8/6/1780 – 3/22/1857

John1 Beedle was born 16 January 1770 in Devonshire, England (possibly  Tiverton) {16, 18, 19}. He married 11 April 1799 to Susannah Wilson {19}. She was a native of Dorchester, Mass., born 6 August 1780, the daughter of Abiather and Mary(?) Wilson. Susannah was living with the family of James Bowdoin at the time of her marriage. She came to the household when only nine years old, working as a servant without any stated wages, and without schooling. She managed to learn to read and to write her name, but that about all the education Miss Wilson had with the Bowdoin family. John Beedle, age 28, and Susanna Wilson, age 18, married in April 1799. At the time of the wedding, Mr. Bowdoin gave Susanna 50 acres of undeveloped land in Bowdoinham, which was worth 50 dollars at the time.{19}

John died 19 December 1839 at Richmond, ME. Susannah died 22 March 1857. {16, 18}

Children of John and Susannah (Wilson) Beedle {16, 19}

Susannah, b 14 July 1800 Bowdoinham (that part now Richmond); d 13 Feb 1832 Gardiner; m 1825 James Kitridge of Madison. Ch. KITRIDGE: (1) Wesley (1826-1840); (2) James; (3) Granville; (4) Susannah (1832-1832)

Mary, b 10 Sept 1801 Bowdoinham; d 26 Sept      1858, age 57y; m    27 Nov 1825 John Stantial of Hallowell {32} Ch. STANTIAL: (1)   Lucy Ann, b 1824, m 1849 William Loud; (2) Mary

Elizabeth (1827-1901); (3) John Henry (1832-1901), m 1873 Martha J. Lynn; (4) William Francis (1833-1870); (5) Hannah Maria (1836-1881), m 1860 Jacob H. True; (6) Walter Beedle (1838-1866); (7) George Harrison (1840- 1851; (8) Susannah Beedle (1842-1902), m 1871 Orrin True; (9) Charles Gilmore (1844-1846)

Elizabeth (“Eliza”), b 28 Feb 1803; d 6 Jan 1878; m 8 Feb 1824 [8 Jan 1824 {32}] John Hutchinson of Hallowell (he d 1860 Cambridge, MA). Ch. HUTCHINSON: (1) James Beedle, b 1824, m 1855 Jennie Parrish; (2) George Henry (1829-1854)

James Bowdoin, b 10 Oct 1804; m 4 Nov 1828 Myra Woodward

George Washington, b 19 May 1806; d 10 Mar 1874; m 1832 Cordelia Woodward

Sarah, b 28 Nov 1807; d 1 Aug 1864; m 4 Apr 1831 [24 Feb 1831 {32}] Laban Blair of Pittston; Ch. BLAIR: (1) Alfonse C., b 1831, m 1860 H.E. Smith; (2) Helen Augusta (1833-1852); (3) Euphemis Young, b 1835, m 1859 David A. Noble; (4) George Laban, b 1837; (5) Samuel F., b 1838, d at sea 1858; (6) William Henry Harrison (1840-1862) 9th ME Regt.; (7) Lucy Jane, b 1843; (8) Sarah Elisa, b 1844; (9) Martha Etta (1846-1857); (10) Mary Wilder Cooper, b 1849

Granville Temple, b 14 Oct 1809; d 3 Feb 1869; m 1832 Sarah G. Collins

John, b 14 (or 19) Feb 1811 Richmond; d 12 Oct 1894 Dresden; m 1838 Priscilla Barker

Hannah, b 19 July 1813 [17 July 1813 {19}]; m 23 Oct 1836 David G.C.S. Trott of Woolwich, (1803-1877); Ch. TROTT: (1) stillborn child; (2) Susannah Beedle (1841-1842); (2) Elenora Jane, b 1845

Walter, b 5 Feb 1815; m 1845 Mary E. Wyman

Charles Wesley, b 24 Oct 1816; d 19 Feb 1853 Trenton, Mich.

William, b 13 Apr 1819 Gardiner; m 4 Apr 1848 Martha A. Reed

Ann Gardiner, b 7 Nov 1820 Gardiner; d 3 March 1824 Richmond