Timothy Beebe Jr. (abt. 1760 - abt. 1841)

Born about 1760 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Rachel (McIntosh) Beebe — married 1789 in Connecticut

Husband of Maria Jane (Paxton) Beebe — married 3 Nov 1823 in Vevay, Switzerland, Indiana, United States

Descendants

Died about 1841 at about age 81 in Vevay, Switzerland County, Indiana, United States

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Biography

Timothy Beebe, son of Timothy Beebe, was born in Connecticut in 1760, and in In 1789 he married Rachel McIntosh. Sometime between 1800 and 1820 he relocated to Jefferson, Ind., where his first wife Rachel died shortly after their arrival. He then married Jane Todd on 3 November 1823 at Jefferson, Indiana. ^[1] Timothy and Rachel (McIntosh) Beebe were the parents of nine children: ^[2]

1. Guy Beebe
2. Lucretia Beebe
3. Sylvester Beebe
4. Mary Beebe
5. Frederick Beebe
6. Clarissa Beebe
7. Anne Beebe
8. Nelson Beebe
9. Dudley Beebe

End of Biography.

Genealogical Records

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Marriage Records

• Primary Source, Indiana Marriage Records ^[1] Data Extract:

1. ) Indiana Marriages; Timothy Beebe married Jane Todd on 3 Nov 1823 at Jefferson, Indiana.

Published Genealogical Information

1903:

• Secondary Source, J. H. Beers & Co.;Commemorative biographical record of Middle-sex County, Connecticut; ^[2] Data:

1. ) Middlesex, Conn. Bios; page 449: Biography of Capt. William Howland Beebe.
   1. ) The Captain inherits a brave and intrepid spirit from worthy ancestors. His grandfather, Timothy Beebe, a native of the town of Lyme, New London county, was a descendant of one of five brothers who dared the perils of the deep, and the still greater perils of an unknown land, when they sailed from their home in far-off Wales for uncivilized America. Timothy Beebe was born in 1760, and when a young man located in Vevay, Ind. In 1789 he married Rachel McIntosh, of that State, where she died, and he removed to Kentucky, where he married one of the Todd family, a relative of Mrs. Abraham Lincoln and of Col. Todd, of Libby Prison fame. Mr. Beebe's death occurred in 1841. He was the father of the following named children: Guy M. (the father of our subject), Sylvester, Dudley, Maria, Annie Maria, Clarissa Maria, Nelson, Edwin, Frederick, Elizabeth, and Cynthia.

2011:

• Secondary Source, Alan Henry (1923-2011), The Beebe Family, ^[3] Data:

1. ) The Family of Beebe; page 161: {Caution, clicking on this hot link will launch a 27 Mbyte pdf file download to your computer.} Timothy Beebe Sr. (514.), son of Gideon Beebe. b. ca. 1738 at New London, CT; d. after 1800 in Castleton, Rutland, Vermont. m. unknown; three sons Timothy, Henry and John. Was in Danby, VT in 1791 census and Castleton, Vt. in the 1800 Census. Dr. Henry warns of an incorrect story which asserts "that his 3 sons immigrated from Newport, Wales in 1775 and landed near the mouth of the Connecticut River."
   1. ) Children of Timothy Beebe Sr. and Unknown:
      1. ) Timothy Beebe Jr. (1270.); b. 1760.
      2. ) Henry Beebe (1271.)
      3. ) John Beebe; Killed in the Battle of Flatbush, LI, NY in the Rev. War.
2. ) The Family of Beebe; page 368: {Caution, clicking on this hot link will launch a 27 Mbyte pdf file download to your computer.} Timothy Beebe Jr., son of Timothy Beebe Sr., was born in 1760 at Lyme, New London, Connecticut; he died in 1841 at Vevay, Switzerland, Indiana. Timothy is said to have removed to Indiana about 1814 and was proceeded by sons Guy and Sylvester. According to a Great Granddaughter, before going to IN, he had built a house and grist mill near Mt. Archer. She also says that he married Rachel after 1784. After Rachel died he married Jane Todd, one of the Todd family, a relative of Mrs. Abraham Lincoln and of Col. Todd of Libby Prison fame. Birth data for children, except for Lucretia, were taken from The Commemorative Biographical Record of Middlesex Cty, CT, p 449. ^[2] Timothy was in Jefferson County, IN in the 1820 and 1830 census. He married, first, Rachel McIntosh, daughter of Duncan and Rachel McIntosh, in Connecticut; Rachel was born 1 Jun 1767 at Lyme, New London, Connecticut; and she died in 1816 at Vevay, Switzerland, Indiana. Rachel was the youngest of eight children. The 1810 Third Society, Lyme, CT census enumerates Timothy, Rachel and ten children; the 1810 ages of Edwin, Frederick, Guy, Sylvester, Dudley, Lucretia, Mary M, Clarissa, Anna M and Harriet correlate to the ten children in this census. Third Society is now known as North Lyme. Timothy Beebe Jr. married, second, Jane (Paxton) Todd, on 3 Nov 1823 at Switzerland County, Indiana. Jane Paxton was born about 1770 in Bedford County, Pennsylvania; was baptized 22 Apr 1771; and she died in 1834at Madison, Jefferson, Indiana. Jane is related relatived to Mrs Abraham Lincoln, by her first marriage.
   1. ) Children of Timothy Beebe Jr. and Rachel (McIntosh) Beebe:
      1. ) Lucretia Beebe (2680.); born 19 Jun 1790.
      2. ) Guy McIntosh Beebe (2681.); born 20 Feb 1791.
      3. ) Sylvester Beebe (2682.); born ca. 1793.
      4. ) Dudley Beebe (2683.); born 1 Jan 1795.
      5. ) Mary Maria Beebe (2684.); born ca. 1797.
      6. ) Frederick Beebe (2685.); born 27 Mar 1797.
      7. ) Clarissa Maria Beebe b. 1801. Descendant Annette Danglade says that Lewis Golay was a Frenchman and that they lived across the Ohio River in KY, and was thought to have had no children. She married Lewis F. Golay, 10 Sep 1819 in Switzerland County, Indiana.
      8. ) Anna Maria Beebe (2686.); born 20 Jan 1802.
      9. ) Harriet Beebe (2687.); born ABT 1804.
      10. ) Edwin Beebe; born 1805; died in 1821 at Vevay, Switzerland, Indiana. Died of Typhus fever according to descendant Annette Danglade.
      11. ) Elizabeth Beebe; born 1810; died young.
      12. ) Cynthia Beebe; born 1813; died young.
      13. ) Nelson Beebe (2688.); born 1815.

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Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001; (Ancestry.com database on-line). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Indiana, Marriages, 1810-2001. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} J. H. Beers & Co.; Commemorative biographical record of Middle-sex County, Connecticut: containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and of many of the early settled families; Chicago, 1903. Public Domain.
3. ↑ Henry, Dr. Alan; The Beebe Family, 2011. Written by Dr. Alan Henry, compiled and web-published in 2020 by Les Sullivan.

Other Sources

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• Ancestry.com public Sharing: Letter with genealogy of Timothy Beebe.

• Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941 Timothy Beebe married Jane Todd on 3 Nov 1823 at Switzerland County, Indiana.

• Indiana Marriges Database through 1850.; Timothy Beebe married Jane Todd on 3 Nov 1823 at Switzerland, Indiana.

• "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKV-872 : accessed 15 February 2021), Timothy Beba, New London, Connecticut, United States; citing p. 100, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1; FHL microfilm 568,141.
• "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHR8-7KZ : accessed 15 February 2021), Timothy Beebe, Lyme, New London, Connecticut, United States; citing p. 600, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 3; FHL microfilm 205,620.
• "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGN-XZT : accessed 15 February 2021), Timothy Beebe, Jefferson, Indiana, United States; citing p. 294, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 13; FHL microfilm 205,607. Sons Frederick and Sylvester enumerated nearby.
• 1830 Jefferson Indiana Census;

• Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001; Timothy Beebe married Rachel Harris 21 Dec 1828 at Indiana, United States. Indiana Marriages or Rachel Harrison same date. Indiana marriages: Timothy Beebe married Rachel Harris 21 Dec 1828 at Jefferson, Indiana, USA

Web based Genealogies

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• FamilySearch profile for Timothy Beebe Jr..
• INGenWeb genealogy, Switzerland County; Descendants of Timothy Beebe.
• General record for Timothy Beebe at Ancestry.com.

Acknowledgments

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