The Gorton Family of Smethport, Pennsylvania

Samuel (1) Gorton

The Gortons of Smethport descend from Samuel (1) Gorton, a clothier of London, England, born in Gorton, now incorporated in the city of Manchester, Lancaster county, England, 1592, “where the fathers of his body had lived for many generations, not unknown to the Heraldry of England.” The heraldic seal of the early Gortons was: Gules, ten billets of the chief of the second; crest: a goat’s head erased ducally gorged. In a semicircle over the design, Vitam impendere Vero; under the design, Gorton. Samuel Gorton was trained in the doctrine of the Established Church and his reason for leaving his native land, as told by himself, was “to enjoy liberty of conscience in respect to faith toward God, and for no other end.” He landed at Boston in March, 1636, with his wife Mary, daughter of John Maplet, “gent,” and Mary Maplet, of St. Martins le Grand, London, and several of his children. Owing to the religious persecution in Boston, he took up his residence in Plymouth, a more liberal colony, where he joined one of the military companies which was being formed in response to the call of the state for aid to repel the charge of the Pequot Indians. In 1638 he led the opposition to the illiberal changes, delegate representation, etc., thrust into the government by Prence, the new governor of Plymouth, and was unwittingly led into Prence’s court and banished from the colony for expressing his contempt of it. In 1639, at Pocasset, Aquidneck Island, he was a freeman and a member of the second or civil compact of government, although in 1640, with many other members of that organization, he was driven from the island by the former deposed ruler, Judge Coddington, who had violently reassumed the reins of government. In the latter part of that year he settled on land purchased from Robert Cole at Bapaquinapang near Massapand Pond, adjoining Providence. Owing to the search for a place where he could find freedom of thought he was compelled to change his residence several times. He grew in importance and held many positions of honor. He was assistant to Governor Roger Williams; elected to the assembly in 1649, and in 1651 was chosen president of the colony, serving as governor in the absence of Governor Williams. From 1664 to 1667 he was chosen deputy and again in 1670, but declined to serve on account of his age. He died in December, 1677 (probably December 10). He was buried in the Gorton burial ground at Warwick, where it is supposed his wife Mary also found her last resting place. The date of her death is unknown.

