William Beale (1631 - 1694)

Born 1631 in Norfolk, England

Husband of Martha (Bradstreet) Beale — married 1653 in Salisbury, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Elizabeth (Pilkenton) Beale — married 16 Dec 1676 in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts

Husband of Mary (Whitridge) Beale — married 5 Mar 1684 in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 1694 at about age 63 in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Birth

Torrey reports that William was in Marblehead in 1679 in his 49th year. This means he was still 48 at that time , so he was probably born about 1631.

Marriage #1

William married Martha? before 1654 in Salisbury. ^[1] This presumably refers to his marriage to Martha Bradstreet.

[Bradstreet-155|Martha]], and her husband, William Beal, brought a slander suit against George and Rebecca Bonfield (Rebecca's sister) and their children in the Essex Court during 1672-74. The suit was dropped^[2]

Marriage #2

William Beale's marriage to the widow of Samuel Hart is mentioned as well as listing his children. ^[3]

William, Sr. and Mary Hart married on 5 March 1684 in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts.^[4]

Note that in the Marblehead marriage record, Mary Hart, mentioned above is incorrectly listed as daughter of Samuel Hart of Lynn. She was his widow, Mary (Whitridge) Hart, as shown elsewhere.^[4]

William was born in 1632. William Beale ... He passed away in 1694. ^[5]

William Beale of Marblehead (son of John and Margaret).

http://www.anamericanfamilyhistory.com/Bradstreet%20Family/BradstreetMarthaBeale.html

Marriage to Martha Bradstreet 1654 Age: 34 [no source, likely incorrect.] Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Samuel Beale (1654, married Patience Lovewell), Martha Beale (1657), James Beale (1659), William Beale (1662), John Beale (1666), Moses Beale (1667), Moses Beale (1670), Bridget Beale (1672), and Aaron Beale (1675, married Elizabeth Nicholson). George Beale (1670), Anna Beale (1674)

Marriage to Elizabeth Pilkenton (Widow of Edmund Jackson) 1676 16 Dec Age: 56 Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Ebenezer Beale (1679) and Elizabeth Beale (1677) She was nee Pilkenton the Widow of Ed Jackson

Marriage

Third marriage: Spouse: Mary Hart.
1684. ^[6], HARTT (see also Hart), Mary, wid., and William Beale, Mar. 5, 1684. ^[7]
BEALE (see also Beall), William, and wid, Mary Hartt, Mar. 5, 1684. ^[8]
Note: Mary Needham was the 1st wife of Samuel Hart; Mary Needham died in 1671. Samuel's 2nd wife was Mary Witteridge. ^[9] Mary Witteridge was Samuel's widow and became William's 3rd wife.

Marriage to Mary Needham (widow of Samuel Hart) 1683 4 Mar Age: 62 Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA and Thomas Beale (1686). Mary nee Needham was the widow of Samuel Hart.

Death

1694 4 Jan Age: 73 Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, USA ^{[citation needed]}

Note: If he died at age 73, then 1694 - 73 = 1621 birth date, not 1632. However, I suspect the age at death, 73, is incorrect.

Note birth date shown is baptism date of WIlliam Beale born in Kent, England to John Beale. He died in Marblehead on 04 Jan 1694. ^{[citation needed]}

Note: He wrote his will on that date but I know of no source that says he died on that date. His will was proved on May 21, 1694. ^[10] The exact date is probably unknown. The town records simply say he died in 1694. ^[11]

Children

Based on updated birth an marriage information I have moved some of the children from Elizabeth to Martha compared to some sources.

I do not believe that Susanna was his daughter. I believe she was the daughter of William Sr's son William Jr. She married in Dunstable and William Sr was not in Dunstable but William Jr had all his children there.

Sources

1. ↑ Marblehead, Massachusetts Vital Records
2. ↑ Essex Court Records Vol 5, page 245.
3. ↑ The Pioneers of Massachusetts: A Descriptive List, Drawn from Records of the ... Page 41. By Charles Henry Pope. Available FREE at: https://books.google.com/books?id=ur2OJjh5ZLgC&pg=PA41&lpg=PA41&dq=%22Samuel+Hart%22+Lynn+1683&source=bl&ots=toB17Ix-7b&sig=ACfU3U3lTuuTUmYi1lVx0Tqqf-goLTVkBg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwibuMzOzqDgAhVuZN8KHVY5CW0Q6AEwCXoECAMQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22Samuel%20Hart%22%20Lynn%201683&f=false
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Marblehead, MA Vital Records
5. ↑ Entered by Robert Bailey, Tuesday, January 20, 2015. Replace this citation if there is another source.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHTL-K8F : 9 February 2018), William Beale and Mary Hart, 05 Mar 1684; citing reference Vol. 1, p.156; FHL microfilm 877,447.
7. ↑ VR Lynn, Mass.: Page 172.
8. ↑ VR Lynn, Mass.: Page 42.
9. ↑ Lewis & Newhall: Page 227.
10. ↑ Early generations of the founders of old Dunstable : thirty families. Pages 1-3. Author: Stearns, Ezra S. Available FREE at: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89082602053;view=1up;seq=5
11. ↑ Marblehead, MA Vital Reords

• The Descendants of John & Catherine Marr of Kittery, by James F. Jamison (March 1985)
• Ancestry of Samuel Beal, Husband of Olive Marr, page 278

Kent, England, Tyler Index to Parish Registers, 1538-1874 1 citation provides evidence for Name, Birth, Baptism

• The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts: With Some Related ... By David Webster Hoyt for marriage and parents of each person.
• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
• Early Generations of the Founders of Old Dunstable: Thirty Families By Ezra S. Stearns page 2
• http://www.anamericanfamilyhistory.com/Bradstreet%20Family/BradstreetMarthaBeale.html
• Lewis, Alonzo & Newhall, James. History of Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts (John L. Shorey, Boston, 1865).
  
• Vital Records of Lynn Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 (The Essex Institute, Salem, Mass., 1906).
  
• Whittredge, David A., The English Origins of William¹ Whitredge of Ipswich, Massachusetts, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2010) Vol. 164, WN 654, Page 144.