Seba Beebe (1749 - 1837)

Born 6 Apr 1749 in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Davis) Beebe — married 24 Feb 1773 in Westminster, Windham, Vermont

Descendants

Died 26 Feb 1837 at age 87 in Beebe Plain, Stanstead, Bas-Canada

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Biography

Seba Beebe, son of Lt. Jonathan Beebe, ^[1] was born ^[1][2] 6 Apr 1749^[2] in Waterbury, New Haven, CT. Seba Beebe served in the Vermont militia and received a pension for his service from the government of Canada. ^[3] Seba Beebe married Sarah Davis,^[3] daughter of Thomas Davis, Feb 21, 1773^[4]. From this union nine children were born:

1. ) David Beebe, b.c. 1773. m. Clarissa Cross, d. 4 March 1853 (or 1855) ^[4].
2. ) Hannah Beebe, m. Francis House.^[4]
3. ) Thomas Beebe, c. 1776, m. Esther House, d. 22 Aug. 1857.^[4]
4. ) Calvin Beebe, b. 22 Feb. 1777, m(1) Deborah Cole, m(2) Elouisa (Turner) Coggswell, m(3) (Unknown) Perrin, d. 22 Nov. 1876.^[4]
   1. ) Grandson: Daniel Tillotson Beebe, a son of Calvin Beebe. ^[3][4]
5. ) Anson Beebe, b. 1785, m. Abigail Young, d. 1847.^[4]
6. ) Seba Beebe Jr. ^[5] {from page S-2 of Mitchell Hunt book}

Genealogical Records

The following section of this profile provides detailed information found in the various cited sources. The purpose of this section is to provide the reader access to the information contained within the cited sources, to identify source data conflicts, and identify the origin of data errors. In addition, this section provides a platform to analyze, cross-correlate, and comment on important aspects of the cited historical data record.

Vital Records

• Primary Source, The Barbour Collection Waterbury Vital Records 1686-1853 ^[2]Data Extract:

1. ) Barbour Waterbury, Conn Vital Records; page 30: Seba Beebe, child of Lieut. Jonathan Beebe, was born 6 Apr 1749.

Census Records

• Primary Source, Canada, recensement du Bas-Canada, 1825, ^[6] : Data summary:

1. ) 1825 Stanstead, Canada Census; In this 1825 census, Seba Beebe, age between 60 + was the head of a Stanstead Township, Richelieu Co., Quebec, Canada household. There are three members of the household which include: one unmarried male age 18-24; one male 60 and upward (Seba); and one married female 45 and upward. Seba Beebe is listed adjacent to David Beebe on the census document.

Death Records

• Tertiary Source, (burial-no tombstone photo); Secondary Source (biography), "Find A Grave Index", ^[7]: Data Extraction:

1. ) Find A Grave: Memorial #100061851: Seba Beebe, son of Jonathan Beebe (1709–1760) and Hannah (Lewis) Beebe (1716–1790), was born 6 Apr 1749 at Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA., and he died 26 Feb 1837 (aged 87) at Quebec, Canada
   1. ) Siblings:
      1. ) Ira Beebe (1735–1792)
      2. ) David Beebe (1747–1840)
      3. ) Reuben Beebe (1751–1834)
   2. ) Marriage. Seba Beebe married Sarah Davis (1760–1839) in 1772.
   3. ) Children:
      1. ) Hannah (Beebe) House (1776–1857)
      2. ) Thomas Beebe (1776–1857)
      3. ) Anson Beebe (1785–1847)
2. ) BURIAL. Seba Beebe was buried in the Beebe Cemetery at Beebe Junction, Estrie Region, Quebec, Canada.
   1. ) Find a Grave Notes: "Born in Waterbury New Haven, CT, and died in Beebe Plain, Stanstead, Quebec, Canada. He married Sarah Davis, daughter of Thomas Davis and his second wife Mary (Ranney) Bush, on 24 Feb 1773 in Westminster, Windham VT. Sarah was born 25 Jul 1751 at Middletown, Middlesex, CT. Seba lived in Lyme, CT, Windsor, VT, and Piermont, NH (c. 1778). In 1797 he moved to Beebe Plain on the Vermont/Quebec border, arriving there via an ox-team. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and his name appears on the pension rolls in Canada in 1831 for services rendered in the Vermont militia. Source : Steve Dornbos' Revolutionary War. More.... see Find a Grave profile."
   2. ) Inscription, "{No Tombstone Photo}"

