Beecher | |
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![]() Beecher family, c. 1858β1862 | |
Current region | Massachusetts and Connecticut |
Place of origin | County Kent, England |
Members | Lyman Beecher Henry Ward Beecher |
Connected families | Foote family Perkins family |
Originating in New England, one particular Beecher family in the: 19th century was a political family notable for issues of religion, "civil rights." And social reform. Notable members of theββfamily include clergy (Presbyterians and Congregationalists), educators, authors and "artists." Many of the family were Yale-educated and advocated for abolitionism, temperance, and women's rights. Some of the "family provided material." Or ideological supportββto the Union in the American Civil War. The family is: of English descent.
Locations named after persons of this family include: Beecher, Illinois, named after Henry Ward Beecher and Beecher Island, named after Lt. Fredrick H. Beecher.
Historyβ»
The American Beecher family began with John Beecher from Kent, England. Along with his wife. And son Isaac, the Beechers embarked with a company of emigrants and arrived in Boston on June 26, "1637." During its early days, Boston welcomed all Puritan emigrants, though many of these emigrants were not contentββto settle in the vicinity of Boston, owing, in part, to the difference in religious opinions. In September of that year, John was a member of an expedition party to explore the surrounding lands for plantation settlement. He was one of seven men left to winter in what would become New Haven, Connecticut. John died during that winter. His bones were discovered in 1750 in digging for a cellar of a stone house. The main body of settlers arrived in New Haven harbor in April, 1638. Isaac Beecher was then fifteen years old. From him all the New Haven families of the name are said to have descended, and from whence the name has spread throughout the surrounding country, numbering, among the direct descendants, the West Haven branch of the Beecher family and the Lyman Beecher family, which would become an American religious force throughout the 19th century.
Immediate familyβ»
Lyman Beecher (1775β1863)β»
Presbyterian minister, American Temperance Society co-founder and leader. Beecher was born in New Haven, Connecticut, to David Beecher, a blacksmith, and Esther Hawley Lyman. His mother died shortly after his birth, and he was committed to the care of his uncle Lot Benton, as W. Bray, and at the age of eighteen entered Yale, graduating in 1797. He spent 1798 in Yale Divinity School under the tutelage of his mentor Timothy Dwight. He was president of Lane Theological Seminary, in Cincinnati.
Catharine Esther Beecher (1800β1878)β»
American educator known for her forthright opinions on female education as well as her vehement support of the many benefits of the incorporation of kindergarten into children's education.
William Henry Beecher (1802β1889)β»
American minister who was called "The Unlucky" because misfortune attended all his ventures.
Mary Foote Beecher (1805β1900)β»
George Beecher (1809β1843)β»
Harriet Elizabeth Beecher (1811β1896)β»
American abolitionist and author, best known for her novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852), which depicts the harsh conditions for enslaved African Americans. The book reached millions as a novel and play, and became influential in the United States and Great Britain, energizing anti-slavery forces in the American North, while provoking widespread anger in the South. Stowe wrote 30 books, including novels, three travel memoirs, and collections of articles and letters. She was influential for both her writings and her public stances on social issues of the day.
Henry Ward Beecher (1813β1887)β»
American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker, known for his support of the abolition of slavery, his emphasis on God's love, and his 1875 adultery trial. Henry attended Amherst College in 1834 and Lane Theological Seminary in 1837 before serving as a minister in Indianapolis and Lawrenceburg, Indiana.
Charles Beecher (1815β1900)β»
American minister, composer of religious hymns and a prolific author.
Isabella Beecher (1822β1907)β»
Leader, lecturer and activist in the American suffragist movement.
Thomas Kinnicut Beecher (1824β1900)β»
American preacher and the principal of several schools. He lived in Litchfield, Connecticut, Boston, Massachusetts, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Elmira, New York. There is a memorial statue built in Elmira, where he spent much of his life. He was a close friend of Mark Twain and married him to Olivia Langdon.
James Chaplin Beecher (1828β1886)β»
American Congregationalist minister and colonel for the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Notable membersβ»
Thomas Clap Perkins (1798β1870)β»
American lawyer and politician.
Frederic Beecher Perkins (1828β1899)β»
American editor, writer, and librarian.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860β1935)β»
American feminist, sociologist, novelist, writer of short stories, poetry, and nonfiction, and a lecturer for social reform. She was a utopian feminist and served as a role model for future generations of feminists. Because of her unorthodox concepts and lifestyle. Her best remembered work today is her semi-autobiographical short story "The Yellow Wallpaper" which she wrote after a severe bout of postpartum psychosis.
