Pioneer Families - EASTMAN
Extracted From
Chapter XVII
Early history of the town of Hopkinton :
history of East Village (Nicholville) and vicinity,
diaries of Elisha Risdon and Artemas Kent,
soldiers of the Civil War,
genealogical record of sixty of the pioneer families

Carlton E. Sanford
Boston: Bartlett Press, 1903

[Transcribed by Dave Swerdfeger]

IN this chapter is given the genealogical records of many of the pioneers of the town, of all that I have been able to gather sufficient data and information to make a fairly full record. The preparation of these records has required much time, labor, correspondence, persistence and patience. Had I had in the beginning a full comprehension of the tedious labor required, I now feel sure I should not have undertaken it. That there are some errors in dates and possibly a few in names I am quite satisfied, since considerable of my information came from elderly people who wrote feebly and indistinctly. I think it will be readily understood, if the reader will bear in mind that it is in continuous order; that the first, second, third and fourth generations are each carried slightly to the right, and that each generation always has the same indentation. SAMUEL EASTMAN b. 1769; d. May, 1852, age 83; m. Sarah Elizabeth Lee, d. September 29, 1797, Lincoln, Vt.; m. 2d, Sally Elliot, b. Beverly, Mass.; d. October 7, 1849. He was born in Hopkinton, N.H., moved to Lincoln, Vt., and came to this town In 1803 or 1804. Being then a man of family he no doubt at once took up the two hundred acres, lots five and six, which have been in the family ever since. His deed to them bears date February 24, 1808. His log house stood in the yard just a little west and north of the present residence, the front part of which he built. The diary of Mr. Risdon speaks of his being hurt by a bull in 18---. Mr. George S. Wright says the bull caught his horns in his clothing in the first lunge and threw him over the yard fence, thus saving his life. He was an active, public spirited and successful man for his time. The farm was held by his son William E. and is now held by his grandson, Samuel E. He was a fine man, good height, very close in his dealings, wore a linen or tow frock down to his knees, a strong Baptist and a man of very decided convictions. He owned the first buggy that was in the town. His wife, born in Beverly near Salem, Mass., the home of witchcraft in this country, was a believer in it and often told her children of the means adopted to thwart the witches and their evil influence. Had four children by first and six by second marriage: Sally, b. February 16, 1794, Hopkinton, N.H.; d. September 26, 1869; m. Daniel Kelley, July 12, 1818; b. August 29, 1796; d. May 1857. They lived at Fowler, N.Y. He died from drowning at Gouverneur, N.Y. Had six children: Harriet, b. April 29, 1820; d. September 24, 1847, at Fowler, N.Y.; m. Galusha M. Hazelton, September 19, 1842. Had three children: Amelia L., b. May 28, 1843; d. February 1, 1875; m. Andrew L. Carr, February 8, 1865; 1. Hart, Mich. Had three children: Bower M., b. August 30, 1866. Etta P., b. June 2, 1872. Edgar A., b. September 8, 1874. Edgar G., b. September 28, 1844; d. October 22, 1899, Kenosha, Wis.; m. Eveline Price. Had one