1Ezra S. Stearns, William F. Whitcher and Edward E. Parker, Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the . . ., Vol. 4, pp. 2041-2042 (1908).
"(IV) William, fourth son and seventh child of Jonathan and Hannah (Green) Eastman, was born at Haverhill, Massachusetts, October 3, 1715. He was among the early settlers at Haverhill, New Hampshire, where he stayed a short time, but in 1767 he removed to Bath, New Hampshire, which became his permanent home. On December 14, 1738, he married Ruth Chase, who died January 22, 1742, leaving three children: Ruth, Stephen and William. On April 19. 1748, William Eastman married his second wife, Rebecca Jewett, and they had eight children, the first fouir of whom were born in Hampstead, New Hampshire. The children of the second marriage were: Obadiah, Hannah, James, whose sketch follows; Moses, Azubah, Jonathan, Peter and Moses. William Eastman died at Bath, New Hampshire, November 30, 1790, and his widow died in the same place, January 26, 1806.".