Benajah Beach (1784 - 1867)

Born 25 Oct 1784 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut

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Died 29 Mar 1867 at age 82 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut

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Benajah Beach was born 25 Oct 1784 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut. He died 29 Mar 1807 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut.^{[1][2][3] [4]}

He died March 29 1867^[5]

In the Genealogical and family history of the state of Connecticut, William Cutter provided a description of Benajah and his family^[6]:

Benajah (2), son of Benajah (1) Beach, was born October 25, 1784, at Woodbridge, died in 1867. He was a shoemaker by trade, but in later life followed farming. He was an industrious and worthy citizen and highly esteemed in the community. He married (first) in 1809, Clarissa, born in 1782. died in 1857, daughter of Benjamin Osborne, of New Haven county. He married (second) in 1857, Nancy Tucker. Children of first wife:

1. Eliza, married John Lyon, and had Mary Jane, William, Sarah and Emily.
2. Cornelia, married Rozwell Russell and had Stephen, married Delia Allen and Louise Edwards ; Eleazar B., married Maria Allen ; William, married Martha Main ; Lewis, married Eamiy Lyon.
3. Merritt, mentioned below.
4. Benajah P., born November 27, 1820, settled in Washington, Connecticut, and followed the trade of carpenter until 1890; represented the town in the general assembly in 1867, a Democrat : married, in 1848, Huldah A., daughter of Stiles Titus, and had Ella A., married Henry T. Hine, and Edna C, married William A. Watt.

Sources

1. ↑ Susan Woodruff Abbott, Families of Early Milford, Connecticut, CD-Local and Family Histories: CT, 1600's - 1800's, (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), p. 79.
2. ↑ "Connecticut, Charles R. Hale Collection, Vital Records, 1640-1955", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ZP6X-YY3Z : 9 November 2020), Benajah Beach, 1867.
3. ↑ Susan Woodruff Abbott, Families of Early Milford, p. 79.
4. ↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG15-QSBK : Fri Nov 10 03:20:27 UTC 2023), Entry for Benajah Beach and Benajah, 25 Oct 1784.
5. ↑ Info from notes attached to family Bible of Elizur B. Russell & Family, given to him by his Father & Mother on December 25 1873. This Bible is in the possession of Russell C. Beisiegel of Franklin CT
6. ↑ Genealogical and family history of the state of Connecticut; a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation by Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Clement, E. H. (Edward Henry), 1843-1920, joint ed; Hart, Samuel, 1845-1917, joint ed; Talcott, Mary Kingsbury, 1847-1917, joint ed; Bostwick, Frederick, b. 1852; Stearns, Ezra S., joint ed Publication date 1911 Digitizing sponsor Sloan Foundation Contributor The Library of Congress https://archive.org/details/genealogicalfami01cutt/page/1154