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• m. Lydia Kimball*; b. 1703
• Thomas and Lydia had at 8 children:
  • Joseph Eaton; b. Feb 27, 1729/30; d. Feb 20, 1805.
    • m. Sarah Webster; b. c1735; d. Jan 31, 1809.
  • Thomas Eaton; b. Sep 18, 1731; d. Jan 10, 1739/40.
  • Moses Eaton* (1734-1813)
    • m. Anna Webster*; d. 1831, and had at least 3 children.
  • Lydia Eaton; b. Apr 13, 1736.
  • Nathaniel Eaton; b. Mar 5, 1737/8; d. Mar 29, 1739.
  • Mehitable Eaton; b. Aug 17, 1741.
  • Thomas Eaton; b. Feb 3, 1743/4.
  • Hannah Eaton; b. Mar 17, 1746/7; d. Mar 30, 1819.

Brief Biography:

Lydia Kimball (1703-___?)* is descended from Thomas Kimball (1396-1452).

Hannah Webster* is the daughter of Stephen Webster* (1637-1694) and Hannah Ayer* (1644-1676). Stephen Webster* is the son of John Webster* (1604-1646), and Mary Shatswell* (c1610-1694) who are progenitors of President Franklin Pierce. Follow the link for John and Mary (Shatswell) Webster through their son, John Webster and his wife Ann Batt, and through their daughter, Lucy Webster and her husband, John Merrill to their son, Abel Merrill and his wife, Sarah Bodwell. Then follow the link through Abel Merrill and Sarah Bodwell to their daughter, Elizabeth Merrill whose husband was Benjamin Pierce, the grandfather of Franklin Pierce, 14th President of the United States.

A Line of descent to President Franklin Pierce

• John Webster* (1604-1646), who married Mary Shatswell* (c1610-1694), in c1630, and had a son:
• John Webster (1633-aft1716), who married Ann Batt (1630-1716), in 1653, and had a daughter:
• Lucy Webster (1664-aft1718), who married John Merrill (1662-1705), in c1689, and had a son:
• Abel Merrill (c1690-1753), who married Sarah Bodwell (1694-1736), in 1714, and had a daughter:
• Elizabeth Merrill (b. c1727), who married Benjamin Pierce (1726-1764), and had a son:
• Benjamin Pierce (1757-1839), General in the American Revolution, and Gov. of New Hampshire, who married Anna Kendrick (1766-1838), in 1787, and had a son:
• Franklin Pierce, 14th President of the United States.

Hannah Ayer* (1644-1676), is the daughter of John Ayer *(1582-1657, and Hannah ___?* (1600-1705), who are progenitors of President Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr.

Thomas Eaton* (1618-1708) is the son of John Eaton* and Anne Crossman* (d. 1660), who are also progenitors of President Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr.

Two Lines of descent to President Gerald Ford

• John Ayer (1582-1657), married Hannah ___? (1600-1705), and had a son:
• Robert Ayer (b. 1625), who married Elizabeth Palmer (1627-1705), and had a son:
• Samuel Ayer (1654-1708), who married Mary Johnson (1663-1744/5), and had a son:
• James Ayer (1686-1781), who married Mary White (1690-1775), and had a son:
• William Ayer (1716-1766), who married Sarah Little (1717-1807), in c 1740, and had a son:
• Daniel Ayer (1743-1805), who married Sarah Adams (b. 1743), in c1775, and had a son:
• Samuel Ayer (1777-1847), who married Polly Chase (1784-1854), in 1805, and had a son:
• John Varnum Ayer (1812-c1877), who married Elida Vanderburgh Manney (b. 1802), and had a son:
• George Manny Ayer (b. 1840), who married Amy Gridley Butler (b. c 1848), and had a daughter:
• Adele Augusta Ayer (1867-1938), who married Levi Addison Gardner (1861-1916), and had a daughter:
• Dorothy Ayer Gardner (1892-1967), who married Leslie Lynch King, in 1912, and had a son:
• Leslie Lynch King, Jr,, whose name was changed to Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. (b. Jul 14, 1913), 38th President of the United States.
  Note: Dorothy divorced Leslie Lynch King in 1915, and remarried Gerald Rudolph Ford, who adopted Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. (b. Feb 1, 1913).

• John Eaton* (d. 1668), married Anne Crossman* (d. 1660), and had a daughter:
• Elizabeth Eaton (d. 1683), who married James Davis, Jr. (d. 1694), in 1648, and had a son:
• James Davis, III, who married Sarah ___?, and had a daughter:
• Joanna Davis, who married Jacob Chase, in 1716, and had a son:
• Ezra Chase (1717-1793), who married Judith Davis, and had a son:
• William Chase (1756-1838), who married Abigail Gove (1761-1844), in 1783, and had a daughter:
• Polly Chase (1784-1854), who married Samuel Ayer (1777-1847), in 1805, and had a son:
• John Varnum Ayer (1812-c1877), who married Elida Vanderburgh Manney (b. 1802), and had a son:
• George Manny Ayer (b. 1840), who married Amy Gridley Butler (b. c 1848), and had a daughter:
• Adele Augusta Ayer (1867-1938), who married Levi Addison Gardner (1861-1916), and had a daughter:
• Dorothy Ayer Gardner (1892-1967), who married Leslie Lynch King, in 1912, and had a son:
• Leslie Lynch King, Jr,, whose name was changed to Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. (b. Jul 14, 1913), 38th President of the United States.
  Note: Dorothy divorced Leslie Lynch King in 1915, and remarried Gerald Rudolph Ford, who adopted Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr.

References:

• History - Genealogical and Biographical - of the Eaton Families, by Nellie Zada Rice MolyNeux, pub. by C. W. Bardeen, Syracuse NY.
• Thomas Eaton (1625/5-1708).
• Nova Scotia Eatons.
• Kimball Genealogy.