Nathaniel Easton, of Boston

Y-DNA testing has shown that this Nathaniel Eaton was not the son of Rev. Nathaniel Eaton

Another branch of Eaton: from Nathaniel Eaton a resident and leather dresser of Boston, m 1743 Mercy Trott and 2nd Sarah Day dau of James Day, Nathaniel d 1750, Nathaniel Jr b 1744 only living child at death of father, baker by trade reside in Roxburry later Lancaster where he was Capt of the Minute men in Lancaster, he d there age 97, he m Martha Gridley

History of Ashburnham, Mass. From the Grant of pg 684
Another branch of Eaton family descended from Nathaniel Eaton leather dresser of Boston
Sons of the American Revolution Membership Application 1889-1970, Maryland Society # Nat 51436 State 1238, date 9 Oct 1921
Captain Nathaniel Eaton b Boston, Mass. 24 Jul 1744 and died in 1841 Lancaster, Mass.
Applicant Clarence Jackson Eaton age 56, b St John, New Brunswick, Canada. on 14 Mar 1875, (Parents were there in business at the time, resided in Baltimore since 1875, ) son of
Abijah H Eaton 1840-1917 m 1868
Emma Delia Andrews 1844-1884
so Friend Eaton 1802-1850 m 1826
Mary Law b d
so Capt Nathaniel Eaton 1744*1841 m 1778 2nd
Lucy Bennett b d
so Nathaniel III Eaton b d 1750 m
Mary Trott 1st Sarah Day 2nd b d

DISPROVED: Nathaniel Eaton Jr so Master Nathaniel Eaton Sr and Ann Graves, so Richard Eaton of Cheshire, Eng

The will of Christian Trott, dated 8 February 1774 at Middletown, Connecticut, mentions that she had given her nephew Nathaniel Eaton all that she thought it was her duty to give to him (Suffolk Co. PR 46:255, excerpt from Trott MS.).

References

1. Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017). From Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620. Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975-2015. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2728/i/48619/96/68981818. (document attached).
2. The Eaton Families Association presents The "New" Etonian. Volume 13, Issue 12. June 2015. < PDF > 'In this month’s issue we are including a register report of the Descendants of Nathaniel Eaton. Nathaniel was the brother of Theophilus Eaton of New Haven and Samuel Eaton. All three brothers arrived in America in 1637; Theophilus stayed, and Samuel went back to England a few years later. Nathaniel settled in Cambridge, MA, led a very strange life and eventually went back to England where he died in debtors’ prison. There is another Nathaniel Eaton who married Mercy Trott, lived in Boston and died in 1750. We have discovered that the Boston Nathaniel is not related to Nathaniel of Cambridge. The descendants of the Boston family moved on to Lancaster, MA, and we have named that family Nathaniel Eaton Family of Lancaster. Again, here is a chance to get another DNA sample to determine if the Lancaster Eatons belong to a group we know well. If anyone knows this line conclusively, please let me know."
3. Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Dec 4 2024, 1:12:13 UTC
4. Reference: WikiTree Genealogy - SmartCopy: Dec 4 2024, 0:53:25 UTC
5. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/237020353/mercy_mary_eaton
6. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/237020170/nathaniel_eaton
7. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KLXL-6TR