Life in England
Francis Eaton was identified as a house carpenter in Bristol records. Francis was the only surviving child of his parents, his siblings all dying from an unknown illness in 1603/1604. No records of his own family exist in Bristol, indicating that he may have lived elsewhere in England prior to sailing on the Mayflower.
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