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There is no evidence that Robert Beadle, the first, and the last William Beadle were relatives, though they all located at Wethers- field, at distant periods of time.
One of the name of Beadle had graduated at Harvard College, in 1847, and two at Yale College, in 1844.
BEARDING, (or Berding,) NATHANIEL, of Hartford, will dated Jan. 7, 1673 ; exhibited in court, Nov. 11, 1674. He was a planter, He provided for Abigail, his wife : children, son-in-law, Thomas Spencer, the elder ; Samuel Andrews, and his wife Eliza- beth-she was the daughter of the wife of Berding. He also noti- ced Sarah, Hannah, Mary and Martha Spencer, daughters of Thom- as Spencer, the elder, and grand-daughters of the testator. He also noticed John and Thomas Andrews, sons of his wife. He also no- ticed Jarrad Spencer, his grandson, who was son of Thomas Spen- cer Sen., and made Jarrad, sole Executor of his will. He gave Paul Peck and George Graves, 40s. each, and made them overseers of his will. Inventory made Sept. 14, 1674; £282, 15s. 10d.
ABIGAIL, widow of Nathaniel Berding, d. March 20, 1682 : her will proved 1683. She gave her property to her daughter Hester Spencer, and grandson, Samuel Andrews, son of Samuel. Nathan- iel Bearding was an early settler and original proprietor at Hartford, and had six acres of land in the land division in 1639. He left no sons, and the name became extinct in Connecticut.
BEARDING, NATHANIEL, with John Morris and Wm. Spen- cer, were appointed by the town of Hartford, Feb. 16, 1639, to say what every man's fence should be in the " Pine Woods," by con- sent of the owners of such lands, and be finished by the 7th of April, come twelfth month, upon a forfeiture of five shillings a rod for all unfinished, at that time.
BEARDSLEY, WILLIAM, of Stratford, was a deputy to the General Court at Hartford, Sept. 11, 1645, and eight sessions more before 1665. He was requested by the General Court, Sept. 18, 1649, to assist Mr. Ludlowe, in preparing provisions, and all neces-
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saries for the design in the two towns. Wm. Beardsley, Andrew Ward, and George Hull, were propounded for Assistants to join the magistrates, to execute Justice in the towns by the seaside, Oct. 6, 1651. He was appointed (as Goodman Beardsley, ) by the General Court, Oct. 6, 1659, with Rev. Mr. Blackman, Mr. Fairchild, and Joseph Judson, all of Stratford, as a committee to consider the con- dition of Arthur Bostock, and his wife, and make suitable order therein, and report thereon, at the next session of the Court.
William Beardsley was one of the first settlers in Stratford, Conn. Tradition says he was from Stratford on Avon. He brought his wife with him. His sons were, Samuel, Joseph, Daniel, John and Thomas ; d. 1660. He may have been the Wm. Beardsley, who came from Hertfordshire, with John and Joseph Beardsley, to Mas- sachusetts, in a vessel called the Planter, (as he had sons, John and Joseph.) There was a Thomas Beardsley at Fairfield, in 1656 ; d. . 1656 ; probably son of William, of Stratford.
This has been a respectable family from the first settlement at Stratford. C. H. Beardsley, Esq., former Judge of the County Court, Speaker of the House of Representatives of Connecticut, is a de- scendant of William ; and many other important men in Connecti- cut and New York, are descendants of Wm. Beardsley, of Strat- ford. There was a Wm. Beadseley, freeman in Massachusetts, 1636, (perhaps Beardsley.) Bearcly, an old name at Boston, (per- haps Beardsley.) Twelve by the name of Beardsley had graduated at Yale College, in 1845. Many of the name are now living in Fairfield and Litchfield counties.
BURSLEY, JABEZE, had children at Barnstable, Mass., the first b. 1706, and the last, 1724-5. (Perhaps Beardsley.) Beards- ley has two coats of arms. Berdsey has one coat of arms. THOM- AS BEARDSLEY settled at Milford, about 1647. William, a ma- son, aged 30, Maria, aged 26, (probably his wife,) ; Maria, aged 4 years, John Beardslea, aged 2 years, and Joseph aged 6 months, em- barked in the Planter, for New England, in 1635. Wm. Beardsley made free in Massachusetts, in 1636. Sarah Beardsley m. Obadiah Dickinson, June 8, 1668.