child: Blanch, b. July 3, 1876; 1. Kenosha, Wis. Sarah Anna, b. May, 1846; 1. Russell, N.Y.; m. Jerome A. Jenne, b. December, 1843. Had seven children: Bell, b. July, 1868; 1. Russell; m. Joseph Clark, July, 1883. Had two chldren: Harry, b. October, 1886. Anna, b. June, 1893. May, b. May, 1870; 1. Gouverneur, N.Y.; m. Eben Briggs, July, 1889. Had one child: May Jennie, b. December, 1890; 1. Gouverneur. Myrtle, b. March, 1872; 1. Edwards; m. Daniel Barraford, December, 1891. Had three children: Ruth, b. October, 1892. Jennie, b. May, 1896. Everett, b. July, 1899. Jerome, b. February, 1874; 1. Perth, N.D. Frank, b. April, 1878; 1. Russell, N.Y. Hazelton, b. May, 1886; 1. Russell, N.Y. Bessie, b. August, 1894; 1. Russell, N.Y. Betsey, b. October 3, 1824; d. May 1, 1885, at Yorkville, Ill.; m. Gordon Palmer, March 5, 1844. Had eight children: Dr. Ira F., b. May 23, 1845; 1. Onarga, Ill.; m. Emma A. Wood, November 27, 1872. Had two children: Paul J., b. December 27, 1874; 1. Orange, II; m. Dessa Hastings, December 5, 1900. Had one child: Son, b. September 19, 1901. Clifford G., b. March 17, 1880; 1. Jasper City, Mo.; m. Florence Wood, January 1, 1901. Lucy A., b. October 23, 1846; 1. Yorkville, Ill.; m. Albert Young, January 8, 1867. Had five children: Fred G., b. October 12, 1867; 1. Bristol, Ill.; m. Margerite Raymond, February 5, 1890. Had one child: Ethel E., b. April 1, 1896. J. Frank, b. September 14, 1872; 1. Aurora, Ill.; m. Jennie Shownde, April 2, 1902. E. Hazelton, b. December 12, 1876; 1. Yorkville, Ill.; m. Clara B. Cooper, June 5, 1901. Had one child: Edgar C., b. May 26, 1902. Bessie A., b. January 12, 1882; 1. Yorkville, Ill. Edna E., b. June 24, 1884; 1. Yorkville, Ill. Harriet Alida, b. July 25, 1848; 1. Yorkville, Ill.; m. John H. Nichols, December 10, 1867. Had five children: Ina A., b. August 10, 1868; 1. Pavilion, Ill.; m. E. L. Matlock, October 13, 1891. Had five children: Gerald E., b. September 14, 1892. Alida L., b. July 3, 1894. John R., b. August 9, 1896. G. West, b. March 4, 1898. Robert L., b. May 27, 1901. Hattie A., b. December 8, 1869; 1. Yorkville, Ill.; m. E. W. Smith, September 18, 1895. Had two children: Howard W., b. December 13, 1896. Olive L., b. November I, 1900. J. Gordon, b. April 15, 1874; m. Stella L. Solfirburg, October 11, 1899. Had one child: Irene M., b. August 11, 1900. Lavern P., b. July 5, 1876; 1. Ottawa, Kan. Marion A., b. December 29, 1883; 1. Yorkville, Ill. Helen A., b. May 14, 1850; 1. Gouverneur, N.Y.; m. Lyman L. Austin, October 12, 1882. Had one child: Bessie E., b. March 18, 1884. Fred Gordon, b. October 29, 1855, at Fox, Ill.; 1. Yorkville, Ill.; m. Jessie Ballard, September 2, 1885. No issue. Daniel F., b. March 20, 1857, at Fox; 1. Yorkville, Ill; m. Hattie A. Healy, February 14, 1882. Had two children: Hugh G., b. November 23, 1885. Glenn D., b. March 4, 1893. Elizabeth L., b. February 22, 1860; 1. Aurora, Ill.; m. Will H. Healy, February 13, 1879. Had one child. Ruth A., b. June 5, 1888. Jennie E., b. March 23, 1862; 1. Aurora, Ill.; m. Arthur N. Healy, January 12, 1882. Had two children: Paul W., b. December 10, 1884. Fred A., b. July 7, 1889. Daniel A., b. January 17, 1829; d. August 8, 1878, DeKalb, Ill.; m. Julia M. Rasey, November 19, 1857; b. August 