Elizabeth Porter 1758–1834 – Phineas Wolcott Cook Family Organization

Elizabeth Porter, 1758–1834 (aged 76 years)

Elizabeth Porter

Name: Elizabeth Porter
Given names: Elizabeth
Surname: Porter

Gender Female

Events of close relatives
Birth	about 1758 29 25 Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death of a grandfather	Nathaniel Porter May 28, 1758 (aged 0) Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Birth of a brother	Benjamin Porter May 10, 1760 (aged 2 years) Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Birth of a brother	Robert Porter 1764 (aged 6 years) Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death of a mother	Deborah Hand before 1774 (aged 16 years) Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Marriage of a parent	John Porter — Rebecca Joslin — View this family June 23, 1774 (aged 16 years) Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Birth of a daughter	Eliza Cook 1779 (aged 21 years) Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Marriage	Daniel Cook — View this family about 1780 (aged 22 years) Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Birth of a son	Amasa Cook April 26, 1782 (aged 24 years) Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Birth of a son	Phineas Cook November 12, 1786 (aged 28 years) Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death of a father	John Porter before 1793 (aged 35 years) Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Marriage of a child	Amasa Cook — Polly Churchill — View this family about 1805 (aged 47 years)
Marriage of a child	Phineas Cook — Irene Churchill — View this family about 1806 (aged 48 years) Prob. Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut
Death of a husband	Daniel Cook August 14, 1809 (aged 51 years) Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Marriage of a child	Amasa Cook — Sally Rowe — View this family about 1811 (aged 53 years)
Marriage	Benjamin Beach — View this family March 23, 1814 (aged 56 years) Cornwall, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Note: Cornwall Church Records, 1755-1852 (Family History Library film 3966) p. 321, item 3: "March 2… Cornwall Church Records, 1755-1852 (Family History Library film 3966) p. 321, item 3: "March 23, 1814, Rev. Benjamin Beach of Milton married to Wid. Elizabeth Cook." Also found in Milton Church Records Vol. 3:321. The marriage of Elizabeth Cook of Goshen and Benjamin Beach is also found in Milton Church Records Vol. 3:321. (The Church of Christ in Milton (Congregational) 1779-1898, Family History Library film 4767)
Death of a husband	Benjamin Beach July 12, 1816 (aged 58 years) Cornwall, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Marriage	Joseph Peters — View this family June 5, 1821 (aged 63 years) Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Note: Marriage recorded in Goshen Vital Records: "Marriages in Goshen," Family History Library book 974.61/G1 V2h. "Joseph Peters and Elizabeth Beach."
Death of a sister	Ruth Porter September 10, 1829 (aged 71 years) Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death of a brother	John Porter before 1830 (aged 72 years) Steuben, New York, United States
Death	1834 (aged 76 years) Genesee, New York, USA
LDS baptism	June 22, 1886 (52 years after death)
LDS endowment	June 25, 1886 (52 years after death)
LDS spouse sealing	Daniel Cook — View this family June 24, 1887 (53 years after death) LDS temple: Logan, Utah, United States
Reference number	C-5
Unique identifier	7B2A4F8A0DD24DA79E9C4C3A07CECFD38812
Last change	March 4, 2020

Date differences

Family with parents
father	Links Birth: September 6, 1728 36 35 — Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Marriage: January 14, 1751 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Marriage: June 23, 1774 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Death: before 1793 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA LDS child sealing: October 26, 1917 LDS baptism: October 18, 1943 LDS endowment: December 20, 1944 LDS spouse sealing: October 9, 2007 LDS spouse sealing: October 28, 2007 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Deborah Hand Nathaniel Porter Ruth Porter John Porter Elizabeth Porter Benjamin Porter Robert Porter Family with spouse Rebecca Joslin John Porter 1728–1793 Birth: September 6, 1728 36 35 — Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Death: before 1793 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
mother	Links Birth: April 2, 1732 33 30 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Marriage: January 14, 1751 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Death: before 1774 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA LDS baptism: May 9, 1957 LDS endowment: October 22, 1957 LDS child sealing: November 19, 1976 LDS spouse sealing: October 28, 2007 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse John Porter Nathaniel Porter Ruth Porter John Porter Elizabeth Porter Benjamin Porter Robert Porter Deborah Hand 1732–1774 Birth: April 2, 1732 33 30 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Death: before 1774 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Marriage	Marriage: January 14, 1751 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
2 years elder brother	Links Birth: about 1752 23 19 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Marriage: about 1772 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Death: Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Nathaniel Porter Nathaniel Porter 1752– Birth: about 1752 23 19 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Death:
3 years elder sister	Links Birth: 1754 25 21 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Marriage: about 1772 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Death: September 10, 1829 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA LDS baptism: July 5, 2007 LDS endowment: August 15, 2007 LDS child sealing: October 4, 2007 LDS spouse sealing: Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse James Eggleston Lydia Eggleston Anna Eggleston James Eggleston Roswell Eggleston Prosper Eggleston Ruth Eggleston Polly Eggleston Erastus Eggleston Ruth Porter 1754–1829 Birth: 1754 25 21 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Death: September 10, 1829 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
