Richard Beaumont

Born: Abt 1717
Christened: 2 Sep 1718, Hemingford Abbots, Huntingdonshire, England
Marriage (1): N. N.
Marriage (2): Lora Skeggs in 1741 in Godmanchester, Huntingdonshire, England
Died: Jan 1811 aged about 94 ¹²
Buried: 20 Jan 1811, Hemingford Abbots, Huntingdonshire, England

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bullet Birth Notes:

According to Anna Smith (nee Biden) he was about 100 when he died. This implies he was born around 1710.

And

Extract from Hemingford Abbot's register of burials:-
'1811, Jan: 20th, Richard Beaumont, aged 95years'

bullet Christening Notes:

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And

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It is possible he was born in 1716 and christened on 28 Jan 1716
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N8GK-WPJ

However since the records show the same pair of parents, I have chosen the 1718 date as its unlikely that they would have two Richards.

It is possible that there were two Richard and Elizabeths who both had son Richards within two years of each other but it seems unlikely.

And

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bullet Burial Notes:

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And

Extract from Hemingford Abbot's register of burials:-
'1811, Jan: 20th, Richard Beaumont, aged 95years'

bullet Sources of information or noted events in his life were:

• General Comment. Photo of Beaumont/James Family Tree in RAB's [2] Possession notes on Richard Harris Beaumont states "....where under the S. Gallery is buried Laura ...... the second wife of old Richard B. She died in 1780 "

After some hours - I concluded he was indeed "old Richard B" as he died aged about 93. (possibly 95)
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JC1B-ZZ1

• Marital Status. He was married twice. His first wife is unknown to me as at 01 Dec 2011

• Web Based Info. http://calm.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/ArchiveCatalogue/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqSearch=%28%28%28text%29=%27Richard%20Harris%20Beaumont%27%29AND%28Level=%27Item%27%29%29&dsqPos=0

And

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• Military Service. ¹² He was a Captain in the Grenadiers in the Civil Wars.

• Will: Will of his father Richard Beaumont (1679-1744). Archdeaconry Court of Huntingdon

In ye name of God amen I Richard Beaumont of Hemingford Abbots in ye
County of Huntingdon being of sound mind & memory do make & ordain this
my last Will & Testament in manner & form following Inprimis I give
devise & bequeath to my daughter Elizabeth Thompson one Hundred & Fifty pounds,
One Hundred Pounds thereof to be paid one year after my decease ye other Fifty
at my wife's decease. Item I give devise & bequeath to my daughter Anna
Beaumont One Hundred & Fifty Pounds, One Hundred Pounds thereof to be paid one
year after my decease ye other Fifty at my wife's decease. To which said
Payments of One Hundred & Fifty Pounds to each of my two daughters I don't
only make subject my Personal Estate but my real estate following it is to say
my arable estate in Hemingford Abbots in ye County of Huntingdon late Joseph
Merriels being twenty three acres or thereabouts, my Estate in Hemingford Grey in ye sd
county being a cottage orchard & close adjoining in ye Thorp & three acres & half
a rood of arable & one acre of meadow land all which said estates I charge with
& make liable to ye 'Payment of ye abovesaid One Hundred & Fifty rounds to each of
my two daughters as above and all ye rest of my real & Personal estate whether
in Hemingford Abbots or Hemingford Grey in ye County of Huntingdon & all my
other estate whatsoever except my copyhold estate at Rampton in ye county of
Cambridge I give devise & bequeath to my loving wife for her life & after her
decease to my son Richard Beaumont and of this my last will and testament do
make my sd loving wife & my son Richard 3eaumont executors In witness whereof
I have hereunto set my Hand & Seal this 13th Day of February in ye Year of our
Lord 1744:
Ri: Beaumont
Signed sealed published and declared to be ye
last will & testament of Richard Beaumont in ye
Presence of us who at his Request attested ye same.
The FF mark of
Alice Shorecliffe (? Storecliffe)
William Meriell
Elizabeth Beaumont wife & Richard Beaumont son of Richd Beaumont deceased executors were sworn to a due execution of this will in form of law before me April 17 1.745
S: Dickens Surrogate(The seal appears to be a lamb holding a flag charged with a cross).

Richard married N. N.

Richard next married Lora Skeggs, daughter of Samuel Skeggs and Laura Stoughten, in 1741 in Godmanchester, Huntingdonshire, England. (Lora Skeggs was born in 1717, christened on 10 May 1717 in Glatton, Huntingdonshire, England and died in 1780.)

bullet Sources of information or noted events in their marriage were:

• Web Based Info. https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N6Z5-NY2

And

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N6Z5-NYK

And

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N6ZR-M8Z

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