Biographic and Genealogical References

• Secondary Source, Clarence Beebe in his book Monograph of the Descent of the Family of Beebe ^[8] cites Seba Beebe in profile (231). Data Extract:

1. ) Page 28: Lt. Jonathan Beebe (84) and Hannah Lewis awere the parents of the following children: Ira, Zeruiah, Borden, Jonathan, David, Simeon, Silas, Seba (231), and Reuben.
2. ) Page 40: Seba Beebe (231), son of Jonathan Beebe (84) was born in 1749.

• Secondary Source, Clifford Beebe,Genealogy of the Family of Beebe, ^[9] Data Extract:

1. ) Page 20, 21. Jonathan and Hannah (Lewis) Beebe were the parents of the following children: Ira (150), Zeruiah ( 151), Zera (152), Borden (153), Jonathan (154), David (155), Simeon (156), Seba (157), Silas Constant (158), and Reuben (159).
2. ) Page 47, 48 Personal data: Seba Beebe was born 6 April 1749 at Lyme Connecticut, and he died 26 Feb 1837 at Stanstead, Stanstead Co., Quebec, Canada.
   1. ) Marriage. Seba Beebe married Sarah Davis, on 24 Feb 1773 at Westminster, Vt. She was born in 1751 at Lyme, Connecticut and she died in 1826.
   2. ) Biography. Seba lived in Lyme, Ct,; Windsor, Vt. (Circa 1773); Piermont, NH (circa 1778); and Randolph, Vt (prior to 1797). In 1797 he moved to Beebe Plain on the Vermont/Quebec border, making the move via an Ox team.
      1. ) Seba was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. His first enlistment was on 15 Nov 1776 at Bradford, Vt., where he was an Orderly Sargeant under Capt. Strong and Lt John Bahnes. Next he was stationed at Newbury, Vt. and served there until July or August 1777. In 1778 he made Corporal in Col. John Bedeles's Regiment.
      2. ) In 1776 he was a Ranger for the defense of the frontier. His name appears on the pension rolls in Canada in 1831, for service rendered as a Corporal an Sergeant in the Vermont Militia.
      3. ) It is said he was a counterfeiter and thief; he was tried and convicted for the crime, and his punishment was to be branded on the forehead. He fled from Vermont to Canada, but later returned.
      4. ) This family was the founding family of the namesake town, Beebe, Stanstead, Quebec, Canada.
   3. ) Children. Seba and Sarah (Davis) Beebe were the parents of David (441), Hannah (442), Thomas (443), Calvin (444), Luther (445), Rhoda (446), Zera (447), Anson (448), Daniel (449), and Hulda (450) {Editorial; The Hunt Genealogy notes that the Clifford Genealogy is an excellent source, but in this case Hunt is certain that Daniel and Hulda were not children of Seba, as David, Seba's eldest son testified on his mother's pension application that his father (Seba) had nine children, seven sons and two daughter; and all these 9 children (less Daniel and Hulda) are listed on a 5 Dec 1921 DAR application by Elizabeth (Beebe) Mabb }

