BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES AND GENEALOGIES OF THE EASTMAN FAMILY WILLIAM EASTMAN, one of the early settlers of Bath, was a son of Jonathan and Hannah Eastman, who resided in Haverhill, Mass., at the time the Indians invaded the town, about 1697, killing men, and taking others captives, among the latter of whom were Hannah Dustin and Hannah Eastman. The infant of the latter was killed, and she carried to Canada, where her husband found her about three years later. William Eastman was born in 1714 or 1715, married Ruth Chase in 1738, who died in 1744, leaving three children,--Ruth, Stephen, and William Jr. His second wife, Rebecca Jewett, had eight children--Obadiah, Hannah, Azubah, James, Moses, Jonathan, Peter and Amos. William Eastman located in Bath about 1767, in the northeast part of the town, where he died November 23, 1790. William Jr., died in Haverhill, leaving Stephen and Miriam. The latter married Capt. John Barber, a Hessian soldier of the Revolution, and Isaac Barber, of Lisbon, is their grandson. Stephen Eastman married Lydia Ford, spent most of his life in Lyman, and reared seven children--Pamelia, Clarinda, Eber, Stephen A., Abbie S., Dan and Solenda. Dan and Eber held in succession, most of the local offices in Lyman. Stephen A. was a Methodist Episcopal clergyman. Obadiah Eastman, son of William and Rebecca, married Elizabeth Searles of Temple NH, and had children as follows: Betsey, Hannah, Rebecca, William, Jonathan, Seaborn, Peter and Stephen R. He served in the Revolutionary war three years. Jonathan, son of Obadiah, married and spent his life in Haverhill, but his descendants are now widely scattered. Hannah Eastman, daughter of William and Rebecca, married Deacon John Ladd, of Haverhill, and afterwards removed to Hanover, where some of her posterity now live. Azubah, daughter of William, married Nathan Judd, and lived in Landaff. Her daughter, Azubah, married David Brunson, and their daughter Rebecca W., is the wife of George E. Eastman, of North Haverhill. James, son of William, born September 24, 1753, with him came to Bath in 1767, and was the one to whom descended the paternal homestead. He married Mary Searles, had seven sons and one daughters--James, Moses, Amos, Searle, Mary, William, Joel and Eber, all now gone except Eber, whose age is eighty-two years. James Eastman lived to the age of ninety-nine years and three months. Of his children, Amos died in infancy, James Jr. and William unmarried. Moses married Sally Smith of Bath. His children were Melissa, Hubert, Wilbur F., Calista, Susan, Lucia, Henry, Ruth and Abbie. Melissa married Solon S. Southard, and now lives in Bristol. Hubert married Louisa Rice and has one son, Wilbur F., residing with him in Haverhill, and one daughter, Mrs. John Chamberlin, of Bath. Lucia, daughter of Moses, married Moses Abbott, of Bath, and died, leaving one son, Chester Abbott, of Woodsville. Henry, son of Moses Eastman, is a railroad man in Indiana. Searle, son of James Eastman, married Rebecca Bailey, and second, Sally Moulton, and had nine children. His widow still lives in Lisbon, aged ninety-three years. Priscilla M., daughter of Searle, is still living in Lisbon, the widow of Ebenezer C. Stevens. Orrin Eastman, son of Searle, resides at Swiftwater. Joel, son of Searle, married Ellen Moulton of Lyman, where he became one of the selectmen, died in Lisbon in 1882, where his widow still lives. Joel, seventh son of James Eastman, married Lucretia Rix, had one son, Alfred W., and both of them died in Washington, D.C. Eber Eastman, son of James, the only survivor of this generation, resides at North Haverhill, aged eighty-two. He has been a teacher, school superintendent, and town representative in 1843 and 1844. One accomplishment of which he is justly proud is his penmanship He has, since eighty years of age, written distinctly the Lord's Prayer on one-twentieth part of an inch surface. Moses Eastman, son of William and Rebecca, came to Bath soon after his father, and was "sealer of leather" in 1784. He married Azubah Snow, and second, Lois Martin, and had a large family, most of whom live in Massachusetts. He lived to the age of ninety-seven years. Jonathan Eastman, son of William and Rebecca, lived and died in Littleton, rearing four sons--Jonathan, Simeon, Lewis and Azra. Amos Eastman, the youngest son of William and Rebecca, lived and died in Haverhill. Source: New Hampshire Genealogy and History