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John Beecher

Birthdate:
Birthplace: New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States
Death: between January 16, 1712 and January 01, 1713 (61-71)
New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States (Died between date of will and probate.)
Place of Burial: buried in the Green, Stone along west wall in Cemetery, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Isaac Beecher and Mary Beecher
Husband of Elizabeth Beecher
Father of Mary Wilmot; Elizabeth Beecher; Johanna Beecher; Sarah (Wife Of N. Benham) Benham; Jemima Beecher and 4 others
Brother of Joseph Beecher; Isaac Beecher; Samuel Beecher and Eleazur Beecher, Sr.

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About John Beecher

John Beecher made his Will Jan. 16, 1712. Gives to his son Joseph Beecher the house he now dwelleth in and one-half of three acres next to Samuel Ford's land. His wife Elizabeth to occupy house her natural life. Also, Joseph to pay ten pounds to three surviving daughters in equal portions. Also, give my two sons, Ebenezer and John Beecher, my new dwelling house, barn and outlying orcharding. Bounds described. Also, mentions daighters Mary Wilmot, Elizabeth Dunbar, Johanna Beecher and Sarah Benham, to have in equal portions twenty pounds. Appoints wife Elizabeth and son Joseph Beecher to execute will.

Witness Dec. 3, 1712. Inventory in Court Jan. 8, 1713, 308 pounds. Probate Records, vol. 4, p.107. Will proved Jan. 1, 1713


  • The son of Isaac & Mary Beecher, John was baptized as an adult on May 27, 1686 at the First Church in New Haven.
  • He married Elizabeth Roberts about 1670 in New Haven.
  • His will was proved on Jan 1, 1713.

The Church of St. Mary's, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, was the first Catholic Church in New Haven, and the second oldest Roman Catholic parish in Connecticut.

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John Beecher's Timeline

1646
1646
New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States
1672
February 23, 1672
New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony
1675
1675
New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut
1677
July 21, 1677
New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut
1679
1679
New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
1682
February 11, 1682
New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut
1684
February 13, 1684
New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut
1686
April 12, 1686
New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States
June 27, 1686
Age 40