5972.Robert Beedle. Born ca 1642 in New England. Robert died in Amesbury, MA bef Dec 1683.
Robert’s surname is variously spelled Beatle, Beddle, Bedel, Bedell, Bedle, Beedle, Beetle, Betell, Betle, Bettel, and Bettell.
Robert was of Salisbury, and of Newbury by 1667 where he took his oath of allegiance in 1678, age 36, of Amesbury in 1680.222
From The Essex Antiquarian, Volume VII, 1903, page 183:“Descendants of Robert Beadle of Amesbury and Newbury,” no author listed:393
“Robert Beadle, born between 1633 and 1645, was a planter and lived in Newbury first in 1664; in the Amesbury portion of Salisbury a short time about 1666; then in Newbury until 1679, when he settled in Amesbury, where he died in 1683. The inventory of his estate is dated Dec. 6, 1683; and his widow Martha Beetle was appointed administratrix of his estate Sept. 30, 1684. He marrried Martha ___ before 1666.”
From the Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire, edited by Ezra Stearns, Lewis Publ., Chicago, 1908.394 Under the name Bedel, Volume III, page 1341:
“This name appears in different forms BEDEL in the early settlement of Massachusett Bay Colony, the most usual of which was Beedle. It was also often found Bedell, which was borne by one of the most distinguished soldiers of New Hampshire in Revolutionary times and before, and has since been borne by other citizens active and skillful in the professions, in the arts of peace and war; and many of the descendants of the revolutionary hero bearing other names as well as that of Bedel have rendered honorable service in the history of this state. This name in the early writing is variously spelled Beatle, Beedle, Bedle, Beadle, Bedell and Bedel.
“The first of whom record appears was Robert Beedle, of Salisbury, Newbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts. There are conflicting statements as to his age, the dates of births given ranging from 1633 to 1645. Savage says that he was probably a son of Robert Beedle of Wethersfield and New London, Connecticut, who may have removed to Newbury in 1650. There were several in Salem who spelled the name Beadle, but no Robert has been found among them. Robert Beedle seems to have removed from Salisbury to Newbury about 1667, and took the oath of allegiance the following year, at which time his age was given as thirty-six years. He was a resident of Amesbury in 1680 and in 1683, the inventory of his estate being made in the latter year. He bought land in Amesbury in 1668. His widow, Martha, presented the inventory of his estate September 30, 1684. Their children were: Mary. Thomas, Elizabeth. Judith (died young), Hannah. Robert, Judith, John and Isabel.”