SEEKING (Elijah?)John Eaton's birth date and place. He may be from Philadelpha, PA per Hathaway's of America. Seeking the following family: (Elijah?) JOHN EATON who married POLLY BARNEY (ORR, EATON, STONE) John EATON birth date and birth placer unknown died 1825 at Townsend,Sandusky,OH bur at Townsend,Sandusky,OH Marr 25 Feb 1821 at Seneca Township,Sandusky,OH marr Polly ORR,(BARNEY) brn Abt 1788 at Savoy,Berkshire Co.,MA Parents Benjamin B BARNEY and Deborah CRAPO. Children JOHN EATON JR., brn 3 Jan 1824 at Rollersville,Sandusky,OH, died 2 Dec 1864 at Sandusky,OH. Bur Chestnut Ridge C,Wood,OH. Marr: EUNICE WINSLOW HATHAWAY 4 Apr 1850 at Sandusky,OH. Children: HARRIET EATON brn 1822 at Sandusky, OH, marr JOHN H CHAPMAN 11 Aug 1845 at Clermont,OH. DOCUMENTATION JOHN EATON Sr. Signed a note in Mayeretta, Huron County, OH - June 7, 1824. OH Sandusky OH Vital Rec.'s index to marriages film #0506617 page 129 (25 Feb 1821). M514391 506617 0004. HISTORY OF SENECA COUNTY PG 630: JOHN EATON settled in the Pleasant township in 1819 married Mrs. Polly (Barney) Orr. He was a Prospector in Seneca Cnty in 1818. In the summer of 1820, WILLIAM HARRIS, his wife (MARY MEAD) & children, SAMUEL, JOHN, MARSHALL, MINERVA, TABITHA and JANE HARRIS moved from HARRISBURGH, PA, and settled in this township; SAMUEL HARRIS and JOHN EATON, being the prospectors here late in 1819. A JAMES EATON married MARY HARRIS sister of SAMUEL, JOHN, MARSHALL, MINERVA, TABITHA and JANE HARRIS. SAMUEL HARRIS & JOHN EATON came in 1819, as the pioneers of the family. SAMUEL died in 1826. HISTORY OF SENECA COUTNY; A.J. Baughman's History of Seneca County, Vol 1, 1911 pg 136. Mrs. Tabitha Harris Stanley's recollections. TABITHA STANLEY said: "My brother SAMUEL and a young man by the name of JOHN EATON started for Ohio on foot, for the purpose of prospecting and exploring the country. They came to the valley of the Sandusky, and wrote back to us to pack up and come out here, as this was an excellent country. When we got here we found the country a dense wilderness. We put up with BARNEY'S folks and moved into the same cabin they occupied, which had been built by WILLIAM SPICER. The Barney family consisted of West, who was the oldest, and Benjamin, both single, a widowed sister, Mrs. Polly Orr, who afterwards married John Eaton, who came out here with my brother Samuel in 1819., as already stated, and Ann, the youngest sister, who was afterward married to David Rice in the fall of 1820. Benjamin Barney married my sister Minerva in the winter of 1820. (Seneca Searchers 11:6 (Nov/Dec 1992) POLLY ORR BARNEY Mrs. POLLY (BARNEY)ORR (widow of FRIEND ORR) married JOHN EATON in 1818, after the death of her husband and child. In 1819/20 she came with her brothers, the BARNEYS, FRIEND ORR, a friend of the BARNEYS, settled in Pleasant in 1819 & died a few later. History of Seneca County/Pleasant Township. pg 628,630 & 632.(Ohio). Other marriages: FRIEND ORR 5 Mar 1812, CHRISTOPHER STONE Children: JOHN EATON, Jr. 1850 OH Census, Woodville Twps, Sandusky -age 25 1860 OH Census, Madison Twps, Sandusky #0020201- age 35, John Dean next door. 1864 Sep 26-Died, buried in ChestnutRidge Cemetery, Scottownship, Wood Cnty, OH, with wife Eunice. Was a Chaplain, appointed Colonel of a colored regiment. pg 187 OH Sandusky OH Marriage Lic film #050620 OH Sandusky, OH Vital Rec.'s index to marriages film #0506617 page 1 (8 May 1850). Nan, Info was obtained for Graves Registration Card - Sandusky County, Scott Township: Name: John, Eaton, Jr. Address: Rollerville, OH Date of Birth Jan 3,1824 Place of Birth: Sandusky, OH Date of death: Sept 26,1864 Place: Rollerville, OH