A Maine Family's History - Davis / McDowell

Beal

Beal, Beall, Beale, Beals, Biell

John BEAL born 1588 Hingham Norfolk ENG died 4/1/1688 Hingham MA, shoemaker; resided Hingham, Cohasset, Weymouth & Abington MA; arrived on the Diligence, John Martin, Master, 8/10/1638

Spouse: (2) Nazareth HOBART married 7/13/1630 ENG, died 9/23/1658; (1) Frances Ripley 1/11/1616; (3) 3/10/1659 Mary (Gilman) Jacob widow of Nicholas Jacob

Children: Jeremiah born 1631 married Sarah Ripley daughter of William Ripley; Martha born circa 1620 married Wlm Falloway & Samuel Dunham; Mary born circa 1622 married James Whiton; Sarah born circa 1625 died 11/9/1710 Braintree, married Thomas Marsh 2) Edmund Sheffield; John born 1627 eldest son married (1) Elizabeth ? (2) 11/14/1660 Mary Gill daughter of Thomas and Hannah (Otis) Gill; Nathaniel born 1629 married Martha ?; Joshua born 1633 married (1) Elizabeth ? (2) Mrs. Mary (Farrow) Stowell widow of Samuel Stowell daughter of John and Frances Farrow; Caleb born 1636 married Elizabeth Huet daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Chapman) Huet; Rebecca baptized 2/1640-1 died unmarried 12/13/1686; Jacob born 10/13/1642 died 1/7/1717-18 married Mary daughter of Elisha and Joanna Bisbee

Jeremiah BEAL born 1631 ENG died 8/10/1716 Hingham MA; representative general court 1691, 92, 1701; Lt. Hingham Co. 1683

Spouse: Sarah RIPLEY married 11/18/1652 Hingham died in Hingham 6/29/1715

Children: Lazarus born 9/7/1661 Hingham MA married Susanna Lewes 2/18/1690; Jeremiah born 5/13/1655; John born 3/8/1657; Sarah born 7/1659; Phebe born 3/2/1664; Mary born 5/6/1666; Elizabeth born 5/16/1669

Lazarus BEAL born 9/7/1661 Hingham MA died 8/18/1723 Hingham

Spouse: Susanna LEWES born circa 4/1669 married 2/18/1690 Barnstable Plymouth MA

Children: Ebenezer married Elizabeth Low ; Lazarus born 10/28/1691 married Ruth Andrews; Susanna born 11/14/1692; Mercy born 10/20/1694; Sarah born 4/4/1696; Rachel born 10/15/1697; Leah born 8/26/1699; Rachel born 8/20/1703; Kezia born 10/19/1704; Obadiah born 6/5/1706

Ebenezer BEAL born 7/17/1701 Hingham MA died 9/23/1762 Hingham

Spouse: Elizabeth LOW; born 4/2/1700 married 5/21/1724 Hingham

Children: Ebenezer born 3/8/1728 married Elizabeth Ripley; Elizabeth born 2/11/1725 died 9/15/1729; Ambrose born 7/27/1730; Elizabeth born 9/7/1732; Ephraim born 9/7/1732; Lucy chr 4/16/1736; Olive chr 3/25/1739

Ebenezer BEAL born 3/8/1728 Hingham MA died 5/26/1778 Hingham

Spouse: Elizabeth RIPLEY born 3/6/1730 Hingham died 5/19/1761 Hingham married 4/26/1750 Hingham

Children: Lucy married Elisha Stephenson

Lucy BEAL born 8/4/1757 Hingham Plymouth MA died 2/1791

Spouse: Elisha STEPHENSON married 9/27/1778

Children: John born Cohasset; Jesse born 6/2/1784 married Elizabeth Lilley; Margaret Loring chr 6/18/1786 Cohasset married Stearns; Rachel chr 6/18/1786 Cohasset died after 1804 Hingham; Elisha born 1788 Cohasset died Wiscasset Lincoln ME

Landed 1638 @ Hingham on "Diligent" John Martin Master; 5 sons, 3 dau., 2 servants NEHGR 7/1992 p 250

Mayflower Increasings: Susanna (Lewis) Beal dau of James Lewis & Sarah Lane was second wife of Benjamin Eaton. Susanna's 1^st husband was Lazarus Beal. Benjamin son of Francis Eaton & Christian Penn.

Founders & Patriots: Beal, John (1588 - 4/1/1688) m July 13, 1630 Nazareth Hobart MA

American Gen: Beal (Beale, Beall, Beals) John (1588-1688) from Eng in the "Dilligente" to Hingham MA 1638; freeman 1639; dep Gen Ct 1649-59; m Nazareth Hobart (d 1658) m (2) 1659 Mary, widow of Nicholas Jacob.

Mayflower Increasings pg 55: Benjamin Eaton m 2nd, 3/11/1728/9, Hingham, Susanna (LEWIS) Beal (dau of James Lewis & Sarah Lane) bc 4/1669, poss Barnstable, d 4/13/1739 Kingston "ae 70 (the same month she died)" (Susanna m 1st 2/18/1689/90, Barnstable, Lazarus Beal)

Topographical pg 117: BEALE, John; Hingham Norfolk; Hingham MA; Ref Cushing Mss.