BEAUCHAMP, JOHN, of Hartford. There was a man of this name who was a large merchant in London, at the time Wm. Brad- ford, Capt. Miles Standish, and six others, of the Plymouth Colony, were appointed or hired the trade of the colony for six years. James Shirly, John Beauchamp, Richard Andrews and Timothy
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Hatherly, of London, were joined to the above, and were called the undertakers. (Guide to Plymouth, p. 142.)
As John Beauchamp,* of Hartford, came from Boston, to Hart- ford, and was born in 1652 ; he may have been a son or grandson of the undertaker, John Beauchamp. He d. at Hartford, Nov. 14, 1740, aged 88 years, where he yet has descendants, in the female branch of his family.
MARGARET, wife of John, d. Dec. 8, 1727, aged 59 ; their chil- dren were, Adam, Isaac, m. - ; Isaac's daughter m. an Ellmore ; Peter, lost at sea, in the year 1719 ; Mary, m. Dr. John Ranchon, from whom the Sigourneys are descended ; Marian,t m. Capt. John Lawrence, of Jersey, England ; Margaret, m. John Michael Chenevard, of Hartford ; Susan, m. Alexander McLean ; one daugh- ter, m. a Leighton ; and one daughter, m. a Sheppard.
MARIAN BEAUCHAMP, was b. June 24, 1696 ; m. Capt. John Lawrence, who was b. Dec. 15, 1682, and was lost at sea, in the year 1719. The children of Marian, were, Marian, b. July 4, 1717, John,¿ (the Treasurer of Connecticut,) b. June 11, 1719, and d. at Hartford, Dec. 25, 1802, aged 84. Hon. John Lawrence, (the Treas- urer,) m. his cousin, Margaret Chenevard, Sept. 26, 1748, and had twelve children, viz., John, b. Aug. 20, 1749; Mary, b. Dec. 8, 1750; William, b. Dec. 25, 1751; Margaret, b. Jan. 16, (new style, ) 1753, d. Aug. 14, 1753, aged 7 months ; Mareane, b. March 1, 1755, d. Oct. 2, 1756, aged 19 months ; Roderick, b. Jan. 13, 1757, d. May 2, 1783, aged 27-he was a graduate of Yale Col- lege ; Edward, b. May 27, 1758, named after Rev. Edward Dorr, d. young ; 2d Mareane, b. Aug. 2, 1759, d. at Killingworth, Aug. 11, 1760, aged 1 year, 9 days ; Peggy, b. Oct. 9, 1761, d. Dec. 31,
* John Beauchamp and wife lie buried in the old Centre burying ground, Hartford. The fol- lowing inscriptions are taken from their tombstones. " Here lies the body of Mr. John Beau- champ, who died Nov., the 14, 1740, in ye 88 year of his age."
"Here lies the body of Mrs Margrete, the wife of Mr. John Beauchamp, who died Dec. ye 8th, 1727, aged 59 years."
t In the records of the city of Boston, we find, Aug. 28, 1713, Jolin Lawrence, of Jersey, (fa- ther of the Treasurer of Connecticut,) was published to Marian Beauchamp, of Boston.
# John Lawrence was appointed by the King, Treasurer of the Colony of Connecticut, and held the office many years after it became a state ; in all, for a period of more than twenty years. He was also Commissioner of Loans, and borrowed at one time, a large sumn, from Hol- land to carry on the war with Great Britain. He faithfully performned the important duties en- trusted to him, and Roger Sherman, Wm. Williams, John Hancock, Gov. Trumbull, and many other distinguished men of that period, were his sincere and attached friends.
John Lawrence, his wife, and several of their children, lie buried in the old Centre burying ground, Hartford.
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1761, aged 3 months ; Samuel, b. March 17, 1763, d. July, 1825, aged 62 ; Mary Ann, b. March 6, 1764, d. young ; Margaret, b. Jan. 3, 1767, still living. Margaret, wife of John, d. April 19, 1775, aged 49.
