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- Elizabeth, wife of Peter, was termed "widow of Mr. Peter" in the St Mary's Parish Register (Dover) burial record. There is a burial record at St Mary the Virgin Parish for a Peter Eaton "Captain of the Hector", buried Nov 3, 1625, but we have not determined that this is our Peter Eaton.
The following is an excerpt of a report to the Eaton Families Association from Robert Noel at the College of Arms in London: (The report can be seen on the EFA website)
Peter Eaton of St Mary's Dover. Mentioned in the wills of his father 1581 and his mother 1584 (then under 21) and (as deceased) in that of his brother, Nicholas 1636. Died before 1 Nov 1612. (We think this incorrect as his last child was born 1623.)
He married Elizabeth Patterson of St Mary's Dover. Marriage Licence (Canterbury) 23 Jan 1603. Buried at St Mary's Dover 8 Jan 1631-2. They were the parents of one son and four daughters namely: Capt. John Eaton of Dover whose will (as of Cadiz in Spain) was dated 25 Nov 1653 and was proved 11 Feb 1655 (Prerogative Court of Canterbury); Joyce eldest daughter who was mentioned in the wills of her uncle, Nicholas 1636, and her brother, John 1653, and who married (Marriage licence (Canterbury) 10 Aug 1632) Edward Ranger of St Mary's Dover (living) 1653 of which marriage there was offspring three sons namely Nicholas Ranger [living ] 1653, John Ranger [living] 1653 and Peter Ranger [living] 1653; Catherine who was living in 1636 and who married (marriage licence (Canterbury) 1 Nov 1626 she being then aged 18) William Robinson of St James's Dover; Jane who was living unmarried 1653; and Elizabeth youngest daughter living 1653 who married ... Clarke. (No mention is made of the other five children known to this couple)
PETER EATON, born say 1568, died between 1623 and 1626.He married [by license] 27 January 1603/4, St. Mary the Virgin, Dover, ELIZABETH (___) PATTERSON, widow, of St. Mary, Dover. She was buried at St. Mary 8 January 1631/2.
According to the directions in his mother's 1584 will, Peter was to be sent to France for at least a year to learn French.
"Peter Eaton is stated to have been a deputy for Dover to represent the port at the meeting of the brotherhood of the Cinque Ports ca. 1615.(37) Peter Eaton was chosen to be a churchwarden for Dover in 1619, but appealed to Capt. James Barker(38) on 5 April 1619. He stated that "his place [position] exempts him now from serving, as it did on a former occasion" and asked direction from Lord Zouche, in a letter dated 5 April 1619 at Dover. Lord Zouch sent a warrant from London on 8 April 1619 to the mayor and council of Dover to discharge "Peter Eaton, a soldier of Arch-cliff Bulwark, Dover, from serving the office of churchwarden."(Reed)
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