William Eaton (1604 - 1672)

My eighth great-grandfather.

Born:  17 March 1604 in Staple, Kent, England
Died:  26 September 1672 Reading, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts Bay Colony, Colonial America

Father:  Peter Eaton
Mother:  Elizabeth Patterson

Siblings:
   Jonas Eaton, 1625
   Nicholas Eaton, ?
   Jane Eaton, ?
   Katherine Eaton, ?
   Joyce Eaton, ?

Married:  Martha Jenkins on 26 January 1627/8 at St. Johns of Thanet, Staple, Kent, England

Children:
   Mary Eaton, 1628 (Died in 1634)
   William Eaton, Jr., 1628
   Martha Eaton, 1630
   John Eaton, 1635
   Daniel Eaton, 1639
   Mary Eaton, 1643

From "History, Genealogical and Biographical, of the Eaton Families" by Nellie Zada Rice Molyneux, 1911:
"William Eaton, of Staple, county Kent, England, husbandman, with Martha his wife, three children and one servante, embarked for new England, before June 9, 1637, in the "Hercules & Sandwich."  They settled first in Watertown where he was prop. in 1642, later removing to Reading, where he settled on the east side of the "Great Pond."  He became a freeman in 1653, and died in 1658, aged 54 years.  His widow, Martha, died in 1680.  They had two children born in this country, making five children." *** This death date is different than other sources.

Martha Jenkins (1604 - 1680)

Born:  23 January 1604 in Staple, Kent, England
Died:  14 November 1680 in Reading, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts Bay Colony

Father:  Edward Jenkins
Mother:  Martha or Mary Phillips

Siblings:
   Thomas Jenkins, 1594
   Margaret Jenkins, 1596
   Mary Jenkins, 1598
   Edward Jenkins, 1600
   Daniel Jenkins, 1601
   Priscilla Jenkins, 1604