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SAMUEL BARKER, son of Jedediah and Sarah Barker, born in Rowley, Mass., married Betsey Rogers. He came to Bethel in 1803, and lived at and conducted the Ferry known as "Barker's Ferry." He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and Deacon of
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the church in Bethel. For second wife he married' Abigail Blan- chard. Children :
i Betsey R., b. Feb. 26, 1784, m. Timothy Chapman.
ii Judith, b. Aug. 30, 1785, m. Daniel Coffin of Milan, N. H.
iii Susan, b. Aug. 4, 1787, d. young.
iv William, b. May 8, 1789. He went to South Carolina, and settled there.
V Sukey, b. July 10, 1791, me Thaddeus Twitchell.
vi Samuel, b. Dec. 3, 1793. He settled in Mississippi.
vii Nathaniel, b. Jan. 6, 1796, m. Catharine Knight ; he graduated at Dartmouth College; was a clergyman.
viii Francis, b. Nov. 3, 1797, d. young.
ix Francis, b. January 1, 1799, m. Nancy Ingalls of Shelburne, N. H.
X Moses, b. Oct. 17, 1800, m. Ann Blanchard, r. Worcester, Mass.
xi Mary C., b. May 2, 1802, m. Daniel Ingalls of Shelburne.
xii Sophronia, b. Aug- 12, 1804, m. Eli Twitchell.
xiii Fanny, b. Nov. 24, 1806, mn. Isaac J. Town, and second, Thos .. B .. Little, Auburn.
By second wife :
xiv Sarah, b. Sept. 9, 1814, m. Thomas Beach of Ohio.
XV Deborah Jane, b. Apr. 9, 1817, m. Lyman Eustis of Dixfield.
CAPT. SAMUEL BARKER, son of John Barker, married Hannah B .. Clark. Children ;
i Caroline H., b. Dec. 14, 1819, m. Aug. 7, 1875, Samuel H. Chapman.
ii Alanson, b. May 30, 1822, d. Apr. 5, 1823.
iii John, b. May 23, 1828, mn. Mary J. Rose.
iv Samuel Alanson, b. May 26, 1826, d. Aug. 10, 1826.
v Phebe Abbot, b. Feb. 4, 1830, m. Gilbert Chapman.
vi Maria, b. March 7, 1833.
vii Felicia H., b. Aug. 25, 1838.
JOHN BARKER, son of Capt. Samuel Barker, married Nov. 29, 1860, Mary Jane, daughter of Duane and Maria (Clark) Rose, formerly of Lisbon, Conn. Mr. Barker has been much in town office, member of the Legislature and is now County Commissioner. A man of ability and integrity. Children :
i Clarence Eugene, b. Nov. 17, 1861.
ii Arthur E., b. Sept. 8, 1863.
iii Mary Ellen, b. Apr. 11, 1868.
iv Alice Maria, b. Feb. 25, 1874.
TIMOTHY BARKER married Eliza Town. He was a farmer, but later in life he moved to Bethel Hill. He died Nov. 11, 1875, and his wife died January 23, 1866. Children :
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i Leander Town, b. Oct. 31, 1828, m. Dorcas Ellen Brackett.
ii Dolly Gould, b. Oct. 14, 1830, m. Thos. E. Twitchell, d. May 2, 1861.
iii Mary Eliza, b. Feb. 17, 1833, m. Dr. Chas. W. Gordon.
iv Alma Ingalls, b. Aug. 2, 1838, d. March 17, 1843.
V Ella Abba, b. Jan. 20, 1849, m. Nov. 12, 1867, Horace D. Gibbs, d. March 22, 1873.
LEANDER TOWN BARKER, son of the preceding, married Feb. 28, 1856, Dorcas Ellen, daughter of William and Sarah (Hobbs) Brackett of Harrison, Maine, who died Sept., 1891. Mr. Barker has served the town of Bethel in the capacity of clerk for near twenty years, and is an excellent recording officer. He has no · children.
FRANCIS BARKER, son of Samuel Barker, married Nancy H. Ingalls of Shelburne, N. H. He lived near Barker's Ferry, and near where the toll bridge now is. Children :
i Frederick Ingalls, b. Oct. 3, 1825.
ii Nathaniel, b. June 22, 1826, mn. Hannah Eaton, r. Wells.
iii Ausina, b. Nov. 14, 1829, m. Robbins Brown, d. May 23d, 1882.
iv Cullen, b. Dec. 2, 1832, drowned July 6, 1855.
