Daughter of Jonathan (1713-1758) and Beulah (Chadwick) (1719-1804) Stearns.
First husband: John Jackson, b. 22 Dec 1730, in Weston, MA, d. 27 Dec 1760, in Tyringham, Berkshire Co., MA. They were m. 09 Nov 1758, in Tyringham.
She was a sister of Lydia Stearns Marshall.
Bio suggested by FAG member Jan on 5/25/2023:
"In 1804 she married Thomas Ashley, one of the first settlers of Poultney.
As leader of the 13 women left behind while their husbands were off fighting at Hubbardton in 1777, Beulah facilitated their escape after being warned by a messenger from Hubbardton that the British were rapidly approaching their small settlement. Leaving immediately when the messenger arrived during their Sunday church service, only one went back to her home, Beulah's sister Lydia, and took whatever they had with them, walking down an old military road, southward, to seek safety at their old homeplaces in Berkshire County, Massachusetts and in Connecticut. Their husband's caught up with them and were then engaged in the Battle of Bennington. But it was the stalwart, resolute Beulah who had earlier stood off some British soldiers who threatened them while the women and many children were sheltered at an Inn by pretending to load a musket and pointing it at the men through a window. The women had left with no weapons, however, much less ammunition, all being necessary for their fighting men. Beulah and most of the other women returned shortly thereafter to Poultney but found much of their belongings and goods ransacked by the single Loyalist who had remained behind."
First husband: John Jackson, b. 22 Dec 1730, in Weston, MA, d. 27 Dec 1760, in Tyringham, Berkshire Co., MA. They were m. 09 Nov 1758, in Tyringham.
She was a sister of Lydia Stearns Marshall.
Bio suggested by FAG member Jan on 5/25/2023:
"In 1804 she married Thomas Ashley, one of the first settlers of Poultney.
As leader of the 13 women left behind while their husbands were off fighting at Hubbardton in 1777, Beulah facilitated their escape after being warned by a messenger from Hubbardton that the British were rapidly approaching their small settlement. Leaving immediately when the messenger arrived during their Sunday church service, only one went back to her home, Beulah's sister Lydia, and took whatever they had with them, walking down an old military road, southward, to seek safety at their old homeplaces in Berkshire County, Massachusetts and in Connecticut. Their husband's caught up with them and were then engaged in the Battle of Bennington. But it was the stalwart, resolute Beulah who had earlier stood off some British soldiers who threatened them while the women and many children were sheltered at an Inn by pretending to load a musket and pointing it at the men through a window. The women had left with no weapons, however, much less ammunition, all being necessary for their fighting men. Beulah and most of the other women returned shortly thereafter to Poultney but found much of their belongings and goods ransacked by the single Loyalist who had remained behind."
Daughter of Jonathan (1713-1758) and Beulah (Chadwick) (1719-1804) Stearns.
First husband: John Jackson, b. 22 Dec 1730, in Weston, MA, d. 27 Dec 1760, in Tyringham, Berkshire Co., MA. They were m. 09 Nov 1758, in Tyringham.
She was a sister of Lydia Stearns Marshall.
Bio suggested by FAG member Jan on 5/25/2023:
"In 1804 she married Thomas Ashley, one of the first settlers of Poultney.
As leader of the 13 women left behind while their husbands were off fighting at Hubbardton in 1777, Beulah facilitated their escape after being warned by a messenger from Hubbardton that the British were rapidly approaching their small settlement. Leaving immediately when the messenger arrived during their Sunday church service, only one went back to her home, Beulah's sister Lydia, and took whatever they had with them, walking down an old military road, southward, to seek safety at their old homeplaces in Berkshire County, Massachusetts and in Connecticut. Their husband's caught up with them and were then engaged in the Battle of Bennington. But it was the stalwart, resolute Beulah who had earlier stood off some British soldiers who threatened them while the women and many children were sheltered at an Inn by pretending to load a musket and pointing it at the men through a window. The women had left with no weapons, however, much less ammunition, all being necessary for their fighting men. Beulah and most of the other women returned shortly thereafter to Poultney but found much of their belongings and goods ransacked by the single Loyalist who had remained behind."
First husband: John Jackson, b. 22 Dec 1730, in Weston, MA, d. 27 Dec 1760, in Tyringham, Berkshire Co., MA. They were m. 09 Nov 1758, in Tyringham.
She was a sister of Lydia Stearns Marshall.
Bio suggested by FAG member Jan on 5/25/2023:
"In 1804 she married Thomas Ashley, one of the first settlers of Poultney.
As leader of the 13 women left behind while their husbands were off fighting at Hubbardton in 1777, Beulah facilitated their escape after being warned by a messenger from Hubbardton that the British were rapidly approaching their small settlement. Leaving immediately when the messenger arrived during their Sunday church service, only one went back to her home, Beulah's sister Lydia, and took whatever they had with them, walking down an old military road, southward, to seek safety at their old homeplaces in Berkshire County, Massachusetts and in Connecticut. Their husband's caught up with them and were then engaged in the Battle of Bennington. But it was the stalwart, resolute Beulah who had earlier stood off some British soldiers who threatened them while the women and many children were sheltered at an Inn by pretending to load a musket and pointing it at the men through a window. The women had left with no weapons, however, much less ammunition, all being necessary for their fighting men. Beulah and most of the other women returned shortly thereafter to Poultney but found much of their belongings and goods ransacked by the single Loyalist who had remained behind."
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