Brief Life History of Francis
When Francis Eaton was christened about 1710, in Woodford, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Philip Eaton, was 36 and his mother, Susannah Fox, was 31. He died before 3 May 1763, in his hometown, and was buried in Woodford, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom.
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1675–1721 Male
1680–1751 Female
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1702–1747 Male
1704–1704 Male
1706–1706 Female
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Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places called Eaton or Eton, such as Eaton Socon (Bedfordshire), Eaton (Cheshire), or Eton (Buckinghamshire), named from either Old English ēa ‘river’ or ēg ‘island, low-lying land’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.
History: Nathaneal Eaton, born in Coventry, England, c. 1609, came to MA in 1637 and was the first head of Harvard College, in 1638–39.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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