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NAME RECORD (#1516)
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Name |
Last |
First |
Middle |
Marriage |
Beckley |
Elias, Capt. |
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Birth |
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Father | |
Mother | |
Baptism |
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Occupations | |
Marriage (1) |
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First Name |
Middle Name |
Last Name |
Marriage Name |
MarriageDate |
MarriageTown |
MarriageState |
MarriageCountry |
1 |
link |
Lois |
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Parsons |
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1757/08/04 |
Kensington |
CT |
USA |
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Children (5) |
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First Name |
Middle Name |
Last Name |
Marriage Name |
Birthdate |
1 |
link |
Elias, 1760-1828 |
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Beckley |
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2 |
link |
Sylvester |
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Beckley |
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3 |
link |
Olive |
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Beckley |
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4 |
link |
Thearina |
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Beckley |
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5 |
link |
Selah |
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Beckley |
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1767/03/31 |
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Death |
Date |
Town |
State |
Country |
Cemetery |
Cemetery Town |
Cemetery State |
Cemetery Country |
Obit File |
1816/02/14 |
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Beckley |
Berlin |
CT |
USA |
0 |
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Notes (1) |
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Note |
1 |
Card cataog notes: "Members [with wife] of Berlin Cong. Church in 1775. An early blacksmith of Berlin, [he] learned how to make tools from father. Around 1785 made tinner's tools. Shop was foundation for a number of machine tool companies. Built own house and made all the iron works, nails, latches and hinges. During Revolution [he] served on Town Comm. to ship priovisions to Boston. One of first of 3 town selectmen elected at 1st town meeting at Kens. Cong. Church, 13 June 1785 held for organizational purposes. Son of original settler Richard." Died at age 80.
Married in the Kensington Congregational Church, he and his wife were both from Kensington.
Infant son, unnamed, died 1775/08/30
Berlin records, p. 208.
Tinsmiths of Conn., p. 22, 162
Early Conn. Marriages, p. 3 |
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Sources | Berlin (Conn.) Town Records Early Connecticut Marriages Tinsmiths of Conn. Berlin Cong. Church records |