Thelife and family of
Anson
Beeman/Beman [1784-1843) of Warren,
Connecticut
and
Ravenna
and Charlestown Townships, Portage Co, Ohio
And
his wives and the mothers of his children:
Lydia
Chamberlin Beman (1791-1832) of
Of
Colchester
and Winchester,
CT.,
and Hudson
and Ravenna Twps, Portage Co, Ohio[1]:
and
Clarissa Wheelock Beman (1797-1879)
of
Tyringham, Mass;and Freedom and Ravenna
Twps., Portage Co, Ohio
Birth: Anson was the
first child and oldest son of Truman and Rachel Spooner Beeman of Warren,
Connecticut.Anson?s birth is listed in
CTVR as 2 March,
1784.[2]Warren
was once part of, and is next to Kent,
Connecticut
where the Beemans and their families had lived since 1737. Anson?s father,
Truman, was the son of Parke Beeman and the grandson of Thomas Beeman all
formerly of Kent, Ct. Anson?s great-grandfather, Thomas, was among the first
settlers and original land owners of Kent in 1737. This history is in Appendix
One.
First Marriage:
Anson married Lydia Chamberlin in July, 1811 probably in HudsonTownship,
then Portage County,
OH;
where her parents lived.[3]
However, since the marriage is too early to be recorded in PortageCounty
it could have been recorded in TrumbullCounty
or even done in Connecticut.
An Elisha Beeman operated a blast furnace in Winchester
about 1800 so the two could have met there if Anson had visited.[4]
Lydia was the daughter of William and Jemima
Skinner Chamberlin of Colchester and Winchester (now Winsted), Connecticut; and
Hudson Twp, then Portage Co, OH, to whom she was born 11 Jan, 1791 in
Winchester, Connecticut where her family lived before coming to Hudson Twp in
1808.[5]
William Chamberlin then of Hudson Twp. recorded purchase of 500 acres there 24 Sept, 1810
being lots 95, 97, 98 and E 20 acres of lot 96. .
Lydia
died 22 March,
1832 at the age of forty-one years after bearing
at least seven children. Lydia?s
death was announced in the Ohio Star 8 March, 1832 edition as follows: ?In Charlestown,
on the 3rd Inst. Mrs. LYDIA BEEMAN, Consort of Capt. Anson Beeman, aged
41.? Lydia?s
death is also noted 3
March, 1832 in the Western Courier.
Anson thought so much of Lydia
that he bought a white marble stone for her grave in Maple
GroveCemetery
which is now the old public cemetery he helped establish in Ravenna.
In 1995 that marble stone was lying horizontal, as were some others, and being
run over by grass mowing tractors. I re-planted the stone upright in 1996, and
stood Anson?s leaning stone up as well. At the same time I got an 1812 veterans
flag for his grave. [The local patriots do not apparently mark all the
veteran?s graves-or those of 1812 are forgotten].
Second Marriage: was
to Clarissa Wheelock the 20
December, 1832 at Auburn,
FreedomTownship,Portage
County, Ohio
by Austin Richards.[6]
Clarissa was born 7
Sept, 1797 at Tyringham, Berkshire Co, Mass.;
and died 27/29 April, 1879 in Cleveland
of consumption. Clarissa is buried in Maple
GroveCemetery
in Ravenna Lot 291, Sec 5. with the family of Anson W. and Hiram S. Long after
Anson?s death Clarissa may have married a man surnamed Kurtz. Clarissa was the
daughter of Hannah Wheelock (1765- 5 Dec, 1860) who is also buried
with others of the family in Ravenna
.[7]
Anson
died 29
September, 1843; and is buried in the old section of Maple
GroveCemetery
in Ravenna
next to Lydia.
His death was noted in the Ohio Star Newspaper. He is buried in the section to
the right about ten rows up from the front.
Children
of Anson and Lydia
Chamberlin Beeman
1. Mary
Ann born the 9
July, 1812 probably Ravenna,Portage Co, Ohio.
Married Salmon A. Taylor 18
March, 1832 by David A. Coe.[8]
Mary Ann and Salmon had Lydia V. Taylor, Brainerd S. Taylor and Mary Ann
Taylor. Mary Ann, mother of the family, died 1 Oct, 1840 possibly in child
birth at twenty-eight years, and is buried near her parents where there is a
stone in the Maple GroveCemetery,
Ravenna.
It is possible that their child, Mary Ann, was born in 1840 at the death of her
mother, and was living in 1850 with Clarissa W. Beman.
In
the 1850 census for Portage Co #65 Salmon A. is listed as born in Mass with the
occupation of grocer. He was remarried to a Mary age 40. Mary Ann?s children
are listed as Lydia,
17, Brainerd S age 13. Mary Ann Jr. is not listed with the Taylors.
Children by Mary, the second wife,were
Walter B. 6 and Kate D. age 5. In the 1860 census the Taylors
apparently went to Coshocton, Monroe
County, OH.
2. Asahel
Chamberlin: born the 30
August, 1814 in Portage Co. Ohio. Married first 31 December, 1847
to an unknown lady. Their children were: Earrine, 1848, Levi 1850 and Hiram
1852. They are not in the 1850 census for Portage
County, OH.
or Michigan.Levi buried in BedfordCemetery1-4-1903,
and Hiram on 12/24/1924.
Second, Asahel married Mary Ann Herrick 1 January, 1857
by whom he had Grant A. and Mary. In the 1870 census the family lived in Bedford,
Ohio.
Later, the family moved to Hopkins,
Michigan
where Mary Ann died; buried in Bedford1-1-1870.
[9]
Grant A. lived near Hopkins,
MI
and may have died in Detroit.[10]
Levi Charles is buried at Bedford,
OH
in a Beeman plot. Levi and wife had Pearl Truman, Richard Lyle and Helen M.
Beeman Smith.
Third, Asahel
married Laura Cornelia Haines Beman,the
widow of his brother, Truman M., at Hopkins,
MI
the22 Sept, 1876.[11]
Asahel died the 26, April, 1880. [My grandmother, Eva Beman, never spoke of
this marriage of her mother to her father?s brother- or her uncle which makes
me think she was ashamed of it. Asahel was her step-father as a little girl
about three and one half years.]
Asahel C. is buried
in Bedford1-1-1879.
Buried in the same plot are Emma Durstine 27 Oct, 1891; and Amanda Stacy buried
in 1855 of unknown relationship- if any.
3. Hiram
Sutliff: born 9
October, 1816 on ?Beeman Hill? in Ravenna
or Charlestown Township of Portage County.[12]Hiram married the 2 May, 1846/8
to Sally A. King[13]
who was born in Charlestown,
Portage County 3 June, 1825 d/o Elisha and Hannah Clark King. Elisha b in MA
and Hannah Clark b in Charlestown,
Rhode Island.
Mr. King d 23 Apr, 1851 at 79 years, and Hannah King d 12 Oct, 1866
age 73 years.
Hiram S.is listed in the 1850 census for Portage Co.#172 as a farmer worth #1200 age 32, and
Sally age 25 born in Ohio
without children. Hiram S. and family are listed in the 1870 census in Ravenna
Twp. #422.
After their marriage
Hiram S. farmed a 78 acre farm which is probably that out of his father?s land
pictured in the1875 Atlas.Hiram had
learned both the tailor and shoemaker trades from his father. Hiram died 30 Sept, 1874
age 58 years, and was buried Oct
1, 1874 in Maple
GroveCemetery
in Ravenna..
Sally A. is listed
in the 1880 census #349C in Ravenna.
The wife of Hiram, Sally A., is said to have died 11 March, 1913
at 87 years of age. There may have been a son named Hiram King who had a
daughter Lucille, and a granddaughter Jacqueline Wittenmeyer Fiehm[14]
(Guenther).
4. Harriet
Jane: born 23
August, 1818 probably on ?Beeman Hill? in Ravenna
as were those below. Harriet married William Carnahan, a carpenter, of Ravenna10 May, 1837.[15]
In
the 1850 census for West ½ Ravenna Twp., Portage Co, OH #62 Wm is listed as age
36 with the occupation of joiner. Harriet is listed as age 30. Their children
are listed as Harriet E. age 11; Helen J. age 8, Mary J age 5 and William W.
age 6 months. In the 1860 census same place #52 William is listed as a master
carpenter b in PA worth $3000. Helen J is listed as a teacher. There is a
little son, Robert, of three months. The Carnahans are in the 1870 and 1880
census in the same place.
5. Rachel
Amelia: born 30
Dec, 1820Ravenna,
Ohio.
Married to Joshua B. Wellman in Portage
County, OH the 13
October, 1840. Joshua and Rachel pioneered inDayton Twp., Hennepin Co.,Minnesota
where she died at Champlin,
Minnesota10 October, 1885.
They
are indexed, but not found in the 1850 census in Minnesota.
In the 1860 census taken 25
Oct, 1860 in Dayton Twp, Hennepin Co, MN
#681/692 page 75 or 777 Joshua is listed as a farmer age 50 worth $800 in real
estate and 4200 personal property. Amelia K is listed as b in OH. The following
six children are listed: Wilbur age 17 b OH, Ellen age 15 b OH, Waldo age 12 b
OH, Hiram C. Age 10 b OH, ely age 5 b MN and George age 3 b MN.In the 1880 census in Dayton Twp, Hennepin
Co, MN Joshua B. Wellman b NH age 70 whose parents were born: FaNH,
and Mo MA. Rachel Amelia age 59 b OH is listed with their son, George, age 22 b
MN and no others.
6. Truman
Merrick: born in Ravenna
the 2 October,
1824. Married first to Louisa M. Hudson in Portage
Co 30 December, 1845 by Thomas R. Williams. Louisa was 18 years old at the
time.[16] Truman
and Louisa had Cassius Beman 6 May, 1846 before they were divorced in Portage
County 7 October, 1850 after the divorce was filed in July of that year. The
unanswered charge was ?willful absence?(desertion) which was not defended against, and the right of dower was
barred. Louisa came in 1833 from Palmyra,
Ohio;
and lived at Atwater
when she died. She may have later married John Winterstein 20 April, 1854.
