♂ Josiah J Eastman

1779 - 1868

Josiah J Eastman
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Parents
Edmund Eastman
Edmund Eastman
1752 - 1838
Mary Davis
Mary Davis
1752 - 1836
Spouse
Rachel Holden
Rachel Holden
1779 - 1823
Abigail Smith
Abigail Smith
1782 - 1877
Children
Mary Eastman
Mary Eastman
1804 - 1845

Him and Thomas Munsell Sr. were some of the first settlers of Licking County, Ohio.

1790


Age: 10y
1790 Compromise of 1790: Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton come to an agreement: Madison agrees to not be "strenuous" in opposition for the assumption of state debts by the federal government; Hamilton agrees to support the capital site being above the Potomac.

1804


Dec 5
Age: 25y
Thomas Munsell - 1830 United States Federal Census

birth of child


Mary Eastman
Corinth, Orange, Vermont, USA ⇓
She was born between 1800 and 1810 considering the 1830 & 1840 U.S. censuses, but if Josiah Eastman's 1820 census is taken into account, she would have been 16 or under in 1820. She was likely born around 1804.
This matches the Vermont birth record.
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1804 • German astronomer K. L. Harding discovers the asteroid Juno.

1815


Age: 35y

immigration


Licking, Ohio, USA ⇓
Josiah was one of the first settlers there along with Thomas Munsell Sr.
"...In 1815 came Jonathan Atwood, Knowles Linnel, William Hastings, Isaac Longwell, Aaron Park, J Josiah Eastman, David Wright, J: R. Curtis, Stephen Emerson, John McCreary, Thomas Munsell, Daniel Vail, Japhet Sherman, and Abram Mayfield."
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1815 Napoleon enters Paris after escaping from Elba with a regular army of 140,000 and a volunteer force of around 200,000 beginning his "Hundred Days" rule.

1820


Age: 40y
Josiah Eastman - 1820 United States Federal Census

residence


St. Albans, Licking, Ohio, USA ⇓
Josiah and Rachel Eastman are living six houses away from Thomas Munsell Sr, father of Mary Eastman's husband Thomas Munsell Jr.
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1820 Trienio Liberal in Spain: A constitutionalist military insurrection at Cádiz leads to the summoning of the Spanish Parliament (March 7).

1824


Jan 21
Age: 44y

1840


Age: 60y
Josiah Eastman - 1840 United States Federal Census

residence


St. Albans, Licking, Ohio, USA ⇓
He's living on page 338 - on page 343 is living a Mahlon Holden.
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1840 • The first known picture of Niagara Falls is taken by Hugh Lee Pattinson.

1850


Age: 70y
Josiah Eastman - 1850 United States Federal Census

residence


St. Albans, Licking, Ohio, USA ⇓
He is married to Abigail, and is living with his daughter Rosina's family. Rosina married Elisha Belknap, who was later a veteran of the Civil War.
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1850 • The treaty called Punctation of Olmütz is signed in Olomouc. It means diplomatic capitulation of Prussia to the Austrian Empire, which takes over the leadership of the German Confederation.

1860


Age: 80y
Josiah Eastman - 1860 United States Federal Census

residence


St. Albans, Licking, Ohio, USA ⇓
He and Abigail are still living with his daughter Rosina's family.
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1860 Battle of Guayaquil: Ecuadorian forces led by Juan José Flores and Gabriel García Moreno take the port of Guayaquil from Supreme Chief Guillermo Franco, who is backed by Peruvian forces.

1868


Apr 28
Age: 89y
1868 • The Roman Catholic See of Tucson is established as the Apostolic Vicariate of Arizona in 1868, taking its territory from the former Diocese of Santa Fe. The Diocese of Tucson is canonically erected on May 8, 1897.

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