Gershom Beach

1697 - 1729  (32 years)

• Name	Gershom Beach  [1, 2]
  Birth	22 May 1697	Wallingford, New Haven Co, Connecticut Colony   [1, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	27 Jun 1729	Wallingford, New Haven Co, Connecticut Colony   [1]
  Person ID	I1177	Cooley Miller Sears Barnhouse
  Last Modified	1 Sep 2022

  
  

  Father	Thomas Beach,   b. Abt May 1659, New Haven Colony d. 13 May 1741, Meriden, New Haven Co, Connecticut (Age ~ 81 years)
  Mother	Phebe Wilcoxen,   b. 9 Aug 1669, Stratford, Fairfield Co, Connecticut Colony d. 30 Apr 1758, Wallingford, New Haven Co, Connecticut Colony (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1688	Wallingford, New Haven Co, Connecticut Colony   [1]
  Family ID	F772	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Deliverance Howe,   b. Abt 1705, Wallingford, New Haven Co, Connecticut Colony d. Abt Dec 1748, Cheshire, New Haven Co Connecticut Colony (Age ~ 43 years)
  Marriage	26 Oct 1721	Wallingford, New Haven Co, Connecticut   [5]
  Children	1. Ruth Beach,   b. 21 Aug 1722, Wallingford, New Haven Co, Connecticut Colony d. 21 May 1784, Cheshire, New Haven Co Connecticut Colony (Age 61 years)   2. Joanna Beach,   b. 17 Aug 1724, Wallingford, New Haven Co, Connecticut Colony d. 14 Jun 1784, Cheshire, New Haven Co, Connecticut Colony (Age 59 years)   3. Aaron Beach,   b. 14 Jan 1726/27, Wallingford, New Haven Co, Connecticut d. 25 May 1822, Chittenden, Rutland Co, Vermont (Age 95 years)   4. Gershom Beach,   b. 24 Sep 1729, Wallingford, New Haven Co, Connecticut d. Abt 1805, Vermont (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F354	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Sep 2019

  
  

• Notes

  The Biblical name Gershom is Hebrew in origin from the Book of Exodus. It's meaning is refugee or stranger or exile (Six Exile names that mean exile for boys are Arvad, Cain, Doran, Gershom, Goliath and Nehemiah). Gershom is pronounced gay-resh-ome'. Gershom has four variant forms: Gersham, Gershon, Gershoom and Gerson.

  
  

• Sources

  [S651] Donald Lines Jacobus, Jacobus-New Haven, (Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co Inc, Baltimore, 1981), Vol I, p 149 (Reliability: 3). [S655] Rebecca Donaldson Beach and Rebecca Donaldson Gibbons, Rev John Beach, (The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Press, New Haven, 1898), p 134; has bd as 23 May 1697 (Reliability: 3). [S652] AmericanAncestors.org (NEHGS), Conn Vital Barbour, (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011. From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. ). [S475] Godfrey Memorial Library, AGBI, Birth year 1697, Place Connecticut Colony, Vol 11, Page 175 (Reliability: 3). [S651] Donald Lines Jacobus, Jacobus-New Haven, (Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co Inc, Baltimore, 1981), p 149 (Reliability: 3).