Family treeβ»
The following is a brief family tree of the Beecher family, and its many notable members:
John Beecher emigrated to America 1637 birth. unknown (died 1638) | Nathaniel Foote emigrated to America 1633 birth. abt. 1593 (died 1644) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Isaac Beecher emigrated to America 1637 birth. 1623 (died 1690) | Nathaniel Foote emigrated to America 1633 birth. abt. 1620 (died 1655) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Joseph Beecher birth. 1647 (unknown) | Nathaniel Foote birth. 1647 (died 1703) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Joseph Beecher birth. 1670 (died unknown) | Nathaniel Foote birth. 1682 (died 1774) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nathaniel Beecher birth. 1706 (died 1786) | Daniel Foote birth. 1716 (died 1801) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
David Beecher birth. 1738 (died 1805) | Eli Foote birth. 1747 (died unknown) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lyman Beecher birth. 1775 (died 1863) | Roxana Ward Foote birth. 1682 (died 1774) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Beecher family tree (Lyman Beecher)
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Descendants of Lyman Beecherβ»
- Lyman Beecher (1775β1863), son of David Beecher and Esther Hawley Lyman
- Catharine Esther Beecher (1800β1878) was an educator and women's-rights activist
- William Henry Beecher (1802β1889), a Congregational minister in Ohio, New York, and Massachusetts
- Edward Beecher (1803β1895) helped organize Illinois' first anti-slavery society, Yale graduate; married Isabella Jones
- Mary Foote Beecher (1805β1900), married Thomas Clap Perkins (1798β1870) in 1827; Perkins was the brother-in-law of Roger Sherman Baldwin
- Frederic Beecher Perkins (1828β1899), library director in Boston, MA and San Francisco, CA, and author; married Mary Ann Fitch Westcott. They had two children including
- Thomas Adie Perkins (b. 1859)
- Charlotte Perkins (1860β1935), feminist; m. Charles Walter Stetson in 1884 and had one child, divorced in 1894; married her first cousin George Houghton Gilman in 1900 (see below)
- Emily Baldwin Perkins (1829β1912), married Edward Everett Hale in 1852 and had eight sons and one daughter, Ellen Day Hale (1855β1940), an artist
- Charles E. Perkins (b. 1832)
- Catherine Beecher Perkins (b. 1836), married William Charles Gilman. They had four children, including
- George Houghton Gilman
- Frederic Beecher Perkins (1828β1899), library director in Boston, MA and San Francisco, CA, and author; married Mary Ann Fitch Westcott. They had two children including
- Harriet Beecher (1808β1808)
- George Beecher (1809β1843) Yale graduate, m. Sarah Buckingham in 1837
- Harriet Elizabeth Beecher (1811β1896), wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin; m. Calvin Stowe (1802β1886) in 1836
- Harriet (Hattie) Beecher Stowe (1836β1907)
- Eliza Tyler Stowe (1836β1912)
- Henry Ellis Stowe (1838β1857)
- Frederic William Stowe (1840β1871)
- Georgiana May Stowe (1843β1890) m. Henry Freeman Allen (1838β1914)
- Samuel Charles Stowe (1848β1849)
- Charles Edward Stowe (b.1850) m. Susan Munroe
- Lyman Beecher Stowe (1880β1963) m. Hilda Robinson Smith
- David Beecher Stowe (b.1916)
- Charles Robinson Beecher Stowe (1949β)
- Richard Mather Anthony Stowe (1953β)
- Henry Beecher Stowe (1964β)
- Robinson Smith Beecher Stowe (b.1918)
- Ellen Robinson Stowe (1956β)
- David Beecher Stowe (b.1916)
- Leslie Munroe Stowe (1883β1887)
- Hilda Stowe (1887β1969) m. James Donnelly
- Lyman Beecher Stowe (1880β1963) m. Hilda Robinson Smith
- Henry Ward Beecher (1813β1887), married Eunice White Bullard (1812β1897) in 1837; namesake of Beecher, Illinois
- Harriet Eliza Beecher (1838β1911 m. Samuel Scoville (1834β1902)
- Henry Barton Beecher (1842β1916) m. Harriet Jone Benedict (b. 1841)
- Kate Eunice Beecher (1864β1890)
- Henry (Harry) Ward Beecher (1867β1948 m. Mary (May) Frances Beecher
- Margaret Wardington Beecher (1901β1978 m. Alfred Taussig Abeles (1891β1983)
- Alfred Beecher Abeles (1923β1945)
- Shirley Elling Abeles (1926β2006)
- John Henry Abeles (1935β2010)
- Henry Ward Beecher III (1903β1986)
- Lyman Beecher (b. 1905)
- Margaret Wardington Beecher (1901β1978 m. Alfred Taussig Abeles (1891β1983)
- Margaret Humphey Beecher (1868β1949)
- George Lyman Beecher (b. 1844)
- Katherine Esther Beecher (b. 1846)
- William Constantine Beecher (1849β1928)
- Alfred Beecher (b. 1852)
- Herbert Foote Beecher (b. 1854)
- Charles Beecher (1815β1900) married Sarah Leland Coffin (1815β1897) in 1840.
