From The Settlement of Prince Edward County by Nick and Helma Mika. Transcribed here by Linda Herman

Pioneers of Prince Edward County 
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES

THE EATON FAMILY

UEL descendants of Welsh family. 

The Eaton family, which has an ancient British history, acquired its name from Welsh and Saxon origins. The members of the family which settled in Prince Edward County were United Empire Loyalists and descendants of the Welsh Eastons who ventured to America, as Puritans, in the seventeenth century.

Isaac Robinson Easton was a well-known resident of the county. He and his wife, Abigal (Abigail) Way, had eight children, but only Blance, Ethel, James, and Frank survived childhood. For a few years, Isaac operated a boot and shoe business in Stirling, but in the mid-nineteenth century he purchased, from William G. Stafford, the tannery which was previously owned by Norris Bristol.

The tannery, a blacksmith shop and a few houses constituted Eastonville. The presently non-existent village was located on what is now County Road 23.

When Isaac Easton decided to close the tannery, because of decreasing profits, his family moved to the farm, in Melrose, that had been left to Isaac upon his brother's death. Although Isaac Robinson Easton died in Melrose, his funeral service was held at the church in Rednersville, and he was buried in the Albury cemetery.