Person:William Beamon (1)

William Beamon
b.Cal 1608
  1. William BeamonCal 1608 - 1698/99
  2. John BeamonCal 1612 - Bef 1647
m. 9 Dec 1643
  1. Lydia Beamon1644/45 - 1734
  2. Mary Beamon1647 -
  3. Elizabeth Beamon1649/50 - 1694
  4. Deborah Beamon1652 - 1683
  5. Abigail Beamon1654/55 - 1683
  6. Samuel Beamon1656/57 - 1747
  7. Rebecca Beamon1659 -
  8. Sarah BeamonEst 1661 - 1716
Facts and Events
Name[1] William Beamon
Gender Male
Birth[1] Cal 1608
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. 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]."


Elizabeth (1635)
Sailed: mid Apr 1635 from London, England under Master William Stagg
Arrived: July? 1635 at Massachusetts Bay Colony

Passengers:
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Clement Bate family (servant Jervice Gold) - James Bates family - John. and William Beamond - Rachell Bigg - William Bracey - Daniel Bradley - Jo: Browne - Henrie Bull - Edward Bullock family - Ralph Chapman - Jo: Cluffe - Margaret Davies family - Jo: Duke - Robert ffaronds - Patience Foster and son Hopestill - Peter Gardner - Edward Gold - Versala Greenway - Samuel Haleward - William Holdred - James Hosmer family (servants Marie Dounard - Marie Martin) - Jo: Hubbard- William Hubbard - John. Johnson (age 23) - Thomas Lettyne - Edward Loomis - Thomas Millet family - Jo: Mussell - Roger Preston - George Russell - Joan Sellin and daughter - Jo: Smith - Thomas Smith - Isack Stedman family - John Stone - Peter Thorne - Robert Thornton - Dorothy Smith and daughter - James Walker - Richard Walker - Sarra Walker - William Walker - Joshua Wheat - William Whitteredd family - Francis White - William Wild family - Jo: Wynchester

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Other information: Passenger List


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)