Jeremiah Eastman, II

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Jeremiah Eastman (Jeremiah, Zachariah,John, Roger), born in Byfield, Mass., Nov. 28, 1732 ; died in Deerfield, N. H., in 1802; married Hannah Quimby. He first lived in' Kingston, but removed from there and settled on a large tract of land on the southwestern shore of Pleasant Pond in Deerfield, N. H., in 1762. He was selectman in 1772-4, and in 1776 was one of a committee to fix the site for a meeting house, and in 1779 was one of a committee of nine to build one. For six years, from 1775 to 1781 inclusive, he was elected a delegate to represent the parishes of Deerfield and Northwood in the congress at Exeter. He was also for two years, 1783-4, elected to the general assembly at Concord, N. H. His name appears as one of the signers to the Declaration made April 12, 1776, in response to a call from the Committee of Safety. For twenty years from 1775, he was town clerk. He was an active member of the church in Deerfield to which he belonged.

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