content: UNITED STATES
                         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               Washington, D.C. 20549
  
                                      FORM 144
  
                        NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES
                PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  
  ATTENTION:  Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form  concurrently  with either
  placing an order with a broker to execute sale or executing a sale directly with
  a market maker
  
  
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  1(a)  NAME OF ISSUER (Please type or print)
  
        The Eastern Company
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  1(b)  IRS IDENT. NO.                      (c) SEC FILE NO.
  
        06-0330020                              0-599
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  1(d)  ADDRESS OF ISSUER STREET
  
        112 Bridge Street
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  1(d)  CITY STATE ZIP CODE
  
        Naugatuck, CT  06770
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  1(e)  TELEPHONE
  
        AREA CODE                           NUMBER
  
        203                                 729-2255
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  2(a)  NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD
  
        Salaried Employees Retirement Plan of The Eastern Company Trust
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  2(b)  IRS IDENT. NO.                      (c) RELATIONSHIP TO ISSUER
  
        04-3581074                           Employee Benefit Plans of Issuer
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  2(d)  ADDRESS STREET
  
        112 Bridge Street
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  2(d)  CITY STATE ZIP CODE Naugatuck CT 06770
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  <PAGE>
  
  
  
  
  INSTRUCTION:  The person filing this notice should  contact the issuer to obtain
  the I.R.S. Identification Number and the SEC File Number.
  
  <TABLE>
  <CAPTION>
  
                                                                                                            SEC USE
  3 (a)         (b)                        SEC USE    (c )            (d)           (e)            (f)              (g)
  Title of      Name and Address of Each   ONLY       Number of       Aggregate     Number of      Approximate      Name of Each
  the Class     Broker Through Whom the    Broker-    Shares or       Market        Shares or      Date of Sale     Securities
  of            Securities are to be       Dealer     Other Units     Value         Other Units    (See instr.      Exchange
  Securities    Offered to Each Market     File       to be Sold                    Outstanding    3(f))
  to            Maker who is               Number     (See instr.     (See instr.   (See instr.    (MO. DAY YR.)    (See instr.
  be Sold       Acquiring the Securities              3 (c ))         3(d))         3(e))                           3(g))
  
  ----------    ------------------------   ------    -------------    ----------    -----------    ------------     -------------
  <S>           <C>                        <C>        <C>             <C>           <C>            <C>             <C>
  Common         Morgan Stanley.                       50,223          1,456,467     5,578,521      05/24/07         American
  Stock          1585 Broadway, 30th Floor                                                                           Stock
                 New York, NY  10036                                                                                 Exchange
  
  </TABLE>
  
  
  
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  1.(a) Name of issuer
    (b) Issuer's I.R.S. Identification Number
    (c) Issuer's S.E.C. file number, if any
    (d) Issuer's address, including zip code
    (e) Issuer's telephone number, including area code
  
  2.(a) Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold
    (b) Such person's I.R.S. identification number, if such person is an entity
    (c) Such person's relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10%
        stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing)
    (d) Such person's address, including zip code
  
  3.(a) Title of the class of securities to be sold
    (b) Name and address of each broker through whom the securities are intended
        to be sold
    (c) Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the
        aggregate face amount)
    (d) Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified date
        within 10 days prior to the filing of this notice
    (e) Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debit
        securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as shown by the most
        recent report or statement published by the issuer
    (f) Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold
    (g) Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are
        intended to be sold
  
  
  POTENTIAL PERSONS WHO ARE TO RESPOND TO THE COLLECTION OF INFORMATION CONTAINED
  IN THIS FORM ARE NOT REQUIRED TO RESPOND UNLESS THE FORM DISPLAYS A CURRENTLY
  VALID OMB CONTROL NUMBER.
  
  
  
  
  <PAGE>
  
  
  
                           TABLE I - SECURITIES TO BE SOLD
  
  Furnish  the  following  information  with  respect  to the  acquisition  of the
  securities  to be sold and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the
  purchase price or other consideration therefor:
  
  <TABLE>
  <CAPTION>
  
                           Nature of           Name of Person from Whom              Amount of
  Title of     Date you     Acquisition        Acquired  (If gift,                   Securities        Date of         Nature of
  the Class    Acquired     Transaction        also give date donor acquired)        Acquired          Payment         Payment
  ---------    --------     -----------        ------------------------------        --------          -------         -------
  <S>         <C>          <C>                <C>                                    <C>              <C>             <C>
   Common      6/4/1975     Open Market         Open Market Transaction               21,131 shares    June 1975       Cash at time
   Stock           to       Transaction                                                                to Dec 1983     of purchase
               12/8/1983
  
   Common      10/1/1996    Merger of Plan      The Eastern Company  Pension Plan     29,092 shares    10/1/1996       Merger
   Stock                    Assets              for Hourly Rated Employees of the
                                                Alloy Foundries Division Shares
                                                were originally acquired on the
                                                open market during the period June
                                                4, 1975 - December 8, 1983
  </TABLE>
  
  
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  
  If the securities were purchased and full payment therefore was not made in cash
  at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the nature of
  the  consideration  given. If the  consideration  consisted of any note or other
  obligation,  or if payment was made in installments describe the arrangement and
  state  when the  note or other  obligation  was  discharged  in full or the last
  installment paid.
  
  
                 TABLE II - SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS
  
  Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold during
  the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.
  
  <TABLE>
  <CAPTION>
  
                                                                                              Amount of
  Name and Address of Seller            Title of Securities Sold          Date of Sale     Securities Sold         Gross Proceeds
  --------------------------            -------------------------         ------------     ---------------         --------------
  
  <S>                                  <C>                               <C>                  <C>                  <C>
  The Salaried Employees                The Eastern Company                 3/6/2007           20,300 Shares        $   537,623
  Retirement Plan of the                Common Stock
  Eastern Company Trust
  
  The Salaried Employees                The Eastern Company                 3/7/2007            4,200 Shares        $   111,569
  Retirement Plan of the                Common Stock
  Eastern Company Trust
  
  The Salaried Employees                The Eastern Company                 3/8/2007            3,100 Shares        $    82,071
  Retirement Plan of the                Common Stock
  Eastern Company Trust
  
  The Salaried Employees                The Eastern Company                 3/9/2007            2,500 Shares        $    66,373
  Retirement Plan of the                Common Stock
  Eastern Company Trust
  
  The Salaried Employees                The Eastern Company                3/12/2007           16,200 Shares        $   452,224
  Retirement Plan of the                Common Stock
  Eastern Company Trust
  
  The Salaried Employees                The Eastern Company                3/13/2007           41,000 Shares        $ 1,150,721
  Retirement Plan of the                Common Stock
  Eastern Company Trust
  
  The Salaried Employees                The Eastern Company                3/14/2007            3,100 Shares        $    85,885
  Retirement Plan of the                Common Stock
  Eastern Company Trust
  
  The Salaried Employees                The Eastern Company                3/15/2007              200 Shares        $     5,505
  Retirement Plan of the                Common Stock
  Eastern Company Trust
  
  The Salaried Employees                The Eastern Company                3/23/2007            4,400 Shares        $   121,506
  Retirement Plan of the                Common Stock
  Eastern Company Trust
  
  The Salaried Employees                The Eastern Company                3/26/2007            3,700 Shares        $   102,754
  Retirement Plan of the                Common Stock
  Eastern Company Trust
  
  The Salaried Employees                The Eastern Company                3/27/2007              300 Shares        $     8,256
  Retirement Plan of the                Common Stock
  Eastern Company Trust
  
  The Salaried Employees                The Eastern Company                3/28/2007            1,900 Shares        $    52,281
  Retirement Plan of the                Common Stock
  Eastern Company Trust
  
  The Salaried Employees                The Eastern Company                3/29/2007              800 Shares        $    21,999
  Retirement Plan of the                Common Stock
  Eastern Company Trust
  
  The Salaried Employees                The Eastern Company                3/30/2007            1,400 Shares        $    38,461
  Retirement Plan of the                Common Stock
  Eastern Company Trust
  
  The Salaried Employees                The Eastern Company                4/03/2007            8,000 Shares        $   220,738
  Retirement Plan of the                Common Stock
  Eastern Company Trust
  
  The Salaried Employees                The Eastern Company                4/04/2007            5,123 Shares        $   141,930
  Retirement Plan of the                Common Stock
  Eastern Company Trust
  
  The Salaried Employees                The Eastern Company                4/05/2007            3,977 Shares        $   110,189
  Retirement Plan of the                Common Stock
  Eastern Company Trust
  
  The Salaried Employees                The Eastern Company                4/09/2007            3,000 Shares        $    83,202
  Retirement Plan of the                Common Stock
  Eastern Company Trust
  
  The Eastern Company Pension           The Eastern Company                5/08/2007              500 Shares        $    13,745
  Plan for Hourly-Rated                 Common Stock
  Employees Trust
  
  The Eastern Company Pension           The Eastern Company                5/10/2007              583 Shares        $    16,053
  Plan for Hourly-Rated t               Common Stock
  Employees Trus
  
  The Eastern Company Pension           The Eastern Company                5/11/2007           22,255 Shares        $   613,278
  Plan for Hourly-Rated                 Common Stock
  Employees Trust
  
  The Eastern Company Pension           The Eastern Company                5/14/2007            6,000 Shares        $   166,275
  Plan for Hourly-Rated                 Common Stock
  Employees Trust
  
  The Eastern Company Pension           The Eastern Company                5/15/2007            6,100 Shares        $   167,811
  Plan for  Hourly-Rated                Common Stock
  Employees Trust
  
  The Eastern Company Pension           The Eastern Company                5/16/2007            4,000 Shares        $   110,014
  Plan for Hourly-Rated                 Common Stock
  Employees Trust
  
  The Eastern Company Pension           The Eastern Company                5/17/2007               74 Shares        $     2,033
  Plan for Hourly-Rated                 Common Stock
  Employees Trust
  
  The Eastern Company Pension           The Eastern Company                5/18/2007              826 Shares        $    22,802
  Plan for Hourly-Rated                 Common Stock
  Employees Trust
  
  The Eastern Company Pension           The Eastern Company                5/21/2007            8,600 Shares        $   236,732
  Plan for Hourly-Rated                 Common Stock
  Employees Trust
  
  </TABLE>
  
  REMARKS:
  None
  
  
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  
  See the  definition of "person" in paragraph (a) of Rule 144.  Information is to
  be given not only as to the person for whose  account the  securities  are to be
  sold but also as to sales by all persons  whose sales are  required by paragraph
  (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the person filing
  this notice.
  
  
  ATTENTION:
  
  The person for whose account the  securities to which this notice relates are to
  sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any material
  adverse  information in regard to the current and prospective  operations of the
  Issuer of the securities to be sold which have not been publicly disclosed.
  
           5/25/07                            /s/Leonard F. Leganza
           -------                            ---------------------
        (DATE OF NOTICE)                            (SIGNATURE)
  
  The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities are to
  be sold.  At least one copy of the notice shall be manually  signed.  Any copies
  not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures.
  
  ATTENTION:  Intentional  misstatements or omission of facts  constitute  Federal
              Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001).
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text: UNITED STATES
                         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               Washington, D.C. 20549
  
                                      FORM 144
  
                        NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES
                PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  
  ATTENTION:  Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form  concurrently  with either
  placing an order with a broker to execute sale or executing a sale directly with
  a market maker
  
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  1(a)  NAME OF ISSUER (Please type or print)
  
        The Eastern Company
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  1(b)  IRS IDENT. NO.                      (c) SEC FILE NO.
  
        06-0330020                              0-599
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  1(d)  ADDRESS OF ISSUER STREET
  
        112 Bridge Street
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  1(d)  CITY STATE ZIP CODE
  
        Naugatuck, CT  06770
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  1(e)  TELEPHONE
  
        AREA CODE                           NUMBER
  
        203                                 729-2255
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  2(a)  NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD
  
        Salaried Employees Retirement Plan of The Eastern Company Trust
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  2(b)  IRS IDENT. NO.                      (c) RELATIONSHIP TO ISSUER
  
        04-3581074                           Employee Benefit Plans of Issuer
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  2(d)  ADDRESS STREET
  
        112 Bridge Street
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  2(d)  CITY STATE ZIP CODE Naugatuck CT 06770
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  INSTRUCTION:  The person filing this notice should  contact the issuer to obtain
  the I.R.S. Identification Number and the SEC File Number.
  SEC USE
  3 (a)         (b)                        SEC USE    (c )            (d)           (e)            (f)              (g)
  Title of      Name and Address of Each   ONLY       Number of       Aggregate     Number of      Approximate      Name of Each
  the Class     Broker Through Whom the    Broker-    Shares or       Market        Shares or      Date of Sale     Securities
  of            Securities are to be       Dealer     Other Units     Value         Other Units    (See instr.      Exchange
  Securities    Offered to Each Market     File       to be Sold                    Outstanding    3(f))
  to            Maker who is               Number     (See instr.     (See instr.   (See instr.    (MO. DAY YR.)    (See instr.
  be Sold       Acquiring the Securities              3 (c ))         3(d))         3(e))                           3(g))
  
