Rhoda BEEBE

Rev. Dr. Lewis BEEBE

Fourth great grandfather Rev. Dr.Lewis BEEBE was the son of John Beebe and Martha Colver, born March 10, 1749 at Canaan, North Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut, British Colonial America

He is a 1771 graduate of Yale and was a surgeon in the army at Ticonderoga.

He lived in Canaan Connecticut; Manchester and Bennington, Vermont (1782-1784); Lansingburgh, NY (1794-1795), Troy, NY; Pawlet, Vt; Arlington, Bennington, Vt; and moved to New Jersey after his fourth marriage.

Dr. Lewis Beebe was a graduate of Yale College in 1771. He entered the ministry of the Presbyterian Church to study medicine and theology.

He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. On 1 April, 1776 he became a surgeon in the Continental Army and was assigned to the army around Lake Champlain, which had been amassed for an invasion of Montreal, Quebec. Lewis Beebe served the entire war; he was a brother-in-law of the famous Col. Ethan Allen.

He kept a Journal of his Revolutionary War experiences [7] in which he anticipated Benedict Arnold's treachery by referring to him as a snake in the grass.

On 4 June 1787 he was ordained and preached at Lansingburgh , NY.

Lewis had the following children:

Lucy Allen, b. 1782
Nancy, b. 1784
Rhoda, b. 1788
Lewis, b. 1791
Isaac, b. 1794
Amelia, b. 1796

Spooner's_Vermont_Journal_1785-05-10 (46K)
Spooner's Vermont Journal May 10, 1785

Vermont_Gazette_1785-06-27_[4] (208K)
Vermont Gazette June 27, 1785.

Vermont_Gazette_1790-06-14_[3] (166K)
Vermont Gazette June 14, 1790

Vermont_Gazette_1793-03-08 (134K)
Vermont Gazette March 8, 1793

Vermont_Gazette_1795-01-09_[4] (121K)
Vermont Gazette January 9, 1795

The Bruce Chadwick book "The First American Army" mentions Dr. Lewis Beebe about 69 times.

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