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(VI) David, son of Samuel (3) Manning, was born in Windham, January 14, 1726-27 He married (first), in Sharon, Connecticut, August 1, 1751, Anne, daughter of David Hamilton, formerly of Lebanon, and a man of prominence in Sharon. He married (second).
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before 1768, Miriam Simonson, who survived him, and after his death lived with her son Ripley in Owego, New York. She died there June 7, 1808, aged seventy-three years. He was in Sharon at the time of his marriage, and again in 1768, but his whereabouts between those dates is uncertain. For several years after 1768 he continued to live in Sharon, and in 1794 removed to Lisle, Broome county, New York, where he died September 29, 1807. In 1758, in the French and Indian war, he was a soklier under Captain Samuel Elmer (or El- more), with the Connecticut troops, from June 3 to October 27. Children, order of birth not known: Joseph, living in 1789; John, living in 1791 ; Sarah, married, at Sharon, February 10, 1777, Samuel Sackett ; David, about 1759, men- tioned below ; Anna, about 1762; Ripley, bap- tized September 1I, 1768; Eunice, July 31, 1776.
(VII) Major David (2) Manning, son of David (1) Manning, was born about 1759, lied at Manningville, in Lisle, Broome county, New York, 1816. He married (first ) in that part of Woodbury, Connecticut, now called Southbury, October 6, 1785, Lucy Peck. He married (second) Anne, daughter of Colonel Giles and Anne Thomas Jackson, born May 15, 1761, died August 5, 1847. He was a soldier in the revolution and his name appears on fourteen different muster or pay rolls. His service was as follows: From April to Sep- tember 21, 1775, Colonel Benjamin Hinman's regiment, sent to secure Ticonderoga and Crown Point from recapture; 1776, Colonel Charles Burrell's regiment, Captain David Downs' com- pany, served in the Northern Department, to reënforce the troops besieging Quebec under Benedict Arnold; January 1, 1777, to Decem- ber 31, 1779, Colonel Joseph Vose's regiment, Captain Moses Ashley's company. During his service under Captain Downs in 1776, his com- pany was in an engagement at the Cedars, about forty miles from Montreal, May 19, and nearly the whole company was captured by the British. Of this number, David Manning was one. He continued in service as late as Janu- ary 25, 1780, but how much longer is not known. After the war he lived for several years in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. From January, 1793, to 1795, he was brigade major of the Ninth Berkshire Division of the state militia of Massachusetts. In 1795 he removed to Lisle, Broome county, New York, where he spent the remainder of his life. Child of first
wife: Lucy Peck, born November 5, 1786, Stockbridge. Children of second wife, born at Stockbridge: Sophronia, June 15, 1789; Charles Giles, 1790; John Jackson, April 2, 1792; David Ripley, September 20, 1795, men- tioned below ; Nancy, 1797 ; Abigail, March 12, 1800, Lisle ; George, about 1801, died April 14, 1804: Mary Anne, August 5, 1805, died Au- gust 15, 1810.
(VIII) David Ripley, son of Major David (2) Manning, was born September 20, 1795, at Lisle, New York, died January 25, 1861, at Manningville. He married, December 25, 1827, Caroline, daughter of Andrew and Melissa Shaw, born 1810, died June 22, 1848. He lived in Lisle and Manningville. Children, born in Lisle: George Jackson, March 8, 1829; Anne Melissa, October 5, 1831 : Andrew Shaw, December 17, 1834, mentioned below ; Nancy, May 21, 1837 : Helen Sophia, January 20, 1841 ; Caroline Elizabeth, October 1, 1843.
(IX) Andrew Shaw, son of David Ripley Manning, was born in Lisle, New York, De- cember 17, 1834. He married, at Yorkshire, New York, January 2, 1873, Arestine Edwards. He lives at Auburn, New York, and is engaged in commercial pursuits. Children : Anna Eliz- abeth, born May 22. 1875, married John M. Miller ( see Miller V) ; John Ripley, May 5, 1877, at Lisle ; David Burr, October 13, 1878. at Lisle; George Radcliffe, June 16, 1888, at Auburn.
This name appears in twenty- KINGMAN five different forms, the earli- est mention being in 1418. One of the Kingmans was deputized by a king to take the monarch's treasure from the city to his country mansion in the year 1418. It is supposed from this that they must have been employes of the royal household of Henry V. They occupied positions as high sheriff, rector, and bishop of the Church of England. Many of them were wealthy "lords of the manor," as they were called in that country.