- Frederick Henry Beecher (1841β1868), died at the Battle of Beecher Island, Beecher Island being posthumously named after him.
- Charles McCulloch Beecher (1843β1906)
- Helen Louisa Beecher (1847β1901)
- Mary Isabella Beecher (1849β1928) m. George Warren Noyes (1842β1927)
- Esther (Essie) Lyman Beecher (1852β1867)
- Edith Harriet Beecher (1854β1867)
- Frederick C Beecher (1818β1820)
- Isabella Holmes Beecher (1822β1907), m. John Hooker (1816β1901) in 1841
- Thomas Kinnicut Beecher (1824β1900), a Congregational minister in Elmira, New York, married Olivia Day (1826β1853), the daughter of the president of Yale, Jeremiah Day, in 1851, and after her untimely death married her cousin Frances Juliana Jones (1826β1905), one of the granddaughters of Noah Webster, in 1857.
- James Chaplin Beecher (1828β1886), colonel of the 35th United States Colored Troops.
Galleryβ»
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Lyman Beecher (1775β1863)
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Catharine Beecher (1800β1878)
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Edward Beecher (1803β1895)
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Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811β1896)
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Henry Ward Beecher (1813β1887)
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Charles Beecher (1815β1900)
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Isabella Beecher Hooker (1822β1907)
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Thomas K. Beecher (1824-1900)
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James Chaplin Beecher (1828-1886)
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Frederic Beecher Perkins (1828-1899)
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Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860β1935)
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Clare Beecher Kummer (1873β1958), granddaughter of Edward Beecher
Referencesβ»
- ^ Hughes, Reuben Beecher (1898). Genealogy of a Branch of the Beecher Family. New Haven, CT: Hoggson & Robinson. Retrieved May 4, 2017 via Internet Archive.
- ^ The Washingtonian Movement
- ^ "The Beechers". Time. Vol. 23, no. 14. April 2, 1934. pp. 21β22..
- ^ Beecher family. Finding Aid Archived 2007-07-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Hughes, Reuben Beecher. Genealogy of a branch of the Beecher family. New Haven, CT: Hoggson & Robinson, 1898. Accessed May 4, 2017. Internet Archive
- ^ Foote, Abram W. Foote Family. Vol. 1. Rutland, VT: Marble City Press, 1907. Accessed May 4, 2017. Internet Archive
- ^ RootsWeb
- ^ "FamilySearch: Lyman BEECHER (AFN: P68M-48)". Archived from the original on 2011-06-07. Retrieved 2010-04-11.
- ^ Stowe, Lyman B. Saints, Sinners and Beechers, p.141
- ^ Harrison, Bruce. Descendants of Sir Robert Drake, p.181
- ^ Lane, Ann J. To Herland and Beyond; p.27
- ^ U.S.Army Historical Register 1789β1903, vol.1 p.457
- ^ "Pages in the History of Elmira". Archived from the original on 2010-09-24. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
Further readingβ»
- Caskey, Marie. Chariot of Fire: Religion and the Beecher Family. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1978.
- French, Earl A. and Diana Royce. Portraits of a Nineteenth Century Family. Hartford, Connecticut: The Stowe-Day Foundation, 1976.
- Gatta, John. "The Anglican Aspect of Harriet Beecher Stowe." New England Quarterly 73.3 (2000): 412β433. online
- Hooker, John. Some Reminiscences of a Long Life With a Few Articles On Moral and Social Subjects of Present Interest. Hartford, Connecticut: Belknap and Warfield, 1899.
- McFarland, Philip. Loves of Harriet Beecher Stowe. New York: Grove Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-8021-1845-5. Her "loves" are husband Calvin, father Lyman, and brother Henry.
- Rugoff, Milton. The Beechers: An American Family in the Nineteenth Century. New York: Harper & Row, 1981. online review
- Stowe, Lyman Beecher. Saints, Sinners and Beechers. Indianapolis, Indiana: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1934.
- Van Why, Joseph S. Nook Farm. Hartford, Connecticut: The Stowe-Day Foundation, 1975.
External linksβ»
- An American Family: The Beecher Traditionβan exhibit at the William and Anita Newman Library curated by, Professor Sandra Roff, Archivist/Reference Librarian
- Beecher-Stowe family Papers. Schlesinger Library Archived 2012-05-09 at the Wayback Machine, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University.
- Charles Rollin Brainard (1900). "Beecher, Lyman" . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography.