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| Birth |
8 Aug 1650 |
Kent, , England [2] |
| Sex |
Male |
| Died |
12 Nov 1690 |
New Haven, New Haven, Ct [3] |
| Person ID |
I0484 |
My Tree |
| Last Modified |
30 Jul 2005 |
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| Father |
John Potter, b. 1606, Chesham Parish, Bucks, England |
| Mother |
Hannah |
| Group Sheet |
F100 |
My Tree |
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| Notes |
- [samuelpotter1641.FTW]
From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
!NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM); ; July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996; ; , Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA
The Ancestry of Jane McNeal and Arthur Anderson 929.273 M233mo in SLC library
Hannah Potter Beecher leaves one third of her property to Isaac "her son" in her will but later investigation shows that Isaac is a step-son, a child of
a former wife of John Beecher.
From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
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From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
[JesseBeecher 1785.FTW]T
Had 3 wives, according to Reuben Beecher Hughes (page 6): ... was the only son having children and hence is the ancestor of all in this Beecherline. He was born in England, about 1623 and died in 1690. His will was dated Sept. 28, 1689, an d the Christian name of his wife was Mary. He was the ownerof 7 tracts of land totalling 61 acres. In 1685 his name appears in the NewHaven List of Proprietors, and is also on the list of freemen in N H July 1,1644.
From Genealogy of a Branch of the Beecher Family, Reuben Hughes 1898 page7: Probate Records, vol.2, pp, 62 63 and 64. Isaac Beecher, b. 1623, d.1690. Made Will Sept 26,1689, in which he mentions sons John, Joseph andIsaac, and bequeath to each certain parcels of land described, and toSamuel the sum of five pounds. Also, to Eleazur one acre of meadow at that place called Springfield. Also,four acres running across the road that leads to West Farms. Also, aboutfive acres land in that field called Ford's Field. Also, make andconstitute my son Joseph Beecher my sole and only executor, and give him the remaider of my whole estate, andrequire him to provide for my loving wife, Mary Beecher, during her life,well and comfortably, and after her decease to get all the aforesaidlegacies performed. Signed Nov. 12, 1690, in Court. Inventory includes house-keeping goods, farming tools,cattle, 7 tracts of land, amounting to 61 acres. Apprized
Genealogical Dictionary of New England Settlers: Volume 1, page 154: "Beecher, or Beacher, Isaac, New Haven, had Isaac, b. 1650; Samuel, 1652;and Eleazer, 1655. Perhaps he had other ch. His mo. Hannah, a wid. in herwill, 1657, ment. two ch ., this Isaac, and William Potter, s. of herformer h. in Eng. In 1685 Isaac sen. Isaac jun. and Eleazer were proprs. *THOMAS, Charlestown 1630,freem. 6 Nov. 1632, had been engag. as capt. of the Talbot, 1629, inbring. passeng. to our countr y, and next yr. with Winthrop's fleet, whenhis w. Christian, wh. had been w. of Thomas Cpper of Wapping, near London (wh. left her a freehold est. atHarwich), came with him, and was of the first ten mem. of the ch. He wasone of the earliest selectmen of the town, and at the first gen. ct. 14May 1634, when repr. came, he was one (all former gen. cts. being inclus. of every freem. of the Col.), andserv. sev. foll. sessions, made capt. of the castle 1635, and d. 1637.His inv. 29 July of this yr. made by Ralph Sprague, Abram Palmer, andThomas [p.154] Ewer, shows Y. C.1797, a descend. prob. on recent suggest. But the progenit. of thisdisting. fam. was Isaac."[1371472.ged]
ISAAC BEECHER ( Taken from the family records of Beulah Gingrich Gehrke)
On March 3, 1659, Isaac Beecher acknowledged receipt of his 1/3 share ofhis mother's estate. The will is found in the notes of Hannah Beecher inthis record. Donald Lines Jacobus, an authority on New Haven familieswrote the following to t he compiler of these records:
"I do not see how it can be questioned that Isaac Beecher was theson of John and Hannah Beecher, was born in England, and probably came with the colonists in1638/9. He is named among the freemen in 1644 and in the town records of New Haven in 1649, it showed thathe had a man servant and was fined for not furnishing him arms. March 10, 1650/1, he was electedfence viewer, and a number of times later. From 1639 to 1644, he was a member of the New Haven Tr ainband."
December 4, 1655, John and Samuel Potter conveyed to Isaac Beecher thehouse and home lot that was their father's excepting a small piece thatwas in Solitary Cove, the court having granted John Potter the priviledgeof selling the place, Nov . 6, 1665. (John and Samuel Potter wereevidently the sons of John Potter who died in 1643.) In 1656 Isaac soldthis property which was next to the widow Beecher's. In 1660 he wasfined for being absent from a town meeting.
Isaac married Mary (name not known), and they had seats in the meetinghouse in 1661. It has been stated that he was a married man whenarriving in New Haven, but no evidence has been found to sustain it. Hisoldest son was John; born in 16 45, this indicating he married in theneighborhood of New Haven about 1643 ot 1644. He made his will September26, 1689 which was proven November 12, 1690. The names of Mary and hischildren John, Isaac, Joseph, Samuel, Eleaser -- the birth s of the lastthree appearing in the vital records of New Haven in 1650, 1652, and 1655respectfully. John the oldest died December 5, 1712 age 67. The orderof the births is not definitely known.
