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801. Joseph Eastman (Joseph', Ephraim3, Jeremiah*, Zachariah3, John2, Roger'), born in Deerfield, N. H., March 28, 1798; married March 20, 1823, Abigail Taylor. He settled in Rumney, N. H., where he was a farmer and general jobber.

CHILDREN.

i. Abigail Ann3, b. Nov. 26, 1824; m. a Mr. Brown, of Rumney, N. H. She died in Nashua, N. H., in 1898. He resides in Nashua.

1526. ii. Adaline Janes, b. Feb. 17, 1831; m. a Mr. Fletcher. She died in 1898. Mr. Fletcher resides in Nashua, N. H.

iii. Martha Maria, b. March 5, 1834; m. L. Farnsworth; res. in Fort Scott, Kan.

1527. iv. Josephine Estelles, b. July 7, 1841; m. Oct. 13, 1859, John A. Spalding.

802. Benjamin Eastman' (Joseph', Ephraim3, Jeremiah4, Zachariah3, John2, Roger1), born in Deerfield, N. H.; died in Derry, N. H., March, 1859; married Sophia Symmes. She died in Derry, N. H. Mr. Eastman lived in Medford, Mass., but later lived in Derry, N. H., where he was in the lumber business.

CHILDREN.

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Henry Edward3, b. in Medford, Mass., Jan. 26, 1826.
Sarah Marias, b. Dec. 6, 1827.

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Benjamin Franklin, b. Feb. 13, 1830.

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Sophia Louisa; twin to B. F.; d. in 1855; m. Samuel H.
Quincy; no children.

Charles Prescott, b. in Derry, N. H., Nov. 23, 1832; d.
aged four years.

George Warren3, b. Jan. 14, 1835; d. in infancy.

Josephine Prescotts, b. May 17, 1836.

Ellen Frances, b. Feb. 4, 1839.

ix. Mary Adeline, b. July 14, 1842 ; lives in Lynn, Mass.; unm. Julia Waltons, b. Jan. 22, 1845; d. Aug. 24, 1895, in Derry, N. H. She married George Brickett, of Boston, Mass. Her life was one of rare loveliness, accompanied with much suffering. She had no children.

803. Timothy Goodhue Eastman7 (Joseph6, Ephraim5, Jeremiah, Zachariah3, John2, Roger1), born in Deerfield, N. H., Feb. 21, 1804; died in Exeter, N. H., July 15, 1850; married March 22, 1830, Abigail Hall, born Nov. 25, 1809, died in Malden, Mass., Sept. 13, 1852, daughter of Aaron and Abigail (Pratt) Hall. Mr. Eastman was a marble worker, and first lived in Rumney, and soon removed to Derry, N. H.

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CHILDREN.

i. Angeline Augustus, b. in Rumney, N. H., March 27, 1831;
d. Feb. 10, 1861.

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A nameless son, b. April 11, 1833; d. April 16, 1833.

iii. Abbie Maria3, b. in Derry, N. H., Sept. 14, 1834; m. Sum

ner Wheeler.

iv. Emma Louisa, b. Feb. 27, 1837.

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Frank Crane, b. April 17, 1839; m. Martha M. Ford. Chelsea,
Albert Prescott, b. Sept. 6, 1841.

vii. Susan Elizabeth, b. Oct. 16, 1844.

804. Lydia B. Shaw (Polly Eastman6, Ephraim5, Jeremiah, Zachariah3, John2, Roger1), born in Chelsea, Vt., April 13, 1809; married Sept. 11, 1831, Paschal Grove. He died in Lowell, Mass., Jan. 29, 1879.

CHILDREN.

i. Hannah Groves, b. in Chelsea, Vt., Aug. 14, 1832; m. April
28, 1850, Horace E. Lock.

ii. Charles Grow, b. in Chelsea, March 18, 1835; m. 1st,
Josie Robinson; 2d, în 1869, Katie Dalton. He died in
Chelsea, Vt., Sept. 23, 1872. Children: (a) Charles R.
Grove9, b.
; (b) Hattie May Grove, b.

805. Ephraim Shaw7 (Polly Eastman6, Ephraim5, Jeremiah4, Zachariah3, John2, Roger1), born in Chelsea, Vt., Sept. 25, 1812; died in California in 1880; married Emeline Wise.

CHILDREN.

