The father of Ralph Eaton II (A).
| 1691 | 7 Jan. A potter of Westbury-on-Trym, he was granted a licence to marry Anna Williams, widow, of the same parish at Westbury or the Cathedral (M). |
| 1715 | 22 Oct. Noted as a potter of Westbury-on-Trym when his son, Ralph II was apprenticed to Mary Orchard, potter (A, Ar). |
| 1719 | He was paying Poor Rate of 9d on property valued at £1 (BRO P/HTW/OP 1(b)). |
| 1721 | 3 Oct. Ralph Eaton buried (WPR). |
| 1728 | 2 Jan. Hannah Eaton buried (WPR). |