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[This information is from Vol. IV, pp. 1630-1633 of Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs, edited by Cuyler Reynolds (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1911). It is in the Reference collection of the Schenectady County Public Library at R 929.1 R45. Some of the formatting of the original, especially in lists of descendants, may have been altered slightly for ease of reading.]
John Beach is first on record in New Haven Colony in 1643, when he is fined "2 shillings for twice late coming" and another 2 shillings for "defect gun." Richard Beach appears earlier, in 1643. John Beach became a householder in 1647. The last entry concerning him on the New Haven Colony is: "John Beach came to Stratford and bought his first land, May 21, 1660 of Ensign Bryan of Milford, one house lot, two acres; he had then a wife and two children." In January, 1671, he was made an auctioneer by the following vote: "John Beach was chosen crier for the town and to be allowed four pence for everything he cries, that is to say for all sorts of cattle and all other things of smaller value, two years." He was a large land owner in Wallingford, Connecticut, also. He married, in 1650, Mary ————; children:
(II) Nathaniel, third son of John Beach, the emigrant ancestor, was born in Stratford, Connecticut, March, 1662, died 1747. He married, 1686, Sarah, died 1734, daughter of Nathaniel and Sarah (Groves) Porter. Children:
(III) Nathaniel (2), son of Nathaniel (1) and Sarah (Porter) Beach, was born in Stratford, Connecticut, December 28, 1696; died 1734. He married, November 3, 1720, Sarah, daughter of Solomon Burton, who survived him and married (second) William Odell. Children: Elizabeth, Charity, Thomas, Joseph and Nathan.
(IV) Joseph, son of Nathaniel (2) and Sarah (Burton) Beach, was born in Stratford, Connecticut, about 1735. He removed to Waterbury, Connecticut. He married Experience Beecher. Children:
(V) Asa, son, of Joseph and Experience (Beecher) Beach, was born in 1759. He removed to Saratoga county, New York, where he settled in the town of Milton. He was a farmer, and with his wife is buried in the town which was his home for many years. He married Hannah Stiles, born 1758. Children: four sons and daughters, among whom were: Daniel, of further mention; Jonathan F.; Joseph; Isaac.
(VI) Daniel, son of Asa and Hannah (Stiles) Beach, was born in the town of Milton, Saratoga county, New York, March 25, 1793, died March 28, 1890, nearly reaching the century mark. He was a farmer of the town of Charleston. He married, August 19, 1818, Elizabeth Ross, born October 4, 1791, died August 13, 1860, at Charlton. Children:
(VII) George Ross, son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Ross) Beach, was born July 19, 1831, at Charlton, Saratoga county, New York. He was educated in the public schools, and until 1871 worked the "Old Beach Farm" with his father. In 1871 he located in Ballston Spa, where he established a real estate and insurance business. He married, December 21, 1854, Henrietta Belding, born July 22, 1836, daughter of Melancthon and Hester M. (Conde) Belding, of Charlton (see Belding VIII). Child, Frederick Henry, of whom forward.
(VIII) Frederick Henry, only son of George Ross and Henrietta (Belding) Beach, was born in the town of Charlton, Saratoga county, New York, August 5, 1858. He was educated in the public schools of Charlton and Ballston Spa, where his parents removed when he was a lad of thirteen years. He became engaged with his father in the real estate and insurance business immediately after leaving school, and has continued the association until the present time (1910). In 1908 he was appointed receiver for the Eastern New York Electric Railway Company, which he is still managing. He is a director of the First National Bank of Ballston Spa, and interested in other business enterprises of the village. He is a member and vestryman of Christ Episcopal Church, and prominent in the Masonic order, affiliated with Franklin Lodge, No. 90, Free and Accepted Masons; Warren Chapter, No. 23, Royal Arch Masons, both of Ballston Spa; Washington Commandery, of Saratoga Springs; Oriental Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of Troy, and Albany Consistory, thirty-second degree, Scottish Rite. He is also a member of the Knights of Pythias. He married, January 5, 1881, Esther Bennett Doolittle (see Doolittle VII). Children:
Richard Belding from Staffordshire, England, was among the early settlers of Wethersfield, Connecticut, which was founded by colonists from Watertown, Dorchester and Newtown, Massachusetts, in 1634. The date of his settlement is not known. His name first appears on the town record, February 7, 1641. In [James Hammond] Trumbull's "Memorial History of Hartford County [Connecticut 1633-1884]" is a map on which the location of his house is shown. Little is known of his family further than the fact that he had a wife and two sons, William and Samuel.
