Samuel Eastman (October 27, 1784 – January 20, 1864) was an American merchant and politician from Strong, Maine.
[2] A new post office was established in Strong in 1828, and Eastman was appointed the first postmaster there.
The Eastman family were descended from Roger Eastman, who was born in Wales and emigrated to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1638 aboard a ship named the Confidence.
[1] Samuel's younger brother, Benjamin Franklin Eastman was one of the founders of the Maine Republican Party and served as a state representative and member of the executive council in 1836, 1840, and 1857.
They had twelve children, some of them had notable careers: Samuel Eastman died at his home in Strong, on January 20, 1864.