Joseph (Dea) Beals

1752 - 1813

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• Birth	14 Jun 1752	Bridgewater, Mass.
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Gristmill Owner (Known as "Mountain Miller")
  Baptism	20 Sep 1752
  Died	20 Jul 1813	Plainfield, Mass.
  Buried	Hilltop Cemetery, North Central Street, Plainfield, Mass.
  Person ID	I01982	Beal Genealogy
  Last Modified	28 Aug 2016

  
  

  Father	Jonathan Beals,   b. 10 Dec 1730, Bridgewater, Mass. ,   d. 24 Aug 1813, Bridgewater, Mass.
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Abigail Harlow,   b. 1729,   d. 26 Aug 1779, Bridgewater, Mass.
  Relationship	Natural
  Married	11 Jul 1751	Bridgewater, Mass.
  Family ID	F00753	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Lydia Loring Porter,   d. 1813, Plainfield, Mass.
  Children	> 1. Samuel Beals,   b. 26 Sep 1775, Bridgewater, Mass. ,   d. 30 Jun 1851 > 2. Joseph () Beals, Jr,   b. 03 Jul 1778, Bridgewater, Mass. ,   d. 07 Aug 1847, Plainfield, Mass. > 3. Robert (Dea) Beals,   b. 07 Dec 1780, Plainfield, Mass. ,   d. 02 Jul 1844   4. Lydia L. Beals,   b. 19 May 1787,   d. 04 Dec 1804   5. Polly Beals,   b. 13 Apr 1789, Plainfield, Mass. ,   d. 30 Jul 1810   6. Lovisa Beals,   b. 04 Jan 1792, Plainfield, Mass.
  Family ID	F00758	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  "Joseph moved from Bridgewater, Mass to Plainfield, CT in 1779 when the town was still part of Cummimgton. In 1789, a year of great scarcity, he suffered the loss of his house and nearly all his provisions by fire. His religious experience, dating from this calamity, was subject of the tract, "The Mountain Miller" by Wm. A. Hallock. It has been printed in French and German, as well as the English language, and its circulation has reached several hundred thousand copies. He srved as selectman in 1795 and was chosen deacon of the Plainfield church in 1803." From History of the Town of Plainfield, CT.