V Albert Francis, b. June 2, 1836, m. Eliza Brown.
vi Catherine Ingalls, b. July 3, 1837.
vii Eli Wight, b. Sept. 25, 1841, m. Lydia U. Burnham.
viii Henry Clinton, b. Oct. 23, 1842, m. Ellen M. Frost.
MOSES BARKER married Ann Blanchard. Children :
i Abigail Ann Rogers, b. Oct. 12, 1827.
ii Elizabeth, b. March 4, 1830.
iii Lucilla C., b. July 29, 1833, d. Nov. 23, 1838.
iv Martha Antoinette, b. Dec. 7, 1835.
ELI WIGHT BARKER, son of Francis Barker, is a farmer and lives on the old homestead near the Bethel Bridge. He married Feb. 10, 1876, Lydia Ursula, daughter of Pinckney Burnham. Children :
i Guy Burnham, b. March 2, 1884.
ii Philip Merton, b. June 26, 1889.
HENRY CLINTON BARKER, son of Francis Barker, resides at Bethel and is a dealer in doors, sash and blinds. He married Oct. 30, 1865, Ellen Maria, daughter of Simeon Foster and Maria (Abbot) Frost of Upton. Children :
i Evangeline Barker, b. Dec. 18, 1866.
ii Francis Barnard, b. Dec. 25, 1878.
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CHARLES ALLEN BARKER, son of Francis and Sarah Fox (Allen) Barker of South Waterford, married Apr. 2, 1870, Harriet Kimball, daughter of James and Sarah (Moody) Lapham, and widow of Marriner Davis. He is a farmer and lives on the Lapham home- stead on the road from Locke's Mills to Bean's Corner, at East Bethel. Child :
i Sarah Hannah, b. Feb. 18, 1871.
BEAN.
JONATHAN BEAN, (see page 65) the ancestor of one branch of the Beans of this town, was born either in Kingston or Brentwood, New Hampshire, on territory once a part of Exeter, where his great- grandfather John Bean from Scotland, settled. Jonathan Bean lived some years in Chester, near his brother Benjamin, but soon after seventeen hundred and sixty, he moved to Standish, Maine. The christian name of his wife was Abigail, but her family name has not been ascertained. In the fall of the year seventeen hun- dred and eighty-one, he and his three sons came to Sudbury Canada. He died in the year eighteen hundred, and his widow in eighteen hundred and twenty-one at a great age. March 29, 1780, he sold his homestead in Standish, to Aaron Richardson of Newton. Children.
i Abigail, b. - , m. Colonel John York.
ii Josiah, b.
- -, m. Mary Crocker of Standish.
iii Jonathan, b. 1754, m. 1st, Abigail York, 2d, Ann McGill.
iv Daniel, b. 1757, m. in 1780, Margaret Shaw.
V Dolly, b. - -, m. Luther Topping, d. before 1818, no issue.
vi Lois, b. -, m. John Mareau, who d. 1840. She d. 1840.
vii Eunice, b. 1767, m. Joseph Shaw of Standish, and died in 1832.
viii Anne, b. - , m. Ithiel Smith of Newry.
JOSIAH BEAN, son of Jonathan, married Molly Crocker of Stand- ish. He settled in the lower parish where his sons afterwards lived. November 3d, 1780, he bought of Aaron Richardson, inter- val lot number 10, south of river, in Sudbury Canada. Children :
i Dolly, b. May 14, 1773, m. Francis Keyes.
ii Timothy, b. June 8, 1775, m. Hannah Kimball.
iii Amos, b. Apr. 15, 1778, m. Huldah Kimball.
iv Luther, b. Apr. 23, 1781, m. Lydia Kimball.
V Edmund, b. Aug. 12, 1786, m. Emma Kimball.
vi Joshua, b. Apr. 27, 1789, m. Betsey Bartlett.
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vii Molly, b. January 27, 1792, m. Moses F. Kimball.
viii Hannah, b. June 29, 1794, m. Capt. Timothy Hastings.
ix Abigail, b. Dec. 1, 1797, m. Phineas Frost.
