THE EASTMAN FAMILY.

THOMAS, his married DebJonathan, 3

ROGER EASTMAN,' the father of all the Eastmans in America, was born in Wales in 1611, and settled in Salisbury, Mass., in 1640. fourth child, was born Sept. 11, 1646, orah Corlis, and settled in Haverhill. only son of Thomas, was born Jan. 8, 1683. Hè married Hannah Green. Dea. Richard, fifth child of Jonathan, was born Aug. 9, 1712. He was chairman of the first board of selectmen in the town, of Fryeburg, and for many years deacon of the Congregational church there. He died Dec. 9, 1807. · Daniel,s thirteenth child of Richard by his first wife, Sarah Abbott,, was born in April, 1766, and married Sally Whiting. Dea. Isaac, ninth child of Daniel, was born Mar. 2, 1883, married Esther Woodbury, and settled in Sweden, Me. He died June 16, 1887.

The Eastman name is represented in Sumner by Wellington Harris, the eighth and youngest child of Isaac. He was born Jan. 6, 1853. The first ten years of his majority he was engaged at the printing trade and in newspaper work in this state and Massachusetts. Jan. 26, 1881, he was married to Rachel Willey Stetson, and a year later settled at East Sumner, where he established his seed business in 1885. He has four children, Ella Leona (adopted), born Sept. 9, 1887; Esther Hersey, born Dec. 10, 1892; Augusta Tillson, born Jan. 14, 1895; and Roger,8 born Jan, 22, 1897.

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THE STETSON FAMILY.

The Stetsons were among the earliest settlers of the present town of Sumner. Hezekiah Stetson,

one of the founders of the town, came here from Pembroke, Mass., in April, 1775, and settled in the "West Town," and with him originated all the Stetsons who reside in Sumner to-day.

Hezekiah Stetson had eight children, Elisha, Abel, Zenus, Tillson, Hezekiah, Jr., Ephraim, Lydia and Mary.

Abel Stetson, Jr. was born Jan. 21, 1824, and

married Adaline H. Howe, born Jan. 10, 1822,
daughter of Jeremiah and Sylvia Howe, and
had three children, Cornelia B., Carlton B.,
and Rollin Neal.

Cornelia B., born Sept. 27, 1852, married J. F
Moody, a then professor at Hebron Acad-

emy, and had two children, Mary Ada-
line and John Franklin.

Carlton Beecher, born Feb. 28, 1855, married,
Mar. 25, 1891, Mary Belle Bigelow, and
has one child, Carlton Beecher, Jr., born
Feb. 10, 1893.

Rollin Neal, born Sept. 15, 1866, married Addie
Belle Heald of North Buckfield, and had
one child, Althea Heald, born Nov. 7,
1891. He succeeded his father on the
farm, and is well and favorably known as

one of Sumner's most successful and “up; to-date" farmers. In 1895 he was elected one of the selectmen of Sumner, and was re-elected in 1896-97, an office he held with credit to himself and the town. DEA. ABEL STETSON, JR. father on the farm at West Sumner; where he continued to reside until his death, which occured Oct. 29, 1891. Dea. Abel and wife were charter members of the Baptist Church at West Sumner, and he was elected a deacon at its first meeting.

succeeded his

The Stetson family are known and respected as honest and upright christian people, hard but willing workers in and for the church, generous and charitable to the needy, and beloved by all.

A REVOLUTIONER.

James Hersey was born in 1759, and was of the fifth generation from William Hersey, who came over from England in 1635 and settled in Hingham, Mass. He was a soldier of the American Revolution; married Alethea Poole, and first settled in Abington, Mass.; later removed to Minot, Me., and in 1801 came to Sumner, and settled in the south-westpart of the town.

JAMES and ALETHEA HERSEY had twelve

children, one died in infancy. The names of
eleven are as follows: Simeon, James,

Samuel, Alethea, Anna, Susan, Ruth, Olive,
Maria, Ira and Sophronia.