Generation 1

ROGER EASTMAN (abt 1613 - 1694) of Salisbury

Parents: Unknown

Roger Eastman was born about 1613. He died on 16 Dec 1694. [Ref, p. 108] He married Sarah Unknown. She was born about 1621, based on a deposition that she was about 50 in 1671. [Ref, p. 108] She died on 11 Mar 1697/8 in Salisbury. [Ref, p. 108]

Roger came to New England on the Confidence. He appears on an 11 Apr 1638 passenger list as a 25-year-old servant of John Sanders, husbandman of Lanford, Wilts. [Ref, p. 113]

Roger received land in Salisbury in 1640 and 1643. [Ref, p. 113] He was a housewright, planter and commoner. [Ref, p. 113] He took the oath of fidelity in 1646 in Salisbury. [Ref, p. 113] He is on an 18 (5) 1652 Salisbury tax list. [Ref]

In 1671, he deposed that he was about 60 and that his daughter Sarah had been born 15 years before. [Ref, p. 113]

By a 20 Mar 1667 deed, Roger gave land and a house to his son John, a husbandman, and his wife Hannah. [Ref, p. 114] By a 28 Dec 1671 deed, Roger, a house carpenter, and his wife Sarah gave a house and land to their son Nathaniel, a cooper. [Ref, p. 114] By a 23 Jun 1676 deed, Roger sold all of his land and his house in Salisbury to his sons Joseph, a weaver, and Benjamin, a tanner. [Ref, p. 114] By a 12 May 1692 deed, Roger gave land to his daughter Sarah Shepherd and her husband Solomon Shepherd. [Ref, p. 114]

In his will, dated 26 Jun 1691 and proved on 2 Mar 1695, Roger Eastman of Salisbury mentions his wife Sarah; his sons John, Nathaniel, Philip, Timothy, Joseph, Benjamin and Samuel Eastman; his deceased son Thomas and his widow Deborah; his daughters Sarah Shepherd and Ruth Heard. [Ref, p. 114-5]

Children of Roger Eastman and Sarah Unknown

1. John Eastman was born on 9 Mar 1640/1 in Salisbury. [Ref, p. 115] He died on 25 Mar 1720 in Salisbury. [Ref, p. 115] He married first Hannah Healey on 27 Oct 1665 in Salisbury. [Ref, p. 115][Ref, 2;93 says 7 Oct.] She was probably the daughter of William Healey of Cambridge. [Ref, 2;93] He married second Mary Boynton on 5 Nov 1670. [Ref, p. 115]
   John was a husbandman. He took the oath of fidelity on 11 Dec 1677 in Salisbury. [Ref]
   
2. Nathaniel Eastman was born on 18 May 1643 in Salisbury. [Ref, p. 115] He died in Nov 1709 in Salisbury. [Ref, p. 115] He married Elizabeth Hudson on 30 Apr 1672 in Salisbury. [Ref, p. 115]
   Nathaniel was a cooper.
   
3. Philip Eastman was born on 30 Dec 1644 in Salisbury. [Ref, p. 115] He died on 20 Oct 1714 in Woodstock, CT. [Ref, p. 115] He had an unknown first wife. [Ref, p. 115] He married second Mary (Barnard) Morse on 22 Aug 1678. [Ref, p. 115] He married third Margaret Unknown about 1695. [Ref, p. 115]
4. Thomas Eastman was born on 11 Sep 1646 in Salisbury. [Ref, p. 115] He died on 29 Apr 1688 in Haverhill. [Ref, p. 115] He married Deborah Corlis on 20 Jun 1679 in Haverhill. [Ref, p. 115]
5. Timothy Eastman was born on 29 Sep 1648 in Salisbury. [Ref, p. 115] He died in Apr 1733 in Hadley. [Ref, p. 115] He married Lydia Markham on 16 May 1682 in Suffield. [Ref, p. 115] Lydia was the daughter of William Markham of Hadley. [Ref, 2;93]
6. Joseph Eastman was born on 8 Jan 1650 in Salisbury. [Ref, p. 115] He died on 4 Apr 1692 in Hadley. [Ref, p. 115] He married Mary Tilton. [Ref, p. 115] Mary was the only surviving daughter of the Hon. Peter Tilton of Hadley. [Ref, 2;93] She married second James Guernsey. [Ref, 2;93]
   Joseph was a weaver. He was of Suffield. [Ref, 2;93] He took the oath of fidelity on 21 Dec 1677 in Salisbury. [Ref]
   
