Rachel (Nichols) Eastman (1712)

Born 10 Mar 1712 in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Roger Eastman — married 8 Dec 1730 in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Newton, Rockingham, New Hampshire [uncertain]

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Biography

Thomas Nichols of Amesbury, b. 1670; m. 1st, Jane Jameson, b. Feb. 23, 1673-4, dau. of John and Esther (Martin) Jameson. (p. 216); 2d, pub. April 30, 1721, to Judith Hoage of Newbury. Member of the Society of Friends; Will dated Nov. 16; proved Dec. 7, 1724. Children: Rachel, b. March 10, 1712.(p. 266) ^[1] see also (p. 3-4) ^[2]

Hannah Kimball, dau. of John and Mary (Jordan) Kimball b. ___: m. Jan. 5, 1710-1, Roger Eastman of Amesbury, Mass. His will was proved April 25,1743. Her will was proved Feb. 5, 1753. Children: Roger Eastman b. April 12, 1711. (p. 47)^[3]

Rachel Nichols, dau. Of Thomas and Jane (Jameson) Nichols b. Mar. 10, 1712 at Amesbury, m. Dec. 8, 1730, Roger Eastman, b. Apr. 12, 1711. (p. 13) ^[4]

Roger, eldest child of Roger and Hannah (Kimball) Eastman, b. April 12, 1711 in Amesbury, and settled in that town. When the province line was established in 1741, his farm was proven to be in Newton, NH. His will was made March 24, 1771 and allowed September 19 1791. His wife's name was Rachel.

Their children were: Thomas, Stephen, Ichabod, Samuel, Isaac, Nicholas, Hannah, Judith, and Jennie. (p. 192-3) ^[5]

Amesbury Births

NICHOLS, Rachel, d. Thomas and Jeane, Mar. 10, 1712. (p. 182)

EASMAN, Roger, s. Roger and Hannah, Apr. 12, 1711. (p. 91)

Children: EASTMAN

Hannah, d. Roger, jr, and Rachel, Aug. 13, 1731. (p. 91)

Jane, d. Roger, jr. and Rachel, bp. Nov. 16, 1735. CR1 (p. 91)

Judith, d. Roger, jr. and Rachel, Aug. 14, 1738. (p. 91)

Roger, s. Roger, jr. and Rachell, Sept. 10, 1733.(p. 91)

Amesbury Marriages

EASTMAN, Roger, jr., and Rachel Nickals, Dec. 8, 1730. (p. 341)^[6]

Children of Roger Eastman

1. Thomas b 1740; d. Oct. 17, 1828 Newbury, VT; m. 1767, Sarah Sargent. (p. 126)
2. Stephen b. in Newton, NH, March 27, 1744; d. London, VT; m. Anna Colby. (p. 127)
3. Ichabod b. in Newton, NH, May 22, 1749; d. Sept. 3, 1835 Weare, NH; m. Mary Whittle. (p. 129)
4. Samuel b. 1747; died March 2, 1841 Weare, NH; m. Sarah Currier. (p. 130)
5. Isaac b. Oct. 30, 1754 Newton, NH; d. July 8, 1792 Newton, NH; m. Hannah #George. (p. 130)
6. Nicholas b. Jan 16, 1751; M. Olive Barnes, settled in Francestown, NH. (p. 131)
7. Hannah b. ___; m Henry Hunt. (p. 131)
8. Judith b ___; m. ___ Farrin. (p. 65)
9. Jennie (Jane) b. Oct. 2, 1735; d. Aug. 7, 1831; m. David Sargent.(p. 131))

Will of Roger Eastman - Mentions

wife Rachel

sons Thomas, Samuel, Ichabod, Nichols, Isaac, Stephen

daughters Hannah Hunt, Judith Farrin, Jenne Sargent

grand-daughter Sarah Sargent (p. 64) ^[7]

Entry.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts: With Some Related Families of Newbury, Haverhill, Ipswich, and Hampton, and of York County, Maine By David Webster Hoyt Genealogical Publishing Com, 2013
2. ↑ The Jamesons in America. 1647-1900 : genealogical records and memoranda by E. O. Jameson Rumford Press 1901
3. ↑ History of the Kimball family in America, from 1634 to 1897 : and of its ancestors the Kemballs or Kemboldes of England; with an account of the Kembles of Boston, Massachusetts By Leonard Allison Morrison Stephen Paschall Sharples Damrell & Upham Boston 1897
4. ↑ Our Ancestry - Volume 1 By Jan B. Young Lulu.com, 2010
5. ↑ Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation, Volume 1 By Ezra S. Stearns, William Frederick Whitcher, Edward Everett Parker Lewis Publishing Company, 1908
6. ↑ Vital Records of Amesbury Massachusetts to the Year 1850
7. ↑ History and Genealogy of the Eastman Family of America: Containing Biographical Sketches and Genealogies of Both Males and Females, Volumes 1-5 Press of I.C. Evans, 1901
8. ↑ Entered by Chris Hoyt, Sunday, April 6, 2014.

• Marriage. "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCQ3-LY4: 28 December 2022), Rachel Nickals in entry for Roger Eastman, 1730.