Thomas Eaton, of Rowington, Warwickshire

THOMAS EATON (John) of Rowington, Warwickshire (b. 1528 Rowington, d. 31 April 1571 or 1 May 1571 in Rowington, Warwickshire, England181, 181, 181. He married Isabel Baker.

Children

Children of Thomas Eaton and Isabel Baker probably all born at Rowington:

1. THOMAS, prob. eldest son and b about 1560; he moved to Hatton 4 where he had inherited land; m Helen ; 11 ch.; he d 5 Nov. 1622, testate
2. JOHN, b prob. 1562-70; m 1, Katherine who was buried 8 April 1620 at Rowington; m 2, Margery who outlived him; "Old Goodman Eaton" was buried 12 July 1646; in his will he mentioned grandchildren, but did not name the daus. who were prob. then dead. Elenor, dau. of John Eaton who was bapt. 19 Nov. 1598 at Stratford-on-Avon which is 9 miles to the south of Rowington, may have been his dau.; Margery, of Rowington, d testate 1664, left 20s. to "widow Eaton late wife of Thomas Eaton of Hatton." This would be the widow of her late husband's late nephew Thomas Eaton of Hatton. 5 July 1646 - the will of JOHN EATON of Rowington, county of Warwick, yeoman . . . sick in body . . . to be buried in the church or churchyard of Rowington . . . to my grandchild John Wheritt my joined bedstead in the parlor . . . to Elizabeth Wheritt his sister my joined cubbards in the parlor to be delivered to them after the death of Margery Eaton my now wife . . . to said John Wheritt my truckle bed in the parlor . . . to George Smart my malt mill, my heare cloth, my uteing vat & my great chair and coffer in the parlor, the lesser cubbard in the parlor and the tallow in the hall with the benches & wainscotes & other necessaries . . . unto the aforesaid George Smart, Richard Smart and the five children of Jobe Wheritt my brass and pewter . . . to Mossias Smart my little featherbed if he shall come to Rowington within 4 years and the bolsters and blankets belonging to i t . . . to the poor of Rowington 20s. . . . wife Margery sole executrix . . . Thomas Tybatts, Sen., John Mylborne & Thomas Pettite supervisors. Witnesses: John Reeve, Thomas Reeve, John Mylborne, Thomas Pettite. Proved 29 September 1646. Inventory of £162.18.8. (Warwick wills at the Worcester record office, 1646, No. 26)
3. MARY, prob. eldest dau. b about 1562-4; she received 40 marks and a cow by her father's will
4. ALICE, prob. 2nd dau. b about 1564-6; she received £6 [per year] out of rents from land in Beausall
5. JANE, prob. 3rd dau. b about 1566-8; she received rent for 15 years from a tenement
6. ANNE, apparently the youngest dau. & b about 1668-70; she received as her inheritance the rents of the tenement after 15 years of tenure to her sister Jane prob. m Howman

After the death of Thomas, Isabell remarried to Thomas Nason and had more children including:

1. THOMAS (surname Nason), prob. b about 1572; d 1621-6 testate

Sources

1. John Brooks Threlfall, Twenty-Six Great Migration Colonists To New England & Their Origins (Madison, Wisconsin, 1993) 63 download a copy here
2. Richardson, Douglas. The English Origin of John1 Eaton (1590-1668) of Salisbury and Haverhill, Massachusetts. American Genealogist (D.L. Jacobus). (Jan 1993), 68:52.
3. Parish Registers;