Mary Eastman

Mary Butler (1756-1836), wife of Lieutenant Ebenezer Eastman, is described in a poem by Benjamin F. Taylor called "Mary Butler's Ride". Lt Eastman was commander of a company in Col Stark's Brigade at the Battle of Bunker Hill. On the Sabbath day after the Battle of Bunker Hill, Mary was in Church with her daughter Abigail, and hearing cannon shells explode she jumped on a horse with Abigail and headed for Charlestown, NH. Half way there she left Abigail with friends and continued on through the wilderness, guided by burning trees, and found her husband safe and sound.

Mary Butler's Ride by Benjamin Taylor http://digital.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=scmo...

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=50733887&ref=wvr

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