Hezekiah Eastman (abt. 1748 - 1831)

Born about 1 Sep 1748 in New Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Porter) Eastman — married 17 Oct 1774 in Marshall, Oneida Co., NY

Descendants

Died 9 Sep 1831 at about age 83 in Marshall, Oneida Co., New York, United States

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Biography

Hezekiah Eastman, born September 1, 1748 in New Fairfield, Fairfield Co., CT.

He married October 17, 1774, to Hannah Porter and died September, 1831. Hannah Porter Eastman born March 29, 1751, and died August 12, 1820.

After the death of his wife Hezekiah Eastman married again. The second wife's name was Sarah _______. Her name was Sarah Hale Coston, f-a-g memorial 65649719.

Hezekiah Eastman was a Baptist minister and was ordained October i, 1781, at the house of Stephen Calkins. He was the first settled minister of Danby, Vt., and the first pastor of the first church there.

The following story is told by a niece, Saphronia, who was living in Canandaigua, New York, at the age of ninety-four (1900) :

"At the time Danbury, Connecticut, was burnt, Joseph Eastman, father of Hezekiah, lived a few miles north of that place, and he, with his three sons, Nathaniel, Joseph and Hezekiah, were called out with the militia to repel or capture the "Red Coats," who had succeeded in burning Danbury. A Tory family lived nearly opposite the Eastman house and they opened their house and made preparations to welcome the British when they came ; but not so with the Eastmans. Abraham Dayton, the youngest, was sick at home with his mother, who, fearing harm, saddled the family horse, hitched him to the back door, put up some provisions and things she would need, intending to get the sick boy on to the horse and start for the hills as soon as the "Red Coats" came in sight. Soon she saw a single horseman coming, who informed her the raiders had been captured and there was no more danger from them. The Tory family across the way shut their doors, closed their windows and were seen no more that day."

Hezekiah Eastman moved to New York and settled in Marshall, Oneida County, where he died, and was buried in a little plot of ground taken off the original farm on which he settled. Children:

1. Harvey, Buell,
2. Joseph,
3. Hezekiah,
4. Sarah,
5. Phebe,
6. Hannah,
7. Saviah.

Sources

• http://archive.org/stream/genealogyofharve00east/genealogyofharve00east_djvu.txt.

• Burial: "U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current"
  Ancestry Record 60525 #96951066 (accessed 31 December 2021)
  Rev Hezekiah Eastman burial (died on 9 Sep 1831) in Waterville, Oneida County, New York, United States of America.

Acknowledgment

WikiTree profile Eastman-491 created through the import of AndersonExport.ged on Oct 17, 2012 by Vic Watt. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Vic and others.