(1) Henry Kingman, the ancestor of all the Kingmans in the United States, sailed with his family from Weymouth, England, March 20, 1635, and landed at Weymouth, Massachusetts, May 6, 1635. The vessel was forty-six days on its voyage. He was admitted a freeman March 3, 1635-36 ; was licensed March 3, 1635- 36, to keep the ferry at Weymouth during the pleasure of the general court, and was author- ized March 12. 1635-37. "to take two pence a
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peece for transportation of people" across it ; was licensed June 6, 1637, to keep a house of entertainment at Weymouth ; was a grand juror in 1637, deputy from 1638 to 1652, and com- mittee to lay out highways in 1649. His wife, Joanna, died April 11, 1659, aged sixty-three years. His will is dated May 24, 1667. The exact date of his death is not known, but his will was admitted to probate July 31, 1667, two months after it was executed, and he prob- ably died in July, 1667. The will says he was aged seventy-four years, or thereabouts. Chil- dren of Henry and Joanna Kingman : Edward, born 1619; Joanna, 1624; Anne, 1626; Thomas, 1628; John, of whom further ; Henry, died at Weymouth, Massachusetts, 1660 ; Bridget, mar- ried, December 13, 1649, Tobias Davis, of Roxbury, Massachusetts. The five first named were born in England, the others in Weymouth, Massachusetts.
(II) John, son of Henry and Joanna King- man, was born in England, in 1633. He is mentioned in his father's will, May 24, 1667. He was a freeman in 1666. He removed from Wey- mouth to Bridgewater, Massachusetts, about 1685, and settled on a farm which was after- ward occupied by Caleb Kingman, where he died in 1690. He married Elizabeth Children, all born at Weymouth, Massachu- setts : John, April 30, 1664; Henry, May II, 1668; Samuel, of whom further ; Elizabeth, July 9, 1673, married Thomas Mitchell; Deliver- ance, March 12, 1676, married Jacob Mitch- ell; Susanna, March, 1678, died soon after- ward; Susanna, April 12, 1679, married Chil- ton Latham.
(III) Samuel, son of John and Elizabeth Kingman, was born at Weymouth, Massachu- setts, May 28, 1670. He married, at Bridge- water, Massachusetts, January 1, 1696, Mary, daughter of Jacob Mitchell. His will of 1740 was proved in 1742, naming a widow, Hannah, probably a second wife, and perhaps she was married (second), in 1751, to John Wade. Chil- dren of Samuel Kingman, all born at Bridge- water, Massachusetts: Susanna, 1697, married Solomon Packard; John, 1699; Joanna, 1701, married Akerman Pettingill; Jane, 1704, mar- ried Isaac Kingman ; Mary, 1706, married Ben- jamin Vickery ; Samuel, of whom further.
(IV) Samuel (2), son of Samuel ( 1) King- man, was born at Bridgewater, Massachusetts, May 13. 1710. He married, February 3, 1737, Phoebe Washburn, of Kingston, Massachusetts.
He removed to Canaan, Connecticut, some time after 1742. Children, first three born at Bridge- water: Eunice, December 29, 1737; Hannah, October 22, 1740, married Charles Richardson : Phoebe, August 5. 1742: Mitchell, of whom further ; Samuel, born perhaps at Salem, Massa- chusetts, died at Stonington, Connecticut ; Jo- seph, born 1753, at Canaan, Connecticut.
(V) Mitchell, son of Samuel (2) and Phœbe (Washburn) Kingman, was born in 1744. His birthplace is supposed to have been Canaan, Connecticut. In the Connecticut Historical Society Collections, vol. 8, Revolutionary Rolls, it is stated that Mitchell Kingman enlisted at Wethersfield in Colonel Chester's Sixth Regi- ment. Captain Wells' company, in the revolu- tionary war. He then lived at Wethersfield. In 1781 he lived at Sheffield, Massachusetts. and in 1783 at Rutland, Vermont. In the United States census of 1790 his name appears as a resident of Sheffield, with his wife, four sons, and one daughter. He lived at Addi- son, Vermont, as late as November, 1812, in which year he removed to Cincinnatus, Cort- land county, New York, where he died October 22, 1819, aged seventy-five years, and where his wife died April 18, 1835, aged eighty-five years six months. He married, at Killing- worth, Connecticut, in 1770, Keturah, daugh- ter of John and Anna (Grimes) Latimer, of Wethersfield, Connecticut. She was born at Wethersfield, November 22, 1748. Children : I. John, of further mention. 2. Hannah, born 1772, at Wethersfield, Connecticut ; married Luther Ferre ; died November 24, 1832. 3. Phoebe, married (first) - Carpenter, (sec- ond) Gamaliel Case. 4. Mitchell, born at Wethersfield. Connecticut, died September 6, 1863. 5. Huldah, born at Sheffield, Massachu- setts, March 13, 1781, died in 1819. 6. George Washburn, born at Rutland, Vermont, Septem- ber 12, 1783, died in 1867, aged eighty-four years. 7. Justus. 8. Polly, married Amos Pangburn. 9. Harriet, born 1795, married Aaron Root.
