BEACH, Thomas

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• Name	BEACH, Thomas
  Birth	15 Dec 1622	St Albans, Hertsfordshire, England
  Christening	15 Dec 1622	St Albans, Hertsfordshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	31 May 1662	Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
  Burial	2 Jun 1662	Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
  WAC	8 May 1917	SLAKE
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  Father	BEACH, John Thomas ,   b. 10 Feb 1592, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England St Albans, Hertfordshire, Englandd. 1636, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England (Age 43 years)
  Mother	HILL, Joan ,   b. 1590, St Albans, Hertsfordshire, England St Albans, Hertsfordshire, Englandd. 5 Oct 1636, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England (Age 46 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1624	Devonshire, England
  Family ID	F17414	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	PLATT, Sarah ,   b. 11 Nov 1636, Ware, Hertsfordshire, England Ware, Hertsfordshire, Englandd. 15 Mar 1670, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States (Age 33 years)
  Marriage	1652	New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
  Children	3 sons and 2 daughters
  1. BEACH, Sarah ,   b. 1 Mar 1653, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United Statesd. 1690, Newark, Essex, New Jersey, United States (Age 36 years) + 2. BEACH, Deacon John ,   b. 19 Oct 1655, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, United Statesd. 26 Apr 1709, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States (Age 53 years)   3. BEACH, Mary ,   b. 27 Dec 1657, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, United Statesd. 11 Aug 1722, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States (Age 64 years)   4. BEACH, Reverand Samuel ,   b. 5 Jun 1660, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, United Statesd. 24 Jan 1738, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States (Age 77 years)   5. BEACH, Zophar ,   b. 27 May 1662, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, United Statesd. 1728, Newark, Essex, New Jersey, United States (Age 65 years)
  Family ID	F14682	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

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  The name BEACH signifies the shore of a sea, lake, or river. Those of the name who came early to New Haven are thought to be descended from the William the Norman, conqueror of England in the eleventh century. It is pointed out that the device upon this coat conveys no hint of war, but was doubtless bestowed because of moral and financial support of the dynasty rather than that of physical force. The motto, Tout en Bonne Heure, meaning in the good old French of the time, "All in good time," or "Everything in its proper season," seems, according to Elmer Taylor Beach, author of Beach in America[1], to carry further the idea of quiet dignity and repose, while the metals and colors used readily lend themselves to this interpretation, as blue is for loyalty, red for courage, and silver for purity. The writer just quoted goes into a brief explanation of some heraldic customs which are interesting and enlightening to those who have not before made a study of them, and some extracts are here presented: Thomas BEACH Thomas BEACH, the immigrant ancestor of the line here traced, is known, from records extant[2], to have been a brother of Richard Beach, an early settler at Watertown, Massachusetts, and later at New Haven, Connecticut. They are believed to have been brothers of the John Beach who settled at Stratford, Connecticut, and all three generally supposed to have been the sons of Reverend John Beach, of Devonshire, England.[3] Richard Beach came from London in 1635, on the ship Elizabeth and Ann, and settled at New Haven as one of those who signed the "Fundamental Agreement" there on 4 June 1639. It is thought his younger brothers did not come with him, but arrived soon after. Donald Lines Jacobus, the eminent genealogist of New Haven, inclines to the opinion that the mother of these Beach brothers was an older sister of John Moss, also an original settler at New Haven, whose transfers of land and property indicate the close relationship of the two families. Thomas Beach is first mentioned in the New Haven records 6 April 1646, and the following 7 March was made a freeman, taking the oath of allegiance.[4] His marriage to Sarah PLATT occurred there in 1652, and there is also recorded the birth of his first child.[5] In 1654 he was offered an acre of land at Milford, on which to build a house, on "condition that he doe sett up and follow his trade" there. This trade is believed by the writer of Beach in America (44) to have been that of blacksmithing, but Mr. Jacobus in a monograph printed in 1926 (9), says Thomas Beach was a shoemaker. The colony at Milford began in 1639, and was then called Wepowang. It was begun by a group of forty one pioneers recruited mainly from Wethersfield, under the spiritual leadership of Reverend Peter Pruden.[6] Thomas Beach became one of the "after planters" of the colony, removing thither from New Haven in September, 164?. Francis Brown moved the family and household goods to the new location, "probably by water." Thomas Beach lived in Milford until his death, except for, possibly, a short residence in Wallingford recorded by some writers.[7] His life was not a long one, however, for he died early in the year 1662, the inventory of his estate being taken on 31 May of that year, just four days after the birth of his youngest child. His estate was small, and its final administration, 13 June 1666, is the first recorded by the Court at Milford.[8] Deacon Richard Platt, grandfather of the children, Assisted in caring for the little family, and at his death in 1684, remembered each of them in his will. Sarah Beach was admitted to full communion in the Milford church, 3 May 1663. In 1665 she married, as his second wife, Miles MERWIN, administrator of her husband's estate. He was born in England, April, 1623, and died 23 April 1697. His first wife, Elizabeth (Baldwin) Canfield, born 10 July 1624, had died 20 July 1664.[9] Sarah bore him four daughters, and died 15 March 1670, after which time he married again.[10] He was likely the Miles Merwin who was in Windsor in 1648, bought and sold property there, and recorded by a writer in Memorial History of Hartford County (2: 5 54), as "living in 1684, but not in Windsor." The Beach and Merwin children were merged into one family, and shared equally in the estate of Mr. Merwin upon his death in 105.[11] CHILDREN of Thomas and Sarah.[12] Sarah, born 1 March 1653/4 at New Haven; married Samuel, son of Henry and Elizabeth (Bateman) Lyons, of Fairfield. He was born in 1655. After death of Sarah, he married (2) Hannah, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Harrison) Pierson, who survived him, his death occurring 1 February 1707. Three sons and two daughters were born to Samuel and Sarah Lyons, in Newark, New Jersey. JOHN born 19 October 1655; married Mary ROYCE. Mary, born 27 December 1657; died young. Samuel, born 5 June 1660; died, without issue, 9 September 1728. He married Abigail who shared, with his brothers and sisters, in the division of his estate, valued at 296 pounds. The record of this administration on file with New Haven probate records, is of great value in identifying some of the relationships of this Beach family, which have been greatly confused owing to similarity and repetition of names, and proximity of residence of the various families. His widow Abigail, married (2) 1734, Reverend Samuel Andrews, born 19 January 1656; died 24 January 1737. She died 9 September 1742, in the 77th year of her age. Zophar, born 27 May 1662. Removed to Newark, New Jersey, where he held many public offices and was a man of prominence. He married Martha, daughter of Deacon John Pratt, of Milford. Their four sons were born in Newark. CHILDREN of Sarah and Miles Merwin:[13] Mary, born 1666; married Joseph Hull, of Derby, Connecticut. He was born 10 August 1652; died 1709 . She died before 1705.[14] Martha, born 1666; married 1685, James Prime. Hannah, born 1667; married 1683, Abel Holbrook. Deborah, born 1670; married Samuel Burwell, jr.