Cassius appears in
the 1850 census at 3 years of age Portage Co #90/102. He was then living with
Isaac and Anna Hudson who might have been his grandparents. Cassius M. married
Sarah E. Mix 7 Oct, 1869 in Portage Co. In the 1870 census he was in Atwater,
Portage Co. #205. Cassius allegedly died at age 24 leaving a wife and daughter,
Eveline. Cassius was said by Mary Stevenson to have lived at one time at Memphis,
MI
near his Uncle William.
Second,
Truman married Sarah E. -----? of Richmond Township, Lenox and Addington
Counties[17]
Ontario about 1852 [18]
by whom theyhad: Lydia b 1854 married
Allee Baird and left no heirs, Ada b in1856 in New York State and married
Almond Baldwin by whom she had a daughter, Marjorie. Third,William who may have had sons, but took his
own life.[19]
And lastly Clark who married Christine Sauer 1 March, 1875 by whom he had two
daughters. Clark and his wife according to my grandmother, Eva, died of
tuberculosis. In 1880 census Clark Beeman was living in Cuyahoga Co, Oh
#16-183A. Clark and William are said to have lived in Cleveland.
Sarah died 14/16 March, 1870 at 41 years 10
months; and is buried in Maple
GroveCemetery
in Ravenna.
Her grave is marked with a stone; but Truman is apparently buried next to her
in an unmarked grave.
Third,
Truman married13 July, 1870[20]
to Laura Cornelia Haines Crozier, widow of Charles Crozier of Bedford.[21]
They were married by D.C.Warner.Truman
and Laura C. had twin girls Eva Maud and Ella May born 6 May, 1871
in Ravenna.
Eva married George H. Williston, and Ella married Charles M. Danforth.
Truman?s last occupation was as a team leader
and fine quality upholstery trimmer of Riddle hearses made in Ravenna.
However, he swallowed tacks working on his back, and developed TB. [Remember
that hearses in those days were rectangular boxes with glass windows to see the
casket].
Truman, Laura and the girls moved for reasons
of Truman?s uncertain health to Hopkins,
Michigan
where Truman died on 25
Jan, 1875 of consumption (tuberculosis?). Truman
was buried 28
Jan, 1875 in an unmarked grave next to Laura in
Sec. 6, lot 667 in the RavennaCemetery.
7. Emma
Eliza: born 10
March, 1828in Ravenna.
Marriedon the 13 October, 1850
to Chauncey Barber possibly being his second wife.
. In the 1860 census
which only used initials in Chester
Twp, Geauga Co, Ohio.Chauncey is listed with E. Barber #203 age 58
born in VT. C. Barber age 30 b VT, E. Barber age 30 b OH with C. Barber age 6 b
OH. They were living with his parents. In the 1870 census in the same place
page 116, #14 Chauncey Barber age 40 b Vt a farmer worth $7000,Emma age 42 with Cassius age 16 b OH, and
Hadley age 10 b OH.
In
the 1850 census there is a Chauncey Barber in Perry Twp, Lake Co, OH #76 he
being 65 living with Pircy age 69 farmers.
Children
of Anson and Clarissa Wheelock Beman[22]
1.Anson
Wheelock: born 13 July, 1834. As a minor
at the death of his father, Anson, lived with Clarissa. They are listed in the
1850 census #156/158 Portage Co, Ravenna Twp.Anson being 16 andMary Ann being age 10 (this could be
Mary Ann Taylor Jr. daughter of Mary Ann and Salmon Taylor); and Hanna Wheelock age 84 born in Mass.
The census does not specify another surname for Mary Ann-if of another family.
Anson W. and Clarissa are living together in the 1870 census #442 in the same
place. By the 1880 census Anson and Clarissawere living in Cuyahoga Co 18-#254A.Anson died 4 Nov, 1903. Hannah Wheelock d 5 Dec, 1860.
And is buried in Maple GroveCemetery.
Anson W. had married Clara E. Williams 30 Dec, 1873
by Rev. Rev.E.B.Williams at No 481 Prospect St.,
Cleveland,
Ohio. Clara was apparently the
d/o Cyrus Williams b 12 April, 1804
at Litchfield, CT;
and his wife Elisabeth R. Fusselmanb18 Dec, 1823 at Liberty,
Ohio. It says further that Cyrus Williams
and Elisabeth R. Fusselman were m?d 7
Jan, 1843 at Lower Sandusky,
OH
(which may mean the present City of Sandusky
or Upper Sandusky). Cyrus Williams according to the
Bible record cited below d 1 August,
1849.
It appears that these seven children were born
to Anson W. and Clara Williams Beeman:Lytton Spalding 5 Sept, 1875; Lamar Taney 2 June, 1877- 18 Oct, 1938;
Edith Inez9 Jan, 1879- 17 April, 1947;
Ethel Estella 28 Jan, 1881; Lynne Spalding12 Jan, 1883; Lois Beecher 25 Feb, 1887-223 Feb, 1977 (b at 29 McConnell
St., Cleveland); Anson W. Beman Jr. B 2 March, 1885. The recording confirms
other dates and people including: Elizabeth R. Hyde d 30 Sept, 1903.Clara Eliza Beman, mother of this family, b16 Sept., 1848 and died 17 Feb., 1932.
Anson W. was an attorney with an office in
1875 at No 1 Park Bldg in Cleveland.
Anson W. had property in Ravenna
[perhaps, inherited from his mother], and published a pamphlet on the glories
ofRavenna.
Anson tried to build Ravenna
up to sell property.Anson W. died the 4 Nov, 1903
and is buried in Maple GroveCemetery
inRavenna.Some of these folks areburied together in Lot
291, Sec 5 Maple Grove Cemetery, Ravenna.
-0000000-
This list includes
eight children of Anson raised to adulthood, andthirty-seven grandchildren. There may be
other grandchildren.
Early Life in Kent,
Connecticut.
We
know that Anson?s mother died when he was about eight years old leaving younger
children to be raised.Truman, his
father, married and brought a step mother to the family. It is not clear when
Anson?s father, Truman, moved to Vermont
and on to WesternNew YorkState
which he did; and whether Anson as a teen-ager was left to make his own
way.
Somewhere
in Kent or Warren Anson was probably apprenticed to learn to make shoes by hand
as was the only way shoemaking was done that time. Shoemaking was a good trade
as is evidenced by how well Anson did financially. Anson must have been an
ambitious and hard working young man.
Move to the ConnecticutWestern Reserve
It
was a long and difficult trip from Kent,
CT
to Portage County,
Ohio
in those days. There weren?t any roads in Ohio,
and no direct water route as there was to many places. An old undated issue of
the Portage County Democrat newspaper relates a story by Howard Carter of the
first settlers. He told the story that a party of nineteen people set out from Warren,
Connecticut
together in 1805. ?there was a general meeting of the neighbors to see them
off. The Parson came, prayers were offered-no one ever expected to see them
again. They were 42 days on the road and went through Newburgh,
N.Y.., Harrisburg
and Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania.
They stopped for a while at Johnson in TrumbullCounty,
then moved West to Ravenna?.Anson was among this party. In addition to
the Fullers the others probably were theCarters and SutliffsThere was a
wagon road between Harrisburg
and Pittsburg
going over the mountains which hills in those days were quite formidable.
Although many people were going West to Ohio
at that time it was a difficult trip.
An
Ansel Beeman was in Canfield, TrumbullCounty,
in 1806.[23]
Since both men are in the 1820 census is it clear that although the names are
similar this Anson was not in Canfield.
The village
of Ravenna
was laid out in 1808 by Benjamin Tappan. The county history says that Howard
Fuller came in 1807 apparently with his new wife.[24]
Maybe, to begin with the Fuller?s and Anson and others lived on Anson?s
land.A log cabin could be built in 2-3
days into livable condition.One story
probably from the family is that Anson came with Howard Fuller and his family
in 1800 which is probably a rough approximation.[25]
That story says that Anson lived with the Fuller family until he bought land of
his own preceding his marriage. That story doesn?t jibe with the facts as we
shall see.It is safe to assume that
there was a strong friendship between Anson and the Howard Fuller family, but
that is all we can find of it. However, with Anson?s age it seems unlikely that
the Fuller?s raised him in Ravenna Twp, but he may have lived with the Fullers
in Warren,
CT.
First 1807 land purchase in TrumbullCounty
(now PortageCounty)
on the ConnecticutWestern Reserve
There is a little building now on the
grounds of the Portage County Historical Societywhich was a land office beginning in 1810.
Die to their dating it is not known whether Anson would have gone there to
record his purchases, but probably William Chamberlin would have done that.
Early settlers had to make their way first to
the unsettled but surveyed Trumbull/Portage
County to find the pieces of land they wanted. While Anson is said to have come
with Howard Fuller, the first purchase Fuller made and recorded in PortageCounty
is 1809. It is claimed that the friends amd families stopped first in Johnson
in TrumbullCounty
where they bought land.[26]
Trumbull/Portage County was surveyed and sold off to people in the East with
ready the money. Those people in turn re-sold to men like Anson. That custom is
as old as this country and still going on.
Anson bought three
pieces of land in PortageCounty
in 1807 now
re-recorded in Ravenna
as PortageCounty
was formed from Trumbull Co in 1809. Those purchases were all or part of lots
7M and 10S in RavennaTownship,
and lot 23 in Charlestown Township East of Ravenna. In all Anson bought about
300 acres apparently for cash. It should be noted that lots 7 and 10 were N and
NE of the original town of Ravenna.The lot 10 purchase may only be recorded in TrumbullCounty
as present day PortageCounty
was part of TrumbullCounty
at that time.PortageCounty
was not organized separately until 1808. It is surprising that he would have
the cash to buy that much land at one time, but that may be a tribute to his
industry and the lucrative nature of shoemaking at that time. All this land was
outside the original village
of Ravenna,
and lot 10s did not come within the town boundaries until between 1974/75.
