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DiscoverMaineMagazine.com distance runner. Blazin’ Ben held the world record in both the 400 and 800 meters. Most any large phone book will have the name Eastman in it, many of whom are descended from Roger. There are a number of towns bearing the Eastman name. There is an Eastman in Quebec. There is one in Georgia and one in Wisconsin. There is an Eastmanville in Michigan. All of these towns with the name Eastman have something in common: the people they were named for were descended from Roger Eastman of Wales. The Eastman in Wisconsin was named for one of Roger’s descendants who just happens to have been born in Strong. This Eastman was another Benjamin, Benjamin Charles or Ben C.. Ben C.’s cousin William Pitt Eastman is memorialized in the town of Eastman, Georgia. William Pitt Eastman had ties to Maine like Ben C. He was named for his cousin William Pitt Fessenden. William Pitt Fessenden, a Civil
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