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CHILDREN.

i. Joseph Hoyt5, b. in 1727; m. 1st, Sarah Collins; 2d, widow
Ruth Brown. He was known as "Capt." Hoyt.

ii. John Hoyts, b. Dec. 8, 1729; m. 1st, Sarah -; 2d, widow
Marion Hobbs, Feb. 3, 17-. His wife survived him.
iii. Jonathan Hoyts, b. Oct. 1, 1731; bapt. Oct. 31, 1731; m.
1st, Sarah Shepard, of Salisbury, Jan. 24, 1753; 2d,
Elizabeth (Eastman) Currier.

iv. David Hoyt, b. Aug. 25, 1734; m. Joannah Smith.
v. Benjamin Hoyts, b. Sept. 17, 1736; bapt. Nov. 7, 1736;
m. Nov. 26, 1739, Mary Colby.

vi. Samuel Hoyt, b. Jan. 24, 1739-40; m. 1st, in 1778, Joannah
Brown, died Jan. 1, 1778; 2d, June 18, 1788, widow Anna
(Sibley) Stephens, she died Sept. 4, 1792; 3d, Feb. 4,
1797, Mehitable Kilburn, she died Nov. 5, 1830. He
died in Hopkinton, N. H., in February, 1791.

vii. Eastman Hoyt, b. ; m. Martha Clough.

40. John Eastman+ (John3, John2, Roger1), born Dec. 27, 1701; married April 1, 1727, Martha Fitts, born Jan. 18, 1701-2, baptized March 29, 1702, daughter of Richard and Sarah (Thorn) Fitts, of Ipswich, and Salisbury, Mass. Mr. Eastman lived in Salisbury, Mass.

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CHILDREN.

i. Jerusha, b. April 21, 1728; m. July 27, 1749, Samuel Baker.

ii. Isaac, b. March 30, 1729; m. Jan. 11, 1757, Anna Brown,

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Richards, b. Jun. 18, 1739.

Jacob, b. April 6, 1742; d. Jan., 1776. He never married;

was a ship carpenter.

viii. Mary', b. April 21, 1744; d. 1784, unmarried.

Roger Eastman4 (John3, John2, Roger1), born in Salisbury, Mass., May 9, 1701; married Jan. 25, 1730, Jerusha Fitts, born Dec. 10, 1712, daughter of Richard Fitts, and sister of his brother John's wife. They lived in Salisbury.

CHILDREN.

114. i. Ezekiel, b. April 28, 1731; was a Revolutionary soldier, and served in Colonel Bedel's regiment against Canada,

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in 1776.

ii. Daniel, b. Sept. 29, 1733; moved to Conway, N. H.; m. May 16, 1760, Mary Jackman. She died Sept. 7, 1763, and he soon after removed to Maine.

iii. Sarah, b. Jan. 10, 1735; m. June 26, 1764, William

Walton.

iv. Abigail, b. Sept. 27, 1739; m. Oct. 13, 1774, Col. Ebenezer Webster. She died in 1816.

42. Huldah Eastman (John3, John2, Roger1), born in Salisbury, Mass., Oct. 7, 1714; married Aug. 17, 1742, Daniel Folsom, of Exeter. She was his second wife.

HULDAH'S CHILDREN.

i. Betsey Folsom3, b.
Sandwich, N. H.

1778, d. Aug. 11,

-; m. Joseph Hoit and settled in They had (a) Daniel Hoit, b. Oct. 26, 1858; m. Sally Flanders, and had (1)

Albert G. Hoit, b. 1809; (2) William Hoit, b.
and others.

ii. Mercy Folsom, b.

iii. Huldah Folsom5, b. in Epping, June 10, 1753.

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Abraham Folsom5, b. in Exeter, April, 1741. (?) 118. vi. Jonathan Folsom, b. in Epping, abt. 1750; m. Joanna

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Willey.

vii. John Folsom, b. abt. 1755; m. Aug. 27, 1778, Mary Conner.

43. David Eastman (John3, John2, Roger1), born in Haverhill, Mass., June 11, 1720; married Aug. 17, 1742, Susannah Flanders, born April 24, 1725. He settled in South Hampton, N. H. On the South Hampton church records, there is to be found the record of three of his children as being baptized. It is probable he removed to Sandown, where he died, as license was granted by the Judge of Probate, dated July 27, 1757, to sell real estate of David Eastman, late of Sandown, to Susannah Eastman. married 2d, Nathaniel Eastman.