19, 1829, Trenton, N.Y. Had three children: George A., b. May 15, 1860; 1. Aurora, Ill.; m. Emily A. Dunbar, September 29, 1885; b. August 25, 1861. Had five children: Myrtle B., b. June 23, 1888. Maude E., b. January 25, 1891. Ray A., b. October 14, 1893. Ralph D., b. December 1, 1895. Floyd R., b. June 30, 1898. Fred D., b. February 14, 1862; 1. Chicago Heights; m. Mary E. Clark, September 16, 1891. No issue. Eugene D., b. March 9, 1867; 1. Aurora, Ill.; m. Clara Ramer, February 18, 1892; b. November 27, 1866. Had one child: Edgar Eugene, b. April 9, 1893; d. May 4, 1893. Samuel Lee, b. June 20, 1831; d. November 29, 1898, Fowler, N.Y.; m. Emeline Woodcock, December 27, 1857. Had five children: Hattie L., b. February 22, 1859; 1. Potsdam, N.Y.; m. C. W. Hazelton, March 11, 1885. Had three children: George b. November 30, 1887; d. February 18, 1890, at Potsdam. Altha E., b. September 11, 1889. Howard C., b. January 24, 1895. Daniel P., b. April 13, 1863; 1. Fowler, N.Y.; m. Lida Hazelton, March 9, 1887. Had three children: Howard H., b. November 11, 1892; d. February 3, 1898. Gladys, b. October 11, 1895. Martin, b. December 17, 1897. George W., b. August 15, 1864; 1. Fowler, N.Y.; m. Anna Goodnough, October, 1890. Had two children: Louise E., b. November 14, 1893. Lee G., b. March 22, 1896. Nettie, b. November 14, 1870; 1. Fowler, N.Y.; m. Myron Huntley, June 26, 1895. Had four children: Guy K., b. May II, 1896. John, b. April 28, 1899. Edith M., b. May 15, 1900. Nettie L., b. March 18, 1902. Anna Lea, b. October 19, 1879; 1. Fowler, N.Y.; m. Joseph J. Latham, June 11, 1902. Eunice, b. April 9, 1833; d. March 3, 1852, at Fowler. George W., b. November 9, 1836; d. February 24, 1886, at Fowler; m. Anna E. Austin, 1869; 1. Gouverneur, N.Y. Had five children: Daniel Austin, b. February 28, 1872; d. December 7, 1892. Leona, b. July 26, 1873; d. March, 1875. Lena, b. March 28, 1876; d. November, 1876. Hazelton, b. May 26, 1882; 1. Gouverneur. Helen, b. March 17, 1886; 1. Gouverneur. Stephen, d. June, 1888, in Hopkinton; m. Daraxa, widow of Jonathan B. Abbott. (See Samuuel Abbott record.) Had one child: Mary, deceased. Samuel, Jr., b. Lincoln, Vt., November 6, 1796; d. July 22, 1869; m. Phebe Orvis, February 5, 1823, at Lincoln, Vt.; b. October 21, 1801; d. September 24, 1868. Lived about two miles west of his father. His grandson Frank now holds the farm. Had eleven children: Henry C., b. May 7, 1824; d. March 8, 1862, at Baltimore, Md.; m. Sarah A. Harrington, March 14, 1850; b. February 21, 1829; d. September 4, 1870. Had three children: Elmina S., b. September 12, 1851; d. March 11, 1901, at Converse, N.Y.; m. Lafayette Samson, d. February 10, 1901. Had two children: Leon L., b. August 18, 1878; 1. Nicholville; m. Anna S. Chandler, June 22, 1902. Frank L., b. June 22, 1880; 1. Converse. Mary E., b. May 14, 1854; m. John Kelsey, December 1, 1871; 1. Lawrence, N.Y. Had three children: Ora, b. September 17, 1876; 1. Lawrenceville, N.Y.; m. Lulu Copp, September, 1898. Nina, b. February 10, 1879; 1. Lawrence, N.Y.; m. William Taylor, November 17, 1902. Emma, b. December 5, 1886. Henry C., b. September 21, 1861; m. Nettie Hall, October 19, 1882; 1. Parishville. Had two children: Vadne, b. September, 1888. Merle, b. March, 