John Beach

Abt 1613 - 1677  (64 years)

• Name	John Beach
  Born	Abt 1613	St. Albans, Devonshire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	16 Jun 1677	Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut   [1, 2]
  Notes	He came to New Haven with brothers Richard and Thomas, perhaps in 1639, but is first mentioned in 1643 and took the oath of fidelity the following years. He moved to Stratford in 1652, and was an original proprietor of Wallingford in 1670, but retained his Stratford residence. He was called "John Beach Sr. of Stratford" in the probate records. The inventory of his estate included property at Stratford and Wallingford, amounting to about £344. On November 6, 1677, an agreement of his heirs was signed by sons John and Thomas Beach, and daughters Elizabeth Preston and Mary Beach; they appointed Capt. William Curtis, Israel Chauncey, and Jehiel Preston as overseers of the estate and minor children in Stratford, and John Moss and Eliasaph Preston for those in Wallingford. Names and birth dates of the ten children were given in his will. His wife was called Mary at the birth of their last child; nothing else is known about her. The land grant records for King Philip's War for New Haven, Conn., includes "Beach, John ( –1677), (B); he was from Stratford, and returned thither." This was listed in the Wallingford, Conn., list of those in civilian service. The "(B)" stands for "lower garrison". Note, however, that Jacobus, later states: "Further study of the Wallingford Rrecords leads t the belief that it was not the elder John Beach (d 1677) who served with the lower garrison, this man having removed to Stratford, but rather his nephew John (s. of Thomas) who was certainly then living in Wallingford." From this we know that John had a brother, Thomas.
  Person ID	I5374	Devin Timber | David Devin Pedigree
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2010

  
  

  Family	Mary,   b. Abt 1633, England ,   d. 21 Nov 1712, Waterbury, Connecticut  (Age 79 years)
  Married	1650	Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut   [1]
  Notes	They had 10 children.
  Children	+ 1. Thomas Beach,   b. May 1659, Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut ,   d. 13 May 1741, Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut  (Age 82 years)
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2010
  Family ID	F2181	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S04633] Web Page, http://www.otal.umd.edu/~walt/gen/htmfile/538.htm by Walter Gilbert. QUAY 1 [S04446] Genealogies of original families in 3 vols, Jacobus, Donald Lines, (Gen. Pub. Co. - Baltimore, MD).