Nathaniel Eager

  • Born in Worthington, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
  • Parents were NAHUM EAGER and SARAH JENNISON.
  • Married MARY MARBLE. Mary died August 24, 1810 in Worthington, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, at the age of 28.
  • Married SIBYL HUNTINGTON. Sibyl was born May 3, 1791. Her parents were SIMON HUNTINGTON and PRISCILLA BENJAMIN.
  • Died July 18, 1859.





CHILDREN WITH MARY MARBLE

  1. NAHUM EAGER, baptized November 21, 1819 in Worthington, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
  2. MARIA EAGER, baptized November 21, 1819 in Worthington, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Married BENJAMIN BREWSTER on April 1, 1829 in Worthington, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.





CHILDREN WITH SIBYLL HUNTINGTON

  1. SAMUEL HUNTINGTON EAGER, born April 24, 1814; baptized November 21, 1819 in Worthington, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; died February 8, 1827 in Worthington, Hampshire County, Massachusetts at age 12.
  2. JENNISON EAGER, born December 13, 1815 in Worthington, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; baptized November 21, 1819 in Worthington, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; died May 8, 1861 in New York, New York. Married LAURA EDWARDS on October 1, 1857 in Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
  3. MARY HUNTINGTON EAGER, born in October, 1818 in Worthington, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; baptized November 21, 1819 in Worthington, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; died October 4, 1870 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Married CHARLES ROBERT STARKWEATHER on September 13, 1841 in Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
  4. JAMES EAGER, born September 12, 1819; baptized November 21, 1819 in Worthington, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. He never married.
  5. JONATHAN HUNTINGTON EAGER, born January 18, 1822; baptized January 23, 1822 in Worthington, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Married MARY E. PARSONS on January 18, 1848 in Worthington, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Married SELINA BUCK in 1876.
  6. JULIA EAGER, born June 15, 1824; baptized August 8, 1824 in Worthington, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; died June 9, 1845.
  7. JOSEPH EAGER, born October 12, 1829; baptized July 4, 1830 in Worthington, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; died in June, 1889. Married MARY RAMSEY ELLIOTT.
  8. LUCY HUNTINGTON EAGER, born January 4, 1832; baptized August 31, 1832 in Worthington, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; died in April, 1898. Married THOMAS LEEDS MORGAN on October 15, 1863.

SOURCE:

Anonymous, The Huntington family in America : a supplement to the genealogical memoir published in 1915 and including those known descendants whose records have been obtainable since that time (Norwich CT: Huntington Family Association), Page 240