John Bean (MacBean, MacBayne) b. before 1634 d. 24 January 1717

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Events

before 1634 birth: Strathdearn, Inverness-Shire, Scotland

about 1634 christening: Follis, Daviot Parish, Scotland

18 April 1654 marriage: Exeter (New Hampshire), United States, ♀ Hannah Lissen [Lissen] b. 1635 d. 1714

8 June 1655 child birth: Exeter (New Hampshire), United States, ♀ Mary Bean [Bean] b. 8 June 1655

about 1657 child birth: Exeter (New Hampshire), United States, ♂ Henry Bean [Bean] b. about 1657 d. 5 March 1661

about 1659 child birth: Exeter (New Hampshire), United States, ♀ Hannah Bean [Bean] b. about 1659 d. 18 July 1692

before 15 November 1660 marriage: Exeter (New Hampshire), United States, ♀ Margaret Lissen [Lissen] b. 1640 d. 1714

15 August 1661 child birth: Exeter (New Hampshire), United States, ♂ John Bean [Bean] b. 15 August 1661 d. 18 May 1666

23 March 1663 child birth: Exeter (New Hampshire), United States, ♂ Daniel Bean [MacBean] b. 23 March 1663 d. March 1718

23 May 1665 child birth: Exeter (New Hampshire), United States, ♂ Samuel Bean [Bean] b. 23 May 1665

13 October 1668 child birth: Exeter (New Hampshire), United States, ♂ John Bean [Bean] b. 13 October 1668

17 October 1670 child birth: Exeter (New Hampshire), United States, ♀ Margaret Bean [Bean] b. 17 October 1670

17 December 1672 child birth: Exeter (New Hampshire), United States, ♂ James Bean [Bean] b. 17 December 1672

20 April 1675 child birth: Exeter (New Hampshire), United States, ♂ Jeremiah Bean [Bean] b. 20 April 1675

24 September 1678 child birth: Exeter (New Hampshire), United States, ♀ Elizabeth Bean [Bean] b. 24 September 1678

1680 child birth: Exeter (New Hampshire), United States, ♀ Catherine Bean [Bean] b. 1680

24 January 1717 death: Exeter (New Hampshire), United States, Church Yard of the Congregational Church

Notes

John Bean and Alexander Gordon were lifetime friends and lived very similar lives. John was born in Scotland around 1634. In 1651, At the age of sixteen he was a young soldier in General Monk’s army in 1651 which went forth with the design to place Charles II as king on the throne which was vacant by the execution of his father King Charles I. On Septamber 3, 1651, roughly 12,000 Royalist, Scottish troops were holed up in the English town of Worcester. This battle became known as the "Battle of Worcester". During the 10 hour battle roughly 3,000 Royalists were killed and 7,000 taken prisoner. John was captured by English Soldiers led by Oliver Cromwell and was jailed as a prisoner of war, likely at Tuthill Fields prison in London. In 1651, he was released from prison on condition that he be deported to the colonies as an indentured servant. Indentured servitude usually lasted 7 years. John's ship landed in Boston. John worked for Nicholas Lissen in his sawmill as an indentured servent in Exeter, New Hampshire. Alexander Gordon also worked for Nicholas Lissen, although not as an indentured servant. In October 10, 1664 he married Nicholas Lissen's daughter, Hannah Lissen in Exeter, New Hampshire and was given twenty acres of land as dowry by his father-in-law. Hannah and John had three children. Hannah died in childbirth of their third child. John eventually married Hannah's sister Margaret and had another 9 children. Hannah and Margaret were both daughter's of Nicholas Lissen and sisters of Mary Lissen, Alexander Gordon's wife. John was of the signers of the New Hampshire petition. In 1675 he may have enlisted in the colonists army to help defend the colony against the Indian chief, King Philip. In 1695, John may again have enlisted in the army, serving in Capt. Kingsley Hall's company in "King Williams War". John died in Exeter, New Hampshire in 1717 at the age of 83 and is buried in the Church Yard of the Congrestional Church.

"The tax lists and other sources of information show that Exeter also profited by this chattel slavery, as Nicholas Lissen of the latter place is credited with being master of some of the Worcester prisoners." (p. 28) [Editor's note: According to Mr. Greubel, the material by Mr. Bean on his ancestor John Bean is available in the Mormon family history library in Salt Lake City but so far as is known, has not been published elsewhere.] Bean states that an expatriate Scotsman by the name of Nicholas Lissen "was operating two lumber mills near Exeter, N.H." in 1651 (Bean 1977:5). Following Stackpole, he states that "the seven men who were indentured to Nicholas Lissen were: John Bean, John Barber, Alexander Gordon, John Sinclair, John Hudson, John Thompson, and Walter Jackson. All were to be lifetime friends of John Bean." (Bean 1977:6)

[edit] Sources

1. ↑ http://kingcrest.com/sinclair/johnsinkler.html-ssi -
2. ↑ History of New Hampshire, by Everett S. Stackpole -
3. ↑ "The Life & Family of John Bean of Exeter & his Cousins" By Bernie Bean, 1970, p. 1-19. -
4. ↑ George Thomas Little, A. M., Litt. D., Genealogical & Family History of the State of Maine, (Lewis Historical Publishing Co. New York 1909). -
5. ↑ http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/o/y/Edith-G-Moya/GENE6-0001.html#ENDNOTEREF11 -
6. ↑ Ancestrial File-LDS Church, AFN:8JCV-PP. -
7. ↑ http://www.british-towns.net/scotland/highland/invernesshire/strathdearn - Location of Strathdearn, Inverness-shire
8. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daviot,_Aberdeenshire - Location of Daviot Scotland

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