Asa Bean (abt. 1779 - abt. 1811)

Born about 6 May 1779 in Readfield, Maine

Ancestors

Husband of Betsey (Atkinson) Copp — married before 1810 in New Hampshire

Died about 1811 at about age 31 in At Sea near West Indies

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Biography

Asa Bean is a member of Clan MacBean.

Asa Bean, the son of Joshua and Mary (Bean) Bean, was born at Readfield, Maine, May 6, 1779. Asa graduated from Dartmouth College in 1805. He studied law in a law office in Montville, Maine, but did not go into the practice. Instead, Asa went into the mercantile business in Frankfort, Maine. He was supercargo of the vessel from Bangor, which carried him to his untimely end by the yellow fever. In 1811, Asa went to the West Indies on a business trip and died at sea at Havanna, Cuba, age 31, leaving a pregnant wife to have his only male child after his death. ^[1]

Asa married Betsey Atkinson, born in Boscawen, New Hampshire. Asa and Betsey had two children, born at Frankfort, Maine:

• Susan H. Bean married Rev. Ames Littlefield on December 18, 1833

• Alexander Hamilton Bean, born February 20, 1812 (after his father's death)

After Asa's death, Betsey married Timothy Copp of Montville, New Hampshire.

Researcher's Notes

George Thomas Chapman suggests in his biography of Asa, that his wife's first name was possibly Lucinda and that Betsey was a nickname.

Sources

1. ↑ Sketches of the Alumni of Dartmouth College: From the First Graduation in 1771 to the Present Time, with a Brief History of the Institution, by George Thomas Chapman, Riverside Press, 1867, page 122

• [1]Administration of Asa Bean Estate. Folder 580. Hancock County probate records, estate files, 564-644, 1790-1915. FHL #Film # 004138791, images 225-247.
• Clan MacBean of North America, Volume I, Sixth Edition, Revised 1992, by Joseph S Bean, page 358