1891. Mary E., b. February 13, 1826; d. January 18, 1898, at Colton, N.Y.; m. Graton M. Hastings, December 8, 1852; b. December 3, 1818; d. September 4, 1872. Mr. Hastings first married Ellen Haywood, by whom he had two sons, Ryland Wilmot and Franklin H. Had two children: Mary Ellen, b. November 22, 1857; d. March 3, 1870. Myron G., b. January 18, 1861; 1. Parishville; m. Eva Hepburn. Lucinda A., b. March 21, 1828; 1. Converse, N.Y.; m. Olivet Kirk, October 10, 1861; b. July 3, 1816; d. May 14, 1868. Had one child: Lucinda S., b. June 13, 1862; single; 1. Converse, N.Y. James O., b. July 2, 1830; d. June 20, 1884; m. Mrs. Julia A. Wright, December 19, 1868; b. April 13, 1830; 1. Converse, N.Y. Had one child: Frank J., b. October 2, 1870; m. Lola Kirk, December 24, 1890; d. November 16, 1897; m. 2d, Minnie Turner, August 15, 1899; 1. old homestead. Samuel S., b. August 0, 1832; d. October 4, 1876, in Brasher, N.Y.; m. Mary I. Harrington, April 18,1861. Had one child: Charles, d. aged three months. Phebe H., b. October 26, 1834; d. August 16, 1870; m. Horace H. Harrington, February 15, 1859; b. July 18, 1833, Canton, NY. No issue. Infant daughter, b. September 21 , 1836. Martha M., b. September 23, 1837; 1. West Stockholm, N.Y.; m. Thomas Western, January 4, 1862; b. March 10, 1838, Converse, N.Y. Had three children: Henry E., b. May 3, 1871. Mary F., b. June 10, 1875; d. July 25, 1876. Minnie A., b. March 7, 1879. Joseph B., b. February 1, 1840; d. March 17, 1841. Sarah L., b. July 24, 1841; d. July 2, 1900, in Minneapolis, Minn.; m. William C. Kelsey, August 28, 1864; b. September 18, 1839. Insane, Rochester, Minn. Had three children: Phebe H., b. May 2, 1868; m. George H. Marquis; 1. Clear Lake, S.D. George R., b. May 9, 1872; m. Sylvia Colby; 1. Milbank, S.D. Edith, b. February 2, 1875; m. Wilton L. Barclay; 1. St. Paul. Joseph B., b. August 26, 1843; 1. Parishville; m. Caroline Carbino, March 2, 1869; b. April 4, 1844. Lee, b. Lincoln, Vt., 1798; d. July 19, 1879; m. Harriet Hazelton, June 10, 1830; d. April 16, 1831; m. 2d, Martha W. Lockwood, March 27, 1832; d. March 21, 1874. He took up a tract on the "middle road" soon after he was twenty-one. He built a fine stone house in 18--, getting the stone at Fort Jackson. Was of medium height, spare and sharp featured. He was something of a hunter, frugal, industrious and one of the most successful men of the town. His loyalty to the Union cause during the Civil War was very pronounced. Had one child by the first and six by the second marriage: Harry H., b. April 13, 1831; d. October 17, 1894; m. Annette M. Towle, December 25, 1871. Had two children: Harriet M., b. October 9, 1872; 1. Minneapolis, m. Arthur G. Morey. Had one child: Adelaide E., b. March 9, 1899. Abigail T., b. October 13, 1874; d. July 9, 1892. Harriet M., b. December 11, 1833; d. January 15, 1894; m. George S. Wright. (See his family.) George L., b. August 11, 1836; d. November 11, 1891, at Potsdam; m. Eunice J. Merriam, b. January 7, 1850; 1. Potsdam. He was lieutenant in Co. B, 16th Regiment, in the Civil War, and postmaster at Potsdam at time of death. Mrs Eastman and son Lee are proprietors of the Potsdam Recorder. Had five children: Harry M., b. July I, 1873. Susan L., b. December 