Individual Details

Probate

Willhttps://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8996/images/007131890_00223?treeid=&personid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=NCN3591&_phstart=successSource&pId=135185                Inhis will written 27 Mar 1824 (probate fourth Tuesday of February 1837),Nathaniel Eaton of Hopkinton bequeathed to son Moses Eaton all the real estatelying west of the highway containing about 80 acres and one-third of thepersonal estate. Moses is to pay his sisters Sally White and Susan Dodge twohundred and fifty dollars and is to pay his sister Betsey Eaton fifty dollars. SonThomas Eaton receives the real estate on the east side of the highway and theremainder of the personal estate. Thomas is to pay his sister Betsey twohundred dollars. Daughter Betsey has use and improvement of the west chamberand a privilege in the cellar while she remains a single woman. Sons Moses andThomas were named executors.[1][1] NewHampshire Probate, Merrimack County, 8:503

Property

On 21 November 1803, Nathaniel Eaton gentleman ofBradford, in consideration of $2,000, conveyed to William Sawyer of New Boston thefarm on which Nathaniel then lived, being lots number 68 and 71.[1] 66:7 – Hillsborough Countyhttps://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSRH-F9DC-D?i=261&cat=428923 Hillsborough Deeds, 66: 254, 40:145, 39:338,39:340, 51:22039:338https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLR-H3QW?i=174&cat=428923[1] New HampshireLand Records, Hillsborough County, 66:7On 9 June 1790, Nathaniel Eaton of Hopkintonpurchased for £57 lot number 68 in Bradford from Aaron Greeley. On 24 March1791, Nathaniel Eaton yeoman of Hopkinton purchased for £1.2.9 property inBradford which was being sold by the tax collector due to the property being indelinquency, being 65 acres of lot number 71.[1][1] NewHampshire Land Records, Hillsborough County, 39:340, 39:338

Biography

A couple of anecdotes in sketch of grandsonHarrison Eatonhttps://archive.org/details/historyofhillsbo00hurd/page/546/mode/2up Sally’s husband Thomas White – there is nospecific information on Nathaniel – just brief references to children, etc.https://archive.org/details/lifetimesinhopki00lord/page/490/mode/2up?q=eaton