JONATHAN BEAN, JR., brother of the preceding, married first, Abigail York, and second, Ann McGill. His first three children were born in Standish. He died about the year 1827, aged about 73 years. He bought Sudbury Canada lands of Aaron Richardson of Newton, about the same time as his brother. Children :
i Jonathan, b. - He was killed by an Indian in the Shadagee
fight, war of 1812. He left a widow.
ii John, b. - , m. Hannah McGill of Standish.
iii Benjamin, b. - -, m. Priscilla Peabody.
iv Hannah, b. March 14, 1782, d. Dec. 28, following.
V Lucy, b. Apr. 21, 1784, m. Josiah Smith.
vi Lois, b. Oct. 24, 1786, m. - -.
vii Job b. March 13, 1788, d. March 24, 1812.
viii Abiather, b. May 8, 1789, d. Nov. 18, following.
ix Nathaniel, b. April 10, 1791, m. Betsey York, s. Magalloway.
x Abiather, b. June 20, 1793, m. Persis Fogg.
xi Ebenezer, b. April 24, 1797, m. Clarissa Newton.
xii Eunice, b. Feb. 7, 1799, m. Samuel Wilson of Topsham.
xiii Sarah, b. May 6, 1800.
DANIEL BEAN, brother of Josiah and Jonathan, married in 1780, Margaret, daughter of Ebenezer and Anna (Philbrook) Shaw of Standish. He lived on the Sanborn farm near Kendall's Ferry. June 9, 1781, he bought of Aaron Richardson, two whole rights of land in Sudbury Canada. He was a revolutionary pensioner and died at West Bethel, March 16, 1833. His wife died May, 1846. Children :
i Ebenezer Shaw, b. Standish, March 25, 1781, m. Eunice Kendall.
ii Susannah, b. Bethel, March 30, 1783, m. William Burke.
iii Anna, b. Jan. 5, 1785, m. Bezaleel Kendall.
iv Sargent, b. Nov. 14, 1787, d. Jan. 1792.
V Justus, b. Nov. 8, 1790, m. Sally Rumney of Lubec.
vi Abiah, b. Dec. 31, 1792, m. Cyrus Mills.
vii Child, b. Oct. 14, 1794, d. Oct. 30, following.
viii Hadassah, b. Oct. 1, 1795, m. Elijah Grover.
ix Daniel, b. Dec. 8, 1796, m. May 17, 1821, Betsey, daughter of Ithiel Smith of Newry.
x Sargent, b. May 30, 1799, m. Anna Smith.
xi Mary, b. Aug. 17, 1802, m. William Hall, s. Temple.
xii Dolly, b. June 25, 1804, m. George W. Grover.
xiii Stephen, b. Jan. 7, 1806, m. Hannah Townsend of Solon. He lived
in Grafton until 1862, when he moved to Iowa and died there.
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TIMOTHY BEAN, oldest son of Josiah, married Hannah, daughter of Asa Kimball of Bethel. He lived near Swan's Hill. Children :
i Kimball, b. Apr. 26, 1796, m. Lavinia Powers.
ii Dolly, b. Aug. 16, 1798, d. July 5, 1804.
iii Vier, b. Oct. 4, 1800, m. secondly, Rebecca Gossom.
iv George W., b. Oct. 14, 1802, m. Mary Ann Estes.
V James Crocker, b. May 11, 1807, m. Eleanor D. Bartlett.
vi Timothy, b. Apr. 6, 1813, m. Ist, Louisa D. Russell, 2d, Betsey E. Swift.
AMOS BEAN, son of Josiah Bean, lived on the south side of the river above Bean's Corner. He married Huldah, daughter of Sam- uel Kimball, and was killed in quite early manhood, by a falling tree. Children :
i Humphrey, b. Jan. 22, 1802, m. Lydia Holt.
ii Samuel K:, b. March 4, 1804, m. Lucretia B. Frost.
iii Olive, b. Dec. 11, 1807, m. Thomas Jefferson Howard.
iv Elsie, b. Sept. 9, 1812, m. Daniel G. York.
