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Ithamar Eaton (1743 - 1817)

Colonel Ithamar "Ithamer" Eaton
Born in Haverhill, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, New Englandmap
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Husband of — married 31 Dec 1805 in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States of Americamap
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Died at age 74 in Weare, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States of Americamap
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Biography

This profile is part of the Haverhill, Massachusetts One Place Study.

Ithamar Eaton was born in Haverhill, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay on 13 Mar 1743,[citation needed] and was baptized there on 20 Mar 1743. He was the son of Samuel Eaton and Hannah Emmerson.[1]

It is probable that Ithamar left Haverhill in the mid-1760s to establish a farm on the New Hampshire frontier, in Weare (after 1771, in Hillsborough County), not far north of the border of Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay.

On 23 Feb 1769, he married Mary Ordway of Kingston, Province of New Hampshire, in Weare.[2]

Military Service: The American Revolution

1776 Project
Ensign Ithamar Eaton served with Kelley's Regiment of Volunteers, New Hampshire Militia during the American Revolution.
Daughters of the American Revolution
Ithamar Eaton is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A035917.

During the American Revolution, Ithamar served as an ensign in Captain Aaron Quinby's volunteer company, Colonel Moses Kelley's regiment, participating in the expedition to Rhode Island. He was listed on the payroll for August of 1778, when he received a total of £15.10.8 for 24 days, covering wages, travel expenses and subsistence for the period from 6 Aug to 27 Aug, plus two days for travel home.[3][4]

Civilian Life

Before war broke out, Ithamar had married Mary Ordway on 23 Feb 1769, in Weare, New Hampshire.[5] They had nine children, all born in Weare:

  1. Peter Eaton (b. 3 Mar 1770;[6] m. Elizabeth Brackenbury, 8 Dec 1796;[7] d. 31 Aug 1815)[8]
  2. Nathan Eaton (b. 25 Nov 1771;[9] d. 29 Sep 1796 Weare)[10]
  3. Samuel Eaton (b. 10 Feb 1773;[11] d. 21 Oct 1805)[12]
  4. Jacob Eaton (b. 23 Jul 1776)[13]
  5. Ithamar Eaton (b. 28 Aug 1778)[14][15]
  6. Abigail Eaton (b. 18 Jan 1781; d. 28 Jan 1781)[16]
  7. Joseph Eaton (b. 23 Jul 1782)[17]
  8. Mary Eaton (b. 18 Jul 1785;[18] d. 20 May 1812)[19]
  9. Washington Eaton (b. 7 Jan 1788;[20] m. Hannah Lorr/Low, 25 Jan 1813;[21] d. 12 Sep 1841)[22]
  10. Hannah Eaton (b. 1 Oct 1793)[23]

Mary (Ordway) Eaton died before 31 Dec 1805, when Ithamar remarried the widow, Hannah (Haskell) Low in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts.[24]

Ithamar Eaton died at the age of 74, on 11 Nov 1817, in Weare, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.[25] He was buried there in the Eaton Cemetery.[26]

Research Notes

Place of Birth: Find A Grave: Memorial #35130701 for Ithamar Eaton has an incorrect place of birth (Plaistow, Rockingham County, New Hampshire), probably based on the index card record of his death in New Hampshire.[27] Requested correction of Memorial. Anderson-27719 04:06, 5 June 2022 (UTC)

Erroneous Identification of Second Wife: According to Batchelder [28] Ithamar's second wife, Hannah, was the widow of Samuel Eaton of Plaistow, NH, who had been admitted to the East Kingston church from Plaistow Oct 7, 1759, probably not long after the marriage. She had Eaton children: Obadiah, Betty, Peter (?), and Ithamar. She died in Weare, NH Sep 2, 1802, ae 90. This is an obvious error: Hannah, widow of Samuel Eaton, was Ithamar's mother, not his wife, as Samuel Eaton was his father.