3 years elder brother	Links Birth: about 1756 27 23 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Marriage: about 1777 Death: before 1830 — Steuben, New York, United States LDS baptism: July 5, 2007 LDS endowment: August 15, 2007 LDS child sealing: October 28, 2007 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Mrs. John … Joseph Porter Thomas Porter John Porter 1756–1830 Birth: about 1756 27 23 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Death: before 1830 — Steuben, New York, United States
3 years herself	Links Birth: about 1758 29 25 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Marriage: about 1780 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Marriage: March 23, 1814 — Cornwall, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Marriage: June 5, 1821 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Death: 1834 — Genesee, New York, USA LDS baptism: June 22, 1886 LDS endowment: June 25, 1886 LDS spouse sealing: June 24, 1887 Reference number: C-5 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Daniel Cook Eliza Cook Amasa Cook Phineas Cook Family with spouse Benjamin Beach Family with spouse Joseph Peters Elizabeth Porter 1758–1834 Birth: about 1758 29 25 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Death: 1834 — Genesee, New York, USA
2 years younger brother	Links Birth: May 10, 1760 31 28 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Marriage: about 1780 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Death: August 24, 1841 — Batavia, Genesee, New York, USA LDS baptism: July 5, 2007 LDS endowment: August 15, 2007 LDS child sealing: October 28, 2007 LDS spouse sealing: October 28, 2007 Burial: Batavia Cemetery, Genesee, New York, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Rosanna Howe Levi Porter Deborah Porter Philo Porter Anna Porter Benjamin Porter Lucy Porter Benjamin Porter 1760–1841 Birth: May 10, 1760 31 28 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Death: August 24, 1841 — Batavia, Genesee, New York, USA
5 years younger brother	Links Birth: 1764 35 31 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Marriage: February 5, 1792 — Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Marriage: January 4, 1795 — Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Death: December 3, 1843 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA LDS baptism: July 5, 2007 LDS endowment: August 15, 2007 LDS spouse sealing: October 4, 2007 LDS spouse sealing: October 4, 2007 LDS child sealing: October 28, 2007 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Betsey Ford Curtis Porter Betsey Porter Family with spouse Lucy Hannah Daughter Porter Alfred Porter Robert Porter 1764–1843 Birth: 1764 35 31 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Death: December 3, 1843 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA

Father’s family with Rebecca Joslin
father	Links Birth: September 6, 1728 36 35 — Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Marriage: January 14, 1751 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Marriage: June 23, 1774 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Death: before 1793 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA LDS child sealing: October 26, 1917 LDS baptism: October 18, 1943 LDS endowment: December 20, 1944 LDS spouse sealing: October 9, 2007 LDS spouse sealing: October 28, 2007 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Deborah Hand Nathaniel Porter Ruth Porter John Porter Elizabeth Porter Benjamin Porter Robert Porter Family with spouse Rebecca Joslin John Porter 1728–1793 Birth: September 6, 1728 36 35 — Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Death: before 1793 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
step-mother	Links Birth: 1741 80 40 — East Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Marriage: June 23, 1774 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Death: March 28, 1793 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA LDS baptism: March 27, 1993 LDS endowment: June 15, 1993 LDS child sealing: July 1, 1993 LDS spouse sealing: October 9, 2007 Burial: Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse John Porter Rebecca Joslin 1741–1793 Birth: 1741 80 40 — East Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Death: March 28, 1793 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Marriage	Marriage: June 23, 1774 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA

Family with Daniel Cook
husband	Links Birth: August 18, 1761 40 39 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Marriage: about 1780 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Death: August 14, 1809 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA LDS baptism: June 1, 1870 LDS endowment: September 9, 1885 LDS spouse sealing: June 24, 1887 LDS child sealing: July 1, 1920 Burial: Milton Cemetery, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Reference number: C-4 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Elizabeth Porter Eliza Cook Amasa Cook Phineas Cook Daniel Cook 1761–1809 Birth: August 18, 1761 40 39 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Death: August 14, 1809 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
herself	Links Birth: about 1758 29 25 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Marriage: about 1780 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Marriage: March 23, 1814 — Cornwall, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Marriage: June 5, 1821 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Death: 1834 — Genesee, New York, USA LDS baptism: June 22, 1886 LDS endowment: June 25, 1886 LDS spouse sealing: June 24, 1887 Reference number: C-5 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Daniel Cook Eliza Cook Amasa Cook Phineas Cook Family with spouse Benjamin Beach Family with spouse Joseph Peters Elizabeth Porter 1758–1834 Birth: about 1758 29 25 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Death: 1834 — Genesee, New York, USA
