Martha Rowlandson

1622 - 1712  (89 years)

• Name	Martha Rowlandson
  Birth	12 Aug 1622	Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony   [1]
  Religion	1687 (64 years)	Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony   [2]
  Martha became a member of the Salisbury Church.
  History	17 Oct 1691 (69 years)	Plymouth Colony merged with Massachusetts Bay Colony forming the Province of Massachusetts Bay
  Death	17 Jul 1712	Salisbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Burial	Aft 17 Jul 1712	Salisbury Colonial Burying Ground, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Salisbury Colonial Burying Ground,  Salisbury, Massachusetts Also known as First Cemetery, Old Burying Ground, Old Corner Burying Ground   [3]
  Siblings	2 brothers and 1 sister
  1. Thomas Rowlandson,   b. Abt 1627, England d. Jul 1682, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 55 years)   2. Elizabeth Rowlandson + 3. 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) ▻ John Eaton,  m. 1645   4. Rev. Joseph Rowlandson,   b. Abt 1631, England d. 23 Nov 1678, Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, U.S.A.  (Age 47 years)
  Half siblings	2 half brothers and 2 half sisters (family of Robert Massey and Bridget Bradstreet)
  1. Benjamin Massey   d. 6 Dec 1690, Rumney Marsh (now Chelsea), Suffolk County. Massachusetts   2. Mary Massey,   b. England d. After 1643   3. Joseph Massey   d. 30 Dec 1680, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   4. Ellen Massey   d. After 1643
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Thomas Rowlandson,   b. England d. 17 Nov 1657, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   (Father)  Bridget Bradstreet   d. 14 Jun 1662, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Bay Colony   (Mother)
  Person ID, Branch	I730	Roy Line
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	Thomas Rowlandson,   b. England d. 17 Nov 1657, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  Mother	Bridget Bradstreet   d. 14 Jun 1662, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
  Family ID	F703	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	John Eaton,   b. Abt 1619, Hatton, Warwickshire, England d. 1 Nov 1682, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	1645	Massachusetts Bay Colony   [2, 3, 5, 6, 7]
  Age at Marriage	She : ~ 22 years and 4 months - He : ~ 26 years.
  Children	5 sons and 6 daughters
  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
  Family ID	F699	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2025

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Martha Rowlandson(1622 – 1712) 2Thomas Rowlandson( – 1657) 3Bridget Bradstreet( – 1662)

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 12 Aug 1622 - Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony Marriage - 1645 - Massachusetts Bay Colony Religion - 1687 - Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony Death - 17 Jul 1712 - Salisbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Burial - Aft 17 Jul 1712 - Salisbury Colonial Burying Ground, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S14] Ancestry.com, Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current® http://findagrave.com, (Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Memorial ID 186591117 Martha Rowlandson Eaton . [S621] Hoyt, David W., The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts, with some Related Families of Newbury, Haverhill, Ipswich, and Hampton volume I, (Providence, Rhode Island: Snow & Farnham, 1897), p 148. [S2578] Molyneux, Nellie Zara Rice, History, Genealogical and Biographical, of the Eaton Families, (New York: C. W. Bardeen, 1911). [S846] Topsfield Historical Society. Vital Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 , (Topsfield, Massachusetts: Topsfield Publishing Co., 1915), p 553. [S1329] Richardson, Douglas, "The English Origin of John Easton (1590-1668) of Salisbury and Haverhill, Massachusetts" , (New Haven, Connecticut: The American Genealogist, volume LXVIII, 1993). [S2577] Holman, Mary Lovering, Ancestry of Charles Stinson Pillsbury and John Sargent Pillsbury , (Concord, New Hampshire: Rumford Press, 1938), p 1120. [S91] Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriage Prior to 1700, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985), p 241.