Updated 7 May 2005
Page 516 Rome Township
"Captain Hopson Beebe was born in Connecticut,
February 17, 1749, was a soldier of the revolutionary war, and settled
in Rome township in 1804, where he resided till his death in 1836.
One of his sons, the venerable Mr. Charles Beebe, now in his eighty-third
year, resided on the 'old farm' until quite recently. He now lives
with Mrs. J.W.. Johnson in this township. Doctor Wm. Beebe, another son,
was an assistant surgeon in General Tupper's brigade in the war of 1812.
After the war he settled in Belpre, and practiced medicine there for the
rest of his life. His son, Dr. Wm. Beebe (grandson of Captain
Hopson Beebe), is now a practicing physician in Barlow, Washington county.
The youngest son, Peter Beebe, was an active and successful
business man, and for several years one of the township trustees.
He died in the prime of life in 1849."
Page 501
Rome Township Clerk......1849....Sydney S. Beebe
Rome Township Treasurer.....date not given but in this order.....Hopson
Beebe, Charles Beebe, Peter Beebe, Sydney S. Beebe
Rome Township Justices of the Peace....S. S. Beebe
Page 499
Rome Township Trustee.....1825...Peter Beebe
.....1835...Peter Beebe
.....1839...Peter Beebe
Webmaster's note:
| Polly BEEBE, wife of James
CRIPPEN is supposedly the daughter of Hobson
BEEBE (1748/49 to 1836) and Deliverance CURTIS (b. abt 1753).
Her siblings were John, Charles, William, Peter, and Betsy. This
BEEBE family supposedly goes back to John
BEEBE (abt 1600 to 18 May 1650) who was born in Broughton, Northampton,
England and died in Hartford, Hartford, Conn. and his wife Rebecca LADD
(b. abt 1605).
I am working to prove that Polly Beebe Crippen was the daughter
of Hobson and Deliverance. Here is what "evidence"
I have so far. I found Polly Crippen, wife of James Crippen buried among many other BEEBEs in
Pioneer Cemetery, Rome township, Athens county, Ohio. She died 25 Sep 1846 at
age 69. Some other BEEBEs buried there are Betcy [sic] who died 2 Apr 1835 at
age 32. Mrs. Melissa Beebe wife of Peter Beebe died 6 Mar 1821 at age 20.
Charles Beebe who died 11 Nov 1877 at age 91yrs, 4 m 12days. [it says his
birthdate was 19 May 1788.] Her husband was buried in the Crippen Cemetery,
also in Rome township, died 20 Jan 1856, aged 74?yr, 5 m 26 days. And that
information agrees with other information that I have. These other burials are
important to me because from other information I am finding on the internet,
Polly had siblings named Betsy, Charles and Peter. Some on the internet say that Polly Beebe, daughter
of Hobson, died in 1802. But I find the above information to be good
evidence that Polly Beebe Crippen was his daughter. I found it encouraging to find Polly
buried with those other Beebe family members who are supposedly children of
Hobson Beebe. |
| This CRIPPEN family supposedly goes back to Thomas CRIPPEN who was born about 1640 in England?? and who died in 1709 in East Haddam Ct. His son Jabez CRIPPEN married Thankful FULLER. They were our ancestors. Thankful FULLER's line goes back to Edward FULLER who came to America on the Mayflower. He was born in 1575 in Parish of Redenhall, Co. Norfolk, England and died 11 Jan 1620/21 in Plymouth Colony, Mass. |
Page 495-497 Rome Township
Elections, musters, and house raisings were in early times events of
special interest. Plenty of good cheer abounded on such occasions,
and boisterous frolicking, with the roughest sort of practical jokes, was
the order of the day. Colonel Wm. Stewart, an early resident of the
county, furnishes the following account of a house raising in Rome township:
"As early as the spring of 1804 father built what was then called a double log barn, about eighteen feet high, all of white oak timber. It required nearly all the settlers of Rome, Carthage, Troy, Ames, and Canaan townships to raise it. In those days, however, no one thought of not responding to such a call, and on this occasion they were all present. As early as sunrise there were about fifty men on hand. As was the universal custom in those days father furnished a copious supply of old rye whisky, and by breakfast time--about 7 o'clock--many of the men felt its effects. The building went on, however, with a will, and the heavy logs, were rushed up on large skids with a strength and daring that were surprising, the men cheering and laughing all the while. Dinner came on. According to custom three large chicken pies were placed on the table, one in the center and one at each end. A large decanter of whisky stood by the center one. The crowd being seated grace was said by father, and all being hungry were ready to fallto vigorously when James Crippen (he and his brother Amos were the leading spirits of the day), having made an excavation in the center of the chicken pie, seized the decanter and said, 'Gentlemen, it has all got to go one way at last, so here goes,' and with that he poured the whisky, more than a quart, into the smoking pie. It produced a great laugh; some ate heartily of the pie, some cautiously, and some declined the new sauce, yet all in great glee. After dinner all hands went to work again, and by dark the barn was completed--the greatest day's work, I suspect, ever performed in the county. The work over, father thanked them for their kindness. James Crippen