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     Mary M. Eaton was born on 18 November 1813 in Crawford County, Illinois.^3,4,5 She and John Welch married on 7 November 1832 in Crawford County, Illinois.⁶ Mary M. Eaton and Jacob Pruitt married circa 1837 in Houston County, Texas.⁷ Mary M. Eaton and (---?---) Thomas (3rd husband of Mary Eaton Welch Pruitt) married.⁸ Mary M. Eaton and Elias? Edens married circa 1851.⁸ Mary M. died after 1868.⁸

     From Wikitree.com:  https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Eaton-6712for Mary M (Eaton Pruitt 1813-1860
• Find source: "14 years of Research on Purcell/Dykes/West lines, updated 2007-05-18 by Doris Purcell giving Jacob Pruitt's date and place of birth as 1800 in Jones Co GA
• Gives birth 18 Nov 1813 in Palestine, Crawford County IL, daughter of Richard Eaton and Mary Robertson
• Siblings, Daniel David Eaton (half), Absolom Eaton, Malinda Eaton, Squire Eaton, Elizabeth B Eaton (Welch), Lucinda Eaton (Parker), Rachel Eaton (Culp), Richard Eaton Jr., Daniel David Eaton, Jesse Eaton, Sarah Ellen Eaton (McCallister)
• Died 1860, abt age 46, in Palo Pinto Texas (FS says after 1860)
• Married John Welch (son of Wm Welch and Elizabeth Eaton) 07 Nov 1832 in Crawford IL.
• Children: William Welch, 1833 TX: Wilson Welch, 1833 Robertson Co TX: Harvey Welch, 1834 Robertson Co, TX plus the Pruett children and one possible Eden child, Nancy B.
After her marriage on 7 November 1832, she was normally known as Polly Welch.¹¹ After her marriage in 1837, she was normally known as Mary Pruitt.

Jacob and Mary "Polly" Eaton Welch married after the deaths their respective spouses. She had been married to John Welch and had two sons, Squire Willson Welch and William Harvey Welch. She was the daughter of Richard and Mary (Robertson) Eaton. The Eaton family along with John & Mary (Eaton) Welch came to Texas in 1833 from Crawford County, Illinois with Rev. Isaac/Daniel Parker who established the first Protestant Church in Texas. They settled for a while very near Jacob Pruitt's plantation. Jacob Pruitt was given a Power of Attorney by the administrator of John Welch's estate in 1839 as guardian of his sons. Land Records and tax rolls support the fact that Mary Eaton (Welch, Pruitt, Thomas, Edens) was married to the same Jacob Pruitt who immigrated to Texas in 1822. Land records also support the relationship between this Jacob Pruitt and sons Levi B. & Martin T. Pruitt. Additionally, land records support the fact that Merandy Jane, Jacob (II), & Mary Kay are also the children of Jacob Pruitt from his marriage to Polly Eaton. After Jacob's death Polly married two more times. First to (---?---) Thomas in about 1846 and in about 1851 to ?Elias? Edens. Correspondence with Billie Jones says that in 1847, church records refer to her as "Sister Polly Thomas" and in the 1850 census she is enumerated as Mary Thomas. By the 1860 census she was widowed again and enumerated as Mary Eaton (Eadons), but with a child named Nancy Edens. Again I've relied on Billie Jones' research for the 1868 date of Polly's death and information about her last two marriages.¹² After her marriage she was normally known as Polly Thomas.⁸ After her marriage circa 1851, she was normally known as Polly Edens.