Pioneers MA pg 41: Beal, Beale, Beals, Beales, Biell; JOHN, shoemaker, came in 1638 with wife, 5 sons, 3 daus & 2 servants from Hingham Eng to Hingham NE [Hob] Frm 3/13/1638-9. Propr, deputy. Wife Nazareth dau of Edmund Hubbard, Sen d 9/23/1658. He m 2 3/10/1659 Mary, widow of Nicholas Jacob. He is called uncle by David, son of Mr. Peter Hobard. Ch Martha m William Falloway & Samuel Dunham, Mary m James Whiton, Sarah m Thomas Marsh & Edmund Sheffield, John eldest son, Nathaniel, Jeremiah, Joshua, Caleb, Rebecca bapt 2/1640-1, Jacob b 10/13/1642. He was found dead in his yard 4/1/1688 100 yrs old. [Statement of his son, Blake, the coroner of Boston] [S] In his will dated 9/27/1689, he beq to sons, to son-in-law Benjamin Bunnum & dau Martha D., to daus Sarah Sheffield & Mary Witton; gr ch Nathaniel Beale & Martha Chubbock. John Jr. a brother of the above Hingham propr; probably came before 1650. Made will 10/26/1657 prob 7/28/1658; about to go to Eng. Beq to father Edmund B.; to cousins Mary, wife of James Whiton, Sarah wife of Thomas Marsh, Jeremish B., Rebecca dau of John Beales Sen, to Elizabeth wife of John Lassell. Cousin Thomas Marsh, exec.

Gen Reg of first Settlers of NE pg 30: BEAL, JOHN, a shoemaker, who, with his wife, five sons & three daus & 2 servants, came from Hingham Eng and settled in Hingham MA, which he represented in 1649. Judge Sewall records the death of a Mr. Beal in 1688, aged 100 years. JEREMIAH, Hingham 1652, freeman 1657. NATHANIELl Hingham 1654, was representative 1676, 77.

Complete Book of Emigrants pg 197: 1638 May 2; Bosome Allen, William Ripley, Steven Yates, Steven Payne, Robert Scoulding, John Beales, Edward Gillman, John Foulsham, Henry Chamberlaine, Daniell Lyncolne and Thomas Thaxter shippers of wheat and malt in the Blessing. Mr. John Adams, bound from Yarmouth to New England. (PRO:E190/490/1 & 6)