responded, saying, 'No thanks, Daniel, what we've done to-day we owe to every one that makes a like call; but before we part we desire to have a social dance, and especially do we wish to dance with the good old lady Mrs. Wickham and her husband,' and walking up to the old lady he immediately led her out for a jig. In less than a minute they were dancing with all their might, the men singing and beating time. At least twenty of the men danced a jig in turn with Mrs.Wickham till she was tired out, and then they danced with old Mr. Wickham till he was exhausted. But they were not through yet. Mr. Wickham being tired out it was proposed in great glee to bury him. An old ox sled was immediately procured, two boards laid on it, and Mr. Wickham laid on the boards. Numbers of the men seized the sled and prepared to drag it over the ground, while others with cowbells and sleighbells led the procession. The sled was drawn several times around the yard amid great noise and laughter, and then the old man was released. It was nearly midnight before the scene closed and all left. During the whole day and evening there was no profanity nor any hard words used. All was cheerful labor, and innocent, though boisterous, mirth."Page unknow
Page 499 Rome Township
Rome Township Trustee...1811...James Crippen
1813, 1814, 1815...James Crippen
1817, 1818, 1819, 1820, 1821...James Crippen
1823...James Crippen
1826...James Crippen
1843...William Crippen
1848...Artimus S. Crippen
1862, 1863...A.S. Crippen
Rome Township Justice of the Peace......James Crippen
Rome Township Clerk......1812...Amos Crippen
Page unknown
Grand Juries for Athens County included:
1806, 1807, and 1813 Hopson Beebe; 1807 and 1810 James Crippen; 1810
Amos Crippen
Webmaster's note:
| Judge Elijah HATCH, below, appears to be the brother of our ancestor Comfort HATCH, wife of Hosea CRIPPEN. Their parents were Elijah HATCH Sr. and Kesiah (Keziah) BARROWS. The other siblings were, James, John, Abenezer, Obed, Olive, Lydia, Keziah, and Martha. This Hatch family supposedly goes back to Walter HATCH who died in 1699 in Scituate, Plymouth County, Mass. He was born in 1623 in Tendenton, Kent, England. |
Page 498 Rome Township War of 1812
When war was declared in 1812 Athens county was called on for a company
of infantry to consist of fifty men. To raise these the militia regiment,
then commanded by Colonel Edmund Dorr, was summoned together and volunteers
called for. The quota was filled in a few minutes by volunteering,
and of the fifty men, nearly one-fifth were from Rome township, and all
of these from the school district of which the old school house was the
center. Their names were James
Crippen, Peter Beebe, Thaddeus Crippen, Ebenezer Hatch,
Charles Stewart, William Starr, Andrew Stewart, John Wickham, and Daniel
Muncie. Subsequently, when the company was enlarged to sixty, Rome
sent one more volunteer, George Driggs, and he is the only survivor of
the whole number. [The author must have meant surviving until the time
of the writing of the book in 1869.] In 1813, when the governor of
Ohio called for forty days mounted riflemen, George Barrows, Montgomery
Perry, and a young man named Swann, went from Rome.
Page 492 Rome Township
In 1808 the first bridge in the township was built over Federal creek,
near its mouth, by Elijah Hatch, and in 1818 a second one was built
at the same place. Both were clumsy structures, and neither of them
very permanent. In 1842 a greatly superior bridge was erected by
Peter
Beebe, Isaac Jackson being the architect; it was at first a toll bridge
but is now free.
Page 502 Rome Township
The first person who settled in what is now Rome township was David
Dailey, a veteran soldier of the revolution.......Around him was an unbroken
wilderness. The nearest neighbors were at the settlement at Athens,
about twilve miles distant. Parites of Indians were frequently seen
on hunting excursions, or on their way to Wheeling to barter their furs.
Having lived about three years on the farm first settled by him, he sold
it to Judge Elijah Hatch, and, with his family, removed to Carthage
township.
Page 499
Rome Township Trustees
....1811....Elijah Hatch
1816...Elijah Hatch
1822....Elijah Hatch
1832, 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836...James E. Hatch
1838....James E. Hatch
Rome Township Clerk.... 1813-15....1823-25....Elijah Hatch
1833....Elijah Hatch
Rome Township Justice of the Peace
Elijah Hatch.....the first one on the list....no date
Page 505 Rome Township
Elijah Hatch (Judge Hatch) migrated from the eastern part of the state
of New York to the northwestern territory, and settled in Rome township
in the year 1800, In 1801 he went back and removed his father,
Elijah
Hatch, Sen., and his mother, with their family, to this township--the
former being seventy-two, and the latter seventy-one years old at that
time. They came in wagons to the Youghiogheny, in Pennsylvania, where,
in connection with others, they procured a flat boat, twenty-five feet
long by twelve feet wide, which they loaded with seven horses, one wagon,
one carriage, a quantity of hardware and farming utensils, and fifteen
persons---men, women, and children.
Elijah Hatch was a Trustee of Ohio University from 1809 to 1849.
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