Person:Samuel Beebe (3)

His father was Samuel Beebe, son of John Beebe and Rebecca Ladd, born June 23, 1633 in Broughton, Northants, England, died Bef. April 16, 1712 in New London, Conn or Plum Island (Long Island Sound). He came from England to Hadley, Mass in 1650.

His mother was Mary Keeney, daughter of William and Agnes, born 1640 in New London, Conn, died May 10, 1725 in Colchester, New London, Conn.

His brother Jonathan married Briget Brockway and is also in this database.

From Savage's Genealogical Dictionary

SAMUEL, New London, br[other]. of the preced[ing]. m[arried]. Agnes, d[aughter]. of William Keeny, had also sec[ond]. w[ife]. Mary. His ch[ildren]. were Samuel, William, Nathaniel, Thomas, Jonathan, Agnes, Ann, Susanna, and Mary; but I am unable to div[ide]. them betw[een]. the w[ive]s. yet doubt not, that nearly all were by the first. He own[ed]. the chief part of Plumb Isl[and]. and rem[oved]. to it, d[ied]. 1712, aged 91, leav[ing]. wid[ow]. Of the d[aughter]s., Agnes m[arried]. John Daniels ; Ann m[arried]. Thomas Crocker; Susanna m[arried]. Aaron Fountain; and Mary m[arried]. Richard Tozer.

Samuel became a prominent landholder and lived on Plumb Island, of which he owned a third part. He was called "King Beebe" and "Lord of the Isles". A rock in the sea nearby was called "Beebe's Throne."

From Lucius Beebe of Wakefield & Sylenda Morris Beebe, His Wife, by Louise Beebe Wilder, The Bnickerbarker Press, New York, 1930. DAR Library, page 32

By inheritance from his father by large purchases from the Indians, as well as through his wife, Samuel became a very large land owner and enjoyed in his day considerable local renown.

"He was one of three men who owned Plum Island, in the Sound and living there in plentiful farmer style, with sloops and boats for pleasure and traffic at his command, he was called King Beebe and Lord of the Island. A rock in the sea not far from his home was called Beebe's throne.

Plum Island is an appanage of Southold, Suffold Co., Long Island, and by removing to that Island, Mr. Beebe transferred himself to the jurisdiction of New York." A deed is recorded in Lyme, Conn., in which Samuel distributed of his children and grandchildren a tract of land eight miles square on the Connecticut River. Also a deed of four thousand acres which he purchased from the Indians. Samuel's will was dated 1741, and proved, probably in 1742 New York. It is now in the New York Surrogate's office. He was buried at Plum Island.

From Ancestors of Fred Monroe Beebe, Loren P Meissner LPMeissner@@msn.com

Samuel was the richest man in New London after Governor Winthrop. He opposed Infant Baptism... Also a deed of 4,000 additional acres which he purchased of "A wonneco" with the consent of Captain John Mason. In 1685 Samuel Beebe Jr was whipped for profaning the Sabbath by servile work. About 1692, he with others attacked the government and colony, accusing them of persecution of dissenters, etc., compelling people to pay Presbyterian ministers, as against the laws of England.

1. ↑ James Savage, Former President of the Massachusetts Historical Society and Editor of Winthrop's History of New England. 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. (1860-62 and Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1965; Corrected electronic version copyright Robert Kraft, July 1994)
   Vol. 1, p. 153.
2. ↑ Researcher.

   Nancy Norman