Re: Solomon Beach, Glover, Vermont
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In reply to:
Solomon Beach, Glover, Vermont
Diana Pollock 1/01/00
Dear Diana:I present below the ancestry of your Solomon Beach.I'd be curious to know more about his wife and children as the little I have comes from the 1850 Census and a bio of son Dwight (Irwin D.).Regards, Eugene H. Beach, Jr.
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1. Solomon Beach b. C. 1819, Vermont, m. Harriet A. _____, b. C. 1823.He appears on the 1850 Census for Glover, Orleans County, Vermont, p. 20, family no. 269, as age 31, with children Emily, Harley, Edward and Irwin D.The last is thought to be the same as the Dwight Beach who settled in Valley Center, Kansas.
Parents
2. Solomon Beach b. 3-May-1784, m. Lydia Norse, b. C. 1789.Solomon died 8-Jul-1861, West Glover, Orleans County, Vermont, buried: West Glover Cem., West Glover, Vermont.His name is variously spelled as Solomon, Salmon, Salomon and Solorman.Some sources give his date of birth as 31-May-1784.He appears on the 1850 Census for Glover, Orleans County, Vermont, p. 21, family no. 286, at age 66, living in the household of his son Ellsworth P. Beach.The intention of his marriage was published 10-Mar-1807.
3. Lydia Norse b. C. 1789.She was of Windham, Vermont.
Grand Parents
4. Azariah Beach b. 23-Feb-1743, m. 7-Apr-1768, Elizabeth Skinner, d. 2-Apr-1835, West Glover, Vermont.Azariah died 15-Jan-1820, West Glover, Vermont.He served in the Revolution.
5. Elizabeth Skinner d. 2-Apr-1835, West Glover, Vermont.
Great Grand Parents
8. Azariah Beach b. 3-Sep-1705, Stratford, Connecticut, m. 20-Oct-1730, Lydia Burt.Azariah died 2-Apr-1785, Hebron, Connecticut.His tombstone says he died at age 79 years, 6 months, 15 days, which is inconsistent with the dates of birth and/or marriage above.He was a deacon and an influential citizen of Hebron, Connecticut.Following marriage he moved to Durham for a time.His will is dated 10-Mar-1783 and was probated at Colchester, Connecticut.
9. Lydia Burt. She was the daughter of Jonathan and Mindwell Burt of Durham, Connecticut.
Great Great Grand Parents
16. Richard Beach b. 16-Oct-1677, Killingworth, Connecticut, m. 7-Dec-1704, Hannah Foote, b. 13-Feb-1684, Stratford, Connecticut.Richard died AFTER 1745.He settled in Stratford, Connecticut, following his marriage, but moved to Durham, Connecticut, in 1708-09.He lived there until 1730, acquiring over 100 acres of land.In 1730 he moved to Hebron, Connecticut, leaving son Azariah behind.In 1745, however, he sold his home in Hebron and is thought to have returned to and died at Durham.
17. Hannah Foote b. 13-Feb-1684, Stratford, Connecticut.She was the daughter of Daniel Foote.
3rd Great Grand Parents
32. Azariah Beach b. 6-Jul-1646, New Haven, Connecticut, baptized: 21-May-1648, New Haven, Connecticut, m. Martha _____, b. C. 1646.Azariah died 1696, New Haven, Connecticut.He is said to have accompanied his father to New Jersey and was in Elizabeth in 1665 and Newark in 1669, but returned to Connecticut by 1673 when on record at Wallingford.He later moved to Killingworth, Connecticut, but ultimately returned to New Haven where he died at age 50.
33. Martha _____ b. C. 1646.It is generally claimed she was Martha Ives, the daughter of William and Hannah Ives.
4th Great Grand Parents
64. Richard Beach b. C. 1611?, m. C. 1640, in New Haven, Connecticut, Catherine Cook.Richard died C. 1691.He first appears in the records of New Haven Colony on 3-Apr-1639.He moved to Stratford, Connecticut, c. 1660 where he kept an "ordinary" or tavern as of 1662.He purchased land in Wallingford, Connecticut, c. 1670, but apparently never lived there.He finally moved to Elizabeth, New Jersey, c. 1673 and reported died there, although this is uncertain.The problem of his ancestry has NOT yet been solved, despite the wide credence given to various claims as to the English origins of the New Haven Beach family.
65. Catherine Cook. She was the widow of Andrew Hull, by whom she had two daughters.