Life History

1591	Born in Chester, Cheshire, England.1,2,3,3 (most likely)
1591	Born in Haswell, Lancs, England.5 (less likely)
13th Apr 1612	Married Thomas YALE in Chester, Cheshire, England.18,19,6,6
1613	Birth of son David YALE in Chester, Cheshire, England.1
1615	Birth of daughter Ann YALE in Wales or Chester, England/.12
about 1616	Birth of son Thomas YALE in Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales.8,13,14,5,15,16,6
1618	Birth of daughter Elizabeth Wright YALE in Chester, Cheshire, England.1
26th Aug 1619	Death of Thomas YALE in Chester, Cheshire, England.1,5,17,16
15th Aug 1625	Death of daughter Elizabeth Wright YALE.1
4th Jul 1627	Married Theopilus EATON in St. John the Baptist,/Knutsford, Cheshire, England.3,3,3,3
1637	Arrival in Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.4
1657	Death of Theopilus EATON in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
25th May 1658	Died in Great Budworth, Cheshire, England.1,5,6
25th May 1658	Buried.1

Notes

• This article appeared in the New Haven Historical Society PapersVolume Five, published 1894 MRS. EATON'S TRIAL (IN 1644); AS ITAPPEARS UPON THE RECORDS OF THE FIRST CHURCH OF NEW HAVEN. By Rev.NEWMAN SMYTH, D.D. [Read Oct. 15th, 1888.] NOTE. Mrs. Anne Eaton wasthe second wife of Gov. Theophilus Eaton. whom she married in England,about the year 1625. This was also a second marriage for her. Herfirst husband was David Yale of Denbighsbire, North Wales. She was thedaughter of an English Bishop, probably George Lloyd, Bishop ofChester.(1) The Governor lived in a large house on the north side ofElm street, between Church and State, his home lot extending over whatis now Orange street. his family at this time was a large one, andcomprised his mother, the widow of Rev. Richard Eaton, 13.D. a Canonof Lichfield cathedral, and several children by each of his marriages.One of these, his daughter by his first wife, now probably a woman ofthirty or more, and unmarried, was time person referred to in thechurch records as "Mrs. Mary Eaton." She afterwards married ValentineHill of Boston. A portrait painted about 1635, which is in thecollections of this Society, is supposed to represent either her orMrs. Hopkins, a daughter of Mrs. Eaton. It is certain that Gov. Eatondid not live happily with his wife, after her trial andexcommunication,(2). and it is probable that there had been more orless of estraingment before that time. Soon after his death whichoccurred in 1657, she returned to the mother country with herchildren. From the narrative which follows, it is evident that she wasof a high-strung, nervous temperament, which sometimes threw her intoa state bordering on that which clouded the life of her daughter byher first marriage, above mentioned, Mrs. Ann Hopkins, the wife ofGovernor Edward Hopkins of Hartford. The greater part of the record ofthis trial was printed in 1889, with valuable annotations, in theappendix to Bacon's Historical Discourses (page 296). A fewexplanations may be of service as to some of the other personsmentioned in the proceedings. Page 134 "The Lady Moodey" had beenexcommunicated in the preceding year from the church in Salem,Massachusetts. "Mary Launce" became the (second) wife of Rev. JohnSherman of Watertown. Mr. Gregson was Thomas Gregson, one of themagistrates of the Colony, and of the cormmissioners representing itin the annual Congresses of the United Colonies of New England. He waslost on the "phantom ship," while on a voyage to London to procure apatent for the Colony of New Haven. "Mr. Hooke" was the Rev. WilliamHooke, M.A., who had been vicar of Axmouth in Devonshire, and now wasTeacher of the New Haven Church. In 1656, he returned to England,became Cromwell's domestic chaplain, and was made Master of the SavoyHospital. "Brother Lupton" was, doubtless, Thomas Lupton. who wasadmitted a member of the General Court during this year. The trial ofMrs. Eaton was naturally the subject of much talk among theinhabitants of the town. In 1646 Mrs. Brewster was charged before theCourt with having said "if Mrs. Eaton had seene her light before shecame into the church, she had not come in." She made answer that shedid not recollect such a remark, but that she had "heard that Mrs.Eaton came into the church in a hurry, and went out in a hurry."