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BEADLE / BEDEL / BEDLE / BEATLE / BETTEL / BETLE
Samuel
Beadle, my 9th great grandfather, is of unknown birth. It is unknown when he came to New England
from England. He was living in
Charlestown, Massachusetts as early as 1656 when he bought a house.
"Sameul Beadle, Planter, inhabitant in Charltowne, New
England....[purchased a dwelling] on sconse pyont... [including] ... a cow
common on the stinted pasture without the Neck.. a hay Lott of an Aker of
Meadow, by estimation, more or less, lying at Wilson's poynt on mistik
syde".
Samuel
Beadle removed to Salem, about twenty miles away, in 1661 when there was an
inquest for their child who drowned in well at the Salem Quarterly Court. The inquest met 7 September 1661. "They found the remains laid out on a
chest or table; and upon inquiry as to how it came to its death, the parents
answered that it was drowned in the well, and no contrary evidence appeared." [History of Salem, Volume II, page 301] He lived in a house owned by Philip Cromwell
on the corner of Bridge Street and Howard Street (roughly where the Howard
Street Cemetery is located today).
The will
of Samuel Beadle was proved in the Salem quarterly court 30:4:1664.
I Samell Beadle being by Gods
pvidents sick & weak of body:yett through the Lords mercy of pfect memorye,
doe make this my last will & testament: as followeth:
Impr I giue vnto my son
nathanyell Beadle ten shillings: it being as much as I conciud convenyent vpon
the divers good considerations alsoe with respect to what I haue already don
for him
It I giue to my daughter Dorithy
forty shillings ffor the rest of my estate, moueables and vnmoueables, what
euer God haue giuen me in this world, (when all my Just debts are paid) I giue
to my three smallest children now at home with me, namly Samuell, Thomas, and
Elizabeth, equally to be devided betweene them & to be paid at the age, of
21 years my sons & my daughters at ye age of 18 years or maryed & of ye
three viz: Samuell Thomas & Elizabeth ye survivers at the time of payment
to haue ye deceased pt devided And lastly I doe apoynt my Loveing freind m walter
price to be my executor of this my will & mr John Croad & Hillyard
veren overseers witnes my hand this 12th of march 1663/64
witnesses
Hillyard
veren
Thomas
Watson
Samuell
Bedle
Samuel
Beadle, Jr. (1643 – 1706), my 8th great grandfather, was a wood
turner, and he served in King Philip’s War.
His health failed and in 1681 he became a vintner (wine merchant). In
1683 he received a license to keep an inn in recognition of his health failing
as a result of his service against the Indians in the Narragansett Country. His
statement reads: "Whereas by the providence of God and my hard
service in the Narraganset country my health has been much impaired and my body
incapable of following my calling (by reason of grievous aches and pains that
constantly attend me) the consideration whereof has moved the selectmen of
Salem to consider of some fit way for me whereby I might get a livelihood for
myself and family and for that end have granted me their approbation for one of
the innholders to keep an inn in the town of Salem."[History of Salem,
Volume III, page 84]
During the 1692 Salem witch hysteria John Parker frequented Samuel Beadle's tavern. One night his wife Alice went to fetch him from the inn and she berated him in front of the other men. One man, John Westgate, scolded her. Some weeks later, on his way home from Beadle's tavern, Westgate met up with a black pig that chased him. He swore out a complaint against Alice Parker for witchcraft. He deposed that she sent the black hog after him. Alice Parker was hanged on 22 September 1692.
During the 1692 Salem witch hysteria John Parker frequented Samuel Beadle's tavern. One night his wife Alice went to fetch him from the inn and she berated him in front of the other men. One man, John Westgate, scolded her. Some weeks later, on his way home from Beadle's tavern, Westgate met up with a black pig that chased him. He swore out a complaint against Alice Parker for witchcraft. He deposed that she sent the black hog after him. Alice Parker was hanged on 22 September 1692.
Samuel, Jr.'s house on St.
Peter Street (then known as Prison Lane) was the Beadle's inn described in the witch craft documents from 1692. He died intestate in 1706, and the property inventory
listed a "Jersey boy servant" and an "Indian woman slave".
