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View Tree for Edmund BeauchampEdmund Beauchamp (b. December 16, 1625, d. November 12, 1691)

Edmund Beauchamp (son of John Beauchamp and Alice Freeman)87, 88, 89, 90, 91 was born December 16, 1625 in Cosgrove, N, England92, 93, and died November 12, 1691 in Annemessex, Somerset, MD94, 95. He married Sarah Dixon on June 11, 1668 in Anamessex, Somerset, MD96, 97, 98, 99, daughter of Ambrose Dixon and Mary Wilson.

 Includes NotesNotes for Edmund Beauchamp:
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"That he was the son of John Beauchamp, merchant of London, is clear, first, because of his mention in John Beauchamp's Herald's Visitation statement; secondly the list of John Beauchamp's children in parish records; and thirdly, the fact that one of John Beauchamp's daughters married a Doggett and that one of Edmund Beauchamp's sons was named Doggett Beauchamp, apparently for his uncle.

Edmund Beauchamp in his will speaks of himself as "weaver, of London." He was in Maryland by 1665 since in that year he assigned fifty acres of land to William Smith*. He was sent to Somerset County, Maryland, by Gov. Charles Calvert in the spring of 1666 as a person well qualified to exercise the office of clerk of court for the entire Eastern Shore, but on August 22, 1666, Somerset Co., was established
and from that time with the exception of a few months, he was clerk of Somerset Co. until his death in 1691.

The author of "The Beauchamp Family", Stith Thompson, has seen the records which he made and was in full agreement with Clayton Torrence, author of "Old Somerset on the Eastern Shore of Maryland", [pg. 333]. "Anyone who has occasion to make careful study and investigation of the records of Somerset Court from its beginning throughout Beauchamp's years of service as clerk will fully realize the care and thought which this early worthy bestowed upon the duties of his office. A more splendidly kept set of records of court proceedings
and deeds cannot, we believe, be found elsewhere during the early colonial period. He was a veritable master of his craft."

On June 30th, 1668, just after Edmund's marriage, he purchased 300 acres of land called "Contention" lying at the head of the Great Annemessix River [see Archives of Maryland, Vol. 54]. In Oct., 1669, he conveyed this land to his wife "Sarah Beachamp, alias Dixon, daughter of Ambrose and Mary Dixon." "Contention" was the home of the Beauchamps for more than a century.

Edmund Beauchamp was a member of the Church of England, and his wife and three of their children were among the first to be baptized into that church in Somerset County. This happened in 1671, 1674, and 1677.

The record of Edmund Beauchamp's children appears in the parish records of Coventry Parish church and also in the Somerset County court record book IKL. The same list appears in his will. His will was not recorded in the Register of Wills Office at Princess Ann, but was found in an unused alcove of the courthouse there by Mrs. Layton of Washington, D.C. Abstract of will follows:

"I, Edmund Beauchamp, weaver of London, and at present writing clerk of the county court of Somerset County.

To wife Sarah, the land where she now dwells during natural life or widowhood, land lying between land of son Thomas, bounds of land of son John. Also household furniture, etc. To son Thomas Beauchamp, personality.

To son Edmund, part of my land called "Contention," [50 acres] beginning at the corner tree of son Thomas' land by conveyance made over to him by myself and wife, etc.

To son Edmund, personality. To Patience Beauchamp, twelve pounds sterling to be paid her at age
or day of marriage.

Balance of estate to be equally divided between my son Thomas Beauchamp, my son Edmund Beauchamp, my daughter Alice Beauchamp, my son John Beauchamp, my son Doggett Beauchamp, my son Edward Beauchamp, and my son Robert Beauchamp. Dated 10 April, 1691."

Text taken from The Filson Club Quarterly, Vol. 28 No. 2 which contained The Beauchamp Family written by Stitch Thompson.

* Edmund proved his right to 50 ac. of land for having transported himself from England to Maryland. Apparently the same 50 ac. he assigned to William Smith in 1665. [Ref.: Family Tree Maker's Family Archives, Vol. I, pedigree # 337.]

More About Edmund Beauchamp and Sarah Dixon:
Marriage: June 11, 1668, Anamessex, Somerset, MD.100, 101, 102, 103

Children of Edmund Beauchamp and Sarah Dixon are:
  1. Patience Beauchamp, b. Abt. 1669, d. date unknown.
  2. +Thomas Beauchamp, b. December 26, 1670, Contention Plantation, Anamessix, Somerset, MD, d. 1717, Somerset County, MD.
  3. Alice Beauchamp, b. May 13, 1674, d. date unknown.
  4. +Edmund Beauchamp, Jr., b. June 24, 1676, Anamessex, Somerset Co., Md104, 105, 106, 107, 108, d. 1733, Anamessex, Somerset Co., Md109, 110, 111.
  5. +John Beauchamp, b. April 1, 1679, Annemessex, Somerset, MD, d. 1725, Dorchester County, MD.
  6. +Doggett Beauchamp, b. July 15, 1681, Annemessex, Somerset, MD, d. 1717, Somerset County, MD.
  7. +Edward Beauchamp, b. Abt. 1683, Somerset County, Maryland112, 113, d. 1751114, 115, 116.
  8. +Robert Beauchamp, b. 1685, Somerset County, MD, d. 1741, Dorchester County, MD.
  9. William Beauchamp, b. 1687, d. date unknown.
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