Reverend Isaac Eaton (1724-1772) was a Baptist minister. (b. 1724; Montgomery, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, USA - d. July 04, 1772; Hopewell, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA)
Parents:
Reverend Joseph Eaton (1679-1748) and Uriah Humphrey Gill (1691-1759).
Birth:
1724 in Montgomery, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
Marriage:
Isaac married Rebecca Stout (1727-1794) in 1748.
Children:
Dr. David Eaton, Peter D. Eaton; James Eaton; Sarah Gray; Mary Eaton and John Eaton.
Ministry:
On October 30, 1748, Isaac Eaton moved from the Baptist Church of Southampton, Pennsylvania to the Baptist Church of Hopewell, New Jersey. He was ordained November 23, 1748. In 1755 he became the first pastor of the Old School Baptist Church in Hopewell, New Jersey. In 1755 he also established the Hopewell Academy in the church parsonage.
Death:
July 4, 1772 in Hopewell, Mercer County, New Jersey.
Burial:
First Baptist Church Cemetery in Hopewell, Mercer County, New Jersey.
Tombstone:
Isaac's tombstone reads: "To the front of this are deposited the remains of reverend Isaac Eaton A.M. who for upwards of 26 years was pastor of this church from the care of which he was removed by death on 4th of July 1772 in the 47th year of his age".
Biography:
"In 1748, with a church building under construction, the congregation called upon the Reverend Isaac Eaton to be their settled minister. He accepted and was provided with a parsonage house on six acres, probably within the present Borough. Eaton had married the daughter of David Stout, whose 150 acres lay along the southern side of the road opposite the church, extending roughly from today's Lanning Avenue to Maple Street. Under Eaton's preaching the Hopewell (Township) Baptist Congregation became the largest church (200+ members) in the Philadelphia Baptist Association of more than 20 Baptist congregations from New York City to Philadelphia. Eaton first taught in the local log school, but in 1756 he began his famous "Latin Grammar School", the first of its kind for the Baptists in America. It was located on his father-in-law's property across from the church. The Association in Philadelphia took collections from the other churches to support Eaton's school here. This school produced a number of young scholars who became noted Baptist ministers, and they in turn spread the Baptist faith throughout the South and West. " (Source: David Blackwell of the Hopewell Museum in 2018)
Biography:
Eaton, Isaac, educator, born in Montgomery, Pennsylvania, in 1724; died 4 July 1772. He was for twenty-six years pastor of the Baptist Church in Hopewell, New Jersey, and was the first teacher among American Baptists to open a school for the education of young men for the ministry. The house in which Mr. Eaton taught still stands in the village of Hopewell. Among his pupils were many who subsequently became eminent as ministers, physicians, and lawyers. One of these was the Rev. James Manning, the first president of Rhode Island College, now Brown University. (Source: Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography)
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Parents:
Reverend Joseph Eaton (1679-1748) and Uriah Humphrey Gill (1691-1759).
Birth:
1724 in Montgomery, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
Marriage:
Isaac married Rebecca Stout (1727-1794) in 1748.
Children:
Dr. David Eaton, Peter D. Eaton; James Eaton; Sarah Gray; Mary Eaton and John Eaton.
Ministry:
On October 30, 1748, Isaac Eaton moved from the Baptist Church of Southampton, Pennsylvania to the Baptist Church of Hopewell, New Jersey. He was ordained November 23, 1748. In 1755 he became the first pastor of the Old School Baptist Church in Hopewell, New Jersey. In 1755 he also established the Hopewell Academy in the church parsonage.
Death:
July 4, 1772 in Hopewell, Mercer County, New Jersey.
Burial:
First Baptist Church Cemetery in Hopewell, Mercer County, New Jersey.
Tombstone:
Isaac's tombstone reads: "To the front of this are deposited the remains of reverend Isaac Eaton A.M. who for upwards of 26 years was pastor of this church from the care of which he was removed by death on 4th of July 1772 in the 47th year of his age".
Biography:
"In 1748, with a church building under construction, the congregation called upon the Reverend Isaac Eaton to be their settled minister. He accepted and was provided with a parsonage house on six acres, probably within the present Borough. Eaton had married the daughter of David Stout, whose 150 acres lay along the southern side of the road opposite the church, extending roughly from today's Lanning Avenue to Maple Street. Under Eaton's preaching the Hopewell (Township) Baptist Congregation became the largest church (200+ members) in the Philadelphia Baptist Association of more than 20 Baptist congregations from New York City to Philadelphia. Eaton first taught in the local log school, but in 1756 he began his famous "Latin Grammar School", the first of its kind for the Baptists in America. It was located on his father-in-law's property across from the church. The Association in Philadelphia took collections from the other churches to support Eaton's school here. This school produced a number of young scholars who became noted Baptist ministers, and they in turn spread the Baptist faith throughout the South and West. " (Source: David Blackwell of the Hopewell Museum in 2018)
Biography:
Eaton, Isaac, educator, born in Montgomery, Pennsylvania, in 1724; died 4 July 1772. He was for twenty-six years pastor of the Baptist Church in Hopewell, New Jersey, and was the first teacher among American Baptists to open a school for the education of young men for the ministry. The house in which Mr. Eaton taught still stands in the village of Hopewell. Among his pupils were many who subsequently became eminent as ministers, physicians, and lawyers. One of these was the Rev. James Manning, the first president of Rhode Island College, now Brown University. (Source: Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography)
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Reverend Isaac Eaton (1724-1772) was a Baptist minister. (b. 1724; Montgomery, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, USA - d. July 04, 1772; Hopewell, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA)
Parents:
Reverend Joseph Eaton (1679-1748) and Uriah Humphrey Gill (1691-1759).
Birth:
1724 in Montgomery, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
Marriage:
Isaac married Rebecca Stout (1727-1794) in 1748.
Children:
Dr. David Eaton, Peter D. Eaton; James Eaton; Sarah Gray; Mary Eaton and John Eaton.
Ministry:
On October 30, 1748, Isaac Eaton moved from the Baptist Church of Southampton, Pennsylvania to the Baptist Church of Hopewell, New Jersey. He was ordained November 23, 1748. In 1755 he became the first pastor of the Old School Baptist Church in Hopewell, New Jersey. In 1755 he also established the Hopewell Academy in the church parsonage.
Death:
July 4, 1772 in Hopewell, Mercer County, New Jersey.
Burial:
First Baptist Church Cemetery in Hopewell, Mercer County, New Jersey.
Tombstone:
Isaac's tombstone reads: "To the front of this are deposited the remains of reverend Isaac Eaton A.M. who for upwards of 26 years was pastor of this church from the care of which he was removed by death on 4th of July 1772 in the 47th year of his age".
Biography:
"In 1748, with a church building under construction, the congregation called upon the Reverend Isaac Eaton to be their settled minister. He accepted and was provided with a parsonage house on six acres, probably within the present Borough. Eaton had married the daughter of David Stout, whose 150 acres lay along the southern side of the road opposite the church, extending roughly from today's Lanning Avenue to Maple Street. Under Eaton's preaching the Hopewell (Township) Baptist Congregation became the largest church (200+ members) in the Philadelphia Baptist Association of more than 20 Baptist congregations from New York City to Philadelphia. Eaton first taught in the local log school, but in 1756 he began his famous "Latin Grammar School", the first of its kind for the Baptists in America. It was located on his father-in-law's property across from the church. The Association in Philadelphia took collections from the other churches to support Eaton's school here. This school produced a number of young scholars who became noted Baptist ministers, and they in turn spread the Baptist faith throughout the South and West. " (Source: David Blackwell of the Hopewell Museum in 2018)
Biography:
Eaton, Isaac, educator, born in Montgomery, Pennsylvania, in 1724; died 4 July 1772. He was for twenty-six years pastor of the Baptist Church in Hopewell, New Jersey, and was the first teacher among American Baptists to open a school for the education of young men for the ministry. The house in which Mr. Eaton taught still stands in the village of Hopewell. Among his pupils were many who subsequently became eminent as ministers, physicians, and lawyers. One of these was the Rev. James Manning, the first president of Rhode Island College, now Brown University. (Source: Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography)
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Parents:
Reverend Joseph Eaton (1679-1748) and Uriah Humphrey Gill (1691-1759).
Birth:
1724 in Montgomery, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
Marriage:
Isaac married Rebecca Stout (1727-1794) in 1748.
Children:
Dr. David Eaton, Peter D. Eaton; James Eaton; Sarah Gray; Mary Eaton and John Eaton.
Ministry:
On October 30, 1748, Isaac Eaton moved from the Baptist Church of Southampton, Pennsylvania to the Baptist Church of Hopewell, New Jersey. He was ordained November 23, 1748. In 1755 he became the first pastor of the Old School Baptist Church in Hopewell, New Jersey. In 1755 he also established the Hopewell Academy in the church parsonage.
Death:
July 4, 1772 in Hopewell, Mercer County, New Jersey.
Burial:
First Baptist Church Cemetery in Hopewell, Mercer County, New Jersey.
Tombstone:
Isaac's tombstone reads: "To the front of this are deposited the remains of reverend Isaac Eaton A.M. who for upwards of 26 years was pastor of this church from the care of which he was removed by death on 4th of July 1772 in the 47th year of his age".
Biography:
"In 1748, with a church building under construction, the congregation called upon the Reverend Isaac Eaton to be their settled minister. He accepted and was provided with a parsonage house on six acres, probably within the present Borough. Eaton had married the daughter of David Stout, whose 150 acres lay along the southern side of the road opposite the church, extending roughly from today's Lanning Avenue to Maple Street. Under Eaton's preaching the Hopewell (Township) Baptist Congregation became the largest church (200+ members) in the Philadelphia Baptist Association of more than 20 Baptist congregations from New York City to Philadelphia. Eaton first taught in the local log school, but in 1756 he began his famous "Latin Grammar School", the first of its kind for the Baptists in America. It was located on his father-in-law's property across from the church. The Association in Philadelphia took collections from the other churches to support Eaton's school here. This school produced a number of young scholars who became noted Baptist ministers, and they in turn spread the Baptist faith throughout the South and West. " (Source: David Blackwell of the Hopewell Museum in 2018)
Biography:
Eaton, Isaac, educator, born in Montgomery, Pennsylvania, in 1724; died 4 July 1772. He was for twenty-six years pastor of the Baptist Church in Hopewell, New Jersey, and was the first teacher among American Baptists to open a school for the education of young men for the ministry. The house in which Mr. Eaton taught still stands in the village of Hopewell. Among his pupils were many who subsequently became eminent as ministers, physicians, and lawyers. One of these was the Rev. James Manning, the first president of Rhode Island College, now Brown University. (Source: Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography)
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