Timothy Field Beard

Timothy Field Beard, Notable national genealogist 84, has died

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GREAT BARRINGTON- Author-researcher Timothy Field Beard, formerly of Sheffield and one of the preeminent genealogists in the United States, died on February 13 2015. He was 84.

Beard is best known for his critically-acclaimed book, "How To Find Your Family Roots," a 1,000-page tome published in 1977 by McGraw-Hill of New York City. Beard was one of the 50 Fellows of the American Society of Genealogists, an organization that honors the finest genealogical researchers in the country. That post is a lifetime honor, granted to only 50 researchers at a time. Beard was elected in 1997.

He was a member of a host of prestigious genealogical organizations, serving as president of the Order of Colonial Lords of Manors of America; a member of the Society of Colonial Wars; past register general of the Sons of the Revolution; past President General of the Order of the Crown of Charlemagne, a member of the Society of Cincinnati in the State of Maryland; commander of the Order of Indian Wars of the United States and past president general of the Saint Nicholas Society of New York City.

Beard was the great-great-great-grand nephew of David Dudley Field, who compiled the first history of Berkshire County. His grand-uncle was Sir James Stuart-Menteth, third baronet of Mansfield House, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, according to Eagle files.

http://www.hereditary.us/beard.htm

He was married at Christ Church Methodist in New York City, September 12, 1963 to the former Annette Knowles Huddleston, who died in New York City January 28, 1995. She was the daughter of the late William E. Huddleston, Jr., of Clanton, Alabama and Alma F. Robinson of Gadsden, Alabama.

References

• “B-Ann Moorhouse and Timothy Field Beard, the newest Fellows-of the Society (F.G.B.S). Story on page 9.” < link >
• “EVERYDAY PEOPLE: Bridgewater Library's Timothy Beard.” < Register Citizen > (Aug. 22, 2010) “ Since early childhood, he has been absorbed with the histories of both his extended families and those of others, tracing some of them to seemingly impossible lengths back to the days of Charlemagne, the monumental eighth-century Frankish king who founded the Holy Roman Empire. …”
• The Hereditary Society Community of the United States of America - HSC Advisor - Timothy Field Beard, F.A.S.G. < link >
• ” Notable national genealogist Timothy Field Beard, 84, has died.” < Berkshire Eagle > (Feb 18, 2015)
• “Noted genealogist Timothy Field Beard of Roxbury, CT, died on February 13, 2015. He was 84 years old.” < Social Register Association >
• < [https://archive.nytimes.com/query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage-9D05E5DD... “Paid Notice: Deaths: BEARD, TIMOTHY FIELD.”> New York Times. (February 22, 2015)
• FindAGrave MEMORIAL ID 142707907
• Timothy Field Beard - In Memoriam
• < “ Beard Monograph Collection Preserved at Nabb Center” > Salisbury University, Maryland. (December 15, 2015)
• “ Tim DOWLING's Family Tree”
• “Charlemagne is Timothy Field Beard's 34th great grandfather.” < Relationship path >