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Francis Eaton
was born ca. 1596 in
Bristol
, England, and died in the autumn of 1633 in Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony. He was a passenger on the
Mayflower
in
1620
. He signed the
Mayflower Compact
.
Eaton was the son of John Eaton and his wife Dorothy (Smith) Eaton. He was baptized on 11 September 1596 at St. Thomas church in
Bristol
,
England
. Eaton was a house
carpenter
. He married Sarah about 1618 and had a son named Samuel. The family left for
North America
in 1620 on the
Mayflower
.
Sarah died in the
New World
during the winter of 1620-1621. Eaton married
John Carver
's servant
Dorothy
_____ before 1623. She died shortly after the marriage, leaving no children.
In the 1623 Division of Land at Plymouth, Eaton received four shares: one for himself, one for his deceased first wife Sarah, one for his son, and one for his current wife Dorothy. They were all
Mayflower
passengers.
About 1626, Eaton married Christiana Penn. They had three children: Rachel, Benjamin, and a child whose name is unknown but was called "an ideote" (mentally disabled).
In 1631, Eaton began having money troubles. He sold some of his land, some livestock, and his house. He died some time between 25 October and 8 November 1633 at Plymouth. He died in
debt
. His
estate
included some livestock, fifty bushels of corn, some clothing, some carpenter's tools, some boards, fishing lead, and some kitchen items. He was buried in
Burial Hill
in Plymouth,
Massachusetts Bay Colony
.
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