Samuel Gorton was one of the most prominent men in the early colonial history of New England. A lover of religious liberty he was always foremost in defending the people of the Providence and Rhode Island plantations from the drastic effects of the religious intolerance and grasping tyranny of the Puritans of the Massachusetts and Plymouth colonies. His banishment from the Plymouth Colony was under the following circumstances: A widow, Ellen Aldridge, a woman of good repute, who had lately come over, was employed by his wife as a domestic. It was alleged of her, that “she smiled in church.” For this offense Governor Prence commanded, after punishment as the bench see fit, her departure, and also anyone who brought her to the place from whence she came. They proposed to deport her as a vagabond. Gorton appeared at court December 4, 1638, in her defense and undertook to show that the offense was not recognized in the English law, to the protection of which he appealed; that she was no vagabond; was a woman of good report, and by diligent labor earning her bread. He was charged with deluding the court of her and was bound to answer for this contempt at the next sessions. He appeared at the next sessions, and in his defense, seems to have still further antagonized the court. “All his defense and attempted defense” was pronounced to be “turbulent and seditious;” and so on the 4th day of December, 1638, he was sentenced “to depart from Plymouth, his home, his hired house, his wife and children, and to be beyond the utmost bounds of it within fourteen days.” His departure from Plymouth was in the extremity of New England winter, and happened in the midst of the greatest tempest of wind and snow recorded of the times. After great exposure and suffering he with his family arrived on December 18, at the nearest settlement on an island in Narragansett Bay. Here he soon came to the front in the struggle by the people against the policy of the judges and elders, who had established a government and court, which was of fidelity, not known to the civil laws, but to the laws of Moses. Gorton was a student of law. His library which he brought from England contained the standard authorities, and he understood his own and the people’s rights better than did these judges and elders. Massachusetts claiming a prior charter to the Narragansett territory, Gorton was chosen by the assembly of the Providence plantations as their commissioner to England, and departed on his mission in August, 1645. His work with and before the parliament commissioners in England was continuous and severe, and it was over two years before he succeeded in his efforts for his people. He did not reach home till May, 1648. He was a writer of ability, leaving many valuable state papers and several published works. That he must have been possessed of great and shining virtues is sufficiently evident from the fidelity with which his early adherents followed through life his changing fortunes, and by their never failing confidence in his worthiness to fill public office of the highest trust and of the greatest importance to the general weal. He was their chosen representative to the assembly in the years 1649-51-52-55-56-57-58-59-60-62-63-64-65-66; served a number of years in the upper house, corresponding to the present senate; was associate judge of their highest court, and was their president or governor for the term beginning in 1651 and ending in 1652. He was a multitude of times selected to audit the accounts of the colony, and more than any other man in the colony was called upon to draw up important state papers, and in his old age was continually honored by the gift of the most important civil offices. Sidney S. Rider, whose knowledge of these early men, obtained from a lifelong study of their works, is not exceeded by any one living says that Gorton was “one of the most learned men then living in New England.” In the languages, in the law, and in letters, he was exceedingly proficient. His early associations were good; his wife was as tenderly reared as any lady in the colony; his family educated and refined: her brother a college professor, and an excellent Latin poet. He was possessed of more literary education than any of the founders save Williams. In law and politics he understood his rights better than did the elders and magistrates of Massachusetts, and he at all times showed the courage of his convictions and he appeared to have asserted no propositions which he could not legally maintain. Samuel G. Arnold regarded him as one of the most remarkable men who ever lived. John M. Mackey says of him: “His astuteness of mind and Biblical learning made him a formidable opponent of the Puritan hierarchy. By his bold example, by his written and spoken word he did much that should make his name ever freshly remembered by the friends of religious liberty throughout the wide world.” Rhode Island may well be proud of his record and of his distinguished services.

Children of Samuel (1) and Mary (Maplet) Gorton

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2. Samuel (2) Gorton. Of whom further.
3. Mary Gorton. Married (first) Peter Greene, (second) John Sanford.
4. Maher Gorton. Married Daniel Cole.
5. John Gorton. Married Margaret Weeden.
6. Benjamin Gorton. Married Sarah Garder.
7. Sarah Gorton. Married William Mace.
8. Ann Gorton. Married John Weaver.
9. Elizabeth Gorton. Married John Crandall.
10. Susanna Gorton. Married Benjamin Barton.

(II) Samuel (2) Gorton

Samuel (2), son of Samuel (1) Gorton, was born at Gorton, Lancaster county, England, 1630. He came with his father to New England in 1636, lived with him at Warwick and received from him a deed for his interest in the property. He, like his father, gained the friendship and goodwill of the Indian tribes around them. He was captain of the military company of the town and in 1678 was a member of the court at Newport to try cases against the Indians for depredations committed during King Philip’s war. During the years 1676 to 1683 he was a member of the upper house of assembly. He also filled the office of assistant judge two terms; was elected for a third term but declined to serve. He married, December 11, 1684, Susannah Burton, born 1665, daughter of William and Hannah (Wickes) Burton. Samuel (2) Gorton, died September 6, 1724, and his widow married (second) Richard Harris. She died June 25, 1737.

Children of Samuel (2) and Susannah (Burton) Gorton

1. Samuel (3) Gorton. Of whom further.
2. Hezekiah Gorton. Born January 11, 1692, married Freelove Neason.
3. Susannah Gorton. Born June 4, 1694, married Joseph Stafford.

(III) Samuel (3) Gorton

Samuel (3), son of Samuel (2) Gorton, was born in Warwick, Rhode Island, January 9, 1690. He moved from Warwick to Swansey, Massachusetts, where his last five children were born. He married, June 1, 1715, Freelove, daughter of Elder Joseph and Lydia (Bowen) Mason. He died in January, 1784, and was buried from the home of his son, Deacon Benjamin Gorton, January 23; funeral sermon by Elder John Gorton.

