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William Beamon
b.Cal 1608
- William BeamonCal 1608 - 1698/99
- John BeamonCal 1612 - Bef 1647
Facts and Events
Name[1] |
William Beamon |
Gender |
Male |
Birth[1] |
Cal 1608 |
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Emigration[1] |
1635 |
On the Elizabeth. |
Residence[1] |
1635 |
Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States |
Residence[1] |
Bef 1643 |
Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States |
Marriage |
9 Dec 1643 |
Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, United Statesto Lydia Danforth |
Death[1] |
4 Feb 1698/99 |
Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "William 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)
1:220-22.
"ORIGIN: Bridgenorth, Shropshire." "FREEMAN: Connecticut 20 May 1652 [CCCR 1:231]. In list of freemen at Saybrook, 4 October 1669 {CCCR 2:523]." "BIRTH: About 1608 (aged 27 in 1635 [Hotten 60]). DEATH: Saybrook 4 February 1698/9." "COMMENTS: On 15 April 1635, "W[illia]m Beamond," aged 27, was enrolled at London as a passenger to New England on the Elizabeth [Hotten 60]. Mary Walton Ferris identified the magistrates who administered this oath, indicating that William had come most recently from Bridgenorth, Shropshire {Dawes-Gates 2:137]."
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 Saybrooke - 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).
In 1881, a memorial stone was placed over the graves of his great-grandson, William Beaumont (1728-1812) and his wife Sarah (Everitt) Beaumont (1721-1813) in the Scoville Cemetery, Lebanon, Connecticut by their great -grandsons, Colonel Leonard Bacon, and Thomas Thatcher, which recites the ancestry of William Beaumont from William Beaumont of Saybrooke, Nicholas Danforth of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the Rev. Thomas Buckingham.
Chronicles of the Bement Family in America, 1928, p. 6
An excellent web site is also available on "The William Beaumont Family" by James Williams at
http://www.james.com/beaumont (Dennis BeMent, 10/98)
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