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Coffin plate · primary-source record

Belinda Bean

circa September 1814 (computed from age at death) – 21 Nov 1891

77 years 2 months · transcribed from the original coffin plate

Editorially verified

At-a-glance facts

Record type

Coffin plate

Date of death

21 Nov 1891

Date of birth

circa September 1814 (computed from age at death)

Age at death

77 years 2 months

Plate found in

New Hampshire, United States

The coffin plate

Inscription transcription

Belinda Bean
Died Nov 21 1891
Age 77 yrs 2 mos
Transcription from the Ancestors at Rest archive.

Researcher's notes

This coffin plate for Belinda Bean 1814 ~ 1891 was found in New Hampshire USA.

When I first got the plate I thought the last mame was Beam. I could not find a Belinda Beam but have left what I found below.

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Possible matches in US Federal Census records

This coffin plate was found in New Hampshire. A search of the 1870 and 1880 US Federal Census on Ancestry did not turn up Belinda Bean with certainty, but several individuals of interest are listed below — including an 1880 household in which a Belinda C. Bean appears as a wife. About forty women recorded under the spelling variant “Beam” in the 1870 census across many states are further long-shot possibilities.

⚠ Candidate matches — unverified. Researcher to confirm.

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  • 1860 US Federal Census

    Belinda Bean Pleasant Ridge Plantation, Somerset, ME 2 abt 1858 Maine Female

    Pleasant Ridge Plantation, Somerset, Maine, USA · abt 1858, Maine

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    Unverified — opens a search, not a confirmation.

  • 1860 US Federal Census

    Belinda Bean Gilmanton, Belknap, NH 45 abt 1815 New Hampshire Female

    Gilmanton, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA · abt 1815, New Hampshire

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  • 1860 US Federal Census

    Belinda A Bean Gilmanton, Belknap, NH 11 abt 1849 New Hampshire Female

    Gilmanton, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA · abt 1849, New Hampshire

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  • 1870 US Federal Census

    Belinda Bean, Belmont, Belknap, NH — abt 1816, New Hampshire, White, Female

    Belmont, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA · abt 1816, New Hampshire

  • 1870 US Federal Census

    Belinda A Bean, Belmont, Belknap, NH — abt 1848, New Hampshire, White, Female

    Belmont, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA · abt 1848, New Hampshire

  • 1870 US Federal Census

    Belinda Bean, Salisbury, Merrimack, NH — abt 1801, New Hampshire, White, Female

    Salisbury, Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA · abt 1801, New Hampshire

  • 1880 US Federal Census

    Simon W. Bean (head of household), Candia, Rockingham, NH — abt 1815, New Hampshire

    Candia, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA · abt 1815, New Hampshire

  • 1880 US Federal Census

    Belinda C. Bean (wife of Simon W. Bean), Candia, Rockingham, NH — abt 1816, Canada

    Candia, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA · abt 1816, Canada

  • 1880 US Federal Census

    Gilman R. Bean (son of Simon W. & Belinda C. Bean), Candia, Rockingham, NH — abt 1844, New Hampshire

    Candia, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA · abt 1844, New Hampshire

Source & citation

Source type
Original photograph
Provenance
From the Ancestors at Rest archive — founded 2004 by Brian and substantially built out across two decades by Lorine McGinnis Schulze of Olive Tree Genealogy.
Transcribed by
Ancestors at Rest archive — original contributor not recorded.
Last verified
2026-05-12
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