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BEARD FAMILY HISTORY and GENEALOGY By RUTH LINDENBERGER CoPYUGBT 1939 Most Lovi,ngly Dedicated To My Mother NANCY BEARD EASON TABLE OF CONTENTS Key to the abbreviations used........... ••·······························-········································· 6 Our Royal ancestors ·······································-······················ ····························-······· 7 The English home of Beard emigrant ancestor........................................................ 16 Nantucket ancestors and history of the island...... •·······················-··························· 13 Origin and orthography of the name Beard.............................................................. 15 John and Deborah (Pease) Beard... ••························~················································ 17 Richard and Eunice (Macy) Beard............................................................................ 19 Jonathan and Eunice (Beard) Gifford...................................................................... 19 Isaac and Sarah (Hinshaw) Reynolds ...................................................................... 20 William and Levina (Gifford) Beard........................................................................ 24 David and Rebecca (Brown). Beard................................ -......................................... 28 William A. and Martha (Henley) Beard.................................................................. 33 James and Mary (Manlove) and Olive (Kent) Beard....... -................................. 45 Nathan and Cynthia (Beard) Wilmot...................................................................... 45 Thomas and Rebecca (Beard) Howell.................................... ••·-······-····················· 54 David Wm. and Esther (Howell) Beard.................................................................. 63 John and Lydia (Beard) Guyer................................................................................ 74 Benjamin and Mary (Thornburg) Beard.................................................................. 71 William and Polly (Brown) Beard.......................................................... ·-··············· 78 Nathan and Caroline ( Martin) Beard...... ~............................................................... 8'Z George and Mary (Way) Beard................................................................................ 89 William and Rachel (Pierson) Beard...................................................................... 94 Thomas and Mary (Beard) Roberts.......................................................................... 95 Benjamin and Elizabeth (Beard) Elmore................................................................ 9C) John and Catherine (DuBois) Bearcl. ...................................................................... 103 John and Sarah (Beard) Lewis.................................................................................. 109 Nathan and Abigail (Beard) Bond........................................................................... .111 Thomas and Eliza (Burk) Beard...... ·.···································································-··· 114 Peter and Phoebe ( Beard) Albert.............................................................................. 114 Joseph and Lydia (Beard) Pierce............................................................................... 115 Elihu and Ann (Kennan) Beard................................................................................ 116 Peter (widower) and Hannah (Beard) Albert.................................... .................. 117 William and Mary (James) Beard.......................................................................... 118 George and Catherine (Pierson) Beard.................................................................... 119 Poetry on pages...................................................................... 58, 59, 68, 70, 71, 83, 120 Family letters on pages............................................... .12 & 13, 28 to 31, 44, 45, 48, 72 Will of Wm. Beard...................................................................................................... 25 Will of James Beard................................................................. ••········-······················· 46 A letter to readers, by the author............................................................................. .121 Appendix There are at least 5'14 different surnames represented in this genealogical record. In the beginning (after the record was completed) I spent several days arranging a complete alphabetical index so that in one moment you could find anybody listed. This, however, was discouraged by the publisher, saying that it would be a waste of paper and a needless expense to have such a small book fully indexed. Therefore, I discarded the fine index for the table of contents showing the main heads of families, and you will be obliged to know your grandparents, at least, to locate your own record in the book. KEY. b.