Sources

  1. ↑ "Eaton, Ithamar, s. Sam[ue]ll, bp. Mar. 20, 1742-3," citing records of the North Parish Congregational Church: Vital Records of Haverhill, Massachusetts, Volume I: Births, p. 104; also available online at ma-vitarecords.org (accessed 20 May 2018).
  2. ↑ "Ithamar Eaton," residence: Weare, occupation: farmer, b. Plaiston [sic], first marriage; "Mary Ordway," residence: Weare, housewife, b. Kingsdon, first marriage; m. 23 Feb 1769: New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947, FamilySearch.org (accessed 4 Jun 2022). Also available online at AmericanAncestors.org: New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, 1654-1969, "Grooms E to 1901," Index Card # 2491 (accessed 21 May 2018 - subscription required). Note: The clerk who completed this index card in 1906 stated that both Ithamar and his father, Samuel Eaton, had been born in Plaistow, New Hampshire. It is probable that Samuel, like his son, was born ithe Province of Massachusetts Bay.
  3. ↑ "Ithamar Eaton, Ensign:" New Hampshire Revolutionary War Records, 1675-1835, FamilySearch.org (accessed 4 Jun 2022).
  4. ↑ Service Record of Ithamar Eaton, shared by Fold3.com
  5. ↑ Ithamar Eaton and Mary Ordway, 23 Feb 1769; citing , Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,000,989: "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947," FamilySearch.org.
  6. ↑ "New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDXJ-B9P : 18 January 2020), Ithamer Eaton in entry for Peter Eaton, 1770.
  7. ↑ "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLFK-N26 : 22 February 2021), Ithamar Eaton in entry for Peter Eaton and Elizabeth Brackenbury, 08 Dec 1796; citing Weare, , New Hampshire, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,000,989.
  8. ↑ "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FS2M-7B3 : 23 February 2021), Ithamar Eaton in entry for Peter Eaton, 31 Aug 1815; citing East Weare, Bureau Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,075.
  9. ↑ "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLL5-34B : 23 February 2021), Ithamar Eaton in entry for Nathan Eaton, 25 Nov 1771; citing Weare, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,000,500.
  10. ↑ "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FS2M-7XT : 23 February 2021), Thomas Eaton in entry for Nathan Eaton, 29 Sep 1796; citing Weare, Bureau Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,075.
  11. ↑ "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLL5-QBH : 23 February 2021), Ithamar Eaton in entry for Samuel Eaton, 10 Feb 1773; citing Weare, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,000,500.
  12. ↑ "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FS2M-WP1 : 23 February 2021), Ithamar Eaton in entry for Samuel Eaton, 21 Oct 1805; citing Weare, Bureau Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,075.
  13. ↑ "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLL5-9JD : 23 February 2021), Thomas Eaton in entry for Jacob Eaton, 23 Jul 1776; citing Weare, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,000,500.
  14. ↑ "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLL5-MLP : 23 February 2021), Ithamar Eaton in entry for Ithamar Eaton, 28 Aug 1778; citing Weare, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,000,500.
  15. ↑ "Ithamar Eaton (5th child):" New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, 1654-1969, "Births E to 1901," Index Card # 2382 (accessed 21 May 2018 - subscription required). Note: The clerk who completed this index card in 1905 stated that Ithamar had been born in Plaistow, New Hampshire. He was born in Haverhill, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay.
  16. ↑ "New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDNL-9CM : 18 January 2020), Ithamar Eaton in entry for Abigail Eaton, 1781.
  17. ↑ "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLL5-9MF : 23 February 2021), Ithamar Eaton in entry for Joseph Eaton, 23 Jul 1782; citing Weare, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,000,500.
  18. ↑ "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLL5-SZ5 : 23 February 2021), Ithamar Eaton in entry for Mary Eaton, 18 Jul 1785; citing Weare, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,000,500.
  19. ↑ "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FS2M-QY8 : 23 February 2021), Ithamar Eaton in entry for Mary Eaton, 20 May 1812; citing Weare, Bureau Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,075.