(VI) Colonel Jolin Kingman, son of Mitchell and Keturah (Latimer) Kingman, was born at Wethersfield, Connecticut, October 5, 1770. He lived at Lenox until 1798, when with his wife and two sons he removed to Cincinnatus. Cortland county, New York, driving through the woods with a horse and cutter, and settled on a piece of fifteen acres of land in the woods. He made subsequent purchases until he had
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obtained one hundred and fifty acres. He built the first store and schoolhouse, and kept the first inn at Cincinnatus. In a military capacity he was at first a second corporal ; in 1804 he was captain in Lieutenant-Colonel James Knapp's Onondaga county regiment of infantry ; in 1808 he was major commandant of a battalion set off from the regiment of militia commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Knapp; April 13, 1812, he was assigned to the colonelcy of the One Hun- dred and Twenty-fourth Regiment, Thirty- sixth Brigade of Infantry, which he organized. He resigned his commission in 1814. Colonel Kingman held various town offices, and was supervisor of the town of Cincinnatus for eleven successive years from 1808 to 1819, inclusive. He died January 30, 1859. He married, at Lenox, Massachusetts, February 12, 1795, Miriam, born at Lenox, August 9, 1772, died at Cincinnatus, December 8, 1854, daughter of Oliver and Sarah (Wilson ) Isbell. Children, the first two born at Lenox, the others at Cincinnatus: 1. Oliver, born Novem- ber 10, 1795. 2. John, October 13, 1797. 3. Charles, March 6, 1800. 4. Lyman, May 4, 1802. 5. George Isbell, September 5, 1804, died December 23, 1863. 6. LeRoy Wilson, of whom further. 7. Harriet, June 24, 1810, died April 8, 1841. 8. Alonzo, April 27, 1812, died December 2, 1832. 9. Betsy, December 12, 1815, married Dr. Franklin Thompson May- bury ; she died March 6, 1887.
(VII) LeRoy Wilson, son of Colonel John and Miriam ( Isbell) Kingman, was born at Cincinnatus, New York, August 9, 1808. He was a merchant at Speedsville, New York, where he was a justice of the peace, and post- master from February 5, 1835, to December 21, 1848. He lived there until 1849, when he removed with his family to Owego, New York, where he died March 2, 1861. He was clerk of Tioga county two terms from 1853 to 1859. He was elected a vestryman of St. Paul's Epis- copal Church in 1844 and served until his death. He married, May 8, 1837, Maria, born in Spencer, Massachusetts, June 14, 1813, died in Owego, March 26, 1901, daughter of Colo- nel William and Sally (Loring) Livermore, of Spencer, Massachusetts. Children : I. LeRoy Wilson, of whom further. 2. William Liver- more, born at Speedsville, New York, Febru- arv 1, 1842. 3. Stella Maria, born at Speeds- ville, New York, May 16, 1845, married Henry Campbell. 4. Emily Loring, born at Owego, New York, July 24. 1855. 5. Helen Elizabeth,
born at Owego, New York, November 13, 1860, married Charles Kirk Eastwood.