Lot
ten was bisected SE-NW by a road going NE when Anson and Lydia
and/or Clarissa lived there. Today, that is Cleveland
Road going through to
the NE. It is also CH171 with only one street showing through Lot
10/10S yet.The lot 10S land is on some
what of a rise hardly noted in an automobile, but if one was walking or being
pulled by a horse the rise would probably be noticeable- and was called ?Beeman
Hill?. That fact is verified by a letter from a Ravenna
librarian in the 1950s.Their house was
at the top of the rise The oldest house on the North side of Cleveland
Road in old lot 10 has
the address of 6832 Cleveland Rd.
The house was run down in 1996, and had been added onto and re-muddled once
with pillars; but was originally a Western
Reserve style house.
It was probably a 1½ story home with pilasters
on the front corners. The tall section was probably the original house with the
wing and porch all around added on in Victorian times. The original trim to
make it 1830ish was removed long ago. I inquired of the 1996 occupants whether
there was a log house under that building. A response from their daughter who
had been raised there was that she didn?t know of a log house, but was aware
that the beams in the basement were trees with the bark still on them. That
would indicate an early house. She said that the porch had fallen off, and been
carted away.
The fact that Anson had a quantity of wood on
hand at his death indicates that he could have had houses built. Of course,
there was undoubtedly plenty of oak and other usable wood on his acreage. Most
of the early clapboard covered wooden houses remaining in the area are from the
1830s. That suggests that people lived until then in log houses. The old house
was let to deteriorate by the Sprotts who bought the place in 1941, andpassed to J.F. and Elsie Sprott in 1946 who
were the owners in 1996. Since it is poorly maintained on the outside at least
it may meet the fate of other run down old houses eventually being uneconomical
to upgrade. The same fate as the last Chamberlin house in Hudson
referred to in appendix 1- knocked down and taken out to the dump.
The
purchase of lot 23 in CharlestownTownship,
PortageCounty
was recorded 12
March, 1807 in TrumbullCounty.[27]
It is assumed that Anson and Lydia
always lived on their land near Ravenna,
but the brief obituary for Lydia
says ?of Charlestown?
which is puzzling. Lot
23 is clearly marked on PortageCounty
maps as being on the SE corner of Spring Road and Ohio
5 in CharlestownTownship-
just called Charlestown
in those days. An old map shows the place as Charlestown Corner, and it appears
the train went by there into Ravenna.
If there was a train stop people could have quickly gotten into town.That lot is on the top of a ravine which is
now flooded to form KirwanLake.
Any old house that might have been there was removed for the recreation
area.There is alittle settlement today in Charlestown
about a mile North of lot 23with a few
old buildings. Anson did not own lot 23 at his death in 1843 even though he
signed a note?Charlestown?
in 1840.
Although
the Eastern part of lot 7M was bought from John H. and Sally Buell of Hebron,
CT
on the 2nd February for $200, the purchase was first recorded the 19th March, 1807
in TrumbullCounty.[28]
The deed says that Anson was of TrumbullCounty
at the time which means he was living there when the land was purchased. That
would suggest an 1806 date for arrival as Anson did not likely travel in the
winter across and over the ?mountains? of Pennsylvania.Anson paid $200 for this approximate 100
acres.[29]
Anson
and Lydia
sold this land to James King for $1500 on 2 November, 1830.[30]It is
important to note that Anson and Lydia
are recorded in that deed as husband and wife.
The deed designates the land as Lot
7 not saying anything about being part of the lot. On the same day there is
another deed that sold to Anson for $1500 the west part of Lot
23 in Township Three in the Seventh Range of Townships. This was bought of
James and Rachel King of Charlestown
(township). It appears that they exchanged land in 1830 for the same
price.Maybe, Anson then built a house
out there; or intended to build. This deed is particularly puzzling as Anson
had bought lot 23 in 1807 so it is not clear what was taking place in this
exchange. Actually, Anson sold 103 ½ acres lot 23 in Charlestown Twp. to L.
Brown on 9 Feb, 1832
about the time that Lydia
died.[31]
Anson
sold parts of Lot
10 as follows: Nov, 1838 one acre,[32] 4
½ acres to Hiram S. Beman. In Nov, 1838, 3 ½ acres sold by contract to Daniel
Trowbridge and still owed for on Anson?s death. It is puzzling why the heirs
sold 20 acres to Daniel Trowbridge later on.
In
March, 1838 Anson bought of John Tappan 94 acres of lots 46 and 109 in RavennaTownship.[33]
I
have not attempted the complicated task of listing all the purchases and sales
of Anson up to his death.
1812 record of military service, federal
census and taxes
Anson
is listed in FranklinTownship,
PortageCounty
in a census made from tax records for 1812. This is a little puzzling as he
didn?t have land there that I have found.[34]
The biggest event of the year 1812 was
probably the formation of a company of militia to get ready for the ?Second War
for Independence?-
again against the British. This company was under the command of Captain Joshua
Woodward.[35]
The official printed roster in a book andnow on the internet says ?probably from PortageCounty?.
We assume that the officers were elected as was the custom of militia at the
time. Lieutenant Linus Curtis was elected, and Anson was elected Ensign.[36]
Ensign was the third in command, and the lowest rank of commissioned officer.
The Ensign usually carried the flag into battle so was a position of pride and
notice. Look at Aaron Willard?s famous marching trio of old veterans- the
?Spirit of 76.?
Men
all over Ohio
were mobilized as one would see from looking at the record. Companies were
formed throughout Ohio.
Apparently, 30 men were drafted for this company on the 14 July, 1812.
Somewhere the word drafted was used, but that may not mean being told to go.
Let us assume they were volunteers. The company served on active duty from
August 24 until September 4-and were paid for 12 days $7.22 and 40 miles travel
$2.12. The company with many others walked to Cleveland
to protect the lakeshore from the British. There were British gun boats on Lake
Erie, and a famous battle did take place there won
by Oliver Hazard Perry. The battle was actually seen from the shore. There was
an invasion threatened.
It is not clear whether there were muster days
throughout that war which ended in 1815 or that there was additional service.
However, Anson and other men were ready to fight to protect their homes and
those of others. It ought to be said that Anson was the fourth generation of
males in his family to volunteer for military service as is shown by the men in
Appendix Two. I have not found that any of these men served in Ohio
units in the Civil War to make it five generations in a row.
Anson apparently got a lot of prestige out of
that service and that position. My grandmother told me that he was called
?Captain Anson? or as I imagine it ?Cap Anse?. In his wife, Lydia?s,
obituary he is actually referred to as Captain Anson as late as 1834 and
similarly in his re-marriage to Clarissa. Maybe, there is some further service
of which we are unaware.
Clarissa Beman made
a Declaration for a Widow?s Pension for Anson?s 1812 service from Cleveland
on 18th April, 1878 she being then 80 years old. She claimed that
his service was at Cleveland
when an attack was feared. Earlier Clarissa had received a bounty land warrant
for 160 acres No 70735 in about the year of 1850. Clarissa said on this laater
declaration that she and Anson were married at Auburn, Geauga Co, OH on 20 Dec, 1832
by Cag Richards. Clarissa and A.W.Beman signed the 1878 statement. It is to be
assumed that Clarissa sold the bounty land certificate, but that is a pretty
good reward for a little service.
It
must be remembered that Truman, Anson?s father, had a long and active role in
the Revolutionary armies from Kent,
CT;
and that taking our freedom from the British and keeping it was a very real
issue to men of Anson?s generation.
There
was a little city cemetery in the SW corner of the original layout of Ravenna
village. Anson Beeman, Erastus Carter and Moses Smith purchased the land for
the cemetery now called Maple Grove
and donated it in 1809 according to the 1874 Atlas.[37]
Another story includes the name of Howard Fuller and dates the origin to 1812
making it sound originally like a business.[38]
The cemetery was later taken over by the town or township
of Ravenna.
However, in 1996 some stones in the old part of the cemetery had fallen over
and were being chipped by fast moving grass mowers which chipping I witnessed
myself. Maintenance appeared to be an unwanted obligation between town and
township. So much for the memory of the founders and the veterans among them.
Anson
and Lydia Chamberlin Beeman and ten others started and were original members of
the First Congregational Church in Ravenna
the 22 May, 1822. The other original members were: Salmon and Alice Carter,
Levi Sutcliff, Charity Brush, Asahel and Clara Bostwick, Rachel Thompson, Laura
Babcock, Emma Collins and Polly Thompson with Anson and Lydia.[39]
It
is evident that as early as 1812 having been in this little settlement only
seven years, Anson and Lydia
were prominent and active members.
Early history of township and village
The
population growth on the 720 sq. miles of the original Portage Co., is as
follows:
1810-2995 people =4 persons per sq. mile
1820-10, 095 people=14 persons per
sq. mile
1830-18,820 people=26 persons per
sq. mile
1840-22,965 people=32 persons per sq.
mile
Imagine 4 persons per square mile when Anson
and other people from Kent, CT
and the Chamberlins from Winchester, CT
arrived. Very sparsely populated country for the first settlers! The first
doctor came to DeerfieldTownship
in 1803, the first Court
was held in PortageCounty
in 1808 after the first organizational meeting of the county which was held 8 June, 1808. The first jail was built
in 1810. The first newspaper began publication in 1825. Three railways ran
through the town in the early days with two running by 1838.
The
first settler was Benjamin Tappan who was the proprietor for the village, and
came first in 1799. The first dwelling on the original town plat was built in
1809 by people who had lived in a cabin there since 1803. The first frame
building was a barn built in 1810. There must have been a sawmill in the
neighborhood by then.[40]
Shoemaker, farmer and bookseller
Anson
was obviously an enterprising man. He apprenticed and worked as a shoemaker in
his early years. That must have been a good trade. He, like almost everyone
else at the time, was a farmer who raised much of what he used. This is evident
from his estate records. It is also evident that he was selling books in the
years before his death. Those records are also clear from his estate records
reproduced below.
