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From: "Roger" <>
Subject: Re: [GENMASSACHUSETTS] Symon Beaman
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 10:17:37 -0500
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I am wondering if there is any relationship, and if so what, of Symon
(Simon) Beaman, of Springfield, MA who married Alice Young on 15 Dec 1654
and the Gamaliel Beaman presented below? Simon died 1675/6 in Springfield,
MA. Thanks

Roger


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> Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 17:36:05 EST
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> Subject: [GENMASSACHUSETTS] Gamaliel Beaman - arrived on the ship,
> Elizabeth & Ann, 1635.
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> Subject: Gamaliel Beaman
> Source: The Early Records of Lancaster, Mass. 1643-1725.
> by Henry S. Nourse, A.M., Lancaster, 1884.
> p.259
> Gamaliel Beaman came from England on the ship, Elizabeth & Ann, A.D.,
> 1635
> and settled
> first in Dorchester, Mass. In 1659, being then thirty-six years old, he
> came to Lan-
> caster, Mass. bringing a large family. At the time of the massacre he
> returned to
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> Dorchester and there died March 23, 1678.
>
> An indication of their poverty at this date is the fact that the tax-rates
> of Gamaliel,
> Senior, Gamaliel, Junior, John and Thomas Beaman, are set down in the
> Dorchester records
> as "Desperate Depts." The Beamans were among the first to return to
> Lancaster upon its
> re-settlement.
>
> John and Gamaliel Beaman set up new houses on their father's lands at
> Wataquadock.
> John Beaman, Jr. lived upon the old homestead on the neck. The children
> of
> Gamaliel
> Beaman, Sen'r and Sarah (Clark) Beaman were:
> 1. John Beaman, 1649.
> 2. Joseph Beaman, 1651.
> 3. Gamaliel Beaman, 1653.
> p.260
> 4. Thomas Beaman, 1654.
> 5. Mary Beaman, 1656.
> 6. Sarah Beaman, 1658
> All born before the family came from Dorchester; and,
> 7. Noah Beaman, 1661.
> 8. Thankful Beaman, 1663.
> 9. Mehitabel Beaman, 1667,
> born at Lancaster.
>
> John Beaman's headstone in the old Burial Ground, records that he died
> 1740,
> aged 90 yrs.
> His son, Gamaliel Beaman born in 1684, was the first settler in
> Woonksechocksett, now
> Sterling, Mass. Thankful Beaman m. Nathaniel Wilson who, in 1694, sold
> to
> William
>
> Sheafe, Gamaliel Beaman's house and lot in Lancaster."
> Transcribed by Janice Farnsworth
>
> The Lands of Gamaliel Beaman at Lancaster:
> House Lott.
> His house lott being near unto Quosapoikin Brook bounded by some common
> land
> that since
> was laid out to himself for second division on the north side of it and
> south, it is
> bounded by a highway that lyeth between the lot of Roger Sumner and it
> butts
> easterdly
> upon a highway that goes to Quosaponikin hill, the southeast corner of it
> and at the
> northeast corner it butts upon some land laid out to Nathaniel Joslin and
> Roger Sumner
> for second division and it buts westardly some common land laid out to
> himself for 2nd
> Division, lying for twenty acors, be it more or less.
>
> His entervale lott. His entervale lott lyeth at Quosaponikin intervail
> butting upon
> the North River and east upon some swampy brushie ground that lyeth
> between
> some meadow
> of Stephen Gates and this lot - a highway running at the end of it
> bounded
> southardly
> by the lot of Roger Sumner and north by the lott of Jeremiah Rogers and
> lyeth for 20
> acres, be it more or less.
> End.
> Transcribed by Janice Farnsworth
>
> Another source:
> Gamaliel Beaman
> Source: Historic Homes & Institutions & Genealogical & Personal Memoirs
> by
> Ellery
> Bicknell Crane.
> p.157
> Gamaliel Beaman1 (or Beman) as the name was spelled by the earlier
> generations usually,
> was the immigrant ancestor of William Beaman late of Winchendon, Mass.
> He
> came from
>
> England in 1635, when twelve years old, on the ship, "Elizabeth & Ann"
> and
> settled first
> at Dorchester in New England. He was a proprietor there in 1649. He
> removed
> to Lancaster,
> Mass., in 1658 and drew Lot No. 38. In 1676, during King Philip's war, he
> returned to
> Dorchester. He died there, March 23, 1678. His first four children were
> baptized at
> Dorchester, June 14, 1657, the records giving their ages at that time.