Marriage	Marriage: about 1780 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
0 months daughter	Links Birth: 1779 17 21 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Death: LDS child sealing: LDS baptism: LDS endowment: Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Eliza Cook 1779– Birth: 1779 17 21 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Death:
3 years son	Links Birth: April 26, 1782 20 24 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Marriage: about 1805 Marriage: about 1811 Death: July 3, 1817 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA LDS baptism: June 1, 1870 LDS endowment: September 10, 1885 LDS child sealing: July 1, 1920 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Polly Churchill Family with spouse Sally Rowe Amasa Philip Cook Amasa Cook 1782–1817 Birth: April 26, 1782 20 24 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Death: July 3, 1817 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
5 years son	Links Birth: November 12, 1786 25 28 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Marriage: about 1806 — Prob. Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut Death: May 20, 1848 — Richland, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA Burial: May 1848 — Richland, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA LDS baptism: June 1, 1870 LDS endowment: September 4, 1885 LDS spouse sealing: June 24, 1887 LDS child sealing: July 1, 1920 Reference number: C-2 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Irene Churchill Betsey Cook Daniel Cook Eliza Cook Darius Burgess Cook Mary Ann Cook Phineas Wolcott Cook Harriet Cook Phineas Cook 1786–1848 Birth: November 12, 1786 25 28 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Death: May 20, 1848 — Richland, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA

Family with Benjamin Beach
husband	Links Birth: April 15, 1737 34 27 — New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Marriage: June 3, 1762 — Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut Marriage: March 23, 1814 — Cornwall, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Death: July 12, 1816 — Cornwall, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Elizabeth Porter Family with spouse Mercy Blatchly Job Beach Giles Beach Benjamin Beach Temperance Beach Joel Beach Lydia Beach Titus Hall Beach Mercy Beach Simeon Beach David Beach Benjamin Beach 1737–1816 Birth: April 15, 1737 34 27 — New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Death: July 12, 1816 — Cornwall, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
herself	Links Birth: about 1758 29 25 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Marriage: about 1780 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Marriage: March 23, 1814 — Cornwall, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Marriage: June 5, 1821 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Death: 1834 — Genesee, New York, USA LDS baptism: June 22, 1886 LDS endowment: June 25, 1886 LDS spouse sealing: June 24, 1887 Reference number: C-5 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Daniel Cook Eliza Cook Amasa Cook Phineas Cook Family with spouse Benjamin Beach Family with spouse Joseph Peters Elizabeth Porter 1758–1834 Birth: about 1758 29 25 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Death: 1834 — Genesee, New York, USA
Marriage	Marriage: March 23, 1814 — Cornwall, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA

Family with Joseph Peters
husband	Links Birth: April 22, 1748 — Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA Marriage: June 23, 1768 — Hebron, Windham, Connecticut, USA Marriage: June 5, 1821 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Death: January 27, 1835 — Darien, Genesee, New York, USA Burial: Darien, Genesee, New York, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Elizabeth Porter Family with spouse Dorothy Owen Joseph Peters 1748–1835 Birth: April 22, 1748 — Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA Death: January 27, 1835 — Darien, Genesee, New York, USA
herself	Links Birth: about 1758 29 25 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Marriage: about 1780 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Marriage: March 23, 1814 — Cornwall, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Marriage: June 5, 1821 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Death: 1834 — Genesee, New York, USA LDS baptism: June 22, 1886 LDS endowment: June 25, 1886 LDS spouse sealing: June 24, 1887 Reference number: C-5 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Daniel Cook Eliza Cook Amasa Cook Phineas Cook Family with spouse Benjamin Beach Family with spouse Joseph Peters Elizabeth Porter 1758–1834 Birth: about 1758 29 25 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Death: 1834 — Genesee, New York, USA
Marriage	Marriage: June 5, 1821 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA

Benjamin Beach + Mercy Blatchly
husband	Links Birth: April 15, 1737 34 27 — New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Marriage: June 3, 1762 — Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut Marriage: March 23, 1814 — Cornwall, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Death: July 12, 1816 — Cornwall, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Elizabeth Porter Family with spouse Mercy Blatchly Job Beach Giles Beach Benjamin Beach Temperance Beach Joel Beach Lydia Beach Titus Hall Beach Mercy Beach Simeon Beach David Beach Benjamin Beach 1737–1816 Birth: April 15, 1737 34 27 — New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Death: July 12, 1816 — Cornwall, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
