Beede - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Re: Beede

sjbeede1 — 2012-03-31 13:58:26Z

Thank you Jack. I got it.
Paul Gervais and I have been in touch and cleaning up our records. Great to learn I have 1st cousins I didn't know about

Re: Beede

NevadaJack — 2012-03-25 02:36:18Z

Hi Steve,

Thanks for the message. I believe all of that information is in the report I emailed you last Tuesday. Have you had a chance to read it yet?

Re: Beede

sjbeede1 — 2012-03-24 18:08:23Z

Hi Jack:
I've connected with George Gervais. His grandfather was the same as my grandfather, Frank R Beede. He has the birth certificates for Frank R and for our GGF Franklin Pierce Beede. Frank Beede did not have the R in his early years. George thinks Frank took on the nickname "Rex" when he left his first wife, Mary McGuane. He may have married my grandmother, Mary Cashman, without first having divorced Mary McGuane.

Re: Franklin P. Beede

pgervais150 — 2012-03-23 14:09:51Z

I would love to see this drawing of Frank, do you thinkyou could send it to me at pg@paulgervais.com. He was my great grandfather.

Re: Franklin P. Beede

pgervais150 — 2012-03-23 14:05:52Z

I had been unaware of this correspondence until now. Frank Pierce Beede of Lynn, husband of Elizabeth Goldthwaite, was also my great grandfather. In all records I've seen he was called simply Frank Pierce Beede and not Franklin but who knows? His son Frank Pierce Beede, Jr. was my grandfather. His first wife was Mary McGuane of Lowell, MA, and together they had 2 children, John and George, who was my father. Frank left the family and remarried Mary Cashman, but we have found no divorce records regarding his first wife. The R in his name, standing for Rex, is for a nickname and not a legal given name and my theory is that he added it to distinguish himself from his previous life. I have the complete family tree which connects us to Eli and you can read about this on the Beede membership site under my name, Paul Gervais (should have been Beede but my father took his step-father's name when he was 26).

James Roberts Beede of New Hampshire

ethelmae2 — 2012-03-20 15:13:45Z

James Roberts Beede, b. 1843, NH (fa John, mo Eliza) married Almira Sears in Sauk County, Wisconsin in 1877. in 1880 census they were in Minnesota, both teaching (MN, Dakota County, Tn. of Farmington) In 1900 James R. Beede is back in Rockingham County, NH, age 57, divorced, working as a farm laborer.
I think this is the same man who attended Dartmouth (census 1870) and wonder if anyone has information regarding him and his wife Almira during the period 1880-1900 or later. I can find no record for Almira Sears Beede after 1880 census.

Re: Beede

sjbeede1 — 2012-03-18 01:08:03Z

Jack, I've ordered birth records from MA archives on Frank or Franklin born 1880. I'll post results on receipt.
Steve

Re: Franklin P. Beede

NevadaJack — 2012-03-03 00:15:52Z

Where does the name "Franklin" come from? Is there a record or document somewhere that shows him with this name? On every census record from 1860 until 1920, both father and son used the name "Frank". I think a first name of "Francis" is more likely, seeing as how Frank Jr. had a son name Francis Robert and a grandson named Boyd Francis.

Alexander Beede/Beedy

idahonetto — 2012-03-02 22:23:54Z

Seeking information on Alexander Beede/Beedy perhaps born Pennsylvania.

(Daughter Susan Ann Beede-Buschman is my 2nd great grandmother and, per her Death Certificate, the name of her father is Alexander Beede.)

Spouse of Alexander: Susan Smith
Birth ?
Death 1866 in Paradise, Butte, California, USA

Daughter:
Susan Ann Beede
Born 1844 in Ohio or Michigan
Died 1920 in Paradise, CA.

Relatives?

John Francis Beede
Birth ?
Death 1864 in Paradise, Butte, California, USA

John Franklin Beede
Birth 22 May 1821 in New York
Death 5 Dec 1894 in Paradise, Butte, California, USA

Saw "Francis" and "Franklin" in this post and hope perhaps someone has heard of these Beede's.

Thanks! Linda

Re: Franklin P. Beede

sjbeede1 — 2012-02-29 06:37:17Z

Bonnie: I lost track of my search and just discovered your message. My father, Francis Robert Beede was born in Boston, MA 7/22/1910.
His father was Frank Rex Beede born in Lynn MA in 1880 and died in Boston in 1929. He married Mary Cashman.
His father was Franklin P. Beede. But that's all I have.
My father died in 1952 when I was a baby so I don't know his history well and my grandfather died in the 20's. Unfortunately, all the older relatives died before I was smart enough to ask questions.

Frank Rex might have been a brother of Robert Owen. Frank named one of his sons Robert. It would be a huge coincidence if unrelated Beedes were born in Lynn probably both born in the late 1800s. So there is a good chance that Franklin Pierce and Franklin P are the same.

I'm trying to find that conect that links into the Nevada Jack Beede linneage back to Eli.

Re: James Holder Beede

SherrillJohnson — 2012-01-06 19:09:28Z

Quaker records indicate that James Holder Beede was also in the Civil War from N.H. He was honorably discharged. He was disowned by the Quakers un 1867.

Richard A. Beede of Stockton, CA 1945

drbrownlee — 2011-07-30 05:16:14Z

Richard is pictured in the graduation yearbook of the 45-B class at Marfa (TX) Army Advanced Flying School. I'm not kin but thought it might help someone researching the family.

Dorothy M. Beede Berry 1931-2011 Ohio Genealogist

Lace_Lynch — 2011-06-04 12:53:26Z

YOUNGSTOWN – Dorothy Marilyn Berry, 80, of Park Vista Retirement Village, passed away at 2:01 a.m. Friday, June 3, 2011, at St. Elizabeth Health Center, Youngstown, Ohio from complications of a stroke.

Mrs. Berry, the daughter of C. Paul and Ruth (Weaver) Beede, was born on March 3, 1931, in Youngstown, Ohio.

Dorothy enjoyed roller skating up into her 70s. She attended Youngstown State University and studied fine arts. She enjoyed painting, quilting, camping, and playing her organ. She enjoyed tracing her genealogy and traced hers back to the mid 1700’s.

She was a member of the Mahoning County Genealogical Society, the Youngstown Club of French River, Ontario Canada, and of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
She had been an accounting clerk for Kraft Foods, and was the secretary for the North Lima United Methodist Church in past years.

Dorothy was preceded in death by her husband, James Marion Berry Jr., whom she married April 6, 1951, in San Diego. James died May 6, 1990. Two brothers, Edwin Beede and William “Billy” Beede, along with one great-grandchild, also precede her in death.

She is survived by two sons, Wayne Berry of Hubbard, Ohio and Scott Berry of Rio Rancho, N.M.; daughter Susan Black of Youngstown; and sister, Virginia Williams of Boardman, Ohio.
Six grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren also survive.

Services will be held Monday, June 6, 2011, at the Seederly-Mong & Beck Funeral Home, North Lima, Ohio at 6 p.m. with the Rev. David Kidd officiating.

Friends may call from 4 to 6 p.m. on Monday, June 6, 2011, at the Seederly-Mong & Beck Funeral Home in North Lima.

Mahoning County, Ohio

Re: Beedy ancestors

FredaJohnson99 — 2011-04-25 02:21:37Z

in searcng for my great grandmothers parents i found william young in the 1880 census listed as living with him is hannah edmunds 42 yrs william flagg 27 rosamind flagg, (she was rosamind goodspeed )age 21 anna beede and william and rosaminds son wilber. i saw your post about the beede goodspeed marriages and wondered if you had any info on rosaminds parents ------- goodspeed and maybe ----- edmunds not sure about edmunds. would appreciate any help thanks freda dads56ford@svcable.net

Re: Beedy ancestors

spiritcalls1 — 2010-09-13 01:13:36Z

If these look familiar to you, I may have a lead for you:

Hester Ann BEEDY b. 29 Oct 1861 to parents Phebe GOODSPEED (b. 1 Mar 1838 in
Plainfield, IL) and Nathan S. BEEDY (b. 9 Feb 1835 in Essex Co. NY) in
Peotone, IL. Hester "Hetty" BEEDY was one of 7 children born to this couple
including, Oriel; Hester Ann; Samuel N.; Abbie E.; David H.; Carl N.; and
Ethel P. BEEDY all born between 1859 and 1881. married Charles F. GOODSPEED
(b. Joliet, IL) and together they had a son Frank GOODSPEED b. 2 Sept 1884
in Joliet, IL.

1880 census of Peotone, IL:
Nathan BEEDY, age 45, a Hardware Dealer, born NY, parents born NH/VT
Phoebe BEEDY, wife, age 42, Keeping House, born IL, parents born NY/PA
Orel BEEDY, dau, age 20, a Milliner, born IL
Hatty BEEDY, dau, age 18, at Home, born IL
Abby BEEDY, dau, age 13, at Home, born IL
Dan BEEDY, son, age 11, at Home, born IL
Carl BEEDY, son, age 8, at Home, born IL

Re: Aaron McGaffey Beede's Book "Custer-Sitting Bull"

benagar — 2010-06-19 02:50:41Z

I have all his books, he was my great grand father. Just thought you would be interested.

Bios: Moses Worthing Beede, Ashtabula Co., OH

Carol_Tilson — 2010-04-08 13:18:12Z

From "Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio, Embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake" [The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1893]:

MOSES W. BEEDE, manufacturer of succor rods, and a dealer in hard woods, Lenox township, Ashtabula county, Ohio, has long been identified with the manufacturing interests of northeastern Ohio, and is well known throughout this part of the State. Thus it is appropriate that more than a passing notice of him should be made on the pages of this work. Of his life the following facts have been gleaned:

Moses W. Beede was born in Bristol, Grafton county, New Hampshire, August 28, 1839, son of Caleb and Mary [Worthing] Beede. His father was born in Vermont, July 25, 1805, and was a descendant of an old German family. Great-grandfather Beede, by trade a weaver of silk stockings, came to America in the king's ships at a very early day, paying part of his passage by the mending of a chest of damaged stockings. He settled near Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where he bought a tract of land that is still in the family, and is one of the best farms in the State. Caleb Beede was left an orphan at an early age, and was bound out under the blue laws. Being treated with cruelty by the man to whom he was bound, he ran away and was secreted and aided by friends. When he reached his majority he and a number of other young men clubbed together to educate themselves and after he had completed his education he entered the ministry, in which for a number of years he was an efficient worker. He was compelled, however, to abandon the work of the ministry on account of the failure of his voice. He then learned the trade of the ship carpenter, and afterward that of carpenter and joiner, and did an extensive business in contracting and building. During eight years he erected sixteen large churches besides various other buildings. Later he purchased a large farm and mill. In this enterprise he had a partner, who proved himself a rascal by running away with all available funds and leaving Mr. Beede in debt. Mr. Beede, however, paid off the debt. After that, in 1850, he emigrated to Ohio with his family and settled on a rented farm in Morgan township. The following spring he bought a mill, which was lost by fire in 1852. He then moved to Lenox and built a mill, turning his attention to manufacturing interests here, and continuing the same until the outbreak of the Civil war. He and one of his sons enlisted in the Twenty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. While in the service he met with an accident which resulted in blood-poisoning, and later in paralysis, which finally terminated his life in 1877, in the seventy-second year of his age. He was a self-made man, a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and a man whose life was worthy of emulation.