John Lawrence, 3d, m. Anna Burr : their children were, John and Ann. John m. Clarissa Higley, (they had three daughters ; ) Ann m. Charles Brewster, and d. Aug. 8, 1849, aged 74. Their children were, John Lawrence, Charles Augustus, who d. (and twins that d. young ;) and Ann.
John Lawrence Brewster, m. Margaret Josephine Battin, of N. Y., and d. in 1845 : their children are, John Lawrence, Margaretta Jose- phine. Ann m. Samuel Barber, of N. Y. ; their children are, Anna Jerusha, Emily, Samuel, several d. young.
William Lawrence m. Alice,* (or Alicia,) widow of Elisha Ripley, Nov. 24, 1782, she d. at Hartford, Sept. 4, 1845, aged 88. He d. April 21, 1821, aged 69 ; their children were : Sarah, Alicia, William Henry, who d. Nov. 10, 1792, aged 3 years, and Roderick.
Alicia Lawrence m. Charles Sheldon, of Hartford ; their chil- dren were : Alicia, Elizabeth Bellamy, Jane, Sarah, Charles Henry, William Lawrence, who d. in Michigan, Edward, Catharine, who d., George, who also d. and Henry, great-grandchildren of Dr. Bellamy.
Jane Sheldon m. Panett M. Hastings M. D., of Clinton, N. Y., their children are : Alice Lawrence, Charles Sheldon, and Seth . Clarence, (twins.)
Edward Sheldon m. Harriet Curtiss ; their children are Harriet and Edward.
Roderick Lawrence m. Hester Sickles, of Philadelphia, (whose maiden name was Moliere,) May 29, 1823 ; had one child, Wm. Rode- rick : Hester, wife of Roderick, d. at Newark, N. J., July 22, 1830, ged 34,and was there buried. He then m. Elizabeth L. Lownds, of N. Y., she d. 1837, aged 30, and was buried in a family vault under St. Thomas' Church, N. Y., ; their children are, John Beauchamp and Cecelia Roderika. In 1850, he m. Clarinda Chevers, of New York.
4 * Alice Ripley, who married William Lawrence, of Hartford, was born in Canterbury, Conn. Her maiden name was Adams, and when young she was engaged to be married to Capt, Na- than Hale, who fell a martyr in the service of his country. Her mother married Hale's father There is still preserved in the collection of William R. Lawrence, of Hartford, a fine large pow- der-horn, made by Capt. Hale, during the college vacation, when he was a student at Yale. Miss Alice Adams, who was at that time a member of the family, often saw him when busily en- ployed in the construction of this valuable relic.
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Andrew Sigourney, b. in France, in 1639, left at the revo- cation of the Edict of Nantz, 1686, and d. in Boston, April 26, 1727, aged 88. His son Andrew was b. in 1673, and came with his fa- ther to America, in 1686. He m. Mary Lumarn, in 1696, and d. in Boston, 1748, aged 75. Their son, Andrew, was b. in Oxford, Mass., in 1697, and was a sea captain. He m. Mary Ranchon, daughter of Dr. John Ranchon, in 1727, and d. in Boston, Nov. 4, 1762, aged 65. Their children were :
Mary Sigourney, b. 1728, m. Samuel Sloan ; d. Sept. 28, 1790, aged 62 ; John Ranchon, b. 1730, m. Eunice Kidder ; d. May 30, . 1802, aged 72; Elizabeth, b. Aug. 17, 1743, m. Thomas Payne ; second, - Doyle ; third, Henry Lucas, and d. Aug., 1773, aged 30; Susannah, b. Oct. 13, 1744, m. John Osborn ; d. Jan. 26, 1766, aged 22; Andrew, b. March 27, 1746 ; d. Nov. 23, 1767, aged 21; Charles, b. March 4, 1748, m. Susan Frazier ; second, Mary Greenleaf ; d. in Boston, May 30, 1806, aged 55 ; Hannah, b. April 30, 1754, m. Capt. John Patten ; second, Benjamin Balch ; Charles, b. July 21, 1778, m. Jane Carter, who d. in 1818, leaving several children ; he then m. in 1819, Lydia Huntley,* their chil- dren, Mary, and Andrew Maximilian Bethune, who d. at Hartford, June 24, 1850, aged 19; Sarah, b. Jan., 1781; d. Nov. 5, 1802; Henry, brother of Charles b. in 1783, m. Rebecca Carter, in 1809 ; she d. in 1826. He then m. in 1829, Margaret Barker. He d. in Boston, Feb. 1848, aged 65, and left a son, and a daughter.