• Secondary Source, Perkins, The Vermont Spirit, ^[10] Data extraction: Quote, "In the settlement of Pomfret, there came from Lower Canada a family of Beebes. {Editorial, actually this family came from Connecticut, migrated to Vermont and then left Vermont and went to lower Canada after the following reported incident} There were Seba, Reuben, Jonathan, and Eli. Seba was a bit weaker than the others. In 1785 he was fined by squire Dana for "striking Andrew Culver with a rake stale." In 1789 Seba was before Squire Throop in a civil action. In 1794 Seba was arrested in Stafford " for falsely forging base metal in the likeness of on hundred Spanish milled dollars, and passing the same knowing them to be counterfeit." He was convicted at a session of the Supreme Court sitting at Windsor in Feb, 1795. The return of William Switzer reads: " In obedience to the within command, I on the twenty-eighth day of February betwixt the hour of one and three P.M took the within named Seba Bebe to a suitable place in the town of Windsor, and there caused his right ear cut off, and branded him with a hot iron letter C on his forehead." In addition to the above sentence, Beebe was fined five pounds, and on March first committed to the Newbury jail in default of payment of the fine.

• Primary Source, Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol 029,^[3] Data extraction:

1. ) Mrs Genevieve (Fish) Lamping (b. Massena, NY) daughter of Marcus Fish and Calphuria Josephine Beebe
2. ) Calphuria Josephine Beebe was the daughter of Daniel Tillotson Beebe and Sarah A Hyde.
3. ) Daniel Tillotson Beebe was the son of Calvin Beebe and his wife Deborah Cole.
4. ) Calvin Beebe was the son of Seba Beebe and Sarah Davis.
5. ) In 1776, Seba Beebe (1749-1837), was a ranger in the defense of the frontier. He received a pension from Canada for service as a corporal and sergeant in the Vermont Militia. He was born in Vermont, and died in Canada.

• Secondary Source, DAR applications. DAR applications for Seba Beebe There are about 30 DAR applications citing lineage to Seba Beebe.

• Secondary Source, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, ^[11] Data extract page 568 of 643, Sons of the American Revolution application by Calvin Bowman Roden a 5th generation descendant of Seba Beebe:

1. ) Emilia (Beebe) Strong, daughter of Calvin and Deborah Cole, was born 29 Nov 1818 in Randolph Vt., and died 11 Jan 1887 at Troy NY.
2. ) Calvin Beebe (a twin), son of Seba Beebe and Sarah Davis, was born 2 Feb 1777 at Piermont, N.H., and died 22 Nov 1876 at Randolph Vt. Calvin married Deborah Cole, born 1780 in Randolph, Vt, and died 1826 at Randolph Vt.
3. ) Seba Beebe, son of Jonathan Beebe, was born in 1749 at Lyme, Ct., and died in 1837. On 24 Feb 1773 Seba Beebe married his first wife Sarah Davis (b. 1755). {Editorial: the place of birth cited in this SAR record is incorrect. Refer to the Barbour birth record.}
4. ) Jonathan Beebe, Son of Joseph Beebe was born 1709 and died 1760.
5. ) Joseph Beebe son of Lt. John Beebe was born 1684. {Editorial, Lt John Beebe is presently known not to be the father of Joseph; see Joseph's profile}
6. ) Lt. John Beebe (b.1628) husband of Abigail York (d. 1725)

• Secondary Source, Anderson, The Town and City of Waterbury, Connecticut, From the Aboriginal Period to the Year Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Five ^[1]Data extract:

1. ) History of Waterbury; Appendix page Ap16: Seba Beebe, son of Lieut. Jonathan Beebe and Hannah Lewis, was born 6 April 1749.

• Secondary Source, The Mysterious Beebe Families of Beebe, Vermont-Quebec, ^[5] Data extraction: This book is essentially a 50 page white paper, with another 38 pages of supplements on Seba Beebe, his founding of Beebe Plain, Quebec Canada, his family genealogy, and a narrative of his life.

1. ) Page S1, November 1979 Supplement. The 5 December 1921 DAR membership application by Elizabeth (Beebe) Mabb of Syracuse New York lists the children of Seba and Sarah (Davis) Beebe, of Stanstead, Quebec as David, Zera, Thomas, Seba, Calvin, Luther, Hanna, Rhoda, and Anson.

• Secondary Source, John Graves 1635 Settler of Concord MA and His Descendents, ^[4] Data extraction: TBD. {Editorial Note: this genealogy asserts a pedigree for Joseph Beebe, grandfather of Seba, that is INCORRECT.}

Research Notes

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   3. ) A Tertiary Source is a genealogical data source which is a collection of genealogical information that does not cite Primary or Secondary information sources, and the data may be factual or hearsay.
   4. ) Braces {Editorial Note Example} are used to insert editorial comments; that is to say, information or clarification that is not contained in the original, cited source material.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Anderson, Joseph, D. D., The Town and City of Waterbury, Connecticut, From the Aboriginal Period to the Year Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Five., New Haven, The Price & Lee Company, 1896, Ap16. Seba Beebe in Waterbury History
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Compiled by Jerri Lynn Burket, The Barbour Collection - Waterbury Vital Records 1686-1853, General Editor - Lorraince Cook White, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2002, p. 30. Seba Beebe birth record
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol 029, Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA 2016. page 253, 254. DAR Seba Beebe citation
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7} Author Unknown; John Graves 1635 Settler of Concord MA and His Descendents, rev9 April 2014, Gen 166. Descendants of John Graves.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Hunt, Mitchell J., The Mysterious Beebe Families of Beebe, Vermont-Quebec, Self published Genealogy of Seba Beebe, 20 Feb 1979 with supplements through April 1995. Available through Abe Books here
6. ↑ "Canada, recensement du Bas-Canada, 1825," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHJ8-SGD : 8 August 2017), David Beebe, Stanstead, Richelieu, Quebec, Canada; citing p. 715, volume 2, MG 31 C1; Library and Archives Canada microfilm number C-717, Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,443,957.David Beebe in 1825 Stanstead, Canada census
7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (Rev date: accessed 24 May 2022), memorial page for Seba Beebe (6 Apr 1749–26 Feb 1837), Find a Grave Memorial ID 100061851, citing Beebe Cemetery, Beebe Junction, Estrie Region, Quebec, Canada ; Maintained by Nicole (contributor 47420631) .
8. ↑ Beebe, Clarence, Monograph of the Descent of the Family of Beebe, from the earliest known immigrant--John, of Broughton, England, 1650, compiled and edited by Clarence Beebe, 150 Nassau Street, New York,1904; Profile (231) page 40. Clarence Beebe Genealogy online -Title Page
9. ↑ Beebe, Clifford, Genealogy of the Family of Beebe From the Earliest Known Immigrant John Beebe of Broughton, England, Higginson Book Co., 10 Colonial Road, Salem MA 01970. 1991.
10. ↑ Perkins, Walter E., The Vermont Spirit, The Elm Tree press, Woodstock, VT, 1916. Seba Beebe Counterfeiting conviction and punishment
11. ↑ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls. Ancestry.com, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Seba Beebe cited in SAR application

Other Sources

• Mariessa Dobrick; The Criminal Arts: Counterfeiting and Forgery in Vermont History. This online publication contains photo images of documents from the trial of Seba Beebe.
• Brooke, John L.; The Refiner's Fire: The Making of Mormon Cosmology, 1644–1844; New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1994.
  • p. 137: "In February 1795 a Seba Beebe... Seba moved his family to... Beebe, Stanstead, Quebec Canada. " Seba Beebe (1749-1837) was a distant relative of Zacheus Beebe III specifically, his third cousin once removed. Common ancestors are John Beebe Jr. (1600-1650) and Rebecca (Ladd) Beebe (bef.1602-bef.1650), patriarch and matriarch of the North American Beebe family, and parents to the original Beebe immigrant family;
• History of Pomfret, Vermont, Vol I.; page 88 Jonathan, Eli, Seba, and Reuben Beebe.

Web based Genealogies

• FamilySearch profile for Seba Beebe.