Nathaniel Eaton

Nathaniel Eaton (1610–1674) was the first schoolmaster of Harvard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and later became a clergyman.

Sources

• James Kendall Hosmer, editor Winthrop's Journal 'The History of New England' 1630–1649 (1908 edition) vol. I, p. 314 — Appeal by the Church of Cambridge and the seizing of Nathaniel Eaton's estate. See also: James Savage's footnotes in his edited version of the same above Winthrop's Journal 'The History of New England' 1630-1649 (1825–26 edition)
• Nathaniel Bradstreet Shurtleff, M.D., editor Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England (1853, vol. I) by page ...

:p. 210 – left out of tax rate for 1637 on November 20 1637

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November 20 - 1637

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:p. 262 – 500 acres of land granted on June 6, 1639 vis-à-vis: "If hee continew his employment wth vs for his life".

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June 6 - 1639

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:p. 275 – Removed from employment on September 9, 1639

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September 9 - 1639

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:p. 275 – Judgements henceforth, after the Eaton Trial, to "bee recorded in a booke, to bee kept to posterity".

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::(Same day as above: September 9, 1639, and written in after the above "deposition" event. It's probable that the "deposition" was a "first order of business", and not just something anticipated long before "recordation of facts" had even been conceived.)

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September 9 - 1639

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:p. 277 – His estate attached on November 5 1639

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November 5 - 1639

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:p. 374 – Nathaniel Eaton Made a Freeman on June 9 1638

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June 9 - 1638

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:p. 375 – Nathaniell Heaten made free on May 25 1636

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May 25 - 1636

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• Thomas Lechford Note Book Kept by Thomas Lechford Lawyer, 1638–1641 (1885) p. 236

:"I payd Nathaniel Heaton for full of writings & cutting wood. 11.31.1639. 5s".

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• Cotton Mather Magnalia Christi Americana (The Ecclesiastical History of New England) (1702)
• John Warren Barber Connecticut Historical Collections (1837 edition) pp 134–185
• Benjamin Trumbull, D.D. A Complete History of Connecticut (1818)
• New England Historical and Genealogical Register (1855, vol. 9) pp 269–271, article entitled "The First President of Harvard College"

:(all preceding dates are in their original Julian Calendar format)

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