Donald Lines Jacobus, in The American Genealogist, Vol XX, #2, Oct. 1943,pp 122-125, notes the finding of some records relating to Isaac and Hannah:
"[Kept in a locked cabinet in the Town Clerk's Office is a small old book which was used in the period between 1660 and 1700 for miscellaneous puposes. It seems to have been little used by genealogists. A digest of a few of the records is given below. The Beecher entry is of interest because it bears on the question of whether Isaac Beecher was actual son of the Widow Hannah Beecher, formerly Potter, as the present writer has always believed, or only a step-son, a theory fav ored by other students of the family....]"
The entries below this quotation deal with Isaac's possession of land that were first his mother's and others which came to Isaac from his brother William that had "belonged at first to his mother Beecher".
"Nathaniell Potter son of Wm Potter appeared the 9th day of June 1684: & acknowledged those lands mentioned before that did belong to his sd father Wm Potter were passed over to his unkle the sd Isaac Beecher...."
John Potter was the first husband of the "Widow Potter" of the New Havencolony. Since this woman appears in the records of the New Haven colonyas both the Widow Potter and the Widow Beecher, there has beencontroversy over whether she was o ne or two persons. She had sons by bothmarriages. Her Potter sons were the progenitors of the Potter line in NewHaven, while her son Issac Beecher was the forebearer of the Beecher linethat claims Harriet Beecher Stowe. In an article in the NEHGS Register in 1900, James Shepard argued thatthe Widow Beecher and the Widow Potter were really two people. DonaldLines Jacobus refuted that in a 1958 article in The American Genealogist(Vol. xxxiv, p 218) and gives the genealogy in hi s Ancient Families
!BOOK:Ruff-Sumner-Hatch Genealogy BOOK:Families of Ancient New Haven, CT BOOK:Founders of Early American Families BOOK:American Genealogist v34 p218-220
Hannah Potter Beecher leaves one third of her property to Isaac "her son" in her will but later investigation shows that Isaac is a step-son, a child of
a former wife of John Beecher.
From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996. From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
!NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM); ; July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996; ; , Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA
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Ancestral File Number: 8VFX-J1
Ancestral File Number: WFZ3-GM
Ancestral File Number: WFZ3-GM From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996. From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996. From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996. !NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-d ay Saints, Ancestral File (TM); ; July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996; ; , Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996. From Ancestral File (TM), da ta as of 2 January 1996. From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996. From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996. From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996. From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2January 1996. From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996. From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996. From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996. From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996. The Ancestry of Jane McNeal and Arthur Anderson 929.273 M233mo in SLC library Hannah Potter Beecher leaves one third of her property to Isaac "her son" in her will but later investigation shows that Isaac is a step-son, a child of a former wife of John Beecher. Hannah P otter Beecher leaves one third of her propertyto Isaac "her son" in her will but later investigation shows that Isaac is a step-son, a child of a former wife of John Beecher. From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996. From Ancestr al File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996. From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996. !NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM); ; July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996; ; , Family History Librar y, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996. From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996. From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996. From Ancestral File (TM ), data as of 2 January 1996. From Ancestral File (TM), d ata as of 2 January 1996. From Ancestral File (TM),data as of 2 January 1996. From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996. From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996 . From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996. From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996. The Ancestry of Jane McNeal and Arthur Anderson 929.273 M233mo in SLC library Ancestral File Number: 8VFX-J1 Ancestral File N umber: WFZ3-GM [JesseBeecher 1785.FTW] Had 3 wives, according to Reuben Beecher Hughes (page 6): ... was the only son having children and hence is the ancestor of all inthis Beecherline. He was born in England, about 1623 and died in 1690. His will was dated Sept. 28, 1689, an d the Christian name of his wife was Mary. He was the ownerof 7 tracts of land totalling 61 acres. In 1685 his name appears inthe NewHaven List of Proprietors, and is also on the list of freemen i n N H July 1,1644. From Genealogy of a Branch of the Beecher Family, Reuben Hughes 1898 page7: Probate Records, vol.2, pp, 62 63 and 64. Isaac Beecher, b. 1623, d.1690. Made Will Sept 26,1689, in which he mentions sons John, Joseph andIsaac , and bequeath to each certain parcels of land described, and toSamuel the sum offive pounds. Also, to Eleazur one acre of meadow at that place called Springfield. Also,four acres running across the road that leads to West Farms. Also, abou tfive acres land in that field called Ford's Field. Also, make andconstitute my son Joseph Beecher my sole and only executor, and give him the remaider ofmy whole estate, andrequire him to provide for my loving wife, Mary Beecher, during he r life,well and comfortably, and after her decease to get all the aforesaidlegacies performed. Signed Nov. 12, 1690, in Court. Inventory includes house-keeping goods, farming tools,cattle, 7 tracts of land, amounting to 61 acres. Apprized G enealogical Dictionary of New England Settlers: Volume 1, page 154: "Beecher, or Beacher, Isaac, New Haven, had Is
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