(3) "Abrief story of Church proceedings with Mrs. Eaton, the Governor swife, for divers scandalous offences, which she gave to sundry out ofthe Church. Matters being prepared, they were propounded to the Churchby the ruling F in the Public Assembly, the fourteenth day of thesixth month, 1644, after the contribution On the Lord's day asfolloweth: The Elders have understood by divers of the brethren thatthey do wait for and expect to hear what issue the business thatconcerns Mrs. Eaton is brought to. The Elders have not neglected thelooking after it, but have now Prepared matters for the hearing of theChurch. If the brethren be willing that she shall be now called forth,they have the Particulars to read unto you, and if they said nothingagainst it, they should take silence for their consent. And after alittle pause, the brethren being silent, the ruling Elder called Mrs.Eaton forth. Then our Pastor, Mr. Davenport, stood up and spoke asfolloweth: Brethren, you do, I suppose, expect some account from theElders of the issue of all the pains and patience which hath -- page135 been exercised by the Church towards our Sister, Mrs. Eaton, I amsorry that we cannot give in such a return as might answer all ourdesires. The public offence, which she knows is grievous to us, shestill continueth in, departing from the Assembly wheasoever baptism isadministered or else absenting herself from the sermon and from allpublic worship in the congregation, though she knoweth that it is anoffense to the whole Church. How she fell into the error, you partlyknow. Her will was gained to it before her judgment, and therefore shesought some arguments or other against the baptising of infants, andto that end spake with lady Moodey and importuned her to lend her abook made by A. R. which having gotten into her hands she readsecretely, and as secretely engaged her spirit in that way. For sheneither asked her husband at home according to the rule 1 Cor. xiv, 35(whose faithfulness and sufficiency to have held forth light to heraccording to God, we all know) nor did site seek for any light or helpfrom her pastor according to the rule, Mala. ii 7 though in othereases she has come freely to him, and departed from him not withoutfruit ; nor did she seek help from the body whereof she is a member,nor from any Member of this body save that she showed her book withthe charge of secrecy to one or two whom she hoped to gain to herparty, and so to have made way for a further spread of her infectionin the body. The first discovery of her peremptory engagement was byher departing from the Assembly, after the morning sermon, when theLord's Supper was administered, and the same afternoon, after sermonwhen baptism was administered judging herself to be not baptized, nordurst she be present at this latter, imagining that predo baptism isunlawful. In a Meeting of the Church among themselves on the third dayfollowing, some of the brethren desired that Mrs. Eaton would declareher reasons, whereupon she thus did and held. She professed herinability to speak, but told us of a book she had, which had taken heroff from the grounds of her former practice ; for she formerly thoughtthat baptism had come in the room of circumscision and therefore mightlawfully be administered unto infants as that was. Hereupon I askedher whether if that point were cleared she would be satisfied. Sheseemed to assent. Then I understood (with the help of Christ) toexamine her book, and the next third day to begin to speak to thefirst part of it in the Meeting of the Church among themselves; andthe next Lord's day to begin to preach out of Col. ii, 11-12, thenceto prove that baptism is come in the place of circumcision and is tobe administered unto infants, and so to answer the second part of thebook: which as you know hath been done, with a blessing from God forthe recovery of some from this error; and for the establishment ofothers in truth. Only Mrs. Eaton (received) no benefit by all, butcontinued as before. Which when I perceived, thinking there might besome defect in her understanding what was spoken, or in her memory, Iput myself voluntarily to a further task for her good, and wrote outwhat I spoke in the Church, alone in answer to the former part of thebook, and what I preached in public to the next Assembly on the Lord'sday, and got them to be wrote out in a fair hand, and sent them to herhusband for her use with this request, that it would please him tojoin with himself Mr. Gregson and Mr. Hooke to whom probably she wouldgive ear sooner than to others, and let one read A. K., and the otherread my answers by several portions that she might understand what wasread and have liberty to object for her satisfaction while things werein her mind. This they did, though she showed much backwardness andunwillingness thereunto ; and when they had read to a period andprayed her to speak if she had anything to say, she neither wouldobject nor yield to the truth, but behaved herself with suchcontemptuous carriage that they were discouraged in the beginning. Butat my desire they returned to it again, and continued thus readingtill they had gone through the book, and then left her with her bothA. K. and the answers. After that I waited to see if her own privatereading would have any better success. When I saw that she continuedstill as she was nor did propound any question. I marvelled at thehand of God herein, which to me seemed dreadful, fearing that, asbefore she would not seek light so now God would not give her an heartto receive light. Whilst I was thus sadly exercised, divers rumorswere spread up and down the town of her scandalous walking in herfamily, which - page 137 -- were in the mouths of many before theycame to my knowledge, being almost continually in my study and familyexcept some public work or private duty called me forth. At last withtwo or three of the brethren who had also heard of this common fame,considered what we were called to do, and concluded that it being athing commonly and scandalously reported, the rule requireth that weshould inquire, make search and diligently ask whether it were true,Dent. xvii, 13, 14 by proposition. Accordingly Mr. Gregson, Mr. Hookeand myself went to Mr. Eaton, told him what we heard commonlyreported, and prayed him to certify us whether the things were so ornot, he desired me to speak with his wife, which accordingly we did,she desired us to ask her mother and daughter and servants, they bothbeing present, and calling the forenamed into the room where we allwere. Upon inquiry it appeared the reports were true, and more evilswere discovered than we had heard of. We now began to see that Godtook us off from treating with her any further about time error of herjudgment, till we might help forward by the Will of God her repentancefor these evils in life believing that else these evils would by thejust judgment of God hinder (her) from receiving light, and thatrepentance for these would further light amid receiving the truth,according to John vii, 17. We therefore agreed to deal with her in aprivate way. To that end because the matter was past the first step ordegree of one with one being known to us all. We went together tospeak with Mrs. Eaton and held forth the particulars amid the rulesbroken by them and left it with her exhorting her to repent. Andhaving waited a convenient time, but without any fruit saving adiscovery of her hardness of heart and impenitency, we told her wemust acquaint the Church with this matter, and labored with her toprevent it in part at least, by taking up the matter in private, byholding forth her repentance privately for such particulars as werenot commonly reported; for we were unwilling to bring forth suchthings into public, amid some of them were of a smaller kind or degreeof evil than some other evils, amid therefore might more easily beended if it pleased her, and began to read some of them to her. Sherefused to give any private satisfaction for any. Told us that - Page138 - these also were common talk, and that she herself had met withreports of them in other houses. We answered that, nevertheless,seeing that we had not heard of them we were not bound to take noticeof them in public, nor would, if the Lord would help her to see theevil of them, and to hold it forth in private. She utterly refusedamid told us we labored with her in vain and should have no otheranswer, and wondered that the Church did not proceed. Thus we arecompelled to bring sundry particulars of which she was privatelyadmonished into the public notice of the Church because she refused tohear us in a private way, according to the rule in Matt. xviii, 17.There were almost as many more which we leave out (nor did privatelyadmonish her of) because they arc not sufficiently proved by twowitnesses as these are, and these such witnesses as herself hath notexcepted against their testimony, though she has been often desired toobject or answer, what she pleased. The Elders will now read theparticulars to you. THE SEVERAL FACTS FOR WHICH THE CHURCH CENSUREDMRS. EATON. 1. That Mrs. Eaton sitting at dinner with Mr. Eaton andold Mrs. Eaton, Mrs. Eaton struck old Mrs. Eaton twice on the facewith the back of her hand, which Mrs. Eaton saith she felt three daysafter ; and Mr. Eaton sitting at table held his wife's hands, andwhilst Mr. Eaton held his wife s hands, she cried out with suchvehemency of spirit "I am afflicted," "I am afflicted," as her mothersaith she thought she might be heard over to Mr. Davenport's. Witnessold Mrs. Eaton and herein is broken the Fifth Commandment in breakingthe rules of her relation to her mother; and also the SixthCommandment is broken in her sinful rage and passion and in herstriking her mother. 2. Mrs. Mary Eaton being knitting a pair ofgloves and when she knit a piece of a glove, her mother said she hadknit a glove and a piece, which Mrs. Mary denied, and said she had notknit so much. Her mother upon this grew outrageous, struck her,pinched her, so that the signs of it appeared upon her, and knockedher head against the dresser, which -- Page 139 -- made her nose bleedmuch. Besides others who were present, this was done before fourIndians, who were then in the. Kitchen. Witnessed by old Mrs. Eaton,and Mrs. Mary and Elizabeth Browning, who saith though she was not inthe kitchen when this was done, yet she was above in the chamber andheard Mrs. Mary cry and heard the blows up into the chamber, and whenshe came down she saw Mrs. Mary's nose bleed very much, she asked whatwas the matter, and they told her Mrs. Eaton had beat Mrs. Mary. Thisis a breach of the Fifth Commandment in breaking the rules of herrelation and so contrary to the rule of the Apostle, Eph. vi, 4; Col.iii, 21. And likewise she hath herein broken the Sixth Commandment,contrary to Matt. v, 21, contrary to the rule of the Apostle, Eph. iv,31. Likewise it is a breach of the Sixth Commuandment, as it is a justoffense to the Indians and so a means of the murder of their souls,and so contrary to the rule of the Apostle, 1 Cor. x, 32. 3. That Mrs.Eaton hath unjustly charged Mrs. Mary, saying her belly was great andher breasts big almost to meet, and she looked blue under the eyes,and that she vomited, and that she looked very ill, and she feard hersickness would prove an ill sickness. Mrs. Mary saith she nevervomited, and Mary Launce saith she knew she never vomited since shecame into the house. Sister Maudline saith that she living in thehouse about half a year, never saw any light carriage in her thatmight give any suspicions to ground any just charge, and she took themore notice of her carriage because old Mrs. Eaton had often asked herabout Mrs. Mary s carriage, because she had heard her mother hadspoken many suspicious words concerning Mrs. Mary. Brother Luptonsaith he never saw anything in Mrs. Mary but comely and well. BrotherBradley saith for light carriage in Mrs. Mary with any man he neversaw any in the least, nor had cause for any such thought. And brotherLupton saith the same. Mrs. Eaton being demnanded by Mr. Gregson, Mr.Davenport and Mr. Hooke why she charged Mrs. Mary with such things,she answered that she said it to set more upon her to prevent it,because she observed her temper and carriage (saying her carriage waswanton). Being earnestly pressed to give an instance of any -- Page140 -- of these charges upon her, she then could give none. Thischarge is confessed in the answer Mrs. Eaton gives. This is a breachof the Ninth Commandment, as it is a slander and that of a highnature; and concerning the reason she gives why she laid this chargeupon her daughter, it is contrary to Rom. iii, 8. 4. Mrs. Eatoncharged Mrs. Mary to be the cause of the ruin of the souls of manythat came into the house, especially of Mary Launce, but shewed notwherein; this is a sin against the Ninth Commandment and contrary toPsa. xv, 3. Witness Mrs. Mary and Mary Launce. 5. Mrs. Eaton boilingsome milk, it was thrown down and Mrs. Eaton spoke as if Mrs. Mary haddone it, the which Mrs. Mary denied and said she did not. Her motherprayed her for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake to hold her peace.Confessed by Mrs. Eaton ; this is a sin against the Third Commandmentas it is a taking God s name in vain, and against the NinthCommandment as she would not let her daughter clear herself. 6. Mrs.Eaton falsely charged Mrs. Mary, saying she wrought with the devil.Witnessed by Mrs. Mary and Ann Stuart ; this is against the NinthCommandment, a false accusation of a high nature. 7. Mrs. Eaton(about) to brew asked Mary Launce for a tap, the which she had givento Mary Breck ; Mrs. Eaton came into the kitchen and asked Mary Breekfor it. Mary Breek had given it to Mary Launce, who going to fetch it,and coming by Mrs. Eaton, she pinched her, saying she had too muchblood in her face, and struck her with the tap in the eye and made itswell, and made it black and pinched her by the arms, and pulled herby the nose, so that she made her nose bleed. Mary Launce demanded ofher what cause she had to use her so; she answered wherein, my dear,my dear, near twenty times, but yet she continued pinching her, butgave no reason why she pinched her, but followed her into the Butteryand there pinched her also. Witness Mary Launce and Mary Breck, whosaith she saw Mrs. Eaton pinch Mary Launce by the arms and by the nosevery grievously, and made her nose bleed, only she did not see herstrike Mary Launce with the tap, yet this she saith that before MaryLaunee went into the -- Page 141 -- cellar her eye was well, butpresently after she came up again it was swelled, and Mary Breek beingin the kitchen, she heard Mrs. Eaton and Mary Launce in the entrymaking an noise as if Mrs. Eaton was fighting with Mary Launce, andpresently after she saw her face swelled ; this is a breach of theFifth Commandment in violation of the rules of her relation, contraryto the rule of the Apostle, Colo. iv, 1. Likewise it is a sin againstthe Sixth Commandment in her bitterness and forwardness of spirit,contrary to Eph. iv, 31. 8. Mrs. Eaton one morning asked Mary Launeewhen she would go away that she might get her another maid, and shetold her a month after that time. Witness of this Mary Launce and AnnaEaton. Yet after this, when Mr. Hopkins was in town, Mrs. Eaton deniedthat ever Mary Launce had told her of going away at a month, andcharged her with an untruth for saying she had given her warning to goaway at a month. Witness Mr. Hopkins and Mary Launce ; this is anuntruth against the Ninth Commandment. 9. Mrs. Eaton well knowing thatMary Launee was to go to live with old Mrs. Eaton, when SisterMaudline went away from old Mrs. Eaton, for she spake to SisterMaudline to be in Mary Launee s place, when Mary Launce went to livewith old Mrs. Eaton, and also the first motion of Mary Launce's goingto old Mrs. Eaton was from Mrs. Eaton herself, and yet when Maudlinewas gone, and Mary Launce was to go to old Mrs. Eaton, Mrs. Eaton toldMary Launee that she knew not of her going to old Mrs. Eaton, and saidshe should go away unless old Mrs. Eaton would provide her a maid.Witness Mary Launce ; this is an untruth against the NinthCommandment. Also old Mrs. Eaton witnessed it and saith it bred muchunquietness between her daughter and her. 10. After Mary Launce wasgone to old Mrs. Eaton and Mrs. Eaton having no maid, old Mrs. Eatonsent Mary Launce down to help Mrs. Eaton do some business in the houseone Lord's day. At noon Mary Launce offered Mrs. Eaton to help her andshe answered she should not help her do anything Mary Launce cameagain at night and offered her help to Mrs. Eaton to help her doanything she had to do; Mrs. Eaton answered there was nothing to dofor her, and gave Mary -- Page 142 -- Launce a charge she should notcome down into the kitehen. without she had anything to do for oldMrs. Eaton; on the second day, in the morning did deny that MaryLaunce had offered to help her do anything, and said she would donothing for her. Mary Launce being before Mr. Eaton and Mrs. Eaton toaffirm that she offered to help Mrs. Eaton, but Mrs. Eaton would notlet her. Mrs. Eaton did deny that Mary Launce had offered to help her,and thereupon Mary Launce called in Mrs. Mary to affirm that she hadoffered her help to help her, the which she did affirm. Mrs. Maryheard Mrs. Eaton say it was not so, however God is a God of truth, butthat is a lie. Witness Mary Launce and Mrs. Mary ; this is an untruthagainst the Ninth Commandment. 11. Mrs. Eaton said that Anthony, theneager had bewitched the beer because it would not run when it wasmashed. Witness Anthony the neager. And Brother Bradley saith he heardMrs. Eaton say the beer was bewitched, and that Mrs. Eaton would notlet the neager look into the tub of beer, for fear he should bewitchit. This is a sin against the Ninth Commandment, in a falseaccusation. And it is a sin against the Fifth Commandment, inviolating the rule of her relation if he had been a witch he shouldnot have been kept in the house. 12. Mrs. Eaton has often charged MaryBreck with lieing and theft, and said she had lied and theived andworked with the devil in the house, and she might say whored, too.Witnessed by Elix Browning, Anna Smart, and Mary Breek. This is abreach of the Fifth Commandment, violating the rules of her relation,and also against the Ninth Commandment, being reproach and reviling.13. Mrs. Eaton says to her maids God would send their souls to hell ;this is a sin against the Third Commandment, breaking that rule, Math.7, 1. Witness Mary Breck and Ann Smart. 14. Mrs. Eaton hath oftencalled her maids wicked wretches, with many other unpeacable wordsfrom one week to another. Witness Mary Breck and Elizabeth Browning.Her unpeacable speeches is a sin against the Sixth Commandment. Andher reviling them is against the Ninth Commandment, contrary to 1Pete. 21-22-23. -- Page 143 -- 15. When Mr. Davenport was in preachingand speaking something against Anabaptism, Mrs. Eaton said as she satin her seat, it is not so, and when Mr. Davenport said be would bebrief, I would you would or I pray be so. Anna Eaton heard her Motherspeak this, and told her brother and he told his Mother; old Mrs.Eaton saith that Theophilus telling his Mother of it she said it wasnot so. Anna Eaton saith that her Mother did deny that she said so.But Mrs. Eaton since both acknowledged she did speak to that purpose;this is contrary to Isa. 30, 8, 9,10. 16. When Mr. Gregson, Mr.Davenport and Mr. Hooke were at Mr. Eaton's in the room speaking withMrs. Eaton, they wanting a candle, one of the maids came to Mrs. Eatonfor one, and she bid her ask her Master for a candle, saying she hadnone; he said, you have, she said again, I have none; he said, youhave. Mrs. Eaton answered which you gave me last night, Mr. Eaton saidI gave you none, he said, you took them yourself, and then went outand fetched one. Witnessed by Mr. Gregson Mr. Davenport and Mr. Hooke.This is an untruth against the Ninth Commandment. 