Samuel Eaton rode on the Mayflower

Mayflower

The Mayflower was the ship that transported the English Separatists, better known as the Pilgrims, from a site near the Mayflower Steps in Plymouth, England, to Plymouth, Massachusetts, , in 1620...

with his family when he was just a suckling child (he was less than one year old). His mother, Sarah Eaton, died the first winter in the New World of 1620-1621. His father, Francis Eaton

Francis Eaton

Francis Eaton was a passenger on the Mayflower and also a signer of the Mayflower Compact. He traveled from England with his first wife, Sarah, and their "sucking" child, Samuel...

, remarried twice after that, and Samuel had one stepsister named Rachel, one stepbrother named Benjamin and another step-sibling. He apprenticed for seven years in husbandry

Animal husbandry

Animal husbandry is the agricultural practice of breeding and raising livestock.- History :Animal husbandry has been practiced for thousands of years, since the first domestication of animals....

. He then married and had a farm in Duxbury, then later in Middleboro

Middleborough, Massachusetts

Middleborough is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 21,117 as of 2008.For geographic and demographic information on the village of Middleborough Center, please see the article Middleborough Center, Massachusetts....

. He remarried and had six children all together with both wives, only four of the names of which are known: Sarah, Samuel, Mercy, and Bethiah. He died in 1684 at the age of 64.

Source

• Waters, Kate (1993). Samuel Eaton's Day. Scholastic Press. ISBN 0-590-46311-X.