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About Captain Elisha Beach
DAR Information:
- BEACH, ELISHA
- DAR Ancestor # A007738
- Service: CONNECTICUT Rank(s): ENSIGN
- Birth: 4-17-1737 HEBRON WINDHAM CO CONNECTICUT
- Death: 3-15-1823 HEBRON TOLLAND CO CONNECTICUT
- Service Source: ROLLS AND LISTS OF CT MEN IN THE REV, 1775-1783 P 159
- Service Description: 1) CAPT DANIEL TARBOX, 12TH REGT
- Residence Created: 1) City: HEBRON - County: WINDHAM CO - State: CONNECTICUT
- Spouse 1) DESIRE TAYLOR
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17 AZARIAH BEACH, oldest son of 11 Richard Beach, born Sept. 3, 1705, in Stratford, Conn., died in Hebron, April 2, 1785, His tomb stone says 79 years, 0 months and 15 days of age, that would bring death Mar. 18,1785. Married Oct. 20, 1730, Lydia Burt, daughter of Jonathan and Mindwell Burt of Durham.
CHILDREN
23 MINDWELL BEACH, born Aug. 1, 1731, in Durham, Conn. She married Ezekiel Jones of Hebron, and both are buried in Hebron.
24 LYDIA BEACH, born April 28, 1733, in Durham. Nothing of her except that she signed the. settlement agreement for her father’s estate as Lydia Reide.
25 MEDAD BEACH, born Feb. 19, 1735, in Hebron, Conn. Not much known of him. He was on the property lists of 1752 at age of 17 for 21 pounds sterling.
No doubt lived near Hebron.
26 KATHERINE BEACH, born Mar. 9, 1737, in Hebron. Nothing known, but she signed in the settlement of her father’s estate as Catherine Jones.
27 CAPTAIN ELISHA BEACH, born 17 1739, in Hebron. See families of Elisha Beach, Jr.
28 AZARIAH BEACH, born Feb. 23, 1743, in Hebron, Conn. See our histories.
Deacon Azariah Beach had already married and was settled in Durham when his father removed to Hebron in 1730. But he shortly followed his father and family to Hebron, where the four younger members of his family were born. Deacon Azariah rose to be an important citizen of Hebron. He was elected in 1732 to succeed his father as surveyor of highways. Later he served in many offices. Lister in 1736, member of school committee 1738, tithing man 1743, quirister (chorister \ 1751, seater in the meeting house 1755. It is recorded that in 1738 it was voted to “sing by rule on Sabbath Days, and that Azariah Beach, Samuel Rowley and Thomas Post shall set the Psalm on Sabbath Days and other days of religious worship.”
After 1781 he is alwavs referred to as Deacon Azariah Beach.
Besides the land deeded him by his father, he owned several other tracts and on the property lists of 1752 was rated 103 pounds sterling. Like his father before him, he deeded fifty acres to his son Azariah, Jr., in 1776 and in 1784 he deeded three other tracts to Azariah, Jr. The larger part of liis landed estate appears to have been transferred to Azariah, Jr., just before bis death. The last will of Deacon Azariah was dated March 10, 1783. He died April 2, 1785, and in the will Captain Elisha Beach, and Azariah Beach, Jr., were named as administrators. On Oct. 4, 1785, Captain Elisha, and Azariah Beach, Jr., appeared in court before Hon. Judge Spencer and refused the trust imposed in them. And the final settlements show that Captain Beach, Lydia Reede, Catherine Jones, and Michael Fleshaw, appeared as “good evidence” in the settlement of the estate of Deacon Azariah Beach, according to the probate records of Colchester.
27 CAPTAIN ELISHA BEACH, second son of Azariah Beach, born April 17, 1737, (Hebron record says April 6, 1739) died March 15, 1823, and is buried with his wife in Burrows Hill Cemetery, where a monument stands to them. Married Oct. 11, 1764 to Desire Taylor, who died May 16, 1816.
CHILDREN
265 ELISHA BEACH, Jr., born July 20, 1765, In Hebron. See history.
286 ELIJAH BEACH (Elisha’s twin), born July 20, 1765. Died Nov. 18, 1784.
460 LYDIA BEACH, born July 13, 1767, in Hebron. Died Jan. 10, 1777.
461 ABAGAIL BEACH, born July 24, 1769, in Hebron. Married May 13, 1790, Daniel Niles of Colchester.
462 JOHN BEACH, born Jan. 30, 1773, in Hebron. See history.
463 DESIRE BEACH, horn March 31, 1775, in Hebron, She married John Felshaw of Hebron. Michael Felshaw, probably a son, signed as good evidence in the settlement of the estate of Azariah Beach, grandfather of Desire.
461 LYDIA BEACH, born April 26, 1777, in Hebron. Married David Dean.
465 DAN BEACH, born July 25, 1779, in Hebron.
466 EUNICE BEACH, born July 25, 1781, in Hebron. Never married.
Captain Elislia lived and died in Hebron. Entered the army and served in the Revolution as ensign in Capt. Tarbox’s Company of Militia, 12th Regiment. The regiment went to East Chester, N. Y., in September, 1776. His title of Captain said to have been acquired through service in the state militia after the close of the Revolution. He signed as witness and good evidence in the settlement of his father’s estate, after having refused trust as one of the executors named in his father’s will.
Bibliographic information:
- Beach in America;containing general information regarding the three brothers, Richard Beach, John Beach and Thomas Beach, planters in the original settlements of New Haven Colony, Wallingford Colony a
- by Beach, Elmer Taylor, 1866-
- Publication date 1923
- Publisher [Kalamazoo, Mich., Ihling Bros. Everard Co.]
- Collection library_of_congress; americana
- Possible copyright status The Library of Congress is unaware of any copyright restrictions for this item.
- Pages 180
- Pages 60 and 119
- https://archive.org/details/beachinamericaco00beac/page/60/mode/2up...
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Captain Elisha Beach's Timeline
| 1737 |
April 17, 1737
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Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, British Colonial America
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| 1823 |
March 15, 1823
Age 85
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Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, United States
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