17. One morning,Mrs. Eaton finding fault with her man about not bringing water, madeher complaint to Mr. Eaton against the man, and because he not seeingcause for it did not reproach the man according to her mind, amongother words, this she uttered (with much heat of Spirit) and said toMr. Eaton, you and this man may go together, for the man well out ofthe house I can get my bread and cost you nothing, and that desire ofgetting front her husband she has prosecuted importunately. Witnessedby old Mrs. Eaton, John Massom and Mrs. Mary Eaton. This is a breachof the Fifth commandment; violating her relation to her husband andher servant, and against the Sixth Commandment in her distemperedpassion, and so a scandal by her ill example. Also her desire ofgetting from her husband is against the Covenant of Marriage, contraryto 1 Cor . 7, 10. Sister Preston saith, Mary Breck told her that therewere little truth in Mrs. Eaton's words for she would oftentimescharge her maids with things, when there was no truth in them. -- Page144 -- Mary Launce saith ever since she came to Mr. Eaton's house shehath observed it hath been Mrs. Eaton's way to speak untruths.Elizabeth Browning saith that all Mrs. Eaton's maids did apprehendMrs. Eaton to speak much untruth ordinarily in her speaches, and shewould speak very rashly to her. Brother Lupton saith that it was usualwhen he came home the maids would complain to him of Mrs. Eaton sunquietness with them, and he did speak with Mrs. Eaton and wish herto live in love and peace, she did lay the faults on her maids, and hespoke to them not to provoke their Mrs. and they wished him to prayfor them, that they might not provoke her, Mrs. Mary professing it wasthe desire of her heart to give her Mother content and not willinglyprovoke her. Brother Bradley saith he never knew any cause given bythe maids to provoke Mrs. Eaton, but they had great provocations fromher, for they could do almost nothing to give her content, which diddiscourage them and many times made them careless. He further saith hehath observed Mrs. Eaton's way to he very unquiet, unstable and selfwilled, and more of late than formerly. After that the ruling Elderhad read these several facts, he propounded to Mrs. Eaton if she hadanything to object against these facts that were charged upon her. Shesat down and said nothing. After this was done, it was propounded tothe brethren whether the facts that were read and charged upon Mrs.Eaton were not sufficiently proved by those witnesses ; and they gavetheir vote that they were suflicientlv proved. Then it was propoundedto the brethren, that they having heard the several rules that wascharged upon Mrs. Eaton to be broken by her, whether they wererightfully applied to the several facts ; if they were satisfiedtherein they should declare it by lifting up their hands, whichaccordingly they did. After this was done it was again propounded tothe brethren that they having heard the several facts charged andproved, and the rules she lad broken thereby, they should take it intotheir consideration whether she was presently to be cast out for thesefacts, or whether it would admit of an admonition only at this time.Then the brethren freely spake their -- Page 145 -- apprehensions.Then our Pastor stood up and spake to the Church and held forth lightunto them shewing that those facts were not of that nature that theycalled for a Present cutting off, but he rather inclined to give apublic admonition ; for though the charges were many and great yet (itwas to be considered) whether they could be proved to proceed from ahabitual frame of sinning in her, so as that she may not be eounted avisible saint. And he also showed that though some sins could notadmit of an admonition if they were public scandals, as those in Cor.v, yet whether any of these facts amounted so high was not clear.After our Pastor had done speaking and a little pause, it waspropounded to the brethren whether they would have Mrs. Eaton at thattime only admonished, and they that were of that mind should declareit by holding up their hands ; and the brethren with one consentdeclared by their vote that at that time they would have heradmonished. After the vote was passed, Mrs. Eaton stood up and spaketo the Church, desiring that at that time there might be no censurepassed upon her. Then our Pastor stood up and answered her that seeingthe matter was brought into public, such evils could not pass withoutthe Church's rebuke, the rule being, they that sin openly must berebuked openly, and she must hear the Church. Then our Pastorproceeded and passed the sentence of admonition upon her. The form ofthe admonition was thus, that 'In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ,arid with the consent of this Church, I do charge thee, Mrs. Eaton, toattend