Marian Lawrence, (sister of the Treasurer,) m. William Keith, t
* Mrs. Lydia Huntley Sigourney was the only child of Ezekiel Huntley, Esq., of Norwich, Conn., where she was born, Sept. 1, 1791. She received an excellent education, and when on- ly eight years of age, began to develope those poetical talents, which have since made her so widely and favorably known. In 1819, Miss Huntley was m. to Charles Sigourney, Esq., a lead- ing merchant of Hartford, and a gentleman of education, and literary taste. Mrs. Sigourney is one of the most popular writers of the day, and her poems, which include almost every variety of subject, are all happily made to subserve a high moral sentiment. A heart of the liveliest and tenderest susceptibilities, has thrown a charm into her verse, which has won not only ad- miration, but esteem and love, not only in the higher literary circles, but in every village and hamlet in the land. (See HUNTLEY.)
+ Rev. Alexander Keith, (brother of William,) was an Episcopal clergyman, and resided in Charleston, S. C. There is a curious relic in the possession of William R. Lawrence, of Hart- ford, which formerly belonged to him. It is a snuff-box, made from a Ram's horn, of a grace- ful form, and beautifully polished. The lid which is part wood, and part silver, bears three in- scriptions, viz., " Rev. Mr. Alexander Keith, A. D. 1770." "R. Lawrence, 1808." "Wm. R. Lawrence, 1831."
Capt. John Keith, another brother, m. the widow of Capt. John Lawrence. He accompanied Capt. James Cook, in one of his voyages of discovery, and a portion of a quadrant, formerly his, bearing this inscription, " Made by James Halsy, 1720, for lohn Keith," is still preserved in the family.
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a Scotchman, they had two children, Maryan and Susan, (after her husband's decease, she m. Rev. Jonathan Marsh, of New Hartford.)
Susan Keith m. William Ellery, Esq., of Hartford ; their children were, Susan Ellery, and Jane. Susan m. Edward Blagg ; second, Dr. Edwards.
Jane Ellery m. Henry Seymour, Esq., their children are, Mary, Gov. Thomas Henry Seymour, and William. Mrs. Seymour d. at Hartford, 1851. William Seymour m. Mary Brooks, in 1851, at Philadelphia.
Thomas Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, in 1369.
Richard, Earl of Warwick, and Regent of France, in 1438.
In the reign of King Henry IV., d. John, Lord Beauchamp, of Bletsho, leaving a son and a daughter, the son died, and Margaret, his sister, became sole heir of the family .. She m. Sir Oliver St. John, (from whom are descended the Lords St John, of Bletsho, as also, the Viscounts Bolingbroke,) and for her second husband, John Beau- fort, Duke of Somerset. Their only child, Margaret, m. Edward, of Hadham, Earl of Richmond, their son was King Henry VII.
Edward Beauchamp was a freeman in Mass., 1642-3. Beauchamp has twenty-three coats of arms. Beauchampe has eighteen coats of arms. Buchampe has one.
BEEBIE, JOHN, of Hartford, d. 1650 ; small estate ; also JOHN BEEBE, of Hartford, in 1662. JOHN, of Colchester, had his daughter, Ruth, baptized Jan. 20, 1734 ; Ann, baptized 1735 ; Mar- tin, baptized Oct. 8, 1738. JAMES, of Stratford, m. Sarah, daughter of Thomas Benedict, Sen., of Norwalk, Dec. 19, 1679, and had a daughter, Sarah, b. at Norwalk, Nov. 13, 1680; it would appear from the birth of Sarah, at Norwalk, that Mr. Beebe had resided there, before he settled at Danbury. He was originally from Strat- ford. He was the first justice of the peace at Danbury. He had two sons, James and Samuel, probably born at Danbury. James, Jr., remained at Danbury. Samuel Beebe's sons removed to Litch- field, and afterwards aided in the settlement of Canaan, where the name is yet found. Five of this name had graduated at Yale Col- lege, in 1829.
