Sarah (Eastman) Sumner (1708 - 1790)

Born 8 Feb 1708 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut

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Died 1790 at about age 81 in Windham, Connecticut

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Biography

Sarah Eastman was born in 1708. She was married to Edward Sumner.

Genealogical Records

Vital Records

The birth of Sarah Eastman should be recorded in the Woodstock Vital Records with her sibling because her birth date is between Mary and Philip, and both their births are recorded here; but hers is NOT. Reason unknown:

• Primary Source, Vital records of Woodstock, 1686-1854; ^[1] Data Summary of Vital records from Woodstock, Conn for the Philip Eastman II family:

1. ) Woodstock, Conn VR; Page 13: Phillip Eaftmand Entre hif purpofs of marriage with Sara Parker both of this town march: 22: 1706/7.
2. ) Woodstock, Conn VR; Page 13: Mary Eaftman Daughter of Phillip Eaftman by Sarah his wife born february 13th 1707.8
3. ) Woodstock, Conn VR; Page 17: Phillip Eaftman fon of Phillip Eaftman by Sarah his wife born January 13th 1711:12
4. ) Woodstock, Conn VR; Page 20: Mary Eaftman wife of Philip Eaftman fenr dyed June, Philip Eaftman Sen Dyed octobr 20th 1714. {This is the mother and father of the Sarah Eastman of this profile.}
5. ) Woodstock, Conn VR; Page 20: Daniel Bacon of Pomfret and Abigail Maning of Woodstock ware married in Afhford April the Sixth 1737: by Philip Eaftman Juftice peace

• Primary Source, The Barbour Collection Connecticut Town Vital Records 1710-1851, Asford, Vol 1 ^[2] Data extract, Vital Records for the Philip Eastman family from the Ashford, CT Barbour Vital Record:

1. ) Barbour VR, Ashford, Windham, CT.: Vital records for Philip & Mary Eastman II family in Ashford, Conn:
   1. ) Abigail, d. Philip & Mary, b. Aug. 1, 1735; d. May 16, 1737;
   2. ) Ebenezer, s. Philip & Mary, b. Feb. 16, 1719/20;
      1. ) Ebenezer, m. Mary Fletcher, July 17, 1751;
   3. ) Elezebeth, d. Philip & Mary, b. Mar. 31, 1731;
   4. ) Hannah, d. Philip & Mary, b. Sept. 23, 1733
   5. ) Jonathan, s. Philip & Mary, b. June 3, 1724;
      1. ) Jonathan, m. Elizabath Pi(e)rce, Nov. 23, 1749, by Rev. John Bass;
   6. ) Peter,s. Philip & Mary, b. Feb. 22, 1727/8;
      1. ) Peter, s. Philip & Mary, d. Apr. 12, 1737, in the 10th y. of his age
   7. ) Philip, Jr., m. Elizabeth Hodges, ( );
      1. ) Mary, d. Philip & Elizabeth, b. ( )
      2. ) Mary, d.Philip, b. Jan. 10, 1744
      3. ) Abigaill, d. Philip, b. Mar. 6, 1746;
      4. ) Esther, d. Philip & Elisabeth, b. ( )
      5. ) Peter, s. Philip, Jr., b. Sept. 18, 1737
      6. ) Phebe, d. Philip & Elesabeth, b. ( )
      7. ) Sarah, d. Philip, b. May 10, 1741; {This is a namesake niece of Sarah Eastman of this profile; daughter of her full brother Philip.}
   8. ) Ruth, d. Philip, & Mary, b. Apr. 23, 1722;
   9. ) Samuel, s. Philip & Mary, b. May 17, 1716;
   10. ) Timothy, s. Philip & Mary, b. Mar. 5, 1717/18;
2. ) Phillip, Esq., d. Mar. 25, 1741;
3. ) Mary, w. Phillip, d. July 20, 1752

Probate Court Records

• Primary Source, Philip Eastman Sr., U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999; ^[3] Data Extract:

1. ) Last Will and Testament of Philip Estman of Ashford Conn. 2021-01-03 Transcription of the Last Will and Testament of Philip Estman {Eastman.} by Randolph Beebe.
   1. ) In the name of God Amen the 26th day of January the year of our Lord 1740 (1 I Philip Estman of Ashford In the County of Windham and Colony of Connecticut Husbandman being In a Weak and low Condition In body but of Perfit mind and memory thanks be Given To God Thence for Caling to mind ye mortality of my body and knowing It is appointed for all men once to Dye: not Knowing how son It may please God to Call me ye way of all ye Earth to make and ordain this to be my last will and testament and princeaply and first of all I Give and Recomend my Soul Into ye hands of God That Gave It Ernstly beging his most Gracious Reception of It In and Through ye merits of ye Lord Jesus Christ my Dear Redeemer and my body I Recomond to ye Earth from Whence It was Taken to be buried In a Descent Christian Burial at ye Discretion of my Executors hereafter named No ways doubting but I shall Receive The same again at the General Resurrection of ye Dead by ye mighty power of God and Touching such Worldly Estate Wherewith It hath pleased God to Bles me with all: after all my Just Debts and Funeral Charges are first paid I give and demise Thereof In ye Following manar--
   2. ) Imprimas: I Give and bequeath to my Eldest Son Philip all ye land that lyeth north of his home farm Bounded West on Samuel Estmans land and East on ye Cedar Swamp Brook: and north on Said brook with ye oald orchard and all thing Theireon: and three acres at ye East End of that strip of land lying betwin Samuels and Temothys land and all my right of land I bought with Nathaniel Fuller Joyning to union now in partnership with Aron Fuler and all that sute of Cloaths I bought of madam Domon last January In boston and my log chain and my two year oald shears which were two year oald last pring all with What I have already Given him I account to be his full portion out of my Estate It being his ful part In ye Whole of my Estate Excepting my Great Bible my law book my best hat and best Shart together with my Cane I moreover bequest to him.---
   3. ) Item: I Give to my Son Samuel all ye strip of land lying between him and Temothy and ye twenty acres Take off of ye West End of Temothy's land to Run straight from Samuels Corner Taking In ye oald plowed Ground that Temothy north north line runs Through. Provided he pays Thirty Pounds to his sister Ruth In four years after my deceas and I will that ye said thirty pound be Laide out in such household stuf as She shall Choose and moreover I Will that Samuel pay to her son Ebenezer Fourty pounds When he Is twenty one years of age and this with What I have already Given Ruth I account to be hur full part and portion out of my Estate I Give all ye rest of my Waring Cloaths to my Son Samuel. provided he Gives Good security to pay Ruth that thirty pounds and hur son Ebenezer that fourty at ye Time above mentioned---
   4. ) Item: I give to my son Temothy a Good Cow and ye money he owes me by a note that with What I Have already Given him I account to be his full part and portion out of my Estate----
   5. ) Item: I Give and Bequeath all ye rest of my Estate both Real and personal to my two sons Ebenezer and Jonathan only my Will Is that Thay pay all my Just Debts out of it and pay Eighty pounds In money or moveable Estate to Mary Rice and Three years I Give them to pay hur In after my death and I further Will that She has one of my Gold Rings or Five pounds to be paide by Ebenezer and Jonathan Instead Thence With ye Eighty pounds: and that With What I have already Given her I account to be hur full part and portion out of my estate; and I Will and order that my Sons Ebenezer and Jonathan pay to my Daughter Sarah Sumner Seventy pounds In money or Stock within three years after my death and order that she have my other Gold Ring or Five pounds money Instead Thence to be paid with ye seventy pounds and that With What I have already Given her I account to be hur full part and portion of my Estate---- I will and order my two sons Ebenezer and Jonathan pay to my daughter Elezebeth one hundred pounds In money When she shall have arrived to ye age of twenty one years and that I account to be hur full part and portion out of my Estate----
   6. ) Item; I will and order that my Wife so long as she remains my Widow shall have one third part of all my freehold Estate except ye move able Without doe... Given to Ebenezer and Jonathan provided She pay one third of ye Charge to maintain Said Est
   7. ) Item: I Give to my Wife one Good cow and my bed I now ly on and one Third of ye household stuff and If She so causes to mary again I order my Two sons Ebenezer and Jonathan to pay hur fifty pounds in money so she Is to acquit my Estate and I Will and order that my Daughter Hanah Dwell with hur mother as long as her mother liveth and that my two sons Ebenezer and Jonathan pay five pounds yearly Towards her maintainance and after their mothers deceases I order that Ebenezer and Jonathan Shall take ye care of hur and provide What is nesesary for hur Comfort and as to Dividing the Estate- Ebenezer and Jonathan may do as thay Cause When Jonathan coms of age and I Will and order that Jonathan Shall have liberty to Chose him a Gardian to manage for him till he Is one and twenty years oald and Can Earn In That Time he is to have for his own profit only that -- Ebenezer Is to have ye benefit of his third In ye meantime Towards paying the legacies above Exprest and farthermore I do by these Presents make ordain my loving sons Philip Samuel and Ebenezer Estman to be my sole Executors of this my last Will and Testaent Ratifying and holding firm and valid all and Whatsoever my said Executors Shall lawfully do or Cause to Be don and I do hearby utterly disavow Revoake and anull all and Every other former Testament Wills and legacies and Executors by me before this time Named Willed or bequeathed Ratifieingand Confirming This and not other be Said my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I have heare unto set my hand an seall ye day and year above writen signed sealed published prouned and deliverd by ye said Philip Estman as his last Will and Testament In ye presents of us ye subscribers Peter Tufts Benjamin Rusoh Junr. Peter Tufts Junr. Sealed Philip Estman.
   8. ) Windham, So. Ashford april 15th 1741 Then Personaly appeared ye subscribers Peter Tufts Benjamen Rusill junr and Peter Tufts junr and made oath that thay said subscribers to ye foregoing will Philip Estman Esqr sign Seal publish and pronounce The same to be his last Will and Testament and That Thay Signed as Eyewitness to ye same In ye presents of ye Testator Before me - Thomas Tiffany Justie of Peace.
   9. ) A Court of Probate Held In Plainfield April ye 25 1741 Present Temothy Peirce Esqr. Judy The last will and Testament of Philip Estman Esqr. of Ashford Deceased ws Exhibited Into said Court by two of the Executors Named in said Will \ viz \ Philip and Samuel Estman who Excepted of that Trust In Said Court The other Executor Named in the Will Refusing Executorship as apeared under his hand= nch Will to be Recorded and kept on File = Test John Chery Clerk of Ct