Big events around the village
The
Historical Society sells copies of an 1838 map of the village
of Ravenna
with handwritten notes paraphrased below.
On the 9th of February, 1838
a man named David McKisson was hung in the intense cold of deep winter. A crowd
estimated at 20,000 people came to watch McKisson die by hanging, and 10% of
the crowd were estimated to be women. Don?t you suppose that Anson and others
of the family were among the spectators?
The
coming of the Pennsylvania
and OhioCanal
just South of Ravenna must have been a big event as it was thought to bring
more commercial opportunities in shipping. There was apparently a hill to cut
the canal through which was called the deep cut as the canal had to run level.
The cut was completed and the canal opened with the first boat through the deep
cut the 3rd
April, 1840. That was an event to remember for
everyone in town. Cannon boomed when the first boats came through. Guns on
board were shot off to be answered by guns on shore. There were cheers by the crowd
and the music of bands from towns around as well as a troop of horsemen added
to the excitement. A special cabin had been built on the town square where
?hard cider? was served hopefully with other refreshments. The crowd paraded
from the canal to the square singing political songs for the Whig presidential
candidate- ?Tippecanoe
and Tyler,
too.? Imagine the fun people had out of that! The Democrats (conservative then)
were called ?Locofocos? with the motto ?Shannon and Bank Reform?; and the Whigs
(progressives) motto ?Anti sub-treasury and government reform.?
The
village in 1838 was eight blocks square. There were 6 attorneys, a dentist, 4
physicians, 1 barber, 1 butcher, 4 cabinet makers, 11 carpenters including Wm
Carnahan, 3 civil engineers, 1 cooper, 1 drug store, 2 harness makers, 2
hatters, 1 jeweler, 2 Justices of the Peace, 3 masons, 4 merchants, 3
ministers, 2 newspapers (Ohio Star and Western Courier), 1 painter, 3 school
teachers, 3 tailors, 2 tanners, 1 tin shop, 3 wagon makers and 3 blacksmiths
and 4 taverns- 1 West of the village. All are listed by name on this map. All
the county offices were held in Ravenna
so that many county officials lived there as well. Beemans were never county
officials up to 1875.
1820, 1830 and 1840 Federal census[41]
The
1810 census for most of Ohio
was destroyed by fire
.
In
the 1820 census the family of Anson and Lydia
are clearly listed #49 in RavennaTownship,
Portage
Co, Ohio.[42]
The family includes 2 boys under 9 years, and 2 girls under 9 years as well as
Anson and Lydia.
Of course, only Anson is named as was done until the 1850 census.
Anson and family are
#2236 in the 1830 census in RavennaTownship
of of Portage Co.[43]
Anson and family are
listed as #195 in the 1840 census with twoe?s.[44]
In
the census 1820-1840 always in Ravenna Twp.
Estate of Anson Beman
Anson
died without a will so that his estate had to be fully probated, and that took
several years. For historic interest it is of value to list every item and the
names of people owed money as well as those who owed the Anson at his death:
therefore owing his estate. These papers are not always in readable penmanship,
and we can?t decipher the names of all the people. The full documents will
still be available with thousands of others in the Ravenna Court House unless
and until they deteriorate. Maintenance of old papers is not universally
appreciated by court houses around the country. PortageCounty
does look after the collection, but old paper deteriorates.
However,
the estate microfilm in Ravenna
has only two sheets of Anson?s estate. Had I not known that my parents had seen
numerous estate papers about 1950, and had I not been persistent the clerks
would never have found all these papers in the county archives. As the estate
is in a number of parts the people in the Court House did find the many if not
all of the papers.
The
estate was begun 7
October, 1843 when the widow declined to be the
administrator, and Dr. Isaac Swift, Anson?s physician and possibly friend,
accepted the responsibility.
The
Inventory is in several parts: This inventoried price list of personal property
owned by Anson at his death was dated 8 November, 1843, signed by
the three court appointed appraisers: John Whittley, Howard Carter[45]
and Ashley Ely. The inventory was submitted to the court 15 January, 1844.
In this instance the names of the items and their appraised value will be given
in full. [Spelling is that of the men involved.]
?The
following is a schedule of property belonging to the Widow of Anson Beeman
deceased set off by the undersigned for the support of(left blank)Beeman his widow and (left blank)Beeman his minor child:
1 black horse$501 buggy waggon36.66
1 buggy harness71old buffalo and sheep skin.50
1Shnel plow and clevis1.751 plough harness.50
1 Whiffle tree chain12 ½2 small clevis.18
1 Grind stone and crank2.00
Lot
of oak and tamarac
lumber about 600 [board] feet1.80
Lot
of white wood and ash lumber about 1050 feet6.30
18 head of sheep13.501pr black 2 yr old steers10.00
1 black and white faced cow8.50
1 red 2 year old heifer9.001 Bour [boar] pig2.50
2 fatting hogs 12.001 Harrow2.00
1 Patent plow 5.001
Bush hook .25
1 Scythe and Snaith1.25
1 ½ acres Corn in the Stack estimated at 50
bushels$15
6 bushels Rye2.256
bushels Lime.15
8 bushels buckwheat2.001 Fanning mill$10.00
1 Bridle .501
old saddle/sheep skin2.50
1 Mow of Hay estimated at 10 1/2 tons @4.0042.00
Hay on Scaffoldest ½ ton2.0040 bushels of oats est8.00
10 bushels of wheat6.501 one
horse sleigh18.00
3 ox Yokes and trimmings3.252
½ acres wheat on ground10.00
1 String bells1.251 Sickle.37
1 Hay knife1.001 Shovel.75
1 Half bushel [basket].252 Bags.371/2
2 ½ @Tallow$
1.342 Hay forks.75
1 Schythe and Snaith11.001
Cross Cut Saw 3.50
1 Rake .12529
feet of chain2.50
1 pr Steel Yards [stillyards].251
Leather Halter.50
1 Rope Halter.1252
Iron Wedges1.00
1 Mattock.753
Old Axes 1.75
1 Post Axe.501
Manure Fork .25
1 Iron Kettle1.001
Iron Kettle 2.00
1 Wood Saw.501
Hand Saw.50
1 Corn Basket.3751
Bag.375
1 Whale Bone Whip. 751 Wood Clock [case/wheels]2.00
3 Pork Barrels 1.508 Stone Pots1.25
½ Bushel of Soap1.001 Bushel of Pickles2.00
1 Provision Chest.751 Lanthorn(lantern).375
1 Chest with Drawers.752 small
Baskets.31
13 Tin Milk Pans2.342 Earthen milk pans.125
6 Pye Plates.3759
Cup Plates.31
16 Assorted plates.756
Cups and Saucers.125
3 Glass tumblers.37510 Bowls.50
1 Candle Mold.375 1 Tin Pail 375
1 Tin Strainer.3751 Tin Platter.25
1 Deep Dish.253 White Plates.25
1 Collander.18751
Grator.125
1 Dipper.062 pair Sheep Shears1.00
1 4 gallon Churn.501
Raisor & Strop..... .375
10 Knives and Forks.254
Augurs1.00
1 Adz.50
Shoemakers tools. Bench lasts apron, etc5.00
9 ½ @ Sole Leather [for shoes)2.091
Bushel Salt1.75
1 Sugar tub.5050
pounds of flour1.00
1 Settee1.002 Chests 2.00
1 Small Chest.751
Small Cupboard1.00
1 Market Basket.375 1 Mahogany Bureau16.00
1 tea Tray.165 100 Bushels of Potatoes18.75
2 Scythes (old).75 2
Whiffletrees.375
16 Yds Carpeting4.00 6
Yds Carpeting3.00
Total
appraised value+$398.10
Error
on Plow Harness.25
Total
398.35?
?A
Bill of the Property sold by Isaac Swift Administrator of the Estate of Anson
Beeman deceased at public vendue 4th Dec, 1843
1 Pair Harness? To Alanson or Almon Babcock.14
1 Box of old Iron??1.26
1 Red Cow to Miles Carter6.50
1 Sorrel 2 year old colt to H.S.Beman50.00
1 Pair brindle oxen to?30.00
1 ?2 horse waggon ?42.00
1 old plow and clivy?to Alanson Babcock1.25
75 Perch of Stone to H.S.Beman22.00
1 pitcherto A.B..15
1 pitcher to John Whitlock.20
1 old cart to H.S.Beman4.00
1 cradle & shuth to A.B..50
1 Stew kettle to H.S.Beman.625
1 Hoe to Wm Carnahan.30
½ acre of rye on the ground to Wm Stinuff1.12
1 hoe to A.B.1.12
1 shovel to A.B.1.25
1 gru pot to John Whitlock.25
50 00? Shinglesto A.D.Stibburn5.00
471 feet of oak boards to H. Hotchkiss2.355
Total
of auction sale $167.94?
The
above total was certified to by Isaac Swift and
The
Justice of the Peace the
15th of January, 1844
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Another
part of the inventory is a list of things given to the widow and child without
pricing ?as directed by statute.?. [It was apparently assumed in the law that
the surviving family at home needed these things to keep house or continue
living in the home].
Cooking
stove, 5 Bibles, 6 Baines Notes, 6 volumes Scotts Bibles, Christian Martyrs, 2
Geographies, English Reader, Memoir of Bau, Musical Monitor, Dictionary, Sacred
Music, 3rd and 4th Readers, Arithmetic.[Anson was obviously selling books]
Cow,
12 sheep, 8 pounds of wool, 22 yards of flannel, flax in the bundle.
Clothes
of the deceased: cloak, over coat, dress coat, pantaloons, 2 vests, pair of
boots, 2 cotton shirts, stock and silver spectacles.
[Editor?s
Note: Having seen a number of estate inventories of men of this time it is
evident that they did not have more than 1 or 2 sets of outer garments.
Assuming he was buried in one set of clothes he would have had 2 pair of pants
and three shirts. Remember that the houses of that time did not have closets
built into the bedrooms. Clothes were hung on pegs, or among the better off
hung in moveable wardrobes. ]
Four
beds, bedsteads and bedding, spider [cooking or toasting utensil], reflector,
small kettle, large brass kettle, small brass kettle, small iron kettle, table,
6 chairs, 6 knives and forks, tea pot, sugar dish, cream cup, 6 plates, 6
knives and forks, tea pot, sugar dish, 6 plates, 6 cups and saucers, 12
spoons.
The
inventories include these bills due Anson at the date of his death.
Daniel
Trowbridge Contract for land dated 13 April, 1840 for $500,
interest due on $412.50 from date, and the interest on$87.50 from 1 April, 1841. Indorsed 5th September, 1840
$23.67 on which contract is due $459.66 and interest.
---------------------------469.66
E.N.Bissel
notes 27 Oct, 1842
on demand in lumber $3.18
M
& J Allisson note 5
August, 1843.82
James
Rieder note 14
Sept, 1842 indorsed 650 due $2.90
John
McKelvy account 1
Nov, 1842
$2.44
John
B. King?1841$5.20
Aaron
Parsons ?1842$3.50
Mrs.
C. Goit balance as afs.41
Samuel
Goddards order on David Lane
for shingles$5.00
John
Ables book account$1.50
E.N.Bisbee??$3.95
Lyman
Collins ?$1.25
Isaac
Kelly ?$.39
Thomas
Leucrock?$2.25
David
Pauley?$.49
Joseph
Cine?$2.17
Hill
& Lane?$.62
Benjamin
Little?$3.00
[total
of inventories to this point]$1070.22
Hine
& Wettors account no money1.72
8 Nov, 1843
signed John Whittlesey, Howard Carter, Ashley Ely
[There
is a schedule following which lists all the bills the administrator had to pay
and money owed by Anson.Every
individual is listed and the amount he paid. The money paid out was $650.78
plus a balance in hand of the Administrator on Contract for Land of $229.19 or
a total of $879.97.
These bills included
costs to the estate for digging the grave, for the coffin, Clerk of State,
taxes. The charges by the government for settling the estate were only $7.87 +
the charge of the administrator which is not clear. There were apparently no
inheritance taxes. There would be fees for transferring real estate.This accounting was dated the 5th March, 1845.
Anson Beman account with H.S.Beman
There
is a sheet of an account that Anson had with Hiram S. Beman signed by Hiram
which runs from 1839 to 1
July, 1844. This was money owed Hiram for work
done for Anson around the farm. It includes cradling wheat [cutting] in July,
butchering hogs in October, something about potatoes and oats, wheat, oats and
corn. The total Anson owed Hiram was $47.43 which was reduced by $24.56 Hiram
owed Anson so the total paid to Hiram out of the estate was $23.68.
The
partial settlement dated on the outside of the papers March Term 1845 or 8 is
written in this way. ?Isaac Swift administrator of the estate of Anson Beeman
in amount with the estate. (summarized in this way):
To
the amount of the inventory of personal property $126.12
To
the amount of the ...... of debts.....$510.43
To
the amount of Bill of Sales (of things sold?)$167.74
To
the amount of cash received on items not on
The
schedule of debts$154.80
Total$874.47
?By
the amount of inventory change$186.12
By J.N.Bissell note for lumber brought into
The
bill of sale$
3. 18
By J. Godander order for things brought
Into
the bill of sale$5.00
By
the amount of Joseph Nims and Nim Welton
Set
before the division of intestate$3.87
By
the claim of A. Parsons settled by intestate$3.50
By
the amount of Mrs. Gous settled in above$.41
By
discount of G Atcheson note$.12
By
discount on Linkheart amount$.70
By
error on Bissell?s amount$.90
By
J.M.Mitoy not collected$2.99
The
following items seem to be debts paid by the administrator for the estate some
of which were owed by Anson some of which the dollar amount will not be listed:
:for digging the grave $1.50, taxes
2.80, J. Black, J Jurman, D Trowbridge, E.N. Bissel, E.J.Cram, A.B. Griffin,
Swift and Nestith, N.A.Swift, J. Whittney, G. Lern for coffin $6.50, A. Ely, E.
G. Atwater, J.Johnson, J. Sigman, J.W. Sigman, E.A.Bisbrook, W.Bond, G.
Johnson, G. Bustin, O.L. Sirstiss.
Dr.
Isaac Swift administrator on the 24
March, 1849 for amt received on sale of land $200,
and on rent of land $4- total $204.00.
Cr
(credit?) estate of Anson Beman deceased
1847 March 12 by Amt
due on settlement $59.42
interest
on above 2 years$7.13
1848
January 13 by cash paid Linus Perth net/$20.82
Dec
1st Bycsh paid grummer for
tuner$.94
Anuf
21 By cash by H.S.Onf & Lo net?$18,05
24 By paid Wm Wurdswurth net?
Stationary ?$5.00
Oct14 By paid N.D.Clark & Co interment$3.64
Dec
21 By Mr. Turman for tuner?$1.12
By paid A.S.Collins account $21.42
24By count firs$16.15
By pd Lipmann Gus$15.50
By paid costs in partition of estate [land]$26.41
By 6 percent on $204 reserve?$12.24
$211.50
This
account was turned in and sworn to by Dr. Isaac Swift and shown to the court 3 April, 1849.
[ it is confusing as to whether this list is income or debits to the estate].
The
Portage County Historical Society has hundreds of old estate papers in
envelopes from the earliest estates. These envelopes were thrown out by
officials in the court house, and rescued by the Historical Society. However,
this treasure trove is not advertised; and has to be stumbled upon. There is an
envelope of papers for Anson Beeman?s estate #744 which contains a half dozen
little notes signed by Anson copies of which are included here.
There is also an
itemized bill for $20.82 from Zenas Kent
at his store whether in Ravenna
or Kent.The bill from November, 1841 includes such
items as: 1 stock (neckpiece for a man?), tea, sugar, buttons, sheeting, silk,
merino (wool?), salsbury flannel, codfish, 14 ¾lbs? Rosin, pr shoes, tea, lard lamp, scythe stone, 29 August vail and 8
11/2 yds M. DeLane , thread edgin and cambric, silk, pencil, merino and vail
returned 3 Sept for $7.50 credit, buttery, hood.
There is also an
itemized bill from Cyrus Prentiss of Prentiss and Whittelsey for the following:
tea, salt peter, 2 balls of thread?, ribbon, salt, shoe thread 8 August, 1842
[still expecting to make shoes], iron, bonnet, crape, ball of leather. That
bill was $3.21. [That bill was paid the 27th January, 1845
on purchases as far back as 1840].
Land
record and heirs to the estate
There are
three tax bills in the estate envelope for the years 1844, 46 and 47.
The
bill to the estate of 18 January, 1844 lists three pieces of property all in
range 8, township 3 owned by Anson at the time of his death on which taxes are
owed.
Lot
91.79 acresvalue $9tax$ .12
Lot
1099.52 acresvalue$445tax$6.34
Lot466.73 acresvalue
$30tax$.42
The
heirs to Anson?s estate were entitled to equal shares of those 107.04 acres as
divided according tolaw. The most
important document in that regard is that in which the heirs petition for a
division of lot 99 shown on early maps with Cleveland
Road running diagonally
through it.[46]
This petition was dated 5
March, 1844.
That document lists
all the heirs as follows: Hiram S. Beman, Joshua Wellman, Rachel S. Wellman,
Emma E. Beman, by her guardian Hiram S. Beman; Merick T. Beman by his next
friend Asahel Tyler [reversal of Truman Merick] ;156 vs T400; Anson Beman, Asahel C. Beman,
Lydia Taylor, Brainard Taylor and Mary Ann Taylor; Clarissa Beman. There were
eight heirs or full shares to this land so each in equal shares were entitled
to about13.38 acres.The share for the
deceased Mary Ann was divided equally among her three living children. For some reason Harriet Carnahan is not
listed here as an heir.
The
petition is very long and difficult to read but involves lots 10, 46 and 9. The
whole complexity of the partitioning is not important at the moment. However,
all the heirs got a piece of lot 10- the 99+ acres which had been surveyed to
100 acres, and bought by Anson in 1807.
That partitioning
appears on page 173, and will be copied into this document. One would suppose
that each of the original heirs and Clarissa, the widow, including the three
children of Mary Ann got the same amount of land. This map includes, Emma,
under the guardianship of Hiram S. The partitioning was dated 9 October, 1844-
only a year after Anson had died.
There is a triangle
out of the Northwest corner which Anson hadsold to Daniel Trowbridge for $500. The history of that purchase is in
the records, but appears to have been left unpaid in full; and the land may
have come back to the estate/heirs. In 1846 the heirs sold 20 acres to Daniel
Trowbridge out of lots 10 and 46. The names of the heirs as sellers are all
recorded there as well.[47]
Maybe, this deed just confirmed the sale Anson had made.
One would think that
Clarissa got the piece with the house on it. That piece on the North side is a
triangle of 9.52 acres marked ?dower?; There is also an almost square piece on
the south side of the road of 13.55 acres marked ?dower.?
There were three
partial settlements every two years in the public records in the Courthouse and
annex in Ravenna.
In those settlements the heirs are all named. The last in 1849 is the final
settlement.
9 June, 1845Book 9, page 182
9 June, 1847Book 11, page 74
9 March, 1849Book 12, page 193
For a list of the
heirs see also the quit claim deed signed by the heirs the 29th August, 1849
and recorded on 27
Dec, 1853.[48]
The heirs named are Joshua Wellman and Rachel, his wife; Hiram S. Beman and his
wife Silas [hopefully, Sally], his wife; William Carnahan and Harriet, his
wife, Asabel Beman and Mary, his wife; Truman M. Beeman, Emma E. Beeman, heirs
of Anson Beeman, deceased; and Lydia, Brainard and Mary Taylor, children of
Mary Ann Taylor who was one of the heirs of said Anson, dec?d, by Salmon A.
