Person:John Beamon (1)

1. John1 Beaumont (ThomasA, WilliamB) was born ABT 1612 in of Yorkshire, England, and died Bef. Jul 1647 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA. He married Mrs. John Beaumont ??? Aft. 1635.

Notes for John Beaumont: JOHN BEAUMONT (1-1) was born about 1612 in Yorkshire County, England, the third of six children of Thomas and Jennet (Stafford) Beaumont. Thomas was born about 1586, married Jennet Stafford in 1605, and died 9 Dec 1646 in England. It is believed, but not verified, that Thomas was the son of William and Rosamond Beaumont. It is not known if John's oldest brother, or his three sisters, ever came to America.

John and his older brother William (b. about 1608) sailed from London on the ship, Elizabeth, on 15 Apr 1635, under William Stagg, Master, bound for New England with eighty or more souls. He settled first with his brother William at Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts and was granted five acres of land there, 30 Mar 1640. In August 1643, his name appears on the list of men able to bear arms in Scituate, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. The following year he was of Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts purchasing there, 14 June 1644, of Jonathan Brewster, certain books which had formed part of Elder William Brewster's library. Shortly after this he died, leaving a widow and one son. The records of the Salem Quarterly Court show that the widow married one John Tucker, and the son, John, had been placed under the guardianship of Daniel Rea (see note below) of Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts before July 1647. His only son, John, probably shortened the name to Bement and therefore originated it in America.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} John Beamon, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Directory. (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Jun 2015)
   23.

   "Beamon, John: [Origin] Bridgenorth, Shropshire; [Emigration] 1635 on the Elizabeth; [Resided] Salem [GM 2:1:219-20].

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 John Beamon, in Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS, 1999-2011)
   1:219-20.

   "BIRTH: About 1612 (aged 23 in 1635 [Hotten 60]).
   DEATH: By July 1747 (when his son was apprenticed [EQC 1:118], and his widow had remarried."
   
   "A 'John Beamont' appears in the Scituate section of the 1643 Plymouth Colony list of men able to bear arms [PCR 8:191], but it is unlikely that he is the same as the Salem man."

3.   THE BEMENT FAMILY HISTORY
   http://www.bementfamily.com/report1b.htm.
4.   Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862).
5.   Bement Family Genealogy, Url: http://www.bementfamily.com/webged/bement.wbg/wga7.html
   http://www.bementfamily.com/webged/bement.wbg/wga7.html#I1054.

