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             Husband: John BEECHER (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8)
                Born: 15 JUL 1809 in Oxford, New Haven, CT
             Married: in Oxford, New Haven, CT
                Died: 13 JUL 1871 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (9 10)
              Buried: 14 JUL 1871 in Pines Bridge Cemetery, Beacon Falls, New Haven, CT (11)
              Father: Philo BEECHER
              Mother: Mary RIGGS
             Spouses: 
                Wife: Jane HAWKINS (12 13 14 15 16 17)
                Born: 15 JUL 1809
                Died: 09 JAN 1877 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (18 19)
              Buried: in Pines Bridge Cemetery, Beacon Falls, New Haven, CT (20)
              Father: 
              Mother: 
             Spouses: Burr BEECHER
Children
01               (M): Charles BEECHER
                Born: 1832 in Oxford, New Haven, CT
                Died: 14 JUL 1843 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (21)
              Buried: in Pines Bridge Cemetery, Beacon Falls, New Haven, CT (22)
             Spouses: 
02               (M): Frederick BEECHER (23 24 25 26 27)
                Born: 08 OCT 1835 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (28 29)
                Died: 22 AUG 1907 (30)
             Spouses: Alice CHURCH
03               (F): Mary BEECHER
                Born: FEB 1843 in Oxford, New Haven, CT
                Died: 07 APR 1843 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (31)
              Buried: in Pines Bridge Cemetery, Beacon Falls, New Haven, CT (32)
             Spouses: 
04               (M): Burr Jay BEECHER (33 34 35 36)
                Born: l 1842 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (37)
                Died: 03 JAN 1883 (38)
             Spouses: 
05               (F): Sarah Jane BEECHER (39 40 41 42 43 44 45)
                Born: JAN 1846 (46)
                Died:
             Spouses: Horace B. PERRY