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806. George Washington Eastman7 (Jeremiah, Ephraim5, Jeremiah, Zachariah3, John, Roger1), born in Deerfield, N. H., Feb. 12, 1812; died in Berkshire, Tioga county, N. Y., June 9, 1866; married in Homer, N. Y., Jan. 17, 1835, Nancy Walter Atwater, born in Homer, N. Y., March 17, 1813, died in Berkshire, N. Y., Dec. 10, 1893, daughter of Ira and Philanda (Stone) Atwater. Mr. Eastman was a tanner, farmer, and currier; resided in Berkshire, N. Y. He was a soldier of the War of the Rebellion, enlisting in the 137th N. Y. Infantry.

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CHILDREN.

1530. i. James Archibald3, b. in Berkshire, N. Y., Aug. 17, 1837. Charles Watsons, b. Dec. 24, 1838; d. July 1, 1839. George Dwights, b. Feb. 14, 1841. He was a soldier in the Rebellion, enlisting in the 1st N. Y. Mounted Rifles, and' died on board of floating hospital, Oct. 20, 1862. iv. Charles Roberts, b. in Cortland, N. Y., March 19, 1843. Sarah Jane, b. Oct. 8, 1844; d. June 9, 1874.

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vi. John Du Fays, b. Feb. 8, 1846; d. July 2, 1874. He was a soldier of the war of 1861-5, enlisting in the 137th N. Y. Infantry.

vii. Ralph De Witt, b. in Cortland, N. Y., Aug. 31, 1848; m. 1st, Helen W. Stark, of Penn Yan, N. Y., d. June 19, 1879; m. 2d, Catherine S. Van Duzer, of Horsehead, N. Y. Mr. Eastman graduated from the medical department of the University of Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 16, 1878, and has practiced medicine in Berkshire, N. Y., since that time; is United States examining surgeon for Tioga county, secretary of the Medical Society of the county of Tioga, member of the Congregational church, and in politics a Republican. He was employed by the state department as instructor in Teachers' Institute from 1873 to 1878. They have no children.

viii. Leonard Du Fays, b. in Berkshire, N. Y., Sept. 10, 1854; d. April 7, 1855.

1532. ix. Leonard Odell, b. July 7, 1857.

807. Nathaniel Webster Eastman7 (Jeremiah6, Ephraim5, Feremiah, Zachariah3, John2, Roger1), born in Deerfield, M. H., Sept. 1, 1816 died March 12, 1879; married 1st, Mary Stebbins, daughter of James and Eunice (Tidd) Steb›ins, born May 14, 1819, and died Aug. 24, 1841. He maried 2d, Oct. 15, 1842, Emeline Cook. During his early

manhood he resided in Schoharie and Broome counties, N.Y., and later in Franklin Forks, Penn., where he died. Mr. Eastman was one of those energetic, enthusiastic natures, who when young worked early and late, making great sacrifices to obtain an education, and possessed a marked aptitude for mechanical engineering and scientific pursuits. For many years he enjoyed the reputation of being the most skilful and best educated mechanic in the Susquehannah Valley; and later, after having studied law, he acquired an extensive practice. He was a ready speaker, good debater, and took an active part in all political campaigns, especially during the disturbed period of the civil war, being only prevented from enlisting in the army by an accident which made him lame for the rest of his life. He was always a close student of affairs, and took a deep and active interest in all the important questions of the day.

CHILDREN BY FIRST WIFE.

1533. i. Austin Vitruvius, b. in Maine, N. Y., Aug. 27, 1839.

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Mary Stebbins, b. Aug. 23, 1841; m. Lewis Grant; removed to California; mother of two children, and died in childbirth; is buried with her children in the cemetery of San Francisco.

CHILDREN BY SECOND WIFE.

Caroline Websters, b. July 12, 1843.

Elvira, b. in Maine, N. Y., Sept. 20, 1844.

Elmira, b. (twin to Elvira).

Fanny Lucretia3, b. in Maine, N. Y., July 14, 1846. 1538. vii. John Jesse Jeremiah, b. in Maine, N. Y., Aug. 10, 1848. 1538a. viii. Julia Marions, b. in Maine, N. Y., March 9, 1850.

808. Lowell Eastman (John6, Ephraim5, Jeremiah, Zachariah3, John2, Roger1), born in Deerfield, N. H., Aug. 11, 1808; died in Epsom, N. H., July 21, 1883; married 1st, May 22, 1843, Phebe Griffin; she died Feb. 18, 1848; 2d, June 24, 1852, Mrs. Lydia A. Whitney, born March 26, 1826, in Nottingham, N. H., widow of Charles E. Whitney. Mr. Eastman resided in Deerfield until his father's death, when soon after he removed to Epsom, N. H. He was a justice of the peace in both Deerfield and Epsom, N. H. He was a farmer.

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