Isaac Beecher (bef. 1716 - 1801)

Born before 15 Jul 1716 in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mabel (Hotchkiss) Beecher — married 6 Apr 1738 in New Haven, CT

Descendants

Died 28 Oct 1801 after age 85 in Bethany, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States of America [uncertain]

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Biography

Isaac Beecher was baptized on 15 Jul 1716, in New Haven County, Connecticut Colony. He was the son of Samuel Beecher and Hannah Farrington.^[1]

On 6 Apr 1738, Isaac married Mabel Hotchkiss,^[2] the daughter of Abraham Hotchkiss and Deborah Thomas.^[3]Their children were Eunice, jesse, David, Isaac, Samuel, Mabel, Hezekiah and Hannah Beecher

Isaac Beecher died on 28 Oct 1801, probably in Bethany, New Haven County, Connecticut, where he was buried in the Old Bethany Cemetery.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Family No. 5, Samuel and Hannah (Farrington) Beecher, "2 Isaac bp 15 Jul 1716 [citing First Congregational Society records, New Haven] d 28 Oct 1801 ae. 86 [citing Cemetery in the Hollow, Bethany]; Census (Wd [i.e., Woodbridge]) 2-1-2; m Mabel da. Abraham & Deborah (Thomas) Hotchkiss, b c. 1719, d 19 Feb 1798 ae. 80 [citing Cemetery in the Hollow, Bethany]:" Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, Volume 1, Page 169. See also: "Beecher, Isaac, son of Samuel and Hannah Beecher, was born in 1717. He died October 28, 1801. Married Mabel Hotchkiss, who died February 19, 1798, aged 79. Samuel Beecher, his father, was a son of Isaac 3, Isaac 2, John 1, the first settler:" Sharpe, Bethany Sketches and Records', Page 150.
2. ↑ "Jsaac Beecher and Mable Hotchkis both of New Haven were Joyned in marriage to Each other Aprill 6^th 1738 [officiated by] the Rev^d: m^r Joseph Noyes:" New Haven Vital Records, Part I, Page 260; also available online at AmericanAncestors.org (accessed 12 Aug 2021 - subscription required).
3. ↑ Family No. 5, Samuel and Hannah (Farrington) Beecher, "2 Isaac ... m Mabel da. Abraham & Deborah (Thomas) Hotchkiss, b c. 1719, d 19 Feb 1798 ae. 80 [citing Cemetery in the Hollow, Bethany]:" Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, Volume 1, Page 169.
4. ↑ "Beecher, Isaac, died Oct. 8, 1801, age 86:" "1935 Project: Headstone Inscriptions, 203-6, Bethany Cemetery (Old), Bethany, Connecticut," Page 44 (Page 2 of 6) (accessed 12 Aug 2021). See also: "2 Isaac ... d 28 Oct 1801 ae. 86 [citing Cemetery in the Hollow, Bethany]: Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, Volume 1, Page 169.

• Brockett, Burton S., compiler. "1935 Project: Headstone Inscriptions, 203-6, Bethany Cemetery (Old), Bethany, Connecticut," 1934/5 WPA Headstone Inscription Project for Oxford and Other Local Cemeteries, 15 Oct 1934, 6 Pages.
• Jacobus, Donald Lines, compiler. Families of Ancient New Haven ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1981[originally] Rome, N.Y. and New Haven, Conn., 1922-1932). (Volumes 1 and 2 available online at Archive.org; full text available online at AmericanAncestors.org - subscription required)
• New Haven Vital Records, 1649-1850, Part I, published by The Connecticut Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, Hartford, Connecticut: The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1917.
• Ricker, Jacqyelyn Ladd, compiler and editor. The Ricker Compilation of Vital Records of Early Connecticut (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2006), Page 1110.
• Roberts, Gary Boyd, editor. Genealogies of Connecticut Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983), Volume 2, Page 187.
• Sharpe, William Carvosso, compiler. Bethany Sketches and Records', published by author, Seymour, Connecticut: Record Print, 1908.

Acknowledgments

• Thanks to Greg Rose for starting this profile.