Although my Beamsley lineage daughters out in the second generation, there is a lot of information about William Beamsley, the immigrant ancestor, to be found in books and archives. He arrived in Boston in 1632, and was admitted to the Boston church on 5 April 1635. He was admitted as a freeman on 25 May 1636. The Boston records show him serving many civil roles such as constable, fenceviewer, water bailey, highway surveyor, and he was admitted to the Ancient and Honorable Artillery company in 1656/57.
About 1632 William Beamsley married Anne Unknown, probably
in England, and his six children were all born in Boston. Around 1645 he married a widow and had
another child, and took in her children (three of his step children are named
in Beamsley’s will).
Beamsley owned much land he had acquired over time in
Boston. This was all described in his will.
His daughters are all named with their husbands in a deed dated 1668
which sold his house and land to Key Alsop of Boston. [“Ann Woodward with Ezekiell Woodward her
present husband, Grace Graves with Samuell Graves her present husband, Mercy
Wilborne alias Peterson with Andrew Peterson her present husband, Hannah
Beamsley alias Perkins with Abraham Perkins her present husband, Elizabeth Page
with Edward Page her present husband, Mary Roberson alias Dennis with Thomas
Dennis her present husband, [and] Edward Bushnell all formerly of Boston”
Suffolk Deeds 5:519- 522] note:
Elizabeth and Mary are step daughters.
I descend from the daughter Ann (Beamsley) Woodward named
above, and from two of Ann’s daughters- Margaret (Woodward) Andrews and Prudence (Woodward) Marshall.
For more information on William Beamsley:
The Ancestry of Margaret Brooks Thelfall, by John Brooks
Threlfall, Madison, Wisconsin: 1985, unpaginated, see ancestor number 390.
Fifty Great Migration Colonists to New England & Their Origins,
by John Brooks Threlfall, Madison, Wisconsin: 1990, pages 13 – 16.
Great Migration Begins, by
Robert Charles Anderson, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts: 2001, Volume 1, pages
139 – 142.
My Beamsley lineage:
Generation 1: William Beamsley, born about 1605 probably in
Lincolnshire, England, died 29 September 1658 in Boston, Massachusetts; married first about 1632 in England to Anne
Unknown who died between 1643 and 1645; married second about 1645 to Martha Hallor, widow of Edward
Bushnell, who died before 16 November 1668. Six children with Anne, one child
with Martha.
Generation 2: Anne
Beamsley, born 13 February 1632/33 in Boston, died about 1679 in Ipswich,
Massachusetts; married in January 1650 in Boston to Ezekiel Woodward as his
first of three wives. They had nine
children together, and I descend from two daughters.
Lineage A:
Generation 3:
Margaret Woodward m. William Andrews
Lineage A1:
Generation 4: John
Andrews m. Elizabeth Story
Generation 5: Abigail
Andrews m. Jeremiah Burnham
Generation 6: Abigail Burnham m. Isaac Allen
Generation 7: Joseph
Allen m. Judith Burnham
Generation 8: Joseph
Allen m. Orpha Andrews
Generation 9: Joseph
Gilman Allen m. Sarah Burnham Mears
Generation 10: Joseph
Elmer Allen m. Carrie Maude Batchelder
Generation 11: Stanley Elmer Allen m. Gertrude Matilda
Hitchings (my grandparents)
Lineage A2:
Generation 4: Rachel
Andrews m. Zachariah Story
Generation 5: Deborah
Story m. Westley Burnham
Generation A2a:
Generation 6: Westley
Burnham m. Molly Woodbury
Generation 7: Henry Burnham m. Sally Poland
Generation 8: Sarah Ann Burnham m. Samuel Mears
Generation 9: Sarah
Burnham Mears m. Joseph Gilman Allen (see above)
Generation A2b:
Generation 6: Sarah
Burnham m. Abner Poland
Generation 7: Sally
Poland m. Henry Burnham (see above)
Lineage B:
Generation 3:
Prudence Woodward m. Benjamin Marshall
Generation 4: Benjamin Marshall m. Bethiah Goodhue
Generation 5: Elizabeth
Marshall m. David Burnham
Generation 6: Amos
Burnham m. Sarah Giddings
Generation 7: Judith
Burnham m. Joseph Allen (see above)
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