partner’s partner	Links Birth: November 30, 1736 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Marriage: June 3, 1762 — Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut Death: November 21, 1812 — Cornwall, Litchfield, Connecticut Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Benjamin Beach Job Beach Giles Beach Benjamin Beach Temperance Beach Joel Beach Lydia Beach Titus Hall Beach Mercy Beach Simeon Beach David Beach Mercy Blatchly 1736–1812 Birth: November 30, 1736 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Death: November 21, 1812 — Cornwall, Litchfield, Connecticut
Marriage	Marriage: June 3, 1762 — Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut
7 months step-son	Links Birth: about 1762 24 25 — North Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Death: about 1763 — North Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Job Beach 1762–1763 Birth: about 1762 24 25 — North Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Death: about 1763 — North Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
3 years step-son	Links Birth: January 13, 1765 27 28 — North Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Marriage: May 3, 1789 — North Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Marriage: November 25, 1832 — North Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Death: June 22, 1847 — North Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Burial: Old graveyard, Montowese in North Haven Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Mary Dayton Bede Beach Ancy Beach Joseph Dayton Beach Amelia Beach Benjamin Beach Jonathan Beach Giles Beach Mary Beach Abraham Beach Ancy Beach Sharon Yale Beach Family with spouse Jeanette Hannah Stilson Giles Beach 1765–1847 Birth: January 13, 1765 27 28 — North Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Death: June 22, 1847 — North Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
3 years step-son	Links Birth: about 1767 29 30 Death: April 25, 1788 — North Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Benjamin Beach 1767–1788 Birth: about 1767 29 30 Death: April 25, 1788 — North Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
3 years step-daughter	Links Birth: about 1769 31 32 Death: June 19, 1790 — North Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Temperance Beach 1769–1790 Birth: about 1769 31 32 Death: June 19, 1790 — North Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
2 years step-son	Links Birth: about 1770 32 33 Marriage: about 1800 Death: August 29, 1846 — North Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Burial: Old graveyard, Montowese in North Haven Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Patty Ray Riley Ray Beach Lydia Beach Sybil Beach Abigail Beach Patty Lovice Beach Joel Beach 1770–1846 Birth: about 1770 32 33 Death: August 29, 1846 — North Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
6 years step-daughter	Links Birth: about 1775 37 38 Marriage: about 1800 Death: Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse … Keeney Lydia Beach 1775– Birth: about 1775 37 38 Death:
16 months step-son	Links Birth: May 4, 1776 39 39 Marriage: about 1800 Marriage: 1803 Death: September 26, 1855 — Clymer, Chautauqua, New York, United States Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Sabra Holbrook Family with spouse Ellen Haynor Titus Hall Beach 1776–1855 Birth: May 4, 1776 39 39 Death: September 26, 1855 — Clymer, Chautauqua, New York, United States
4 years step-daughter	Links Birth: about 1779 41 42 Marriage: about 1803 Death: April 20, 1869 — North Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Levi Blakeslee Mercy Beach 1779–1869 Birth: about 1779 41 42 Death: April 20, 1869 — North Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
20 months step-son	Links Birth: September 6, 1780 43 43 Marriage: about 1805 Death: January 26, 1849 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Mary Benedict Simeon Beach 1780–1849 Birth: September 6, 1780 43 43 Death: January 26, 1849
2 years step-son	Links Birth: about 1782 44 45 Marriage: July 6, 1806 — Derby, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Death: Oxford, Connecticut, United States Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Patty Beecher Mary Angeline Beach Benjamin Sela Hubbard Beach David Beach 1782– Birth: about 1782 44 45 Death: Oxford, Connecticut, United States

Joseph Peters + Dorothy Owen
husband	Links Birth: April 22, 1748 — Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA Marriage: June 23, 1768 — Hebron, Windham, Connecticut, USA Marriage: June 5, 1821 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Death: January 27, 1835 — Darien, Genesee, New York, USA Burial: Darien, Genesee, New York, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Elizabeth Porter Family with spouse Dorothy Owen Joseph Peters 1748–1835 Birth: April 22, 1748 — Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA Death: January 27, 1835 — Darien, Genesee, New York, USA
partner’s partner	Links Birth: July 27, 1750 Marriage: June 23, 1768 — Hebron, Windham, Connecticut, USA Death: April 22, 1821 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Joseph Peters Dorothy Owen 1750–1821 Birth: July 27, 1750 Death: April 22, 1821
Marriage	Marriage: June 23, 1768 — Hebron, Windham, Connecticut, USA

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Marriage	Cornwall Church Records, 1755-1852 (Family History Library film 3966) p. 321, item 3: "March 23, 1814, Rev. Benjamin Beach of Milton married to Wid. Elizabeth Cook." Also found in Milton Church Records Vol. 3:321. The marriage of Elizabeth Cook of Goshen and Benjamin Beach is also found in Milton Church Records Vol. 3:321. (The Church of Christ in Milton (Congregational) 1779-1898, Family History Library film 4767)
Marriage	Marriage recorded in Goshen Vital Records: "Marriages in Goshen," Family History Library book 974.61/G1 V2h. "Joseph Peters and Elizabeth Beach."
