Person:Enoch Bean (1)

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Enoch Bean
b.1729 Brentwood, New Hampshire, United States
d.27 Nov 1814 Strafford, Orange, Vermont, United States
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m. 1728
  1. Enoch Bean1729 - 1814
  2. James BeanAbt 1732 -
  3. Keziah Bean1734 -
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m. 11 Jul 1756
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Name Enoch Bean
Gender Male
Birth? 1729 Brentwood, New Hampshire, United States
Marriage 11 Jul 1756 New Hampshire, United Statesto Lovey Gordon
Death? 27 Nov 1814 Strafford, Orange, Vermont, United States
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Enoch Bean was born in 1729, in Brentwood, New Hampshire, the eldest son of Reverend James Bean and Ruth Abigail (Sanborn) Bean. On June 11, 1756, in Brentwood, New Hampshire, Enoch married Love Gordon, a daughter of Thomas Gordon and Mary (Scribner) Gordon. [1] Enoch's father gave him forty acres in Gilmanton, New Hampshire, which was originally owned by his grandfather, Jeremiah Bean, but no one had lived there or developed it. In 1751, Enoch signed a pledge and gave bond, to settle at Gilmanton along with four of his Bean cousins, John, Jonathan, Joshua and James. On September 5, 1765, Enoch sold this land by deed to Andrew Glidden, the deed signed at Poplin, New Hampshire. It would seem that Enoch remained in Gilmanton, perhaps on separate land purchased by him, as he was there in 1776, and his name appears on the list of those who refused to sign the Test Act. Like his father, Enoch was a Quaker and this is the Act he refused to sign:

  • From the CONSTITUTION of NEW HAMPSHIRE, 1784 and 1792: "......no person shall be capable of being elected a senator, who is not of the Protestant religion.......members of the house of representatives shall be of the Protestant religion, and shall cease to represent such town, parish, or place immediately on his ceasing to be qualified as aforesaid.........the president (governor) shall be of the Protestant religion........the qualifications for counsellors, shall be the same as those required for senators........."

In 1783, Enoch was a town representative from Strafford, Vermont. In 1800, Enoch build a water powered carding Mill on the Lower Falls at Strafford, and did custom wool carding for the people in the surrounding area. Enoch's younger sister, Lovey Bean, was married in Brentwood and moved to Strafford at the same time he did. She lived there to the age of 98.

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  1. ↑ "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL6C-F14 : 26 September 2017), Enoch Bean and Lovey Gordon, 11 Jul 1756; citing , Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,122
*Clan MacBean of North America, Volume I, Sixth Edition, Revised 1992, by Joseph S. Bean, page 777-778

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