> Three of the
> children were born at Lancaster - the others at Dorchester. He was
> accepted
> as a citizen
> of Lancaster in 1658 and moved there the following year. The descendants
> of
> Gamaliel
> Beaman have been numerous in Lancaster and vicinity and the name of
> Gamaliel
> has been
> borne by several very prominent descendants of the pioneer of that name.
>
> He married Sarah Clark, who was admitted to the churc, Feb. 1, 1656-57.
> Children of
> Gamaliel and Sarah (Clark) Beaman were:
>
> Thomas Beaman, the founder of the Marlboro Beaman line, born 1649, m.
> 1678,
> Elizabeth
> Williams of Marlboro and had 8 children: Joseph, b. 1649-50; John Beaman;
> Gamaliel
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> Beaman, born 1653; Mary Beaman b. 1656; Sarah Beaman b. Jan 19, 1658-59;
> Noah Beaman b.
> April 3, 1661, who became a prominent citizen of Lancaster; Thankful
> Beaman
> b. April 18,
> 1663; Mehitable Beaman b. May 26, 1667.
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> (II)
> John Beaman, 3d child of Gamaliel Beaman1, was born at Dorchester, Mass.,
> 1651; died at
> Sterling, Mass., 1740. When Lancaster was resettled after the Indian
> wars,
> he built a
> house on his father's lands at Watagquadock (Bolton) and resided there.
> He
> was in
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> Taunton, Mass., for a short time. The birth of his son Gamaliel Beaman is
> recorded both
> in Taunton and in Lancaster. He returned to Lancaster, to that section
> called Chocksett
> (Sterling) where many of his descendants have since lived. He m.
> Priscilla
> ____ who died
> in 1729, aged 73 years. Their children:
> 1. Sarah Beaman b. at Lancaster, Jan. 25, 1681.
> 2. Gamaliel Beaman born at Taunton.
> John Beaman remained in Bolton (once a part of Lancaster) and had sons,
> Jabez Beaman in
> 1705 who settled at Shrewsbury and is the progenitor of the West Boylston
> family; left
> sons, Noah and John Beaman and a daughter, Abigail (Beaman) Dakin.
>
> (III)
> Gamaliel Beaman, son of John Beaman2, was born at Taunton, Mass. Feb 29,
> 1684; died at
> Sterling, Mass. (once a part of Lancaster) Oct. 25, 1745, and was the
> first
> person
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> burined in the graveyard there. He was the 1st inhabitant of the present
> town of
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> Sterling, moving there in 1721. He was followed by Samuel Sawyer, Benjamin
> Houghton,
> David & Jonathan Osgood, - all of whom made their homes there before
> 1726.
> Mr. Beaman
> joined the Chocksett Church July 7, 1745. His farm has been for many
> years
> and is now
> or was recently owned by his descendants. His Will mentions his children
> as
> given below:
> Phineas Beaman b. Sept 20, 1728 at Lancaster; Zerbiah Beaman bapt. at
> Lancaster Aug 10,
> 1740; Lois Beaman bapt. at Lancaster Aug 10, 1740; Eunice Beaman who m.
> Jonas Wilder; a
> daughter ____who m. ____Jewett and left children mentioned in the Will.
>
> (IV) Phineas Beaman the eldest child of Gamaliel Beaman 3rd, was born
> about
> 1725 at
> Sterling, Mass. (then Lancaster) Mass. He m. Joanna ____. He was a
> prominent
> farmer at
> Sterling and died in 1794 - his Will dated Nov. 4, 1794 named his ten
> living
> children and
> David the son of Gamaliel, deceased. The children: Gamaliel Beaman,
> Elisha
> Beaman,
> Phinehas Beaman Jr., Lemuel Beman, Jonas Beaman, Josiah Beaman, Joanna
> Beaman who m.
> ___Osgood; Elizabeth Beaman who m. ____ Boynton; Silence Beaman who m.
> ____Carter;
> Abigail Beaman who m. ____Brown and Gideon Beaman.
> This report continues online with Google Books Online. (p.157)
> Transcribed by Janice Farnsworth
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> Subject: Gamaliel Beaman
> Source: History of the Town of Lancaster, Mass. by Rev. Abijah P. Marvin,
> 1879 Lancaster.
