Soldier-Pioneer-Patriot
1758 Co.Lieut in French War
1775 Capt. Coos Country Rancers
1770 Col 1st NH Northern Army
1777-79 Col.Rect for Defense of Frontiers
Married to Elizabeth Merrill (b.1743 d.31 Aug 1779) in 1760.
This info was contributed by his 7th Great Granddaughter who contacted me to add the info. Thank you.∼This is the nephew of the Timothy Bedell (Beadle) recorded under FAG id 40152857, hearafter named as Uncle and born in Massachusetts. The Timothy of this bio. was born to that Uncle Bedell's (Beadle's) unwed sister, Mary Beadle. That uncle's first wife was (1)Elizabeth (Kelly,) not (Merrill) as is currently recorded. They were married Apr 8 1746 in Amesbury, Mass. I have found no evidence that the uncle was a Colonel.
The Uncle, and Elizabeth (Kelly)are the parents of Dorothy, b. 1748 and Abial, b. 1749. Elizabeth (Kelly)Bedel died in 1749 and the Uncle married (2)Dorothy Heath in 1750 and had 5 children with her, the first born 1751, (another Timothy Bedel) and the last in 1760. The name is used alot in this family, sometimes several times within each generation, with no suffixes.
The intended Timothy of this memorial was born between 1737-1740. I believe the DAR memorials that have been attached to the uncle's memorial belong to this Col. Timothy Bedel who is interred with his wife, (1) Elizabeth Merrill, under the same headboard styled tombstone located beside the DAR memorial. It is beautifully eroded as is the fate of all memorial stones and bones. They were married Mar 4 1759 in Salem, New Hampshire. All their children were born there.
Their children were:
-Cyrus Bedel, b. Jan 22 1760, Salem, NH, d. Jul 8 1772 in Bath, NH when a tree fell on him.
-Ruth (Bedel)Bailey, b. Feb 6 1763 in Salem, NH, d. Oct 10 1779 in Salem, NH.
-Brig. Gen. Moody Bedel, b. May 12 1764, Salem, NH, d. Jan 19 1841, Haverhill, NH.
-Anna (Bedel) Brooks, b. Oct 20 1766 Salem, NH, d. c. 1832, Haverhill, NH.
-Mary (Bedel) Rich, b. Mar 15 1872, Salem, NH, d. Jul 31 1857.
Elizabeth (Merrill) Bedel died c. Mar 1741 and he married (2)Mary Johnson (1752-1789) around 1784 and had 2 children with her:
-Hazen Bedel, b. Aug 6 1785, Haverhill, NH, d. Aug 12 1835.
-Abigail Bedel, b. Dec 17 1786, Haverhill, NH, d. May 5 1842. She married a 1st cousin, Cyrus Bedel, son of Timothy's illegitimate brother or half brother; Daniel and they too had a Timothy Bedel, (1807-1842.)
Timothy Bedel had a long and varied military career that is well documentd elsewhere. Starting c. 1760 in the French and Indian wars through April 1779 after the Revolutionary War. Nineteen years of warfare.
"The Bayley Hazen Military Road: When Moses Hazen invested in Haverhill/Newbury in the 1760s, he became interested in developing a road between there and his holdings south of Montreal. This was the germ that, during the early years of the Revolutionary War, developed into the so-called Bayley-Hazen Military Road project. Hazen, Bayley, and Bedel, shared the dream of a large independent state in the northern Connecticut River region. For them, the road would open up the region for political unification as well as economic development." From the Bedel papers, The Daniel Library and New Hampshire Historical Society.
(Note: His son, Brig. Gen. Moody Bedel became the propriator of the Bedel Grant Co. for the Indian Stream Territory, North of the Connecticut river, above Pittsburg, NH, supporting his father's plans. It did become an independent Republic for about 5 years although for different reasons which are also available elsewhere. Eventually, the "Republic of Indian Stream" was incorporated into the town of Pittsburg and the state of New Hampshire.
∼He was a soldier and local leader prominent in the early history of New Hampshire.