   Beaumont, John (~1612 - <1647)
   b. ABT. 1612 in of Yorkshire, England
   d. BEF. JUL 1647 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA
   father: Beaumont, Thomas(~1586 - 1646)
   mother: Stafford, Jennet(>1586 - )
   JOHN BEAUMONT (1-1) was born about 1612 in Yorkshire County, England, the third of six children of Thomas and Jennet (Stafford) Beaumont. Thomas was born about 1586, married Jennet Stafford in 1605, and died 9 Dec 1646 in England. It is believed, but not verified, that Thomas was the son of William and Rosamond Beaumont. It is not known if John's oldest brother, or his three sisters, ever came to America.
   John and his older brother William (b. about 1608) sailed from the London Customs House on the ship, Elizabeth, on 15 Apr 1635, under William Stagg, Master, bound for New England with eighty or more souls. The records of the London Customs House afford information as to the eighty passengers and show that the ship left England legally; all passengers having been examined touching their conformity to the discipline of the English State Church; all had taken oath of allegiance and supremacy, and there were no subsidy men. Among their fellow passengers were ancestors of Levi Parsons Morton of New York, Senator Isaac Chapman Bates of Massachusetts, and Senator Henry Alden Richardson of Delaware.
   He settled first with his brother William at Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts and was granted five acres of land there, 30 Mar 1640. In August 1643, his name appears on the list of men able to bear arms in Scituate, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. The following year he was of Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts purchasing there, 14 June 1644, of Jonathan Brewster, certain books which had formed part of Elder William Brewster's library. Shortly after this he died, leaving a widow and one son. The records of the Salem Quarterly Court show that the widow married one John Tucker, and the son, John, had been placed under the guardianship of Daniel Rea (see note below) of Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts before July 1647. His only son, John, probably shortened the name to Bement and therefore originated it in America.
   WILLIAM BEAUMONT, the elder of the two brothers, was of Salem in 1637, and probably somewhat earlier. At that time Salem, though only eleven years old, was the oldest settlement in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, older even than Charlestown and Boston and possibly offered more substantial opportunity to the colonist. The stay of William Beaumont at Salem was, however, not of long duration; marrying Lydia Danforth, he settled at Saybrook - the fort at the mouth of the Connecticut River, overlooking the broad waters of Long Island Sound, and then just united to the Connecticut government. It is believed that William Beaumont (b. 1608) retained the Beaumont name and likely originated the Beaumont name in America. William (1608-1698) married Lydia Danforth (aft. 1625-1686) in 1643 and they had seven children. William's descendants are on record for nine generations through their sixth child, Samuel Beaumont (b.1655). _________________
   DANIEL REA (or Rey) was, according to some traditions, a native of Scotland, but this is of doubtful authority. On coming to New England he settled first at Plymouth, where in 1630, he purchased a garden plot of Anthony Annabel, but soon removed to the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and under date of 6 Feb 1631, is mentioned in a letter from Governor Bradford, commending him, with others who had gone from Plymouth Colony, to the favorable notice of Governor Winthrop. He died at Salem Village, afterwards Danvers, leaving an unsigned will. An amicable settlement of his estate was made to his heirs. (Source: Chronicles of the Bement Family in America, 1928, pp. 1-10) _________________
   Much information is contained in the publication, "Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England", which contains the following excerpts:
   JOHN BEAUMONT, who came on the Elizabeth from London, 1635, aged 23, may have lived at Salem 1640, and at Scituate in 1643.
   WILLIAM BEAUMONT, Saybrook, perhaps the brother of John, came in the same ship, at the same time, aged 27, married 9 Dec 1643, Lydia daughter of Nicholas Danforth, had Lydia, born 9 Mar 1645; Mary, 12 Nov 1647; Elizabeth 2 Mar 1650; Deborah, 29 Nov (prob.) 1652; Abigail, 20 Feb 1655; Samuel, 28 Feb 1657; and Rebecca, 7 Sept 1659. Lydia, married 3 Feb 1668, (1) Samuel Boyes, and next, 15 Apr 1684, (2) Alexander Pygan; Mary married 3 Jan 1672, John Tully; Elizabeth married 26 Mar 1677, Capt. John Chapman; and Deborah married 27 Sept 1681, Thomas Gilbert, and died 17 June 1683. William was a freeman of Connecticut 1652, his wife, Lydia, died 16 May 1686; and he died 4 Feb 1699. His wife, Lydia, was the only female named among eight grantees of the survivors in the will of Joshua, son of Uncas, the Ind. sachem.
   Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England 1860, Boston, Volume I, pp. 96-97 Showing three generations of those who came before May 1692 on the basis of the Farmer's Register with two supplements in four volumes, by James Savage (Former President of the Massachusetts Historical Society and the Editor of Winthrop's History of New England.
   Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., Originally Published Boston, 1860-1862 Reprinted with, "Genealogical Notes and Errata," excerpted from The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. XXVII, No. 2, April, 1873, pp. 135-139, and A Genealogical Cross Index of the Four Volumes of the Genealogical Dictionary of James Savage, by O.P. Dexter, 1884.
   Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1965,1969,1977,1981,1986, 1990
   Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number 65-18541 International Standard Book Number: 0-8063-0309-3, Set Number: 0-8063-0795
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6.   Bement Family Genealogy, Url: http://www.bementfamily.com/webged/bement.wbg/wga7.html.