John Beach (1757 - 1830)

Born 9 Dec 1757 in Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mabel (Beers) Beach — married 13 Jun 1779 in Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

Descendants

Died 10 Jun 1830 at age 72 in Sheldon, Franklin, Vermont, United States

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Biography

John was born in 1756.

Burial

Grace Episcopal Church Cemetery, Sheldon, Franklin, Vermont (Find A Grave)

Sources

• Beach, Rebecca Donaldson. The Reverend John Beach And His Descendants (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, New Haven, 1898) Page 203.

• Page 149. "John and Mabel tarried for a while in the old town, but the spirit of adventure was once again revived and many were the stirring tales told of fine chances and rich lands in a northern country ; and, finally, after many plans and much discussion, they betook themselves with their little family to the wilds of Central Vermont."
• Page 149. When his daughter, Ann, and her husband, Dr. Elisha Sheldon, moved to Troy, he "undertook the care of the Sheldon farms and interests and remained there until his death in 1830."

• Johnson, Ezra Levan. Newtown's History and Historian, Ezra Levan Johnson (Newtown, Conn., 1917) "Descendants of Some of Newtown's Earliest Settlers", Page 2
• The BEACH FAMILY MAGAZINE, Vol. I, No. 3, p. 69, gives his date of death as above, but at Vol. II, No. 1, p. 127, says died 10-Jun-1830.
• The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - White, Lorraine Cook, ed. (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1994-2002) Vol. Newtown, Page 7.

• Shows his birth date as Dec. 9, 1756.

• Newtown, CT: Vital Records, 1704-1850 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, NEHGS, Boston, 2021) Vol. 1, Page 9.

• Shows his birth date as Dec. 9, 1757.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #16416922