William Bean, Jr.

Bean Rockingham NewHampshire to Maine Migration

William Bean Jr. is a member of Clan MacBean

William Bean, Jr. is the son of William Bean and Margaret (Dolloff) Bean. William was a Quaker and a farmer. In 1760, in Brentwood, New Hampshire, William married Mary _____, whose maiden name has not been found at this time.

William and Mary lived at first at Brentwood, where seven children were born, then in the spring of 1799, William moved his family to a farm between Raymond and Candia, New Hampshire. Here they were close neighbors of William's cousin, Joseph Bean.

By 1785, the family had moved again, and were living in Waterboro, Maine. William was a signer of the Petition in York County, Maine for the recall of assessed taxes on land which they thought belonged to the government and which was to be given them. In 1785, both he and his cousin, Richard Bean (son of James Bean) signed the Act of Incorporation for Waterboro, Maine.

The first town meeting was held on April 5, 1787, and William was elected Moderator, Selectman, Assessor and Sealer of Leather.

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William Bean Jr was born in 1736 in Brentwood, Rockingham County, New Hampshire to William Bean and Margaret (Dolloff) Bean Brother of Abner Bean Husband of Unknown Mary — married 1770 in Rockingham, New Hampshire He is the father of John F Bean, William Bean III, Abraham Bean and James Bean. He died before 1800 in Newfields, Maine Profile manager: Rhonda Scoullar Profile last modified 6 Dec 2018 | Created 10 Jul 2011

William Bean Jr is a member of Clan MacBean.

Biography

Sources

Clan MacBean of North America, Volume I, Sixth Edition, Revised 1992, By Joseph S. Bean, page 289 Acknowledgements

WikiTree profile Bean-524 created through the import of Scoullar Family Tree dec07.ged on Jul 10, 2011 by Rhonda Scoullar.

Note: No death or burial record has been found for William; see discussion following. The birth year is an approximation from the published genealogy of the Bean family.

William was the son of William and Mary Bean of Brentwood, New Hampshire. He was still living in 1800 when he appears on the census in Waterboro, ME, aged 45+, with like-aged wife and six younger people. He does not appear on the 1810 census in Waterboro, but his son is called William Bean, Jr., suggesting that the father may still be alive. Furthermore, the wording on the 1816 marriage record of his son James suggests that William was still living in Waterboro in that year.

William was m. (1) according to the Bean genealogy, c. 1760 to Mary _______. He m. (2) by 1779, but perhaps much earlier, Abigail _______ (Abigail was the mother of his son, James, b. 1779). The family lived in Brentwood, where the first seven children were born, and in the spring of 1779 moved to a farm "between Raymond and Candia, N.H.". By 1785 the family was living in Waterboro, ME, when he signed the Act for the Incorporation of the town. At the first town meeting on 5 April 1787, he was elected Moderator, Selectman, Assessor, and Sealer of Leather. William appears on the 1790 and 1800 censuses of Waterboro. Of the nine known children, the first seven were born at Brentwood, and the last two at Waterboro. The mother of the last three was probably Abigail, but she may have been the mother of all or most of the children. The children were:

• John F., b. c. 1767, d. by May 1839 in Otisfield, Oxford Co., ME, and m. Waterboro (int. 28 Nov 1793) Betsey Kimball, b. 27 Feb 1768, the daughter of David and Abigail Kimball of Waterboro. The family lived in Waterboro in 1800, but appears to include six children, which is excessive for a couple married in 1793, so perhaps they were keeping someone else's children as well. They were in Waterboro until 1806, when they moved to Otisfield, and are of record there in 1809, as well as on the 1820 census there.. He may have been the John F. Bean living in Gilead, Oxford, ME in 1830, but if so, his age was overstated as being 70-79. Females aged 60-69 and 15-19 were living with him, which fits with the known age of his wife Betsey. A John Bean was living in Milan, Coos Co., NH in 1850, aged 80, with possible wife Lydia Bean, aged 63, with the family of Orlando Lary, aged 27, but I suspect this to be a different person.
• Elijah, b. c. 1769, d. young
• Jesse, b. 1771 (or 1772), m. Rhoda Coffin.
• Wiliam, b. 1773, d. Parsonfield, York, ME 1840, m. Waterboro, ME 6 Feb 1802 Mary Robertson. William is likely on the 1810 census for Waterboro, and the 1820 census for Parsonfield, ME. No other records have been found for him or his wife.
• Abraham, b. 2 July 1775, d. Waterboro, ME 25 May 1813, m. Waterboro 5 Nov 1797 Hannah Burley, b. Alfred, NH 11 May 1780, the daughter of Andrew Burley and Rhoda White. He appears on the 1800 census in Newfields, ME, with what appear to be wife and two young daughters; and in 1810 was in Waterboro with wife and all six known children. Following Abraham's death, Hannah was married, about 1820, to John Harvey, and appears to have had a child with him who died young, based on her family record published in the NEHGR. She may be the Hannah Harvey appearing in the 1850 census in Saco, Maine, living in a factory boarding house, aged 70. She also may be the Hannah Harvey living in Waterboro, Maine in 1860, aged 79, living with Mary Leaver, a tailor, aged 61.
• Abigail, b. 22 March 1776
• James, b. 22 March 1779, m. (1) Betty Robinson; m. (2) Hannah (Buffum) Hawkes. The deaths of James and both wives are recorded in the minutes of the Friends' meeting at Harlem (now China), Maine, and they were almost certainly buried in the cemetery there.
• Elijah, b. 11 June 1788, d. 1866, m. Waterboro 17 Sep 1808 Susanna Hanson, b. ME 1789, d. 1861. Elijah appears on the 1810 census in Waterboro with wife and daughter, and on the 1820 census there with what appear to be wife, son and four daughters (seven persons). In 1840 Elijah is enumerated in Waterboro, ME, again in a family of seven persons. In 1850 he is in Waterboro, aged 62, with wife Susanna, aged 60, and apparent daughter Amy Ann, aged 20. In 1860, Elijah and wife were living in Berwick, ME in the household of William and Caroline Stackpole. Elijah is called a day laborer. Elijah and Susanna are buried in the Pine Grove Cemetery in Waterboro, and both have simple, flat markers that are of a much later period than their death years indicate.
• Daniel, b. c. 1790, lived at Brownfield, Oxford Co., ME (next to Denmark, ME). He appears in the 1830 and 1840 censuses of Brownfield, with a very large family. It is clear from both census records that he was born in the 1790s. It would be attractive to think that he was the Daniel Bean who married Susanna Doe in Harlem, Maine in 1806, and appears there on the 1820 census. After all, Daniel's older brother, James, lived and died in Harlem (now China), ME. However, it is unrealistic that a male born in the 1790s would marry in 1806, so these may not be the same person. Various family groups posted at Ancestry indicate that the Daniel of Harlem went to Aroostook Co., ME, where he appears on the 1850 and 1860 censuses.
  • Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jun 29 2018, 22:52:58 UTC