Marriage	Text reads: "Joseph Peters md. Elisabeth Beach, 5 June 1821."
Note	BIRTH Birth records were not kept in Bethlehem, Connecticut where the family lived, so none of the children in this family have vital records. The date 1758 is derived from her age projection in the 1830 Census. She was then between the age of 70-80, making her birth before 1760. That she was the daughter of John and Deborah (Hand) Porter was confirmed by a study of land records, probate records, and the marriage record of her parents in Bethlehem. There were no children with vital records in that family except Benjamin. Because he recorded in his Revolutionary War Pension to be from Bethlehem, the composition of the family began to take shape. These siblings eventually moved to Goshen after the death of their mother, and are then all found in Goshen records. They then all moved to the same area in up-state New York except Robert and Ruth, who remained in Litchfield, Connecticut. MOTHER-IN-LAW Elizabeth (Pond) Cook: Litchfield Probate #1604 (Probate Files Collection, early to 1880, Connecticut State Library (Hartford, Connecticut), Litchfield District, Probate Packets, 1743-1880, Family History Library film 1022333.) Only one Daughter-in-law named although she had three others Elizabeth Cook, wife of Daniel was named "I give and bequeath unto Elizabeth Cook my son Daniel Cook's wife, her heirs and assigns my side sadel and my goldbeads and silk cloak." (This formerly was thought to be a sachel, (satchel) but is unquestionably a "d" rather than a"ch"). Whereas some have thought this to be a small and uncomplimentary gesture, I believe it to be the opposite. No other daughter-in-law was even mentioned. Considering the value of her husband's estate, in which few articles of clothes were valued of great cost, it seems to me that gold beads, a silk cloak and a side saddle would be a gesture of affection to her daughter-in-law Elizabeth. I believe she loved Elizabeth and made sure there was something of value left to her. GOSHEN RECORDS It is almost certain the Porter family lived in Goshen by 1778, as her brothers John, Robert and Benjamin had moved there and had land records in Goshen. Benjamin enlisted first in Bethlehem. He served in 1776 and 1777, and then enlisted at Goshen in February 1778. Vital records were not kept in Goshen at this time. The only existing record is the following: Daniel Cook married "Elizabeth Porter of Goshen." ("History of the Town of Goshen," by L.M. Norton, 1987, p. 451, Family History Library book 974.61/G1 H2h) 1814 She was listed as "Elizabeth Cook of Goshen" in Benjamin Beach's Probate Packet, a contract made before they married, dated March 18, 1814 in which she and Benjamin Beach agreed "each having considered their advanced stage in life and other circumstances attending each other in their respective situations" to "relinquish all right, claim and demand to any right or dower" in their separate estates. (Benjamin Beach Probate Packet, Family History Library film 1022325, p. 1) In this probate packet Elizabeth's possessions before the marriage were itemized: 1 quart peuter cup, 1 large Bible, 8 tin milk pans, 1 earthen pot, 1 jar, 1 tin pan, 1 linnen and 1 (?) wheel, 2 pair flannel sheets,1 tin pail, 1 D-ch Kettle, 1 Iron Tea Kettle, 1 pr. S-- Irons, 3 coverlets, 1 Bisquett, Towels, 4 table clothes, 4 table plates, knives and forks, 6 pair linnen sheets, 7 pr. pillow cases, 18 cups and saucers, 1 teapot, Peuter and B-er,1 candlestand, 2 brass kettles, Peut-- can with drainers, 1 old table, frying pan, tin roaster, 1 l-yan cannister, 4 chairs, 1 butter tub. Total: $55.05. Items given Elizabeth as listed in Benjamin's will: 1 tin pail, 1 rocking chair, 1 tin basin, 8 earthen plates, Davis Sermons Vol 2nd, (another book, I can't read, but of little value -$.08), 1 steme pot, tea pot, b. tin, 1 set tea spoons, 12 --- wool, 1 old heifer, 1 small s---, 1 tin coffee pot, 1 cotton sun ---, 1 tin pail, Tongs and peal, tin dipper, decanter glass mugg, 1 canister, D--ght Psalms. Total value: $23.83. It was noted in his will he gave her all his books with his name written in them and quite a bit of food ($34 worth). The will signed June 26, 1816 included a few other items, but I couldn't read them. LITCHFIELD CO COURT From 1809 to Feb. 4, 1813 Elizabeth and her son Amasa were involved in a court proceeding in which they were being sued by Benjamin Doolittle of Cornwall. In Land Records Vol 12, p. 193 we learn Seth Beers loaned them $88.07 to appeal this suit, but it was finally settled in the favor of Doolittle Feb. 4, 1813. Court record is in the Connecticut State Library, copy in possession of Janet Porter. No biographical information recorded in the 8-page document. However, we learn from the continued proceeding that Elizabeth was a resident of Goshen during the entire time of the suit. It had previously been thought she left to live with relatives elsewhere. 