7. Benjamin Eastman was born on 12 Feb 1652 in Salisbury. [Ref, p. 115] He died on 23 Jan 1727/8 in Salisbury. [Ref, p. 115] He married first Ann (Pitts) Joy on 5 Apr 1678. [Ref, p. 115] Ann, the widow of Samuel Joy, died on 13 Dec 1698. [Ref, p. 30] He married second Naomi Flanders on 4 Apr 1679 in Salisbury. [Ref, p. 115] Naomi, the daughter of Stephen and Jane Flanders, was born on 15 Dec 1656 in Salisbury and died on 24 Jul 1718 in Salisbury. [Ref, p. 30] He married third Sarah (Brown) Carter on 5 Oct 1719 in Salisbury. [Ref, p. 115] Sarah was the widow of Samuel Carter. [Ref, p. 30]
   Benjamin was a tanner. He took the oath of fidelity on 21 Dec 1677 in Salisbury. [Ref] He was a freeman in 1690. [Ref, 2;93] He signed his will on 13 Aug 1725/ it was proved on 4 Mar 1727/8. [Ref, p. 30]
   
8. Sarah Eastman was born on 25 Sep 1655 in Salisbury. She died on 1 Dec 1748 in Salisbury. She married first Joseph French. She married second Solomon Shepherd. [Ref, p. 115]
9. Samuel Eastman was born on 20 Nov 1657 in Salisbury. [Ref, p. 115] He died on 27 Feb 1725 in Kingston, NH. [Ref, p. 115] He married Elizabeth Scriven or Scribner on 17 Jun 1658 in Salisbury. [Ref, p. 115]
   He was a freeman in 1690. [Ref, 2;93]
   
10. Ruth Eastman was born on 21 Mar 1660/1 in Salisbury. [Ref, p. 115] She died on 23 Feb 1741/2 in Salisbury. [Ref, p. 115] She married Benjamin Heard on 23 May 1690 in Salisbury. [Ref, p. 115]

Generation 2

SARAH EASTMAN (1655 - 1748)

Parents: Roger Eastman and Sarah Unknown [Ref, p. 103]

Sarah Eastman was born on 25 Sep 1655 in Salisbury. [Ref, p. 115] She died on 1 Dec 1748 in Salisbury. [Ref, p. 115] She married first Joseph French on 13 Jun 1678 in Salisbury. [Ref] She married second Solomon Shepherd on 4 Aug 1684 in Salisbury. [Ref] Solomon was born about 1650 and died on 7 Jul 1731 in Salisbury. [Ref, p. 103]

A deed refers to Solomon as a blacksmith. [Ref, p. 106]

Joseph died intestate. [Ref, p. 103] The petition 4 Jan 1684 of Joseph French and Roger Eastman, grandparents of Joseph's children, names Sarah and Joseph's children: Joseph, Timothy and Simon. It mentions Benjamin and Nathaniel Eastman, bothers of the widow. Both Joseph and Roger signed with their marks. [Ref, p. 103]

In a deed dated 25 Mar 1685, Joseph French, a tailor of Salisbury, and Susanna his wife, gave land to Sarah French, the widow of their eldest son Joseph, deceased. [Ref, p. 105]

Children of Sarah Eastman and Solomon Shepherd:

1. Sarah Shepherd was born on 25 Mar 1686 in Salisbury. [Ref, p. 108] She died before 1727. [Ref, p. 108] She married William Long on 2 Jan 1711/2 in Haverhill. [Ref, p. 108]
2. Bethia Shepherd was born on 13 Mar 1688 [Ref, p. 108] She married Joseph Kimball. [Ref, p. 108]
3. Solomon Shepherd was born on 18 Apr 1691 [Ref, p. 108] He died between 2 Oct 1753 and 4 Mar 1754. [Ref, p. 108] He was unmarried. [Ref, p. 108]
4. Israel Shepherd was born on 7 Mar 1693 [Ref, p. 108] He died on 23 Apr 1742. [Ref, p. 108] He married Sarah Kimball on 27 Aug 1724 in Salisbury. [Ref, p. 108]
5. Jeremiah Shepherd was born on 10 Aug 1698 [Ref, p. 108] He died about 1761. [Ref, p. 108] He married Abigail Brown on 30 Nov 1731 in Salisbury. [Ref, p. 108]

References

Dunbar, Edith Flanders, The Flanders Family from Europe to America: Being a history of the Flanders family in America and its probable origin in Europe, Rutland, VT, Tuttle Pub. Co., 1935.

Mr. Thornton, "Original Settlers of Salisbury, MA," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 3, 1849, 55-57.

Holman, Mary Lovering, Ancestry of Charles Stinson Pillsbury and John Sargent Pillsbury, unknown, unknown, 1938.

Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850. Online Database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2007.

Alonzo H. Quint, "Oaths of Freemen, Allegiance, &c. in Old Norfolk County, New England Historical and Genealogical Register 6, 1852, 201-204.

Savage, James, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, Vol. I-IV, Boston, 1860-1862.