Brief Life History of Eaton
When Eaton was born on 1 April 1704, in Woodford, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Philip Eaton, was 29 and his mother, Susannah Fox, was 24. He died after 1 April 1704, in his hometown.
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1675–1721 Male
1680–1751 Female
Siblings (6)
1702–1747 Male
1704–1704 Male
1706–1706 Female
1708– Male
1710–1763 Male
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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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