(II) William, son of Richard Belding, was born in Staffordshire, England, about 1623. He married, in 1644, in Wethersfield, Connecticut, ———— Thomasine, and in 1646 removed to Norwalk, Connecticut. Children:
(III) Daniel, son of William Belding, was born November 20, 1646 (another record says 1648). He was of Hartford, Connecticut, in 1671, and of Deerfield in 1686. A great part of his family was killed or captured by Indians, September 16, 1696. He was a leading man in the town where he died, August 14, 1731. He married (first) November 10, 1670, Elizabeth, daughter of Nathaniel Foot, of Wethersfield. She was killed September 17, 1696. He married (second) February 17, 1699, Hepzibah Buel, widow of Lieutenant Thomas Wells. She was captured by Indians, February 29, 1704, and killed on the route to Canada by her captors, aged fifty-four years. He married (third) Sarah, daughter of John Hawkes, widow of Philip Malloon; she died September 17, 1751, aged ninety-four years. Children:
(IV) Samuel, son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Foot) Belding, was born April 10, 1687. His mother was killed in the Indian attack on Deerfield in 1696. Samuel, then a lad of nine years, was wounded at the same time, but escaped capture. He died December 14, 1750. He married (first) February 26, 1724, Anna Townes, died December 13, 1724; married (second) September 26, 1726, Elizabeth, daughter of Nathaniel Ingram, of Hadfield. Children:
(V) Samuel (2), son of Samuel (1) and Elizabeth (Ingram) Belding, was born April 1, 1729. He resided in Deerfield, previous to his locating in Ashfield or Huntstown, as it was then called. He was a rope manufacturer and a farmer, prominent in town affairs and first town clerk. He married, June 28, 1753, Mary, daughter of Joseph Mitchell, of Deerfield. Children:
(VI) Samuel (3), son of Samuel (2) and Mary (Mitchell) Belding, was born November 10, 1767. In 1790 he joined Chauncey Belding in the town of Charlton, Saratoga county, New York, both becoming prominent men of the town. In 1794 they engaged in mercantile life in company, succeeding Davis & Bostwick. Chauncey Belding was a member of the state assembly, 1807-08, and Samuel in 1823. Samuel Belding held the office of town clerk from 1802 continuously until 1838, except the years 1813 to 1818, when he was supervisor. He was then succeeded by Hiram Belding. Samuel married and had issue.
(VII) Samuel (4), son of Samuel (3) Belding, was born in Charlton, Saratoga county, New York, died 1865. He married and had issue.
(VIII) Melancthon, son of Samuel (4) Belding, was born September 5, 1813, in Charlton, Saratoga county, New York, died October 15, 1883. He married, January 14, 1835, Hester M. Conde, born May 14, 1813, died February 28, 1889. Children:
Abraham Doolittle, the Puritan, was the progenitor of all the Doolittles in America who claim early Connecticut ancestry. He spelled his name Dowlittell. He was born in England in 1619-20. He married (first) in England, Joane Allen (spelled Alling on the colonial records) and at about the age of twenty-one came with his bride to America. He was in Boston, 1640, and of New Haven, Connecticut, 1642. He built a house, had land granted him, took the oath of fidelity in 1644, was chosen deputy seven terms, and served many terms as selectman, was treasurer of the town of Wallingford, whither he removed in 1670. He held about every office in the town and was sergeant of the military company. His gravestone yet stands in Wallingford, marked
"A. D. 70"
1690
Joane, his first wife, died after twenty years of married life, and he married (second) Abigail Moss, born April 10, 1642. Children by first wife: Sarah, Abraham, Elizabeth, Mary, John, Abigail. Children by second wife: Samuel, Joseph, Abigail (2), Ebenezer, Mary, Daniel, Theophilus.
(II) Theophilus, youngest child of Abraham and Abigail (Moss) Doolittle, was born in Wallingford, Connecticut, July 28, 1678, died March 26, 1740. He was a farmer. He married (first) Thankful Hall, born December 29, 1679, died June 2, 1715, daughter of David and Sarah (Rockwell) Hall, of Wallingford. He married (second) Elizabeth, daughter of Jeremiah Howe. Children, all by first wife except the last child: Thankful, Sarah, Henry, David, Theophilus (2), Solomon, Benjamin.
(III) Theophilus (2), son of Theophilus (1) and Thankful (Hall) Doolittle, was born at Wallingford, Connecticut, June 20, 1709. His will was probated November 10, 1783. In 1756 he was appointed ensign of the First Company in Wallingford, by the assembly. He married (first) October 10, 1733, Susannah, daughter of Deacon Samuel and Susannah (Hall) Moss. He married (second) November 15, 1738, Sarah Dorchester. Children: Susannah, Solomon, Theophilus (3), twin of Solomon, Theophilus (4), Sarah, Solomon (2), Isaiah, Eliasaph, Stephen, Isaac.
(IV) Eliasaph, son of Ensign Theophilus (2) and Sarah (Dorchester) Doolittle, was born in Wallingford, Connecticut, June 1, 1750, died April 28, 1817. He married (first) Ruth Hall, January 1, 1772, and settled in Wallingford. He married (second) Mabel Potter, April 8, 1776. Children: Lucy, Charles, Miles, Ruth, Isaiah, Eliasaph, Porter, Sally, Ann Giles, Betsey.
(V) Miles, son of Eliasaph and Ruth (Hall) Doolittle, was born in Wallingford, Connecticut, March 5, 1775. He removed to New Lebanon, Columbia county, New York, where he died. He was a prosperous farmer. He married, November 6, 1803, Esther Bennett, of New Lebanon; ten children.
(VI) James Frederick, son of Miles and Esther (Bennett) Doolittle, was born at New Lebanon, Columbia county, New York, March 26, 1825, died at Ballston Spa, New York, December 19, 1902. He married (first) Margaret Stuart Lee, of Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, died in Ballston Spa, New York, in 1865. Children:
He married (second) Fannie Buckley, of Ballston Spa. Children:
(VII) Esther Bennett, daughter of James Frederick and Margaret Stuart (Lee) Doolittle, was born December 3, 1859. She married Frederick Henry Beach, of Ballston Spa, New York (see Beach VIII).
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