, George and Edward Eaton of Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania, 1683 to 1686.(*)
(*) NOTE. "The Eaton Family Association," organized in 1882, are
collecting the history of the Eaton families in America. Of this Association,
Rev. Wm. H. Eaton, of Nashua, N. H., is President, and Prof.
Daniel C. Eaton, of New Haven, Conn., is Secretary.
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We trace our own ancestors, of this name, to the county of Radnor, Wales, from whence they came to Pennsylvania, from about 1683 to 1686. So far as ??he writer knows, no effort has been made to trace the ??mily in Wales. An examination of wills and parish ??ecords might develope information as to their antecedents. In the adjoining county of Salop, were located two families of gentry, named Eyton, or Eaton, ??aving no connection. It is not unlikely that the Radnor family was a branch of one of these old Shropshire ??milies. Tabulated pedigrees of these families may be ??und in the publications of the Harleian Society. Vol. ??, Visitation of Shropshire, 1623, Part I. pp. 179-182. ??he pedigree of "Eyton of Eyton and Dudleston, near ??llsmere," made in 1623, includes no less than seven??en generations, beginning with Elydor ap Rees Says ??ho married Adda, daughter of Idnerth Benvras, ??e arms were quarterly of twelve. The Eylder arms ??ere, Ermine, a lion rampant azure.
John, George and Edward Eaton were contempora?? neighbors in Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania.(*) ??hn and George are known to have been brothers, ??lward was a near relative and is thought to have
(*) NOTE. For the the data from which this Chapter has been com??d,
I am mainly indebted to William John Potts of Camden, N. J.,
??bert Cope of West Chester, Pa., the late W. F. Corbit of Philadelphia,
Prof. D. C. Eaton of New Haven, Conn., and Isaac E. Chandler
??Johnstown. I am under especial obligation to William John Potts
??copious abstracts of the wills of the following persons on file in the
??gister's office at Philadelphia; George Eaton, probated 1706, Will??k
C, page 41; Edward Eaton, 1709, C, 186; Jane Eaton, 1724, D,
??; Joseph Eaton, 1749, I, 116; Jacob Eaton, 1750, I, 298; Uriah
??on, 1759, L, 243; George Eaton, 1764, N, 165; Mary Stirk, [nee
??on], 1748, G, 323; and Sarah Harris, [nee Eaton], 1776, Q, 232; as
??l as for other memoranda.--T. M. P.
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been a brother, though a statement of the exact relationship has not been found. John and George were Baptists, while Edward seems to have been a Friend John and George came to Pennsylvania in 1686, but Edward seems to have been here as early as 1683. The following from Mr. Isaac E. Chandler, of Johnstown, Pa., was copied for him a few years ago, from an old Welsh book in the possession of a friend.
DOLAN, COUNTY OF RADNOR, WALES. Several members of the Baptist church, in this place, and their friends moved to America, during the persecution, 1686, and commenced the first Baptist church in Pennsylvania, at Penypack, in 1688. Their names were Samuel Jones, John Eaton, George Eaton, and Jane Eaton.
John Eaton, when he went to America, had two sons, George and Joseph. George Eaton married Mary, daughter of Peter Davis. He was assistant minister, and died in 1764. Joseph Eaton, son of John, was born at Nantineal (Honeybrook), in Wales, in 1679. He was seven years old when he went to America with his father. He was called to preach with Benjamin Griffith, at Montgomery, Montgomery county, Pa. Joseph Eaton died in 1749. He had a son by name of Isaac Eaton, who was an eminent minister at a place called Hopewell, in 1770.
JOHN EATON, according to Prof. James R. Eaton of William Jewell College, Missouri, came from the parish of Llandewi Fach, Radnorshire, Wales, in 1686, and settled on the banks of the Pennypack, Pennsylvania. In a graveyard at Berlin, near Delaware, Ohio, is a tombstone bearing the following inscription:
Here rest the remains of Joseph Eaton, who departed this Life Feb. 8th, A. D., 1825, aged 59 years. He emigrated from the state of Pennsylvania, A. D., 1805. He was the son of David Eaton, which was the son of John Eaton, which was the son of Joseph Eaton, which was the son of John Eaton, who emigrated from Wales, A. D., 1686.
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John Eaton is the only one of the three original settlers in Pennsylvania, who left any male descendants. Among his descendants have been many ministers and others of distinction and learning. The name of his wife seems to have been Joan.(*) He brought with him to Pennsylvania, his sons, George and Joseph, then small children, and there seems to have been another son, John, Junior. Little mention of John Eaton, after he came to Pennsylvania, has come to the notice of the writer.
Joe Cochoit
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