Joshua Beal (abt. 1722 - abt. 1790)

Born about 1722 in Weymouth, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Elisabeth (Leavit) Beal — married 21 Aug 1744 in Abington, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died about 1790 at about age 68 in Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Disambiguation
Space:Joshua Beal Disambiguation The Joshua of this profile has been referred to in some publications as Joshua Beal, Jr., which is an apparent misunderstanding of records in Hingham for Joshua Beal of Hingham.^[1]

Joshua Beal was born about 1722 in Weymouth, Suffolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, son of Abraham Beal and Deborah Shaw. He is named in Abraham's will. Although he evidently lived in Hingham briefly, he was otherwise a resident of Abington. He and his brother Abraham Beal, Jr. moved with their families to Cummington, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, shortly after the Revolutionary War. There were numerous intermarriages between their descendants.^[1]

Joshua married Elizabeth Leavitt on 21 August 1744 in Abington, Plymouth County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, by Rev. Ebenezer Gay of the First Church of Abington.^[2] She was the daughter of Israel Leavitt and Mary Bates.

The children of Joshua and Elizabeth (Leavitt) Beal:^[3][1]

• Joshua Beal, b. 27 November 1745
• Caleb Beal, bap. 1 May 1748, d. bef. 2 March 1756
• Elizabeth Beal, b. 27 July 1752
• Mary Beal, b. 18 April 1754
• Caleb Beal, b. 2 March 1756
• Nabby Beal, b. 2 April 1758^[4]
• Huldah Beal, b. 3 October 1761
• Barzillai Beal, b. 12 March 1764^[5]
• Comfort Beal, b. 20 May 1766

The 1790 US census has Joshua living in Cummington.^[6] Joshua died between 1790 and 1800, since he is not evident in the 1800 US census.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Doug Sinclair, "Expanding the Family of Joshua Beal Sr. of Abington and Cummington, Massachusetts," MASSOG, vol. 48, no. 1 (Massachusetts Society of Genealogists, 2023-2024), 24.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001" (MTVR), familysearch.org database online (Salt Lake City, UT: 1972), "Hingham, Births, marriages, deaths, 1635-1780," image 305.
3. ↑ Vital records of Abington, vol. 1 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1912), 22-25; "Church records, 1714-1749, First Congregational Church in Abington, Mass," Congregational Library & Archives, database online at congregationallibrary.org.; "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," ancestry.com database online (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), "Hingham, Births, Marriages and Death," image 2777.
4. ↑ Although her profile name is Abigail, she is never recorded as such.
5. ↑ Although his profile name is Barzilla Beals or Beal, the prevailing spelling in records, including his signature, is Barzillai Beal.
6. ↑ Joshua Beal household, 1790 US Census, Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts. NARA microform series M637, roll 4, p. 131.