Reverend Joshua Eaton, III

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First lawyer to Settle in Worcester

From entry for Sarah Eliot:

iv. Sarah, Married Dec. 26., 1738, Rev. Joshua Eaton, b. in Waltham, Mass., 1714, H.C. 1735. He was at first a lawyer, afterwards a minister, in Spencer, Mass., d. April 2, 1772, aged 58. She d. Oct. 28, 1770.

Issue:

• 1. John, b. May 19, 1741; d. July 11, 1754.
• 2. Sarah, b. May 12, 1744; d. Oct., 1744
• 3. Sarah, b. Oct. 11, 1745
• 4. Mary, b. Oct. 1, 1747; d. July 2, 1754
• 5. Joshua, b. Jan. 2, 1749.
• 6. Samuel, b. Mar. 14, 1752; d. Jan. 21, 1754.
• 7. John Eliot, b. Feb. 9, 1756; d., Dudley, Mass., Oct. 12, 1812. This John Eliot Eaton, H.C., 1779, was a physician. His daughter, Lydia Wolcott Eaton, was the mother of Henry C. Bowen, at one time a merchant in New York City, and subsequently, founder and owner of the Independent, a religious newspaper of wide circulation. Her grandsons were Clarence Winthrop Bowen, A.B.Y.C. 1873, and John Eliot Bowen, A.B.Y.C. 1881. Another daughter of Dr. John Eliot Eaton, was Harriet, wife of Samuel P. Knight. Their daughter, Mary Eaton, was married to Hezekiah Conant of Pawtucket, R.I., where she is at present living (1904).
• Sarah Eaton, b. 1745, m Dr. Wm. Frink
• William Frink, m. Robah Eaton
• Adeline Frink, m. Cyrus Birge
• Anna Birge, m. Francis H. Smith
• Frank Birge Smith of Washington, D. C.; m. Grace Dyer.

Source:Genealogy of the Descendants of John Eliot, "apostle to the Indians," 1598-1905;By William Horace Eliot (jr.): pg. 39

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