BAYLIES, Nathaniel

See BAYLES, Nathaniel

BEAGLE, Mary

No information exists regarding a Mary Beagle in Westchester County during the 1840s. She may be Mary Bedell, who is listed as an 84-year-old resident of the Town of Cortlandt, New York, in the 1850 United States Census. A Mary Bedell who died on April 18, 1869, at the age of 90 is buried in the East-Yard Cemetery in Yorktown, New York (WCHS Book #44, Section 2, p.4).

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BEARMOORE, ____ (Madam)

John Macdonald did not provide the first name of Madam Bearmore but noted that her father was a cousin of Loyalist Major Mansfield Bearmore. She may be Elizabeth Bearmore, who is listed as a 60-year-old resident of the Town of Cortlandt, New York, in the 1850 United States Census. Madam Bearmore was interviewed on October 21, 1847. Thomas as Currie (Curry), the only other person interviewed that day, was also a resident of Cortlandt.

BEARMOORE, Gilbert

Gilbert Bearmore is listed as a 67-year-old shoemaker in the Town of Harrison, New York, in the 1850 United States Census. The tombstone of "Gilbert Barmore" in White Plains Rural Cemetery in White Plains, New York, indicates that he died on August 23, 1854, in his 71st year (WCHS Book #38, p.6).

BELCHER, ____ (Mrs. Elisha)

See BELCHER, Lydia

BELCHER, Lydia

Lydia Reynolds Belcher was a daughter of Horton Reynolds, whose home in Greenwich, Connecticut, was raided by Refugee cavalry commanded by Major Thomas Huggeford while it was serving as headquarters of Colonel Levi Wells of the Connecticut Militia. Her tombstone in New Burial Grounds Association Cemetery in Greenwich indicates that she died on October 5, 1850. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/144806841/lydia-belcher