The First Settlers of Eastham
Eastham was originally settled by a group of Pilgrims who found it necessary to break away from the settlement Plymouth Colony.
Heads of household, followed by children in order of birth and married daughters surnames:
Gov.Thomas Prence
Apphia Quicke Prence
Thomas Prence Jr
Rebecca Prence Freeman
Hannah Prence Mayo Sparrow
Mercy Prence Freeman
Jane Prence Snow
Mary Prence Tracy
John Doane
Ann Abigail Perkins Doane
Lydia Hicks Doane
Abigail Doane Lothrop
John Doane Jr.
Daniel Doane
Ephraim Doane
Nicholas Snow
Constance Hopkins Snow
Mark Snow
Mary Snow Paine Cole
Sarah Snow Walker
Joseph Snow
Stephen Snow
John Snow
Elizabeth Snow Rogers
Jabez Snow
Josiah Cooke
Elizabeth Ring Cooke
Anna Cooke Snow
Bethiah Cooke Harding
Josiah Cooke Jr.
Richard Higgins
Lydia Chandler Higgins
Jonathan Higgins
Benjamin Higgins
John Smalley
Ann Walden Smalley
Hannah Smalley Bangs Blackford
John Smalley Jr.
Edward Bangs
Rebecca Hobart Bangs
John Bangs
Sarah Bangs Howes
Lydia Bangs Higgins
Rebecca Bangs Sparrow
Jonathan Bangs
Hannah Bangs Doane
Research Credit: Eastham Historical Society