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Cyprian Eastman (1750 - 1798)

Sergeant Cyprian Eastman
Born in Norwich, New London, Connecticut Colonymap
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Husband of — married 7 Aug 1776 in Rupert, VTmap
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Died at age 48 in Montreal, Montreal, Lower Canadamap
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Biography

1776 Project
Sergeant Cyprian Eastman served with 5th Regiment, Vermont Militia during the American Revolution.
Daughters of the American Revolution
Cyprian Eastman is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A035703.
Cyprean married, August 7, 1776 at Rupert, Bennington County, Vermont, Rosannah Nelson (1757-1835), by whom he had 10 children: Justin (b. 1777), Bersheba, Luther (b. 1779), Russell, Sarah (b. 1787), Cloe (1789-1863), Lucy (b. 1791), and etc.
On May 28, 1778, the Governor and Council of the Independent Republic of Vermont (formerly the New Hampshire Grants) organized the 5th Regiment of Vermont Militia and selected Gideon Warren, Colonel commanding the Regiment, and Tehan (Tappen) Noble, Captain, and Enoch Eastman, Lieutenant, of its Rupert Company from Bennington County.
On June 5, 1778, Cyprean entered and served as one of two Sergeants, in a Detachment of Colonel Gideon Warren's Regiment under the command of Captain Gideon Ormsby for service done to guard the frontiers, by order of the Governor and Council. Cyprean was discharge on July 6, 1778 after serving 22 days. Later in 1778, on November 7th, Sergeant Cyprian Eastman entered and served in Captain Tehan Noble's Company, Colonel Gideon Warrens' 5th Regiment of Vermont Militia for 7 days when it was called out by order of the Vermont Governor and Council to defend the frontiers of the State.
In May, 1779, Cyprian served under his brother Lieutenant Enoch Eastman when they they were called upon to assist the Sheriff in Cumberland County (now Windham County), Vermont in serving writs upon 44 persons who had received commissions from New York, charged with "enemical conduct" in opposing the authority of the state of Vermont.
The 6th Regiment of Vermont Militia was established, October 23, 1779, upon the reorganization of the 2nd and 5th Regiments into 3 Regiments. The Rupert Company was then reassigned from the 5th Regiment to the 6th Regiment. Cyprian served as a Sergeant for 6 days and was paid for marching 80 miles in Captain Tehan Noble's Company, Colonel Ira Allen's 6th Regiment of Vermont Militia when that Company was called out to respond to the alarm of March 26, 1780. Later in the same year, October, 1780, Sergeant Cyprian Eastman served 13 days and was paid for marching 60 miles, in Captain Tehan Noble's Company of the same Regiment when they were called out during the alarm caused by the raid led by British Major Christopher Carleton into the Lake Champlain Valley and beyond.
In October 1781, Cyprean served as a Sergeant in Captain Nathaniel Smith's Company, Colonel Ira Allen's 6th Regiment of Vermont Militia for 10 days and was paid for marching 30 miles. In 1782, he was on duty 3 days in the same Company serving the State of Vermont.
Cyprean was one of the 1st permanent settlers of Bristol, Addison County, Vermont coming their in 1787, locatng on Bristol Flats. On March 3, 1788, at the 1st Proprietor's Meeting held in the town, he was appointed to the committee charged with laying out and clearing highways and building bridges. Bristol was organized March 2, 1789. At its 1st Town Meeting held the same date, Cyprean was elected one of the Town's 3 Selectmen. In June, 1791, upon the organization of a militia company in the town, he was chosen Captain.
In the spring of 1798, Cyprean went to Montreal, Canada, where he took the smallpox, of which he died, aged 49 years.

Information obtained from Find A Grave.[1]

Cyprian was born in 1749. He passed away in 1798.

Sources

  1. Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 May 2018), memorial page for Sgt Cyprian Eastman (29 Jan 1750–22 May 1798), Find A Grave Memorial no. 117395749, citing Greenwood Cemetery, Bristol, Addison County, Vermont, USA ; Maintained by VTSSAR (contributor 47884768) .
  • "First Book of Records - Norwich, CT: Vital Records, 1659-1848" Vol. 1, page 240
  • "The Vermont Historical Gazetter" Vol. 1., by Abby Maria Hemenway, 1867, pages 20 and 21
  • "Gazetteer and Business Directory of Addison County, VT., for 1881-82." by Hamilton Child, 1882, pages 85 and 86
  • "History and Genealogy of the Eastman Family of America." by Guy S. Rix, 1901, pages 133 and 134
  • "The State of Vermont - Rolls of the Soldiers in the Revolutionary War 1775 to 1783" by John E. Goodrich, 1904, pages 76-77, 100-101, 170-171, 225-226, 461, 621 and 803
  • mss. Vermont Birth, Marriage and Death Records, Vermont Records Center, Middlesex, Vermont
  • CT Barbour, VT Death Recs.




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Vermont Vital Records 1720-1908 contains marriage record
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