Taylor their guardian...?grantors release and forever quit claim? [note the
name was spelled withtwo e?s within
this deed]. The deed was signed by Asabel Beeman, Mary A. Beeman, Truman
M.Beeman and Emma E.Beeman. The reason that the others did not sign is not
clear.
The genealogical
evidence from these deeds and estate is important.
Clarissa?s
land buying
The
record of land purchased by Clarissa after the estate settlement could be
completely reconstructed. It is a fact that Clarissa bought back parts of lot
ten from the family so as to have almost the whole piece. These five recordings
are purchases of Clarissa from members of the family. They constitute 53 acres
+ the 13 ½ she inherited so that she owned 66 acres of the original 99 by 1862.
Truman sold his piece in 1850 to William B.
Ruggles it being 11 acres. He had also inherited another 4 acres which he had
sold as well.
1850
Emma E. sold 6 acresLot
1063:468
1852
Lydia
C.sold 10 acresLot
1057:182
1855
Anson Wsold 5 acresLot
1067:167
1856Hiram S. sold 22 acresLot
1069:19
1862
Mary sold 10 acresLot
1079:382
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Appendix One
Chamberlin/Chamberlain Forefathers and Foremothers
William iv and Joanna Skinner Chamberlin came with
all of their 12 children to the Connecticut Western Reserve in 1809 when he
came to select the land. The family came from Winchester
(now Winsted), Litchfield County, Connecticut.
William iv was born about
1759 in Colchester,
New London County,
Connecticut
the only child of William and Mary Day Chamberlin/Chamberlain. He was baptized
at Hartland9 Apr, 1759 William iv died 14 October, 1843 at the home
of their son, Amos, in HudsonTownship
then Summit County,
Ohio.
His obituary says that he was 89 years old.
Joanna Skinner was
born to Deacon Noah and Sarah Bigelow Skinner at Colchester, CT 16 Oct, 1763
and died between 1809 and 1820 in Hudson Township.[49]
William iv and
Joanna were married in Colchester,
CT4 May, 1780.
Stones for their
graves have not been found. Most of the family is buried in the old cemetery in
Twinsburg just a couple of miles North of their home.
The obituary for
William iv in the Ohio Obserever26 October, 1843 reads as
follows: ?Died: in Hudson,
Oct 14th at the residence of his son, Amos Chamberlin, Mr. William
Chamberlin, in the 89th year of his age . He was a native of Colchester,
CT,
and one of the soldiers of the Revolution. And after the close of the event,
located himself in Hudson,
thirty-three years ago, then a howling wilderness. He has left an hundred and
five children, grand children and great-grandchildren besides a numerous circle
of friends to mourn his departure.? There is no estate to be found for William
iv in Ravenna
or Akron,
but there is one for William v in Akron
on barely readable microfilm.
William bought 502
acres of Birdsey Norton of Goshen, Litchfield Co, CT recorded on the 24 Sept,
1810 being three 160 acre lots in Hudson township # 95, 97, and 98 and 22 acres
off the east side of #96. The deed specifies that William was of Hudson,
Ohio.
That would suggest that he and the family were resident at the time, and not
visitors.These lots are all on the top
tier of lots in the Township adjoining the next township to the North, and are
recorded in Vol 1A, pages 300/301 in Ravenna.
These purchases are probably re-recorded in Akron,
Summit Co after HudsonTownship
became part of that county. The cost from the absentee owner was $3.17 per
acre. Some of that land today includes the country club and very expensive
homes on big lots. They were the original white settlers on this land. The
owner bought for re-sale and speculation; and did not ever live on the land.
The same day William and Joanna conveyed by
deed 100 acres off the West side of lot 95 to their son, William v. The deed is
signed by both parents so we know that Joanna was alive at the time. Other
pieces of land were later sold to both sons,Joseph and Amos. The family at one time owned 800 acres across the top
tier in HudsonTownship.
The last of the
original Chamberlin houses on lot 95 dated 1833 was at 7542
N. Darrow Road It is pictured in a
book on Hudson
houses as having a central fireplace, very wide frieze board with (eyebrow)
windows set in the frieze. The house was placed broadside (not facing) to the
road as are the earliest houses symmetrical facade with a center door. The
house was torn down about 1994 as too ruined to restore in a town which prides
itself on its old houses.[50]Hudson
town and township is now one of the high priced, very special upper crust
places to live. The town is lovely with maintained old houses and buildings
around a square with congested auto traffic just the opposite of the ?howling
wilderness.?
William?s military service in the Revolution is
difficult to prove. Since he did not apply for a pension after the 1832 law we
have to assume that he did not qualify for six months service. One of the
descendents of William iv made the claim that he had served in Colonel Elmore?s
Connecticut Battallion in 1776. It is true that three Chamberlin men of Colchester
named Elisha, Waitt (Wyatt) and William did serve in the Company of Captain
Dickinson- an officer from Colchester. The company
served for a while at FortDayton,
German Flats in the MohawkValley
in New YorkState.[51]
However, the fly in that ointment is that another William Chamberlin/lain
claimed in his pension application that he served in Elmore?s Regiment in 1776;
and our William iv did not make that claim. I have not been able to find other
possible service in a Connecticut
regiment for our William so cannot confirm the claim. There is only a remote
possibility that he served as a Sgt in the 5th continental Regiment
as we don?t know the origins of that man. There were other men of the name who
served in other states so it is possible that he served other than in a
Connecticut
regiment. The Colchester origin has to be the connection
to our William in any case.
According to Prentiss Glazier in 1829 Joanna
Skinner Chamberlin inherited property in Colchester,
CT which because of her death previously
was inherited by her heirs; and shares were conveyed to them. The heirs listed
in that settlement were Anna, widow of Fred Case; Joseph and Huldah, William
and Nancy; Mary and Nathaniel Austin, Lydia and Anson Beman; Amos and Jerusha;
Reuben and Priscilla; Hiram and Susan. This would indicate that by 1829 Asahel,
Samuel, Lucy and Phillemon were deceased.
The twelve children
of William iv and Joanna in brief were:Anna 13 June, 1782; Joseph 12 Nov, 1784; William 9 Dec, 1786; Mary 15
Dec, 1788; Lydia 11 Jan, 1791; Amos 24 July, 1793; Asahel 13 August, 1795;
Reuben 23 Dec, 1797; Samuel 9 April, 1800; Lucy17 March, 1802; Philemon 31 Jan,
1804 and Hiram 27 Dec, 1807- all born at Winchester, Litchfield Co,
Connecticut. I have put more information about them in the Chamberlain Chain and with James B. Parker
(jbparker@provide.net).
There is an 1810 tax
list for PortageCounty
from Ohio Auditor?s records which includes William and Joseph Chamberlain.[52]
The 1810 federal census for most of Ohio
is not available. The families of William v as well as Joseph and Amos are all
in the 1820 census for HudsonTownship,
PortageCounty
page 37. The younger William called there William Chamberlin Jr. has 2 boys and
2 girls under 9 years of age, and a man and woman 26-44 years of age. There is
another William with an all male family including a boy 10-15 years, a male
16-18 years and two men 16-25 years with three of them in farming. This may be
the older William iv with Joanna by then deceased. However, the age is not
right for the senior William. All four of the men and their families are listed
one after the other. An 1812 tax list for Ohio
includes William Chamberlain of Hudson as well as Anson Beeman.[53]
The lineage of William Chamberlin iv
Numbered from the immigrant
Deeply
indebted to the contemporary work of David C. Chamberlin
James
B. Parker, Carolyn Weidner and others
Note: this lineage has been worked out by the
original Chamberlain Association,as well
as the eminent Chamberlain family historians: Prentiss Glazier in an
unpublished MSS; and David C. Chamberlin Sr. The latter lineage is available
through its printing in the Chamberlain
Chain10 Nov, 1983
6. William iii born 10 March, 1735 and baptized
26 Oct, 1735 at Colchester, CT,[54]
married 22 May, 1758 at Colchester, CT toMary Day (who was the d/o Ebenezer and Sarah Tiffany Day); and died in
Winchester (now Winsted), Litchfield Co, CT on 6 Jan, 1821 aged 86 years. This
family may have been at Hartland, Ct before 1775, and did go to Winchester,
CT
in 1783 at the same time as William iv.Some records of these two generations are published.[55]
William made a will 20
Oct, 1820 which was proven 9 March, 1821.
It is probably this man to whom Joanna was heir.
There
are apparently according to Taintor but one set of Williams so this is probably
the man who was in the French and Indian War. The roster for the 1757 Company
of Captain Day of Colchester,
CT;
the Regiment of Colonel Jonathan Trumble lists William Chamberlin for 15 days
service. The service was ?in the late alarm for Relief of Fort Wm Henry and
Places Adjacent August, 1757.?[56]It says 76 of them rode horses from Colchester.
There is also a roster for the 1761 12th Co of Capt. John Spaulding
in the regiment of Colonels Nathaniel Payson or Israel Putnam listing Wm
Chamberlain for service from April 7 to December 3.The latter citation may or may not be our
ancestor.
Major General Phineas Lyman was commander of Connecticut
regiments that year.
5. William ii born on the 22 January, 1712
in Colchester,
CTand died about 1769 and is buried in the KiblingCemetery
at Strafford,
VT.
Wm married first on the 2
January 1734 to Lydia Treadway , daughter of James
and Sarah Bond Treadway. Lydia
was born 16
January, 1714 in Colchester
and died there the 16
May, 1738. Lydia
was the mother of William iii.. Lydia
died 16 May, 1738
at the age of 24 years after only four years of marriage.
4. William born in March, 1689 probably at
Hadley, Hampshire Co, Mass and was moved to Colchester,
CT
at six years of age. William married Sarah Day 4 Jan, 1710/11/12 at Colchester,
CT;
and died 31
Oct, 1755 at Colchester.
