♂ 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.

1800


Age: 20y

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 Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed Emperor of the French by the French Senate.

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 Louis XVIII returns to Paris, and is 'restored' as King of France (he had declared himself king on 8 June 1795, at the death of his nephew, 10-year-old Louis XVII, and had lived in Westphalia, Verona, Russia, and England).

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 • A Constitutionalist insurrection breaks out at Oporto, Portugal.

1824


Jan 21
Age: 44y
1824 • The Panoramagram is developed, creating the first volumetric display.

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 Fortsas hoax: A number of book collectors gather in Binche, Belgium, to attend a non-existent book auction of the late "Count of Fortsas".

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 University of Rochester is founded in Rochester, NY.

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 • The first Italian Parliament meet at Turin.

1868


Apr 28
Age: 89y

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