I am the GGG grandaughter of Harrison and Rachel Beeman. I have all my Beeman's up to them, then my chain breaks. My GG grandfather,William Spears Beeman, was the biological son of Mary Katie McCoy and Thomas Double, but was taken in by Harrison & Rachel and took on the Beeman surname. He had a sister named Lizzie (I am assuming Elizabeth) that I can't find ANY information on and I would really like to get ahold of info on her. My Great-Grandpa passed away in 2000 at the age of 89 and told countless stories over the years of "Aunt Lizzie".

Your inquiry caught my eye because of Harrison Beeman, a brother of my 3rd great grandfather, who I have been trying to research. While your Harrison is not the one I'm looking for, I found much information on your family line. From the 1860 census of Pike Co., OH, I found your 10 year old Harrison was the son of Monroe Beeman and Nancy. They were married in Pike Co. OH on 8 Apr 1849 and Nancy was the daughter of Matthew Current per Ohio marriage records.
Monroe Beeman was born 10 Apr 1828 in Jasper, OH to Reuben Beeman and Hannah Long.
Reuben Beeman was born 30 Sep 1771 in Kent, CT to Friend Beeman and Mary Logans.
Friend Beeman was born 6 Feb 1749/50 in Kent, CT to Thomas Beeman, Jr. and Bertha Tracy.
Thomas Beeman, Jr. was born Oct, 1715 to Thomas Beeman, Sr. and Phoebe Park probably in Preston, CT.

Once I had identified Monroe Beeman, it was easy to trace back further because his ancestry has been posted both in Genealogy.Com's World Family Tree and in Rootsweb's Family Tree Search. It is undoubtedly also in Ancestry.Com's family tree submissions, but I did not check that out. There is much more information in those sources than I outlined above which you will find interesting. If you don't have a paid subscription to Genealogy.Com or Ancestry.Com, go to Rootsweb.com since that is a free website
You might want to concentrate your search on the biological ancestry of William Speers Beeman since that would be your true ancestrial lineage.

I already have all of the info from Monroe back to the 1700's. Thanks. What I am concentrating on is the mysterious Aunt Lizzie that my Great-Grandfather always talked about.

I don't mean to be snarky, and maybe I took what you said out of context, but just because someone is "adopted" doesn't mean you're not "related". My Great Great Grandfather and my Great Grandfather had relationships with these people.My Great Great Grandfather was raised by the Beeman's from a very young age, his values and the man he became came from the Beeman's love and guidance, his genetics had nothing to do with any of that.

The family photos I have are of the Beeman's.... the stories I was told were about the Beemans, the memories made were with the Beemans.....and they are whom I consider my family.

My Great-Grandfather lived until I was almost 30 years old. I spent every weekend with him & my great grandmother when I was a kid. I was unbelieveably blessed to have them in my life that long and every family story I was told were about the Beemans, not the McCoys or Doubles....it is obvious that my Great Great Grandfather was considered one of the family by the Beemans and considered himself a Beeman, so why should I treat it any different? To ignore the Beeman's and focus my research on people they didn't even know would be a slap in the face to my Great Great Grandfather, my Great Grandfather, and even to Harrison and Rachel.

My Great-Grandfather had a strong bond with his "Aunt Lizzie" & she is actually the Beeman I am concentrating on finding more information on and getting in contact with her living descendents....THEY are the ones who would have photos of my Grandfather's or possibly old letters, and stories to share, just as I have of their anestors, not the McCoys or Doubles. Which by the way, I AM researching those lines also but not as in depth.

Again, sorry if I sound snarky,but adoption is a touchy subject with me...my neice was adopted by my husbands brother and I am one of those people who believe that you don't have to be blood to be a family. I mean should I walk up to my niece and say "hey kid, I'm not really your aunt, so don't put me down in your family tree but your brother is really my nephew, so its okay if he does".....I don't think so! She couldn't be more my niece if MY blood was in her and it would probably break my heart if she didn't want to research her Daddy's side of the family because they're "not her true ancestrial lineage". The family she is around today are the ones who love her, the ones who are going to matter to her, who are going to mold her into the woman she will become, we are the ones she is making memories with......her biological father and his family doesn't have a thing to do with that! As the saying goes, any man can make a baby but it takes a special man to be a Daddy....just because she doesn't have my brother-in-law's blood doesn't mean she isn't his daughter.Just because she doesn't have my husbands blood doesn't make her any less our niece.

Not trying to be argumentative.....just my point of view on the matter.

Heather:
WOW! I guess I really touched a nerve and that wasn't my intent. I'm very sorry that my comment was taken as a put-down of your ancestor's adopted family status. I agree with your feelings 100 %. My late wife was adopted and I have had first hand observation of what you are talking about. While she knew her biological mother and had a relationship with her, her real mother was her adoptive mother who married her father after he and his first wife divorced.

In addition to your "Aunt Lizzie", I read your message to also mean you had run into a block on finding the parents of Harrison Beeman and his ancestors. I was trying to be helpful because I've been helped along the way many times in my genealogy research over the past 30-35 years. My comment about "true ancestrial lineage" had to do with an accepted genealogy practice, or standard, that can be relied upon by others who are doing their own research. It is required for membership in pedigreed societies and would also be important in DNA studies now being done by genealogists. I agree this seems harsh against the standard of who one's family really is.

I wouldn't want "my helpfulness" to be the cause of a new Hatfield-McCoy feud! (I have a Hatfield line among my ancestry.) Please accept my apology.
Donovan Pendell

No worries Donovan! ~* smiles & hugs~* I'm sorry if I came off strong. I apologize. Just from my own experience, I know people can be extremely cruel about adoption and it's a very touchy subject with me, I'm just on the defensive. My niece has brought so much joy into our lives and it's mind boggling how cold hearted people can be, even people you've known for years!

I had a woman email me everything from Monroe back to the 1700's. My chain broke with Harrison and Rachel, but I guess all things considered, that's the way it will be since my Great-Great grandfather was their adopted child & the rest of us aren't Beeman by blood. I can't find anything, even in Censuses, about Aunt Lizzie. I did find one database that had my Great Great-Grandfather listed as their child but that's as far as it went, although there's 6 generations under Rachel and Harrison and unfortunatly there aren't very many of us because 4 of those generations only produced 1 child each.Spears was an only child (unless by a miracle I find Lizzie) My Great grandfather was an only child, my grandfather was an only child and I am an only child. All of my "Beeman" grandfather's are gone now. All that is left now is my mom, my uncle, my 2 cousins who are still teenagers, me and my 3 children who are all under age 12. So you can understand why it would be nice to find some living "relatives".

Take Care! And again I am sorry for being snappy!
Heather

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