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Facts and Events
| Name[1][2][3][4] |
Captain John Beard |
| Gender |
Male |
| Christening[1] |
24 Apr 1631 |
Epping, Essex, England |
| Marriage |
Bef 1654 |
Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States (probably)Estimate based on date of birth of eldest known child (John).
to Hannah Hawley |
| Death[1][2][3][4][5] |
Sep 1690 |
Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States |
| Burial[6] |
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Old Burying Ground, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 7. James1 Beard, in Battle, Robert. Ancestors of James Beard, Husband of Widow Martha1 Beard of Milford, Connecticut. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Winter 2025)
179:64.
"John Beard, bp. Epping 24 April 1631; d. Milford 1 Sept. 1690; m. Hannah (Hawley) Ufford. For their family, see Abbott's Families of Early Milford, Connecticut."
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2. John Beard, in Abbott, Susan Woodruff, and Jacquelyn Ladd Ricker. Families of Early Milford, Connecticut. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1979)
84-85.
"2. John Beard s of Martha was born in England and died September 1690 Milford. He married ca 1653 Mrs. Anna (Hawley) Uffoote, divorced wife of John and sister of Joseph Hawley of Stratford. She died 1698."
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Beard, Ruth. A Genealogy of the Descendants of Widow Martha Beard of Milford, Conn. (Ansonia, Conn.: Emerson Publishing Company, 1915)
9-10.
"There is a story that this John, who was a carpenter by trade, landed in Milford just as the frame of the large, two-galleried, blue church had been erected, and that he took a sledge-hammer and, walking all over the frame, struck every pin in it to show what he could do. From early records, we learn that he was a prominent citizen of the town of Milford. He was the ancestor of all of that name in that vicinity. Tradition says that he was a man of import. He was born in England and came to America with his mother, in 1639. He was married about 1653 to Anna Hawley, sister of Joseph Hawley, of Stratford. Conn. She had previously been the wife of John Uffoote, (modern Oviatte), but at her desire had been divorced from him. She was a peculiar woman, as old records show. He was one of the 46 persons enrolled as freemen in Milford, September, 1669. At a meeting of the Council of Connecticut, Jan. 17, 1675. he was appointed captain of a Military company, and he took part in King Phillip's war. He was chosen deputy from Milford to the General Court for the October term, 1677, and was a member at most of the semi-annual sessions for seven years in succession-the exceptions being October, 1681, and 1683, and May and October, 1684. There was no session in 1688, Andross being in power. The last session when he was a member was in May, 1690. He was therefore elected 22 times out of 26. He was frequently appointed by the General Court, commissioner to settle boundaries, etc. His name appears often on the Colonial Records, and always as Captaine John Beard. He died September, 1690. His estate was valued at 1180 pounds, 5 shillings, and 50 pence. One-third of it was given to the widow, and the rest was divided among his children. Wife died 1698."
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 John Beard, in 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)
1:148.
"… John (Beard), Milford, the other br. of the preced. that source of intellig. is more bountif. He was a man of import., rep. 1677, and oft. aft. had two ws. but wh. was first may need investigat. One, perhaps the earlier, had been by name of Hannah Hawley m. to John Ufford, or Offit, and at her desire divorc. By her he had sev. ch. and by Abigail, d. of Richard Hollingworth, perhaps the sec. had prob. no ch. was capt. in one of the expedit. against the Ind. 1675. The list of proprs. 1713 at M. has sev. of this name wh. were descend. of him or his brs.
[Additions and Corrections] [Savage 3:602] [Vol. 1] P.148. l. 18 from bot. Aft. 1675, add, His est. was distrib. 18 Nov. 1690, to w. Ann, ch. John, James, Joseph, Samuel, Mary, w. of Timothy Baldwin, and Ann; and the wid. d. 1698."
This John Beard had only one wife. Abigail Hollingsworth was the second wife of this man's eldest son, also John Beard.
- ↑ Milford Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
20.
"Beard, … John, Capt., 1670 [ES:40]"
"Beard, … John, Capt., d. Sept. [_], 1690 [ES:238]"
- ↑ Capt John Beard, in Find A Grave.
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