He is married to Martha Ward Barlow.
They got married in the year 1650 at Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, he was 20 years old.
Child(ren):
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James Beers
Born 1628 in England [uncertain]
ANCESTORS
Son of James Beers and Hester (Unknown) Beers
Brother of Anthony Beers
Husband of Martha (Barlow) Beers â married 1650 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut
DESCENDANTS
Father of Elizabeth (Beers) Darling, Elizabeth Beers, James Beers, Martha (Beers) Bulkeley, Deborah (Beers) Hull, Joseph Beers and Elizabeth (UNKNOWN) Beers
Died before 28 Nov 1694 before age 66 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony
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Contents
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â¢1 Biography
â¢1.1 Name
â¢1.2 Birth
â¢1.3 Marriage
â¢1.4 Death
â¢1.5 Notes
â¢2 Sources
â¢2.1 Footnotes
Biography
James Beers bought land in Fairfield in 1659.[1] He married Martha Barlow. He later lived in Woodbury.[2] His will of November 14, 1694 was proved November 28, 1694.
Name
James Beers
Birth
1628 Gravesend, Kent, England
Marriage
ABT 1650[3][4][5]
Husband: James(3) Beers
Wife: Martha Barlow
Child: Deborah Beers
Death
28 Nov 1694 Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut[6][5]
Notes
In 1635 James immigrated with his Uncle Anthony Beers and brother Richard. Lived in Watertown, MA, Woodbury, CT and in 1657 Fairfield, CT.[6]
Of Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Of Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut
Date: 1669 Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut
18 acres Deed Registered
1657 Moved to Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut[6]
Type: Frmn
1664 Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut[6]
Sources
â¢Bartow, Rev. Evelyn. The English Ancestry of The Beers Family, The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record (NYGBS, New York, 1888) Vol. 13, Page 86.
â¢"James was some time of Watertown, Mass.; removed to Fairfield, Conn., where thirteen different parcels of land are recorded to "James Beere" from 1659 to 1684."
â¢Torrey, Clarence Almon. Torreyâs New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Baltimore Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Seventh Printing 2004)
â¢Vol. I, p. 122. BEERS, James (-1694) & Martha [BARLOW]; ca 1650; Milford/Fairfield, CT.
â¢Daniels, Larry. Butts, Knowles & Hills; The Seeleys, Turneys, Sturges & Barlows (Privately printed, Bowie, MD 20715-1336, March 1993)
â¢Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (Genealogical Publishing Company, 1930)
â¢Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England (Originally published Boston 1860-62, reprinted April 1873 and 1884. Reproduced by Genealogical Publishing Company, Balitmore 1981)
â¢Schenck, Elizabeth Hubbell. The History of Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut (J.J. Little & Co., Astor Place, New York, 1889) Page 353-4.
â¢Stearns, Ezra S. Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire (Lewis Publishing Co., 1911) Vol. 3, Page 1616.
â¢Jacobus, Donald. The Bulkeley Genealogy (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., New Haven, Conn., 1933)
â¢Page 134: "The will of James Beers, dated 14 Nov. 1694, names his daughter Martha Wife of Joseph Bulkley; and the will of his widow, Martha (Barlow) Beers, dated 22 Feb. 1697/8, also named her daughter Martha Bulkley."
Footnotes
1? Jacobus(1930): Vol. 1, pp. 28, 57-58.
2? Daniels: p. 30.
3? Jacobus(1930) Page: Pages 57-58
4? Schenck
5? 5.0 5.1 Savage
6? 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Stearns
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