John Beach of Wallingford

Not the same as John Beach, Jr.

the parents of John Beach were Thomas Beach and Sarah Platt; John Beach married Mary Royce Dec 1678 CT. Her parents were Johnathan Royce and Mary Spinning.

Disambiguation

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Beach-24

http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch John Beach is of Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut NOT Milford and Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut. He did NOT marry Mary Royce, Mercy Atwater or Phebe Birdseye. He married first to Hannah Staples and second to Phebe Wilcoxson widow of John Birdseye. The other John Beach was a deacon and lived in New Haven CT and can be found here: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LDR2-Q2P)

Biography

https://hartford-genealogy.fandom.com/wiki/John_Beach_(1655-1709)

John Beach (October 19, 1655 - 1709) was a resident of Wallingford, Connecticut.

Beach was born on October 19, 1655 in Milford, Connecticut, as the son of Thomas Beach and Sarah Platt. He went to Wallingford, Connecticut around 1673, with his first cousins, after being left an orphan at a very early age. He was known as John Beach, Jr., to distinguish him from his cousin of the same name.
Beach died in 1709 in Wallingford, Connecticut.
Family Beach married Mary Royce in December 1677 or 1678.

• Lettice Beach - m. William Ward
• Hannah Beach - m. Eliphalet Parker
• Thomas Beach - m. Hannah Atwater
• John Beach - m. (1) Sarah Tyler (2) Mary Royce (?)
• Samuel Beach - m. Phoebe Tyler
• Caleb Beach (1) Eunice Tyler (2) Margaret Thompson (3) Mary
• Nathaniel Beach
• Mary Beach - died young.

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John helped settle Wallingford, Conn.

John was a planter and cow keeper. On 8 Feb 1689/90, John Moss Sr. conveyed for "natural affection" to his well beloved cousin, John Beach, several pieces of land totaling 61 acres in whole (John was raised by John Moss after becoming an orphan). On 31 May 1680, the town of Wallingford granted liberty to John, to encourage him in cow keeping, to get 1000 pipe staves on the commons.

He was a Deacon in the church and a "Sabbath Day Guard" as a young man.

Beach Family Magazine, pub. 1923: He was of Wallingford where his Uncle John and his Uncle John's son John resided and for that reason called John Jr. He has been confused with John (2) and John (1) and has been taken for his son John (1), who was not called Jr. as he was junior to no one of that name in the community where he resided as will be hereafter seen. Much confusion has been caused because the name of his wife was entirely omitted from the original records but investigation started in 1923 has developed that his wife was Mary, dau. of Jonathan (2) Robert (1) Royce and his first wife Mary Spinning. This conclusion has been arrived at because the will of David (3) Jonathan (2) Robert (1) Royce makes distribution of his estate, among others, to his half-sister Mary Beach. The will of Jonathan (2) also leaves property to John Beach. Without the actual record of the marriage this seems to be conclusive. The writer has not found the record of the marriage of Mary Spinning and Jonathan Royce but competent authority on Connecticut genealogy gives the fact to be conclusive.

John went to Wallingford in 1673-4. He was a Deacon in the church. He was one of the "Sabbath day guards" when he was a young man. In 1680 the town of Wallingford granted him "liberty to geat 1000 pipe staves". In 1682-3 town grants land on ye plain". 1684 Town grants him more land and in 1686 he is chosen fence viewer. In 1688-9 he is granted more land. In 1689-90 John Morse Sr. deeds his well beloved cousin several parcels of land. In 1697 he was appointed "Committee on Highways". In 1704 he is granted more land. In 1709, April 26, his inventory is presented by the appraisers of his estate and his oldest son Thomas was administrator and his wife, Mary, appointed guardian of John and Samuel. His estate was appraised at L198-0-6 with debts due L16-14-6.

In Dec 1678 Mary first married John Beach (20680) , son of Thomas Beach (ca 1630-1662) & Sarah Platt (8645) (ca 1636-15 May 1670), in Wallingford, CT.31 Mary’s surname Royce is not included in the marriage record. Born on 19 Oct 1655 in Milford, CT.76 At the age of 8, John was baptized in First Congregational Society, Milford, on 4 Sep 1664.68 John died in Wallingford, CT, on 6 Jun 1709; he was 53.

John, of Wallingford.

Their children include:

18481 i. Lettice Beach (24 Dec 1679-)

18482 ii. Mary Beach (Died young) (11 Jan 1681-1 Sep 1688)

18483 iii. Hannah Beach (17 Mar 1683/4-21 Dec 1749)

18484 iv. Thomas Beach (14 Feb 1686-ca 1752)

18485 v. John Beach (15 Oct 1690-1773)

18486 vi. Samuel Beach (29 Dec 1696-)

References

• https://famouskin.com/family-group.php?name=55718+david+hyde+pierce... cites
• 1 Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Wallingford, p. 30, Birth record for son John Beach.
• 2 NEHGS NEXUS: New England Across the United States, 1997, Vol. 14, p. 67.
• 3 New Haven, CT: Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol. 6, p. 1363.
• 4 New Haven, CT: Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol. 1, pp. 148-149.
• 5 New Haven, CT: Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol. 7, p. 1549.
• 6 The American Genealogist, 1987, Vol. 62, p. 132.
• 7 Phelps, Judge Oliver Seymour and Andrew T. Servin, The Phelps Family of America, and Their English Ancestors, with Copies of Wills, Deeds, Lette rs, and . . ., Vol. 1, Pittsfield, Massachusetts: Eagle Publishing Company (1899), 422.
• Reference: FamilySearch Family Tree - SmartCopy: Jul 30 2021, 23:50:05 UTC