Died 16 Apr 1893 86y
David Beaman, one of the early settlers of the town of Antwerp, was born in Westminster, Mass., in 1796. He was the son of Joseph and Annis Beaman. The latter was left a widow with 11 children.
David, being next to the eldest, was put out to learn the hatter's trade. In 1818, when but 22 years of age, he came to Antwerp with a small stock of the fine felt and gentlemen's silk hats, and three $10 bills.
Finding no demand for such expensive head dressing, he turned his attention to the principal industry at that time--the clearing of land. He hired out to Mr. Copeland, who conducted an hotel on the site of the present Proctor House, for $10 per month, and thus paid for the farm, which he purchased of David Parish.
After taking possession of the farm, on which was a log house, he sent for his mother and younger children.
David Beaman married Miss Lucy Porter, and they had three children.
His second wife was Miss Sally Mosher, and their children are Alonzo Beaman, of Kansas, and Alice and Annis (twins), who reside with their mother in Antwerp.
David Beaman died in 1883, aged 86 years. He was a successful farmer, and followed that occupation until his death, with the exception of a few years in Watertown.
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DAVID Beaman, b. in Westminster, Mass., Oct. 21, 1796 ; when twenty-one years of age he emigrated to what was then called the Black River Country. He had only his hands, which he used industriously in chopping for lumbermen to purchase his first forty acres of woodland, which he cleared with his own hands and built a log house. In the meantime his father had died; he returned to Westminster and brought his mother and the four youngest children to his new home in Antwerp, Jefferson Co., N.Y.; from then on he continued to farm and slowly add acres to his land.
The log house gave way to a substantial farm house and plenty of surrounding out buildings, the older brothers and sisters followed and purchased land, married and settled around Antwerp, except Hiram, who went to Pennsylvania and settled near Union.
By tact and economy their property increased until there was an estate of about 600 acres, now owned and occupied by his two youngest daughters. Mr. Beaman m.
(1) Mar. 1, 1828, Lucy Porter; she d. July 21, 1839, and he m.
(2)in 1840, Sally Ann Mosher, b. Mar. 4, 1814; d. July 12, 1901.
Children :
1. Harriet Beaman,
2. Jane Beaman,
3. George Porter Beaman,
4. Alonzo Beaman,
5. Alice Beaman,
6. Annis Beaman, b. June 19, 1843 ; living on the homestead in Antwerp.
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David Beaman son of Capt. Joseph and Annis, the pioneer of the Northern New York Beamans, removed in 1818, to what is called the Black River country in New York state.
Here he began rafting on the St. Lawrence River, chopping and working for Hotelkeeper Copeland for ten dollars a month in the winter, one half land pay; and in the summer for from
thirteen to sixteen dollars a month, helping to clear the land of timber. In this way he paid for his first forty acres.
In 1865 he owned about five hundred acres of land. After the death of his father he went back to Westminster and brought his mother and Younger brothers and sisters in a lumber wagon to his home, a log house in the woods two miles from Indian River, at a place now called Antwerp, in Jefferson Co. He m. (1), Mar. 21, 1828, Lucy Porter, b. Mar. 28, 1811
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DAVID Beaman 8 (26795), b. in Westminster, Mass., Oct. 21, 1796 ; when twenty-one years of age he emigrated to what was then called the Black River Country. He had only his hands, which he used industriously in chopping for lumbermen to purchase his first forty acres of woodland, which he cleared with his own hands and built a log house. In the meantime his father had died; he returned to Westminster and brought his mother and the four youngest children to his new home in Antwerp, Jefferson Co., N. Y.; from then on he continued to farm and slowly add acres to his land. The log house gave way to a substantial farm house and plenty of surrounding out buildings, the older
brothers and sisters followed and purchased land, married and settled around Antwerp, except Hiram, who went to Pennsylvania and settled near Union. By tact and economy their property
increased until there was an estate of about 600 acres, now owned and occupied by his two youngest daughters. Mr. Beaman m.
(1) Mar. 1, 1828, Lucy Porter; she d. July 21, 1839, and he m.
(2) in 1840, Sally Ann Mosher, b. Mar. 4, 1814; d. July 12, 1901.
Children :
1. Harriet Beaman, 9 -+-
2. Jane Beaman, 9 -f
3. George Porter Beaman, 9 -f-
4. Alonzo Beaman, 9 -j-
5. Alice Beaman, 9
6. Annis Beaman, 9
b. June 19, 1843 ; living on the homestead in Antwerp.
David Beaman, one of the early settlers of the town of Antwerp, was born in Westminster, Mass., in 1796. He was the son of Joseph and Annis Beaman. The latter was left a widow with 11 children.
David, being next to the eldest, was put out to learn the hatter's trade. In 1818, when but 22 years of age, he came to Antwerp with a small stock of the fine felt and gentlemen's silk hats, and three $10 bills.
Finding no demand for such expensive head dressing, he turned his attention to the principal industry at that time--the clearing of land. He hired out to Mr. Copeland, who conducted an hotel on the site of the present Proctor House, for $10 per month, and thus paid for the farm, which he purchased of David Parish.
After taking possession of the farm, on which was a log house, he sent for his mother and younger children.
David Beaman married Miss Lucy Porter, and they had three children.
His second wife was Miss Sally Mosher, and their children are Alonzo Beaman, of Kansas, and Alice and Annis (twins), who reside with their mother in Antwerp.
David Beaman died in 1883, aged 86 years. He was a successful farmer, and followed that occupation until his death, with the exception of a few years in Watertown.
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DAVID Beaman, b. in Westminster, Mass., Oct. 21, 1796 ; when twenty-one years of age he emigrated to what was then called the Black River Country. He had only his hands, which he used industriously in chopping for lumbermen to purchase his first forty acres of woodland, which he cleared with his own hands and built a log house. In the meantime his father had died; he returned to Westminster and brought his mother and the four youngest children to his new home in Antwerp, Jefferson Co., N.Y.; from then on he continued to farm and slowly add acres to his land.
The log house gave way to a substantial farm house and plenty of surrounding out buildings, the older brothers and sisters followed and purchased land, married and settled around Antwerp, except Hiram, who went to Pennsylvania and settled near Union.
By tact and economy their property increased until there was an estate of about 600 acres, now owned and occupied by his two youngest daughters. Mr. Beaman m.
(1) Mar. 1, 1828, Lucy Porter; she d. July 21, 1839, and he m.
(2)in 1840, Sally Ann Mosher, b. Mar. 4, 1814; d. July 12, 1901.
Children :
1. Harriet Beaman,
2. Jane Beaman,
3. George Porter Beaman,
4. Alonzo Beaman,
5. Alice Beaman,
6. Annis Beaman, b. June 19, 1843 ; living on the homestead in Antwerp.
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David Beaman son of Capt. Joseph and Annis, the pioneer of the Northern New York Beamans, removed in 1818, to what is called the Black River country in New York state.
Here he began rafting on the St. Lawrence River, chopping and working for Hotelkeeper Copeland for ten dollars a month in the winter, one half land pay; and in the summer for from
thirteen to sixteen dollars a month, helping to clear the land of timber. In this way he paid for his first forty acres.
In 1865 he owned about five hundred acres of land. After the death of his father he went back to Westminster and brought his mother and Younger brothers and sisters in a lumber wagon to his home, a log house in the woods two miles from Indian River, at a place now called Antwerp, in Jefferson Co. He m. (1), Mar. 21, 1828, Lucy Porter, b. Mar. 28, 1811
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DAVID Beaman 8 (26795), b. in Westminster, Mass., Oct. 21, 1796 ; when twenty-one years of age he emigrated to what was then called the Black River Country. He had only his hands, which he used industriously in chopping for lumbermen to purchase his first forty acres of woodland, which he cleared with his own hands and built a log house. In the meantime his father had died; he returned to Westminster and brought his mother and the four youngest children to his new home in Antwerp, Jefferson Co., N. Y.; from then on he continued to farm and slowly add acres to his land. The log house gave way to a substantial farm house and plenty of surrounding out buildings, the older
brothers and sisters followed and purchased land, married and settled around Antwerp, except Hiram, who went to Pennsylvania and settled near Union. By tact and economy their property
increased until there was an estate of about 600 acres, now owned and occupied by his two youngest daughters. Mr. Beaman m.
(1) Mar. 1, 1828, Lucy Porter; she d. July 21, 1839, and he m.
(2) in 1840, Sally Ann Mosher, b. Mar. 4, 1814; d. July 12, 1901.
Children :
1. Harriet Beaman, 9 -+-
2. Jane Beaman, 9 -f
3. George Porter Beaman, 9 -f-
4. Alonzo Beaman, 9 -j-
5. Alice Beaman, 9
6. Annis Beaman, 9
b. June 19, 1843 ; living on the homestead in Antwerp.
Died 16 Apr 1893 86y
David Beaman, one of the early settlers of the town of Antwerp, was born in Westminster, Mass., in 1796. He was the son of Joseph and Annis Beaman. The latter was left a widow with 11 children.
David, being next to the eldest, was put out to learn the hatter's trade. In 1818, when but 22 years of age, he came to Antwerp with a small stock of the fine felt and gentlemen's silk hats, and three $10 bills.
Finding no demand for such expensive head dressing, he turned his attention to the principal industry at that time--the clearing of land. He hired out to Mr. Copeland, who conducted an hotel on the site of the present Proctor House, for $10 per month, and thus paid for the farm, which he purchased of David Parish.
After taking possession of the farm, on which was a log house, he sent for his mother and younger children.
David Beaman married Miss Lucy Porter, and they had three children.
His second wife was Miss Sally Mosher, and their children are Alonzo Beaman, of Kansas, and Alice and Annis (twins), who reside with their mother in Antwerp.
David Beaman died in 1883, aged 86 years. He was a successful farmer, and followed that occupation until his death, with the exception of a few years in Watertown.
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DAVID Beaman, b. in Westminster, Mass., Oct. 21, 1796 ; when twenty-one years of age he emigrated to what was then called the Black River Country. He had only his hands, which he used industriously in chopping for lumbermen to purchase his first forty acres of woodland, which he cleared with his own hands and built a log house. In the meantime his father had died; he returned to Westminster and brought his mother and the four youngest children to his new home in Antwerp, Jefferson Co., N.Y.; from then on he continued to farm and slowly add acres to his land.
The log house gave way to a substantial farm house and plenty of surrounding out buildings, the older brothers and sisters followed and purchased land, married and settled around Antwerp, except Hiram, who went to Pennsylvania and settled near Union.
By tact and economy their property increased until there was an estate of about 600 acres, now owned and occupied by his two youngest daughters. Mr. Beaman m.
(1) Mar. 1, 1828, Lucy Porter; she d. July 21, 1839, and he m.
(2)in 1840, Sally Ann Mosher, b. Mar. 4, 1814; d. July 12, 1901.
Children :
1. Harriet Beaman,
2. Jane Beaman,
3. George Porter Beaman,
4. Alonzo Beaman,
5. Alice Beaman,
6. Annis Beaman, b. June 19, 1843 ; living on the homestead in Antwerp.
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David Beaman son of Capt. Joseph and Annis, the pioneer of the Northern New York Beamans, removed in 1818, to what is called the Black River country in New York state.
Here he began rafting on the St. Lawrence River, chopping and working for Hotelkeeper Copeland for ten dollars a month in the winter, one half land pay; and in the summer for from
thirteen to sixteen dollars a month, helping to clear the land of timber. In this way he paid for his first forty acres.
In 1865 he owned about five hundred acres of land. After the death of his father he went back to Westminster and brought his mother and Younger brothers and sisters in a lumber wagon to his home, a log house in the woods two miles from Indian River, at a place now called Antwerp, in Jefferson Co. He m. (1), Mar. 21, 1828, Lucy Porter, b. Mar. 28, 1811
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DAVID Beaman 8 (26795), b. in Westminster, Mass., Oct. 21, 1796 ; when twenty-one years of age he emigrated to what was then called the Black River Country. He had only his hands, which he used industriously in chopping for lumbermen to purchase his first forty acres of woodland, which he cleared with his own hands and built a log house. In the meantime his father had died; he returned to Westminster and brought his mother and the four youngest children to his new home in Antwerp, Jefferson Co., N. Y.; from then on he continued to farm and slowly add acres to his land. The log house gave way to a substantial farm house and plenty of surrounding out buildings, the older
brothers and sisters followed and purchased land, married and settled around Antwerp, except Hiram, who went to Pennsylvania and settled near Union. By tact and economy their property
increased until there was an estate of about 600 acres, now owned and occupied by his two youngest daughters. Mr. Beaman m.
(1) Mar. 1, 1828, Lucy Porter; she d. July 21, 1839, and he m.
(2) in 1840, Sally Ann Mosher, b. Mar. 4, 1814; d. July 12, 1901.
Children :
1. Harriet Beaman, 9 -+-
2. Jane Beaman, 9 -f
3. George Porter Beaman, 9 -f-
4. Alonzo Beaman, 9 -j-
5. Alice Beaman, 9
6. Annis Beaman, 9
b. June 19, 1843 ; living on the homestead in Antwerp.
David Beaman, one of the early settlers of the town of Antwerp, was born in Westminster, Mass., in 1796. He was the son of Joseph and Annis Beaman. The latter was left a widow with 11 children.
David, being next to the eldest, was put out to learn the hatter's trade. In 1818, when but 22 years of age, he came to Antwerp with a small stock of the fine felt and gentlemen's silk hats, and three $10 bills.
Finding no demand for such expensive head dressing, he turned his attention to the principal industry at that time--the clearing of land. He hired out to Mr. Copeland, who conducted an hotel on the site of the present Proctor House, for $10 per month, and thus paid for the farm, which he purchased of David Parish.
After taking possession of the farm, on which was a log house, he sent for his mother and younger children.
David Beaman married Miss Lucy Porter, and they had three children.
His second wife was Miss Sally Mosher, and their children are Alonzo Beaman, of Kansas, and Alice and Annis (twins), who reside with their mother in Antwerp.
David Beaman died in 1883, aged 86 years. He was a successful farmer, and followed that occupation until his death, with the exception of a few years in Watertown.
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DAVID Beaman, b. in Westminster, Mass., Oct. 21, 1796 ; when twenty-one years of age he emigrated to what was then called the Black River Country. He had only his hands, which he used industriously in chopping for lumbermen to purchase his first forty acres of woodland, which he cleared with his own hands and built a log house. In the meantime his father had died; he returned to Westminster and brought his mother and the four youngest children to his new home in Antwerp, Jefferson Co., N.Y.; from then on he continued to farm and slowly add acres to his land.
The log house gave way to a substantial farm house and plenty of surrounding out buildings, the older brothers and sisters followed and purchased land, married and settled around Antwerp, except Hiram, who went to Pennsylvania and settled near Union.
By tact and economy their property increased until there was an estate of about 600 acres, now owned and occupied by his two youngest daughters. Mr. Beaman m.
(1) Mar. 1, 1828, Lucy Porter; she d. July 21, 1839, and he m.
(2)in 1840, Sally Ann Mosher, b. Mar. 4, 1814; d. July 12, 1901.
Children :
1. Harriet Beaman,
2. Jane Beaman,
3. George Porter Beaman,
4. Alonzo Beaman,
5. Alice Beaman,
6. Annis Beaman, b. June 19, 1843 ; living on the homestead in Antwerp.
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David Beaman son of Capt. Joseph and Annis, the pioneer of the Northern New York Beamans, removed in 1818, to what is called the Black River country in New York state.
Here he began rafting on the St. Lawrence River, chopping and working for Hotelkeeper Copeland for ten dollars a month in the winter, one half land pay; and in the summer for from
thirteen to sixteen dollars a month, helping to clear the land of timber. In this way he paid for his first forty acres.
In 1865 he owned about five hundred acres of land. After the death of his father he went back to Westminster and brought his mother and Younger brothers and sisters in a lumber wagon to his home, a log house in the woods two miles from Indian River, at a place now called Antwerp, in Jefferson Co. He m. (1), Mar. 21, 1828, Lucy Porter, b. Mar. 28, 1811
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DAVID Beaman 8 (26795), b. in Westminster, Mass., Oct. 21, 1796 ; when twenty-one years of age he emigrated to what was then called the Black River Country. He had only his hands, which he used industriously in chopping for lumbermen to purchase his first forty acres of woodland, which he cleared with his own hands and built a log house. In the meantime his father had died; he returned to Westminster and brought his mother and the four youngest children to his new home in Antwerp, Jefferson Co., N. Y.; from then on he continued to farm and slowly add acres to his land. The log house gave way to a substantial farm house and plenty of surrounding out buildings, the older
brothers and sisters followed and purchased land, married and settled around Antwerp, except Hiram, who went to Pennsylvania and settled near Union. By tact and economy their property
increased until there was an estate of about 600 acres, now owned and occupied by his two youngest daughters. Mr. Beaman m.
(1) Mar. 1, 1828, Lucy Porter; she d. July 21, 1839, and he m.
(2) in 1840, Sally Ann Mosher, b. Mar. 4, 1814; d. July 12, 1901.
Children :
1. Harriet Beaman, 9 -+-
2. Jane Beaman, 9 -f
3. George Porter Beaman, 9 -f-
4. Alonzo Beaman, 9 -j-
5. Alice Beaman, 9
6. Annis Beaman, 9
b. June 19, 1843 ; living on the homestead in Antwerp.
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