FATHER

Benjamin Foster

MOTHER

Rachel Day

HUSBAND

Samuel Beach

CHILDREN

1. Lydia Beach b. 1779

2. Deliverance Tuttle (Delia) Beach b. 1781

3. Ann Mary Stewart Beach b. 1784

4. Lucy Beach b. 1787

5. Ann Mary Stewart Beach b. 1789

6. Samuel Elmore Beach b. 1796

The wife of Samuel Beach died 18 October 1820 at Whiting ae 61 yrs. This does not quite correcspond with her date of birth. There seems to be no proof that Mary Stuart Foster is the wife of Samuel Beach.

From Early Families of Rutland, Vermont by Swan pg 33 "Samuel was b. 1752 in New Jersey d. 10 April 1829 at Whiting, Vermont. (Amos Weller stated in his pension record that Samuel Beach, who had testified for him at Brandon 23 February 1823, was thrown from his sleigh on his way home and suffered a broken hip.) He m. Mrs. Mary Steward Foster 20 January 1779. She d. 18 October 1820 at Whiting ae 61 yrs. The editor believes she was the dau. of Benjamin and Rachel (Day) Foster who resided at Attleborough, Massachusetts, and Clarendon, Vermont, and brother of Ichabod Foster of Rutland. Samuel was a noted figure during the Revolution. In his pension testimony he stated that he volunteered on 6 May 1775 to go with Ethan Allen and was present at the capture of Fort Ticonderoga, that he was with Montgomery at Quebec, and that he fought a the battle of Bennington and was present at Burgoyne's surrender. He served throughout the war with distinction as a private, ensign and lieutenant and after hostilities ceased he was commissioned a major in the militia. His home farm was located on the east side of North Main Street near Tenney Brook. In 1784 he sold this property to Asa Hale and moved to Whiting where in 1820 he owned thirty-seven acres and a log house. At that time he had a wife who had been ill for fourteen years and a girl, Happelona Chatterton, aged thirteen years, depending upon him for support. Samuel was a blacksmith by trade but was well known throughout the area for his talents as Rutland County's first surveyor, a position he was appointed to in 1781. On 15 February 1815 the Vermont Mirror announced that Samuel was the originator of a chart called "S. Beach's Board Messure, made easy on a new and improved plan" and "S. Beach's Revolving Ready Reconer."

Samuel Beach From Early Families of Rutland, Vermont by Swan