Bedel was born in Salem, New Hampshire. During the French and Indian War he served as a lieutenant in the New Hampshire Provincial Regiment at Fort at Number 4, Crown Point, Fortress Louisbourg, the capture of Quebec and later at the capture of Havana, Cuba. Bedel served in the New Hampshire colonial assembly after the war.
Bedel and his wife Elizabeth had a son named Moody Bedel, born on May 12, 1764, who became a brigadier general during the War of 1812. Moody Bedel's son John Bedel was a brigadier general of volunteers during the American Civil War. On May 26, 1775, Timothy Bedel was appointed to command a company of rangers in Coos County, New Hampshire as a colonel in the New Hampshire militia. William Stark also wanted this command and when he was turned down he joined the British Army. This company was quickly expanded to a regiment with eight companies and joined the Continental Army during the Invasion of Canada. Bedel saw action at the Battle of Fort St. Jean, where his command was criticized by General Richard Montgomery for overspending and wasting of provisions particularly rum.
He missed the Battle of Cedars while he was ill at the hospital at Lachine, Quebec. At the Cedars, most of Bedel's Regiment was captured by the British and their Native American allies. Eight days later his men were exchanged for British soldiers captured at the Battle of St. Jean. Both Bedel and his second in command, Major Isaac Butterfield, were court-martialed for the disaster at Cedars. Bedel was found not guilty and Butterfield was found guilty of cowardice. Bedel's regiment was disbanded on January 1, 1777, when enlistments expired.
Bedel commanded a militia regiment in the Battle of Bennington under General John Stark. On December 11, 1779, General George Washington ordered Bedel to Coos to help in an investigation of misconduct and fraud against the Continental Army Quartermaster at Coos, New Hampshire. After the war, Bedel served worked unsuccessfully to have lands in northern New Hampshire and Vermont granted to Abenakis who had sided with the United States during the war.
Some early histories state that Bedel became a general in the New Hampshire militia, but historian Albert Batchellor could find no evidence of this and believed it to be an error because Bedel was always addressed by his contemporaries as "Colonel". Bedel died in Haverhill, New Hampshire.
1758 Co.Lieut in French War
1775 Capt. Coos Country Rancers
1770 Col 1st NH Northern Army
1777-79 Col.Rect for Defense of Frontiers
Married to Elizabeth Merrill (b.1743 d.31 Aug 1779) in 1760.
This info was contributed by his 7th Great Granddaughter who contacted me to add the info. Thank you.∼This is the nephew of the Timothy Bedell (Beadle) recorded under FAG id 40152857, hearafter named as Uncle and born in Massachusetts. The Timothy of this bio. was born to that Uncle Bedell's (Beadle's) unwed sister, Mary Beadle. That uncle's first wife was (1)Elizabeth (Kelly,) not (Merrill) as is currently recorded. They were married Apr 8 1746 in Amesbury, Mass. I have found no evidence that the uncle was a Colonel.
The Uncle, and Elizabeth (Kelly)are the parents of Dorothy, b. 1748 and Abial, b. 1749. Elizabeth (Kelly)Bedel died in 1749 and the Uncle married (2)Dorothy Heath in 1750 and had 5 children with her, the first born 1751, (another Timothy Bedel) and the last in 1760. The name is used alot in this family, sometimes several times within each generation, with no suffixes.
The intended Timothy of this memorial was born between 1737-1740. I believe the DAR memorials that have been attached to the uncle's memorial belong to this Col. Timothy Bedel who is interred with his wife, (1) Elizabeth Merrill, under the same headboard styled tombstone located beside the DAR memorial. It is beautifully eroded as is the fate of all memorial stones and bones. They were married Mar 4 1759 in Salem, New Hampshire. All their children were born there.
Their children were:
-Cyrus Bedel, b. Jan 22 1760, Salem, NH, d. Jul 8 1772 in Bath, NH when a tree fell on him.
-Ruth (Bedel)Bailey, b. Feb 6 1763 in Salem, NH, d. Oct 10 1779 in Salem, NH.
-Brig. Gen. Moody Bedel, b. May 12 1764, Salem, NH, d. Jan 19 1841, Haverhill, NH.
