1 John EATON b: 1595 in England
d: October 29, 1668 in Haverhill, Essex Co., MA
.. +Anne b: Abt. 1595 in England m: Abt.
1618 d: February 05, 1659/60 in Haverhill, Essex Co., MA
..... 2 Ann EATON
..... 2 Elizabeth EATON
..... 2 Ruth EATON
..... 2 Thomas EATON
..... 2 John
EATON Jr. b: 1619 d: November 01, 1682 in Salisbury, Essex
Co., MA
......... +Martha ROWLANDSON
b: Abt. 1620 m: Abt. 1641 in Salisbury, Essex Co., MA d: 1712
............ 3 Hester EATON b: Abt. 1642
in Salisbury, Essex Co., MA
............ 3 John EATON b: Abt. 1644 in
Salisbury, Essex Co., MA
............ 3 Thomas EATON b: Abt. 1646
in Salisbury, Essex Co., MA
............ 3 Martha
EATON b: August 12, 1648 in Salisbury, Essex Co., MA d: 1734
................ +Benjamin
COLLINS b: 1640 in England m: November 05, 1668 in Salisbury,
Essex Co., MA d: 1683 in Salem, Essex Co., MA
................... 4 Mary COLLINS b: 1669
................... 4
John COLLINS b: 1673 in Salem, Essex Co., MA d: Aft. 1751 in
Hampton Falls, Rockingham Co., NH
....................... +Elizabeth
BARNARD? m: Abt. 1693 d: 1758
.......................... 5 Hannah COLLINS
.......................... 5 Tristram COLLINS
.......................... 5 Samuel COLLINS
.......................... 5 Jonathan COLLINS
b: 1695
.......................... 5 Robert COLLINS
b: 1698
.......................... 5 Mary COLLINS
b: 1699
.......................... 5 Elizabeth COLLINS
b: 1700
.......................... 5 Martha COLLINS
b: 1702
.......................... 5
Ebenezer
COLLINS b: 1704 in Salisbury, Essex Co., MA
..............................
+Aphia Merrill b: 1704 m: March 02, 1723/24
.................................. 6 Ebenezer
COLLINS, Jr. b: Abt. 1725
.................................. 6 Jonathan
COLLINS b: Abt. 1726
.................................. 6 Sarah
COLLINS b: Abt. 1728
.................................. 6 Mary
COLLINS b: Abt. 1730
.................................. 6 Robert
COLLINS b: Abt. 1732
.................................. 6 Mercy
COLLINS b: Abt. 1734
.................................. 6 Aphia
COLLINS b: Abt. 1737
..................................
6 Benjamin
COLLINS b: 1741 in East Kingston, Rockingham Co., NH d:
August 1778 in Valley Forge, Montgomery Co., PA
......................................
+Elizabeth PAGE b: 1749 m: Abt. 1768 in NH d: 1781
.......................... 5 Benjamin COLLINS
b: 1708
................... 4 Samuel COLLINS b: 1676
................... 4 Anna COLLINS b: 1679
................... 4 Benjamin COLLINS b:
1681
................... 4 Ephrain COLLINS b:
1683
................... 4 Elizabeth COLLINS b:
Abt. 1685
............ 3 Ann EATON b: Abt. 1652 in
Salisbury, Essex Co., MA
............ 3 Sarah EATON b: Abt. 1654 in
Salisbury, Essex Co., MA
............ 3 Mary EATON b: Abt. 1656 in
Salisbury, Essex Co., MA
............ 3 Samuel EATON b: Abt. 1658
in Salisbury, Essex Co., MA
............ 3 Joseph EATON b: March 06,
1659/60 in Salisbury, Essex Co., MA d: February 13, 1742/43
in Salisbury, Essex Co., MA
............ 3 Ephraim EATON b: April 12,
1663 in Salisbury, Essex Co., MA d: June 28, 1723
............ 3 Elizabeth EATON b: Abt. 1850
in Salisbury, Essex Co., MA
..... 2 Hester EATON b: Abt. 1625
*2nd Wife of John EATON:
.. +Phoebe DOW b: Abt. 1600 m: November 20,
1661 in Haverhill, Essex Co., MA d: 1672 in Haverhill, Essex Co., MA
John and Anne Eaton with their six
children came to our New England shores, like many other families of their
time, without leaving any known record of the date or place of their arrival,
or the vessel in which they came. His name first appears on the proprietors'
books of Salisbury, Massachusetts, in the winter of 1639-1640. It
is supposed that the family came from England, but no trace of its ancestry
has yet been found. There were several grants of real estate made
by the "ffreemen" of Salisbury unto John Eaton, senior, from 1640 to 1646
inclusive. One was of a house lot in Salisbury, near the present
town office; the other supposed
to be the one he lived upon, was a "planting lot containing per estimation
six acres more or less, lying upon ye great Neck." His house was near the
"great Neck bridge," on "the beach road." This homestead never passed
out of the Eaton family and is now owned by seven
sisters in equal and undivided
shares, under the pleasing name of "Brookside Farm." In the spring
of 1646 John Eaton (1) was chosen grand juror, and also one of the five
"Prudential men" to manage the affairs of the town. In the same year
he transferred his homestead to his son John (2) Eaton, and removed with
the rest of his family about fifteen miles up the Merrimac to Haverhill,
Massachusetts, where he spent the last twenty-two years of his life in
tilling the soil and in manufacturing staves. One of the entries
in the records of the town of Haverhill is, "Anne ye wife of John Eaton
died on the 5th of February, 1660." Another. "John Eaton sen. and
Phebe Dow, wid. of Thomas Dow of Newbury,
were married ye 20th of November,
1661." John Eaton, senior, died in Haverhill October 29, 1668, aged
seventy-three years. Mrs. Phebe (Dow) Eaton died 1672. The children
of John and Anne Eaton were: John, Ann, Elizabeth, Ruth, Thomas, and Hester.