Children of Samuel (3) and Freelove (Mason) Gorton

1. Samuel (4) Gorton. Born in March, 1717; married (first) Ruth Slade; (second) Frances (Rice) Graves.
2. Freelove Gorton. Born August 27, 1718.
3. Ann Gorton. Born September 7, 1721.
4. Lydia Gorton. Born February 1, 1723.
5. Benjamin Gorton. Born July 2, 1725, married Avis Hulett.
6. William Gorton.
7. Joseph Gorton. Of whom further.
8. Susanna Gorton. Born June 6, 1734.
9. Hezekiah Gorton. Born July 9, 1736.

(IV) Joseph Gorton

Joseph, son of Samuel (3) Gorton, was born probably in Swansey, although his birth is not recorded there. He served in the revolution in Esquire Millard’s company, Colonel Waterman’s regiment, Rhode Island militia, November 21, 1776; December 4, 1776, and January 9, 1777, length of service not stated. He married, January 1, 1762, Mary Barton, born November 20, 1740, daughter of Benjamin and Mary (Harte) Barton, a sister of General William Barton, who captured the British General Prescott at Newport.

Children of Joseph and Mary (Barton) Gorton

1. Hezekiah Gorton. Born November 21, 1763, married the widow of Asa Potter.
2. David Gorton. Of whom further.
3. Mary Gorton. Born March 4, 1770, married Levi or Sevin Kinnecot.

(V) David Gorton

David, son of Joseph Gorton, was born at Warwick, Rhode Island, November 24, 1768, died at Mansfield, New York. He was married by Elder John Gorton, March 19, 1789, to Alice Whitford, born July 16, 1770, daughter of George and Hannah (Wickes) Whitford, of Warwick. Her name is written alternately, Alice and Elsie. They settled in Mansfield, New York, but after being left a widow she lived with her daughter Rachel in Bloomfield, Connecticut, where she died in July, 1855.

Children of David and Alice (Whitford) Gorton

1. Mary Gorton. Born 1790, married Philip White.
2. Joseph Gorton. Of whom further.
3. Hannah Gorton. Born July 7, 1795, married William Haswell.
4. Susan Gorton. Born May 12, 1799; married (first) Henry Baxter, (second) Ransom J. Greene.
5. John Gorton. Born April 19, 1801, married Johanne Sheldon.
6. Silas C. Gorton. Born 1803, married (first) Diadama Meade; married (second) Lucy Steel.
7. Rachel Gorton. Born December 14, 1805, married William Gillette.
8. Phebe S. Gorton. Born July 1, 1811, married John Robinson.
9. Hezekiah Gorton. Born 1814, married Sallie A. Edmonds.
10. Alpha Gorton. Died in infancy.
11. Betsey E. Gorton. Born January 21, 1818; married (first) James Brown, (second) William Henry.

(VI) Joseph (2) Gorton

Joseph (2), son of David Gorton, was born at Warwick, Rhode Island, November 7, 1792, died in December, 1872, at Friendship, New York. He was a cooper by trade. He was named after his grandfather, Joseph Gorton, who gave him a tract of one hundred acres of land at or near where the city of Bennington, Vermont, now stands. This he sold for a few hundred dollars and settled in Friendship, Allegany county, New York, where he married, lived and died. He served in the war of 1812, under Colonel Brockway. He married, January 5, 1814, Phebe Baxter, born October 5, 1795, at North Salem, Westchester county, New York, daughter of John (2) and Dorcas (Whitlock) Baxter.

Captain John (1) Baxter came to America in 1664 with the Irish Volunteers, as captain. He received for his services the island of Throggs Neck. He had eight children, among whom was Petit Baxter. Petit Baxter, born December 16, 1732, died February 5, 1809, married Sarah Brush, born November 9, 1738, died February 5, 1823. They had twelve children, the eldest being John Baxter. John (2) Baxter, born September 24, 1760, died November 28, 1841, was a soldier of the revolution. He married Dorcas Whitlock, born June 4, 1776, died April 25, 1839. They had nine children, one of whom was Phebe Baxter Gorton, of previous mention.