LUTHER BEAN, son of Josiah, married Lydia, daughter of Samuel Kimball. He first settled on the Hutchins farm, then removed to Rumford and then to Milton Plantation, where he died. Children :
i Lucinda, b. Dec. 29, 1802, m. Hezekiah Hutchins.
ii Hannah, b. June 10, 1805, m. Amos Andrews.
iii Sybil B., b. March 27, 1806, m. Edward Stevens.
iv Lovina, b. Apr. 21, 1814.
V Stephen, b. May 4, 1809.
vi Emma, b. May 4, 1811, m. Gilman W. Farnum.
vii Maria, b. March 21, 1813, d. April 1, 1813.
viii Clark Kimball, b. Oct. 26, 1818.
ix Luther Dana, b. Dec. 25, 1820.
x Ann Maria, b. Oct. 28, 1822.
xi Edmund, b. Dec. 29, 1824.
xii Aaron, b. Oct. 28, 1826.
xiii Lewis, b. April 29, 1828.
xiv Franklin,.b. June 28, 1830, killed in the army.
EDMUND BEAN, son of Josiah, married Emma, daughter of Asa Kimball, Jr. He lived on a fine farm, on the south side of the river, above Bean's Corner. Children :
i Eliphaz, b. July 25, 1813, m. Sarah B. Farnum.
ii Zachariah H., b. Feb. 16, 1815, m. Emeline B. Farnum.
iii Phebe Kimball, b. Feb. 16, 1820, m. Benj. T. Brown.
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JOSHUA BEAN, son of Josiah, married Betsey, daughter of Reuben Bartlett. He lived on an interval farm near his brother Edmund. Children :
i Francis Cushman, b. Nov. - , 1815. He lives on the old homestead.
ii Mary C., b. May 23, 1818, m. Benjamin Estes.
iii Josiah, b. Apr. 28, 1820.
iv Reuben Bartlett, b. July 11, 1822, d. in the army, unmarried.
Phineas Frost, b. June 7, 1824.
vi Joshua, b. March 2, 1828, m. Mehitable Bartlett.
vii Lydia, b. Sept. 11, 1830.
viii Dolly Kimball, b. May 27. 1833.
JOHN BEAN married Hannah McGill of Standish. He lived in the lower part of Bethel and was the son of Jonathan Bean, Jr. Children :
i Fanny, b. Dec. 17, 1799.
ii Elmira, b. Oct. 27, 1801, m. Elijah Russell.
iii Nathan, b. March 15, 1804, m. Bathsheba Smith of Newry.
iv Lucy, b. March 16, 1806, m. Geo. W. Howard.
V Charlotte, b. Feb. 16, 1808, m. Chandler Duston.
vi Eleanor Eames, b. Dec. 16, 1809.
vii Mary, b. April 11, 1812.
viii Abigail Insly, b. July 25, 1814.
ix John, b. Dec. 3, 1816.
x Peter York, b. March 8, 1819, m. 1st, Rebecca Blake, 2d, Mary C. Glidden.
xi Salina, b. June 23, 1821, d. Sept. 26, 1823.
xii Sarah Shaw, b. July 25, 1823.
BENJAMIN BEAN married Priscilla Peabody of Gilead. He was the son of Jonathan Bean, Jr., and lived in Berlin, N. H., and Mason, Maine. Children :
i Lovel, b. Jan. 7, 1803, m. Sophia Coffin; issue.
ii Phebe, b. Feb. 26, 1805, m. Aaron Peabody ; no issue.
iii Asa, b. June 8, 1807, d. an infant.
iv Fletcher I., b. July 21, 1809, m. Betsey Coffin, r. Berlin, N. H .; issue.
v_ Insley, b. Apr. 3, 1812, r. Berlin, N. H. ; issue.
vi Polly, b. June 2, 1815, m. Greenleaf Coffin ; issue.
vii Amos. P., b. June 23, 1817, m. Roxanna Paine ; issue.
viii Eunice H., b. - , 1819.
ABIATHAR BEAN, son of Jonathan, married Persis Fogg. He lived in various parts of the town. Children :
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i Eliza, b. Jan. 3, 1817. ii Jonathan, b. Jan. 20, 1820, d. Sept. 21, 1820. iii Lydia, b. -. iv Thomas Carlisle, and probably others.
