Lt. Jeremiah Beal

Jeremiah Beal, Sr

• Birth: before June 17, 1631 Wymondham Norfolk, England
• Death: Aug. 10, 1716 Hingham Plymouth County Massachusetts
• Son of John Beal and Nazareth Hobart

Jeremiah Sr. BEAL was baptised 17d 4m 1631 at Wymondham, Hingham Parish, Norfolkshire, England. He married Sarah RIPLEY 18d 11m 1652 at Boston, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts. Jeremiah Sr. was a blacksmith who had a large family of seven children of whom one was lost in infancy. He appears to have more descendants in number than any of his siblings and half-siblings except for his elder half-sister Mary (BEAL) WHITON.

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Parents:

* John Beal (1593 - 1688)

• Nazareth Hobart Beal (1601 - 1658)

Spouse:

 Sarah Ripley Beal (1627 - 1715) 

Children:

# Jeremiah Beal (1655 - 1703)*

1. John Beal (1656 - 1735)*
2. Sarah Beal Lane (1659 - 1693)*
3. Lazarus Beal (1661 - 1723)*
4. Phebe Beal (1664 - 1665)*
5. Mary Beal Orcutt (1666 - 1719)

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https://mathcs.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr02/rr02_268.html#P4489

Lieut. Jeremiah Beal. Born ca 1631 in Wymondham, Norfolk. Jeremiah was baptized in Wymondham, Norfolk, on 17 Apr 1631. Jeremiah died in Hingham, MA on 10 Aug 1716.45 Occupation: Blacksmith.

From Lincoln’s History of Hingham:45

Jeremiah, constable 1672, selectman 1671, 1673, and 1684, representative 1691, 1692, 1701. Jeremiah and Sarah resided on Bachelor (Main) St. near the meeting house of the First Parish, but late in live on East, near Hull St.

Freeman 1657.

From Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal ..., Volume 1, edited by Ellery Bicknell Crane:

Lieutenant Jeremiah Beal of Hingham Massachusetts ... was an ensign of the Hingham Foot Company May n 1681 and a lieutenant March 30 1683 and a representative to the Massachusetts Bay Colony or general court in 1691 1692 and 1701

Burial: Non-Cemetery Burial Created by: treerpgmo Record added: Dec 27, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 63360030