Children of Captain John (1) Baxter

1. Eight children. Among them was Petit Baxter; the other names are not given.

Children of Petit and Sarah (Brush) Baxter

1. John Baxter. The eldest.
2. Eleven other children. Names not given.

Children of John (2) and Dorcas (Whitlock) Baxter

1. Phebe Baxter. Of previous mention, wife of Joseph (2) Gorton.
2. Eight other children. Names not given.

Children of Joseph (2) and Phebe (Baxter) Gorton

1. Alpha Ann Gorton. Born November 16, 1814, died August 8, 1815.
2. Sarah H. Gorton. Born March 16, 1816, died April 4, 1816.
3. Harriet Ann Gorton. Born September 17, 1817, married Levi Horner.
4. Sheridan Gorton. Of whom further.
5. Joseph Gorton. Born October 12, 1821, died February 16, 1822.
6. Fanny Gorton. Born January 12, 1824, married Abel T. Reynolds.
7. Orpha E. Gorton. Born April 25, 1826, married Samuel E. Latta.
8. Phebe F. Gorton. Born May 30, 1828, married John C. Colwell.
9. Susan M. Gorton. Born July 9, 1830, married Robert E. Middaugh.
10. Henry Baxter Gorton. Born December 27, 1832, married Flora Horner.
11. Josephus Gorton. Born February 21, 1835, married Ellen M. Church.
12. Erastus Gorton. Born February 4, 1837, died March 3, 1837.
13. Thaddeus Hezekiah Gorton. Born March 5, 1839, died January, 1848.

(VII) Sheridan Gorton

Sheridan, son of Joseph (2) Gorton, was born in New York state (probably in Friendship), December 21, 1819, died in Friendship, May 23, 1848. He was a musician and during the summer months traveled in that capacity with Van Amberg’s circus. He also learned and worked at harnessmaking. He died at the early age of twenty-nine years. He married, August 12, 1847, Abigail Norton, born in Washington county, New York, in May, 1829, died in Friendship, December 22, 1910. They had one child, Sheridan (2), born October 1, 1848. Mrs. Gorton married (second) Walter D. Renwick, a teacher and farmer, who died in Friendship in 1908. She was a Congregationalist, later a Methodist.

Child of Sheridan (1) and Abigail (Norton) Gorton

1. Sheridan (2) Gorton. Born October 1, 1848.

Abigail Norton was the daughter of Joseph B. Norton, born in Washington county, New York, in 1800, a farmer, also a lumberman, and one of the first settlers of what was then Phillipsville, Allegany county, New York, settling there with wife and one child Abigail. He died in Friendship. By a first marriage there was no issue; he married (second) Prudence Hall, born in Walpole, New Hampshire, in 1806, died in Friendship, in 1900; she was of a prominent family, her grandfather Hall was an officer of the revolution.

Children of Joseph B. Norton and his second wife Prudence Hall

1. Abigail Norton. Of previous mention, wife of Sheridan (1) and mother of Sheridan (2) Gorton.
2. David Norton. Born 1831, died at Friendship, a harnessmaker and farmer; married (first) a Miss Harrison, who left a son:
   1. Harry Norton. Born 1856.

   He married (second) Libby Bradley, also of Friendship. Children:

   1. Carrie Norton.
   2. Frederick Norton.
   3. A daughter.
   4. Mary Norton.
   5. Martin Norton.
3. Miriam Norton. Born in 1833, in Phillipsville, New York; married William McCracken, of Farmington, Oakland county, Michigan, where they reside on their farm. Children:
   1. Harry McCracken. A farmer and an ex-member of the Michigan legislature.
   2. Mary McCracken. Married William Hewitt, a lawyer of Detroit.
   3. Stella McCracken. Resides in Oakland county, Michigan.
   4. Arthur McCracken. A lawyer in Indiana.
4. Rhoda Norton. Born 1835, married James Hyde, a clerk; they reside in Belmont, New York; no living children.
5. Sheridan McArthur Norton. Born 1848, thirteen years after his sister Rhoda; died in Friendship, in 1896; he married Hilary Robinson, who survives him. One child:
   1. George Norton. An electrical engineer.
6. Clara Norton. Born in 1850, at Phillipsville, Allegany county, New York, died in East Lexington, Massachusetts, about 1890; married Edward Spalding, a prominent farmer and citizen of East Lexington.