EBENEZER BEAN, son of Jonathan Bean, Jr., who married Clar- issa Newton of Andover, lived at West Bethel. Children :
i Jonathan Clark, b. Aug. 31, 1820.
ii Ebenezer, b. Feb. 15, 1823, d. young.
iii Clarissa N., b. Sept. 27, 1824, m. L. D. Ward.
iv Stephen, d. in the army.
V Addison S., b. - , r. West Bethel.
DANIEL BEAN, JR., married May 17, 1821, Betsey, daughter of Ithiel Smith of Newry. . He lived in Bethel a few years and then moved to the lake region and lived in what is now Upton. He died Feb. 14, 1882, and his widow, born January 20, 1796. died Oct. 10, 1868. When in Bethel he lived first on the Sanborn farm, the homestead of his father and grandfather, and then moved to Middle Interval, where he had a cabinet shop. Children :
i Norris, b. Bethei, Apr. 15, 1822, d. Aug. 25, 1823.
ii Peter Smith, b. Bethel, March 23, 1824, m. Eliza Carter.
iii Clarinda, b. Bethel, May 11, 1826, m. Oliver Richmond.
iv Albert D., b. Feb. 17, 1829, m. Susan Manning.
v Levi S., b. June 13, 1831, unmarried.
vi Daniel, b. Sept. 21, 1823, m. Maryana McNair.
vii Ithiel Smith, b. April 3, 1825, m. Helen Underhill.
EBENEZER BEAN, son of Daniel Bean, married Sept. 9, 1804, Eunice Kendall, who died March 16, 1825. He married second, Mary Holt. Children :
i Maria Kendall, ) d. May 5, 1828. twins, b. Feb. 18, 1805.
ii John Mareau, m. Mary Mason of Gilead.
iii Anna, m. Lawson Mason.
twins, b. Oct. 30, 1806.
iv Amasa, m. Sarah B. Twitchell.
V Ebenezer Shaw, b. July 28, 1808.
vi Daniel Freeman, b. Feb. 21, 1810, m. Polly Patch Wight.
vii Bezaleel Kendall, b. Apr. 7, 1812, m. Julia Scribner.
viii Abiah, b. June 30, 1814, m. Tilton Bennett.
ix Lidania, b. April 5, 1816, m. Rufus Skillings.
x Eunice E., b. June 12, 1820, m. Clark Coffin. By second wife :
xi Andrew Crawford, b. Nov. 30, 1828, m. Mary Brown.
xii Mary, b. Aug. 3, 1830, m. - Pingree.
xiii Jane, b. Feb. 28, 1832.
. xiv Ephraim H., b. March 8, 1834, m. - Johnson.
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JUSTUS BEAN, son of Daniel, married Sally Rumney, who was born in Lubec, July 17, 1797, and died January 8, 1874. He was a cooper and farmer. Children :
i Barbara Ann, b. Nov. 1, 1815. m. Seth Wight, Jr.
ii Elizabeth Clark, b. Aug. 27, 1820, m. Leonard Farewell.
iii Isabel M. B. A., b. Nov. 15, 1822, m. Sylvanus Mason.
iv Sarah Abigail, b. May 2, 1824, m. Gilman Farewell.
V Rebecca M., b. Feb. 25, 1826.
vi Spencer Drake, b. May 1, 1827, m. Mary Smith.
vii William Render, b. March 15, 1829, m. Judith R. Glines.
viii Lydia Alfreda, b. March 19, 1830, m. Dr. Wm. Williamson.
ix Stephen Jarvis C., b. Nov. 29, 1833, m. Maria Kendall.
x Charles Laforest, b. March 11, 1836, m. Isabel Lane.
xi Justus Elmore, b. Apr. 29, 1840.
KIMBALL BEAN, son of Timothy Bean, married Lovina Powers, and second. Maria H. Russell. Children :
i George. b. Nov. 28, 1818. ii James C., b. Feb. 23, 1820. iii Charles: H., b. Feb. 20. 1823. iv Hannah, b. Feb. 21, 1825, d. Nov. 14, 1842. v Abigail, b. Apr. 21, 1827. vi Caroline, b. Apr. 29, 1830. vii Mary Ann, b. Feb. 7, 1832. By second wife: viii Eliza Perry, b. Oct. 17, 1837. ix: John Dustin, b. Feb. 16, 1842.
