Mary Beach

Mary, parents unknown, born say 1630, died before Nov 1677 in Fairfield County, Connecticut.

Not the same as Mary Harvey

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.

Disputed Origins

From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Staples-256

Mary (Staples) Harvey (1646 - 1698) Mary Staples, the daughter of Thomas, despite many statements to the contrary, was not the wife of John Beach, who was about 25 years her senior. She was the wife of Josiah Harvey. Dates December 16, 1627-1677, are from the mistaken identity of Mary Staples wife of John Beach, who is long disproved.

Family

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/e/f/Rick-Heflin-Ohio/W...

Mary Staples (daughter of Thomas Staples and Mary Unknown)3340, 3341, 3342, 3343, 3344 was born 1630 in Fairfield, Fairfield, CT3344, and died 16773344. She married John Beach on 1650 in Of New Haven, New Haven, CT3344, son of Thomas Beach and Joan Hill.

More About Mary Staples:

Died 2: Unknown3345, 3346

Nickname: Hannah.3347, 3348

More About Mary Staples and John Beach:

Marriage: 1650, Of New Haven, New Haven, CT.3348

Children of Mary Staples and John Beach are:

+Hannah Beach, b. December 12, 1665, Stratford, Fairfield, CT3348, 3349, d. Bef. May 09, 1726, Wallingford, New Haven, CT3350, 3351.

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Hannah or Mary STAPLES Salem Witch Trials was born about 1613 in of Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut. She was born about 1630 in Connecticut, USA. She died about 1696 in Cheshire, New Haven Co., Connecticut. There has been some confusion regarding which daughter of Mary and Thomas Staples had married John Beach. According to the book WITCH-HUNTING by David D. Hall, Mary Staples (daughter) married someone with the last name of Harvey. She had a daughter named Hannah and all three females (Mary Staples, Mary Harvey and Hannah Harvey) were implicated in the WitchTrials of Fairfield Ct.

As far the genealogy goes, it raises the question of which sister married John Beach?

While some trees have Mary as his wife, a few other have Mary's sister Hannah as his wife.

It is she, not her daughter who underwent trials for witchery.

"At a court of Magistrates held May 29, 1654(or 1653), the plaintiffThomas Staples claimed the Roger Ludlow had defamed his wife in reportingto Mr. and Mrs. Davenport that firstly, she had caused Knapp's wife to be"new searched" after she was hanged, and when she saw her teats, said ifthey were the marks of a witch then she was one, or that she had suchmarks; secondly, Mr. Ludlow said Knapp's wife told him that GoodwifeStaples was a witch; thirdly, Mr. Ludlow had slandered Goodwife Staplesin saying she made a trade of lying. The magistrate present, TheophilusEaton Esq.,Governor of Connecticut, Mr. Stephen Goodyear, DeputyGovernor, together with Francis Newman, William Fowler and William Leetefound Goodwife Staples innocent of being a witch and that Ludlow hadtruly slandered her, ordering him to pay a fine of 10 pounds damages and5 pounds for trouble caused."

Nearly 40 years later, after Mrs.Staples had been widowed, she foundherself accused again. On September 15,1692, in the height of the Salem witch trials, Mary Staples along with four others were arrested and tried in Fairfield Connecticut. While Staples was acquitted, two of the womenwere subjected to the "Water test". It appears that none of the women suffered capital punishment. As this was a time when the hysteria was winding down and common sense began to take back it's place, possibly reason found its place in Fairfield as well. Mrs. Staples died four years later. Although her age at the time of death is not known, she was likely in her seventies.[Archie.FTW] Parents: Thomas STAPLES and Hannah or Mary STAPLES Salem Witch Trials.

Spouse: Thomas STAPLES. Hannah or Mary STAPLES Salem Witch Trials and Thomas STAPLES were married about 1630 in England.

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CHAN17 Jun 1998 Children were: Hannah or Mary STAPLES Salem Witch Trials, Mary STAPLES.

Spouse: John BEACH Immigrant. Hannah or Mary STAPLES Salem Witch Trials and John BEACH Immigrant were married in 1650 in of New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA. Children were: Elizabeth BEACH, John BEACH III, Mary BEACH, Thomas BEACH, Nathaniel BEACH, Hannah BEACH, Sarah BEACH, Isaac BEACH, Joseph BEACH, Elder Benjamin BEACH.

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"A Danish lady"

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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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Currently there is no documented proof that John Beach married Mary Staples, her birth surname is not known at this time. And as far as John Beach's parentage, this too is in dispute, there is currently no concrete evidence of who his parents were. Please do not merge unless documentation can be provided.

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

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)