Footnotes

  1. The Diaries of Laura Davis 1856-1857.
    Thurs 30th Clear. John Beecher came up to clean some grass seed.
    [Apr 1857
    http://www.our-oxford.info/diaries/Laura_Davis-1856-1857/Laura_Davie-1856-57.html.]
  2. 1840 Oxford Census.
    [[Chestnut Tree Hill Road].]
  3. 1850 Oxford Census.
    Farmer.
  4. 1860 Oxford Census.
    Farmer.
  5. 1870 Oxford Census.
    Farmer.
  6. F. W. Beers, 1868 map (Reproduced for the Oxford Historical Society, Inc. 1977).
    [Excerpt from1868 map, Available at http://www.oxford-historical-society.org/books-for-sale.htm
    J. Beecher, Chestnut Tree Hill Road.
    http://oxfordpast.net/1868ChestnutHillNorth.jpg.]
  7. B. H. Davis, Reminiscences of Oxford Homes and People (Seymour Record - 1913), Chapter 5.
    The next place is the John Beecher homestead. The house, which is of colonial style, was built about the year 1800. John Beecher was born there and lived there all his life, died July 14, 1877. His wife died Jan. 9, 1877. He married Jane Hawkins of Derby. Three children were born to them, two sons, Frederick and Jay, and one daughter, Sarah.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/davis-reminiscences/Davis-05.html.]
  8. George T. Davis, Genealogy of the Davis Descendants of Colonel John Davis of Oxford, Conn. (New Rochelle, N. Y., 1910), 34.
  9. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 123.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/123.html.]
  10. David Davis & Levi L. Glasson, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Pines Bridge Cemetery (Pines Bridge Cemetery), 2.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/pbcemscan2.html.]
  11. Ibid., 2.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/pbcemscan2.html.]
  12. Compiled by Lorraine Cook White, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 8 - Derby 1655-1852 (Baltimore, Maryland, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1997), 190.
    ... of Derby ...
  13. 1850 Oxford Census.
  14. 1860 Oxford Census.
  15. 1870 Oxford Census.
  16. B. H. Davis, Reminiscences of Oxford Homes and People (Seymour Record - 1913), Chapter 5.
    The next place is the John Beecher homestead. The house, which is of colonial style, was built about the year 1800. John Beecher was born there and lived there all his life, died July 14, 1877. His wife died Jan. 9, 1877. He married Jane Hawkins of Derby. Three children were born to them, two sons, Frederick and Jay, and one daughter, Sarah.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/davis-reminiscences/Davis-05.html.]
  17. George T. Davis, Genealogy of the Davis Descendants of Colonel John Davis of Oxford, Conn. (New Rochelle, N. Y., 1910), 34.
  18. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 124.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/124.html.]
  19. David Davis & Levi L. Glasson, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Pines Bridge Cemetery (Pines Bridge Cemetery), 2.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/pbcemscan2.html.]
  20. Ibid., 2.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/pbcemscan2.html.]
  21. Ibid., #23.
  22. Ibid., #23.
  23. 1850 Oxford Census.
    Farmer.
  24. 1860 Oxford Census.
    Fred / joiner.
  25. B. H. Davis, Reminiscences of Oxford Homes and People (Seymour Record - 1913), Chapter 5.
    Frederick learned the carpenter trade in New haven and after completing his apprenticeship returned to Oxford and followed the carpenter business in Oxford and Seymour. He built the Springfield Armory in Springfield, Mass. Sometime before the Civil War he was engaged in the same business at Savannah, Georgia. Returning to Seymour he formed a partnership with the late John Davis which continued for several years. He married Alice Church, daughter of Shelden Church, of Seymour, and lived at the old homestead the remainder of his life, and filled several offices of trust in Seymour. He was a good citizen and an upright man.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/davis-reminiscences/Davis-05.html.]
  26. George T. Davis, Genealogy of the Davis Descendants of Colonel John Davis of Oxford, Conn. (New Rochelle, N. Y., 1910), 34.
  27. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 424.
  28. Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Trinity Cemetery, Seymour, 54.
    [http://www.oxfordpast.net/trcemscan54.html.]
  29. George T. Davis, Genealogy of the Davis Descendants of Colonel John Davis of Oxford, Conn. (New Rochelle, N. Y., 1910), 34.
  30. Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Trinity Cemetery, Seymour, 54.
    [http://www.oxfordpast.net/trcemscan54.html.]
  31. David Davis & Levi L. Glasson, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Pines Bridge Cemetery (Pines Bridge Cemetery), #23.
  32. Ibid., #23.
  33. 1850 Oxford Census.
  34. 1860 Oxford Census.
    Jay / joiner.
  35. 1870 Oxford Census.
    Jay / Grocery Merchant.
  36. 1880 Oxford Census.
    B. J. Beecher / Carpenter.
    [next to Authelia Beach.]
  37. 1870 Oxford Census.
  38. B. H. Davis, Reminiscences of Oxford Homes and People (Seymour Record - 1913), Chapter 5.


    Jay, the younger son, also was a carpenter and builder. He built a store and several houses in Beacon Falls, and for a short time was engaged in mercantile business there. After giving up that business he came into possession of the farm and lived there the remainder of his life. He never married. He died Jan. 3rd, 1883.
    [
    <http://www.our-oxford.info/davis-reminiscences/Davis-05.html>.]
  39. Ibid., Chapter 5.
    Sarah, the daughter, married Horace B. Perry of New Haven, who for many years conducted a carpet store on Chapel street. They had two sons, John B. and Harry; both reside in New Haven. After the death of his wife, he married Florence Treat, daughter of E. B. Treat of Oxford, they live in New Haven.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/davis-reminiscences/Davis-05.html.]
  40. 1850 Oxford Census.
  41. 1860 Oxford Census.
  42. 1870 Bethany Census.
  43. 1880 New Haven Census.
  44. 1900 New Haven Census.
  45. Record of Marriages in the Town of Oxford 1868.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/doc14676a.jpg.]
  46. 1900 New Haven Census.

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