unto the several rules that you have broken, and to judgeyourself by them, and to hold forth your repentance according to God,as you will answer it at the great day of Jesus Christ." After theadmonition the Church waited expecting the fruit of it. But they foundby clear and credible information, that she did continue offensive inher way both in her carriage in her family and otherwise. And in thistime, whilst her carriage was offensive. she sent a writing to theruling Elder, which when the Elders had considered, and found that itneither came up to the acknowledging the particulars for which she wasadmonished, nor held forth repentance according to God, arid that herspirit was wholly under the former distemper, -- Page146 -- the Eldersagreed to speak with her, that they might encourage her, and draw herfurther on to repentance. In all mildness they told her what wasdefective in this note, and what further would be required (according)to God for the Church's satisfaction, to wit, three things: 1st, thatshe should acknowledge the facts according to the evidence in theparticulars, and fall under the rules she had transgressed, by thosefacts as appeared in the admonition. 2d, that she should (hold) forthher repentance, confess her sins, and judge herself for them. 3d, thatbecause there was a tract and course of scandalous miscarriages, sheshould hold forth such reformation as might be testified to the Churchs satisfaction, according to God by some that ordinarily conversedwith her. This advice she seemed to receive thankfully and to proposeto apply herself thereunto. But after about three quarters of a yearwaiting, no fruit of repentance appeared, so that sundry of the Churchshewed themselves unsatisfied at these delays. From sundry otherChurches also in the Bay and at Connecticut, being made acquaintedwith the proceedings of the Church in this matter, we saw that theChurch was thought to be defective by their slowness to use the lastremedy which Christ has appointed for recovery in this case. Hereuponthe Elders went to her in private and told her that though it had beenher duty to have sought reconciliation with the Church, whom she hadoffended, and knew they were yet unsatisfied, yet seeing sheneglected, the Elders came to her to see what fruit might yet appearof the public, solemn admonition, to the end they might give someaccount thereof to the Church. She answered, she confessed it was herduty so to have done, hut she (was) hindered by not finding in herselfrepentance to her own satisfaction. Being then pressed to know whathindered her repentance, and told that it must he either somethingcharged upon her in way of fact whereof she was not guilty, or elsesome rule was not rightly applied to her correction; if she had anysuch thing to alledge, they said, "we are here to inform yourjudgment." She answered, she had nothing to say against theadmonition. Being then further pressed to speak if any such objectionsstruck with her, or else they could -- 147 -- not see but she hinderedherself and slighted the admonition, then she said she was notconvinced of the breach of the Fifth Commandment in the first factcharged, for she did not acknowledge her husband's Mother to be herMother. The Elders answered, they conceived that was sufficientlyclear before, that she had broken thc Fifth Commandment, and thereforereferred to this admonition ; and finding that she continuedobstinate, parted from her with these expressions, that we must givean account to the Church of what we found, and did bewail the hardnessof her heart, and should mourn for her in secret. Between this and thetime she was to give her answer to the Church, she sent anotherwriting to the ruling Elder, which when the Elders read, they found itto be so far short of holding forth that repentance the rule required,and (far short) of the first writing which yet when she wrote she wasunder the power of distemper as before. And so she continued to thevery time of her coming before the Church. Upon the 20th day of thethird month, 1645, being the Lord's day, after the contribution, Mrs.Eaton was called before the Church in the public Assembly, to see whatfruit was of the admonition. The particular facts charged upon herwere read unto her, she answered then to some of them; but it growinglate, the Church left off, for that time, and appointed the fourth dayfollowing to issue that matter. The next fourth day, after lecture wasended, Mrs. Eaton was called again. When she gave her answer to theChurch, it pleased God to leave her so far to herself to thediscovering of her distemper, that though full of tears at othertimes, when she hath a mind to express herself that way, yet at bothtimes when she appeared before the Church she behaved herself withoutany show of remorse, and expressed herself with an ostentation ofempty