General Notes

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BIOGRAPHY
BEAUCHAMP
Thomas de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, b 1313, was a knight of
the Garter.  He was a descendant of the Sureties Roger and Hugh Bi god
and Henry de Bohun. At the age of two years he succeeded his father as
Ea rl of Warwick and later took an active part in the wars in Scotland
and in Fra nce. One of the chief commanders of the battle of Crecy, he
distinguished hims elf at Poitiers, and was constituted marshal of
England. he and his wife Cathe rine Mortimer are both        buried in
a splendid tomb at Warwick, where thei r effigies may still be seen.
They had 16 ch. Our decent is through Guy who m Philippa Ferrers. This
is a Huguenot line. This is of course also a Magna Char ta line.
Edward Beauchamp b ca 1620 in Eng. d ca 1682 in Salem,
Mass. of Sale m and Lynn is said to have been a relative of Robert
Beauchamp of Ipswich and a cousin of Sir Oliver Beauchamp,
merchant adventurer. In 1639 he joined the c hurch and his 1st
wife Mary joined the following year; freeman February 28, 16 43;
proprietor at Lynn 1638; Clerk of Writs. Lived Salem 1645-1661;
moved to Lynn. Married 1st 1640 Mary (???) who died 1668; 2nd
November 8, 1670 Elizabet h Metcalf wid. b.
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Edward Beauchamp, a French Huguenot, was officially received as an
inhabitant of Salem Villiage in 1636, and given four acres of land
nea r the North Cove, immediately south and adjacent to the lands owned
by Robert Goodell.  In 1640 he was elected as Constable of Salem
Village, an office of i mportance at that time.  He later moved to
Lynn, Massachusetts from 1645 to 16 61, and then returned to Salem.
INDIVIDUAL_NOTE
Variations of spelling the na me Beauchamp -
Beachem or Burcham