VIER BEAN, son of Timothy Bean, married first - -, and second, Rebecca Gossam. Children :
i Emery, b. Sept. 22. 1826. ii Vier, b. March 1, 1829. iii Amos, b. Feb. 24. 1831. By second wife: iv Jarvis Wesley, b. June 17, 1840. v Jedediah Kimball, b. July 27, 1843.
GEORGE W. BEAN, son of Kimball Bean, married Mary Ann, daughter of Isaac Estes. He died in the army and his widow mar- ried Daniel Cummings of Albany. Children :
i Fanny M., b. March 18, 1839, m. Phineas W. Abbot.
ii Benjamin W., b. Nov. 8, 1841, m. Sarah Sweat ; both dead.
iii Sylvanus M., b. Sept. 28, 1843.
iv Emery I., b. June 13, 1850.
V Charles W., b. Aug. 24, 1857.
HUMPHREY BEAN, son of Amos and Huldah (Kimball) Bean, lived on the south side of the river, on part of his father's home- stead. He married June 9, 1832, Lydia Holt. He died Nov. 14, 1884. Children :
i Christopher Columbus, b. Jan. I', 1833, m. Melinda L. Needham.
ii Elohe V., b. May 28, 1835, m. 1855, Jotham S. Lane.
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iii Iliram Holt, b. Feb. 27, 1838, m. 2d, Rosilla H. Howe.
iv Farman L., b. Nov. 30, 1844, d. Dec. 20, 1862.
v Adesto F., b. May 27, 1848, m. F. J. Russell.
vi Alfonso W., b. Jan. 21, 1852, m. Clara Holt.
ELIPHAZ C. BEAN, (see page 361) son of Edmund Bean, married Sarah B., daughter of David H. Farnum of Rumford. Children :
i Loretta P., b. Sept. 9, 1839, m. James O. Brownl.
ii Emma Maria, b. July 20, 1841, m. Edmund Merrill, Jr.
iii Freeborn G., b. May 25, 1844. He served in the late war, and after coming home, he was drowned in Portland Harbor, Aug. 3, 1873. iv Edmund D., b. Aug. 17, 1855, n. Imogene Perry.
V Fred C., b. March 28, 1858, married May 11, 1884, Tavis, daughter of Henry R. Bartlett, and has :
1 Lester F., b. March 11, 1885.
"ZACHARIAH HANNAFORD BEAN, son of Edmund Bean, married January 17, 1841, Emeline Bartlett, daughter of Hall Farnum of Rumford. He is a farmer and resides on part of the Josiah Bean homestead. Children :
i Infant, b. Sept. 30, 1842, d. Oct. 1, 1842.
ii Catharine Maria, b. Sept. 16, 1843, m. Humphrey B. Holt.
iii Frances Kimball, b. March 25, 1846, m. Arthur M. Bean.
iv Sarah Ellen, b. Jan. 1, 1849, in. James Frank Rich.
v Emma Etta, b. Oct. 7, 1856, d. Aug. 13, 1857.
JOHN MAREAN BEAN, son of Ebenezer Bean, married Mary Mason of Gilead. On Bethel records are the names of the following Children :
i Alphonso F., b, Nov. 22, 1830, m. Lucretia Bean.
ii Mary A., b. Oct. 11, 1833.
PETER SMITH BEAN, son of Daniel Bean, Jr., married Oct. 15, 1849, Eliza C. Carter, who was born June 20, 1827. He was a soldier in the late war and now resides at Cadott, Chippewa county, Wisconsin. He is much interested in old-time affairs and his sketches of Bethel, Grafton and the lake region, published in the Oxford county papers, have excited much local interest. Children :
i Edwin C., b. July 27, 1850, m. Henrietta
ii Clarinda, b. March 27, 1852, m. David Dierck.
iii - A., b. Oct. 14, 1853, m. Hobart Middlebrook.
iv Marian F., b. Oct. 25, 1856, m. Mary Banker.
v Charles W., b. Jan. 23, 1858, m. Louise Allen.
vi Nellie A., b. July 20, 1860, m. Zanello Lovell.
