Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
NameJemima BEECHER 
Birth12 Dec 1698, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut1381, p 76,2089
BaptismDec 1698, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut2394 Age: <1
Deathaft 8 Jun 17631712, p 198 Age: 64
FatherIsaac BEECHER (1650-1708)
MotherJoanna ROBERTS (1657-1732)
Spouses
Birthabt 1697, Bedford, Westchester, New York1381, p 76,1714, p 220
Memoage 13 in 1710
Deathbef 8 Jun 1763, Bedford?, Westchester, New York1381, p 76 Age: 66
Ancestral File #B81F-N72396
ResidenceBedford1381, p 76
Death causesmallpox1358, p 4
FatherJohn HOLMES Jr. (1660-1729)
MotherSarah CLARK (1674-)
Individual Notes
• Bedford Town Clerk, 1732-c.1741.1717, p iii
• Will of John Holmes, Bedford.
Leaves legacies to wife Jemima, son James and daughter Sarah. Leaves rest of personal estate to “my 5 daughters” Sarah, Rebecca, Lois, Eunice and Dorcas. Mentions “house” lot. Makes no disposition of real estate. Makes sons James and Stephen executors.
Witnesses. John Miller, Zebadiah Miller, Justus Miller
Dated: Feb. 9, 1760
Proved: June 8, 17631712, p 198
• Will of John Holmes, Bedford.
Leaves legacies to wife Jemima, son James and daughter Sarah. Leaves rest of personal estate to “my 5 daughters” Sarah, Rebecca, Lois, Eunice and Dorcas. Mentions “house” lot. Makes no disposition of real estate. Makes sons James and Stephen executors.
Witnesses. John Miller, Zebadiah Miller, Justus Miller
Dated: Feb. 9, 1760
Proved: June 8, 17631712, p 198
Census
• 1710 Census: Bedford, Westchester, New York. Aged 13 years.1714, p 220
Marriage1719, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut1381, p 76; marriage only,2396, marriage only,2394
ChildrenDorcas (~1730-)
Sarah (~1732-1792)
John (~1735-1756)
James (1737-1824)
Rebecca (~1739-1809)
Lois
Stephen (-1779)
Eunice