BEEBE, REV. JAMES, was ordained Pastor, at North Stratford, May 6, 1747; the church gathered the same day ; ordained by presbyters, viz., Rev. Zephaniah Goold, of Stratford ; Jedediah Mills, of Ripton ; Rev. John Graham, of Woodbury, (Southbury society ;) Joseph Bellamy, of Woodbury, North Purchase, (Bethlem ;) David Judson, of Newtown, and Thomas Canfield, of Roxbury, and Mr. Woodbridge, of Amity.
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BEEBE, REV. JAMES, Pastor, of North Stratford, m. Ruth Cur- tis, July 13, 1749, and had a daughter Elizabeth, b. March 19, 1750, d. Dec. 19, 1754 ; James, b. Nov. 29, 1751 ; Mary, b. Jan. 20, 1754 ; second Elizabeth, b. July 19, 1756 ; Ruth Anne, b. Jan. 27, 1758 ; Sarah, b. July 28, 1759, baptized by Rev. Mr. Ingersol, of Ridgefield, " her father being then in the army," at Ticonderoga ; David L., b. Jan. 16, 1763 ; Claret, a negro servant of Rev. James, baptized June 2, 1762.
BEEBE, EBENEZER, (the grandfather of William Beebe, Esq., now of Litchfield,) removed from Danbury to Litchfield, where he died since 1806. Dr. Abel McEwen, of New London, is a relative of this family.
BEEBE, JONATHAN, removed from New London to Haddam, after the first settlement. He had sons : Jonathan, William, Joshua, and Caleb. Jonathan, Jr., had sons ; Jonathan, David, Samuel, Daniel, and Ebenezer. William, son of Jonathan, had Abner, Silas, Asa, William, and Elihu.
During the war of the Revolution, viz., in 1778, Bezaleel Beebe, (of the Litchfield branch of the Beebe's,) was appointed major of the regiment, of which Noadiah Hooker was colonel. The General As- sembly of Connecticut, in 1777, directed that recruiting officers, to enlist men for the continental army, and to take and secure deserters, should be appointed in each brigade of militia, in Connecticut, and directed the Governor and Council to appoint such officers, and the place of rendezvous for said recruits, in each brigade. Major Beza- leel Beebe was appointed the recruiting officer for the sixth brigade of militia, to rendezvous at Litchfield. He was an efficient, bold and most useful officer, during that eventful struggle.
Beebee has one coat of arms, and Beeby one.
There was a family of this name early at New London ; the con- nexion between that family and the family who were early at Strat- ford, Norwalk and Danbury, is not known. James Beebe, of Had- ley, Mass., lost a son James, by death, at Hadley, Jan. 3, 1669. James, of Hadley, m. Mary Boltwood, Oct. 24, 1669.
John Bebee was appointed ensign by the General Court, in Capt. George Denison's company, in New London county, over the sixty- eight men raised in that county, May 11, 1676, for the standing army, and a part of the 350 men raised in the colony of Connecticut, in 1676. (See Col. Rec.) John Beebe, in 1671-2, was one of many others in New London, presented to the court "for attempts" to drive Mr. Matthew Griswold and Lieut. William Waller, " by vio-
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lence off their lands, resistance to authority and assault." (Trum- bull's Col. Rec., p. 558.) Samuel, Thomas and Nathaniel Beebe, were of New London, in 1670, and Thomas Beebe sworn a freeman of New London, in 1666.
