Families of Eaton-Sutherland, Layton-Hill

EATON-SUTHERLAND
Rufus William Eaton, born at Kentville, Nova Scotia,
August 23, 1856, third son of William and Anna Augusta
Willoughby (Hamilton) Eaton, married in St. James*
Church, Kentville (Rev. John Owen Ruggles officiating),
September 11, 1888, Anna Laurie, born June 8, 1863, only-
child of Kenneth Ronaldson and Nancy Jean (Tays)
Sutherland. Residence, Dunrobin, Kentville.
CHILDREN.
Kenneth Sutherland, b. April 30, 1890
bap. July 14, "
William Ronald, b. Sept. 27, 1891
bap. Dec. 2, "
Jean Hamilton, b. May 20, 1894
bap. July 31, "
(See Ebnwood Eatons.)
Nancy Jean (Tays) Sutherland, born February 25,
1836, was a daughter of John and Jean (Ellis) Tays, of
Stewiacke, Nova Scotia, of a North of Ireland Scottish,
Church of England family. John Tays was a son of Joseph
and Letitia (Wilkin) Tays, and was born in Ireland. Jean
Ellis was a daughter of George and Agnes (Wardrope)
Ellis, of Fort Ellis, Stewiacke. John and Jean (Ellis)
Tays had eight children, six sons and two daughters.
The eldest son, Joseph Wilkin Tays, studied at King's
College, and took Orders in the Church of England. He
settled at El Paso, Texas, and died November 6, 1884,
leaving two sons, civil engineers. Another son of John
and Jean Tays, Joseph Alexander, was for years collector