William lived for some time at Hebron,
Ct before Colchester.Sarah Day was born at Springfield,
Mass 30 Sept, 1691 the d/o Thomas and Elizabeth Merrick Day Jr.. Sarah died at Colchester,
CT15 January, 1758.William and Deacon Nathaniel Skinner held
various town offices at Colchester
1712-1727.[57]
3.Joseph born about 1665 at Hull, Suffolk Co,
Mass (was 2nd son by 2nd wife) unknown name); married 8
June, 1688 to Mercy Dickinson; and he died 7 August, 1752 at Colchester,
Connecticut according to the stone on his grave in the Old Parish Cemetery.
Mercy was born 8
June, 1688 at Weathersfield,
CT
to John and Frances Foote Dickinson in the town her grandparents had helped
found.Mercy died 30 June, 1735
at Colchester
?in the 67th year of her age?.
Joseph was one of the founders of the town of Hadley,
Mass where seven of their children were born. From there they moved to Hatfield
before moving to Colchester,
CT
in 1703. Joseph was one of a committee of five in Colchester
in 1705 to build a meeting house. Joseph was a selectman in Colchester
in 1706, 1707 and 1717. In 1710 he was chosen to keep a tavern which he continued
until at least 1723. He was also town constable at least once about 1729.
2.William born about 1620/23 in England
?probably Hingham,
Suffolk,
England,
married first to an unknown lady in 1651 who died at Hull
about 1660, and married about 1661 to another unknown lady who was the mother
of his four youngest children including Joseph.This William took care of his father and mother in their old age
according to his estate inventory.[58]
He died 22
October, 1678 in Hull,
Mass.
On 9 Nov, 1647
William bought a house and lot in Boston
on the commons, and later moved to Hull.In the same year of 1647 the proprietors of Hull
granted him 11 lots.His estate was
valued at 529 British pounds of the time which was considerable.
1.Henry, the blacksmith, born about 1592
in England;
married Jane ______ (1595-1678/9) at Hingham,
England;
and died 15
July, 1675. See NEHGR April, 1985. There is a
long discussion about Henry in the 1908 printing of the Annual Report of the
Chamberlain Association of America page 36.It says in part that he came from Hingham, County Norfolk, England to
New England in the ship Diligent arriving 10 August, 1638. His mother,
Christian; his wife, Jane; and two or more children came with them. His mother
may have been a sister of Israel Stoughton.Christian died at Hingham,
Mass 19 April, 1659 at 81 years. The Diligent sailed from Ipswich
to London
bringing at least 133 people under the leadership of the Reverend Robert Peck
whohad been installed in the parish of Hingham
in 1605 and was deposed by Bishop Matthew Wren in 1637. The church
of St. Andrew
at Hingham,
Norfolk
was rebuilt in 1316 and still is in use today. Henry Chamberlain was granted
land in Hingham,
Mass in 1638 and was admitted a freeman (voter) 13 March, 1638.[59]Henry and family lived at Hingham
till 1660. He is called in deeds of sale blacksmith and shoemaker. He moved
across the bay to Hull
about 1661. He made a will 8
Dec, 1673 which is still on file where he lists
William among his sons.[60]
Several landmarks around Hull
were at that time named Chamberlain.
Prentiss Glazier thought that Henry came from
Wymondham- pronounced Windham-
in old England
which is near Hingham.Henry is memorialized with others on the
front of the ?Old ship? Church in Hingham,
MA
which still survives and has an active congregation to this day.See the article on this man by David Conrad
Chamberlin in NEHGR April, 1985 and in Volume 5 of the Chamberlain Chain
(July, 1987). There is a very interesting pamphlet sold at the old church
in Hingham,
Suffolk,
England
about the religious persecution which encouraged these people to leave the
comfort of the homes.[61]The worst persecution was the burning at the
stake of William Carman of Hingham
in 1556 for ?having in his possession a Bible, a New Testament and three
Salters in English?.That author
searched the Parish register about the families which had left 1600-1660 to
find record of four Chamberline (Chamberlyne) men including two Henrys, John
and Robert who baptised children with no more information given. Other families
who left were named: Beal(e), Buck, Cooper, Cushing, Foulsham, gates, Gilman,
Hawke, Hubberte, Jacob, Lincoln, Ludkinge, Peck and Tower.
APPENDIX TWO
The Beeman Forefathers and Foremothers
Truman Beeman, Anson?s
father, was born in Kent, Litchfield Co, Ct 4 May, 1760 to Parke Beeman and
Anna Keeney Beeman. Truman married Rachel Spooner of Warren,
CT in 1783, and she died in 1792 leaving a
number of young children. Truman re-married to Mary Creasey in 1792 who died in
1798.In that year he married Pamelia
Mills who died in 1802.And, fourth and
last Truman married in 1802 to Phoebe Strafford who apparently did not outlive
him as she did not apply for a widow?s pension after his death. Over a period
of 50 years he had four wives who died which seems terribly unfortunate.
Truman
died 7 November,
1833 probably around Fenner, Smithfield Twp,
Madison County, NY so he got little out of his pension. There is no stone to be
found on his grave. Memory of his existence is not based on a stone, nor can we
honor his memory in the place where his remains are or were. He left no estate
of record in MadisonCounty
as I have checked so apparently he died rather poor. Whether he owned land in
the area has not been checked. The paid local historians can find very little
about him. Our memory of his sacrifice for our liberty has to be in memory
only. At this date we know of no evidence of his existence. He may have been
self-sacrificing and only interested in the saving of souls for eternity which
has a nobility of its own.
It
is claimed that Truman applied for and received a pension in 1818, but I find
no record of that. However, the 1818 first pension for Revolutionary War
service required a man to be poor and indigent, and to prove it. . Truman in
his application claimed that he began his military career in 1775 as a fifteen
year old filed 9
Oct, 1832 at Smithfield,
Madison County, NY. This is a summary of his service during the Revolution
covering 41 months minimum service in five different years verifiable service.
I have detailed his service on eight pages in another place.The full application and papers Truman
submitted with it ought to be seen in entirety from the complete microfilmed
applications available in branches of the National Archives and some few
libraries of the country. The application itself is more interesting than many.
It
is provable that Truman was likely in the battle of Germantown
as he claimed; and probably in other skirmishes and scrapes. He was also
probably on the guard at the execution of Major Andre, the convicted spy also
as he claimed. He definitely began the winter of 1777 at Valley
Forge with brothers and cousins, but was discharged
at the end of that year when his enlistment was finished. One Beeman researcher
claims he was continued on the roster. Truman served often with brothers and
cousins from Kent
there being several Beeman men in at the time.
This
is a brief summary of verifiable service for which no one has yet joined the
DAR or the SAR unless quite recently.
1776-
January to Dec 19th serving under Major E. Curtis and Surgeon Daniel
Budd of the NY Line. Discharged 19 Dec at Saratoga.
Kent
was so close to NY that men were sent there to serve under NY officers that
first organized year of the war. Truman is listed as serving in Captain
Olmsted?s Co from the 13th
CT Regt. This was a minimum of 6 and a
maximum of 12 months service inconclusive at this time. A history of Kent
shows truman in the company of Captain Olmsted.[62]
1777- he claimed 10 months service under
Colonel Swift and Captains Chapman and Hill- March through December. Truman
submitted the original of a discharge by Capt Albert Chapman dated 30 Dec, 1777
at Valley Forge
which is still in the file; and on the microfilm of the complete file. . These
officers were of the 7th
CT Regt.
1778- Truman claimed seven months service in
Col. Enos Regt under Capt Olmsted discharged 9 June, 1778. The
official published CT records say that he was discharged 1 Sept, 1778
from May or June. This would be the 7th
CT Regt.
1779- Truman went in September as a (paid)
substitute for two months under Capt. Elijah Hazen. There is a roster for 1779
service with Capt. Alex Waugh of the 17th
Ct Regt through July and August for ?a
sudden emergency to oppose the enemy.?
1780- Truman served six months June-Dec in
Col. Heman Swift?s Regt under Capt Miles. This is the regiment he had been with
at Germantown.
There is a published roster for Capt Billings Co, 7th
CT Regt 10 July to 13 Dec, 1780
with Truman?s name.[63]
Some
where along the line Truman became converted to or took membership in the
Baptist church; and became a minister of that faith.
Maybe, he became regretful of his wartime
experience. At any rate, we don?t know anything about when, where or how this
occurred. He was in the 1790 census in Warren,
CT.Truman allegedly left Warren,
and went up to Vermont
to an as yet unknown town; and then went over into NE New York State in MadisonCounty.
About 1796 Truman published a compilation of
hymns to be used in Baptist services.[64]
He did not probably write any hymns, but collected them into a thick book which
he may have published for sale. Truman served the BaptistChurch
in Rensselaerville,
NY
1796-1800, Catskill,
NY
1803-1808, Peterboro, Fenner and Siloam until 1833. He bought shares in the
library at Rensselaerville,
NY
in 1799. He was an early settler of Georgetown, Madison Co, NY.[65]
Truman was called Elder when he married someone at Nelson in 1808 which
suggests that he was not then a pastor; and he may have been living at that
time of Sangerfield.His son, Ira, went
to Canada
in 1810. Truman may have died at Fenner.
Truman is not
indexed in the 1790 or 1800 census in New
YorkState
in any spelling of the surname.He is
supposedly listed jn the 1810 census in Albany Co, NY.He is definitely in the 1820 census in SmithfieldTownship,
MadisonCo.[66]
-0000000-
Parke Beeman may have been born about 1737 in
Stonington or Kent, CT. , the s/o Thomas Beeman and he died in 1802 possibly in
Warren, Ct.[67]
Parke was the s/o of Thomas Beeman and.
He married Anna Keeney d/o Robert and Sarah Morgan Keeney of Norwich,
CT.[68]
and they had Truman mentioned above.Park and Anna lived around Kent Hollow out of Kent,
Ct.
Parke
served in the French and Indian War in 1755 listed as Park Bement from the 8th
of September to the 4th of December in Capt. Pettibone?s Co of
Colonel Elihu Chauncey?s Regiment. This was the first year of the war, and full
of losses up on Lake Champlain.
