Obedience (Beecher) Beach (1719 - 1789)

Born 12 Jul 1719 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Beach — married 31 Oct 1734 in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 20 Sep 1789 at age 70 in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Obedience Beecher, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Barnes) Beecher, was born 12 Jun 1719 in Wallingford, Connecticut.^[1][2][3]

As Experience Beecher she married Joseph Beach, in Wallingford, on the last of October 1734, by Mr. Hall.^[4][5]

Their first seven children were born in Wallingford, Connecticut, but Joseph became a founding settler of the Waterbury area known as East Farms and the last several children were born there.

The burying ground, now called East Farms, was sold by Joseph Beach to the town for fifteen shillings, 28 April 1780. The oldest inscribed stone is that of Experience, Joseph's wife, who died 20 Sept 1789.^[6]

Children

Children of Joseph Beach and Experience Beecher^[7][8][9]

1. Lydia Beach b. 13 Sep 1735 in Wallingford; bp Sep 1735 at the Cheshire Congregational Church; m. 25 June 1756 in Waterbury, Eldad Mix.
2. Mehitabel Beach, b. 2 Nov 1738 in Wallingford; m. 5 Jan 1673 in Wallingford Benjamin Moss.
3. Mary Beach, b. 22 Dec 1740 in Wallingford, "child" bpt. Jan 1740/1 at the Cheshire Congregational Church; m. 5 Nov 1761 Waterbury, David Frost
4. Elizabeth Beach, b. 24 Feb 1742/3 Wallingford; bp Mar 1742/3 at the Cheshire Congregational Church; d. 24 May 1751, Waterbury
5. John Beach, b. 25 Jan 1744/5 Wallingford; bp Mar 1745 Cheshire Cong. ; m. 12 Mar 1772 in Waterbury Hannah Hoadley
6. Joel Beach, b. 23 Sept 1747 Wallingford; bp 18 Oct 1747 Cheshire Cong. ; d. after 1805; m. (1) 14 June 1770 Waterbury, Mary Beach, d/o Enos; m. (2) Betsy _____
7. Sarah Beach b. 21 Sep 1749 Wallingford
8. Joseph Beach b. 21 Nov 1751 in Waterbury; died 4 June 1802 ae 50 ; m. 13 June 1782 Waterbrry Hannah Miles.
9. Amos Beach, b. 23 June 1754 Waterbury; d. 13 Jan 1756 Waterbury
10. Amos Beach, b. 13 Jan 1756 Watrbury
11. Asa , b. 1 Aug 1759 Waterbury; m. 1 Feb 1781 Elizabeth Benham.

Experience was born in 1719.

She married Joseph Beach in 1734 at Cheshire, New Haven, Connecticut.^[10]

She passed away in 1789 and was buried in East Farms Cemetery, Waterbury, Connecticut.^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ Jacobus: vol 1 pp. 154, 170.
2. ↑ Barbour Collection: Vol. 50, p. 27.
3. ↑ Anderson: Ap166.
4. ↑ Connecticut Vital Records to 1850 "Wallingford" (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, (1928.) Joseph p. 30; Beach p. 28-33
5. ↑ Jacobus: vol 1, p 154, 170.
6. ↑ Anderson, Joseph (editor). The town and city of Waterbury, Connecticut : from the aboriginal period to the year eighteen hundred and ninety-five. (New Haven: Price & Lee, 1896). pp 448, 550, 678, 694
7. ↑ Jacobus, Donald Lines (compiler). Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol I-VIII. and Index Vol IX New Haven: 1931. Reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1974, 1981, 1997. Originally published as New Haven Genealogical Magazine, Volumes I-VIII. (Rome, NY and New Haven, CT 1922-1932). p. 154
8. ↑ Wallingford dates were confirmed in the Barbour Collection of Vital Records "Wallingford"
9. ↑ Waterbury dates were confirmed in the Barbour Collection of Vital Records, "Waterbury"
10. ↑ "Early Connecticut Marriages"; Ancestry.com [database on-line]; Bailey, Frederic W. Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1997. Record of marriage between Experience Beecher and Joseph Beach, 31 Oct 1734.
11. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #11939935, database and images (accessed 7 February 2019), memorial page for Experience Obiedience Beecher Beach (12 Jun 1719–20 Sep 1789), citing East Farms Cemetery, Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by Jan Franco (contributor 46625834).

• Anderson, Joseph. The Town and City of Waterbury, Connecticut, From the Aboriginal Period to the Year Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Five (The Price & Lee company, New Haven, 1895) Ap166.
• Jacobus, Donald Lines. Families of Ancient New Haven (Clarence D. Smith, Rome, New York, 1922-1932) Vol 1, Page 154. Vol 3, Page 634.
• The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, White, Lorraine Cook, ed. (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD 1994-2002) Vol. 1-55.
• Doherty, Frank J. The Settlers of the Beekman Patent (1990) Vol. 2, Page 424
• Bittner, James W., Bittner - Jorandby - Ross - Christenson Ancestors (RootsWeb/8 Dec 2006)
• Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol I-VIII. AKA New Haven Genealogical Magazine. Beecher begins p. 162
• Find A Grave: Memorial #11939935