Mercy Eaton

Not the same as Mercy Jones.

Mercy Eaton was the daughter of Samuel Trott, Jr. & Ruth Trott. She married Nathaniel Eaton as his first wife. Her marriage is proved through her sister Christian's will.

Another branch of Eaton: from Nathaniel Eaton a resident and leather dresser of Boston, m 1743 Mercy Trott and 2nd Sarah Day dau of James Day, Nathaniel d 1750, Nathaniel Jr b 1744 only living child at death of father, baker by trade reside in Roxburry later Lancaster where he was Capt of the Minute men in Lancaster, he d there age 97, he m Martha Gridley.

The will of Christian Trott, dated 8 February 1774 at Middletown, Connecticut, "mentions her brother Samuel Trott and forgives him of any debt owed to her on the condition that Samuel not make any claim on her or her estate. She also stated in her will that she had given to her nephew Nathaniel Eaton all that she thought it was her duty to give to him (Suffolk Co. PR 46:255, excerpt from Trott MS.).

References

1. Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017). From Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620. Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975-2015. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2728/i/48619/96/68981818. (document attached).
2. Molyneux, Nellie Zada Rice. History, genealogical & biographical, of the Eaton families, (Syracuse, NY: C. E. Bardeen, 1911). Digital image, Family Search Book Viewer. < link >; page viewer 583 of 780, book page 585. < link >
3. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/237020353/mercy_mary_eaton
4. The Eaton Families Association presents The "New" Etonian. Volume 13, Issue 12. June 2015. < PDF > In this month’s issue we are including a register report of the Descendants of Nathaniel Eaton. Nathaniel was the brother of Theophilus Eaton of New Haven and Samuel Eaton. All three brothers arrived in America in 1637; Theophilus stayed, and Samuel went back to England a few years later. Nathaniel settled in Cambridge, MA, led a very strange life and eventually went back to England where he died in debtors’ prison. There is another Nathaniel Eaton who married Mercy Trott, lived in Boston and died in 1750. We have discovered that the Boston Nathaniel is not related to Nathaniel of Cambridge. The descendants of the Boston family moved on to Lancaster, MA, and we have named that family Nathaniel Eaton Family of Lancaster. Again, here is a chance to get another DNA sample to determine if the Lancaster Eatons belong to a group we know well. If anyone knows this line conclusively, please let me know.
5. Reference: FamilySearch Genealogy - SmartCopy: Dec 4 2024, 1:56:15 UTC
6. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-1FQN : Fri Mar 08 00:14:18 UTC 2024), Entry for Nathaniel Eaten and Mercy Trott, Marriage, 1743. Boston, Suffolk, Masssachusetts. (Parents are not listed)
7. "Massachusetts, State Vital Records, 1841-1925", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHQW-FZB : Thu May 23 00:11:20 UTC 2024), Entry for Nathaniel Eaten and Mercy Trott, 26 Aug 1743. (Parents are not listed.)