Lt. Nathan Eaton

1748 - 1817  (68 years)

• Name	Nathan Eaton  [1, 2]
  Prefix	Lt.
  Born	25 Dec 1748	Malden, Middlesex Co., MA, USA   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Military	Revolutionary War   [4]
  	Lieutenant in the Revolution, one of the minutemen of Malden. Corporal at Lexington Alarm-1775; in 8 months' service with Captain Hatch (IV) Lieutenant Col. Bond 1775. (Continuing with abstraction from my DAR app): This info. was obtained from pg. 322, 323 HISTORY OF GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL EATON FAMILIES by Molyneux, and was written in Corey's Hist. of Malden. Nathan Eaton served in the 37th Reg. company return dated Malden, Oct. 6, 1775, also 37th Reg. a list of officers who had not been commissioned, as returned by Lieut. Col. Wm. Bond, dated Camp Prospect Hill, Oct. 25, 1775; ordered in Council Oct. 31, 1775, that said officers be recommended to George Washington for commissions in Continental Army--info. obtained from MASSACHUSETTS SOLDIERS AND SAILORS IN THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION, pg. 177.
  Died	12 Mar 1817	Wakefield, Middlesex Co., MA, USA   [2]
  Buried	Old Burying Ground, Wakefield, Middlesex Co., MA, USA   [2]
  	Buried in the Eaton tomb.
  Notes	From Diana (Eaton) Butcher, correspondent, note of September 23rd, 2006      The Eaton book has been proven to have errors, and especially pertaining to Lydia's parentage, since she also is listed in this book, separately, going back to the same progenitor-Wm. Eaton of Staple, Kent Co., England, Watertown, and later, Reading, MA.  Lydia and Nathan resided in Wakefield, which was South Reading, Middlesex Co., MA.  Nathan resided, according to various records, in Malden during the Am. Rev. War.  And that is why I thought that the Eaton genealogy was accurate.  I went around for years and years trying to find a first marriage for Lydia to a Lynde, since Nathan served from Malden.  I believe that James is correct.  But, I still want to obtain a birth cert. or photocopy of the Malden VR showing Lydia's parentage.  I did see it decades ago.  I've also seen a notation somewhere that this family lived in Pepperell, Middlesex County but I've never found any proof, and have doubts. NOTE: There are many errors widely published on the LDS Website and in such respected works as "The Ralph Sprague Genealogy." relative to the Sprague/Lynde marriages.  Research to resolve these errors is ongoing.  The ancestry of Joseph Lynde, though differing from the above mentioned sources, is well substantiated by the research of professional genealogist, James K. Raywalt.
  Person ID	I105297	Sprague Project
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2020

  
  

  Father	Nathan Eaton,   b. 18 Oct 1726, Reading, Middlesex Co., MA, USA ,   d. Half Moon (Waterford), Saratoga Co., NY, USA
  Mother	Sarah Coleman,   b. 6 May 1725, Malden, Middlesex Co., MA, USA ,   d. 11 May 1802, Malden, Middlesex Co., MA, USA  (Age 77 years)
  Married	27 Jan 1746/47	Malden, Middlesex Co., MA, USA   [3]
  Family ID	F92368	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family / Spouse	Lydia Lynde,   b. 20 Jun 1752, Malden, Middlesex Co., MA, USA ,   d. 1 Nov 1828, Wakefield, Middlesex Co., MA, USA  (Age 76 years)
  Married	3 Apr 1781	Malden, Middlesex Co., MA, USA   [1, 5]
  Children	1. Nathan Eaton, Jr.,   b. 1 Jun 1782, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, USA ,   d. 21 Aug 1828, Wakefield, Middlesex Co., MA, USA  (Age 46 years) + 2. Ezra Eaton,   b. 8 Aug 1784, Reading (Now Wakefield), Middlesex Co., MA, USA ,   d. 25 Feb 1861, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, USA  (Age 76 years)   3. John Eaton,   b. 1 Sep 1787, Wakefield, Middlesex Co., MA, USA ,   d. Jun 1860  (Age 72 years)   4. Lydia Eaton,   b. 12 Nov 1790, Reading, Middlesex Co., MA, USA ,   d. Aft 1859, prob. Charlestown, Suffolk Co., MA, USA  (Age 69 years)   5. Mary Eaton,   b. 12 Apr 1793, Reading, Middlesex Co., MA, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Sophia Eaton,   b. 29 May 1796, Reading, Middlesex Co., MA, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	2 Feb 2013
  Family ID	F32951	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 25 Dec 1748 - Malden, Middlesex Co., MA, USA Married - 3 Apr 1781 - Malden, Middlesex Co., MA, USA Died - 12 Mar 1817 - Wakefield, Middlesex Co., MA, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Headstones

  Eaton Monument, Old Burying Ground, Wakefield, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

  
  

• Sources

  [S392] Correspondent: Bannerman, Alexander, note of September 22nd, 2006. [S75] Correspondent: Butcher, Diana Eaton, (4th Great Granddaughter of Lt. Nathan and Lydia (Lynde) Eaton), note of September 22nd, 2006. [S75] Correspondent: Butcher, Diana Eaton, (4th Great Granddaughter of Lt. Nathan and Lydia (Lynde) Eaton), note of September 26th, 2006. [S75] Correspondent: Butcher, Diana Eaton, (4th Great Granddaughter of Lt. Nathan and Lydia (Lynde) Eaton), note of October 19th, 2006. [S75] Correspondent: Butcher, Diana Eaton, (4th Great Granddaughter of Lt. Nathan and Lydia (Lynde) Eaton), note of October 11th, 2006 as found in the Malden Marriages.