-----Original Message----- From: Anna LeBlanc <leblancr@uswest.net> To: montrose@ptdprolog.net <montrose@ptdprolog.net> Cc: NJSUSSEX-L@rootsweb.com <NJSUSSEX-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, August 25, 2000 10:53 PM Subject: {not a subscriber} Migration to Canada after the Revolution >To Kelsey Jones, >I don't have an answer to your question as to whether anyone is compiling the history of migration specifically from Sussex County. I do know that the area known as the Niagara Penninsula in Ontario was full of Loyalists and others from NJ. > >One of those in my ancestry is Jacob Beam. Here is a quote from a privately published "Beam Branches." > >by Mutrie, R. Robert, >Beam Branches, 1997, pp 77 >Jacob was a farmer in Sussex County, New Jersey before and during the American Revolution. His support for the British cause during the war resulted in a heavy £500 fine and imprisonment. Following the conflict, Jacob moved to Mansfield Township, Sussex County, New Jersey and became influenced by itinerant Baptist preachers. He established a small congregation of eighteen members in his community. For Jacob Beam's earlysettlement at Mansfield Twp. see also Thomas Griffiths, The History of the Baptists of New Jersey which states that Jacob Beam, his wife and three of their daughters - Elizabeth, Christianna, and Susanna - were among those who were formed into a church by Rev. David Jayne on Nov. 20, 1786. Two years later in the spring of 1788, Jacob disposed of his property and removed with his family to Upper Canada, bringing with him his wife and six of their children, two sons and four daughters. > >Jacob Beam told of his trials during the American Revolution in his January 29, 1793 petition for a grant Crown land presented to the government of Upper Canada (UCLP B1/92) ..." > >There are differing stories about this Jacob Beam, but this is the one I've chosen to follow: >Descendants of Jacob Beam > > 1 Jacob Beam b: November 29, 1728 in Germany d: May 10, 1812 in Beamsville, Upper Canada >. +Catherine Boughner b: May 10, 1737 in Germany d: August 24, 1820 in Beamsville, Upper Canada >........ 2 Lewis Beam b: 1759 in Sussex County, New Jersey >............ +Hannah Mills >........ 2 Alice Beam b: November 1, 1763 in Sussex County, New Jersey d: October 31, 1848 in Grimsby Ontario >............ +William Kitchen b: January 1761 in Amwell Twp., Sussex Co., New Jersey m: May 23, 1782 in Hunterdon Co., New Jersey d: January 28, 1813 in Grimsby Ontario >........ 2 Catherine Beam b: 1766 in Sussex County, New Jersey >............ +Samuel Merrill >........ 2 Christina Beam b: 1769 in Sussex County, New Jersey >............ +Nathaniel Griffin b: 1766 in Nine Partners, Duchess Co., NY >........ 2 Margaret Beam b: 1769-1771 in Sussex County, New Jersey >............ +Thomas Anderson >........ 2 Susannah Beam b: March 1771 in Sussex County, New Jersey >............ +Jacob Smith >........ 2 Jacob Beam b: March 1773 in Sussex County, New Jersey >........ 2 John Beam b: 1775 >........ 2 Anna Marie Beam b: January 25, 1779 in Sussex County, New Jersey d: 1841 in Beamsville Ont. >............ +Samuel Corwin b: June 5, 1767 m: September 21, 1796 d: 1863 in Beamsville Ont. >........ 2 Peter Beam b: Aft 1781 >........ 2 Sarah Beam b: September 1, 1781 in Sussex County, New Jersey d: December 25, 1866 in Grimsby Twp, Lincoln Co. Ontario >............ +Ira Bently b: Abt 1780 d: Bef 1825 >........ *2nd Husband of Sarah Beam: >............ +Amos Lyons m: April 15, 1825 > > >Alice Beam married William Kitchen, above. The Kitchens were also from Sussex County. >Descendants of Samuel Kitchen > > 1 Samuel Kitchen b: Bef 1722 in probably Amwell NJ d: Abt 1771 in probably Amwell NJ >. +Mary m: Abt 1747 d: Aft October 4, 1799 >........ 2 Henry Kitchen b: Abt 1748 >........ 2 Margaret Kitchen b: Abt 1750 >........ 2 Ann Kitchen b: 1752 >........ 2 Mary Kitchen b: 1753-1756 >........ 2 Elizabeth Kitchen b: 1756-1760 >........ 2 William Kitchen b: January 1761 in Amwell Twp., Sussex Co., New Jersey d: January 28, 1813 in Grimsby Ontario >............ +Alice Beam b: November 1, 1763 in Sussex County, New Jersey m: May 23, 1782 in Hunterdon Co., New Jersey d: October 31, 1848 in Grimsby Ontario >........ 2 Dinah Kitchen b: Abt 1763 >........ 2 Sarah Kitchen b: Abt 1756 >........ 2 Rebekah Kitchen b: Abt 1766 > >Happy hunting > >Anna LeBlanc >Scottsdale AZ > > > >