John Clark Beaman Dorchester, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America Lancaster, Worchester, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America: Oswald Family History

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Name	John Clark Beaman
Birth	Dorchester, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
Christening	15 Jun 1657	Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
Gender	Male
Death	Lancaster, Worchester, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
Burial	Lancaster, Worcester, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
Person ID	I312684222389	Oswald Genealogy
Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

Father	Gamaliel Beaman, Jr, b. 04 Oct 1623, Worcester, Worcestershire, England bur. 26 Mar 1678, Dorchester North Burying Ground, Dorchester, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America (Age ~ 54 years)
Relationship	unknown
Mother	Sarah Elizabeth Clark, b. 05 Jul 1623, Fulbeck, Lincolnshire, England d. Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Relationship	unknown
Marriage	Abt. 1643	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Family ID	F2932	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family	Mrs. Priscilla Thornton, b. 02 Nov 1658, Boston, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America d. 06 Aug 1729, Lancaster, Worcester, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America (Age 70 years)
Marriage	Abt. 1671	Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Family ID	F2941	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

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Interesting info about John Clark Beaman
During Lovewell’s War, the Muster Roll of Sergeant Thomas Buckminster of Framingham included the names of four Lancaster men, “engaged during July and August, 1722:” “Henry Houghton, 1 week, 6 days; John Beeman, 4 weeks, 5 days; John Wilder, 4 weeks, 5 days; Richard Wild.”

Info about John Clark Beaman The Beaman and Clark Genealogy; by Emily Beaman Wooden and Jack Beaman 1909 to 2014
John¹ (Clark) Beaman, b. &ltFeb 15, 1649&gt Dorchester, MA d. Jan 15, 1739 Lancaster, Worcester, MA, m. Priscilla Thornton, daughter of Robert and Mary (Dowling) Thornton, b. 1656 d. Aug 6, 1729, in 1674 Boston, Suffolk, MA. The first child born of Gamaliel and Sarah Beaman. On their return to Dorchester after the Massacre at Lancaster in February 1676, Priscilla was admitted into the Dorchester Church as a member of the Church of Lancaster. John was a probationer in Dorchester and in August 1681 he took out a letter for Taunton, but did not stay there long because his daughter Sarah was born in Lancaster the next February. John afterward moved again to Taunton and back to Lancaster. On his return to Lancaster he was received into the Church of Lancaster as Father Beaman from Taunton. In 1704 John was a member of a garrison established in his Father's house and in 1711 there was a garrison in his house. There was a church meeting at his house Jan. 30, 1729 to elect Deacons. Both John and Priscilla are buried at Old Burial Field, Lancaster, Massachusetts.
Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639 – 1915
John Beamond, christened Jun 14, 1657 Dorchester, Suffolk, MA; parent Gamalliell Beamond
Children:
0011.1 Abigail² (Thornton) Beaman
0011 Mary² (Thornton) Beaman, b. abt 1675 d. May 31, 1676 Dorchester, Suffolk, MA
0012. John² Thornton Beaman, Jr., b. Feb 21, 1676/77 Dorchester, m. 1703 d. May 3, 1763
0013. Zippora(h) ² (Thornton) Beaman, b. Mar 4, 1678/79 Dorchester, Suffolk, MA
0014. Sarah² (Thornton) Beaman, b. Jan 25, 1681/82 Lancaster d. Mar 7, 1717/18
0015. Gamaliel² (Thornton) Beaman, b. Feb 29, 1683/84 Lancaster d. Oct 26, 1745 Sterling, MA
0016. Ebenezer² (Thornton) Beaman, b. 1691 Lancaster d. May 11, 1764

History
HISTORY: After the death of his father, he returned to Lancaster, when the town was resettled, and took up his father's old farm at Wataquadock, now Bolton. About 1682 he moved to Taunton, Massachusetts, but returned to Lancaster after a few years. He was a probationer at Dorchester, and in August 1681, took out a letter for Taunton; he could not have stayed long at Taunton this time as his daughter, Sarah, was born in Lancaster the following February. The second time (1682) he remained longer in Taunton. On his return to Lancaster he was received into the church as "Father Beaman from Taunton" (Lancaster Register, pg. 271) December 30, 1715. In 1704 he was member of a garrison in his father's house, and there was a garrison in his house in 1711. On January 30, 1729 there was a church meeting at his house to elect deacons. He was buried in the Old Burial Ground at Lancaster, and the following incription is on the slate stone marking the grave: "Here lies buried ye body of Mr. John Beaman, who departed this life Jan. 15, 1739-40, in ye 90th Year of his age."