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CHILDREN.

-; died young.

; bapt. Jan. 20, 1745. bapt. Aug. 7, 1748.

-; bapt. July 19, 1750.

Jeremiah Eastman4 (Zachariah3, John2, Roger1), born in Ipswich, Mass., March 30, 1704; married Feb. 10, 1725, Lydia Brown, daughter of Thomas Brown and Elizabeth Brown, of Newbury and Salisbury, Mass. He settled in Byfield, Mass.

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; d. June 29, 1730.

Martha, b. Dec. 17, 1730; m. 1st, a Mr. Gould; 2d, Joseph
Folsom.

iv. Jeremiah, b. Nov. 28, 1732; m. Oct. 2, 1758, Hannah

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45. Jacob Eastman4 (Zachariah3, John2, Roger1), born in Ipswich, Mass., March 29, 1711; died June 23, 1754; married Jan. 2, 1735, Elizabeth Brown, daughter of Thomas Brown and Elizabeth, his wife, of Newbury and Salisbury, Mass., and sister of his brother Jeremiah's wife.

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CHILDREN.

i. Hannah3, b. ; m. Sept., 1753, Abner Hoyt.

ii. William, b. March 23, 1738. He was a Revolutionary soldier, served in Captain Livermore's company, Third

N. H. Regiment, in 1779, and in Captain Kingman's company, in 1780.

iii. Ephraim, b. Jan. 30, 1743; d. March 14, 1743.

iv. Jacob, b. Dec. 28, 1752; d. May 13, 1753.

46. Roger Eastman (Roger3, John2, Roger1), born in Amesbury, Mass., April 11, 1711; died in Newton, N. H.; married Rachel Mr. Eastman settled in Newton,

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF ROGER EASTMAN.

"In the name of God Amen. I, Roger Easman of Newton in the State of New Hampshire in New England, Husbandman, being sensible of my mortal state, and finding the infirmities of age coming upon me, but through the goodness of God of perfect mind and memory and of a disposing mind and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, Do make and ordain this my last will and testament: and in the first place I give and recommend my soul into the hands of God who gave it, and my body I commit to the earth to be buried in a decent Christian manner at the descretion of my executor after named, nothing doubting but at the general ressurection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God, and as to such worldly goods and estate as it hath pleased God to bless me within this life, I give and dispose in the following manner and form.

"Imprimis: I give and bequeath to Rachel Easman my well beloved wife, one cow, three sheep and one swine, and the use and improvement of all my household good so long as she shall remain my widow as also the improvement of one third part of all my lands together with the easterly half part of my dwelling house and a convenient part of my barn.

"Item. I give and bequeathe to my two sons namely Thomas and Samuel Easman to them and their heirs and assigne all my lands in Weare town in the said State of New Hampshire to be divided to them into two equel parts: I likewise give and bequeathe to my said two sons Thomas and

Samuel ten dollars each to be paid to them out of my estate by my son Isaac Easman at the end of six years after my decease which is to be their full share of

my estate.

"Item: I give and bequeathe to my son Ichabod Easman and to his heirs, thirty pounds lawful money to be paid him out of my estate by my son Isaac Easman in four years after my decease, which sum of thirty pounds is to be his full share in my estate.

"Item: I give and bequeathe to my son Nicholas Easman or to his heirs thirty pounds lawful money to be paid him out of my estate by my said son Isaac Easman in two years after my decease which som of thirty pounds is to be his full share in my estate.

"Item: I give and bequeathe to my two daughters, namely Hannah Hunt and Judith Farrin two third part of all my indoor household good after my wives decease as also one pound four shillings lawful money each to be paid to them out of my estate by my son Isaac in six years after my decease which sum is to be their full share of my estate.

"Item: I give and bequeathe to my daughter Jenne Sargent and to her daughter Sarah Sargent my grand daughter the other third part of all my household goods and furniture to be divided to them immediately after my wives decease as aforesaid two third part to the said Hannah and Judith and one third part to the said Jenne and Sarah: My will and meaning is that my said daughter Jenne shall be entitled to receive two third parts of the one third part given to the said Jenne Sargent and her daughter Sarah. I likewise give to my said Jenne Sargent one pound four shillings lawful money to be paid her out of my estate by my son Isaac Easman in six years after my decease.

"Item. I give and bequeathe to my son Isaac Easman to him and to his heirs and assignes all my lands and buildings in Newton and South Hampton and meadows in South Hamp

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