Children of Abigail (Norton) Gorton and Walter D. Renwick

1. Ellena Renwick. Born in Cuba, New York, 1854; married F. L. Dayton, deceased, a real estate and insurance agent of Friendship, whom she survives. One child:
   1. Lolo Dayton.
2. Elizabeth Renwick. Born in Belmont, New York, 1861, married William H. Flint, a mechanic, residing in Friendship. Children:
   1. Jessie Flint. Married Roy Glover.
   2. Carl Flint. An engraver of Buffalo, New York.
   3. Mary Flint. A teacher in Bradford (Pennsylvania) high school.
   4. Howard Flint. A student at Michigan University.
3. Walter N. Renwick. Born in Belmont, 1865, now a lawyer of Cuba, New York; married and has:
   1. Walter Renwick. Born 1903.
   2. Robert Renwick. Born 1909.
4. Edward M. (Ned) Renwick. Born in Belmont, 1870, a traveling salesman; married Ruth Newton and resides in Cuba, New York; has one daughter:
   1. Irene Renwick.

(VIII) Sheridan (2) Gorton

Sheridan (2), only child of Sheridan (1) and Abigail (Norton) Gorton, was born in Belmont (then called Phillipsville), Allegany county, New York, October 1, 1848. He there received a public school education, and became a teacher, following that profession in Allegany county and in Oakland county, Michigan, until 1872. He was then advance agent for a theatrical company four years until 1876. In the latter year he began the study of law, under the direction of S. McArthur Norton, of Friendship, New York. He had previously read and studied law under the direction of Hon. Wilkes Angel and George S. Jones, at Belmont, New York, and now continued under Mr. Norton’s preceptorship until June 15, 1877, when he was admitted at Buffalo, New York, as a member of the bar of the state of New York. He located in Smethport, Pennsylvania, July 3, 1877; was admitted to the McKean county bar, September 24, following, formed a partnership with John C. Backus (see Backus), and together they practiced very successfully until the death of Mr. Backus. In November, 1898, he entered into a law partnership with Thomas R. Richmond (see Richmond), then a member of the Pennsylvania legislature. This was a very effective combination and they transacted an enormous business until the death of Mr. Richmond in 1908. Since that time Mr. Gorton has practiced alone, retaining and satisfactorily serving the former firm clients. He is an able lawyer, thoroughly informed in the law and skillful in legal procedure. He is a Republican in politics and has held many town and county offices, including the board of council, school director, district attorney for McKean county (1894-1897), and numerous conventions which he has attended as delegate. He is president of the Smethport Water Company and has large business interests outside his profession. He has given a great deal of attention to fraternal societies and has attained prominence in all. He is past master of Smethport Lodge, No. 182, Ancient Order of United Workmen, and past grand master of the Pennsylvania State organization (1892 and 1893), the Pennsylvania jurisdiction including West Virginia; past noble grand of Smethport Lodge, No. 389, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; past worshipful master of McKean Lodge, No. 388, Free and Accepted Masons; is a companion of Bradford Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; a sir knight of Trinity Commandery (Bradford), Knights Templar; a noble of Zem Zem Temple (Erie), Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, and a thirty-second degree Mason of Coudersport Consistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite. His club is the Central of Smethport. During his long professional and public career, Mr. Gorton has fairly won the confidence and esteem of his townsmen and brethren of the bar, and as a man, a citizen and a lawyer bears a character beyond reproach.

