Abel Eaton (abt. 1727 - 1806)

Born about 1 Mar 1727 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Dorcas (Coombs) Eaton — married 22 Oct 1750 (to 1762) in Brunswick, Cumberland, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Husband of Sarah (Brown) Eaton — married 26 Jan 1763 in Georgetown, Maine

Descendants

Died 10 Mar 1806 at about age 79 in Bath, Sagadahoc, Maine, USA

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Biography

Abel Eaton was a Civil Servant in the American Revolution.

REVOLUTIONARY WAR SERVICE Eaton, Abel b 1727 d Harpswell 1806 MOCA also PS r Georgetown TR-G1, p 49 page 228 Soldiers Sailors & Patriots of the Rev War Maine by Carlton & Sue Fisher

Born to Jonathan Eaton and Judith Ash. Abel married twice. His first wife, Dorcas Coombs Eaton,^[1] bore him a child, Judith Eaton Staples. His second wife, Sarah, is buried near him.

The Holbrook transcription of vital records lists Abel's date of birth as "1 Mar 1726-1727" apparently having trouble deciphering the last digit of the year. His headstone reads "In memory of Mr Abel Eaton who died March 10th 1806 En 79". Considering that his birthday is March 1st, Abel had just turned 79 before his death and that makes the year of his birth 1727.

Abel and Sarah Eaton are interred at the Cranberryhorn Cemetery in East Harpswell, Cumberland County, Maine, USA.

[1762,] Jan'y 26, Able Eaton of Georgetown to Sarah Brown of Eastham. page 135; The Maine Historical Magazine, Volume 9

Jonathan Eaton^ (John^, John', John') was b. in Salisbury, Mass., Oct. 2: 1698. He m. Judith Ash of Salisbury Nov. 24: 1720. He was a farmer of some means in Salisbury, where all his children were born. And though his family was large, yet a fortnight before he died he made a division of his estate, and gave to his wife and children their allotted parts. He d. July 7 : 1745-

Children : —

1. Theophilus* b. July 3 : 1721 ; m. Abigail Fellows, res. Deer Isle, Me.

2. Nancy* b. Nov. 15, 1723 ; .

Either Nancy or Patience m. a Pritchard of Newburyport, and

has descendants there now (1S91).

3. Patience* b. Apr. 6 : 1725 ; .

4. Abel* b. Mar. 1 : 1727 ; Entered his int. of m. at Brunswick, Me., with Mrs. Dorcas Coombs Oct. 22 : 1750, and settled on a farm in Georgetown, Me.; m. 2d, Sarah Brown of Eastham, Jan. 26: 1763.

5. Thomas* b. Feb. 8 : 1729 : m. Eunice Moulton of Newbury.

6. Ezekiel* b. Dec. 7 : 1730 : m. Mary Campbell, res. Sandown, N. H.

7. James* b. Feb. 11 : 1733 : d. July 21 : 1748.

8. Joseph* b. Jan. — : 1735 : d. May 5 : 1736.

9. Mary* b. Aug. 17 : 1737 : d. Nov. i : 1737.

10. Judith* b. Oct. 14 : 1738 : d. May 6: 1740.

11. Joseph* b. Mar. 7 : 1741 : m. Perhaps Sarah Webster, res. Newbury, Mass.

12. Jonathan* b. Sept. 6 : 1745 ; m. Diana Dow. Settled on Deer Isle, Me.

Report of the ... annual reunion of the Eaton family association .. by Eaton Family Association Published 1888 Volume 6 Page 22

Research Notes

"A.4.6 Dorcas^ [Anthony^, Anthony^ COOMBS, b. at Falmouth (Portland), ME, on 4 Jul 1733,^^^^^ and she was prob. the "child of Anthony Coombs" who was bpt. at the First Church of Falmouth, ME, in 1734; d. ca. 1762; m. int. published at Brunswick, ME, on 22 Oct 1750 to Abel EATON of Brunswick, ME." page 112

Abel was b. Salisbury, MA, on 1 Mar 1727, son of Jonathan Eaton and Judith Ash, and he d. Harpswell, ME, on 10 Mar 1806, bur. Cranberry Horn Cemetery, Harpswell. Abel was m. (2nd) on 26 Jan 1763 to Sarah Brown or Snow of Eastham, MA.

In 1761 Abel Eaton^^^^' purchased forty acres and half of the island at Fosters Point in Georgetown, ME, from Sylvanus^ Coombs [A.4.5] and Stephen Andrews [A.2.2]. page 109

Children of Abel EATON and Dorcas^ Coombs:

+ A.4.6.1 Judith^ EATON, 29 Apr 1756

+ A.4.6.2 Dorcas^ EATON, b. 1760

"Georgetown Mar 23, 1761 Then Laid Out two hundred Acres of Land On the East Side of New medow River And at a place Called Forsters Point for Messrs. Stephen Andros George Williams Samuel Williams Silvanos Comes and Able Eaton... .per Jonas Jones Surveyor, Lincoln SS. Pownalborough September the 1761." page 109 Anthony Coombs and Dorcas Woodin of Rochester, Massachusetts : their origins and descendants by Coombs, Whitney John, compiler https://archive.org/details/anthonycoombs2019cw/page/114/mode/2up?q=Eaton%2CDorcas

In Aug 1761 they sold off portions of Fosters Point: 40 acres and half of the island to Abel Eaton'^^®' (husband of Dorcas^ Coombs [A.4.6], sister of Sylvanus^) and 80 acres to George Williams [prob. husband of Rosanna^ Coombs [A.4.10], one of Anthony^ Coombs' daughters)^^®^^ In both of these deeds, Jerusha^ Andrews and Martha Coombs, wives of Stephen and Sylvanus, respectively, relinquished their rights of dower to the premises. page 91

See the plot plan included in the write-up of Sylvanus^ COOMBS [A.4.5]. page 84 https://archive.org/details/anthonycoombs2019cw/page/84/mode/1up?q=Sylvanus

Sources

https://archive.org/stream/reportofannualre06eato#page/22/mode/2up/search/deer+isle

Lincoln County Marriages, 1759-1777 Source: The Maine Historical Magazine, vol. 9 (Bangor, Me.: J. W. Porter, 1895). http://archives.mainegenealogy.net/2010/03/lincoln-county-marriages-1759-1777.html

1. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BJ-J9YD-L?cc=1803978 : 28 November 2018), > image 1 of 1; multiple sources, Maine.

Secondary Source: Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39268931/abel-eaton: accessed 16 July 2023), memorial page for Abel Eaton (1 Mar 1727–10 Mar 1806), Find a Grave Memorial ID 39268931, citing Cranberry Horn Cemetery, East Harpswell, Cumberland County, Maine, USA; Maintained by Maine 101 (contributor 47130320).

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