John Beach of Stratford

Rev. Thomas Beach and Joan Beach have long been speculated as parents of John Beach, but there is no evidence, and preliminary DNA results would indicate that he is not.

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Family

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Beach-22

John Beach and Mary his wife (so named at the birth of Benjamin) had children: : [14]

1. ELIZABETH, b. Mar 20, 1652; d. 1692, at age 40; m. Eliasaph Preston of Wallingford, Connecticut as his second wife.
2. JOHN, b. Apr, 1654; d. 1712 at Stratford, Connecticut; m. 1st, Dec 18, 1679, Hannah Staples of Fairfield, Connecticut, dau. of Thomas Staples, b.c. 1659; m. 2nd, Phebe Wilcoxson, widow of John Birdsey and dau. of William Wilcoxson, b.c. 1651, d. Sep 20, 1743, at age 93.
3. MARY, b. Sep, 1656; d. Aug, 1722. It is sometimes claimed she m. Simon Tuttle, but this is suspect. See: BEACH FAMILY MAGAZINE, Vol. I, No. 4, p. 108 and Vol. II, No. 2, p. 156, correcting Vol. I, No. 1, pp. 9-10.
4. THOMAS, b. May, 1659; d. May 13, 1741, at Wallingford, Connecticut; m. 1st, May 13 [but others say May 12], 1680, Ruth Peck, dau. of Paul and Martha (Hale) Peck, b.c. 1660, d. Dec 5, 1686; m. 2nd, Phebe Wilcoxen, dau. of Timothy and Joanna (Birdseye) Wilcoxen, b. Aug 2, 1669, at Stratford, Connecticut, d. Apr 30, 1758. Some early genealogists believed he was a son of Thomas Beach1, but the identity of his true father is now reasonably well established.
5. NATHANIEL, b. Mar, 1662, at Stratford, Connecticut; d. Jul 24, 1747, at age 84 years, 3 months; m. at Stratford, Apr 29, 1686, Sarah Porter, dau. of Nathaniel Porter, b. Sep 3(?), 1667, d. Mar 25, 1738, at age 70.
6. HANNAH, b. Dec, 1665; m. 1st, Nov 3, 1681, Zechariah Fairchild; m. 2nd, May 5, 1708, Mr. John Burritt.
7. SARAH, b. Nov, 1667.
8. ISAAC, b. Jun 27, 1669, at Stratford, Connecticut; d. Apr 30, 1741, at Stratford, at age 71 years, 10 months; m. May 3, 1693, Hannah Birdsey, b. Feb 5, 1671/2, d. Oct 15, 1750, in her 79th year.
9. JOSEPH, b. Feb 5, 1671/2, at Stratford, Connecticut; d. Dec 17, 1737, at Stratford; m. Abiah Booth, dau. of Ebenezer Booth, b. Oct 19, 1674.
10. BENJAMIN, b. on or about Mar 3, 1673/4; removed to Wallingford, Connecticut, then later to Hanover, New Jersey; m. Mary Hitchcock, dau. of John Hitchcock, b. Dec 10, 1676, at Wallingford.

Estate

John Beach Sr. of Stratford died 16 June 1677 in Stratford. The probate records show that he died intestate. The inventory was £344. An agreement was made by the older children, (signed by John and Thomas Beach, Elizabeth Preston and Mary Beach). They appointed Capt Wm. Curtis Mr. Israel Chauncey and Jehiel Preston as overseers of the estate and children in Stratford and Mr. John Moss and Eliasaph Preston for those in Wallingford. The document provided the names and birth dates of ten children. No mention is made of John's wife, implying her earlier death.

Origins

Several other Beaches arrived in the New World in a similar time frame and it is often speculated that he was the brother of Richard and Thomas Beach. There is documentary evidence that Richard and Thomas are brothers. There is no hard evidence to prove the relationship of John to the other two, and preliminary (not enough tests to prove conclusively) DNA testing indicates that John is not the brother of Thomas, who died 1662 in Connecticut. See Family Tree DNA Project for the Beach Family.

https://www.familytreedna.com/public/BEACHDNAPROJECT/default.aspx?s...

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John Beach is the ancestor of Emma Hale, wife of the prophit Joseph Smith Jr, founder of the Mormon Church.

