Tilton Eastman (1741 - 1806)

Born 1741 in New Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

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Descendants

Died 20 Jan 1806 at about age 65 in Hamburg, Sussex, New Jersey, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Eastman Name Study.

Tilton was born in 1741, the son of Peter Eastman.^[1]

Private Tilton Eastman served with New York Militia during the American Revolution.

Tilton Eastman is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A035813.

He served at least twice in the American Revolutionary War:^[2]

1. under Captain Bogardis' company of Queens County, NY beginning 16 May 1760
2. as a Private under Colonel James McClaghry's command in the Ulster County, NY militia.

Between periods of service, he married Mary "Polly" Owen in 1769 and they had Jonathan Owen Eastman.

Then he married Remembrance Rowlee^[1] and she had twelve children^[1] as numbered by Rix, but only named three

1. Peter, b. 1774;^[1]
2. Daniel Ward, b. 1778^[1]
3. Polly who married Mr. Seeley^[1]

He died in 1805 in Hamburg, New Jersey.^[1]

Research Notes

• It appears that some of the children Tilton supposedly had might belong to other Eastman families. More research is needed Fetterly-28 00:25, 15 September 2021 (UTC)

• Update - In the Rix book, "Hist. and Genealogy of the Eastmans .".. on p. 192, item 239, Polly and Tilton's children are listed: Jonathan, Peter, Daniel Ward and Polly. No other names are given. Fetterly-28 09:09, 30 November 2021 (UTC)^[1]

• Edmund West's Family Data Collection from Ancestry contains two records that show "Laird" as the mother of Tilton Eastman^[3][4] Fetterly-28, 6 June 2022

• Since Peter, Tilton's father, married twice and all of his known children were born before the date of Peter's second marriage to Esther Laird, it is reasonable to associate all of Peter's children to his unnamed first wife. The presence of Laird as the name of Tilton's stepmother as his mother in Edmund West's Familly Data Collection does not change this, especially when that Family Data Collection has a poor reputation for accuracy and reliability. Judy Bramlage, 8 June 2022

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} Rix; History and genealogy of the Eastman family of America, image 195 of 1071, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image (accessed 22 May 2022) [Note that only Jonathan was the son of Polly, since she died just after his birth.]
2. ↑ Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol 052.
3. ↑ Family Data Collection - Individual Records: Birth year: 1741; Birth city: New Fairfield; Birth state: CT Ancestry Record 4725 #4033227 Death:

   Name:	Tilton Eastman
   Spouse:	Polly Owen
   Parents:	Peter Eastman & Laird
   Birth Place:	New Fairfield, CT
   Birth Date:	1741
   Death Place:	Hamburg, NJ
   Death Date:	1805

4. ↑ Family Data Collection - Births: Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Births [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001. Ancestry Record 5769 #1392514 Family Data Collection - Births:

   Name:	Tilton Eastman
   Father:	Peter Eastman
   Step-Mother:	Esther Laird
   Birth Date:	1741
   City:	New Fairfield
   State:	CT
   Country:	USA

• Peabody Genealogy. Source Information: Title: North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, Author: Ancestry.com, Publisher: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Publisher Date: 2016.

• Cleveland, Stafford C.; History and Directory of Yates County, Containing a Sketch of Its Original Settlement by the Public Universal Friends, the Lessee Company and Others, with an Account of Individual Pioneers and their Familes; Also, of Other Leading Citizens. Including Church, School and Civil History, and a Narrative of The Universal Friend, Her Society and Doctrine, Chapter XI. Milo (N.Y.). Published by S. C. Cleveland, Penn Yan, N.Y., 1873, p. 741.

• Monnette, Orra Eugene, 1873-1936; Spirit of patriotism as evidenced by the revolutionary and ancestral records of the Society, Sons of the Revolution, in the state of California. Sons of the Revolution (California), Pages 516, Pg. 201; Location: Genealogical Society of Utah d.b.a FamilySearch; http://www.familysearch.org/.[1]

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K2MW-5D7.

• Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees Online publication. Provo, UT,: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. Original data - Family trees submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Repository: http://www.Ancestry.com.