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> p.59
> Gamaliel Beaman came over in 1635 when twelve years of age - to
> Dorchester,
> Mass. He
> removed to Lancaster in 1659 with several children and had several after
> his
> removal.
> His son John Beaman left town but returned and died in the west precinct
> (now Sterling)
> in 1740.
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> p.205
> The New Meeting HOuse.
> The question about a new meeting house came up again, Ebenezer Beaman and
> others desiring
> the town to consider their "difficulty in getting to public worship - and
> asking that a
> house might be built upon the Neck, or some other convenient place - as
> the
> Old Common
> was now on the eastern edge of the town, and no longer convenient for the
> majority of
> the remainder of the town.
>
> The irrepressible Gamaliel Beaman, and his allies demanded a hearing and
> on
> the 5th day
> of February, 1738-9, three questions were presented to the town. First,
> would the town
> agree to their forming a new township - including the half-mile on the
> westerly side.
> The answer was in the negative. Their demand, it seems, was somewhat
> abated.
> At first,
> they asked for the southern part of the "additional grant," and a mile in
> breadth on the
> west side of Lancaster. And this strip was known as the "Mile," in the
> old
> records.
> The question now was whether the town would allow the petitioners to cut
> into the town
> a half mile on the north end, and so run the east line of their new
> township
> as to take
> in a mile at the south end. This did not meet with favor.
>
> p.206
> At a meeting held May 4, 1740, the minister's salary was fixed at ?212
> for
> the year and
> ?80 was voted for a school. ?100 were granted to be "wrought ought on the
> Hiwais (high
> ways).
>
> It was difficult to suit Gamaliel Beaman and his friends, who came before
> the town,
> October 27, 1740, and tried to be set free from their part of the
> minister's
> rate "for
> one year, or for one-half thereof, or for so many months in the year as
> we
> shall have
> preaching among ourselves." The petition was negatived but as it had a
> foundation in
> right, the town voted that "twenty-four pounds be payed out of the town
> treasuary to
> enable the south part of the additional grant to support preaching in the
> winter season."
> Transcribed by Janice Farnsworth
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> Subject: Gamaliel Beaman
> Source: History of the Town of Lancaster, Mass. by Rev. Abijah P. Marvin,
> 1879 Lancaster.
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> p.59
> Gamaliel Beaman came over in 1635 when twelve years of age - to
> Dorchester,
> Mass. He
> removed to Lancaster in 1659 with several children and had several after
> his
> removal.
> His son John Beaman left town but returned and died in the west precinct
> (now Sterling)
> in 1740.
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> p.205
> The New Meeting HOuse.
> The question about a new meeting house came up again, Ebenezer Beaman and
> others desiring
> the town to consider their "difficulty in getting to public worship - and
> asking that a
> house might be built upon the Neck, or some other convenient place - as
> the
> Old Common
> was now on the4 eastern edge of the town, and no longer convenient for
> the
> majority of
> the remainder of the town.
>
> The irrepressible Gamaliel Beaman, and his allies demanded a hearing and
> on
> the 5th day
> of February, 1738-9, three questions were presented to the town. First,
> would the town
> agree to their forming a new township - including the half-mile on the
> westerly side.
> The answer was in the negative. Their demand, it seems, was somewhat
> abated.
> At first,
> they asked for the southern part of the "additional grant," and a mile in
> breadth on the
> west side of Lancaster. And this strip was known as the "Mile," in the
> old
> records.
> The question now was whether the town would allow the petitioners to cut
> into the town
> a half mile on the north end, and so run the east line of their new
> township
> as to take
> in a mile at the south end. This did not meet with favor.
>
> p.206
> At a meeting held May 4, 1740, the minister's salary was fixed at ?212
> for
> the year and
> ?80 was voted for a school. ?100 were granted to be "wrought ought on the
> Hiwais (high
> ways).
>
> p.207
> It was difficult to suit Gamaliel Beaman and his friends, who came before
> the town,
> October 27, 1740, and tried to be set free from their part of the
> minister's
> rate "for
> one year, or for one-half thereof, or for so many months in the year as
> we
> shall have
> preaching among ourselves." The petition was negatived but as it had a
> foundation in
> right, the town voted that "twenty-four pounds be payed out of the town
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