1810 CENSUS: Elizabeth is not found in the Phineas or Amasa Cook home. There is an older female in Phineas's home, but since there was an unnamed older couple, we can't prove the female was Elizabeth. GENESEE COUNTY, NEW YORK In 1826 or 1827 Joseph and Elizabeth moved to Darien in Genesee County. Joseph's son Joseph Jr. was one of the original settlers there in 1809 ("Gazette and Biographical Record of Genesee Co., N.Y.," F.W. Beers, p. 408.) They lived near the "Old Buffalo Road" (Now Highway 29) from Albany to Buffalo. 1830 CENSUS: Joseph Peters and Elizabeth are in Darien, Genesee, New York. Joseph is in the column for age 80-90. Elizabeth is70-80. There is one male in the household age 15-20. That puts Elizabeth's birth between 1750 and 1760. (1830 New York Census Index, editors Ronald Vern Jackson, Gary Ronald Teeples, Family History Library book 974.7 X2pa 1830) DEATH Phineas Wolcott Cook noted in his journal his grandmother died in 1834 in New York. He apparently knew she had gone originally to Bloomfield where they lived with Joseph's son, and thought she died there. However, there is no death record for her at Bloomfield, and land records show she and Joseph moved within a year. (The Diary of Phineas Wolcott Cook, Second Edition (Phineas Wolcott Cook Family Organization, Brigham City, Utah, 1980), Family History Library 6125663, p. 5. Also found on https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE222959) Elizabeth Peters appeared with her husband Joseph Peters in the land office in December 1833. Joseph sold land in two separate transactions Dec. 2, 1833. Joseph Peters "and Elizabeth his wife" were present. There is a signature for both of them on one document, only Joseph's signature on one of them, although the signatures look like identical handwriting and were probably written by the same person. Their grandson Theodore Curtis Peters was the clerk at the land office and certified both Joseph and Elizabeth were present, that Elizabeth was there and gave permission "for the sale separate and apart from her husband." (Deed Records of Genesee County, New York, Vol 29, p. 86; Vol 39, p. 26, Family History Library film 1376282.) Joseph applied for a Revolutionary War Pension June 27, 1833, certifying he was 85 years old and was born at Lebanon Ct. in 1748. Elizabeth was still alive at that time. (Pension #25910 was granted.) When Elizabeth's husband Joseph Peters died Jan. 27, 1835 he left no widow. (Probate for Joseph Peters was originally filed under his son's name: Joseph Peters Jr. in the Genesee County Court House, Batavia, New York. His son Joseph died Feb 16, 1846 and somehow the two people were confused because Joseph Senior's probate had been filed in 1844, 9 years after his death and two years before Joseph Junior's death..) They lived in Darien and he is buried in the North Darien Baptist Cemetery, now Maple Hill Cemetery. However, there is simply no cemetery or death record in Genesee County for her. Even a personal visit to Genesee County produced nothing. MARRIAGE 1 About 1780 she married Daniel Cook, son of Daniel Cook Sr. and Elizabeth Pond Cook. He was born at Goshen, Connecticut 18 August 1761. He died 14 August 1809 at Goshen and is buried in the Milton Cemetery, Litchfield, Connecticut DOCUMENTATION The book "History of Goshen, Conn, (Family History Library book 974.61/G1 H2h) gives genealogical information on the Cook family back to Henry Cooke at Plymouth. Yet they have no date or place for the marriage of Daniel Cook and Elizabeth Porter, probably because there were no vital records at that time. But on p. 451 it states "Daniel Cook, b. Aug 18, 1761 m. Elizabeth Porter of Goshen." It is known Elizabeth's brothers Benjamin, Robert and John were in Goshen Land Records about that time. Apparently the four siblings moved from Woodbury to Goshen where Elizabeth met Daniel. Elizabeth's Mother was dead by then and her father had remarried. There was no reason to go anywhere else for the wedding. MARRIAGE 2 On 23 March 1814 at Cornwall, Litchfield Connecticut, she married the Reverent Benjamin Beach. He was the son of Benjamin and Lydia (Potter) Beach, born April 15, 1737 at New Haven, New Haven, CT. He died July 12, 1816 in Milton (Goshen), Connecticut and is buried in the Milton Cemetery at Litchfield. DOCUMENTATION Cornwall Church Records, 1755-1852 (Family History Library film 3966) p. 321, item 3: "March 23, 1814, Rev. Benjamin Beach of Milton married to Wid. Elizabeth Cook." Also found in Milton Church Records Vol. 3:321. MARRIAGE 3 On 5 June 1821 at Goshen, Connecticut, Elizabeth married Joseph Peters of Kent. He was the son of William and Ruth Peters, born 22 April 1748 at Lebanon, New London, Connecticut. He died 27 January 1835 at Darien, Genesee, New York and is buried in the North Darien Baptist (Maple Hill) Cemetery at Darien. DOCUMENTATION Marriage recorded in Goshen Vital Records: "Marriages in Goshen," Family History Library book 974.61/G1 V2h. "Joseph Peters and Elizabeth Beach." The marriage of Elizabeth Cook of Goshen and Benjamin Beach is also found in Milton Church Records Vol. 3:321. (The Church of Christ in Milton (Congregational) 1779-1898, Family History Library film 4767) HER FAMILY The Search for the Porter Family of Bethlehem and Goshen We knew Daniel Cook married Elizabeth Porter, but no marriage was recorded anywhere in vital records. PWC said she married a man named Peters and died in Bloomfield, Connecticut, but there was no record of her in Bloomfield, nor anywhere nearby. Searching for her was impossible; there were sixteen babies born in the right time period named Elizabeth Porter in New England vital records. Which one was she? If she was part of a Litchfield County family, there was nothing to prove a single fact for that family, let alone her birth. We had no choice but to search out all sixteen New England families. One of those families in Massachusetts had been pinpointed as her probably parents by a researcher hired by the Cook Family Organization in the 1960’s. Yet there wasn’t a single fact supporting that claim. A decade-long search of all Porter families in New England found no links to the Cook family in Goshen. In fact, the more we searched, the more we were convinced Daniel didn’t find his wife while serving in the Revolutionary War. He found a girl near home. But who was she? Every Porter family in Litchfield County, Connecticut was studied in depth. There were no published connections. One of the hints came with Benjamin Porter who stated in his Revolutionary War Pension record he was born in Bethlehem, about ten miles from Goshen where Daniel lived. There was a Benjamin Porter who lived after the war in Goshen. Could he be the same as the Bethlehem Benjamin? Other names popped up in Goshen land records: John Porter, Robert Porter. Those named had also surfaced in the Woodbury Porter family. When Woodbury was divided into small towns, Bethlehem was created. We began to study the Porter family of Woodbury and Bethlehem very carefully. Nothing published about that family was correct, but we didn’t know it. Therefore nothing made sense. Nathaniel Porter of Woodbury was confused with the Nathanial Porter of Coventry, CT who was a preacher. Every single history and genealogy mentioned that connection. Yet the Nathanial Porter in Woodbury and Bethlehem was clearly from Farmington, was never a preacher, and could never be found in Coventry. Benjamin Porter served in the Revolutionary War and gave his birthplace as Bethlehem, Connecticut, but there was no vital record for that birth, nor any way to connect him to a Porter family. Because there was no vital record in a town in which vital records were almost always recorded for that time period, Benjamin was published in every single genealogy and family record as being the Benjamin Porter from East Haven. Yet a search of East Haven records showed the East Haven Benjamin Porter never left East Haven. So how could he be the same man as the Benjamin Porter from Bethlehem and Woodbury? Clearly there were vital records missing from Bethlehem, but how could we find out who they were for? There was a man named Nathaniel Porter who moved to the town Salisbury, also in Litchfield County, CT. One Joshua Porter was in Salisbury, ironically the son of one and the brother of the other men named Nathaniel Porter. Joshua had a brother Simeon, the name of the Salisbury Nathaniel Porter's oldest son. Joshua became quite famous after he moved to Salisbury. Researchers could not discern which Nathaniel and which Simeon was which, so they assumed our Nathaniel was the brother of Joshua. That Joshua Porter later moved to Great Barrington, Berkshire County. Massachusetts, the same town in which the Salisbury Nathaniel Porter and his family had earlier settled, further confusing genealogists and producing erroneous genealogies. There seemed no way to sort out the truth of this family. Clearly researchers had struggled with this family for