-Anna (Bedel) Brooks, b. Oct 20 1766 Salem, NH, d. c. 1832, Haverhill, NH.
-Mary (Bedel) Rich, b. Mar 15 1872, Salem, NH, d. Jul 31 1857.
Elizabeth (Merrill) Bedel died c. Mar 1741 and he married (2)Mary Johnson (1752-1789) around 1784 and had 2 children with her:
-Hazen Bedel, b. Aug 6 1785, Haverhill, NH, d. Aug 12 1835.
-Abigail Bedel, b. Dec 17 1786, Haverhill, NH, d. May 5 1842. She married a 1st cousin, Cyrus Bedel, son of Timothy's illegitimate brother or half brother; Daniel and they too had a Timothy Bedel, (1807-1842.)
Timothy Bedel had a long and varied military career that is well documentd elsewhere. Starting c. 1760 in the French and Indian wars through April 1779 after the Revolutionary War. Nineteen years of warfare.
"The Bayley Hazen Military Road: When Moses Hazen invested in Haverhill/Newbury in the 1760s, he became interested in developing a road between there and his holdings south of Montreal. This was the germ that, during the early years of the Revolutionary War, developed into the so-called Bayley-Hazen Military Road project. Hazen, Bayley, and Bedel, shared the dream of a large independent state in the northern Connecticut River region. For them, the road would open up the region for political unification as well as economic development." From the Bedel papers, The Daniel Library and New Hampshire Historical Society.
(Note: His son, Brig. Gen. Moody Bedel became the propriator of the Bedel Grant Co. for the Indian Stream Territory, North of the Connecticut river, above Pittsburg, NH, supporting his father's plans. It did become an independent Republic for about 5 years although for different reasons which are also available elsewhere. Eventually, the "Republic of Indian Stream" was incorporated into the town of Pittsburg and the state of New Hampshire.
∼He was a soldier and local leader prominent in the early history of New Hampshire.
Bedel was born in Salem, New Hampshire. During the French and Indian War he served as a lieutenant in the New Hampshire Provincial Regiment at Fort at Number 4, Crown Point, Fortress Louisbourg, the capture of Quebec and later at the capture of Havana, Cuba. Bedel served in the New Hampshire colonial assembly after the war.
Bedel and his wife Elizabeth had a son named Moody Bedel, born on May 12, 1764, who became a brigadier general during the War of 1812. Moody Bedel's son John Bedel was a brigadier general of volunteers during the American Civil War. On May 26, 1775, Timothy Bedel was appointed to command a company of rangers in Coos County, New Hampshire as a colonel in the New Hampshire militia. William Stark also wanted this command and when he was turned down he joined the British Army. This company was quickly expanded to a regiment with eight companies and joined the Continental Army during the Invasion of Canada. Bedel saw action at the Battle of Fort St. Jean, where his command was criticized by General Richard Montgomery for overspending and wasting of provisions particularly rum.
He missed the Battle of Cedars while he was ill at the hospital at Lachine, Quebec. At the Cedars, most of Bedel's Regiment was captured by the British and their Native American allies. Eight days later his men were exchanged for British soldiers captured at the Battle of St. Jean. Both Bedel and his second in command, Major Isaac Butterfield, were court-martialed for the disaster at Cedars. Bedel was found not guilty and Butterfield was found guilty of cowardice. Bedel's regiment was disbanded on January 1, 1777, when enlistments expired.
Bedel commanded a militia regiment in the Battle of Bennington under General John Stark. On December 11, 1779, General George Washington ordered Bedel to Coos to help in an investigation of misconduct and fraud against the Continental Army Quartermaster at Coos, New Hampshire. After the war, Bedel served worked unsuccessfully to have lands in northern New Hampshire and Vermont granted to Abenakis who had sided with the United States during the war.
Some early histories state that Bedel became a general in the New Hampshire militia, but historian Albert Batchellor could find no evidence of this and believed it to be an error because Bedel was always addressed by his contemporaries as "Colonel". Bedel died in Haverhill, New Hampshire.
