Well, it is definitely a shot in the dark if I don't include names, dates, etc....as my kids would say "Duh!". So.....I am looking for a Nancy Eaton b. abt 1779 m. Joshua Dow (Thomas, Henry, Henry, Joseph, Samuel, Joseph) abt 1800 in Seabrook, Rockingham, NH. B. abt 1778 Salisbury Essex, MA d. 3 Jan 1835 occupation wheelright lived in both Salisbury and Seabrook. In the 1820 and 1830 US census, he was living in Salisbury. Nancy and Joshua had 11 children: Joshua, Jacob, Israel, Benjamin, William, Reuben, Nancy, Cynthia, Susan (Sukey), Zelpha, Eunice. IHG, Cathy B.

Hi Cathy, From: "Catherine Boyle" <cboyle@ViaFamily.com> Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 8:26 AM > Could anyone tell me if the Eaton line ends up in the Seabrook, > Rockingham, NH/ Salisbury, Essex, MA area? If so, are there any sources > you could recommend? I have a Nancy Eaton that married into my Dow line > that is a brick wall. I have tried all the usual genealogical web pages, > but to no avail. Have also tried MA-ESSEX and NH-ROCKINGHAM mail lists, > nothing. *Any* leads you could provide would be greatly appreciated. > So.....I am looking for a Nancy Eaton b. abt 1779 m. Joshua Dow (Thomas, > Henry, Henry, Joseph, Samuel, Joseph) abt 1800 in Seabrook, Rockingham, > NH. B. abt 1778 Salisbury Essex, MA d. 3 Jan 1835 occupation wheelright > lived in both Salisbury and Seabrook. In the 1820 and 1830 US census, he > was living in Salisbury. Nancy and Joshua had 11 children: Joshua, > Jacob, Israel, Benjamin, William, Reuben, Nancy, Cynthia, Susan (Sukey), > Zelpha, Eunice. (I've combined your two messages) I suppose you've seen this website: http://www.hampton.lib.nh.us/genealog/index.htm And are familiar with History of Hampton by Joseph Dow. The Vital Records of Hampton have been recently compliled by George Sanborn and Melinde Sanborn and published by the NEHGS in two volumes. I'm not sure weather Seabrook is included and if so for which years. Vol. I has several Eatons, but no Nancy; many Dows, but no Joshua. I'm pretty sure that The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury by David W. Hoyt, 1897-1919, has genealogy of the Dow family. How many generations, I don't know. There also was a John Eaton who was an early settler in Salisbury by 1643. So, I suppose that family is covered also. Looking here: http://members.aol.com/calebj/eaton.html it doesn't appear that this Salisbury Eaton descends from the Mayflower family. There are of course the "tan books" of Massachusetts vital records for many towns, including Salisbury. Your quest reminds me of one of my own. I had a James Howland (descendant of Henry) who married a Deborah Cook in 1717 in RI. Franklyn Howland in a footnote re. Deborah in his book on the 3 Howland brothers mentions that there was a Francis Cook on the Mayflower. (He doesn't say Francis is her ancestor.) This was, of course, a dead end; but raised my hopes of a Mayflower connection for awhile. It wasn't until I ran across the book on Little Compton Families that I found that Deborah was a descendant of a Thomas Cooke, who has now been well documented in a 1987 book by Jane Fletcher Fiske. Regards, Howard hswain@ix.netcom.com