Bouvier and Kauffman Families

Captain Ebenezer Eastman

Person Chart

Parents

Father Date of Birth Mother Date of Birth
Philip Eastman 20 Oct 1644 Mary Barnard 22 Sep 1645

Partners

Partner Date of Birth Children
Sarah Peaslee 15 Aug 1690 Ebenezer Eastman
Philip Eastman
Joseph Eastman
Nathaniel Eastman
Jeremiah Eastman
Obadiah Eastman
Ruth Eastman
Moses Eastman

Person Events

Event Type Date Place Description
Birth 17 Feb 1681 Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 04 Mar 1710 Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
Occupation Inkeeper, Farmer
Death 28 Jul 1748 Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States

Notes
When Ebenezer was about 31 years of age, he was appointed a captain in command of a company of infantry. He served in the British Fleet sent against Canada under the command of Admiral Sir Hovendon Walker. He was present at the surrender of Port Royal to the British in 1712.
The Captain was an inkeeper and farmer in Haverhill, Mass. The Captain, being a veteran of the Port Royal and the Canadian Expeditions, was leader in the attempt to develop the present day area of Merrimack County, New Hampshire. The indians called the place "Penny Cook" or "Crooked Place". On Jan. 17, 1726, the British General Court approved the land grant and a meeting took place on Feb. 2, 1726 at the home of Ebenezer Eastman for the purpose of establishing the settlement. He was granted 9 house lots and in the autumn of 1727 moved to his home with his wife, Sarah and their six sons. They were the first family of Penecook. In the spring fo 1728 there was a second division of lots and the Captain drew the 16th lot in what then called the "Mill Brooks Range". This was later named Rumford, and was renamed later as Concord, New Hampshire, the capital of the state.
The Captain later petitioned the General Court of New Hampshire for assistance for defense against the indians. During the French and Indian War, he commanded a company of soldiers that included A young Robert Rogers who would later be commander of Rogers Rangers.
He took part in the siege of Louisbourg, Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia in 1745. He commanded the Fifth Company of the Sixth Massachusetts regiment under the command of Col. Sylvester Richmond Jr. and was present at the reduction and surrender of Louisbourg on June 16, 1745.
A monument is dedicated to him and stands in Concord, N.H.