Samuel Beverly (abt. 1793 - 1863)

Born about 1793 in Otisfield, Cumberland, District of Maine, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Huntley) Beverly — married Jan 1816 in Machias, Washington, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 18 Dec 1863 at about age 70 in Whiting, Washington, Maine, United States

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Biography

Samuel Beverly was born, c1793, at Otisfield, Maine, the son of Varnum Beverly and Lucy Peabody; ^[1] died at Whiting, Maine, 18 Dec 1863. ^[2]

He married (1) at Machias, Maine, Jan 1816, Abigail "Nabby" Huntley, both then of Plantation No. 11 (Cutler). ^{[1] [3] [4] [5] [6]} born about 1794 at Whiting, the daughter of Frederick Huntley and Mary Elizabeth Caldwell, ^[7] who died at Whiting, 15 Aug 1859. ^[1]

Children, born at Whiting: ^{[1] [6]}

1. Samuel Beverly, Jr., b. about 1817; married, 1846, Roxilla P. Clark
2. Elizabeth Beverly, b. about 1819; married at Machias, 14 Jan 1840, Colin C.. Flagg
3. Henry Beverly, b. about 1820; died young
4. Lucy Beverly, b. 11 Feb 1821;^[8] married Coffin C. Flagg, brother of Colin Flagg
5. John Beverly, b. 31 May 1823; married Drusilla West
6. Jackson Beverly, b. 14 Jun 1825; d. 26 Feb 1838
7. Varnum Beverly, b. 3 Sep 1827
8. Gilbert W. Beverly, b. 16 Dec 1830

He married (2) at East Machias, 2 May 1860, Mrs. Bridget Elizabeth Sullivan, ^{[6] [9]} born in Ireland, about 1820, ^{[10] [11] [12]} widow of Jeremiah Sullivan. ^{[1] [10]} No more children.

Samuel Beverly, together with his brothers, Varnum Jr. and David, served in the War of 1812, and all three brothers took part in the battle of Plattsburg, NY. David, the youngest, was only 12 years old when he enlisted as a musician and was always called "the drummer boy." During the time that he was a resident of Whiting, Varnum Jr. lived on the south shore of Gardner's Lake, on a point of land opposite what is now [c1975] Lakeview Cabins and the Sherman Andrews residence. His son, Stephen, lived on the Theodore Hill farm. Samuel lived in the Halls Mills area, and David at Baileyville. ^[1]

Farmer at Whiting. ^{[13] [14]}

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Forslund, Gladys Hall, The History of Whiting, Maine (Advertiser Publishing Company, Calais, Maine, 1975, 95 pages), p. 67. Cit. Date: 2 Nov 2022.
2. ↑ "Maine Deaths and Burials, 1841-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4ZG-R8R : 16 January 2020), Samuel Beverly, 1863.
3. ↑ "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9NW-HFJY?i=7 : 14 January 2020), Samuel Beverly, 1815.
4. ↑ Jackman, Mrs. Beulah G., Earliest Records of Machias, Maine (1767-1827) (Concord, NH, 1937?, 55 pages), p. 43. Cit. Date: 2 Nov 2022.
5. ↑ Huntley, Alice P., John Huntley and Some of His Descendants (The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.), Vol. 101 (1947), p. 150. Cit. Date: 2 Nov 2022.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} Huntley, Virgil W., John Huntley, Immigrant of Boston & Roxbury, Massachusetts and Lyme, Connecticut, 1647-1977, and Some of His Descendants, Book 1 (Moodus Print Shop, Moodus, Connecticut, 1978), p. 28. Cit. Date: 2 Nov 2022.
7. ↑ Forslund, op. cit., p. 85. Cit. Date: 2 Nov 2022.
8. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FW1N-L5N : 14 January 2020), Lucy Beverly, 1821.
9. ↑ Long, Alice MacDonald, editor, Marriage Returns of Washington County, Maine, Prior to 1892 (Maine Genealogical Society Special Publication No. 15, Picton Press, Camden, Maine, 1993, 118 pages, ISBN 0-89725-140-7), p. 72, "Samuel Beverley of Whiting & Mrs. Elizabeth Sullivan of E. Machias m. 2 May 1860 by J. C. Talbot JP." Cit. Date: 29 Oct 2022.
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1} "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6VH-LND : 22 December 2020), Bridget E Sulivan in household of Jeremiah Sulivan, East Machias, Washington, Maine, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDHV-RQ5 : 18 February 2021), Elisabeth Beverly in entry for Samuel Beverly, 1860.
12. ↑ "United States Census, 1880", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFQW-1XJ : Wed Oct 04 01:12:53 UTC 2023), Entry for Elizabeth Beverly, 1880.
13. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6VH-5BV : 22 December 2020), Samuel Beverly, Whiting, Washington, Maine, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
14. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDHV-RQP : 18 February 2021), Samuel Beverly, 1860.