| Name | Joshua Bean Sr |
| Date of Birth | 1719 |
| Place of Birth | Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire |
| Date of Marriage | 1735 |
| Date of Death | 1787 |
| Place of Death | Gilmanton, Belknap County, New Hampshire |
| Son of & of |
John Bean |
| Sarah Sinkler | |
| WikiTree | https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bean-1123 |
| Name | Hannah Robinson |
| Date of Birth | 1719 |
| Place of Birth | Epping, Rockingham County, New Hampshire |
| Place of Marriage | |
| Date of Death | 1757 |
| Place of Death | Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire |
| Daughter of & of |
Thomas Robinson |
| WikiTree | https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Robinson-5302 |
| Name | Lydia Brown |
| Date of Birth | 1730-04-02 |
| Place of Birth | Exeter Brentwood, Belknap, New Hampshire |
| Place of Marriage | |
| Date of Death | 1823-01-21 |
| Place of Death | Weare, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States |
| Daughter of & of |
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| WikiTree | https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Brown-38461 |
| Name | D.o.b | Place of Birth | D.o.d | Place of Death | Date of Marriage | Spouse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deborah Bean (Hannah) | ||||||
| Hannah Bean (Hannah) | ||||||
| Joshua Bean (Hannah) | ||||||
| Simeon Bean (Hannah) | ||||||
| Sarah Bean (Hannah) | ||||||
| John Bean (Hannah) | ||||||
| Mehitable Bean (Hannah) | ||||||
| Gideon Bean (Hannah) | ||||||
| Mary Bean (Lydia) | ||||||
| Peter Bean (Lydia) | ||||||
| Elizabeth Bean (Lydia) | ||||||
| Elijah Bean (Lydia) | ||||||
| Caleb Bean (Lydia) | ||||||
| Esther Bean (Lydia) | ||||||
| Richard Bean (Lydia) | ||||||
| Stephen Bean (Lydia) | ||||||
| Ruth Bean (Lydia) | ||||||
| Aaron Bean (Lydia) |
Joshua Bean, son of John Bean and Sara (Sinkler) Bean, was a Quaker, who was twice married and had 11 children by each of his wives. (One of the largest families of the John MacBean (MacBayne) Bean descendants.
Authorities do not agree on the date of birth of Joshua Bean. Drummond says he was born in 1713, but his father was not married until 1718.
Joshua first married Hannah Robinson, the daughter of Thomas Robinson of Epping, New Hampshire.
Joshua and Hannah had 11 children:
Hannah Bean, born June 9, 1739; Joshua Bean, born May 2, 1741; Simeon Bean, born March 30, 1743; Sarah Bean, born October 17, 1744; John Bean, born September 4, 1746; Mehitable Bean, born February 25, 1747; Lydia Bean, born March 2, 1750 (married Jonathan Dow); Rachel Bean, died young; Debora Bean, died young; Jeremiah Bean, born 1757.
Hanna (Robinson) Bean died in 1757.
In 1758, Joshua married Lydia Brown (1730-1823) in Wear, NH. She is the Lydia Bean of East Weare, about whom so much research was conducted by Josiah Drummond, before his work of 1896. She is buried in East Weare Village Cemetery.
Joshua and Lydia had 11 children:
Deborah Bean, born April 17, 1759, died 1762 in Brentwood, N.H.; Mary Bean, born May 13, 1761; Peter Bean, born October 1762, died 1824; Elizabeth Bean, born September 1764, died 1815; Elijah Bean; Caleb Bean, born June 17, 1767; Esther Bean, born March 1769; Richard Bean, born January 1771, died young; Stephen Bean, born April 4, 1772, died December 10, 1825; Ruth Bean, born June 1778; Aaron Bean, born February 24, 1779
In 1804, four of Joshua's boys were enrolled at Dartmouth College. In 1832, five of his grandsons graduated from Dartmouth and two from Harvard.
Joshua Bean, being a Quaker, could not conscientiously bear arms in the Revolutionary War, and could not sign the Association Test Act of April 12, 1776 which read, as follows:
"We the subscribers, do hereby solemnly engage and promise that we will, to the utmost of our power, at the risk of our lives and fortunes, with arms oppose the hostile proceedings of the British Fleet, and the Armies against The United States."
His sons, Simeon, Joshua and Gideon, also dissented from this affirmation, and sent to the government a respectful letter, in which they declared that they cordially approved the Declaration of Independence, made on the 4th of July preceding, and that they consented to be taxed for the support of the American cause, but that they had conscientious scruples against defending their country with arms. Thirty-five residents at Gilmanton signed the letter.