Grant
says that the Kent
militia was on the Crown Point
expedition in 1756. It isn?t clear whether Park was along or Grant has the year
wrong.[69]
By
George C. Williston
Great-great-grandson
Wooster,
OhioDecember, 2001
e-mail
address: gwilli824@mei.net
or
269-948-5747
The author of this document,
George C. Williston, is very interested in communicating with any descendants
of the families mentioned in this document, or with any person who has information
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[1]Lydia?s
Chamberlain lineage back seven generationsis appended at the end of this paper.
[2] Family
of Truman and Rachel including Ansonrecorded in Volume 1:9 VR Warren, CT.
[3]. No
recording has been found. This date is from the book of Gwen Boyer Bjorkman The
Descendants of Thomas Beeman of Kent, Connecticut (Bellevue, WA, 1971)47.
The Rev. Leonard L. Beeman began Beeman research before his death in 1920. That
was continued by his son,Bowman Beeman,
who with William W. Beeman and Clarnce J. Beeman,collaborated on a manuscript completed by
Clarence in 1954. There is also by Emily Beaman Wooden the Beaman and Clark
Genealogy, 1909.We stand on their
work.
[4] Boyd
Annals and Family Records of Winchester,
Connecticut
1873:509.
[5]Lydia
is mentioned as coming in 1808 in Pioneer Women of the Western Reserve.
[6]
According to her statement in regard to Anson?s military service benefits.
[7] There is
a record of this family in an 1869 book in NGS Quarterly March 1971, 158.
[8] Most of
these marriages are recorded in the Portage County Court House. One that is
unknown is Rufus E. Beman married Laura Barton by Horace Barton 22 June, 1849 in Portage Co, OH.
[9] In 1865
Asahel bought 7 lots in the old Bedford Cemetery Sec 1, plot 69, spaces 1-7 for
$6.00.
[10] From R.
Lyle Beeman and Helen M. Beeman Smith in 1952.
[11]
Marriage recorded in Portage County
20:308 22 Sept, 1876 by
P.B.Seacoy
[12] There
is conflicting information on this between Ravenna
and Charlestown. The later is from
the PCGS Bulletin Portage Path to Genealogy Sept, 1992: 214; and may have
originally been reported in H.T. Upton History of the Western
Reserve, 916. The newsletter of Betty Widger CGRS of the Portage
County Genealogical Society Sept, 1992, 214continues the claim that Hiram was born in Charlestown.
[13]PortageCounty Records Book IV: 894.
[14] In 1952
living at Mt. Clemens, MI
.according toMay S. Benson
[16]
Marriage recorded in Ravenna,
Portage County 2:240 by Samuel Gregg, Minister.
[17] An old
book of Goldsmith?s Essays printed in 1837 is inscribed ?Presented to Mrs. Rhoda
Beeman from Truman Beeman Richmond 1842.? Whose wife was Rhoda Beeman and which
Richmond ?
[18] I have
an old book inscribed in the cover ?Presented to T.M.Beeman by Wm Beeman Selby,
Canada, WestLennoxCounty,
(Ontario) undated. The
publication date is 1846 and it is the Fourth Book of Lessons for the use of
Schools. I also foundrecord of Truman
and William Beeman in Ontarioin an 1857 Directory each in business. How
are Truman and William related- if they are ?
[19] 1951
letter of Bertha and Minnie Knuth of Hopkins,
MI
who knew Lydia Beman
[20] Book
13, page 414 Portage County Marriage Records
[21]PortageCounty marriage recorded in 15:414
for 13 July, 1870 by B. C.
Warner
[22] A
record of this family is published in NGS Quarterly, 1944: 84.
[23] George
W. KnepperMigration to the Western
Reserve
[24] History
of PortageCounty(Warner, Beers and Co, 1885). 522.
[25] Harriet
Upton A History of the Western Reserve, 916.
[26]
Bulletin of the Seattle
Genealogical Society March, 1971:158.
[27]PortageCounty Recorders Office (PCRO),
Book 15, 104.
[28] PCRO
Book 1 pages 376-377.
[29] PCRO
Book 50, page 42 and 43.
[30] PCRO
Book 12 pages 169-170. Similar sales are recorded in 20:317, 32:527, 32:603 and
33:247 where Anson was selling off pieces of land.
[31] PCRO
Grantee Book 20:317.
[34] The
1812 Census of Ohio (Miani:T.L.C.
Genealogy, 1992) 14. May be from tax lists.
[35] A much
of this information was originally given to me by Mary A. Stevenson of East
Riddle Ave, Ravenna in
1951/2, a distant cousin.. One does appreciate people who exchange information.
[36] Somehow
this became confused with the claim that this Anson died in 1857 and is buried
at Dean Hilll Cem, Row 7, Old Sec Grave 3, Canfield. This may be Ansel but is
not this Anson.
[37] Reprint
of L.H.Everts Combination Atlas Map of Portage Co, Ohio
(Chicago, 1874)A19.
[38]Ravenna
Record Courier 12/12/1893
[39]
Reported in One Hundred and Twenty-five Years of the Congregational Church, Ravenna,
Ohio, 1822-1947.
[40] All
this from the Everts 1874 Atlas of Portage Co, Ohio.
[41] There
is undoubtedly more Portage Co public record in the material stored in the
regional archives at the University
of Akron. That would include
election poll books from 1816, Common Pleas records from 1809, Supreme Court
records from 1809, CountyAuditor
tax assessments from 1822. It would take a lot of time to find records of Anson
in this material, but he and his family are undoubtedly there.
[42]PortageCounty 049. The 1820 OhioCensus also includes these other Beemans
Ansel in Canfield, Trumbull Co; John in Madison, Geauga Co; Reuben in Kirtland,
Geauga; and Thomas in Pike Twp, Wayne Co.
[43]PortageCounty 236. The 1830 census in
Ohio
includes in addition to Anson only William in Clinton
Twp, Wayne Co.
[44] In
Ravenna
Twp, Portage Co page 195. Other Beemans in Ohio
are Jacob, Julius Jr., and Rebecca.
[45] Howard
Carter was brought as a youngster by his parents about the same time Anson
arrived, and is responsible for the printed story about the date of arrival of
Anson, Carters,Fullers and others.
[46] Portage
County Common Pleas Records, Book 3, pages 166-173.
[47]PortageCounty Grantee Book 51: 466/7.
[48] Portage
County Grantee Book V. 63, page 166.
[49] Joanna
probably descends from John Skinner of Braintree, Essex Co, England
who came in the 17th century to Hartford,
CT with the Reverend Thomas Hooker and
others. John Skinner married in Windsor,
CT
to Mary Loomis daughter of Deacon Joseph Loomis and went to Colchester,
CT.
[50] I took
the issue of the missing house public in July of 2000 in Hudson Life which was resolved in subsequent issues by one
of the protectors of old Hudson
houses.
[51]
Waitt/Wyatt was granted a pension in 1818 from Chenango
County, NY he being born 1 Oct, 1758. His published service
record includes in addition that he served in Well?s Regt
CT militia, and Robert Van Rensslaer?s Regt NY
Militia. Some men from Western CT
were put into NY units early in the war.
[52] Esther
W. Powell Early Ohio Tax Records
(Akron: 1971)310.
[53] No
author, T.L.C. Genealogy, 34.
[54]
Verified by Barbour Index of CTVR and Taintor?s History of Colchester, CT. As
well as Boyd?s Annals of Winchester 154/155. Which says that Wm iv migrated to Hudson,
OH in 1809.
[55] Boyd
Annals of Winchester 1873: 155,
159, 173, 214, 241, 145.
[56]
Official Records, p205. and 255.
[57] Taintor
Extracts from the Records of Colchester,
CT.1864:10, 18, 27,29, 34, 109,
[60] Suffolk
Co, MA Probate VI,54.
[61]
M.E.Lonsdale The Heyday of Their Strength 1979, 39.
[62]
F.A.Atwater History of Kent1896,35.
[63] For
verification of this service see: 1) book in the KentTown Hall, 2) J.E.Richards Honor
Roll of Litchfield County Revolutionary Soldiers (Pittsfield, Sun, 1912) 101,
184. And most important 3)the official
CT published records:Records of Connecticut
Men in the Revolution 210, 227, 539,
[64] There
is a copy at the library of HamiltonCollege
near Clinton, NY.
[65]
J.E.Smith Our County and its People, 1899:155.
[66] Much of
this is from Peter Beeman in 1996 of Kingston,
Ontario,
Canada probably a
descendent of Ira.
[67] Charles
S. Grant says that Park was 40 years in 1777. See Democracy in the ConnecticutFrontierTown
of Kent (New
York: Columbia, 1961)100.
[68]Connecticut
Colonial Records 1:46, 66,74.
[70] The
family is in Atwater?s History of
Kent.
[71] This
purchase and sale found by Gwen Bjorkman on film 5881,p 26 and 1ap12-13.
[72] Film
5595 vol 5,149.
[74]
American Monthly Magazine2 Feb, 1963:97.
[75]
According to the local research ofPeter
Beeman of Kingston, Ontario
and his father of Ontario.
[76] American
Genealogist VII (July, 1934)57.
[77] These
two paragraphs are from the unpublished Beeman Genealogy of Gerald L. Beeman
who researched after WWII. Gerald was a prisoner of the Japanese during that
war, and with another Beeman prisoner got interested in his family origin.His work was supplied by Gary Beeman
currently of Wooster.
[78] James
Savage Genealogical Dictionary originally 1860, reprint (Baltimore: GPS,
1998)1:147,150.
[79] R .C.
AndersonThe Great Migration Begins (Boston: NEHGS,
1995).
[80] Filby?s
series on Passenger and Immigration Lists Index through 1999 under various
spellings listsThomas and family
1662,Gamalielto Dorchester 1659,Thomas with wife and family to Nova Scotia
[1992:27) ,
[81]
T.B.Wilson Directory of the Province
of Ontario (Lambertville:
Hunterdon, 1987)41.
[82]Richmond
is now known of Bayham