Mary Beard
Mary and her husband were part of the romantic, adaptive Compromise Generation. Her eight eldest children were part of the idealistic Transcendental Generation. Her remaining five children were part of the nomadic, reactive Gilded Generation.
Year by year in the life of Mary Beard
The early childhood of Mary Beard in its historical context
The teen years and adulthood of Mary Beard in its historical context
| Birth of Mary Beard | |
| Born: | 1789 |
| Birthplace: | Wilmington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts |
| Parents (our ancestors) No information available | |
| Siblings No information available | |
| Spouse and children | |
| Husband: | Abraham Stickney IV, 1787-1839 of
Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts (our ancestor) (son of Abraham Stickney III, 1758-1821 and Abigail Bell, 1758-1850, our ancestors) Married 7 April 1808 |
| Daughter: | Mary Ann Stickney born 1808, married William Goldsmith (same one who married Mary Ann's sister Jane Maria Stickney?} |
| Daughter: | Catherine B. Stickney born 1809, died 8 January 1835 |
| Son: | Edward Beard Stickney born 1812, married first H. Dean, second J. P. Cogswell |
| Son: | James Madison Stickney (twin brother of Jane Maria Stickney) born 1814, married Mary Burdett |
| Daughter: | Jane Maria Stickney (twin sister of James Madison Stickney) born 1814, married first William Goldsmith (same one who married Jane Maria's sister Mary Ann Stickney?} married second A. Meader |
| Daughter: | Lucebia Clark Stickney (apparently named for the fiancée of Uncle Joseph-- after 1817 Aunt Lucebia) born 1816, died 7 December 1839 |
| Son: | William Henry Stickney born 1819, died 30 October 1838 |
| Daughter: | Louisa Richmond Stickney born 1821, married Noah Clapp |
| Daughter: | Alathena Gertrude Stickney born 1823, died 1824 |
| Daughter: | Caroline Elizabeth Stickney, 1824-1853
(our ancestor) (Caroline was born November 30; Mary died December 4) |
| Other information | |
| Occupation: | Housewife |
| Religion: | No information available |
| Death of Mary Beard Stickney | |
| Died: | 4 December
1824 from complications of childbirth (5 days after bearing daughter Caroline) (age 35 years) |
| Deathplace: | Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts |
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Sources on Mary Beard Stickney:
- Wendy Edmands Pearson, in her research for membership in the Colonial Dames.
- Mary Caroline Findley Edmands, 1887-1970, in her research for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution. In her diary entry for 27 May 1952: "Went over to see Ethel in pm and she asked if we had an umbrella of hers here and I said I guess so, so she said she would get it when she drove me home, but Eva wanted a ride so we went up to see the new West Parish school and around West Andover and E. showed me where she thought my great grandmother Stickney lived.
- Mary Anna Hawes Edmands Ashbrook, 1917-1992, in her compilation of Mary Caroline Findley Edmands's research.