generations. There were no vital records for the Porter family in Bethlehem or Woodbury, except one: the marriage of John Porter to Deborah Hand. Yet since someone named Nathaniel Porter had also married Deborah Hand some genealogists confused the two and thought they had both married the same person. We now know Nathaniel and John were father and son, and they married mother and daughter, but there was no death for the first Deborah. No deaths or probates for John or the second Deborah. The only other time John was mentioned was in the probate for his father Nathaniel. Genealogists had left John out of the family because they thought he was the John who had died as an infant in Farmington. They didn’t realize there were two Johns. John Porter was a very common name in New England. If he was a key to this family, there was no way to pin it down. There were dozens of men named John Porter in the Revolutionary War, in census records, in probate records. Clearly the key to discovering this family lay in records produced by John Porter's sons. Extensive research proved his sons were born in Bethlehem but moved to Goshen. Land records for his sons John, Benjamin and Robert began to appear in Goshen. Daniel Cook married "Elizabeth Porter of Goshen," as recorded in The History of the Town of Goshen. Benjamin's Revolutionary War record pointed to Goshen, although he recorded he had been born in Bethlehem. He enlisted first in Bethlehem. He served in 1776 and 1777, and then enlisted at Goshen in February 1778 and served to the end of the war "in the continental establishment" under Col John Thuman of New Haven. He appeared in the 1790 Census in Goshen. This Porter family of Bethlehem and Goshen was without question the family of our Elizabeth Porter who married Daniel Cook Jr. Almost miraculously a small piece of evidence was discovered which linked Benjamin Porter to John and Deborah Porter of Bethlehem. The Boston Transcript, a repository of genealogy information, published a small query over 100 years ago listing Benjamin’s daughter Debbie. For the first time we knew Benjamin was the son of John and Deborah Porter of Bethlehem. With that piece in place we could then begin to put the family together. Elizabeth Porter was the older sister of Benjamin Porter. Her brother Nathaniel was born in Goshen about 1752. Her brother John who also served in the Revolutionary War was born about 1756. She was born in 1758 according to later census records. From his Revolutionary War Pension we knew Benjamin was born in Goshen 10 May 1760 and the youngest brother Robert who stayed in Bethlehem to the end of his life was born about 1764. They had a sister Ruth who would have been born about 1754. Subsequent research, including land and probate records, census and military records, proved this was the right family. It was convincing enough, notwithstanding all the previously published information about Nathaniel Porter and his family. The New England Historic Genealogical Society published our lengthy article proving what we knew to be true. The article appears in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, titled "Nathaniel Porter (1692-1758) of Farmington and Bethlehem Connecticut and his family," by Bryson Caldwell Cook and Janet Stacey Porter. Part 1 is in Volume 163, July 2009, p. 165. Part 2 is in Volume 163, October 2009, p. 268. Part 3 is in Volume 164, January 2010, p. 55.
Note	The book "History of Goshen, Conn, (Family History Library book 974.61/G1 H2h) gives genealogical information on the Cook family back to Henry Cooke at Plymouth. Yet they have no date or place for the marriage of Daniel Cook and Elizabeth Porter, probably because there were no vital records at that time. But on p. 451 it states "Daniel Cook, b. Aug 18, 1761 m. Elizabeth Porter of Goshen." It is known Elizabeth's brothers Benjamin, Robert and John were in Goshen Land Records about that time. Apparently the four siblings moved from Woodbury to Goshen where Elizabeth met Daniel. Elizabeth's Mother was dead by then and her father had remarried. There was no reason to go anywhere else for the wedding.
Note	Cornwall Church Records, 1755-1852 (Family History Library film 3966) p. 321, item 3: "March 23, 1814, Rev. Benjamin Beach of Milton married to Wid. Elizabeth Cook." The marriage of Elizabeth Cook of Goshen and Benjamin Beach is also found in Milton Church Records Vol. 3:321. (The Church of Christ in Milton (Congregational) 1779-1898, Family History Library film 4767)
Note	Marriage recorded in Goshen Vital Records: "Marriages in Goshen," Family History Library book 974.61/G1 V2h. "Joseph Peters and Elizabeth Beach."