Child:

Benjamin Beach born 3 Mar 1674 and married Mary Hitchcock.

children of Benjamin Beach and mary Hitchcock:

1. Peter Beach

2. Eunice Beach born 3 Aug 1698 and married Obidiah Hotchkiss. Child: Lois Hotchkiss.

3. Benjamin Beach

4. Mary Beach

5. Noah Beach

6. Abner Beach

7. Tabitha Beach

8. Lydia Beach

Generation 2

John Beach born about 1613/23 in St. Albans, Devonshire/Derbyshire, England and died 16 Jun 1677 in Milford/Stratford, New Haven, CT. He married Mary Staples born 16 Dec 1627 in Denmark, d/o Thomas Staples and unknown. Mary Staples died after 1673 in Stratford, CT.

Children of John Beach and Mary Staples:

Elizabeth Beach

John Beach

Mary Beach

Thomas Beach

Nathaniel Beach married Sarah Porter

Hannah Beach

Sarah Beach

Isaac Beach

Joseph Beach

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John Beach is the ancestor of Emma Hale, the wife of the Prophit Joseph Smith Jr. of the Mormon Church.

Children:

Elizabeth

Johm/n

Mary

Thomas

Nathaniel

Hannah

Sarah

Isaac

Joseph

Benjamin m. Mary Hitchcokc.

Abagail m. Simon Tuttle.

Simon Tuttle (b28 Mar 1647, d. 16 April 1719), m. 1678 Abagail Beach, d/o John Beach & Mary Staples), s/o Wm. Tuttle & Elizabeth Matthews.

Timothy Tuttle, 1682-1756 m. Thankful Doolittle.

Abagail Tuttle m. Isaac Curtis.

It is now known, however, that John Beach died June 16, 1677, Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Vol. I, p. 40; Beach Family Magazine, Vol. II, No. 2, p. 156. His estate was probated in the Court at Fairfield, Connecticut, and includes a written agreement by his adult children, dated November 6, 1677, for the division of his assets. This declares that:

   "Whereas our honored father John Beach dying very suddenly did also dye Intestate [i.e., without a will]: we his children to prevent any after Trouble: and for the good and benefit of our brethern and sisters not yet come to age have come to this agreement..."

Beach Family Magazine, Vol. III, No. 2, p. 258, quoting Fairfield, Connecticut, Probate Records, Vol. 3, p. 21.
McClaughry, Genealogy of the Beach Family of Connecticut, p. 36, declares John Beach "was married in 1650 (about) to Mary (?) a Danish lady." The so-called "Anjou Typescript" [reprinted in Beach Family Journal, Vol. I, No. 4, pp. 85-94], states he married June 3, 1651, Elizabeth Peck, daughter of Nathaniel Peck. Savage, however, in his Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Vol. I, p. 144, claims he "m. a d. of Thomas Staples, of Fairfield," a view shared by Deacon Lewis Norton in his notes on early Beach history, Beach Family Magazine, Vol. I, No. 1, p. 9. This, in turn, has led most genealogists since that time [with the significant exclusion, however, of Jacobus] to identify the wife of John Beach as "Mary Staples", supposed daughter of Thomas Staples of Fairfield. It is unclear, however, whether Staples - himself a contemporary of John Beach - would have had a daughter old enough to have married circa 1650. Even more compelling, however, is the fact John Beach2, John1 is on record as marrying first, at Stratford, Hannah Staples of Fairfield, the daughter of Thomas Staples. Had John Beach1 likewise married a daughter of Thomas Staples, then John Beach2 John1 would have wed his own mother's sister, i.e., his aunt. Since this is clearly impossible, the identity of John Beach's wife must remain an open question unless and until new information is forthcoming. Whomever she was, however, she is not mentioned in the administration of her husband's estate and is therefore believed to have died prior to 1677, possibly soon after the birth of Benjamin in 1674.

Husband: John BEACH

   Born: 1623            in: DEV,ENG                                     

Died: 16-Jun-1677 in: Stratford, FairfieldCo, CT
Other: 1638 in: came to America
Ref: Jacobus/Hickok Occupation: minister
Father: John BEACH
Mother: Miss MOSS
"Hist/Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield" by Jacobus/EKGS 1982.
Came to New Haven,CT 1639-43. Oath of Fidelity 1644. To Stratford,CT 1652.
Original Proprietor Wallingford,CT 1670 but still resided at Stratford.
Wife: Mary STAPLES
Married: 1650 in: CT
Born: 1620/1630 in: Denmark
Died: in: CT
Ref: hist Occupation:
Father:
Mother:
F Child 1 Elizabeth BEACH

   Born: 20-Mar-1652     in: Stratford, FairfieldCo, CT                  

Died: 1688/1694 in:
Ref: Jacobus/ekgs Occupation:
Spouse: Eliasaph PRESTON
Married: 1673/1675 in:
M Child 2 John BEACH age: 8

