Benjamin Eaton (1755 - 1836)

Born 18 Oct 1755 in Meredith, Belknap, New Hampshire

Descendants

Died Jul 1836 at age 80 in Robinson, Crawford, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Benjamin Eaton BIRTH 18 Oct 1755 Meredith, Belknap, New Hampshire ^[1] DEATH Jul 1836 Crawford County, Illinois, USA BURIAL Grand Prairie Cemetery Prairie Township, Crawford County, Illinois, USA ^[2]

Father's Name: Jacob Eaton ^[3]

NOTE Benjamin's birthplace is Meredith, Belknap, New Hampshire and since there was no United States in 1755, we do not add United States or USA to that location

Benjamin m: 1780 Virginia, United States Malinda Phoebe Squire 1758–1845

Children of Malinda Phoebe Squire and Benjamin Eaton (2)

1. Richard Eaton 1782–1855 • LZ42-PXJ​​
2. Daniel Eaton 1788–1812 • K2WF-X84​​

Smith-157141 14:59, 2 October 2020 (UTC) NOTE on memorial:

• The Eatons came to Crawford County, Illinois to settle at Ft. LaMotte (known as Palestine) along with 26 other families under Captain Pierce Andrews in 1812.
• Dissention at Ft. LaMotte over affairs at African Ridge (north of the fort) caused the William Eaton family, along with others to leave and establish Fort Foot. It was named Fort Foot because the Eaton's were especially noted for their long and narrow feet. "The Eaton Ben, Joseph, John, Stephen, Richard and Daniel."

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ^[4]

• Fort Lamotte was a fort created between 1810 and 1812 by Baptists [1] near Palestine, Illinois. It was the site of the Battle of Africa Point in the War of 1812, one of few battles of the war in the Illinois Territory.[2]
• During the War of 1812 there were 26 families living in Fort LaMotte, and 90 rangers under the command of frontier officer Captain Pierce Andrews.[3] It was in use through 1817 and is currently being recreated.[4][5]
• The inhabitants of the Fort became the nucleus of Palestine. Fort Foot served as an expansion of and partial replacement for Fort Lamotte.[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDJN-L4M : 18 January 2020), Benjamin Eaton, 1755.
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 02 October 2020), memorial page for Benjamin Eaton (unknown–Jul 1836), Find a Grave Memorial no. 132088181, citing Grand Prairie Cemetery, Prairie Township, Crawford County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by Roger Brown (contributor 48258483)
3. ↑ "New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDJN-L4M : 18 January 2020), Benjamin Eaton, 1755.
4. ↑ Fort Lamotte https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Lamotte

Entered by Anonymous (Scheible) Anonymous by 29 Dec 2019.

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