Genealogical Dictionary of New England 145: BEAL, or BEALS, CALEB, Hingham, s. of John, b. in Eng. m. 30 Dec. 1664, Eliz. Huet, perhaps d. of Thomas of the same, had a d. b. 30 Mar. 1666, d. soon; Caleb, 17 Mar. 1670; Joseph, 7 Jan. 1672; Solomon, bapt. June 1673, d. soon; Eliz. 18 Nov. 1674; Josiah, 31 May 1676, d. soon; Josiah, again, 24 Oct. 1677; Joshua, 6 Nov. 1678, d. soon; Joshua, again, 6 Sept. 1680; Ruth, 25 Mar. 1683; and Benjamin, 2 June 1687, d. soon; was freem. 1672, and d. 18 June 1716, aged 79. His wid. d. 31 Dec. 1721. Ruth m. 1703, Peter Lincoln. JACOB, Hingham, youngest s. of John, freem. 1672, d. unm. 7 Jan. 1718. JEREMIAH, Hingham, br. of the preced. b. in Eng. m. 18 Nov. 1652, Sarah, d. of William Ripley of the same, had Jeremiah, bapt. 13 May 1655; Sarah, 3 July 1609, wh. m. 21 Jan. 1680, John Lane; Lazarus, b. 7 Sept. 1661; Phebe, 2 Mar. 1664, d. next yr. Mary, 6 May 1666; and Eliz. 16 May 1669, wh. m. 1708, Ephraim Lane; was freem. 1657, rep. 1692 and 1705, and d. 10 Aug. 1716, aged 85. JOHN, Hingham, a shoemaker from old Hingham, Co. Norf. came with w. five s. three ds. and two serv. in the Diligent, 1638, from London, adm. freem. 13 Mar. 1639, had Jacob, bapt. 2 Oct. 1642, and no other ch. perhaps here, exc. Rebecca, wh. d. unm. after Oct. 1657. He was rep. 1649, and his w. Nazareth d. 23 Sept. 1658; but he took sec. w. 10 Mar. 1659, Mary, wid. of Nicholas Jacob, d. 1688 (as Sewall in his Diary, sub. 1 Apr. ment.), in his 100th yr. tho. perhaps the report may not have been exact. Of his ds. Martha m. 16 May 1640, it is said, William Falloway, of Plymouth, and next 29 June 1649, Samuel Dunham; Mary m. 30 Dec. 1647, James Whiton; and Sarah m. 22 Mar. 1649, Thomas Marsh, and next 1 Sept. 1662, Edmund Shefield of Braintree. His will of 27 Sept. 1687, pro. 18 June foll. names the six s. and ds. Sarah, Mary, and Martha. JOHN, Hingham, s. of Edmund (wh. never came over), being a. to go home, made his will 26 Oct. 1657, pro. 28 July foll. as print. in Geneal. Reg. IX. 38, by wh. we are taught that the ch. of John the first were his cous. and infer, that he had no w. or ch. JOHN, Hingham, s. prob. eldest, of the first John of the same, freem. 1672, m. 6 Jan. 1659 the w. Eliz. wh. brot. him Eliz. b. 19 Nov. foll. and d. next yr. and he m. 14 Nov. 1660, Mary Gill, d. of Thomas, had Mary, 7 Sept. 1661, wh. m. 3 Sept. 1683, John Stowell; John, 26 Mar. 1665, d. soon; John, again, 17 Sept. 1667, d. next yr.; John, again, 19 Dec. 1669; Thomas, 15 Mar. 1672; and Hannah, 13 Mar. 1676, wh. m. Nathaniel Hobart; and d. 12 Sept. 1694. JOSEPH, Portsmouth, sent over by Mason the patentee in 1631. Adams, 18. JOSHUA, Hingham, s. of John the first, by w. Eliz. wh. d. 12 Jan. 1689, had Eliz. b. May 1663, d. soon; a s. 25 Jan. 1665, wh. d. in few wks. Sarah, 7 Oct. 1667, prob. d. young; Abigail, 24 Apr. 1671, wh. m. Stephen French; and Josiah, 4 June 1676, d. in few days. He m. 10 Apr. 1689, Mary, wid. of Samuel Stowell, but prob. had no other ch. for in his will he ment. only his ch. Stephen and Abigail French, and gr.ch. Samuel, David, Jonathan, Daniel, Eliz. Mary and Hannah French, their ch. and he d. bef. 7 Apr. 1718. NATHANIEL, Hingham, br. of the preced. b. in Eng. was perhaps at Marshfield 1643, but for short time, freem. 1650, rep. 1677, 83, 91 and 3, d. 20 Dec. 1708. His will pro. 29 Dec. foll. names s. Nathaniel, eldest s. bapt. Oct. 1648; Martha, bapt. Aug. 1646, wh. had m. 1668, John Chubbuck, w. of Samuel Stodder; d. Mary Lee of Boston; gr.d. Sarah (d. of Sarah Greenleaf, dec.), gr.s. Thomas Baker (s. of d. Christiana, wh. was perhaps bapt. 19 Nov. 1654, m. 1 Nov. 1674, Thomas B. and d. 20 Sept. 1677); gr.s. Solomon Beal (s. of Nathaniel); d. Hannah, wh. m. 15 Dec. 1676, John Fearing; and gr.s. Thomas Chubbuck; but he had, also, not ment. in that docum. John, bapt. 23 Aug. 1650, d. at 5 yrs.; John, again, 8 Mar. 1657, d. soon; John, again, b. 7 Dec. 1609, d. under 9 yrs.; and Susanna, wh. m. 14 Dec. 1686, Benjamin Jones, wh. prob. d. bef. her f. NATHANIEL, Hingham, s. of the preced. serv. in brave Capt. Johnson's comp. Dec. 1675, d. bef. his f. as I judge, leav. s. Solomon. ROGER, Saco 1658, perhaps a Quaker, at least was charg. with disturb. pub. worship. SAMUEL, Charlestown, by w. Susanna had Dorothy, b. 8 Mar. 1659, and of him no more is kn. SAMUEL, Salem, m. 28 Mar. 1682, Sarah Lovell (but Lewis, 134, calls him of Lynn, and s. of Thomas, and names the w. Patience L.), had Samuel, b. 3 July 1685; and Ebenezer, 30 Jan. 1688; was prob. an early sett. at Dunstable. THOMAS, Cambridge 1634, freem. 8 Dec. 1636, d. 7 Sept. 1661. Matchless Mitchell, in the reg. of his ch. names his w. Sarah, but ment. no ch. nor does his will (wherein he calls hims. a. 63 yrs. old), made 24 Aug. preced. THOMAS, Lynn, had Samuel, and William, as Lewis says, and we wish he had said more. WILLIAM, Plymouth, came in the Fortune, 1621, has sh. in the div. of ld. early in 1624, but in 1627, at the div. of cattle is not ment. so must be count. d. or rem. WILLIAM, Marblehead 1679, then in his 49th yr. had m. in 1655, Martha, d. of Humphrey Bradstreet. WILLIAM, Dunstable 1684, br. of Samuel of the same, m. at Salem, 7 Apr. 1685 (tho. Lewis says, with higher prob. 5 Mar. 1684), Mary Hart, had William, b. 12 Mar. 1685; and Eliz. 16 Nov. 1686, if Fox is correct. He was, in 1692, one of the wretch. witness. against Philip English, charg. with witchcraft, as is well shown on p. 497, of Drake's Hist. of Boston.