Soldier-Pioneer-Patriot
1758 Co.Lieut in French War
1775 Capt. Coos Country Rancers
1770 Col 1st NH Northern Army
1777-79 Col.Rect for Defense of Frontiers
Married to Elizabeth Merrill (b.1743 d.31 Aug 1779) in 1760.
This info was contributed by his 7th Great Granddaughter who contacted me to add the info. Thank you.∼This is the nephew of the Timothy Bedell (Beadle) recorded under FAG id 40152857, hearafter named as Uncle and born in Massachusetts. The Timothy of this bio. was born to that Uncle Bedell's (Beadle's) unwed sister, Mary Beadle. That uncle's first wife was (1)Elizabeth (Kelly,) not (Merrill) as is currently recorded. They were married Apr 8 1746 in Amesbury, Mass. I have found no evidence that the uncle was a Colonel.
The Uncle, and Elizabeth (Kelly)are the parents of Dorothy, b. 1748 and Abial, b. 1749. Elizabeth (Kelly)Bedel died in 1749 and the Uncle married (2)Dorothy Heath in 1750 and had 5 children with her, the first born 1751, (another Timothy Bedel) and the last in 1760. The name is used alot in this family, sometimes several times within each generation, with no suffixes.
The intended Timothy of this memorial was born between 1737-1740. I believe the DAR memorials that have been attached to the uncle's memorial belong to this Col. Timothy Bedel who is interred with his wife, (1) Elizabeth Merrill, under the same headboard styled tombstone located beside the DAR memorial. It is beautifully eroded as is the fate of all memorial stones and bones. They were married Mar 4 1759 in Salem, New Hampshire. All their children were born there.
Their children were:
-Cyrus Bedel, b. Jan 22 1760, Salem, NH, d. Jul 8 1772 in Bath, NH when a tree fell on him.
-Ruth (Bedel)Bailey, b. Feb 6 1763 in Salem, NH, d. Oct 10 1779 in Salem, NH.
-Brig. Gen. Moody Bedel, b. May 12 1764, Salem, NH, d. Jan 19 1841, Haverhill, NH.
-Anna (Bedel) Brooks, b. Oct 20 1766 Salem, NH, d. c. 1832, Haverhill, NH.
-Mary (Bedel) Rich, b. Mar 15 1872, Salem, NH, d. Jul 31 1857.
Elizabeth (Merrill) Bedel died c. Mar 1741 and he married (2)Mary Johnson (1752-1789) around 1784 and had 2 children with her:
-Hazen Bedel, b. Aug 6 1785, Haverhill, NH, d. Aug 12 1835.
-Abigail Bedel, b. Dec 17 1786, Haverhill, NH, d. May 5 1842. She married a 1st cousin, Cyrus Bedel, son of Timothy's illegitimate brother or half brother; Daniel and they too had a Timothy Bedel, (1807-1842.)
Timothy Bedel had a long and varied military career that is well documentd elsewhere. Starting c. 1760 in the French and Indian wars through April 1779 after the Revolutionary War. Nineteen years of warfare.
"The Bayley Hazen Military Road: When Moses Hazen invested in Haverhill/Newbury in the 1760s, he became interested in developing a road between there and his holdings south of Montreal. This was the germ that, during the early years of the Revolutionary War, developed into the so-called Bayley-Hazen Military Road project. Hazen, Bayley, and Bedel, shared the dream of a large independent state in the northern Connecticut River region. For them, the road would open up the region for political unification as well as economic development." From the Bedel papers, The Daniel Library and New Hampshire Historical Society.
(Note: His son, Brig. Gen. Moody Bedel became the propriator of the Bedel Grant Co. for the Indian Stream Territory, North of the Connecticut river, above Pittsburg, NH, supporting his father's plans. It did become an independent Republic for about 5 years although for different reasons which are also available elsewhere. Eventually, the "Republic of Indian Stream" was incorporated into the town of Pittsburg and the state of New Hampshire.
∼He was a soldier and local leader prominent in the early history of New Hampshire.