(VIII) LeRoy Wilson (2), son of LeRoy Wilson (I) and Maria (Livermore) Kingman, was born March 15, 1840, at Speedsville, New York, and removed with his parents to Owego, New York, in 1849. He afterward lived in New York City, where he held a clerkship in the United States Express Company's office at 82 Broadway. In 1870 he became associate editor and proprietor of the Owego Gazette, and in 1880 sole proprietor. In 1901 the Owego Gazette Company was formed, of which he was chosen president, and he has since con- tinned as editor of the paper and business manager of the company. He married, De- cember 22, 1867, Clara Eugenia, born in New York, November 21, 1845, died in Owego, No- vember 30, 1885, daughter of Carl A. and Clara (Ordronaux) Molau. Children : 1. Will- iam Livermore (2), born in Eighty-fifth street, New York City, November 7, 1868. 2. Charles Molau, born at 221 East One Hundred and Twelfth street, New York City, May 24, 1870; married, September 9, 1899, Cornelia May, daughter of William H. and Hannah Rector, of Owego; she was born at McClure Settle- ment. Broome county, New York, May 25, 1875; children : Charles Molau Jr., born at Owego, October 1, 1900, and Paul LeRoy, born at Oneida, New York, December 6, 1903; they live at Oneida. 3. John Ordronaux, born at Owego, May 9, 1873, died December 12, 1873. 4. LeRoy, born at Owego, May 1, 1874. 5. Henry Ernst, born at Owego, August 31, 1875 ; married. June 19, 1906, Louise Delphine, daugh- ter of Dr. Charles L. and Marietta (Archi- bald) Stiles, of Owego. 6. Oliver, born at Owego, February 10, 1877; educated at Owego Academy, from which he was graduated in 1899: Hobart College, graduating in 1902 ; and the General Theological Seminary in New York City, from which he was graduated in 1908; he was ordained deacon at Trinity Epis- copal Church, Elmira, New York, June 14, 1908, and to the priesthood at Grace Church, Utica, New York, December 22, 1908; is now (19II) rector of St. Paul's Church, Holland Patent, New York. 7. Wyatt, born at Owego, July 21, 1880; graduated from Hobart Col- lege, 1904: now (1911) conducting an assay- ing office and chemical laboratory at Valdez, Alaska. 8. Miriam, born at Owego, January 6, 1882. 9. Maria, born at Owego. April 5, 1883, died August 20. 1883.
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SANFORD The Sanford family of Eng- land and America is descend- ed from Thomas de Sanford, a Norman follower of William the Conqueror. His name appears in the Battle Abbey Roll. He held the manors of Sanford and Rothal, and the former manor is still in possession of descendants. Coat-of-arms : Quarterly first and fourth per chevron sable and ermine in chief two boars' heads couped close or, second and third quarterly per fesse indented azure and ermine. Crest : A falcon with wings endorsed preying on a partridge proper. Motto: Vec temere nec timide.
(I) Thomas Sanford, the immigrant ances- tor, was probably the son of Anthony and Joan Sanford, of Stratford, and grandson of Rauf of Stow, Gloucestershire, England. He was born in England, about 1610, and died in Octo- ber, 1681. He came to Boston, Massachusetts, in 1631, and was in Dorchester in 1634. and in Milford in 1639. He married (second) Sarah , who died in 1681. He left an estate of £450. Children : Ezekiel, born 1635 ; Sarah, 1637; Mary, January 16, 1641 ; Samuel, April 30, 1643 ; Thomas, December, 1644; Ephraim, mentioned below : Elizabeth, August 27, 1648.
(II) Ephraim, son of Thomas Sanford, was born May 17, 1646, and settled at Milford. Connecticut, where he died. He was a witness to the will of Benjamin Fenn, of Dorchester and Milford, in 1672. He married, in 1669, at New Haven, Mary Powell, daughter of Thomas. His estate was divided by the court November 16, 1692, among the widow and children. Children : Samuel, mentioned below ; Ephraim, Thomas, Nathaniel and Zachariah.
(III) Samuel, son of Ephraim Sanford, was born at Milford, May 9, 1674, and died there in 1749. He married, November, 1695, Han- nah Baldwin, born July 11, 1674, died January 14. 1726; (second) Esther, widow of Deacon Nathaniel Parmelee, of Killingsworth, Con- necticut. His first wife was admitted to the church May 19, 1697, and he was admitted May 15, 1698. His will, dated October 21, 1742, proved August 5, 1749, bequeathed to wife and children. Children, by first marriage : Hannah, born June 25, 1696; Samuel, May 29, 1698; Joseph, mentioned below: Mary, born July 5, 1702 ; Jonathan, July 13, 1704; Stephen, November 20, 1706; David, May 2, 1708, died 1708; David, September 8, 1709: Esther, No- vember 9, 1711; Abigail, October 14, 1714; Elizabeth, December 13, 1716.
