John Beauchamp (Plymouth Company)
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John Beauchamp was one of the influential members of the Plymouth Company
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John Beauchamp was the son of Thomas Beauchamp of Cosgrove and Dorothy (Clark) Beauchamp. He was born about 1592 in England. On December 27, 1615 he married Alice Freeman. They had seven children. He died at Reigate in about 1655.
His brother-in-law was Edmund Freeman
, one of the founders of Sandwich, Massachusetts. Among his descendants are Jereboam O. Beauchamp
, Noah Beauchamp
and one presidential candidate, James "Champ" Clark.
Plymouth Company
The Plymouth Company was an English joint stock company founded in 1606 by James I of England with the purpose of establishing settlements on the coast of North America.The Plymouth Company was one of two companies, along with the London Company, chartered with such...
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John Beauchamp was the son of Thomas Beauchamp of Cosgrove and Dorothy (Clark) Beauchamp. He was born about 1592 in England. On December 27, 1615 he married Alice Freeman. They had seven children. He died at Reigate in about 1655.
His brother-in-law was Edmund Freeman
Edmund Freeman
Edmund Freeman was one of the founders of Sandwich, Massachusetts and an Assistant Governor of Plymouth Colony under Governor William Bradford.-Early life:...
, one of the founders of Sandwich, Massachusetts. Among his descendants are Jereboam O. Beauchamp
Jereboam O. Beauchamp
Jereboam Orville Beauchamp was an American lawyer who murdered the Kentucky legislator Solomon P. Sharp, an event known as the Beauchamp–Sharp Tragedy. In 1821, Sharp was accused of fathering the illegitimate stillborn child of a woman named Anna Cooke. Sharp denied paternity of the child, and...
, Noah Beauchamp
Noah Beauchamp
Noah Beauchamp was a blacksmith and an Indiana pioneer. He was also the first person to be legally hanged in Parke County, Indiana, after murdering his neighbor, George Mickelberry, over a dispute.- Early life :...
and one presidential candidate, James "Champ" Clark.