Francis Eaton sailed on the Mayflower with his wife Sarah and son Samuel. Francis is my 10X Great Grandfather and his parents are my 11X Great Grandparents. I just this week received notice that my application to the Mayflower Society on Francis Eaton and Francis Billington was approved, so it was time to write about it.
This family ties in through the Bayne family and for a long time we were missing proof for one generation. Then we found a will from Olive Moore Hurd that gave all the needed information – we were in!
Francis Eaton was not a member of the Leiden Congregation and was a carpenter. When the Eaton family sailed, their son Samuel was a “sucking” as stated by William Bradford. Francis Eaton had three wives and his third was Christian Penn who was the widow of Francis Billington, an ancestor from a prior post, when she married Francis Eaton.
I’ll repeat this again with other Mayflower stories, but of the 102 passengers on the Mayflower, only 57 survived that first winter. With the Eaton Family that adds three direct relatives to my count of passengers. Combine the Howland and Tilley family with the Billington family and Eaton Family, that means 10 of the passengers were family, and so far 7 survived the first winter. This graphic is really a powerful one to show how hard that winter was. I’ll put photos we took of the graphic in this story just in case the link breaks.
Proving lineage to Francis Billington Jr and Christian Penn looks like this (from Great Grandma Marjorie)
Marjorie Acenath Bayne Munter
James Buchanon Bayne and Aseneth Mae Phillips
Jacob Simeon Phillips and Surlina Hurd
Elijah Hurd and Asneith Truesdale (Asenith is unproven, but assumed)
Robert Hurd and Olive Moore
Jacob Hurd and Amy Welch
Thomas Herd and Lydia Bump
Philip Bump and Sarah Eaton
Samuel Eaton and Martha Billington
Francis Billington and Christian Penn
John Billington and Elinore
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Mayflower Passengers Graphic 
Mayflower Passengers – those who started 
Mayflower Passengers – those who survived
Cory and Nicole Family History 