(IV) Joseph, son of Samuel Sanford, was born about 1710. He settled in Litchfield, Connecticut, and married Mary, daughter of Joseph Clark; she was born March, 1704, at Milford, and died September 9, 1766. He was a member of the colonial legislature several times, and captain of the militia. He had his home on Prospect Hill. It is said that he start- ed the first dry goods store in Litchfield. Chil- dren : Hannah, born July 23, 1729 ; Sarah, July 28, 1731, died July 30, 1731 ; Oliver, born Au- gust 22, 1732; Jonah, August 1, 1735; Mary, October 4, 1739; Joseph, mentioned below.
(V) Captain Joseph (2) Sanford, son of Joseph (1) Sanford, was born in Milford, July 28, 1745, and died December 13, 1813, at South Farms, Connecticut (now Morris). He mar- ried, March 7, 1769, Mehitable Young, of Long Island, who died at South Farms, March II. 1835. He was a farmer. He served in the revolution ; he was lieutenant of Third com- pany, trainband, of Norwich, Connecticut, June 10, 1761, in the Third regiment of the colony ; on May 9 and June 3, 1765, he was quarter- master of the second troop of horse, and was made lieutenant by the assembly. On June 8. 1778, he was captain of the Eleventh company, trainband, in the Thirteenth regiment of the state. He was in service also at Peekskill with the main army in New York. Children, born in Litchfield: Stephen, January 12, 1770, died April 22, 1772 : Mehitable, March 6, 1771, died April 15, 1772; Joseph, born March. 15, 1773: Olive, November 3, 1774; Stephen, September 6, 1776; Edmund, mentioned below; Ozias, August 24, 1784; Clarissa, January 19, 1786.
(VI) Edmund, son of Captain Joseph (2) . Sanford, was born in Litchfield, October 25. 1781, and died at Sherburne, New York, Janu- ary 9. 1860. He married ( first ), June 7, 1804. Sarah Lynde; (second), 1844, Betsey Sheldon. They settled first in Herkimer, and later in Sherburne, New York. Children, by first wife : Caroline Amelia, born March 22, 1805 : Charles Watson, November 17, 1806; Edmund Jr .. January 1, 1809; Sarah Eliza, February 17. 1810: Horatio Wolcott, January 21, 1813; Sid- ney Dwight, mentioned below.
(VII) Sidney Dwight, son of Edmund San- ford, was born February 16, 1819, at Sher- burne, and died there April 15, 1906. He was a farmer. He was a capitalist, being a director of the Sherburne National Bank. In politics he was a Republican. He was a well known and wealthy citizen of Sherburne. He mar-
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ried, September 12, 1843, Margaret Jones, born in Schenectady, New York, March 25, 1822, died at Sherburne, February 2, 1911, daughter of David and Margaret (De Graff) Jones. Children : Charles Horatio, mentioned below ; Caroline Eliza, born February 28, 1858, mar- ried, June 9, 1887, Dr. Orrin Augustus Gorton, who is a retired physician at Sherburne, and their children are : Caroline Sanford, born June 5, 1888, and Charles Warren, July 6, 1891.
(VIII) Charles Horatio, son of Sidney Dwight Sanford, was born in Sherburne, New York, June 10, 1844, and died January 3, 1884, as the result of an accident. He was changing cars at Earlville for Syracuse, and in some way slipped from the station platform between the cars, receiving a severe cut on his forehead, and having his hand and arm run over by two coaches. The shock of it proved too severe and resulted in his death.
Charles H1. Sanford received a public school education. He then worked as clerk for the Sherburne National Bank, and after a trip to Europe entered the hardware business with Walter F. Blanchard, as Sanford & Blanchard. Later J. P. Wilbur succeeded Mr. Blanchard, and the firm name became Sanford & Wilbur. After some time Mr. Sanford had the whole business, and under his good management a fine store has been built up, and he became one of the foremost men of the place. He was chosen town auditor. Through his influence a high standard has been kept up in the fire department, as he saw the need of good service in this particular. In religion he was an Epis- copalian. Ile married, September 11, 1867, Marion A. Blanchard, born in Hamilton, New York, August 18, 1844, died in Sherburne, De- cember 14, 1908, daughter of Walter Frank- lin and Amanda ( Williams) Blanchard. Wal- ter F. Blanchard was born at Stockbridge, Massachusetts, and was a manufacturer of sashes and blinds : although he was unfortunate in having two factories burned down, he was successful in his business, and was one of the well-to-do men of the town. Child of Charles 11. Sanford: Walter S., mentioned below.
