Individual Details

Probate

https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/middlesex-county-ma-probate-file-papers-1648-1871/image?pageName=1445:2&volumeId=14459&rId=38170541

Property

329:161 – this deed seems to have most of thechildren – 1818 – Olive is Olive White in 1818 but called single woman –includes Benjamin Needham of Andover – who is he? – Benjamin is married toNancy Beard in 1818 at Andover – in the deed – Daniel Beard of Boston, OliveWhite and Sarah Beard single women of Boston, Benjamin Needham of Andover,Thomas Holt of Andover, Jonathan Beard of Billerica, and Clarissa Beard ofWilmington – selling to Moses Carter of Wilmington – property of our fatherJacob Beard – Moses Carter does not seem to be a relativehttps://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89Z7-FW9G?i=83&wc=MC19-868%3A361613501%2C364730001&cc=2106411 On 9 April 1818, heirs of Jacob Beard, inconsideration of $261, conveyed their interest in the 14 acres of real estateof their honored father Jacob Beard to Moses Carter of Wilmington. Heirsinvolved in the transaction were Daniel Beard carpenter of Boston; Olive Whiteand Sarah Beard of Boston; Benjamin Needham blacksmith of Andover and his wifeNancy; Thomas Holt cordwainer of Andover and his wife Ruth; Jonathan Beard ofBillerica; and Clarissa Beard of Wilmington.[1][1] MassachusettsLand Records, Middlesex County, 329:161

Biography

Cutter says all the children but Anna are with thefirst wife of Jacob but that is wrong as Ruth is born about 1789 per deathrecord – also says there is a daughter Anna which does not seem accuratehttps://archive.org/details/genealogicalpers04cutt/page/2620/mode/2up?q=%22jacob+beard%22