User:Jdbeard1

James Daniel Beard, Jim Beard, jdbeard@patriot.net

I am a descendant of Widow Martha Beard, arrived in Boston 1637 with children but minus husband James who did not survive the voyage. Widow Martha was one of the founding settlers of Milford CT in 1639.

Most of my lineage is covered by two books, A Genealogy of the Descendants of Widow Martha Beard of Milford, Conn. by Ruth Beard (1915) and Supplement to Vol. II, ...to the...Loveland Genealogy, Containing the Descendants ...of... Eliza Loveland ...and... Reuben Beard by P.C. Beard (1897).

Errors in both works have long obscured the overlap between them, but evidence newly found or newly recognized by John Blair, "Lady Goshen" (contributor to find-a-grave), and myself have led to the conclusion that the "four sons" of George Beard b. 1719 cited by Ruth Beard were rather four grandsons of George and the sons of George's one son Gideon, and the dates of birth listed for Timothy and Jeremiah were in error (with the birth date of Gideon cited of uncertain accuracy for Gideon Sr). The earliest ancestor cited by P.C. Beard as Jeremiah Beard b. 1719 should have been listed as George Beard b. 1719, and P.C.'s list of children of Gideon Sr should include Timothy, brother to Jeremiah, Gideon, Charles, Sylvia, etc.

The above corrections made, my line extends from Widow Martha Beard (Ruth's book) down to David Allen Beard b. 1826 Delaware County Ohio (P.C.'s book) who is my great-grandfather and who is buried in Union Cemetery, Glencoe, Oklahoma, a few miles from where I was born and spent my early years.

Details of evidence and analysis supporting these conclusions will be provided upon request.