BEERS, THOMAS, came to Connecticut as early as 1645, and was a constable in '47-whether he was a relative of the brave Capt. Beers, who, in Philip's war, was killed, with twenty of his men near Northfield, is not known. The name soon after '47 disappeared in Hartford. Joseph Beers resided at Stratford, in 1672. Joseph had a son Daniel, who, after a settlement had commenced at Woodbury, located himself there, and married a Miss Walker, either a daughter or grand-daughter of the Rev. Z. Walker, who had also moved to Woodbury. They had sons ; Josiah, Zechariah, and Lewis, born at Woodbury. Josiah was the father of Hon. Seth P. Beers, late Commissioner of the School Fund, of Connecticut. Josiah, of Strat- ford, and James, of Fairfield, were jurors in 1730.
BEERS, (or Bears, ) NATHAN, resided at Norwalk, as early as 1745, and had children, viz., Nathan, b. Sept. 8, 1745 ; Eben- ezer, b. Sept. 28, 1747 ; Samuel ; Lydia, d. 1796; Hannah ; Abi- jah, d. 1784 ; Ezekiel, d. 1795 ; Sarah, b. March 12, 1760, d. 1781 ; Abigail, Mary, Anna and Esther, b. 1770.
BEERS, JAMES, resided at Fairfield, and had a daughter, Mary, m. there to John Marvin, March 22, 1704. There was an Adam Beere or Beers, a Dutchman, who died at New Haven in 1649, and in August 7, 1649, Mr. Ruderford and Philip Galpin, were appointed to appraise his estate ; he died at the house of William Andrews, in New Haven. In Sept., 1649, Mr. Gibbard and Richard Miles, were also appointed appraisers of the estate of Adam Beere, a Dutchman, who died at the house of William Andrews, and ordered to bring into court the inventory of the property. He appears to have been a sea- faring man.
In January, 1743-4, David Beers, of New Haven, was appointed guardian for his son, Benjamin, who d. at Milford. David Beers, of Milford, in 1743-4, chose Stephen Sanford, of Milford, for his guard- ian. John Beers was a settler at Stratford, about 1670, and the first of the name there. James, of Fairfield, made free Oct., 1664.
BEERS, RICHARD, was an early settler at Watertown, Mass., where he had six lots of land ; his wife, Martha, had a son, Isaac, b. there July 5, 1646 ; Marha, (or Martha,) b. March 10, 1643 : Rich- ard and Elizabeth Beers, had Judah, b. 1646 : Richard and Eliza- beth Beers, of Watertown, Mass., had Jabez, b. Oct. 4, 1651 : Rich- ard and Martha, had Abigail, b. 1653 ; Joseph, b. 15th of the 10th
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mo., 1655. Anthony and Elizabeth Beers, had Samuel, b. 2d day of 3d mo., 1647 ; Ephraim, b. July 5, 1648 ; John, b. Jan. 20, 1651 ; Hester, b. Oct. 16, 1654; recorded at Watertown. Farmer notes Anthony Beers, of Mass., freeman, 1657; Richard, of Water- town, Mass., freeman, 1637, Deputy from 1663 to 1675, thirteen years, and captain in Philip's war ; he was killed in battle, by the Indians, at Northfield, Mass., Sept. 4, 1675 ; name spelt Bears, Beer, Beers, and Beares, on Colony Record. Four of this name had graduated at Yale College, before 1848. John Beere, of Gloucester, Mass., m. Mary Fowler, Jan. 20, 1673 ; his son Joseph, b. Dec. 7, 1675. Bere has six coats of arms ; Beare has six ; (Beers, none.) This name, in the settlement of Connecticut Colony, for many years was spelled Bere, Beer, and Beere, on the records in different towns. There are many of the name of Beers in Fairfield county, and in New Haven and Woodbury, at this time.
John Beers was wounded and disenabled in the swamp fight, and the General Court of Connecticut ordered the public treasurer of the colony to pay him £16 as a recompence, in 1677. (See printed Col. Rec., p. 320.) Robert Beers, of Rehoboth, was shot by the Indians, when reading his Bible as a protection against them, March 28, 1676. ( Rehoboth Town Rec.)
BEGUE, (or Bigul,) JEREMIAH, of Colchester, daughter, Pru- dence, baptized Oct. 17, 1762; Clandy, baptized April 24, 1768.
