Jethro Beal of Farringdon

[MacGrigor]

Possible marriage?

Jethro Beal and Mary Emes
2nd of February 1659
East Tisted, Hampshire (just north of Farringdon)

[pjm99]

Hi again Adam,
The only earlier marriage I can see is:
22 Oct 1657 Beale Jethro jun & Thomas Mary at Farringdon
(This certainly seems to indicate that there was still a Jethro senior still alive at this point. )
HTH
Peter

[MacGrigor]

Yes, that would be more likely. Could he be the son of Jethro the rector? He died in 1658, although we obviously can only speculate to their exact relationship.

[Little Nell]

Jethro Beal(e) the rector of Farringdon left a widow Mary, two sons (Peter & Jethro),two daughters Anne & Mary (he also had two other daughters who pre-deceased him Judith & Abigail), and a grandson John, son of his son Jethro.  There is mention of his 'son Longworth' who appears to be Anne's husband, and his 'brother Norton' - possibly a brother in law.

Nell

[MacGrigor]

Thanks! That would explain why my Jethro is described as Jethro junior on his 1657 marriage as his father was still living.

[MacGrigor]

Could this be Jethro Sr.'s baptism?

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NL92-M45

[Little Nell]

If you mean Jethro the rector, yes, that is likely given the father's name.  It would also fit with the timeline for his career as a clergyman.  Check that out at the Clergy database

http://db.theclergydatabase.org.uk/jsp/persons/index.jsp

Nell

[MacGrigor]

Is this him?

http://db.theclergydatabase.org.uk/jsp/search/index.jsp

Dates to 1660, not 1658 

[Little Nell]

There was only one rector of Farringdon at that time and Jethro Beale is not that common a name.

The records may be going by when the next rector was appointed rather than when the previous one died.  1658 was still in the Commonwealth period when things got a little messy as far as parish records are concerned.

Nell