17, 1875; teacher. Lee J., b. July 8, 1877; editor. Ruth Margaret, b. August 25, 1881. George L., b. August 6, 1887. Adelaide A., b. August 12, 1840; d. February 12, 1903; m. Charles R. Holmes; 1. Potsdam. Mrs. H. was a fine lady and a most noble woman. Had one child: Mildred, b. August 29, 1883. Infant daughter, b. 1842; d. aged one week. Howard P., b. November 25, 1847; 1. Potsdam; m. Emma C. Faulkner, b. November 18, 1848; 1. Potsdam. Had seven children: Grace M., b. September 19, 1869; m. Dr. Jesse J. Foote; 1. Parishville. Had one child: Howard E., b. August 11, 1893. Georgia F., b. September 22, 1872. Rose Wright, b. May 13, 1878. Adelaide A., b. October 17, 1879; m. Clinton Houghton, November 29, 1902. Marion L., b. March 16, 1882. Celestia L., b. March 16, 1882. Katherine I., b. January 30, 1893. Roswell H., b. October 28, 1850; d. July, 1852. Roswell H., b. 1804; d. September 20, 1842; m. Mary Ann Poor, b. Madrid; d. February 7, 1843, aged twenty-eight. He conducted a tanner and currier's business on south side of the road in Hopkinton for some ten years, when he went on to a farm in Stockholm for a year, and then to the farm next east of his brother Samuel, Jr., previously held by his brother-in-law, Eason Bachellor. The remains of old fireplace and walls are still prominent. Had four Children: Alzina M., b. March 29, 1833, Hopkinton; 1. Pine Grove,; m. Samuel S. Benson, August 16, 1871; b. May 4, 1821. Caroline M., b. February 1835; m. Dan Wright Kimball, December 18, 1854; d. 1883. Had five children: Dan E., b. 1857. Roswell, b. 1860. Carrie, b. 1863. Nellie M., b. 1869. George, b. 1871. Betsey, b. 1838, Hopkinton; d. August 27, 1857, Beverly, Mass. Catherine E., b. June 14, 1841, Stockholm; d. June 15, 1842, Hopkinton. Betsey, b. January 17, 1806; d. November 11, 1882; m. Aaron T. Hopkins, May 3, 1827; b. November 19, 1800; d. September 28, 1883. He was one of the leading men of Potsdam, and no one stood higher for probity and sterling worth or was more highly respected. Had six children: Emeline, b. February 2 1828, Ogdensburg; d. April 2, 1895; m. John W. Ingalls, October 19, 1853; b. June 15, 1826, Whitehall; 1. New York City. Had five children: George H., b. August 28, 1854; 1. Whitehall; m. Dollie Wills, September 6, 1877; 1. Whitehall. Had two children; Charlotte E., b. June 2, 1886. Frederick J., b. September 26, 1889. Frederick H., b. February 14, 1857; 1. Sharon, Pa.; m. Minnie McGhie, July 28, 1878; m. 2d, Sarah Bowers, September 10, 1901. Had two children by first marriage: Edith M., b. September 25, 1882. Florence E., b. December 2, 1884. Emeline, b. November 17, 1858, Whitehall; 1. Hopkinton; m. Sanford H. Chittenden, June 1, 1881. (See his record.) John W., b. May 29, 1861, Whitehall; d. March 7, 1881. Charlotte E., b. March 29, 1863, Whitehall; d. July 26, 1864. George, b. September 5, 1830, Potsdam; d. November 17, 1852. Mary, b. May 7, 1832, Potsdam; d. January 31, 1899; m. Joseph H. Sanford, May 17, 1854; b. May 2, 1831; 1. Potsdam. He was a son of Joseph H., and born at Sanfordville in Stockholm. His father moved to Potsdam, December 24, 1824, when he was eleven years old, where he has ever since resided. Had seven children: . William H., b. October 10, 1855; d. January 29, 