Henry Eaton

Maleabout 1708–

Brief Life History of Henry

When Henry Eaton was born about 1708, in Woodford, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Philip Eaton, was 34 and his mother, Susannah Fox, was 29.

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Philip Eaton
1675–1721
Susannah Fox
1680–1751
Philip Eaton
1702–1747
Eaton
1704–1704
Henry Eaton
about 1708–
Francis Eaton
1710–1763
Eaton
1706–1706
Thomas Eaton Sr.
1712–1758

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    World Events (3)

    1801 · The Act of Union

    Age 93

    The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.

    1815

    Age 107

    The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

    1823

    Age 115

    Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.

    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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