Person:Beach Tomlinson (1)

Orcutt's Extended Sketch of Captain Beach Tomlinson

"51. Capt. Beach⁴ Tomlinson, son of Zachariah,³ (Agur,² Henry,¹) and Hannah (Beach) Tomlinson, married Charity, daughter of Joseph Shelton, Oct. 25, 1752. The inscriptions on their grave-stones in the Huntington cemetery read:

'In Memory of Capt. Beach Tomlinson, who died Nov. 28, 1817, aged 91 years.

Unvail thy bosom faithful tomb,

Take these new treasures to thy trust;

And give these sacred relics room

To seek a slumber in the dust.'

'In Memory of Mrs. Charity Tomlinson, wife of Capt. Beach Tomlinson, who died Nov. 19th, 1809; In the 73d year of her age.'

They settled in Huntington. Ct., on land given him by his father, where they resided during their lives. … He was a large stockholder in the Derby Turnpike, and owned considerable land in Vermont to which he went yearly on horseback, until after he was ninety years of age, to collect rents. On one of his return trips, being alone and carrying considerable money, he was pursued by robbers, from whom he escaped by jumping his horse down a steep bank into the Onion river, across which his horse swam, bringing him safely home.

Beach Tomlinson was appointed Ensign in the trainband, May, 1771, in Ripton (now Huntington, Ct.), 4th regiment, and Lieutenant in October, 1774, and Captain according to the following record:

'This Assembly do establish Beach Tomlinson to be Captain of the Seventh Company or trainband in the 14th regiment in this Colony.'—(Colonial Records, vol. XV., 343.)

He was in the Revolutionary War, according to the following record taken from the Adjutant General's report of Connecticut men:

'Capt. Beach Tomlinson's Company at Peekskill in October, 1777—Capt. Beach Tomlinson entered service Oct 5; disch. Oct. 22. …'

It is probable he was in the war several times with his militia company, or several men selected from it for the occasion, as were needed.

Capt. Beach Tomlinson's will was dated June 18, 1811, and proved Dec. 2, 1817. In it he first gives to his children as 'advanced portion,' sufficient to amount to $4,000 to each son, and $2,000 to each daughter, and then directs that the remainder shall be distributed in the proportion of five dollars to each son to two dollars lo each daughter. These portions included large quantities of lands in the townships of Fairfield, Berkshire and East Haven, Vermont, and 'Toby's Farm,' in Waterbury, Ct., to Victory, houses and lands in Huntington, Ct., and shares in the Derby turnpike and in the Phœnix Bank. In the final distribution, each of the five sons living, or their heirs, received $10,167.59; and each of the daughters, or their heirs, received $4,111.68; the whole amount being $79,896.35."^[2]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} 16. Zechariah Tomlinson, 48. Capt. Beach Tomlinson, in Orcutt, Samuel. A History of the Old Town of Stratford and the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut. (New Haven, Ct.: Press of Tuttle, Morehouse &. Taylor, 1886)
   1309, .

   "48. Beach (Tomlinson), b. Dec. 3 or 7, 1726."
   "48. Capt. Beach, son of Zechariah and Hannah (Beach) Tomlinson, … He died Nov. 11, 1817, 91 years of age. He was an enterprising farmer; a Captain of a Company, and served in the Revolution, under Genl. David Wooster. He acquired a large property, securing much of it by speculation in Continental money. He was a large stockholder in the Derby Turnpike. He possessed a remarkable memory; knew the whole genealogy of the Tomlinson family; and was a very active man until the close of his life. He owned land in Vermont and went every year to it to collect rents in money and cattle; and on one return trip, being alone, carrying considerable money, was pursued by robbers, but escaped them by jumping his horse down a steep bank into the Onion river, and his horse swimming the river brought him safely home."

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} 51. Capt. Beach Tomlinson, in Orcutt, Samuel. Henry Tomlinson and His Descendants in America: with a Few Additonal Branches of Tomlinsons, Later from England. (New Haven, Conn.: Press of Price, Lee and Adkins Co., 1891)
   50-55.
3. ↑ Stratford Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
   139.

   "Tomlinson, … Beach, s. Zechariah & Hannah, b. Dec. 7, 1726 [LR2:492]"

4. ↑ ^4.0 4.1 Capt Beach Tomlinson, in Find A Grave.