Published Genealogical Information

Rix does not include Mary Parker the first wife of Philip Eastman II in the following Eastman Genealogy, hence Sarah Eastman is not noted as a daughter of Philip II:

• Secondary Source, Guy Scoby Rix, History and genealogy of the Eastman family of America : ^[4] Data:

1. ) Eastman Genealogy; page 26: Philip Eastman (23.); son of Philip, born in Haverhill, Mass., Aug. 18, 1684 ; married Oct. 20, 1715, Mary East- man, born March 29, 1690, daughter of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Hudson) Eastman (see No. 3, vi). Mr. Eastman went to Ashford, Conn., when a young man; returned to Salisbury and married and returned to Ashford, where he lived and died. He was agent for Ashford in presenting a petition to the Connecticut Assembly, praying for exemption of the town taxes on account of the drouth. He was a lieutenant of a trained band in Ashford in 1733; justice of the peace in and for Windham county in 1733-5. He was chosen to lay out highways in 1715, and was admitted a proprietor the same year, and in 1732 was chosen to represent Ashford in the Connecticut Assembly, and so continued for several years.
   1. ) Children of Philip and Mary Eastman:
      1. ) Samuel Eastman (71.); b. in Ashford, Conn., May 17, 1716.
      2. ) Timothy Eastman (72.); b. March .5, 1717.
      3. ) Ebenezer Eastman; b. Feb. 16, 1719. Revolutionary soldier.
      4. ) Ruth Eastman (73.); b. April 23, 1722.
      5. ) Jonathan Eastman (74.); b. June 3, 1724.
      6. ) Peter Eastman, b. Feb. 22, 1728 ; d. April 12, 1737.
      7. ) Hannah Eastman, b. March 31, 1731.
      8. ) Elizabeth Eastman, b. Feb. 23, 1733.
      9. ) Abigail Eastman, b. Aug. 1, 17

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Sources

1. ↑ Vital records of Woodstock, 1686-1854; Hartford, The Case, Lockwook, & Brainard Co., 1914. Public Domain.
2. ↑ The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Ashford, Vol 1, Text available:

   1. ) Print: The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Ashford, Vol 1, Compiled by Marsha W. Carbaugh, General Editor Lorraine Cook White, Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, MD, 2000. Page 24 (In print, available at Amazon.com)
   2. ) Index to online availability of all 55 Volumes of the Barbour Collection: Available at:
      1. ) Free Online transcription by CTgenweb: Barbour VR, Ashford, Windham, CT.
      2. ) Online at Ancestry. com (fee reqd): Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) Ancestry.com online database. White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002. Barbour VR, Ashford, VI; Page 93-96; Image 79 of 253.

3. ↑ Eastman Sr., Philip; U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999; [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data:Connecticut County, District and Probate Courts. Probate Court (Windham District); Probate Place: Windham, Connecticut.
4. ↑ Rix, Guy Scoby, History and genealogy of the Eastman family of America : containing biographical sketches and genealogies of both males and females; Concord, N.H., Press of I.C. Evans, 1901. Public Domain.

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