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vii Peter N., b. Feb. 11, 1863, m. Gertie Lee.
viii William L., b. March 17, 1866, unmarried.
ix Wallace E., b. March 27, 1868, d. Aug. 20, 1880.
BEZALEEL KENDALL BEAN, son of Ebenezer Bean, is a mill- wright, and now lives in Gilead. He married in 1833, Julia Ann Scribner of Harrison. He has resided in Bethel, Bath, Gilead, Albany, Mason, Masardis and Gorham, N. H. Children :
i John Edward, b. Nov. 3, 1833, m. Octavia P. Bennett.
ii Prescott, b. July 11, 1835, d. Feb. 28, 1839.
iii Barzelia K., b. Apr. 9, 1837, m. Cordelia Goodenow.
iv Ann R., b. Dec. 29, 1838, m. Charles S. Whitney.
v Eunice E., b. Aug. 1, 1841, m. Joseph Gallagher.
vi Henry E., b. Oct. 23, 1843, m. Eliza Bennett.
vii Nathaniel. b. June 10. 1845, d. Oct. 5, following.
viii William M., b. Aug. 15, 1846, m. Louisa Gammon.
ix Armina G., b. Sept. 30, 1848, d. Aug. 1, 1863.
x Melena M., b. Apr. 14, 1850, m. Chas. Morgan.
xi M. Caroline, b. March 12, 1853, m. Geo. H. Goodenow.
xii Charles M., b. June 20, 1854.
xiii Reuel, b. July 29, 1855, d. Oct. 20, 1857.
xiv Augusta, b. Oct. 9, 1856, m. Reuben Howes.
XV Nathaniel B., b. Feb. 28, 1859, m. Emma Tripp.
xvi Frank L., b. June 14, 1862, m. Marian Thomas.
DANIEL FREEMAN BEAN, son of Ebenezer Bean, married April 7, 1840, Polly Patch, daughter of Ephraim and Susanna (Patch) Wight of Gilead, who died March 7, 1888. He is a farmer at West Bethel. Children :
i La Roy S., b. Jan. 14, 1841, m. Adelaide Howard; d. Aug. 20, 1887.
ii Emily J., b. Feb. 22, 1843, d. Aug. 9, 1887.
iii Alpheus S., b. Feb. 18, 1845, m. Lucinda E. Mason.
iv Fanny E., b. JJan. 15, 1848, m. Thomas B. Morrill of Boston.
V Susan E., b. Sept. 4, 1849, m. Fred W. Perkins of Boston.
vi Daniel F., b. Aug. 22, 1852.
ALPHEUS S. BEAN, son of Daniel F. Bean, a merchant and lum- berman at West Bethel, an active and successful business man, married Nov. 14, 1871, Lucinda E., daughter of Moses and Martha Mason of Gilead. They have no children :
HIRAM HOLT BEAN, son of Humphrey Bean, lives on part of the old homestead. He married first, Sept. 27, 1866, Ellen M. Davis of Minot, and second, Feb. 3d, 1880, Rosilla, daughter of Calvin Howe of Rumford. Children :
i Edward L., b. Nov. 7, 1869. ii Chester H., b. July 12, 1885.
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BARZELIA K. BEAN, son of Bezaleel K. Bean, resides at West Bethel and is a farmer. He married July 9, 1859, Lois Cordelia, daughter of Henry Goodenow, who was born in Bethel, July 16, 1839. Children :
i Melissa Estelle, b. June 10, 1860, d. Feb. 17, 1862.
ii Willie Lester, b. Apr. 4, 1864, d. Dec. 31, following.
iii Mabel Maude, b. Aug. 26, 1867.
iv Fred Thompson, b. Jan. 26, 1873, d. Sept. 14, 1873.
V Rosa Caroline, b. Apr. 8, 1877.
WILLIAM RENDER BEAN, son of Justus Bean, married July 6, 1851, Judith R., daughter of Timothy Glines, who was born July 17, 1831. He is a farmer and lives below Middle Interval. Children :
i Alfred W., b. Sept. 19, 1852, m. Charlotte McCrae.
ii Alice M., b. Dec. 24, 1860, m. Oscar F. Swan.
