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 Roger EastmanBorn 04 Apr 1610 at Downton, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, died 16 Dec 1694 at Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, age 84 years. Occupation: Carpenter Return to the Interesting People page Roger's birth is register in the Downton Parish register of the Church of Downton, near Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. He was the first of the Eastmans coming to America sailing from Southhampton in April, 1638 on ship "Confidence," His name has been spelled Easman even by members of the same family. He was an indentured servant to a Mr. John Cole, they arrived in Boston Massachusetts on April 24, 1638. He was one of the original settlers at Salisbury in The Massachusetts Bay Colony. He was a planter and a carpenter. He is listed as a commoner on the tax lists of 1650 and 1652 and name appears on most early tax lists. He and his wife were members of the Church of Salisbury and are listed among its congregation in 1687. They had 10 children, 8 boys and 2 girls. All lived to adulthood and had families of their own. From Salisbury the family dispersed; his son Philip went to Ashford, Ct., Joseph settled temporarily in Suffield, Ct., but soon removed to Hadley, Mass.; the third generation, however, settled further north, following up the valley of the Merrimack River, while others settled further south, in Massachusetts, and Connecticut and others in Maine. From these places they scattered over the United States and Canada. Sen. Daniel Webster (via son John), poet Robert Frost (via daughter Sarah), inventor George Eastman (via son Joseph), and photographer Ansel Adams (via son Nathaniel) are descendants. See: http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=glencoe&id=I35744
Married 1639 at Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, age 28 or 29 years (married 54 or 55 years) to:  Sarah Smith, age by marriage 17 or 18 yearsBorn 1621 at ,, , England, died 11 Mar 1697 at Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, age 75 or 76 years
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John EastmanBorn 09 Mar 1640 at Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, died 25 Mar 1720 at Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, age 80 years Ancestor of Sen Daniel Webster. 2.
Nathaniel EastmanBorn 18 May 1643 at Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, died 30 Nov 1709 at Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, age 66 years Ancestor of Ansel Adams. 3.
Philip EastmanBorn 20 Oct 1644 at Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, died 20 Oct 1714 at Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut, United States, age 70 years Salisbury, Mass was a very primitive and dangerous place to live and Philip as most of the men in the area did, was a colonial soldier. On May 3, 1676, he was captured by a party of indians. He was later released after negotiations with Chief Wanosancet, Chief of the Pennacook Tribe. He also served as a soldier in King Philip's, the bloodiest indian war of the East Coast. In May of 1698, his house was burned by indians in Haverhill, Mass and he then moved to Woodstock, Ct. Haverhill was a frontier town for more than 70 years. Its early history is a long record of bloodshed and misery. The village consisted of about 30 houses and the men went armed to their work and to their church with bible and gun. The wife of Jonathan Eastman (grandson of this Philip and son of Philip) had her infant torn from heer arms and its brains dashed out against the floor of the attic where they were hiding. She was taken to Canada by the Indians and kept prisoner for some years, until finally found and redeemed by her husband. This was during Queen Ann's War. 4.
Thomas EastmanBorn 11 Sep 1646 at Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, died 29 Apr 1688 at Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, age 41 years 5.
Timothy EastmanBorn 29 Sep 1648 at Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, died 01 Apr 1733 at Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States, age 84 years 6.
Joseph EastmanBorn 08 Nov 1650 at Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, died 04 Apr 1692 at Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States, age 41 years Ancestor of George Eastman. 7.
Benjamin EastmanBorn 12 Dec 1652 at Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, died 04 Mar 1728 at Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, age 75 years 8.
Sarah EastmanBorn 25 Sep 1655 at Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, died 01 Dec 1745 at Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, age 90 years Ancestor of Robert Frost. 9.
Samuel EastmanBorn 20 Nov 1657 at Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, died 27 Feb 1725 at Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, age 67 years 10.
Ruth EastmanBorn 21 Jan 1661 at Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, died 23 Feb 1741 at Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, age 80 years | |||