Cooley Beach

Abt 1810 - Abt 1850  (~ 40 years)

• Name	Cooley Beach  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1810	Hubbardtown, Rutland Co, Vermont   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Abt 1850  [1]
  Person ID	I1867	Cooley Miller Sears Barnhouse
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2011

  
  

  Father	Aaron Beach,   b. 10 Jun 1761, Morris County, New Jersey d. 17 Jun 1846, Cambria Twp, Niagara Co, New York (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Rachel Welch,   b. 4 Aug 1769, Coventry, Kent Co, Rhode Island d. 13 Mar 1849, Cambria Twp, Niagara Co, New York (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1783	Whiting, Addison Co, New Hampshire Grants   [2]
  Family ID	F680	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nancy Durant,   b. Abt 1807, Massachusetts d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1831	Probably Vermont   [2]
  Family ID	F681	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2011

  
  

• Notes

  Hubbardton is a town in Rutland County, Vermont, United States. The town was named for Thomas Hubbard, a landholder. The population was 752 at the 2000 census. The town was the site of the Battle of Hubbardton where British forces attacked Americans during the Saratoga Campaign of 1777. Battle of Hubbardtown One of the most successful rear guard actions in American history, the Battle of Hubbardton was the only Revolutionary War battle fought entirely in Vermont. During the early morning hours of July 7, 1777, British General John Burgoyne's army met the resistance and bravery of Americans for the first time in the Battle of Hubbardton. A massive British invasion from Canada chased the Continental Army from Mount Independence south to Hubbardton. The British strategy was to continue to New York and divide New England from the rest of the colonies. The advancing British were seasoned Regulars. The Green Mountain Boys stayed behind to slow down the Redcoats so that the main force could retreat. On a grassy hill, the scrappy New Englanders made their stand. While the British held the field and technically won the battle, their losses were so heavy that they gave up chasing the Americans to tend to their casualties. The Battle of Hubbardton marked the beginning of the end for Burgoyne and his great plan. On August 16 he suffered a stunning blow at the Battle of Bennington. Soon after Burgoyne wrote about the people of Vermont as "the most active and most rebellious race on the continent" and that they were hanging "like a gathering storm" on his left. On October 17, 1777, after the battles of Saratoga, he surrendered with his entire Army. [3]

  
  

• Sources

  [S549] Ancestry submitters, Apocryphal, From the detestible Ancestral File (Reliability: 3). [S514] Compiled by ancestry.com, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900. [S535] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubbardton,_Vermont (Reliability: 3).