   Born: Apr 1654        in: Stratford, FairfieldCo, CT                  

Died: 1711/1712 in: Stratford, FairfieldCo, CT
Buried: in: Stratford, FairfieldCo, CT
Ref: Jacobus/ekgs Occupation:
Spouse: Hannah STAPLES
Married: 18-Dec-1679 in: Stratford, FairfieldCo, CT
Spouse: Phebe UNKNOWN
Married: in:
F Child 3 Mary BEACH

   Born: 5-Sep-1656      in: Stratford, FairfieldCo, CT                  

Died: 1730 in:
Ref: Jacobus/ekgs Occupation:
M Child 4 Thomas BEACH

   Born: May 1659        in: CT                                          

Died: 13 MAY 1741 in: Wallingford, New HavenCo, CT
Ref: Jacobus/ekgs Occupation:
Spouse: Ruth Hale PECK
Married: 12 MAY 1680 in: Wallingford, New HavenCo, CT
Spouse: Phoebe WILCOXSON
Married: in:
M Child 5 Nathaniel BEACH

   Born: Mar 1662        in: Stratford, FairfieldCo, CT                  

Died: 24-Jul-1747 in: Stratford, FairfieldCo, CT
Ref: Jacobus Occupation:
Spouse: Sarah PORTER
Married: 29-May-1686 in: Stratford, FairfieldCo, CT
F Child 6 Hannah BEACH

   Born: 12-Dec-1665     in: Wallingford, New HavenCo, CT                

Died: BEF 9-May-1726 in: Bridgeport, CT
Ref: Jacobus/Gilmore Occupation:
Spouse: Zechariah FAIRCHILD
Married: 3-Nov-1681 in: Stratford, FairfieldCo, CT 1
Spouse: John BURRITT
Married: 5-May-1708 in: Stratford, FairfieldCo, CT
F Child 7 Sarah BEACH

   Born: Nov 1667        in: Stratford, FairfieldCo, CT                  

Died: in:
Ref: Jacobus/ekgs Occupation:
M Child 8 Isaac BEACH age: 71

   Born: 27-Jun-1669     in: Stratford, FairfieldCo, CT                  

Died: 30-May-1741 in: Stratford, FairfieldCo, CT
Ref: Jacobus/ekgs Occupation:
Spouse: Hannah BIRDSEYE
Married: in: Stratford, FairfieldCo, CT
M Child 9 Joseph BEACH age: 66

   Born:  1-Feb-1671     in: Stratford, FairfieldCo, CT                  

Died: 17-Dec-1737 in: Stratford, FairfieldCo, CT
Ref: Jacobus/ekgs Occupation: Lieut.
Spouse: Abiah BOOTH
Married: in:
M Child 10 Benjamin BEACH

   Born:  3-Mar-1674     in: Stratford, FairfieldCo, CT                  

Died: in: Hanover, NJ
Ref: Jacobus/ekgs Occupation:
Spouse: Mary HITCHCOCK
Per Paul Herbig

email: prfssrpah@aol.com

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John Beach (son of Thomas Beach and Joan Hill)199 was born Bet. 1613 - 1619 in Of St. Albans, Devonshire, England199, and died June 16, 1677 in Stratford, Fairfield, CT199. He married Mary Staples on 1650 in Of New Haven, New Haven, CT199, daughter of Thomas Staples and Mary Unknown.

Notes for John Beach:

3. John2 Beach (1 Unknown) was born in St Albans, Devonshire, England about 1613. John died 16 June 1677 in Stratford, Connecticut, at 63 years of age.

He married Mary ----- about 1650. Mary was born about 1633.

John Beach and Mary ----- had the following children:

+ 10 i. Elizabeth3 Beach was born 20 March 1652.

+ 11 ii. John Beach was born 16 April 1654.

12 iii. Mary Beach was born September 1656. Mary died August 1722 at 65 years of age.

+ 13 iv. Thomas Beach was born May 1659/1663.

+ 14 v. Nathaniel Beach was born March 1662.

+ 15 vi. Hannah Beach was born 12 December 1665.

16 vii. Sarah Beach was born in Stratford, CT 16 November 1667. She married John Burrett.

+ 17 viii. Isaac Beach was born 27 June 1669.

+ 18 ix. Joseph Beach was born 1 February 1671.

+ 19 x. Benjamin Beach was born 3 March 1673/1674.

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Apr 1643 had to make right the amount of 5 pound. He killed a cow of George Smyth's when felling a tree.

Took Oath of Fidelity Jul 1, 1644.