  ----------    ------------------------   ------    -------------    ----------    -----------    ------------     -------------
  Common         Morgan Stanley.                       50,223          1,456,467     5,578,521      05/24/07         American
  Stock          1585 Broadway, 30th Floor                                                                           Stock
                 New York, NY  10036                                                                                 Exchange
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  1.(a) Name of issuer
    (b) Issuer's I.R.S. Identification Number
    (c) Issuer's S.E.C. file number, if any
    (d) Issuer's address, including zip code
    (e) Issuer's telephone number, including area code
  
  2.(a) Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold
    (b) Such person's I.R.S. identification number, if such person is an entity
    (c) Such person's relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10%
        stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing)
    (d) Such person's address, including zip code
  
  3.(a) Title of the class of securities to be sold
    (b) Name and address of each broker through whom the securities are intended
        to be sold
    (c) Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the
        aggregate face amount)
    (d) Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified date
        within 10 days prior to the filing of this notice
    (e) Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debit
        securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as shown by the most
        recent report or statement published by the issuer
    (f) Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold
    (g) Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are
        intended to be sold
  
  POTENTIAL PERSONS WHO ARE TO RESPOND TO THE COLLECTION OF INFORMATION CONTAINED
  IN THIS FORM ARE NOT REQUIRED TO RESPOND UNLESS THE FORM DISPLAYS A CURRENTLY
  VALID OMB CONTROL NUMBER.
  TABLE I - SECURITIES TO BE SOLD
  
  Furnish  the  following  information  with  respect  to the  acquisition  of the
  securities  to be sold and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the
  purchase price or other consideration therefor:
  Nature of           Name of Person from Whom              Amount of
  Title of     Date you     Acquisition        Acquired  (If gift,                   Securities        Date of         Nature of
  the Class    Acquired     Transaction        also give date donor acquired)        Acquired          Payment         Payment
  ---------    --------     -----------        ------------------------------        --------          -------         -------
  Common      6/4/1975     Open Market         Open Market Transaction               21,131 shares    June 1975       Cash at time
   Stock           to       Transaction                                                                to Dec 1983     of purchase
               12/8/1983
  
   Common      10/1/1996    Merger of Plan      The Eastern Company  Pension Plan     29,092 shares    10/1/1996       Merger
   Stock                    Assets              for Hourly Rated Employees of the
                                                Alloy Foundries Division Shares
                                                were originally acquired on the
                                                open market during the period June
                                                4, 1975 - December 8, 1983
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  
  If the securities were purchased and full payment therefore was not made in cash
  at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the nature of
  the  consideration  given. If the  consideration  consisted of any note or other
  obligation,  or if payment was made in installments describe the arrangement and
  state  when the  note or other  obligation  was  discharged  in full or the last
  installment paid.
  
                 TABLE II - SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS
  
  Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold during
  the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.
  Amount of
  Name and Address of Seller            Title of Securities Sold          Date of Sale     Securities Sold         Gross Proceeds
  --------------------------            -------------------------         ------------     ---------------         --------------
  The Salaried Employees                The Eastern Company                 3/6/2007           20,300 Shares        $   537,623
  Retirement Plan of the                Common Stock
  Eastern Company Trust
  
  The Salaried Employees                The Eastern Company                 3/7/2007            4,200 Shares        $   111,569
  Retirement Plan of the                Common Stock
  Eastern Company Trust
  
  The Salaried Employees                The Eastern Company                 3/8/2007            3,100 Shares        $    82,071
  Retirement Plan of the                Common Stock
  Eastern Company Trust
  
  The Salaried Employees                The Eastern Company                 3/9/2007            2,500 Shares        $    66,373
  Retirement Plan of the                Common Stock
  Eastern Company Trust
  
  The Salaried Employees                The Eastern Company                3/12/2007           16,200 Shares        $   452,224
  Retirement Plan of the                Common Stock
  Eastern Company Trust
  
  The Salaried Employees                The Eastern Company                3/13/2007           41,000 Shares        $ 1,150,721
  Retirement Plan of the                Common Stock
  Eastern Company Trust
  
  The Salaried Employees                The Eastern Company                3/14/2007            3,100 Shares        $    85,885
  Retirement Plan of the                Common Stock
  Eastern Company Trust
  
