Thomas Beach

Abt 1659 - 1741  (~ 81 years)

• Name	Thomas Beach  [1]
  Birth	Abt May 1659	New Haven Colony   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	13 May 1741	Meriden, New Haven Co, Connecticut   [1]
  Person ID	I2041	Cooley Miller Sears Barnhouse
  Last Modified	5 Sep 2019

  
  

  Father	John Beach,   b. Abt 1622, Probably England d. 16 Jun 1677, Stratford, Fairfield Co, Connecticut Colony (Age ~ 55 years)
  Mother	Living
  Family ID	F768	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Ruth Peck,   b. Abt 1660, Hartford, Connecticut Colony d. 5 Dec 1686, Wallingford, New Haven Co, Connecticut Colony (Age ~ 26 years)
  Marriage	12 May 1680	Wallingford, New Haven Co, Connecticut Colony
  Children	1. Hannah Beach,   b. 26 Feb 1679/80, Wallingford, New Haven Co, Connecticut Colony d. 18 Sep 1683, Wallingford, New Haven Co, Connecticut Colony (Age 3 years)   2. Ruth Beach,   b. 24 Oct 1683, Wallingford, New Haven Co, Connecticut Colony d. Abt 1722 (Age 38 years)   3. Thomas Beach,   b. 9 Dec 1685, Wallingford, New Haven Co, Connecticut Colony d. 19 Dec 1685, Wallingford, New Haven Co, Connecticut Colony (Age 0 years)   4. Benoni Beach,   b. 20 Oct 1686, Wallingford, New Haven Co, Connecticut Colony d. 21 Nov 1686, Wallingford, New Haven Co, Connecticut Colony (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F767	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Aug 2019

  
  

  Family 2	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]
  Children	1. Timothy Beach,   b. 11 Jan 1688/89, Wallingford, New Haven Co, Connecticut Colony d. 21 Jun 1768, Wallingford, New Haven Co, Connecticut Colony (Age 79 years)   2. Nathan Beach,   b. 18 Aug 1692, Wallingford, New Haven Co, Connecticut Colony d. 3 Mar 1738/39, Wallingford, New Haven Co, Connecticut Colony (Age 46 years)   3. Moses Beach,   b. 19 Feb 1694/95, Wallingford, New Haven Co, Connecticut Colony d. Abt 1781, Wallingford, New Haven Co, Connecticut Colony (Age 85 years)   4. Gershom Beach,   b. 22 May 1697, Wallingford, New Haven Co, Connecticut Colony d. 27 Jun 1729, Wallingford, New Haven Co, Connecticut Colony (Age 32 years)   5. Caleb Beach,   b. Abt 1699, Wallingford, New Haven Co, Connecticut Colony d. Yes, date unknown   6. Thankful Beach,   b. 20 Sep 1702, Wallingford, New Haven Co, Connecticut Colony d. Abt 1754, Wallingford, New Haven Co, Connecticut Colony (Age 51 years)   7. Joanna Beach,   b. 9 Oct 1705, Wallingford, New Haven Co, Connecticut Colony d. Yes, date unknown   8. Phebe Beach,   b. 23 May 1710, Wallingford, New Haven Co, Connecticut Colony d. 9 Jul 1740, Wallingford, New Haven Co, Connecticut Colony (Age 30 years)
  Family ID	F772	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Sep 2019

  
  

• Notes

  Thomas Beach married first Ruth Peck, who died, after which he married second Phoebe Wilcoxson, daughter of Timothy Wilcoxson. Thomas had a large family and his sons all settled in Wallingford. Thomas died and isburied at Meriden, Conn. Meriden was originally a part of the neighboring town of Wallingford. It was granted a separate meetinghouse in 1727, became a town in 1806 with over 1000 residents, and incorporated as a city in 1867 with just under 9000 residents. It was once proposed as the Connecticut state capital. It was named for the village of Meriden, West Midlands, England, near Birmingham. - Wikipedia [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S651] Donald Lines Jacobus, Jacobus-New Haven, (Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co Inc, Baltimore, 1981), Vol I, p 149 (Reliability: 3). [S658] Elmer T. Beach, 634 Trimble Ave., Kalamazoo, Mich., Beach in Am, (Printing and Binding by Ihling Bros. Everard Co., Kalamazoo, Mich., Sept. 25, 1923 ), Ch V, pp 41-43 (Reliability: 3).