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Benjamin BEACH

Benjamin BEACH

Male 1673 - 1717  (44 years)

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  • Name Benjamin BEACH  [1
    Born 13 Mar 1673  Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    FamilySearch ID LYLY-V8J 
    Name Benjamine Beach  [2
    Died 10 Apr 1717  Hanover, Morris, New Jersey, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I594772962  Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 15 Apr 2024 

    Father John BEACH,   b. 1623, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jun 1677, Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years) 
    Mother Mary STAPLES,   b. Abt 1630, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef Nov 1677, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 47 years) 
    Family ID F536730190  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary HITCHCOCK,   b. 10 Dec 1676, Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jan 1726, Hanover, Morris, New Jersey, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years) 
    Married 5 Dec 1695  Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. Anne BEACH,   b. 30 Jul 1696, Isle of Wight, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Sep 1775, Isle of Wight, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     2. Peter BEACH,   b. 14 Sep 1696, Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1761, Hanover, Morris, New Jersey, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)
     3. Eunice BEACH,   b. 3 Aug 1698, Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jul 1780, New Haven, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     4. Benjamin BEACH, II,   b. 19 May 1702, Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1756, Morristown, Morris, New Jersey, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years)
    Last Modified 15 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F536730189  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Benjamin Beach was born March 3, 1673 in Stratford Conn. He was orphaned at age four and was probably brought up by his married sister Elizabeth in Wallingford Conn. He married Mary Hitchcock in 1695. In 1714 he moved his family to New Jersey, first to Newark, later to Hanover, but returning to Newark. Benjamin and Mary had eight children (four girls and four boys).

      Died after 1717 in Newark, New Jersey.

      Sources
      ? Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1981[originally]Rome, N.Y. and New Haven, Conn., 1922-1932), vol 1, p 151. " ... said to have rem. to New Jersey ..."
      ? Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, vol 1, p 151.
      Also see:

      Abstract of Probate Records at Fairfield, Connecticut, Down to 1721 (n.p., ?) Page 17: see father's will
      Doherty, Frank J. The Settlers of the Beekman Patent (1990) Vol. 2 [Dutchess Co., NY], Page 423.
      Orcutt, Samuel. A History of the Old Town of Stratford and the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut (New Haven, Conn. : Press of Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, 1886) Part 2, Page 1123
      Jacobus, Donald Lines. Families of Ancient New Haven (Clarence D. Smith, Rome, New York, 1922-1932) Volumes 1-9. vol 1, p 151.
      http://www.teglis.com/ft/b/blg.html
      McClaughry, Charles. Genealogy of the Beach Family of Connecticut (n.p., 1900) Page 36



  • Sources 
    1. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 15 Apr 2024), entry for Mary Hitchcock, person ID GMR7-9QB. (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 15 Apr 2024), entry for Benjamin Beach, person ID LYLY-V8J. (Reliability: 3).