(IX) Walter Sidney, son of Charles H. Sanford, was born in Sherburne, Chenango county. New York, November 1, 1877. He attended the public schools of his native town and the Hotchkiss School at Lakeville, Litch- field county, Connecticut. He entered Yale College, from which he was graduated with the degree of bachelor of arts in the class of
1900. He has been in the banking business practically all the time since he graduated, and has been cashier of the Sherburne National Bank since 1905, and he is also a director. He has taken an active and responsible part in public affairs, and served as trustee of the incorporated village of Sherburne for two years and also as president. He is a communi- cant of Christ's Protestant Episcopal Church, of which he is one of the wardens and trustees. He is a member of the Zeta Psi college frater- nity. In politics he is a Republican.
He married, July 21, 1908, Grace Gladding, of Norwich, New York, born May 8, 1882, daughter of Judge Albert F. and Grace (Van Etten) Gladding. They have no children.
BEACH There were three immigrants of the name of Beach under Colony Records of 1639 among the set- tlers of the New Haven colony-Richard, John and Thomas-and the evidence that they were brothers appears conclusive. Richard Beach came from London in 1635 in the ship "Eliza- beth and Ann," Captain Robert Cooper, and settled as early as 1639 in New Haven; he owned a house and lot there, February 7, 1643, and in 1645 married the widow of Andrew Hull. Thomas Beach, proven by the records of New Haven to have been a brother of Rich- ard, was in New Haven before March 7, 1647, when he took the oath of fidelity. He removed to Milford and is said to have lived for a time in Wallingford, but returned to Milford be- fore his death in 1662. He was the ancestor of the Hartford Beaches.
(I) John Beach is first on record in New Haven colony in 1643, when he is fined "two shillings for twice late coming," and another two shillings for "defeet gun." Richard Beach appears earlier in 1643. John Beach became a householder in 1647. The last entry concern- ing him in the New Haven colony is "John Beach came to Stratford and bought his first land May 21, 1660, of Ensign Bryan of Mil- ford, one house lot, two acres: he had then a wife and two children." In January, 1671, he was made an auctioneer by the following vote: "John Beach was chosen crier for the town, and to be allowed four pence for everything he eries, that is to say for all sort of cattle and all other things of smaller value, two years." He was a large landowner in Wallingford, Connecticut, also. He married, in 1650, Mary Children: 1. Elizabeth, born March
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8, 1652 ; married Elisaph, son of William Pres- ton, one of the first settlers of New Haven. 2. John, April, 1654; married Hannah Staple. 3. Mary, 1656. 4. Thomas, May, 1659; married (first) Ruth Peck, (second) Phebe Wilcoxson. 5. Nathaniel, of further mention. 6. Hannah, December, 1665; married (first) Zachariah Fairchild, (second) John Burit. 7. Sarah, No- vember, 1667. 8. Isaac, June 29, 1669 ; mar- ried Hannah Birdsey, born February, 1671. 9. Joseph, February 5, 1671 ; married Abia Booth. Io. Benjamin, March, 1674; married Mary Hitchcock.
(II) Nathaniel, third son of John and Mary Beach, was born March, 1662, in Stratford, where he died in 1747. He married, in 1686, Sarah, daughter of Nathaniel and Sarah ( Groves ) Porter ; she died in 1734. Children : 1. Ephraim, born May 25, 1687 ; married, 1712, Sarah Patterson. 2. Elizabeth, November 14. 1689. 3. David, May 15, 1692 ; married, 1717. Hannah, daughter of Matthew Sherman, and granddaughter of Samuel Sherman. 4. Josiah, August 16, 1694; married ( first ) Patience Nichols, 1721 ; ( second) Abigail Wheeler, 1750. 5. Nathaniel, December 28, 1696. 6. Sarah, November 12, 1699 ; married, 1726, John Beach (her cousin). 7. Daniel, January 15, 1700; married Hester, daughter of Benjamin Curtiss. 8. Anna, March, 1704; married, 1728, Elnathan Beers. 9. Israel, mentioned below. 10. James, August 13, 1709; married Sarah Curtis, born September 2, 1710.
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