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John Bean

John Bean

Male 1634 - 1718  (84 years)


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  • Name John Bean 
    Birth 1634  Strathdearn, Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Family Search ID LZB4-BJ7 
    Immigration 1652  Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • He travelled aboard the John and Sara.

      John Bean was a soldier and present at the battle of Worcester 3 September 1651 under the command of David Leslie. When Oliver Cromwell's New Army defeated Leslie's Jacobite forces of King Charles II at Worcester John was amongst the 10,000 taken prisoner. John was likely forced to march from Worcester to London. Most Scots were held through the winter at Tuthill Artillery grounds may dying of cold and starvation. In 1652 John was one of 272 Scotish Prisoners of War shipped to the American colonies aboard the ship "John and Sara. On 2-24-1652 John was sold on the auction block as indentured servant at Saugus House Iron Works to Nicholas Lissen of NH. John would go on to be held in high regard by his master and married Nicholas's daughter Hannah. John would go on to care for his master until his death.

      It is believed John was approximately 15-16 when he participated at the battle of Worcester and that he may have followed an older brother in to service.

      Hannah Lisson died and John then married Margaret Edwards. It is believed that Margaret had been an orphan on the same boat from Scotland in 1652, and had been in service to the Lisson family since that time.
    _UID FD8FAD8452114F72BB21FC2FD5DD2E2DF50C 
    Death 24 Jan 1718  Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Aft 24 Jan 1718  Congregational Church Burial Ground, Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    gravestones\BEAN John Hannah Margaret    		 gravestones\BEAN John Hannah Margaret
    Person ID I5682  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 18 Sep 2023 

    Wife Margaret Edwards,   b. 1640, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jan 1714, Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Marriage 15 Nov 1660  Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. John Bean, Jr,   b. 13 Oct 1668, Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jun 1719, Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years)
    Family ID F1648  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 May 2023 

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    gravestones\BEAN John Hannah Margaret    		gravestones\BEAN John Hannah Margaret

  • Sources 
    1. [S1172] Find a Grave: John Bean/MacBean.