Mary Bean was born on 27 November 1742 in Contoocook, Merrimack, New Hampshire[1][2], daughter of Sinkler Bean (1720 - 1798) and Shuah (Fifield) Bean (1720 - ~1800). Her parents were married on 18 July 1739 in Kingston, Rockingham, New Hampshire[3][4].
On November 27, 1763 in Brentwood, New Hampshire, Mary married her first cousin, Joshua Bean Jr (1741 - 1814) the son of her paternal Uncle Joshua Bean Sr.
The couple had 13 children (plus one who died in infancy). The children were born in Gilmanton except the youngest two who were born in Readfield. Their children were:
Three of the boys of this family married sisters, the daughters of Samuel Taylor. Reuben, James and Jeremiah, plus a grandson, Greelief, son of Elisha, formed the main Bean families who moved from Readfield to Jay, Maine. They all settled at what later became as Beans Corners, Maine.
Mary died on 18 October 1822 in Readfield, Kennebec, Maine, United States aged 79. [5]
Mary's estate passed probate on 10 December 1822. Her will was written on 13 January 1819.[6]
Beneficiaries:
my eldest son Elisha Bean
my son Joel Bean
my son John Bean
my son Reuben Bean
my son James Bean
my son Jeremy Bean
my son Shepard Bean
my son Manly Bean
my daughter Betsy Locke
my daughter Hannah Fillebrown
my granddaughter Ruth Harvey, daughter of John Harvey who has always lived with me
my granddaughter Susan Bean, daughter of Asa Bean, deceased
my grandson Hamilton Bean, son of Asa Bean, deceased
my grandson Joshua Bean Fillebrown, son of James Fillebrown
my granddaughter Mary Bean daughter of John Bean
m grandchildren, children of Mehitable Harvell, deceased
Mary Chandler, daughter of Harvey Chandler and said Mehitable Harvell
Sources
↑Birth: Author: John J. Dearborn Title: History of Salisbury Publication: Name: Manchester, NH, by William E. Moore, 1890. Citing: Page: pg 469 (accessed before 18 August 2012)
↑Birth: Author: Donald Lines Jacobus/ Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr. Citing: Page: V. 16, pg 167 (accessed before 18 August 2012)
↑Parent's Marriage: Title: IGI 1992. Citing: Page: batch #7134214, Call #0820055, film, sheet 10 (accessed before 18 August 2012)
↑Parent's Marriage: Title: New Hampshire Marriages, 1720-1920. (accessed before 18 August 2012)
↑Burial:
"Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1980"
Citing Readfield, Kennebec, Maine, United States, Readfield Center Cemetery, Maine State Library, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,315,027. FamilySearch (accessed 28 February 2022) FamilySearch Image
Mary Bean burial (died on 18 Oct 1822) in 1822 in Readfield, Kennebec, Maine, United States.
↑Probate:
"Maine, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1584-1999"
Maine, Kennebec County Probate Estate Files; Author: Maine. Probate Court (Kennebec County) Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8994 #2652287 (accessed 3 August 2023)
Ruth Harvey probate.
See also:
Clan MacBean of North America, Volume I, Sixth Edition, Revised 1992, by Joseph S Bean, page 319
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