Individual Details
William Beard
(5 Sep 1745 - 15 Nov 1809)
Events
| Birth | 5 Sep 1745 | Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts | |||
| Marriage | 19 Nov 1767 | Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts - Sarah Nichols | |||
| Marriage | 3 Mar 1778 | Concord, New Hampshire - Dorcas Merrill |  | ||
| Death | 15 Nov 1809 | Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts | |||
| Probate | 1810 | Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts |  | ||
| Probate | 16 May 1811 | Middlesex, Massachusetts | |
Families
| Spouse | Dorcas Merrill (1754 - 1841) |
| Child | Merrill Beard (1781 - 1831) |
| Child | Langdon Beard (1788 - 1864) |
| Child | Polly Beard (1790 - 1857) |
| Child | Betsey Beard (1793 - 1826) |
| Spouse | Sarah Nichols ( - 1776) |
| Child | Sarah Beard (1769 - ) |
| Child | Fanny Beard (1772 - ) |
| Child | William Beard (1774 - ) |
| Child | Edmund Beard (1776 - ) |
| Father | Andrew Beard ( - ) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Burnap ( - ) |
Notes
Probate
Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. Case number 1454William Beard did not leave a will. Timothy Wakefield was administrator of the estate acting as the agent for the widow Dorcas Beard.. The estate was sold at public auction. The heirs to the estate signing a request for appraisers of the estate were Dorcas Beard widow, Daniel Temple (who is the husband of Sarah Beard), William Beard, Fanne Beard, Merrill Beard, and Langdon Beard. Another document includes heirs Dorcas Beard widow, Fanny Beard, William Beard, Edmund Beard, Merrill Beard, and Langdon Beard. William Beard had a first marriage and heirs from the first marriage are Edmund, William, Fanny, and Sarah Beard Temple.
Endnotes
1. Ancestry.com, New Hampshire, Marriage Records Index, 1637-1947 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011).
2. Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Probate Records 1648--1924 (Middlesex County, Massachusetts); Author: Massachusetts. Probate Court (Middlesex County); Probate Place: Middlesex, Massachusetts.