Display Patriot - P-111620 - William BEARD

William BEARD

SAR Patriot #: P-111620

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State of Service: MA      Qualifying Service: Private
DAR #: A008087

Birth: 04 Jun 1758 Pelham / Hillsborough / NH
Death: 11 Aug 1838 Dunbarton / Merrimack / NH

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. Private in Captain John Ford’s Company at Fort Ticonderoga in 1776
  2. Private in Captain Stephen Russell’s Company in Samuel Bullard’s Regiment in General Warner’s Brigade in 1777

Additional References:
  1. Batchellor, Albert Stillman, Miscellaneous Revolutionary Documents of New Hampshire, Including the Association Test, the Pension Rolls, and Other Important Papers, Volume 30, New Hampshire. Manchester: The John B. Clark Co, 1910, pg 344
  2. Secretary of the Commonwealth, Massachusetts Soldiers, and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Volume I, Massachusetts. Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co, 1901, pg 871- 872
  3. Stark, Caleb, History of the Town of Dunbarton, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, from the Grant by Mason’s Assigns, in 1751, to the Year 1860, New Hampshire. Concord: G. Parker Lyon, 1860, pg 212–213
  4. Patriot Grave and Biography Report - William Beard

Spouse: Deliverance Haseltine
Children: Rachel; Mary;
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Burial:
Dunbarton Center Cemetery (C-0121850)
Location:
Dunbarton Center / Merrimack / NH / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
2278007
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
43.103790 / -71.616400
Find A Grave Memorial #:
240272124
Marker Type:
SAR Stake
SAR Grave Dedication Date:
27 May 2024

Comments:

Photo taken and submitted with permission from compatriot Curtis Hermann (NH) member 216629.



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Author: Dr. Barry Paul Lewis Jr.

William Beard was born on 4 June 1758 in Pelham, New Hampshire.

During the Revolutionary War, he served in the Massachusetts Continental Line. He was a private in Captain John Ford’s Company at Fort Ticonderoga in 1776. He was a private in Captain Stephen Russell’s Company in Samuel Bullard’s Regiment in General Warner’s Brigade in 1777.

He married Deliverance Haseltine in Salem, New Hampshire, on 04 April 1782. Their known children, born in Dunbarton, New Hampshire:

  • Rachel was born on 16 February 1789 and married Moses Marshall.
  • Mary E. "Molly" was born on 16 March 1791 and married James Stone.

He served in several town offices in Dunbarton and cultivated hops.

The Patriot died on 10 August 1838 and was buried in Dunbarton Center Cemetery in Dunbarton, New Hampshire.

 

Sources:

  1. Birth record.
  2. Batchellor, Albert Stillman, New Hampshire State Papers, vol. 30, Miscellaneous Revolutionary Documents of New Hampshire Including the Association Test, the Pension Rolls, and Other Important Papers (Manchester, NH: The John B. Clarke Co., 1910), pg. 344.
  3. Secretary of the Commonwealth. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, vol. 1 (Boston, MA: Wright & Potter, 1896), pg. 871, 872.
  4. Stark, Caleb. History of the Town of Dunbarton, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, from the Grant by Mason’s Assigns, in 1751, to the Year 1860 (Concord, NH: G. Parker Lyon, 1860), pg. 212–213.
  5. Marriage record.
  6. Birth records for children.

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