Notes and Links

• m. Hannah Webster*; b. May 10, 1666; d. Aug 14, 1747. Hannah 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.

• Thomas and Hannah had 7 children:
  • Stephen Eaton; b. Mar 21, 1684/5; d. Nov. 29, 1685
  • Thomas Eaton*; b. 1686.
    • m. Lydia Kimball*; b. Feb. 15, 1703/4.
  • Hannah Eaton; b. Sep 30, 1688; d. June 8, 1786 (aged 97)
    • m. Caleb Allen; b. Mar 31, 1685; d. Sep 23, 1761, and had 2 known children.
  • Judith Eaton; b. Mar 5, 1690/1; d Sep 29, 1782 (aged 92)
    • m. Joseph Haseltine; b. Oct. 1 1691; d. Apr 25, 1765, and had 6 known children.
  • Joseph Eaton; b. Feb 18, 1692/3; d. bef. Oct. 3, 1717.
  • Lydia Eaton; b. Oct 18, 1694; d. Oct 1783.
    • m. Joseph Harriman; b. Jan 30, 1701/2; d. bef. July, 1781, and had 7 known children.
  • Nathaniel Eaton; b. Aug 14, 1696; d Jan 10, 1697/8.

Brief Biography:

Thomas' grandparents, John Eaton* (1590-1668) and Anne Lawes* (1602-1661/2), through their daughter, Elizabeth Eaton, who married, James Davis. Jr. are progenitors of President Gerald Ford, whose name was changed from Leslie Lynch King, 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.