♂ 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 • The alleged London Monster is arrested in London: he later receives 40 years for 10 assaults.

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 Ohio University is chartered by the Ohio General Assembly.

1810


Age: 30y
1810 • The Tonquin sets sail from New York Harbor with 33 employees of John Jacob Astor's newly created Pacific Fur Company on board. After a 6-month journey around the tip of South America, the ship arrives at the mouth of the Columbia River and Astor's men establish the fur-trading town of Astoria.

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 • The first Dutch student association, the Groninger Studenten Corps, Vindicat atque Polit is founded in the Netherlands. The first rector of the senate is B. J. Winter.

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 • The Argentine Confederation (Argentina) establishes a penal colony in the Falkland Islands.

1824


Jan 21
Age: 44y
1824 • After much controversy, Michael Faraday is finally elected as a member of the Royal Society with only one vote against him.

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 Province of Canada is created by the Act of Union.

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 ships of the McClure Arctic Expedition set sail from Plymouth.

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 combined forces of Giuseppe Garibaldi and King Victor Emmanuel II besiege King Francis II of the Two Sicilies in Gaeta, his last remaining stronghold.

1868


Apr 28
Age: 89y

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