1669 Listed as a freeman in Stradord Conn.

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John Beach, the "Immigrant" or "Pilgrim", first finds mention in the records of the Colony and Plantation of New Haven in 1643. His life prior to that time is largely a mystery. It is universally believed, based on a variety of circumstantial evidence, that John Beach was the brother of Richard and Thomas Beach, both of whom also settled in New Haven between 1639 and 1646. John later moved to Stratford, Connecticut, c. 1660. He owned land in Wallingford, but does not seem to have lived there himself.

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John Beach, the "Immigrant" or "Pilgrim", first finds mention in the records of the Colony and Plantation of New Haven in 1643. His life prior to that time is largely a mystery. It is universally believed, based on a variety of circumstantial evidence, that John Beach was the brother of Richard and Thomas Beach, both of whom also settled in New Haven between 1639 and 1646. John later moved to Stratford, Connecticut, c. 1660. He owned land in Wallingford, but does not seem to have lived there himself.

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Reported to have come from England to CT with his brothers in 1638 on the ship Elizabeth and Anna.

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Some claim that Mary Staples was NOT the wife of John Beach. Search Google (or your favorite search engine) for the four words ' john beach mary staples ' or go here http://tinyurl.com/7z4cfgx

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John Beach's parentage and place of birth is currently unknown, there is no concrete evidence of who his parents were, and no solid evidence as to where he and his family are from originally. Please do not merge unless documentation can be provided. Thank you.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Beach-22

A Critical Discussion of the English origins, parentage and relationships of RICHARD, JOHN and THOMAS BEACH, early settlers of New Haven, Connecticut.By Eugene H. Beach, Jr.

https://www.familysearch.org/service/records/storage/das-mem/patron...

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References

• Orcutt, Samuel. A History of the Old Town of Stratford and the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, New Haven, Conn., 1886) Vol. 2, Page 1123 (GoogleBooks), (Page attached)
• Abstract of Probate Records at Fairfield, Connecticut, Down to 1721 (n.p., ?) Page 17: will Archive.Org

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Bio: John Beach of New Haven, a Biography by Eugene H. Beach Jr., is probably the best
information we have on this John Beach. He and his wife are in New England marriages
prior to 1700 as John Beach (-1677) & Mary ? (-bef 1677) New Haven/Stratford CT. Hoadly,
Records of the Colony and Plantation of New Haven, record that he took the oath of
fidelity 1 Jul 1644. He removed to Stratford, CT by 1650, and several other incidences.
His death, 16 Jun 1677 is in Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old
Fairfield, Volume 1 page 40, as is the list of children: Elizabeth, John, Mary, Thomas,
Nathaniel, Hannah, Sarah, Isaac, Joseph, Benjamin. Orcutt's History of the Old Town of
Stratford, Connecticut, Vol, I says this John Beach purchased land in Stratford 21 May
1660, and appears in records in 1661. List of children is same.
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Some have listed Mary Staples as John's wife. Others have made reference that John had a second wife named Mary.

Notes for JOHN BEACH:

He first appears in the records of New Haven, Connecticut, on 7-Jun-1643. It is universally believed, based on a variety of circumstantial evidence, that John Beach was the brother of Richard and Thomas Beach, both of whom also
settled in New Haven between 1639 and 1646. John later moved to Stratford,Connecticut, c. 1660. He owned land in Wallingford, but does not seem to have lived there himself.

Notes for MARY: She was NOT, as some claim, Mary Staples, daughter of Thomas Staples. The early New England genealogists confused John Beach(1) with his son, John
Beach, Jr.(2). It was the latter who married Hannah, the daughter of Thomas Staples. Mary, the wife of John Beach(1), is mentioned only once - at the birth of the youngest son Benjamin(2) - such that it is possible she was a second wife. She is not named in the administration of her husband's estate,and so probably died before him.

Page 412 The History of Fairfield shows Mary Staples as the probable 2nd wife of Josiah Harvey and Hannah Staples as the wife of John Beach. Mary and Hannah were the daughters of Thomas Staples and his wife Mary. Mary Staples (widow of Thomas) Will dated 1696 mentions her sons Thomas and John and her daughters, Mary wife of Josiah Harvey and Hannah wife of John Beach.

Children:
Elizabeth Beach Preston
1652–1692
Mary Abigail Beach Tuttle
1653–1722
John Beach
1654–1711
Thomas Beach
1659–1741
Nathaniel Beach
1662–1747
Hannah Beach Burritt
1665–1726
Isaac Beach
1669–1741
Joseph Beach
1671–1737

Find a Grave Memorial ID: 50172298

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