NATHAN BEAN, son of Peter Y. Bean, married Rose M., daugh- ter of John E. Farewell. He lives at Bethel Hill. Children :
i Cora M., b. Jan. 22, 1870. ii William C., b. Nov. 10, 1871. iii Alice M., b. Dec. 8, 1873. iv Infant, b. Aug. 5, 1878, d. unnamed. v Percy S., b. Jan. 26, 1885, d. Apr. 7, 1889.
AMASA BEAN, son of Ebenezer Bean, married Sarah B. Twitchell. Children :
i Amy E. Perry, b. Oct. 29, 1835. ii Julia Ann G., b. Feb. 28, 1837. iii Sarah Jane A., b. Sept. 16, 1839. iv Peter Twitchell, b. Dec. 3, 1841.
JESSE BEAN, of no relation to the Jonathan Bean race, but a descendant of Lewis Bean or Bane of York, came here from Water- boro, Me. His wife was Rhoda Coffin. Children :
i
Meliitable, b. Nov. 3, 1793, m. Perkins Moulton.
ii Elihu, b. May 30, 1796, m. Ist, Abigail Grover, 2d, Mary (Abbot) Eames.
iii Deidamia, b. May 13, 1798, m. Nathaniel J. Moulton.
iv Eliphaz, b. July 13, 1808, m. Mary Beattie.
ELIHU BEAN son of Jesse, married Abigail, daughter of Jedediah Grover, and second, the widow of Nathan Eames. Children :
i Leander Gage, b. Sept. 4, 1821, d. July 31, 1827.
ii Alcander Harmon, b. June 17, 1824, drowned Aug. 17, 1844.
iii Gilman Philander, b. Dec. 23, 1825, m. 1st, Sept. 9, 1851, Amanda M. Whitney, 2d, Feb. 26, 1875, Abbie G. Cross. He is a trader at Bethel Hill; has been prominent in town affairs and is now Post-
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master. He still owns the Bean homestead near West Bethel, where he was formerly engaged in farming. He has had :
1
Arthur G., b. March 6, 1853, d. Sept. 12, following.
iv Lucretia A., b. Aug. 12, 1831, m. Alphonzo F. Bean. 2 Arthur G., b. Dec. 31, 1856, d. Sept. 16, 1863.
ELIPHAZ BEAN, son of Jesse Bean, married Mary Beattie. Children :
i Jesse Albert, b. June 10, 1833, d. Sept. 6, 1837.
ii James P., b. May 6, 1836, d. Sept. 1, 1838.
iii Rhoda V., b. Dec. 16, 1839, d. Aug. 26, 1843.
iv Alma Frances, b. Jan. 1, 1843.
BEATTIE. €
James Beattie was born in Londonderry, Ireland, March 10, 1772. When seventeen years of age, he came to Freehold, New Jersey, and three years later to Bethel. He came here as the agent of Charles Bostic, who then owned the township since called Newry. In 1796 he returned to New Jersey and married Polly Patterson, who was born in Freehold, Feb. 14, 1782. He settled in Bethel, afterward went to Newry and built mills, and in 1815, he returned to Bethel and settled at Middle Interval, on the Joshua Chase farm. He died March 10, 1822. His widow died Aug. 7, 1862. Children :
i Lydia, b. Jan. 11, 1798.
ii John, b. Sept. 26, 1799, m. Ist, Hepsibah Brown; 2d, Ann S. Jordan.
iii Eleanor, b. Oct. 4, 1802, m. Moses Bisbee.
iv Eliza, b. Dec. 16, 1804, m. S. W. Green.
V James, b. March 8, 1807, m. Eliza Grant of Kennebunk.
vi Mary, b. July 31, 1809, m. Eliphaz C. Bean of West Bethel.
vii Patterson, b. Dec. 18, 1811, m. Polly Holt.
viii Nancy, b. Apr. 13, 1815, m. William Burnell.
ix Rosannah, b. Nov. 8, 1817, m. John Burnell.
x Rebecca, b. Apr. 26, 1820, m. William Farrington.
JOHN BEATTIE, son of the preceding, lived many years at Middle Interval, and then in 1864, moved to Grafton. In advanced life he became a convert to the Mormon doctrine and went to Utah, where he died. His first wife, Hepsibah Brown, died in Aug., 1861, and he married Anna S. Jordan, who went with him to Utah.
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