Bedel was born in Salem, New Hampshire. During the French and Indian War he served as a lieutenant in the New Hampshire Provincial Regiment at Fort at Number 4, Crown Point, Fortress Louisbourg, the capture of Quebec and later at the capture of Havana, Cuba. Bedel served in the New Hampshire colonial assembly after the war.
Bedel and his wife Elizabeth had a son named Moody Bedel, born on May 12, 1764, who became a brigadier general during the War of 1812. Moody Bedel's son John Bedel was a brigadier general of volunteers during the American Civil War. On May 26, 1775, Timothy Bedel was appointed to command a company of rangers in Coos County, New Hampshire as a colonel in the New Hampshire militia. William Stark also wanted this command and when he was turned down he joined the British Army. This company was quickly expanded to a regiment with eight companies and joined the Continental Army during the Invasion of Canada. Bedel saw action at the Battle of Fort St. Jean, where his command was criticized by General Richard Montgomery for overspending and wasting of provisions particularly rum.
He missed the Battle of Cedars while he was ill at the hospital at Lachine, Quebec. At the Cedars, most of Bedel's Regiment was captured by the British and their Native American allies. Eight days later his men were exchanged for British soldiers captured at the Battle of St. Jean. Both Bedel and his second in command, Major Isaac Butterfield, were court-martialed for the disaster at Cedars. Bedel was found not guilty and Butterfield was found guilty of cowardice. Bedel's regiment was disbanded on January 1, 1777, when enlistments expired.
Bedel commanded a militia regiment in the Battle of Bennington under General John Stark. On December 11, 1779, General George Washington ordered Bedel to Coos to help in an investigation of misconduct and fraud against the Continental Army Quartermaster at Coos, New Hampshire. After the war, Bedel served worked unsuccessfully to have lands in northern New Hampshire and Vermont granted to Abenakis who had sided with the United States during the war.
Some early histories state that Bedel became a general in the New Hampshire militia, but historian Albert Batchellor could find no evidence of this and believed it to be an error because Bedel was always addressed by his contemporaries as "Colonel". Bedel died in Haverhill, New Hampshire.
1758 Co.Lieut in French War
1775 Capt. Coos Country Rancers
1770 Col 1st NH Northern Army
1777-79 Col.Rect for Defense of Frontiers
Married to Elizabeth Merrill (b.1743 d.31 Aug 1779) in 1760.
This info was contributed by his 7th Great Granddaughter who contacted me to add the info. Thank you.∼This is the nephew of the Timothy Bedell (Beadle) recorded under FAG id 40152857, hearafter named as Uncle and born in Massachusetts. The Timothy of this bio. was born to that Uncle Bedell's (Beadle's) unwed sister, Mary Beadle. That uncle's first wife was (1)Elizabeth (Kelly,) not (Merrill) as is currently recorded. They were married Apr 8 1746 in Amesbury, Mass. I have found no evidence that the uncle was a Colonel.
The Uncle, and Elizabeth (Kelly)are the parents of Dorothy, b. 1748 and Abial, b. 1749. Elizabeth (Kelly)Bedel died in 1749 and the Uncle married (2)Dorothy Heath in 1750 and had 5 children with her, the first born 1751, (another Timothy Bedel) and the last in 1760. The name is used alot in this family, sometimes several times within each generation, with no suffixes.
The intended Timothy of this memorial was born between 1737-1740. I believe the DAR memorials that have been attached to the uncle's memorial belong to this Col. Timothy Bedel who is interred with his wife, (1) Elizabeth Merrill, under the same headboard styled tombstone located beside the DAR memorial. It is beautifully eroded as is the fate of all memorial stones and bones. They were married Mar 4 1759 in Salem, New Hampshire. All their children were born there.
Their children were:
-Cyrus Bedel, b. Jan 22 1760, Salem, NH, d. Jul 8 1772 in Bath, NH when a tree fell on him.
-Ruth (Bedel)Bailey, b. Feb 6 1763 in Salem, NH, d. Oct 10 1779 in Salem, NH.
-Brig. Gen. Moody Bedel, b. May 12 1764, Salem, NH, d. Jan 19 1841, Haverhill, NH.
