Beulah Chittenden1,2,3

F, ID# 1033, (1764 - 1824)
Beulah Chittenden|b. 15 May 1764\nd. 6 Feb 1824|p1033.htm|Gov. Thomas Chittenden|b. 6 Jan 1729/30\nd. 25 Aug 1797|p1966.htm|Elizabeth Meigs|b. 17 Oct 1731\nd. 14 Oct 1817||Ebenezer Chittenden|b. 31 Aug 1699\nd. 8 Aug 1756||Mary Johnson|b. 8 Mar 1699\nd. 31 Aug 1779||Lt. Janna Meigs|b. 17 Apr 1699\nd. 12 Feb 1772||Elizabeth Dudley|||

Father Gov. Thomas Chittenden1,2,3 (1729/30-1797)

Mother Elizabeth Meigs1,3,4 (1731-1817)

     Beulah Chittenden was born on 15 May 1764, reportedly in Guilford, New Haven Co, Connecticut, but that seems questionable since her parents had moved to Salisbury in 1751.5,6,7 She married first Capt. Elijah George Galusha, son of Jacob Galusha and Lydia Huntington, before 1780.8 She married second Matthew Lyon in Aug 1784 in Vermont.9,10,11 She died on 6 Feb 1824 in Little Rock, Arkansas, at age 59. While several sources show her death in 1821, based on the date on her tombstone, I believe that the final digit of the year, eroded by weather, was original a "4" and is now mis-read as a "1."12,13,14,15,16 She was buried in Riverview Cemetery, Eddyville, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.2
     She was named adminstratrix for her first husband's estate, along with his brother Jacob. After advertising in the newspaper they met debtors and creditors in her home in Arlington on 2 Mar 1784 to settle his affairs.17
     She was part of the second party her second husband lead moving from Vermont to Eddyville, Kentucky. They traveled by wagon to western Pennsylvania, where they boarded flatbed boats and floated down the Ohio River to the Cumberland River to their new home, arriving 15 Jun 1801.18,19,20 For details, please see The Trek from Vermont to the Kentucky Wilderness.
     In 1820 President Monroe, an old friend of Matthew, appointed him to be the United States factor (agent) to the Cherokee Nation in the Arkansas Territory. Matthew and Beulah moved to a two-story log home on the bluff overlooking the Arkansas River, at Sparda Creek, about 100 miles north of Little Rock.21,22
     Beulah was named an heir in the will of Aurelia Lyon, her daughter, dated 15 Sep 1821, to receive her negro girl Jane.23

Children of Beulah Chittenden and Capt. Elijah George Galusha

Children of Beulah Chittenden and Matthew Lyon

  • Minerva Lyon8,26,27 b. 27 May 1785
  • Chittenden Lyon8 b. 22 Feb 1787, d. 23 Nov 1842
  • Aurelia Lyon28,29,27 b. 27 May 1790, d. Sep 1821 or Oct 1821
  • Matthew Lyon Jr.30,31,8 b. 18 Apr 1791, d. 27 Jan 1839
  • Noah Chittenden Lyon8 b. 22 Mar 1792, d. 16 Aug 1792
  • Beulah Lyon8 b. Jul 1796
  • Giles Lyon8,30 b. Jul 1803, d. 1823
  • Elizabeth Ann Lyon8,28 b. 11 Jun 1805

Citations

  1. [S3143] Historical Collections Relating to the Town of Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, vol 1 pg 40.
  2. [S481] Findagrave.com, online, memorial #6549965, Beulah Chittenden Lyon.
  3. [S3166] Talsott, Chittenden Family, pg 35.
  4. [S3167] Mackenzie, Colonial Families of the United States, 4:86.
  5. [S481] Findagrave.com, online, memorial #6549965, Beulah Chittenden Lyon, shows date, town, county, and state.
  6. [S3143] Historical Collections Relating to the Town of Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, vol 1 pg 40, shows date.
  7. [S3167] Mackenzie, Colonial Families of the United States, 4:86, shows date, as 23 May 1763.
  8. [S49] Freeman, Family File 31 Jul 1998.
  9. [S49] Freeman, Family File 31 Jul 1998, shows month, year, and state.
  10. [S3166] Talsott, Chittenden Family, pg 35, shows married.
  11. [S3167] Mackenzie, Colonial Families of the United States, 4:86, shows married.
  12. [S2801] Miller, "Re: Death date for Beulah Chittenden Lyon," e-mail to author, 9 May 2005, notes that the "Lyon County Cemetery Book" lists the date as Feb. 6, 1821, and states that is the date on the tombstone. But states that a copy of Chittenden Lyon's Bible she received from another descendant shows the entry "Beulah Lyon, his mother, near Eddyville, February 5th [could be 6th, as there is a smudge over this part], 1824, the 60th year of her age."
  13. [S826] Chittenden Lyon, letter to Witherell, 5 Apr 1828, shows she survived her husband by 18 months.
  14. [S49] Freeman, Family File 31 Jul 1998, shows date, as 7 Feb 1824, and location as Little Rock, Arkansas.
  15. [S2309] Lyon County Historical Society, Cemeteries of Lyon County, pg 277, shows date, as Feb. 6 (?) 1821.
  16. [S481] Findagrave.com, online, memorial #6549965, Beulah Chittenden Lyon, shows date, as 6 Feb 1821, and location as Eddyville, Lyon Co., Kentucky.
  17. [S3144] Notice, Vermont Gazette or Freemans Depository.
  18. [S1952] Walker, Profiles of the Past, pg 29.
  19. [S2385] Letter, Lyon to Jefferson, 12 Aug 1801, shows date he and the family arrived in Eddyville.
  20. [S686] Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, online, record for Lyon, Matthew, (1749 - 1822), shows he moved to Kentucky in 1801 and settled in Caldwell (now Lyon) County.
  21. [S1952] Walker, Profiles of the Past, pg 32, describes Lyon's appointment by President Monroe and move to Arkansas.
  22. [S686] Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, online, record for Lyon, Matthew, (1749 - 1822), shows he was appointed United States factor to the Cherokee Nation in Arkansas Territory in 1820.
  23. [S875] Caldwell Co. Wills, A:392, Aurelia Skinner will, 15 Sep 1821.
  24. [S826] Chittenden Lyon, letter to Witherell, 5 Apr 1828, shows Elijah as his half-brother, with surname Galusha.
  25. [S481] Findagrave.com, online, memorial #12338499, Lorenda Galusha, shows her as their daugher, and includes photo of tombstone showing same.
  26. [S826] Chittenden Lyon, letter to Witherell, 5 Apr 1828, shows she was his "own sister," presumably as opposed to the half-siblings also mentioned.
  27. [S875] Caldwell Co. Wills, B:57-9, Chittenden Lyon Will, 21 Nov 1842, shows her as his sister.
  28. [S826] Chittenden Lyon, letter to Witherell, 5 Apr 1828, shows she was his sister.
  29. [S875] Caldwell Co. Wills, A:392, Aurelia Skinner will, 15 Sep 1821, shows Beaulah Lyon as her mother.
  30. [S826] Chittenden Lyon, letter to Witherell, 5 Apr 1828, shows as his brother.
  31. [S875] Caldwell Co. Wills, B:57-9, Chittenden Lyon Will, 21 Nov 1842, shows him as his brother.

 

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