BECKLEY, SERG. RICHARD, was an early settler at Wethers- field ; wife, Frances ; had children : John, eldest son, d. 1696 ; Na- thaniel, Benjamin, b. 1650, second Sarah, Mary, Hannah ; son Nathaniel, sole executor ; will dated May 15, 1689 ; he d. Aug. 5, 1690 ; estate, £383, 5s. ; will proved, 1690 ; noticed Richard, his grandson, son of John.
BECKLEY, NATHANIEL, son of Richard, Sen., d. Oct. 30, 1697 ; he m. Comfort, daughter of Jonathan Deming, Sen., May 18, 1693 ; issue : Daniel, b. May 8, 1694; Joseph, b. Sept. 19, 1695 ; Mary, b. March 1, 1697, and the father died ; estate, £141, 11s. His widow m. Morton.
BECKLEY, JOHN, son of Richard, Sen., of Wethersfield ; prop- erty distributed in 1699; left a widow ; children : Robert, Richard, Samuel Spencer, Matthew Cadwell, and Catherine Beckley ; Spen- cer and Cadwell probably m. two of the daughters of John Beckley.
BENJAMIN, son of Serg. Richard, m. Rebecca, Oct. 17, 1685 ; issue : Martha, b. Oct. 15, 1692; John, b. Oct. 16, 1695; Benja- min, b. Dec. 16, 1698 ; his wife d. and he m. Miriam, for his sec-
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ond wife, Nov. 11, 1702, and had issue : Miriam, b. May 4, 1707 ; Hannah, b. March 24, 1710. The father d. April 27, 1736, aged eighty-six years.
JOSEPH, son of Nathaniel, b. Sept. 19, 1695, m. Mary, daughter of Benjamin Judd, of Farmington, Oct. 23, 1723, and had issue : Mary, b. April 6, 1725, and d .; Josiah, b. April 28, 1726 ; Joseph, b, Aug. 23, 1727 ; Thankful, b. Nov. 11, 1728 ; Ruth, b. Oct. 11, 1730, d .; Eunice, b. Nov. 11, 1731 ; second Mary, b. Jan. 12, 1733 ; Zebedee, b. March 8, 1734 ; Hepzebah, b. April 16, 1735 ; Silas, b. Nov. 5, 1736, d. Nov. 11, 1757 ; Abigail, b. Dec. 22, 1737 ; Ruth, b. April 15, 1739, d. ; Comfort, b. Sept. 4, 1740, d. ; David, b. Feb. 17, 1742 ; Jonathan, b. Feb. 12, 1743, d. ; Dorcas, b. Mar. 6, 1744; Honour, b. July 3, 1745 ; the mother died, and Lieut. Jo- seph m. Sibil Porter, March 29, 1753. He d. Jan. 30, 1772. He had seventeen children.
BECKLEY, RICHARD, son of John, is noticed in his grand- father's will; he m. Elizabeth, daughter of Jonathan Deming, Sen., Nov. 23, 1699 ; had issue : Nathaniel, b. Aug. 27, 1700; Abra- ham, b. January 12, 1702 ; Elizabeth, b. June 27, 1703.
DANIEL, son of Nathaniel Beckley, m. Martha North, daughter of Thomas, of Farmington, Aug. 6, 1719; issue: Martha, b. Oct. 27, 1720 ; Daniel, Jr., b. Nov. 29, 1724 ; Lois, b. Nov. 17, 1730.
JOHN, son of Benjamin Beckley, m. Mary Woodruff, March 16, 1727 ; issue : Sarah, b. June 27, 1728; Mary, b. July 16, 1730 ; John, b. Dec. 22, 1732 ; Elias, b. Feb. 27, 1735; Achsah, b. Jan. 25, 1743.
BENJAMIN, son of Benjamin, b. 1698, m. Mary Lee, March 4, 1730 ; issue : Rebecca, b. April 22, 1732; Benjamin, b. April 30, 1738 ; Theodore, b. Sept. 12, 1740, d .; Mary, b. Feb. 9, 1742. The father died Nov. 12, 1777.
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