-Anna (Bedel) Brooks, b. Oct 20 1766 Salem, NH, d. c. 1832, Haverhill, NH.
-Mary (Bedel) Rich, b. Mar 15 1872, Salem, NH, d. Jul 31 1857.
Elizabeth (Merrill) Bedel died c. Mar 1741 and he married (2)Mary Johnson (1752-1789) around 1784 and had 2 children with her:
-Hazen Bedel, b. Aug 6 1785, Haverhill, NH, d. Aug 12 1835.
-Abigail Bedel, b. Dec 17 1786, Haverhill, NH, d. May 5 1842. She married a 1st cousin, Cyrus Bedel, son of Timothy's illegitimate brother or half brother; Daniel and they too had a Timothy Bedel, (1807-1842.)
Timothy Bedel had a long and varied military career that is well documentd elsewhere. Starting c. 1760 in the French and Indian wars through April 1779 after the Revolutionary War. Nineteen years of warfare.
"The Bayley Hazen Military Road: When Moses Hazen invested in Haverhill/Newbury in the 1760s, he became interested in developing a road between there and his holdings south of Montreal. This was the germ that, during the early years of the Revolutionary War, developed into the so-called Bayley-Hazen Military Road project. Hazen, Bayley, and Bedel, shared the dream of a large independent state in the northern Connecticut River region. For them, the road would open up the region for political unification as well as economic development." From the Bedel papers, The Daniel Library and New Hampshire Historical Society.
(Note: His son, Brig. Gen. Moody Bedel became the propriator of the Bedel Grant Co. for the Indian Stream Territory, North of the Connecticut river, above Pittsburg, NH, supporting his father's plans. It did become an independent Republic for about 5 years although for different reasons which are also available elsewhere. Eventually, the "Republic of Indian Stream" was incorporated into the town of Pittsburg and the state of New Hampshire.
∼He was a soldier and local leader prominent in the early history of New Hampshire.
Bedel was born in Salem, New Hampshire. During the French and Indian War he served as a lieutenant in the New Hampshire Provincial Regiment at Fort at Number 4, Crown Point, Fortress Louisbourg, the capture of Quebec and later at the capture of Havana, Cuba. Bedel served in the New Hampshire colonial assembly after the war.
Bedel and his wife Elizabeth had a son named Moody Bedel, born on May 12, 1764, who became a brigadier general during the War of 1812. Moody Bedel's son John Bedel was a brigadier general of volunteers during the American Civil War. On May 26, 1775, Timothy Bedel was appointed to command a company of rangers in Coos County, New Hampshire as a colonel in the New Hampshire militia. William Stark also wanted this command and when he was turned down he joined the British Army. This company was quickly expanded to a regiment with eight companies and joined the Continental Army during the Invasion of Canada. Bedel saw action at the Battle of Fort St. Jean, where his command was criticized by General Richard Montgomery for overspending and wasting of provisions particularly rum.
He missed the Battle of Cedars while he was ill at the hospital at Lachine, Quebec. At the Cedars, most of Bedel's Regiment was captured by the British and their Native American allies. Eight days later his men were exchanged for British soldiers captured at the Battle of St. Jean. Both Bedel and his second in command, Major Isaac Butterfield, were court-martialed for the disaster at Cedars. Bedel was found not guilty and Butterfield was found guilty of cowardice. Bedel's regiment was disbanded on January 1, 1777, when enlistments expired.
Bedel commanded a militia regiment in the Battle of Bennington under General John Stark. On December 11, 1779, General George Washington ordered Bedel to Coos to help in an investigation of misconduct and fraud against the Continental Army Quartermaster at Coos, New Hampshire. After the war, Bedel served worked unsuccessfully to have lands in northern New Hampshire and Vermont granted to Abenakis who had sided with the United States during the war.
Some early histories state that Bedel became a general in the New Hampshire militia, but historian Albert Batchellor could find no evidence of this and believed it to be an error because Bedel was always addressed by his contemporaries as "Colonel". Bedel died in Haverhill, New Hampshire.
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