The mother of our subject was born in New Hampton, New Hampshire, May 6, 1809, and in that State, at the age of twenty, she was married to Mr. Beede. In time she became the mother of nine children, seven of whom are still living. She united with the Methodist Episcopal Church in her early life and remained in loving communion with it until the time of her death, June 2, 1889, at the age of eighty years.

It was in 1852 Moses W. Beede came to Lenox, Ohio, he being at that time a lad of thirteen years. Here he grew up on his father's farm and in the mill, receiving his education in a log schoolhouse. When the war came on he enlisted in the three month's service as a member of the Nineteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and took part in the West Virginia campaign under General George B. McClellan. After his discharge he enlisted in the Seventh Kansas Volunteer Infantry, under John Brown, Jr., son of the distinguished John Brown. He accompanied his regiment to Chicago, where, after an examination, he was rejected on account of his physical condition. Upon being rejected from the service, and having only $2 in cash, he looked about him for something to do, and soon found employment near the city, engaging to run a steam engine for a farmer at a salary of $18 per month. Here he remained until spring, when he went home and took charge of his father's mill. The mill was encumbered at this time, and to his credit be it said that he not only paid off the debt, but that he also educated his sisters. He manufactured nearly all the boat oars used by the Union army on the Mississippi river during the war.

June 1, 1863, he married Miss Eliza Henderson, daughter of Grove Henderson. She was born in Austinburgh township, this county, July 31, 1835, and previous to her marriage was engaged in teaching. She had two children: George O., born February 28, 1865, and now a promising young business man in the Northwest, where Mr. Beede has extensive iron interests; and Bernice G., born June 14, 1868, wife of Leonard Worcester, residing in Leadville, Colorado. Mrs. Beede was a faithful member of the Congregational Church all her life. She passed to her reward in 1874. In 1876 Mr. Beede married Mrs. Frances L. [Curtis] Watson, widow of Harlow Watson and daughter of Amos Curtis. Her father was born in 1817, and was one of the pioneers of Illinois, having located in Camden, Schuyler county, in the fall of 1837. Mrs. Beede was born February 27, 1843, and was reared in Augusta, Illinois. When in her seventeenth year she was married to Mr. Watson, by whom she had one child, Nettie L., now the wife of B. A. French, of Lenox, Ohio. Mr. Watson died of a fever, in Alabama, in 1862, while in the service of his country. By his present wife Mr. Beede has two children: M. Frances, a student in the Jefferson Educational Institute; and Lulu E., also attending school.

Mr. Beede continued to run the mill until 1877, when, while he was sojourning in Colorado for the benefit of his health, the whole plant was destroyed by fire, entailing a loss of $4,000. Since then he has been variously occupied, and for the past twelve years has been engaged in the manufacture of succor rods, used in oil wells, in which enterprise he has met with eminent success, having gained an enviable reputation as an honorable and upright business man.

For eighteen years Mr. Beede was Township Trustee. He also served six years as School Director. When he was twenty-one he joined the Methodist Episcopal Church, and subsequently became a Congregationalist. In both church and Sabbath-school work he takes an active part, having served ten years as Superintendent of the Sabbath-school. With various other organizations Mr. Beede is also identified. He is President of the Soldiers' Relief Committee of Ashtabula County; is a member of the Giddings Post, G. A. R., and has been a Mason since 1864. He owns one of the finest mineralogical collections in Ashtabula county, having specimens from many States in the Union and also from the old world. In this collection he takes great pride. Politically he affiliated with the Republican party. He had two great-grandfathers who were soldiers in the war of the Revolution.

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From "History of the Western Reserve," by Harriet Taylor Upton [The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1910], Vol. II.

MOSES WORTHING BEEDE is justly both a prominent and a popular man in Ashtabula county, where he is and has been for many years president of the Soldiers' Relief Commission, and has served as a member of the Republican central committee and of the county's first jury commission. For years he has been a leading man in reform politics, as he has put forth every effort to conquer the saloon element and to elect good men to office. Before the Civil war he belonged to the Black String Society, which was organized to protect and assist fugitive slaves. He was also among those who actively resisted the United States marshal and prevented his taking John Brown Jr. to testify against John Brown. He became a Mason at twenty-four and has taken the chapter degree; is also a member of the Giddings Post G. A. R. at Jefferson. In his own township of Lenox, his executive ability, his public spirit and his useful services to the town have long made him a leader; he has been president of the school board and is at present a township trustee, having served twenty years in that capacity. He was first elected in 1869, and since that time he has been instrumental in making the following improvements: Building the town hall; establishing public watering-places; causing to be surveyed two acres of unclaimed land, which had been reserved for township purposes by the original owner of Lenox, Mr. Rockwell; erecting the township vault; and buying additional land for cemeteries, which have been improved in the past few years until they are now among the most beautiful country cemeteries to be found.

In early colonial times there landed on the New England coast the first of his ancestors to seek the New World. This one came from France, probably from Alsace-Lorraine. He pronounced his name Beedé [Beeday?], but it has since been Anglicized. Except that some were Quakers, little is known of the family until the latter part of the eighteenth century, when Thomas Beede was born. He graduated from Harvard College in the Class of 1798 and numbered among his classmates the distinguished Channing, Tuckerman, Judge Story and Stephen Longfellow. Thomas Beede, who was the third minister of the first church of Wilton, New Hampshire, and who, from 1818-1825, served his state legislature as chaplain, was throughout his ministry one of New Hampshire's most noted clergymen. His ordination sermon was preached by Rev. William Emerson, of Boston, the father of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Thomas Beede's nephew, Caleb Sleeper Beede, the father of Moses W., was born in 1805 in Vermont. When very young he was left an orphan, and although obliged to support himself, he determined to secure a thorough education. One means which he took to reach this goal was to associate himself with several other young men, and hire a teacher of Greek, a language in which he became proficient. Endowed with a keen intellect and an insatiable desire for learning, he habitually spent one-half of the night in study. Until his voice failed, he was a minister of the gospel in a New England Methodist Episcopal conference, but after that misfortune he became a contractor and builder until his removal in 1849 to Ohio. There he engaged in the lumber business and in farming. His death was caused in 1877 by a wound which he had received while serving in the Union army. Mary Worthing, his wife, a woman loved by every one, was of English descent. In the twelfth century her ancestors were enlisted in the English army, while those living in the colonies at the time of the Revolution volunteered and fought for the American cause. Among them were her grandfathers, Major Theophilus Sanborn and Lieutenant Samuel Worthen; also her great-grandfather, Captain David Sleeper, who, as soon as he learned of the battle of Lexington, marshaled his command and marched to Boston to volunteer for the defense of that town.

Caleb Sleeper and Mary Worthing Beede had nine children, of whom Moses Worthing Beede was the fifth. He was born at Bristol, New Hampshire, August 28, 1839, and when he was ten years old left his home in the beautiful "Switzerland of America" to come to the Western Reserve. Three years later his father's family moved to Lenox, Ohio, where he has ever since made his home. Although he did not receive a collegiate education, by ceaseless study, observation and thought, he subjected his mind to practically much the same training that it would have received from a university course. His mental ability is extraordinary and varied, as he is a deep thinker along the lines of science, archeology, history, philosophy and religion - subjects in which he is particularly interested, and in which he would have made his force felt in the intellectual world had his opportunities been greater.

At Lincoln's first call for troops, in April 1861, Moses Beede enlisted for three months in company D, Nineteenth Ohio infantry. He served under Generals McClelland and Rosecrans in the campaign of 1861, in West Virginia, and fought in the battle of Rich Mountain. After his discharge he volunteered again but was rejected on account of physical disability. He was, however, appointed by Governor Tod to serve as first lieutenant of the state militia, subject to the call of the president. At this time he began manufacturing lumber and boat oars, furnishing many of the oars that were used on the Mississippi river by the government during the war. About fifteen years later he opened up a factory for the manufacture of sucker rods and connecting rods, used in oil wells, and still owns a half interest in such a factory at Jefferson, although he has now retired to private life.

In 1863 Mr. Beede married Miss Eliza Henderson, a member of the Henderson family of Austinburg, a woman of more than ordinary mind and culture; but he lost his wife in September, 1874. She left a son and daughter. George Owen Beede, who received his education at New Lyme Institute under the noted educator, Jacob Tuckerman, is his father's partner in the sucker rod factory in Jefferson, where he resides, and where his wife, who was Miss May Loomis, has always lived. His sister, Bernice Gertrude, who is a gifted musician and a graduate of New Lyme Institute, is the wife of Leonard Worcester Jr., formerly of Leadville, Colorado, but at present of Chihuahua, Mexico. In July, 1876, was solemnized Mr. Beede's marriage to Mrs. Harlow Watson, a widow of refinement and of charming personal appearance. Of New England stock and of English descent, she was the daughter of Amos Curtis, of Augusta, Illinois. A few years later her daughter, Nettie Louise Watson, married Birney A. French, of Lenox. Mr. and Mrs. Beede have two daughters; Martha Frances, a high school teacher, is a graduate of the Jefferson high school, of Grand River Institute and of Oberlin College. Lulu Edith, the younger, attended the same preparatory schools as her sister and spent three years studying art and music at Oberlin College. A leader in church work and in society, she possesses a good voice and is a skillful artist.

Mr. Beede and his entire family are members of the Congregational church. For twelve years he acted as church trustee, and for twenty superintended the Sunday school. No other man of his income has done more for the support of the church and every other worthy object. Whenever circumstances have permitted, he has traveled, visiting places of historic or scenic interest in the East, West, North and South. He was the first white man to climb Mount Massive, the highest mountain in Colorado, which he ascended in July 1875; and at that time he began the monument of stones upon its summit to which each succeeding traveler has added a stone. In his travels, he has always made interesting additions of minerals and curios to his collection, which is considered one of the best private collections of its kind to be found in northeastern Ohio. Travel appeals to him particularly because his refined tastes render him keenly appreciative of what is beautiful in art, in literature and in nature, and responsive to nobility and genius in his fellowmen. Mr. Beede is a man of strong convictions, fearless in the denunciation of wrong, who, when the need of action has arisen, has incurred personal danger for the enforcement of right principles.

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Not related to subject. Just passing this on.

Re: Abram Beede

VivZee — 2010-02-08 01:49:44Z

Hi!

I am a descendant of Abram Beede. My great grand-mother was Amy Elizabeth Beede (Votaw) - Abram's oldest daughter.

The reason you cannot find Abram is that he moved to eastern Ohio, where he married Hannah Ward. They both died before the Civil War. My great grandmother lived till she was 92 - the generations are spread out, and so I have stories about her from my mother.

Through a letter from around 1900, I have the relationship with the Ward's, with info at http://www.nacs.net/~georgez/homepag4.htm. The gentleman who runs this site gave root's web the letter and the family information which is published on the web. Be aware that the information about the more recent family history on rootsweb is inaccurate and roots web is not updating it - although more accurate information is easily available in cemetary records and CC records on the internet. BTW, my granfather's name is Eli Beede Votaw, and I have an uncle Eli Beede also.

I posted a picture of Amy Elizabeth and there is also a picture of her sister Olive on the site whose URL is above. Also, I know that there is someone in the family with the name Alonzo - I remembered because it was and odd name in Iowa. My grandmother was a poet - who has a locally famous poem about a rancher. Is that the Eli poem?

Amy Elizabeth was such an amazing woman! I get the feeling that all the family were. I would love to hear from you.

Re: Lulu Beede Bible

NevadaJack — 2009-12-07 20:31:20Z

Lulu Edith Beede was the 2nd daughter of Moses Worthen Beede and Frances "Fannie" Curtis. She was born 10 Nov 1879 in Lenox, Ashtabula, Ohio and she married Carl R. Longbrake abt 1924.

Lulu was my 4th cousin, 4 times removed but I am not interested in receiving the bible. However, I will post your message on the BEEDE-L Mailing List in hopes of locating a descendant of hers.

Thanks for your offer.

Lulu Beede Bible

rondonw — 2009-12-06 02:21:56Z

I have a Bible that has the name of Lulu Beede in the front, given to her by her father M.W. Beede. If anyone is a relative and would like it, please send me your name and relationship and I will be glad to send it to you.

Ronda Watt
rondonw@yahoo.com

Re: Daniel A. BEEDY (1799-1877)

NevadaJack — 2009-09-28 00:32:34Z

Hello Betty, thanks for posting your message.

I would love to receive the information you are willing to share about your family history. I have information that I can share with you as well.

I suggest you contact me "privately" at nvjack@nvbell.net and attach a file with the information you have to share. I will reply with the information I currently have in the Beede/Beedy Database.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Nevada Jack
Beede/Beedy Administrator

Re: Daniel A. BEEDY (1799-1877)

BurnellGentle38 — 2009-09-26 05:03:51Z

My Grandmother, Sarah Goodspeed was the daughter of Henry Goodspeed and Fannie Beedy. My grandmother married Robert S. Lusk in Beaumont, Texas in 1903. I will be happy to share any info I have. Betty Gentle

Re: Beede line of Portsmouth and North Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire

beantown53 — 2009-08-29 08:06:46Z

I might be able to help you. Are you still trying to find out information about this. Are you related to Everett Beede Sr./Jr. ?

Re: Abram Beede

morrilldj — 2009-07-27 17:45:04Z

Ha I think it very likely. Notonly was writing and printing hard to decipher decades later, but people seemed a little blase about spelling and consistency.

Re: Abram Beede

NevadaJack — 2009-07-26 01:29:34Z

Do you believe that Constance and Content were the same person? [It seems possible).

Please send me some details so that I can update the BBFA Database.

Thanks for this information.

Re: Abram Beede

morrilldj — 2009-07-26 01:21:57Z

Just today I found that AMos Huntington's wife was Constance Osborne, and that she also died in 1816 (in Amesbury)

Re: Abram Beede

NevadaJack — 2009-07-25 20:52:56Z

I'm sorry but I have no information other than her name.

Re: Abram Beede

morrilldj — 2009-07-25 15:11:25Z

That's very interesting and helpful. My info was Amos Huntington 1768-1816 with Pamela Hurd, but I suspect Content was his first wife and Pamela 2nd. Is anything known about Content, like last name, or parents?

Re: Abram Beede

NevadaJack — 2009-07-24 19:36:48Z

I have that the parents of Miriam and Elizabeth were Amos and Content Huntington. This came from "The Vital Records of Amesbury, Mass., to the End of the Year 1849".

Re: Abram Beede

morrilldj — 2009-07-23 14:26:06Z

My great grandmother was Mary Beede, daughter of Eli Beede and Miriam Huntington. Yes, ELi later married her sister Elizabeth, and according to family lore, this got him ejected from the Society of Friends. My query is if anyone knows ofthe parents of Miriam and Elizabeth.

Re: Daniel A. BEEDY (1799-1877)

BurnellGentle38 — 2009-07-18 04:31:52Z

Fannie Beedy and Henry Goodspeed were my great grandparents. I am trying to find out when and where Fannie died. Thanks, B Gentle

Aaron McGaffey Beede's Book "Custer-Sitting Bull"

rrjwj — 2009-03-27 23:17:55Z

I just won an auction on ebay of the Aaron McGaffey book Custer-Sitting Bull. It is a real treat to have it. It is the Indian eye-witness account of Custers Last Stand. It is a fascinating little book. And it is still more special because it was written by a Beede. I also won a book called "Maine Women" written by Helen Coffin Beede. It is a book about Maine women written by a Maine woman. And dedicated to the Maine daughters. Both are very interesting looks at a time in history that was the making of the United States. Both are around a hundred years old. I never knew that these things existed til I joined this Bigger Beede/Beedy Family. I am hoping to collect more of the books that the Beede's have written. I am fascinated by this part of my personal family history.

Re: William BEEDE & Clara Frances MC KEE

TimJordan52 — 2009-02-27 04:37:53Z

This James Musgrave Sr. and his wife Winifred Clayworth are my ancestors. I'd be interested in any other information you may have about them or other relatives in this line. Thanks. - Tim

Re: William Beede

Shari_Fiksdal — 2009-01-05 07:54:45Z

Hi,
I think we may be very distant relatives! I have been searching for Diana Beede my great great grandmother's parents who were both born in NY. She was born in VT Birth: 20 Apr 1826 Vermont, USA Death: 4 Jan 1889 Alton, Waseca, Minnesota, United States. Diana had a daughter named Bertha, my great grandmother. She was called Buckskin Bertha because of her Indian heritage. Diana marred Nathan W. Carr per the 1880 United States Federal Census
Census & Voter Lists
View Image Name: Nathan W Carr
Spouse: Diana
Birth: abt 1827 - Vermont
Residence: 1880 - Alton, Waseca, Minnesota
1860 United States Federal Census
Census & Voter Lists
View Image Name: Nathan W Carr
Birth: abt 1826 - Vermont
Residence: 1860 - Hartland, Freeborn, Minnesota
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I remember the name William Beede and Cynthia Sleeper upon doing another search in Freeborn Co. Records hall. I found they came from New England to Wisconsin and the in Freeborn Co. MN where they bought land and sold it. Since they named a daughter Bertha it leads me to believe William and Diana could be brother and sister. My whole family stayed in MN and I was born and raised there as well as my children. I am now in Oregon but searching for Diana's parents as you are Williams. Diana and her husband were in New Hampshire in the 1850 Census so it is really hard to pin down.
Thought I would share with you what I had found and would appreciate it if you find anything you might do the same. I have written to the VT Historical Society and they are searching.
If you wish to write you can contact me at whiteaglesoaring@yahoo.com or Fiksdalpps@yahoo.com (this is my lady friend who is helping me doing the searching, her name is Shari).
Wishing you the best in your search,
Allen Becker Heart (by Shari)
P.S. Since both Wm. and Diana named a daughter Bertha and were born 2 years apart I wonder if their mother's name was Bertha???? hmmmm

Looking for the parents of William BEEDE b.April 9, 1824 some where in Vermount. He Died June 4th 1888 in Freeborn Co. MN. His wife was Cynthia Sleeper and his children were:
Arabella, Charles, Lori, Freedom, Bertha, Estella.
Please Help! THANKS!

Re: James Holder Beede

sj1776 — 2008-10-06 21:28:54Z

The James beede that was in the Civil war was a James Cone Beede, not James Holder Beede.

James Holder Beede

sj1776 — 2008-09-18 21:31:57Z

I am looking for info on James Holder Beede b. 4 Nov 1846 S. Hampton NH. He was disowned by the Quakers in 1867 age 23.( New England Yearly Meeting records)He may have been in the Civil War serving from S.Hampton NH. He may have d in 1909. I found a J Beede Civil War record which seems to fit his age and place but I cannot locate it at NARA. It is in Ancestry.com. His father was Jonathan Beede b. 1802 NH. Jonathan removed to Iowa in Aug of 1867. Jonathans dau and James sister Caroline (Beede) Corliss b 1843/44 removed to Ia 1868/69. James mother Azubah (Leshure) Beede b. abt 1814 d. 26 Aug 1856 age abt 42. They last lived in S. Hampton NH. I am especially looking for info on James. Most likely he was disowned at age 23 for not marrying a Quaker. Azubahs mother was Sarah Persons m Amos LaShure 22 Feb 1807 age 41. (if this is correct she would have been abt 48 when Azubah was born) Any info appreciated. They are in the S. Hampton NH Census in 1850, 1860. Jonathan and his second wife Lydia Bean are in Iowa by 1870 census. Caroline (Beede) Corliss is also there. It does not look like James ever rejoined the quakers as there are no more records there for him as he was disowned. The lineage is Immigrant Eli Beede, Jonathan I. Beede, Eli Beede, Jonathan Beede b 1802 NH and James Holder Beede b. 1846. No wife or children have been found so far but I think there may have been some. Thanks

Lydia BEEDE Lane (1794 NH - 1874 ME)

NevadaJack — 2008-03-03 03:14:34Z

I am trying to identify the parents of Lydia BEEDE Lane (1794 NH - 1874 ME). She married John L. LANE in 1816 in Maine. They had 4 children and I have found her in the census from 1850-1870. However, I don't know who her parents were.

Does anyone have any information on her that I haven't been able to find on the Internet? Once I determine who her father was I can go from there.

Nevada Jack

Re: Lydia Staine Beede

NevadaJack — 2008-01-05 18:16:24Z

Hi Lorna,

My email address is nvjack@nvbell.net

I look forward to the scans. Thanks.

Jack

Re: Lydia Staine Beede

lornalyon1 — 2008-01-05 18:09:08Z

Hi Jack,

I haven't transcribed the letters yet. I have some and my sister has some. I will get hers and scan all of them and send the scan to you. There are some parts I can't read -- not because they are damaged but because the handwriting is difficult to read. The letters are interesting...they were written well before my grandmother was born in 1888 and he speaks bout losing all of his crops one year because of hugh swarms of grasshoppers. It will be a while before I get the scans to you. My sister does not live nearby and I will need to wait until we get together again. I will also send you my family info. I would rather do so to your e-mail address. Could you sned it to me? Thanks, Lorna

Re: Lydia Staine Beede

NevadaJack — 2008-01-05 03:11:15Z

Hi Lorna,

Have you transcribed John Currier's letters? If so, I would love to add them to the BBFA Database. It would be a great addition to our family history. If not, and you're not able to do so, I would be happy to arrange to have them transcribed at no charge to you. Let me know if you're interested and we'll work something out.

Also, I noticed that I don't have you and your family in the BBFA Database. If you send your information to nvjack@nvbell.net I will add you and send you some reports.

Best wishes,
Jack in Nevada

Re: Lydia Staine Beede

lornalyon1 — 2008-01-04 21:10:36Z

Hi Melissa,

I have a little information for you about John Currier Beede's middle name. I think we are related..my great grandfather was John Currier Beede. I have several old letters written by him about his pioneer farming days in Iowa. My grandmother was Minnie Mae Beede, b. May 1, 1888, in Iowa died at 98 in Virginia in 1986. My great grandmother was John Currier Beede's second wife, Ellen T. Ryan. As a child, I remember my grandmother telling me that her father was related to the famous lithographers, Currier and Ives. I now have an old tin box with a Currier and Ives print on the front that my grandmother kept for years because of her "family" connection. I have done a little research on the Beede family, although nothing lik that done by "Nevada Jack". I think you Lizzie Beede and my grandmother were sisters. If you want any of the info I have, please e-mail me back. Take care, Lorna

Re: Beede Reunion in Maine

ncoombs64 — 2007-11-03 12:48:00Z

Just found this site! Didn't realize there has been a Beede reunion in Maine. Would like to be on the list.Thanks. Nancy Coombs ncoombs64

French Refuges to Great Britain in the 1700's

leonbeede — 2007-09-13 04:28:51Z

Notice that one was from Loudun and both could be related. I do not know what the G and O stand for but the other is how much they paid and that is followed by the date.

Bedée de L'Etang Magdeleine G O 10/00/00 1 1707
Bedée des Aunais Jaques [36] Loudun G O 48 10/00/00 1 1705
Below is the website that people might want to visit.
http://www.pricegen.com/english_genealogy.html

Re: New Information on location of Jean Bedé's house in Paris

jamesfox127 — 2007-08-23 12:53:57Z

Paul Gervais has discovered the location of Jean Bedé's House in Paris from the mid 1600s. Jean Bedé was the brother of Abel Bedé, from whom (as far as we can tell at this point) Eli Bedé is directly descended. So in other words for the Eli Beede fan club/descendants Jean Bedé is our great (times around 13 depending on the generation) grand uncle. The information on the house that Paul found is below.

I've looked around to find an interesting item. A large, important house in Paris, at 23, Rue Visconti, was discussed as follows in a file regarding that property:

(translation)

"Upon the death of Christoph..., his widow remarried Marin... and then sold the house (above mentioned) on July 11, 1602, to Jean Béddée (later Bedé, then Beede), Sieur de
la Gourmandiere, lawyer to the Parliament. One of his sons acquired the property in 1662, then sold it on the 20th of february ..."

If you want to know the location you can put 23, Rue Visconti, Paris, France in Google Earth. Also if you use a French website called "mappy.com" you will find a photo of what is there now. I am going to check it out after work today here in Paris.

Jake

Re: New Information on origins of Beede family in France

cindysutton13 — 2007-08-23 11:29:40Z

Hi James,

This has been facinating to read. I hope it's been as facinating for you to research. I look forward to your posts in September.

Thank you for sharing the informations with us!

Cindy

Re: New Information on origins of Beede family in France

jamesfox127 — 2007-08-22 09:50:21Z

The furthest back we have gone is that it appears that the father of Abel Bedé
(born 1568) was a close disciple of Jean Calvin. This would explain the family's
strong presence in the Eglise Réformée (Reformed Church, Calvinists, similar
to Presbytarians) for the successive generations. The connection was made that
Abel Bedé’s brother Jean Bedé (who is relatively famous), was the son or
descendant of one someone who co-signed on one of Jean Calvin’s Statements
under the name of “Bedoeus”(the Latin spelling of the name). This connection
was made by the SHPF’s (Society for the History of Protestantism in France)
Genealogy circle for Protestants. The organization is located in Paris, France
at 54 rue de Saint-Père, 75007.

The connection is verified by the fact that the Bedé name is quoted as
appearing spelled in the same Latin way on the engraving that I discovered
exists of Abel Bedé that was done in 1598. I found it referenced to under the
entry for Abel Bedé, in a historical dictionary (Dictionnaire Historique,
Géographique et Biographique, de Maine-et-Loire, 1988) in the local archives in
Angers, France (Departmental Archives Maine-et-Loire). That book references the
“La France Protestante” book by Emile or Eugene Haag, which I mentioned in
the previous e-mail. My dad is currently going to find this book at the
University of Washington library where a copy exists apparently, since it is in
this book that the engraving actually exists. The father of Abel and Jean Bedé
is listed in the Maine-et-Loire historical dictionary as having died in Angers
in 1599 (no further information).

At some point a Bedé made a loan of money to the son of the King of France’s
main architect. I have the detailed info but not in front of me, I’ll get it
when I go back to the states.

The next two paragraphs are made up of additional information from the above
mentioned historical dictionaries of Maine-et-Loire (Angers is the capital of
the Department). Abel Bedé and his brother Jean were both nobles, and important
figures. Jean was a lawyer, and was part of the noble assembly in Paris,
otherwise called the Parlement of Paris. He was also an author and wrote a
number of books on religion and monarchy. He actually wrote a book defending
divine right kingship, but it was later censored by Louis XIII despite defending
his position. He also wrote a book justifying the independence of the French
(Gallican) Christian church from the Pope using the history of the Knights
Templar as an example. That is the rough translation anyways. He was a member
of the reformed church communities first in Paris, then in Samur, Chatellerault,
Gergeau, and Loudun (this is the correct spelling for the French town, and
differs from the spelling with a second “o” in towns in the United States, I
accidentally misspelled it in the previous e-mail) where the family would later
settle. Jean also served in the regional political assemblies of all these
places. Let me know if you want the full details on these books, but you know
the author atleast . I will translate all this info word for word and send it
in September.

Abel Bedé (the direct ancestor of us and Eli Beede) was a more religious man.
He studied in the Calvinist theological schools in Switzerland; first Geneva
(1586 he appears in the registers as an 18 year old student) then Heidelberg. He
was the minister of Heidelberg in 1595, then the minister of Loudun in 1601. In
1601 he was also a deputy for the Province of Anjou (which at that time included
Loudun) to the National Reformed Church Synode in Gergeau (Synodes we
conventions setup to govern the new Protestant/Calvinist Reformed Church). He
also served the same role at a Synode in La Rochelle in 1607.

There is another Abel Bedé noted who was Lord of Aunais or Saunay, in Bazouges
where he lived in the early-middle 1600s. Our connection to him is as yet
uncertain.

Like I said the Bedé Generations following the first Abel Bedé described above
were in Loudun. They actually lived in a fortified farmhouse complex, complete
with a short wide dolmen in the courtyard, in a village called Bournand. We have
located and visited the house. I think it is currently for sale. To get more info on these Bedé generations, the best
thing would be to go to the Departmental Archives. The Department name is the
“Vienne” or Department # 86. The website for the archives is
http://www.archives-vienne.cg86.fr/. If you click on Archives en ligne, then "Les registres paroissiaux et d’état civil", then look under localités for Loudun, and Bournand.

The Bedé family then moved to Jersey shortly before the Edit de Nantes was
revoked by Louis XIV (14th) (The Sun King) in 1685. The Edit de Nantes had
granted basic civil and religious rights to Protestants. Its revocation meant
that Protestants had no legal protection from the French government, and were
forbidden to practice their form of worship, so in other words: open hunting
season on the Calvinist/Protestants (called Huguenots in France). The Bedé
family fled for Jersey a few years before the revocation as the situation had
already begun to deteriorate, and they sensed it was “time to get the hell out
of Dodge City”. Henri Bedé was the last Bedé born in Loudun. Then Eli was
born in Jersey.

Eli Beede (the New Hampshire husband of Sleeper that we all trace back to) came
to America by accident. As I said his father Henri apparently died in a
shipwreck. He was living with his mother in Jersey when his uncle invited him to
accompany a voyage to the United States. His mother was very worried she would
never see him again but Eli went anyways. Eli was apparently horribly seasick
the entire voyage to the United States. Upon arrival, the decision was made that
Eli wouldn’t be able to make the return trip to France given the danger to his
health from how severely sea sick he was. So his uncle arranged an indentured
servitude to the Sleeper family in New Hampshire, whose daughter he eventually
married. You know the story from there.

As for me my family is descended from Eli Beede, then Thomas Beede, then Thomas
Beede again in New Hampshire. The family name then disappeared for our branch as
Nancy Beede married and became Nancy Abbott. The next generation (Abby Lucia)
Abbott was born in New York, and married into the Carman family, and then moved
out to California with them. The son of Abby Lucia was Stephen Carman, who was
born in California, then moved to Seattle. His daughter Josephene Carman then
married Robert R Fox. Their daughter Barbara J. Fox (my grandmother) then
married James Henry Curran. My dad then took the two last names and became
Robert R Foxcurran. I am then James Henry Foxcurran, and my little brother is
Robert R Foxcurran like my dad. That is all in the info I attached, I just
thought I’d spell it out to avoid confusion. There is now another
generation in our branch after mine, so time marches on.

Re: New Information on origins of Beede family in France

timothy_beede — 2007-08-22 00:58:30Z

I do hope you will keep us informed of any further findings. Jake, I do find this incredably interesting. Thank's Tim

New Information on origins of Beede family in France

jamesfox127 — 2007-08-20 18:40:51Z

Dear Sir or Madam,

My name is James Foxcurran and I am a fellow descendant of Eli Beede (via the Thomas Beede branch). My family has discovered the origins of Eli Beede in France, and as I am living here this summer I have now traced the line back to the late 1500's and found a portrait of Abel Bede (French spelling) from 1598. I will explain below.

Eli Beede was the son of Henri Bede who died in a shipwreck. Eli was born on Jersey Island, just off the coast of Normandy France. His father Henri was a Huguenot (protestant) refugee from a town called Bournand, which is an outskirt of the larger town of Loudon in Western France. Loudon is just north of the French city of Poitiers.

The family spend 5 generations living in Bournand in a farm house that we have identified and visited. It is a fortified rectangular farm enclosure built around on of the largest Dolmens in Western France (like at Stonehenge only shorter and wider). During these Generations the male Bede ancestors intermarried with women from the area. The wives maiden names were Pelens, Besnard, l'Hyde, and Le Tonnelier (which means a cooper in English).

Before their time in Bournand the Bede family lived further north in the Loire Valley. The first Bede to move down to Bournand is described as being "angeevin" meaning that he was from the region around the town of Angers. Angers is on the Maine River, just north of the Loire River between Samur and Nantes. The family also had ties to and spent time in Samur, another Loire River town southeast of Angers. The Bede family appears to have all had titles of nobility. The title from the time in the Loire Valley is "Sieur de la Gourmandiere". There is a vineyard near Samur titled "les vignobles de la Gourmandiere", or Vineyards of the Gourmandiere. I contacted them yesterday, but haven't recieved a reply.

Via local archives it has come to our attention that a portrait exists of Abel Bede, that was done in 1598. The portrait can be found in a book called "La France Protestante" by Emile (or Eugene) Haag. The UNiversity of Washington Library has a copy, and Amazon lists it but doesn't show any current stock. My dad is going to check it out at the library soon, so I can forward it to whomever whats it then.

We have more detailed history of birthdays, wives, and brothers and sisters if any are interested. It is attached in a document to the post. Unfortunately much of it is in French cursive and maybe difficult to read, but the essential is there in English.

My e-mail address is jamesfox@u.washington.edu, and anyone is free to contact me for the full details or questions. I will not move back to the USA until early September at which time I can be contacted at (206) 913-8139. God Bless you all, and God Bless America.

James (Jake) Foxcurran
University of Washington Undergraduate
European Studies and Economics
4013 N.E. 62nd st.
Seattle, Wa. 98115
jamesfox@u.washington.edu
Cell Phone - (206) 913-8139

Ivan Beede

coolguy_319 — 2007-05-21 05:39:37Z

I was wondering if anyone could send me information about Ivan Beede, author of Prairie Women. I live in western Nebraska and can't figure out how the Beede's got here. I am the great nephew or great-great nephew of Ivan. I need to consult my father about exact lineage.

Beede Reunion in Maine

leonbeede — 2007-04-21 03:20:25Z

Is there going to be a Beede Reunion this year and will it be in Maine as in the past? There may be some Moody cousins interested in coming to find information and converse. Please let us know because there are a lot of Moodys in Maine.
Lynn Stewart (Leon Beede) with dna linked to Moodys