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Sarah Eaton (Eliot)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States
Death: October 18, 1770 (56-57)
Spencer, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
Place of Burial: Old Spencer Cemetery Spencer Worcester County Massachusetts
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Judge John Eliot and Mary Eliot
Wife of Reverend Joshua Eaton, III
Mother of Sarah Frink; Dr. John E. Eaton, Sr.; John Eaton; Son Eaton; Joshua Eaton and 1 other
Sister of Mary Burr; Ann Banks; Elizabeth Chandler; John Eliot; Hannah Eliot and 1 other

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About Sarah Eaton

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

Link: https://books.google.com/books?id=LysYAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA39&lpg=PA39&dq=...


Taken from entry for Sarah Eliot:

Sarah, m. Rev. Joshua EATON, who was born in Waltham in 1714, graduated at Harvard Col. in 1735. He first entered successfully on the practice of law, but his views and feelings on religious subjects being materially altered, he left the bustle of the court and became a humble and faithful ambassador of the Prince of peace. He was settled in Spencer, Mass. in 1744 where he died April 2, 1772 aged 58.

Son: John Eliot Eaton graduated at Harvard in 1779.

Source: Genealogy of the Eliot Family; originally compiled by William H. Eliot: Revised and enlarged by William S. Porter; New Haven, Ct.; George B. Bassett & Co.; 1854

Linkhttps://books.google.com/booksid=HSVYAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA64&lpg=vxsby&sig...

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Sarah Eaton's Timeline

1713
1713
Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States
1741
May 19, 1741
1742
January 13, 1742
1745
October 11, 1745
Spencer, Worcester County, MA, United States
1749
January 24, 1749
1752
March 14, 1752
1756
February 9, 1756
Spencer, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
1770
October 18, 1770
Age 57
Spencer, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
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Old Spencer Cemetery Spencer Worcester County Massachusetts