Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worc. Co. Mass. Vol. 3 page 230 Thomas Stowe EATON. This family of EATON's have descended through the following line of ancestry. (1) Jonas EATON, who was a settler in Middlesex Co. Mass., located at Cowdry's Hill-a part of old Reading-now Wakefield. He became a leading man of his town and wa selectman in 1650-62-70-73. He obtained a good frtune by being a wise tiller of the soil. He died Feb. 24, 1674, leaving an estate valued at 750 pounds sterling. Of his 9 children many became prominent in the affairs of New England. (II) Joshua EATON married and among his children was a son named Joshua (III) Joshua EATON, son of Joshua (II) had a son known as Capt. Thomas EATON. (IV) Capt. Thomas EATON,son of Joshua (III) was the great grandfather of Joseph and Thomas S. EATON. Capt. Thomas was the original owner of the homestead in Auburn. He never resided there himself, but willed the farm to his son Jonas. It bears date, Sept. 9, 1773, the consideration being 426 pounds sterling and 13 shillings. Capt. EATON married Lydia PIERCE, of Watertown, Mass. who bore him 3 children: Thomas, Jonas and Elizabeth. (V) Jonas EATON, son of Capt. Thomas (IV) was born Jan. 22, 1757, and in 1785, in the prime of his life, he came on horseback through a trackless wilderness and forestland to take possession of 100 acres, now included inthe homestead. He cleared the land and farmed sucessfully untl his death. He reared a family of 7 children. The 3 eldest--Thomas, William and Joseph--died in 1796, all wthin 2 weeks of dysentery. The other children born later were: Elizabeth, Thomas, William and Sarah. Elizabeth married Capt. Nathaniel STONE, and lived to an advanced age; Sarah died at the age of 21 years; William and Thomas carried on the home farm in company for many years, and also owned other property in the town. (VI) Thomas EATON, son of Jonas (V), born Nov. 28, 1799, died Feb. 20, 1876. On Jan 25, 1826 he married Hannah, daughter of Aaron and Hannah (GREENWOOD) PIERCE, of Sutton. She was one of a family of 8 children, of whom 6 grew to mature years and 2 lived to be very old. Sally, wife of Paul CHASE, died at the age of 94 years, and Mary, widow of Calvin TEMPLE, died Jan. 4,1903 aged 96 years. Thomas and Hannah EATON reared a family of 4 children: Daniel T., born April 10, 1830; Thomas S. born July 2, 1832; Lydia Adelia born July 24, 1834 and died Aug. 30, 1865; and Joseph P. born Nov. 7, 1839. (VII) Hon. Thomas Stowe EATON, son of Thomas (VI) was born in Auburn, Mass., on July 2, 1832, a descendant of a remote Scotch ancestry. He was reared to farm labor on his father's farm, and attended the common schools until 14 years of age, when he entered Nichol's Academy at Dudley. END of PART 1