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More info about John Clark Beaman
John¹ (Clark) Beaman, m. in 1674, Priscilla Thornton, daughter of Robert and Mary (Dowling) Thornton, b. 1656 d. Aug 6, 1729. (A Robert Thornton accompanied Johns father Gamaliel when he traveled in the ship the Elizabeth and Ann and arrived in Dorchester Mass in 1635, Gamaliel was 12 years old at the time. ) The first child born of Gamaliel and Sarah Beaman. On their return to Dorchester after the Massacre at Lancaster in February 1676, Priscilla was admitted into the Dorchester Church as a member of the Church of Lancaster. John was a probationer in Dorchester and in August 1681 he took out a letter for Taunton, but did not stay there long because his daughter Sarah was born in Lancaster the next February. John afterward moved again to Taunton and back to Lancaster. On his return to Lancaster he was received into the Church of Lancaster as Father Beaman from Taunton. In 1704 John was a member of a garrison established in his Father's house and in 1711 there was a garrison in his house. There was a church meeting at his house Jan. 30, 1729 to elect Deacons. Both John and Priscilla are buried at Old Burial Field, Lancaster, Massachusetts.
Children:
0011.1 Abigail² (Thornton) Beaman
0011 Mary² (Thornton) Beaman, b. abt 1675 d. May 31, 1676 Dorchester, Suffolk, MA
0012. John² Thornton Beaman, Jr., b. Feb 21, 1676/77 Dorchester, m. 1703 d. May 3, 1763
0013. Zippora(h) ² (Thornton) Beaman, b. Mar 4, 1678/79 Dorchester, Suffolk, MA
0014. Sarah² (Thornton) Beaman, b. Jan 25, 1681/82 Lancaster d. Mar 7, 1717/18
0015. Gamaliel² (Thornton) Beaman, b. Feb 29, 1683/84 Lancaster d. Oct 26, 1745 Sterling, MA
0016. Ebenezer² (Thornton) Beaman, b. 1691 Lancaster d. May 11, 1764
0017. Jonathan² Beaman, b. 1692 Lancaster d. Apr 10, 1771 (78y 8m 3d) at West Boylston, MA
0018. Priscilla² (Thornton) Beaman, b. 1686 Lancaster
0019. Judith² (Thornton) Beaman, b. 1688 Lancaster
0020. Eunice² (Thornton) Beaman, b. abt 1700, Bapt. May 30, 1708 in the First Church of Lancaster d. Jun 15, 1731
0021. Jabez² Thornton Beaman, b. 1704, Bapt. May 30, 1708 in the First Church of Lancaster d. Sep 22, 1757

John Thorton Beaman was born one hundred and seventy-two years before Karl Marx published “The Communist Manifesto”.

0003(0001) Joseph¹ (Clark) Beaman, son of Gamaliel and Sarah Beaman, b. 1651

0004(0001) Gamaliel¹ (Clark) Beaman, son of Gamaliel and Sarah Beaman, b. 1653

An Indian raid occurred at Lancaster on February 10, 1676 and destroyed the settlement.. The colony of Pennsylvania was founded in 1682. The typical home of this period was not the multi bath/bedroom home of today. The frontier home was small, normally one room, and most often made of logs clinked with mud between the logs. Early homes had hard packed dirt floors. Windows were without glass and shuttered against the elements and Indian attacks. There might have greased paper across the window to allow some light to enter while keeping out the elements. There was usually only one door. There was often no separate bedrooms or kitchen. There most likely was a loft/attic for the children to sleep. Few tools were needed to construct a log house, an axe, auger, and an adz. The same tools were used to make the furniture used in the house. Some home were constructed as Garrison, in Lancaster, against Indian attacks.
Sod houses, houses made with walls of strips of sod laid horizontally in courses like bricks were common in the frontier days on the Great Plains where there was a lack of wood. Sod walls were fireproof, windproof, and provided good insulation. Homes were small, mostly one room with small windows and doors. Some were dug into small hills, and where only the front and partial sidewalls were needed.