Sarah Eaton

1654 - 1726  (71 years)

• Name	Sarah Eaton
  Birth	28 Dec 1654	Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony   [1, 2, 3]
  Her birth date was recorded as 28 (10) 1654. [1]
  History	17 Oct 1691 (36 years)	Plymouth Colony merged with Massachusetts Bay Colony forming the Province of Massachusetts Bay
  Religion	17 Sep 1698 (43 years)	Salisbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay
  Sarah was admitted to the Salisbury Church.
  Living	1709 (54 years)
  Death	13 Sep 1726	Salisbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [4]
  Siblings	5 brothers and 5 sisters
  > 1. John Eaton,   b. Abt 1646, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 17 Jan 1717/18, Salisbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  (Age 72 years) ▻ Mary ______,  m. 1685 > 2. Thomas Eaton,   b. 17 Jan 1646/47, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 9 Jul 1699, Boston, Suffolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  (Age 52 years) ▻ Hannah Hubbard,  m. 14 Nov 1679 + 3. Martha Eaton,   b. 12 Aug 1648, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 19 Apr 1734, Salisbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  (Age 85 years) ▻ Benjamin Collins,  m. 5 Nov 1668 ;   Philip Flanders,  m. 4 Nov 1686   4. Esther Eaton,   b. say 1649, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 1649, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony  (Age 0 years) > 5. Elizabeth Eaton,   b. 12 Dec 1650, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony ▻ John Groth,  m. 7 Jan 1673 ;   William Hutchins,  m. 30 Apr 1685   6. Ann Eaton,   b. 17 Dec 1652, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 12 Jun 1658, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony  (Age 5 years) > 7. Sarah Eaton,   b. 28 Dec 1654, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 13 Sep 1726, Salisbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  (Age 71 years) ▻ Robert Downer,  m. 6 May 1675   8. Mary Eaton,   b. 9 Dec 1656, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 02 Feb 1656/57, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony  (Age 0 years)   9. Samuel Eaton,   b. 14 Feb 1659, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony > 10. Captain Joseph Eaton,   b. 6 Mar 1660/61, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 13 Jan 1742/43, Salisbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  (Age 81 years) ▻ Mary French,  m. 14 Dec 1683 ;   Mary Cheney,  m. 8 Dec 1726 > 11. Ephraim Eaton,   b. 12 Apr 1663, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 8 Jun 1723, Salisbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  (Age 60 years) ▻ Mary True,  m. 5 Feb 1689
  Patriarch & Matriarch	John Eaton   (3 x Great Grandfather)  Bridget Bradstreet   d. 14 Jun 1662, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Bay Colony   (Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I18795
  Last Modified	23 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	John Eaton,   b. Abt 1619, Hatton, Warwickshire, England d. 1 Nov 1682, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Martha Rowlandson,   b. 12 Aug 1622, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 17 Jul 1712, Salisbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay (Age 89 years)
  Family ID	F699	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Robert Downer,   b. Abt 1650   d. 12 Feb 1720/21, Salisbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	6 May 1675	Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony   [3, 5, 6]
  Age at Marriage	She : 20 years and 5 months - He : ~ 25 years and 5 months.
  Children	1678 to 1699  [7]
  1. Martha Downer (1678–1723) 2. Robert Downer (1681–1681) 3. Andrew Downer (1683–1762) 4. Samuel Downer (1686–1736) 5. Joseph Downer (1688–1694) 6. Sarah Downer (1690–1725) 7. Mary Downer (1695–1695) 8. Joseph Downer (1699–1715)
  Family ID	F9622	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Jun 2025

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Sarah Eaton(1654 – 1726) 2John Eaton(Abt 1619 – 1682) 4John Eaton(1590 – 1668) 8Thomas Eaton(Abt 1565 – 1622) 16Thomas Eaton(1530 – ) 17Isabel Baker 9Helen ______ 18 19 5Anne( – 1660) 10 20 21 11 22 23 3Martha Rowlandson(1622 – 1712) 6Thomas Rowlandson( – 1657) 12 24 25 13 26 27 7Bridget Bradstreet( – 1662) 14 28 29 15 30 31

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 28 Dec 1654 - Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony Marriage - 6 May 1675 - Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony Religion - 17 Sep 1698 - Salisbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Death - 13 Sep 1726 - Salisbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S846] Topsfield Historical Society. Vital Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 , (Topsfield, Massachusetts: Topsfield Publishing Co., 1915), p 84. [S845] Brown, Asa W., "Early Settlers of Salisbury, Mass., Arranged into Families" 1854, (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume VIII, 1854). [S2578] Molyneux, Nellie Zara Rice, History, Genealogical and Biographical, of the Eaton Families, (New York: C. W. Bardeen, 1911), p 370. [S2057] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015, (https://www.genealogieonline.nl). [S91] Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriage Prior to 1700, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985), p 229. [S846] Topsfield Historical Society. Vital Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 , (Topsfield, Massachusetts: Topsfield Publishing Co., 1915), p 334. [S110] Ancestry.com, Ancestry Family Trees, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).