Delight Beals (1758 - 1844)

Born 14 May 1758 in Cohasset, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Elisha Litchfield Jr. — married 13 Jun 1777 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Wife of John Hayden III — married 8 Apr 1792 in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States of America

Descendants

Died 17 Feb 1844 at age 85 in Ellicottville, Cattaraugus, New York, United States

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Biography

Delight was baptized 14 May 1758 at Hingham, second precinct (later Cohasset). She was the daughter of Joshua and Percilla (Paine) Beal.^[1][2]

She married Elisha Litchfield 13 Jun 1777.^[1]

They had 5 children:
Ensign Lot Litchfield 1778–1840
Elijah Litchfield 1782–
Rebecca Litchfield 1785–
Delight Litchfield 1785–1857
Elisha Litchfield 1787–

Her husband Elisha died in 1787. She married second John Hayden on 8 April 1792 at Hampshire, Massachusetts.

She died 17 February 1844 and was buried 20 Feb 1844 in Ellicottville, Cattaraugus, New York

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts (The Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, 1893) Vol II, p.64
2. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZKC-RZZ : 15 January 2020), Delight Beal, 1758.

• Husband's DAR record https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A069749

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZKC-RZZ
Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915
Name: Delight Beal
Event Type: Christening
Event Date: 14 May 1758
Event Place: Cohasset, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
Gender: Female
Father's Name: Joshua Beal
Mother's Name: Priscilla

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHHB-TNR
from Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910
Name: Elisha Litchfield
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 14 Jun 1777
Event Place: Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Male
Spouse's Name: Delight Beals
Spouse's Gender: Female

Marriage to John Hayden : https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28L-3BM8

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVB-6SDP