Benjamin BEACH

1673 - 1717  (44 years)

• Name	Benjamin BEACH  [1]
  Birth	13 Mar 1673	Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Benjamine Beach  [2]
  _FSFTID	LYLY-V8J
  _FSLINK	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LYLY-V8J
  _UID	14253E6C379C42F098B26CFCE5C629FE6CDF
  Death	10 Apr 1717	Hanover, Morris, New Jersey, British Colonial America   [1]
  Person ID	I594772962	Carney Wehofer July 2025
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	John BEACH,   b. 1623, Devonshire, England d. 16 Jun 1677, Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Mary STAPLES,   b. Abt 1630, England d. Bef Nov 1677, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America (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 d. 9 Jan 1726, Hanover, Morris, New Jersey, British Colonial America (Age 49 years)
  Marriage	5 Dec 1695	Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America   [1]
  Children	1. Anne BEACH,   b. 30 Jul 1696, Isle of Wight, Virginia, British Colonial America d. 1 Sep 1775, Isle of Wight, Virginia, British Colonial America (Age 79 years)   2. Peter BEACH,   b. 14 Sep 1696, Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America d. 1761, Hanover, Morris, New Jersey, British Colonial America (Age 64 years)   3. Eunice BEACH,   b. 3 Aug 1698, Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut d. 20 Jul 1780, New Haven, Connecticut (Age 81 years)   4. Benjamin BEACH, II,   b. 19 May 1702, Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America d. 1756, Morristown, Morris, New Jersey, British Colonial America (Age 53 years)
  Family ID	F536730189	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Apr 2024

  
  

• 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

  [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 15 Apr 2024), entry for Mary Hitchcock, person ID GMR7-9QB. (Reliability: 3). [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 15 Apr 2024), entry for Benjamin Beach, person ID LYLY-V8J. (Reliability: 3).