1882; m. Sarah E. Roberts, October 5, 1876. Had two children: Frank Hopkins, b. March 31, 1878; d. March 31, 1891. Betsey Elmira, b. August 5, 1880. Frank Hopkins, b. December 20, 1856; d. March 5, 1870. James Henry, b. March 2, 1858; d. August 27, 1859. George Hopkins, b. September 3, 1859; 1. Winlock, Wash.; m. Ida Parsons, November l0, 1885; b. March 14, 1866. Had three children: Oscar Horace, b. February 25, 1887. George Hubert, b. February 15, 1890. Frank Harold, b. February 11, 1895. Mary E., b. October 31, 1863; teacher, Pueblo, Colo. Sarah E., b. March 20, 1866; 1. Binghamton, N.Y.; m. Harry B. Sears. Had one child: Sanford C., b. July 13, 1901. Charlotte A., b. March 4, 1870; 1. Brooklyn, N.Y.; m. George Sinsabaugh. Had one child: Mary, b. June 6, 1899. Sarah E., b. November 15, 1833; 1. Hopkinton; m. King S. Chittenden, October 10, 1857. No issue. Calista E., b. June 3, 1836; d. August 25, 1877; m. John T. Gill, May 9, 1855; b. May 10, 1828, Hamden, Conn.; d. June 12, 1867. Had two children: John T., b. September 23, 1861; 1. New Haven; m. Addie E. Russell, May 6, 1884; b. November 7, 1863. Had two children: Ruth Calista, b. May 8, 1886, New Haven, Conn. Allen Russell, b. September 11, 1894, New Haven, Conn. George H., 1. New Haven, Conn.; m. Charlotte Bromley, June 17, 1890. Had one child: Aaron Hopkins, b. May 8, 1894. Charlotte C., b. September 3, 1840, in Potsdam; 1. New York City; m. George H. Allen, November 12, 1862; b. April 26, 1840, Granville, N.Y. Had one child: George M., b. August 15, 1863, at Whitehall; 1. New York City; m. Grace Fanshawe, June 3, 1896. Had one child: Loraine, b. July 6, 1898. Mary, b. 1807; d. April 21, 1881; m. Benjamin Reeve, November 1, 1832. (See Erastus Reeve.) David, b. 1812; d. March 16, 1862, aged fifty years; m. Lorena Baldwin, d. November 22, 1862, aged fifty-three years. Lived across the road from his brother Samuel, Jr., and was quite a hunter. Went to California in 1849, lost his health and came back to the old farm where he died. Had five children: Sally, b. 1828; d. August 29, 1848. Betsey, b. 1831; d. April 3, 1847. William. Josephine (Mrs. J. Monroe Kennedy), d. February 17, 1897. No issue. Caroline (Mrs. Horace Heath), d. in Wisconsin in 1882. Sophronia, b. 1810; d. September 17, 1839; m. Eason Bachellor, b. June 2, 1805. No issue. He m. 2d, Lucina Gray. (See Abijah Chandler.) William E., b. December 16, 1812; d. December 13, 1887; m. Susan M. Covey, October 1, 1834; b. November 16, 1816; d. March, 1889. Kept the home farm till his later years when he moved to Fort Jackson where he died. He rose to the rank of captain in the militia, and was a very large, portly man. Had nine children: Samuel, b. April 30, 1837; d. April 11, 1842. Maria A., b. March 31, 1839; d. April 18, 1842. Lorenzo C., b. February 17, 1841; d. April 14, 1842. Susan M., b. March 11, 1843; d. January 17, 1847. Sophronia, b. March 27, 1845; d. April 16, 1862. Royal S., b. March 17, 1847; 1. Norfolk Downs, Mass.; m. Libbie L. Seeley. No issue. Samuel E., b. August 29, 1849; 1. Hopkinton, N.Y.; m. Harriet B. Sanford, December 21, 1871. Martin C., b. November 29, 1851; d. June 14, 1852. Florence A., b. September 13, 1861; 1. Wollaston, Mass.; m. Judson L. Smith. (See Smith record.)     INDEX