-born. s.-son. dt.-daughter. wid.-widow. widr.-widower. fam.-family. div.-divorced. w.-wife. h.-husband. ch.-children. m.-married. MM.-monthly meeting ( Quaker minutes). d.-died. nfr.-no further record ( d. young or if m., without issue) means that the record is closed-no continuation. nf t.-no further trace ( record should continue but could not locate). NFT.-not located so record closed. Ad. :-place of residence of the living descendants OUR ROYAL ANCESTRY FROM BRITANNICA ENCYCLOPEDIA Ealhmund, king of Kent. Ecgberht, king of West Saxons, reigned 37 years ; d. 839. Ethelwulf, king of West Saxons, reigned 19 years; d. 858; m. Osburh. Alfred the Great, king of England; m. Ealhswith, dt. of Ethelred Mucill. Alfred b. 848 ; d. 900. Edward, the Elder, king of England; m. Eadgihu. Edward d. 924. Edmund Ironside, king of England; m. Aelfgihu; Edmund d. 946. Edward, son of Edmund, m. Agatha. Margaret, dt. of Edward, m. Malcolm III, king of Scots. Matilda, dt. of Malcolm & Margaret, m. Henry I, king of England. Matilda, dt. of Henry I & Matilda, m. Geoffrey Plantagenet. Henry II, king of England, b. 1133; m. 1152 to Eleanor of Aquitaine. John, king of England, b. 1167; m. Isabella of Angoumois. Henry III, king of England, b. 1207; m. Eleanor of Provence,""-/~ J~. Edward I, king of England, b. 1229; m. Eleanor of Castile,H.f~ ~~J?E. Eleanor, dt. of Edward I, b. 1282; m. Humphrey de Bohun. Eleanor, dt. of Humphrey & Eleanor; m. Hugh de Courtenay. Phillip de Courtenay, d. 1466; m. Ann Hungerford, dt. of Walter, baron. John de Courtenay, m. Agnes Champemoun, dt. of Alex. Phillip de Courtenay, m. Elizabeth Hungerford. William de Courtenay, m. Margaret Bonville,_u: lj..{tNL ,S~.,6,, ~~ 4.,!/4,,ti:,,,. Edward de Courtenay, m. Alice Wotton, dt. of John. I" Alice de Courtenay, m. Reginald Gayer. John Gayer, m. Mary Sybel Treffrey, dt. of Thomas. Stephen Gayer, wife's name.'liOt L11eWB~ ~"t:M-. 'f 'JYnrv. Thomas Gayer, wife's name not known. ~ John Gayer, m. Margaret{<it. of Robert of-Tidivers. · Humphrey Gayer, m. Jane Sparks. William Gayer, m. Dorcas Starbuck, dt. of Edward & Katherine. Dorcas Gayer, m. Jethro Starbuck, s. of Nathaniel & Mary (Coffin) S. Sarah Starbuck, m. Jabez Macy, s. of John & Deborah (Gardner) M. Eunice Macy, m. Richard Beard, Jr., s. of Richard & Dorothy. THEREFORE: Eunice Gifford, William Beard, George Beard, Elizabeth Bull, and Reuben Beard are in the thirty-second generation from Ealhmund. And since this book contains record of eight and nine generations from Richard and Eunice, there are forty generations in an unbroken line of descent. Descent from Phillip de Courtenay to Humphrey Gayer supplied by Jennie { McElroy) Beard, whose sister Abby is a genealogist. (7) EXTENDED LINES OF R.El.ATIONSHIPS: SCOTLAND. Crinan, lay abbott of Dunkeld, grandson ( maternal side) of King Malcolm II. Duncan I, king of Scotland, chiefly known for his connection with Macbeth, im mortalized by Shakespeare. He was slain by Macbeth 1040. Malcolm III, king of Scotland after the def eat of the usurper Macbeth in 1054, being crowned at Scone 1057. Malcolm's second wife Margaret was a daugh ter of Edward and Agatha, whose son Edgar the JEtheling caused Malcolm to invade England 1070 to support Edgar's claim for the throne. William the Conqueror answered this attack by marching into Scotland 1072, whereupon Malcolm made peace. Malcolm and Margaret were the parents of King David I of Scotland. Their daughter Matilda married Henry I king of Eng land, thus uniting the Saxon and Norman Royal houses. AN JO u, ANCIENT FRANCE. Ingelerius ( indefinite data), father of : Fulk the Red, viscount of Anjou, father of: Fulk II, the Good, 941-960, father of : Count Geoffrey I, called Greytunic; married Adela of Vermadois, parents of: Fulk Nerra III, 970-1040, count of Anjou; first wife: Elizabeth, daughter of Bouchard le Venerable; second wife: Hildegarde of Lorraine who bore him Geoffrey Martel and Ermengarde. Ermengarde, married Geoffrey, count of Gatinais and they were the parents of Geoffrey the bearded and of Fulk "le Reichen". Fulk IV, "le Reichen", married Bertrada de Mont fort. Fulk V, born 1092, bore the title of count of Anjou 1109-1129, succeeded to the countship of Maine after the death of Elias. Fulk V received an embassy from Baldwin II, king of Jerusalem, who had no male heir to succeed him, offering his daughter Melisinda in marriage with the right of eventual suc cession to the kingdom. This offer was accepted and in 1131 Fulk V became king of Jerusalem, and