Ebenezer Eaton (1750 - 1825)

Born 20 Dec 1750 in Voluntown, New London, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Lois (Cobb) Eaton — married 15 Apr 1770 in Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 29 Nov 1825 at age 74 in Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut, United States

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Joan Stewart Smith [send private message]

Biography

Ebenezer Eaton is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A216704.

Corporal Ebenezer Eaton served with Connecticut during the American Revolution.

Ebenezer Eaton was born on 20 December 1750 in Voluntown, New London County, Connecticut Colony, the son of Capt. Joseph Eaton and his wife Lucy (Bacon) Eaton.^[1]

Marriage and Children

Ebenezer Eaton married Lois Cobb on 15 April 1770 in Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut Colony.^[2]

Parents of Nehemiah, Sarah, Joseph, Dolly, Elkanah , Ebenezer, Lois, Esther, Lucy and William.

Operated Tavern/Hotel where George Washington stayed.

U.S. Revolutionary War

Ebenezer Eaton served as one of the men from Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut who marched to Massachusetts during the 1775 Lexington alarm. He was also a corporal in Capt. Samuel Hall's Company in Maj. Backus' Light Horse Regiment in 1776.^[3][4][5]

Death

Ebenezer Eaton died on 29 Nov 1825 in Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut and was buried there in Plainfield Cemetery.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPSF-5KDY : Sun Mar 10 14:19:35 UTC 2024), Ebenezer Eaton was born on 20 December 1750 in Voluntown, New London County, Connecticut, the son of Joseph Eaton and Lucy Eaton
2. ↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPSF-5K67 : Sat Mar 09 22:12:47 UTC 2024), Ebenezer Eaton married Lois Cobb on 15 April 1770 in Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut Colony.
3. ↑ Johnston, Henry P. The Record of Connecticut Men in the Military and Naval Service During the War of the Revolution, 1775-1788. Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1889, pp. 20, 478
4. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (https://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A216704: accessed 14 Apr 2024), Record of Ebenezer Eaton. Ancestor #: A216704. Service: Connecticut. Rank(s): Corporal. Birth: 12-20-1750, Voluntown, Windham Co., Connecticut. Death: 11-29-1825, Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut. Service Source: *W21038; JOHNSTON, CT MEN IN THE REV, PP 19, 478, Service Description: 1) CAPT ANDREW BACKUS, LEXINGTON ALARM; CAPT SAMUEL HALL, MAJ BACKUS, LIGHT HORSE, Residence: Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut, Wife: Lois Cobb
5. ↑ US Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33920693/ebenezer-eaton: accessed April 14, 2024), memorial page for Ebenezer Eaton (1750–29 Nov 1825), Find a Grave Memorial ID 33920693, citing Plainfield Cemetery, Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by Keeper of the Stars (contributor 47216601).