Beulah (Bailey) Griffin (1718 - 1812)

Born 20 Dec 1718 in Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Daniel Griffin — married 24 Feb 1736 in Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 30 Dec 1812 at age 94 in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Beulah Bailey was born in 1718 in Bradford, Massachusetts, the tenth child of James Bailey and Hannah Wood.^[1]

In 1735/36, Beulah married Daniel Griffin of Newbury.^[2] Her new husband was the brother of Jonathan Griffin of Newbury, whom her older sister Ednah married just 4 years before. Beulah moved to her husband's town in Newbury, where they recorded their first three children:^[3]

1. Shimuel, b. 27 Apr. 1737; m. Abigail Butterfield, 24 Jul. 1764; d. 14 Dec. 1804
2. Daniel, b. 23 Feb. 1738/39; d. 22 Oct. 1756, and
3. Beulah, b. 28 Mar. 1741; m. James Annis, 30 May 1770.

Beulah and Daniel moved to Tewksbury, Massachusetts, and they continued to build their family with several more children as follows:^[4]

1. Uriah, b. 9 Aug. 1744; m. Marcy Haseltine, 24 Dec. 1767
2. Dudley, b. 3 Sep. 1746; d. 23 Sep. 1746
3. Sarah, b. 7 Sep. 1747; m. Benjamin Blanchard, 3 Jan 1775; d. 31 May 1801
4. Dudley, b. 7 Jul. 1751; m. Esther Bowers, 22 Nov. 1773; d. 3 Nov. 1833 (Upper Canada)
5. Rhoda, b. 15 Mar 1754; m. Dr. Silas Ball, 6 Apr. 1775
6. Hannah, b. 18 Oct. 1756; m. Phineas Annis, Apr. 1774; d. 21 Sep. 1839
7. Lydia, b. 15 Aug. 1759. d. 23 Aug. 1762, and
8. Lydia, b. 31 Mar. 1763.

On 1 Jun. 1773, Daniel and Beulah “of Tewksbury” deeded property in Newbury, MA to their nephew Jonathan Griffin “of Newbury” (son of Daniel's late brother Jonathan Griffin), land that they had inherited from the estate of Daniel’s father Shimuel Griffin.^[5] Daniel and his wife were living in Tewksbury, MA when the 1790 census was taken.^[6]

Beulah lost her husband in Tewksbury (1799) in his 88th year. Beulah was likely the second female over 45 living in Tewksbury with her son Shimuel (and next door to son Uriah) when the 1800 census was taken. Beulah lived until the grand old age of 94, passing away in 1812.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Vital Records of Bradford, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Topsfield Historical Society, Topsfield, Mass., 1907)| Page 18
2. ↑ Vital Records of Bradford, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Topsfield Historical Society, Topsfield, Mass., 1907)| Page 213
3. ↑ Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (The Essex Institute, 1911)| Volume I, Page 201
4. ↑ Vital Records of Tewksbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (The Essex Institute, Salem, Mass., 1912)| Page 41
5. ↑ Essex County, MA, Deeds, v. 136|Pg. 134
6. ↑ 1790 United States Federal Census, State of Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Tewksbury, Page 1, Middle Column| 1790 US Census, "Danl Griffin"
7. ↑ Vital Records of Tewksbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (The Essex Institute, Salem, Mass., 1912)| Page 213

See Also:

• Family Search | Beulah Bailey
• Donna Beers, compiler. The Descendents of James Bailey & Lydia Emery Bailey of Rowley, Massachusetts; Page 4