Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Beecher was born about 1707, in Newhaven Towne, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Joseph Beecher, was 61 and her mother, Lydia Roberts, was 36. She married Abel Parmelee on 23 December 1731, in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 6 daughters. She died on 22 May 1766, in her hometown, at the age of 60.
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- Mary Beecher, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
- Mary Beecher in entry for Abell Parmele, "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997"
- Copy of Families of Ancient New Haven
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Name Meaning
English (Kent): from Middle English becher, denoting one who lived by a beech-tree, from an agent derivative of Middle English beche ‘beech-tree’ (see Beach ), the -er suffix having a locative sense. This English name is also common in Ireland, particularly in Cork.
Americanized form of German Bücher (cognate with 1 above) (see Bucher ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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