Biographical Note |
- John Beebe’s occupation was a Farmer Soldier and in the summer of 1676, Ensign John Beebe on New London, with Captain George Denison, was with a company which was raised in New London County for the Indian War. There was once a dispute between the New London and Lyme people over the right to mow grass on debatable land. When the Lyme people came with a constable who began to read a warrant for apprehension of another ensign, Sergeant Beebe interrupted him crying 'we care not a straw for your paper.' There was a struggle between the two parties which did not result seriously to either side, 'for an attempt to drive Mr. Matthew Griswold and Lieut. William Waller by violence off their lands, resistance to authority and assault,' Very likely he had been for some time on the plantation of New London in the service of John Winthrop, the founder. There are records of several land purchases in 1651 and 1652 by John. In 1707, he deeded31 acres to his son Benjamin. This deed was recorded 28 April 1714 but he was probably dead by that time. He was called a 'Leather Dresser' in a deed dated 1660. In 1675, he was appointed Ensign by the general court. During King Philip’s War in June 1676, he went on several expeditions against the Indians to Rhode Island, Taunton and beyond Westfield, MA on the way to Albany. On one of these expeditions, the company ascended the Connecticut River to Northampton, where they joined Major Talcot with supplies of which the army was in urgent need. In 1690, he was commissioned a lieutenant. Clarence Beebe in 'John Beebe of Broughton,' 1921, says his death was ‘about April 1714.' Compiled by Alan D. Henry, 1199 Ashland Dr., Temperance, Michigan 48182. E-Mail - adhenry@@worldnet.att.net
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