He married, June 29, 1878, Lucy C. Eaton, born in Smethport, April 1, 1859. She was educated in the public schools and has been a lifetime resident of Smethport. She is a daughter of Judson Galusha Eaton, a descendant of John Eaton, the emigrant, of Watertown and Dedham, Massachusetts (see Eaton). Mrs. Gorton is a member of the Travelers’ Club and of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church.

Children of Sheridan and Lucy C. (Eaton) Gorton

All were born in Smethport.

1. Sheridan (3) Gorton. Born September 22, 1879, now a publisher of New York City; married a widow, Mrs. Edith (Case) Montgomery; no issue. By her first husband she had a daughter:
   1. Marjorie Montgomery. Living in Massachusetts.
2. E. Rex Gorton. Born June 14, 1881; now in charge of a large garage in Patterson, California; married March 19, 1911, Matilda Nieman, of Cincinnati, Ohio.
3. MacArthur Gorton. Born February 4, 1889; graduate of Bucknell University, class of 1910, now a civil engineer in Sao Paulo, Brazil, South America; unmarried.
4. Elva Rita Gorton. Born May 8, 1893, graduate of Smethport high school and resides with her parents.

The Eaton Line

John Eaton, the emigrant, was an early settler of Watertown, Massachusetts, where he was admitted a freeman May 25, 1636; lived there another year and shared in several land distributions. He joined the Dedham church in 1641 and took active part in the public affairs of Dedham, serving on committee to lay out lands; as surveyor of highways, and as wood reeve several years. He died October 9, 1658. His wife Abigail survived him.

Children of John and Abigail Eaton

1. Mary Eaton. Baptized at Dover, Kent county, England, March 20, 1631.
2. John Eaton. Died young.
3. Thomas Eaton. Born 1633, died 1659.
4. John (2) Eaton. Of whom further.
5. Abigail Eaton. Born January 6, 1640, died February 13, 1711.
6. Jacob Eaton. Born June 8, 1642, in Dedham, died young.

(II) John (2) Eaton

John (2), son of John (1) Eaton, born 1636, died April 23, 1684. His wife Alice, died March 8, 1694.

Children of John (2) and Alice Eaton

1. John Eaton. Died young.
2. John Eaton. Married Ann Whitney.
3. Thomas Eaton. Married Lydia Gay.
4. William Eaton. Married Mary Starr.
5. Judith Eaton. Died young.
6. David Eaton. Died young.
7. Ebenezer Eaton. Died young.
8. Judith Eaton. Born May 17, 1680.
9. Jonathan Eaton. Of whom further.

(III) Jonathan Eaton

Jonathan, son of John (2) Eaton, was born at Dedham, Massachusetts, September 3, 1681, died in Killingly, Connecticut, June 25, 1748. He moved to Connecticut in 1701 and was the first permanent settler at Putnam village, where he built a mill. He attended church in Killingly in 1730, and was chosen deacon. He married Lydia Starr, in 1706, second daughter of Comfort and Mary Starr. She died in March, 1751.

Children of Jonathan and Lydia (Starr) Eaton

1. Lydia Eaton. Born November 5, 1707, twice married.
2. Keziah Eaton. Born May 24, 1710, married Deliverance Cleveland.
3. Alice Eaton. Born November 28, 1712, married Joseph Lawrence (2).
4. Susanna Eaton. Born in April, 1715; married Thomas Grove.
5. Jerusha Eaton. Born April 16, 1717; married John Bucklin.
6. Hannah Eaton. Born August 17, 1719; married Seth Johnson.
7. Jonathan (2) Eaton. Born November 10, 1721, married Sarah Johnson.
8. John (2) Eaton. Of whom further.
9. Penelope Eaton. Born March 21, 1729.
10. Comfort Eaton. Born September 25, 1730, married Mehitable Whitmore.
11. Marston Eaton. Born October 21, 1731, married Elizabeth Lyon.

(IV) John (3) Eaton

John (3), son of Jonathan Eaton, was born May 13, 1724, died while on a visit to his son in Eatonville, New York. He lived in North Adams, Massachusetts, and married Hannah Johnson.