  20. ↑ "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLL5-W9Q : 23 February 2021), Ithamar Eaton in entry for Washington Eaton, 07 Jan 1788; citing Weare, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,000,500.
  21. ↑ "New Hampshire Marriages, 1720-1920", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FD27-H4F : 24 January 2020), Ithamar Eaton in entry for Washington Eaton, 1813.
  22. ↑ "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FS2M-44Q : 23 February 2021), Thomas Eaton in entry for Washington Eaton, 12 Sep 1841; citing Weare, Bureau Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,075.
  23. ↑ "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLL5-MFN : 23 February 2021), *Hamar Eaton in entry for Hannah Eaton, 01 Oct 1793; citing Weare, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,000,500.
  24. ↑ "Eaton, Ithamer, Col., of Weare, NH, and Mrs. Hannah Low, Dec. 31, 1805;" intention also recorded:" Vital Records of Haverhill, Massachusetts, Volume II: Marriages and Deaths, p. 101; also available online at ma-vitalrecords.org (accessed 20 May 2018).
  25. ↑ "Ithamar Eaton", d. 11 Nov 1817, age: 764, Weare, New Hampshire, b. Plaiston [sic], male, white, married, father: Samuel Eaton, b. Plaiston [sic], mother: Hannah: New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, 1654-1969, "Deaths E to 1901," Index Card # 1408 (accessed 9 Jun 2022 - subscription required). Note: The clerk who completed this index card in 1906 stated that both Ithamar and his father, Samuel Eaton, had been born in Plaiston, New Hampshire. It is probable that Samuel, like his son, was born in Haverhill, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay.
  26. ↑ See photo of gravestone: Find A Grave: Memorial #35130701, Ithamar Eaton (accessed 4 Jun 2022).
  27. ↑ "Ithamar Eaton:" New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, 1654-1969, "Deaths E to 1901," Index Card # 1408 (accessed 21 May 2018 - subscription required).
  28. ↑ Batchelder, Genealogy of the Batchelder Family of Hampton, New Hampshire, p. 25.
  • Batchelder, Charles Hull, compiler, and Brage, Carl W., editor. Genealogy of the Batchelder Family of Hampton, New Hampshire, www.hamptonlibrary.com, 1985.
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35130701/ithamar-eaton : accessed 04 June 2022), memorial page for Ithamar Eaton (13 Mar 1743–11 Nov 1817), Find a Grave Memorial ID 35130701, citing Eaton Cemetery, Weare, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA ; Maintained by Brian of NH (contributor 47111786).
  • Genealogical and Biographical of the Eaton Families, p. 392: Name: Ithmar Eaton, Gender: Male, Birth Date: 13 Mar 1743, First Marriage Date: 23 Feb 1769, Father: Samuel Eaton, Mother: Hannah Emerson, Spouse: Mary Ordway; Hannah Lowe, Child: Peter Eaton; Nathan Eaton; Samuel Eaton; Jacob Eaton; Ithmar Eaton; Joseph Eaton; Hannah Eaton; George Washington Eaton
  • New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, 1654-1969. (From microfilmed records. Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014.) (subscription required).
  • New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FS2M-STR : 23 February 2021), Ithamar Eaton, 11 Nov 1817; citing East Weare, Bureau Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,075.
  • New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DTX3-MR6?cc=1520640 : 7 May 2019), > image 1 of 1; Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord. [Ithamar Eaton and Mary Ordway]
  • New Hampshire Revolutionary War Records, 1675-1835, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q242-NH5W : 15 March 2018), Pthamar Eaton, 06 Aug 1778; citing New Hampshire, United States, Military Service, New Hampshire State Archives, Division of Records Management and Archives, Concord; FHL microfilm 005832980.
  • Vital Records of Haverhill, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, Volume I: Births, published by the Topsfield Historical Society, Salem, Massachusetts: Newcomb & Gaus, Printers, 1910.
  • Vital Records of Haverhill, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, Volume II: Marriages and Deaths, published by the Topsfield Historical Society, Salem, Massachusetts: Newcomb & Gaus, Printers, 1911.

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