Francis Eaton
c. 1595 - 1633
Francis Eaton was a carpenter who traveled on Mayflower with his wife Sarah and very young son Samuel.
After Sarah's death early in 1621, he married a fellow passenger known only as Dorothy, who died within a year or two. He then married Christian Penn around 1626 and had three children. Eaton died in Plymouth in 1633.
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