  The Salaried Employees                The Eastern Company                3/15/2007              200 Shares        $     5,505
  Retirement Plan of the                Common Stock
  Eastern Company Trust
  
  The Salaried Employees                The Eastern Company                3/23/2007            4,400 Shares        $   121,506
  Retirement Plan of the                Common Stock
  Eastern Company Trust
  
  The Salaried Employees                The Eastern Company                3/26/2007            3,700 Shares        $   102,754
  Retirement Plan of the                Common Stock
  Eastern Company Trust
  
  The Salaried Employees                The Eastern Company                3/27/2007              300 Shares        $     8,256
  Retirement Plan of the                Common Stock
  Eastern Company Trust
  
  The Salaried Employees                The Eastern Company                3/28/2007            1,900 Shares        $    52,281
  Retirement Plan of the                Common Stock
  Eastern Company Trust
  
  The Salaried Employees                The Eastern Company                3/29/2007              800 Shares        $    21,999
  Retirement Plan of the                Common Stock
  Eastern Company Trust
  
  The Salaried Employees                The Eastern Company                3/30/2007            1,400 Shares        $    38,461
  Retirement Plan of the                Common Stock
  Eastern Company Trust
  
  The Salaried Employees                The Eastern Company                4/03/2007            8,000 Shares        $   220,738
  Retirement Plan of the                Common Stock
  Eastern Company Trust
  
  The Salaried Employees                The Eastern Company                4/04/2007            5,123 Shares        $   141,930
  Retirement Plan of the                Common Stock
  Eastern Company Trust
  
  The Salaried Employees                The Eastern Company                4/05/2007            3,977 Shares        $   110,189
  Retirement Plan of the                Common Stock
  Eastern Company Trust
  
  The Salaried Employees                The Eastern Company                4/09/2007            3,000 Shares        $    83,202
  Retirement Plan of the                Common Stock
  Eastern Company Trust
  
  The Eastern Company Pension           The Eastern Company                5/08/2007              500 Shares        $    13,745
  Plan for Hourly-Rated                 Common Stock
  Employees Trust
  
  The Eastern Company Pension           The Eastern Company                5/10/2007              583 Shares        $    16,053
  Plan for Hourly-Rated t               Common Stock
  Employees Trus
  
  The Eastern Company Pension           The Eastern Company                5/11/2007           22,255 Shares        $   613,278
  Plan for Hourly-Rated                 Common Stock
  Employees Trust
  
  The Eastern Company Pension           The Eastern Company                5/14/2007            6,000 Shares        $   166,275
  Plan for Hourly-Rated                 Common Stock
  Employees Trust
  
  The Eastern Company Pension           The Eastern Company                5/15/2007            6,100 Shares        $   167,811
  Plan for  Hourly-Rated                Common Stock
  Employees Trust
  
  The Eastern Company Pension           The Eastern Company                5/16/2007            4,000 Shares        $   110,014
  Plan for Hourly-Rated                 Common Stock
  Employees Trust
  
  The Eastern Company Pension           The Eastern Company                5/17/2007               74 Shares        $     2,033
  Plan for Hourly-Rated                 Common Stock
  Employees Trust
  
  The Eastern Company Pension           The Eastern Company                5/18/2007              826 Shares        $    22,802
  Plan for Hourly-Rated                 Common Stock
  Employees Trust
  
  The Eastern Company Pension           The Eastern Company                5/21/2007            8,600 Shares        $   236,732
  Plan for Hourly-Rated                 Common Stock
  Employees Trust
  REMARKS:
  None
  
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  
  See the  definition of "person" in paragraph (a) of Rule 144.  Information is to
  be given not only as to the person for whose  account the  securities  are to be
  sold but also as to sales by all persons  whose sales are  required by paragraph
  (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the person filing
  this notice.
  
  ATTENTION:
  
  The person for whose account the  securities to which this notice relates are to
  sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any material
  adverse  information in regard to the current and prospective  operations of the
  Issuer of the securities to be sold which have not been publicly disclosed.
  
           5/25/07                            /s/Leonard F. Leganza
           -------                            ---------------------
        (DATE OF NOTICE)                            (SIGNATURE)
  
  The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities are to
  be sold.  At least one copy of the notice shall be manually  signed.  Any copies
  not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures.
  
  ATTENTION:  Intentional  misstatements or omission of facts  constitute  Federal
              Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001).