His wife, Hannah, survived him and died with a will dated 29 March 1729 and
proved 25 July 1736.
Lemon Beadle (1680 – 1717), my 7th great grandfather, received his unusual name from his mother, Hannah Lemon (1650 – 1736). He was also a woodcarver (like his father) and an innkeeper (like his father). He carved signs and figure heads for the bows of ships built in Salem. He was licensed to keep his own tavern in his own dwelling in 1716. When Salem built a new Watch House in 1712 he carved “a handsome wooden soldier” for the roof. I descend from his daughter, Rebecca Beadle (1714 – 1758), my 6th great grandmother, who married John Becket (28 Feb 1715) of the famous Becket shipbuilding family of Salem.
More
BEADLE resources:
Samuel Beadle
Family: History and Genealogy of Descendants of Samuel Beader, Planter Who
lived in Charlestown, Massachusetts in 1656 and died in Salem, Massachusetts in
1664 by
Walter J. Beadle, privately printed 1970 (available at Family Search online, at
the Ancestry card catalog, and at the
NEHGS manuscript department)
The Essex Antiquarian, Volume 7, pages 172 - 175
"Beadle Genealogy"
The History of
Salem, Massachusetts,
by Sidney Perley, Volume II, pages 386 – 387 for the BEADLE genealogy. Various members of the BEADLE family are
mentioned in all three volumes of these books, check the index.
Generation
1: Samuel Beadle, born about 1622 in England, died 10 March 1664 in Salem,
Massachusetts; married about 1645, probably in Salem, to Susanna Grey. She was born about 1626 and died 13 February
1661 in Salem. Seven children.
Generation
2: Samuel Beadle, Jr., born 1643 in
Salem, died before 27 November 1706 in Salem; married on 10 June 1668 in Salem
to Hannah Lemon, daughter of Robert Lemon and Mary Unknown. She was born 7 July 1650 in Salem and died
1736. Twelve children.
Generation
3: Lemon Beadle, born 30 July 1680 in Salem, died 17 November 1717; married on
4 January 1710 to Rebecca Atwater, daughter of Joshua Atwater and Rebecca
Unknown. She was born 25 February 1687
and died 1727 in Salem. Two
children. (Rebecca married second to
Samuel Phippen on 20 March 1718. He was
the widower of Lemon’s sister, Mary Beadle (1678 – 1715))
Generation
4: Rebecca Beadle, born 13 January 1714
in Salem, died 13 January 1758; married 3 May 1738 in Salem to John Becket, son
of John Becket and Susannah Mason. He
was born 28 February 1715 in Salem, and died 29 August 1781 in Salem. Thirteen children.
Generation
5: Hannah Becket m. Joseph Cloutman
Generation
6: Mary Cloutman m. Abijah Hitchings
Generation
7: Abijah Hitchings m. Eliza Ann Treadwell
Generation
8: Abijah Franklin Hitchings m. Hannah Eliza Lewis
Generation
9: Arthur Treadwell Hitchings m. Florence Etta Hoogerzeil
Generation
10: Gertrude Matilda Hitchings m.
Stanley Elmer Allen (my grandparents)
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Heather
Wilkinson Rojo, “Surname Saturday ~ BEADLE of Salem, Massachusetts”, Nutfield
Genealogy, posted May 27, 2017, (
I was interested to see your Beadle notes. My mother was Edith Vivian Beadle Brouwer, born in Marcellus, Michigan. She and her sister Maude Beadle Leonard assisted Walter Beadle with his book on the Beadles. We visited Walter and his wife in their house near Wilmington, DE, and are all included in his book. My mother's Aunt May began assembling family genealogy by correspondence around 1900. My aunt Maude did more work around the 1960s. I inherited this material, and am doing what I can to supplement it. Norman Brouwer, Guilford, CT.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments, Cousin Norman!
DeleteCool beans! I'm descended from the elder Samuel Beadle (1622) through his son Nathaniel (1648). I had no idea our family used to run a witch bar, lol!
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