Children of John (3) and Hannah (Johnson) Eaton

1. John (4) Eaton. Married Mehitable Richardson.
2. Elisha Eaton. Married Sally Case.
3. Wyman Eaton. Married Mary Knight.
4. Rufus Eaton. Of whom further.
5. Comfort Eaton. Married Polly Griffith.
6. Rhoda Eaton. Married Jeremiah Bucklin.
7. Esther Eaton. Married Jonathan Richardson.
8. Lydia Eaton. Married Abijah Richmond.
9. Keziah Eaton. Married a Mr. Knapp.
10. Mehitable Eaton. Married Donald Bensley.
11. Hannah Eaton. Married Chad Brown.

(V) Rufus Eaton

Rufus, son of John (3) Eaton, was born June 16, 1770, died in Springville, Erie county, New York, February 7, 1845. He was but a lad of sixteen years, when with four brothers he emigrated to the site of Eatonville, Herkimer county, New York, and helped to found the town that bears the family name. At the age of forty years he moved with his wife and eight children to the vicinity of Buffalo, New York, but finding it unhealthy, again moved, settling at Springville, Erie county, near the southern boundary of the county. He located there in 1810, obtained a great deal of good land, on which Springville was later largely built, he being one of the first settlers there. He built the first saw mill in the town, was the first justice of the peace, and with his brother Elisha built, in 1824, the old Springville Hotel. He donated land for the village park; the cemetery; the academy; the First Presbyterian Church, and for other charitable and religious purposes. He may be called the father of the town, so intimately is his name associated with its early history. He married, in 1791, Sally Potter, who died November 15, 1843, aged seventy-six years.

Children of Rufus and Sally (Potter) Eaton

1. Sylvester Eaton. Of whom further.
2. Waitee Eaton. Married Frederick Richmond.
3. Sally Eaton. Twice married.
4. Rufus C. Eaton. Born 1796, married Elizabeth Butterworth.
5. Mahala Eaton. Married Otis Butterworth.
6. Elisha Eaton. Born 1800, married Betsey Chapee.
7. Harriet Eaton. Married Dr. Carl Emmons.
8. William Eaton. Died young.

(VI) Sylvester Eaton

Sylvester, eldest son of Rufus Eaton, was born in Little Falls, New York, June 17, 1792. He married (first) Lydia Gardner, (second) Nancy Wilkes.

Children of Sylvester Eaton and his first wife

1. Peregrine Eaton. Married (first) Alice Tailor, (second) Phebe Starkweather.
2. Judson Galusha Eaton. Of whom further.
3. Mary L. Eaton.

Children of Sylvester and Nancy (Wilkes) Eaton

1. Waitee Eaton.
2. Lucinda Eaton.
3. Rosalie Eaton. Married a Mr. Rice, of Osago, Iowa.

(VII) Judson Galusha Eaton

Judson Galusha, son of Sylvester Eaton, was born in Springville, New York, August 19, 1823, died May 7, 1888, a tinsmith. He married, September 4, 1856, Sarah Electa Bennett, who survives him a resident of Smethport, where they settled after marriage. She is a daughter of Oshea Rich Bennett, born near Albany, New York, April 29, 1806, died in Smethport June, 1858, a merchant; married Lucy Green Warner, born July 5, 1807, at Lima, New York, died in Smethport, May 11, 1887; they were the parents of twelve children, of which Sarah Electa was the second.

Children of Oshea Rich and Lucy Green (Warner) Bennett

1. Sarah Electa Bennett. The second child; married Judson Galusha Eaton.
2. Eleven other children. Names not given.

(VIII) Lucy C. Eaton

Lucy C., daughter of Judson Galusha and Sarah Electa (Bennett) Eaton, married Sheridan Gorton (see Gorton VIII).

See: Genealogy of the Allegheny Valley Pennsylvania

Source

Jordan, J. W. 1840-1921. (1913). Genealogical and personal history of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania. New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co.

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