words which fell far short of the several charges in theadmonition; and added unto the former offenses new offenses and liesin the presence of the Assembly, as followeth, namely: First Lie: Shehaving denied old Mrs. Eaton to be her Mother sundry times, did in theface of the Assembly say, that it was always laid up as a principle inher heart that she was her Mother. -- Page 148 -- Second Lie: Beingasked then how she came to be convinced that old Mrs. Eaton was herMother, she said that Mr. Dod's book on the Commandments, which Mr.Hooke lent her, convinced her ; it then being asked her what Mr. Dod'sbook convinced her of, she said that Mr. Dod's book convinced that sheshould give honor to ancient persons. Third Lie: She charged Mr.Eaton, her husband, with breach of promise, in bringing his Motherinto the house against her will, but it was proved it was with herconsent. Fourth Lie: She denied that she did speak of charging Mrs.Mary's honour but herself alone in the chamber where none was there asshe knew of, but it was proved she spake of it to sundry in ascandalous way. Fifth Lie : She had said to Mr. Gregson that she hadrepented to her own satisfaction before God, but she could not holdout to men, yet in the presence of the whole Assembly she said she wasnot inwardly satisfied in her own heart with her repentance. Beforethe Church proceeded to sentence, the word of God concerning thecensure was so (clear) to the whole Church that the Brethren beingdesired by the Elders to express their apprehensions concerning thecase in hand, sundry of the brethren spoke weightily to convince herof her obstinacy in her sins, and all and every one of them, with oneconsent, gave their vote to her casting out ; first, for not hearingthe Church in her admonition, according to the rule, Matt. xviii;secondly, for new offences she gave, for lying before the Church,according to the rule, Rev. xxii, 15, and 1 Cor. v. And not thebrethren only, but some Elders of other Churches being present, andbeing desired to the Elders to declare their judgment concerning thecase, they did both speak weightily to her, and justify the way of theChurch, concerning her casting out. One of them adding that if thiscase had been in the Churches up the river, it would not have beendelayed so long. And thus with much grief of heart, and many tears theChurch proceeded to censure; wherein God showed a wonderful presenceto the satisfaction of all that were present." 1. New Haven Hist. Soc.Papers, III, 227. 2. I New Haven Col. Rec., 268-270. 3. I New HavenCol. Rec., 294             Anne Lloyd Yale Eaton, Wife of the founderof New Haven, grandmother of Elihu Yale     Anne Lloyd Yale Eaton wasthe wife of the founder of New Haven, Theophilus Eaton, and thegrandmother of Elihu Yale. Were it not for Anne's role in the foundingof New Haven, it is unlikely that Elihu would ever have been moved toleave money and his library for a new college. Anne was born at theend of the Elizabethanera and was the daughter of the Bishop of thegreat Cathedral in Chester near Wales. Anne's first husband wasThomasYale, the son of the Bishops Chancellor. Thomas diedafter only a fewyears,leaving three children, the eldest David,who wasthe father ofElihu. Anne, a few years later, married the rich merchant TheophilusEaton, and moved with her Yale family toLondon. Anne's Yale childrencame with her and Eaton--joint founder of the Massachusetts BayCo.--on their pilgrim voyage, first to Boston, and then toConnecticut, where they founded New Haven. David's son Elihu knew hisgrandmother and probably traveled back with her to England when shefinally returned after the death of Eaton. Anne was a strong-mindedwoman, in a way New Haven's Anne Hutchinson. For her divergent viewson Baptism, and her open rebellion against Davenport's teaching,shewas banished early, and dramatically, from John Davenport's church(and therefore from the community) after ameticulously documentedtrial. But for her relationship with Eaton shecertainly would havebeen banished from the town. Instead, she was put undervirtual housearrest for eleven years. Her life can be pieced together from theearly records of the colony,beginning withthe Jacobeanelegance of theEaton house on Elm Street, of which there remains the most completeinventory of any 16th c. house in New England, to the trials shesuffered as an immigrant to this raw and inhospitable"utopian"settlement.     It is clear that without Anne there would beno "Yale." It is time Yale recognizes this courageous woman--whosechildren (one of whom the wife of Edward Hopkins, another of whomharbored the Regicides) and grandchildren went on to influence theevolution of our city and University--for her part in the history ofYale.http://www.yale.edu/wff/programs/TributetoYaleWomen.html#Eaton

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