'Beers, Anthony.
Res. Watertown, Mass., 1646, Roxbury, 1658; rem. to Fairfield, where he d. abt. 1679. … Inv. 14 May 1679, taken by George Squire and Thomas Wilson; contained only personal property, at houses of Abraham Adams, Thomas Staples, Sr., and Daniel Silliman.
The Bible record of his gr. son Josiah begins: 'Barnabas Beers the elder was son to ____ Beers who came to Fairfield with several children where he was soon drowned about the year 1676. His son Barnabas was settled at Stratford.' '