William Beamon

William Beamon (c. 1608–1699)

Lydia Danforth (bp. 1625–1686), daughter of Nicholas Danforth and Elizabeth Barber

William Beamon was born about 1608. He died on 4 February 1698/9 in Saybrook. [1] He married Lydia, the daughter of Nicholas Danforth, on 9 December 1643 in Saybrook. [1]

Lydia Danforth was baptized on 24 May 1625 in Framingham, county Suffolk. [2] She died on 16 August 1686 in Saybrook. [1]

Anderson et al. [2] and others confidently assert that William's wife Lydia was the daughter of Nicholas Danforth. However, primary sources are lacking.

William migrated to New England on the Elizabeth in 1635. [1] He had resided most recently in Bridgenorth, Shropshire. [1]

William first resided in Salem. He moved to Saybrook by 1643. [1] He was a freeman on 20 May 1652 in Connecticut Colony. [1]

Children of William Beamon and Lydia Danforth: All events recorded in Saybrook and in Anderson et al. [1]

i. Lydia Beamon was born on 9 March 1644/5. She married first Samuel Boyes on 3 February 1667/8. She married second Alexander Pygan on 15 April 1684/5.

ii. Mary Beamon was born on 12 November 1647. She married John Tully on 3 January 1671/2.

iii. Elizabeth Beamon was born on 2 March 1650. She married John Chapman on 26 March 1677.

iv. Deborah Beamon was born on 29 November 1652. She married Thomas Gilbert on 27 September 1681.

v. Abigail Beamon was born on 20 February 1654/5. She died on 29 September 1683, unmarried.

vi. Samuel Beamon was born on 28 February 1656/7. He married Hester, the daughter of Thomas Buckingham by 1690.

vii. Rebecca Beamon was born on 7 September 1759. She married Major John Clark.

viii. Sarah Beamon (possibly) was born say 1661 or maybe 1667. She married Nathaniel Pratt on 2 May 1688.

Endnotes:

1. "Great Migration 1634–1635, A–B," digitized book, AmericanAncestors.org, originally published as: Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634–1635, Volume I, A–B (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999), 220–2.

2. "Great Migration 1634–1635, C–F," digitized book, AmericanAncestors.org, originally published as: Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634–1635, Volume II, C–F (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001), 281–5.

Last revised: 08-Aug-2023