This is my place to wax poetic about my family tree, so to speak. Oak trees have always played a part in the Beaman family, from Gamaliel Beaman who planted the first one in the family on land he settled in Lancaster, Massachusetts in 1659. That tree grew into the Beaman Oak, and lived for more than 250 years.
Gamaliel Beaman was 12 years old when he arrived in Dorchester, Massachusetts aboard the "Elizabeth and Ann". He married Sarah in 1643 and they started a family in Dorchester until it was attacked and then they settled in Lancaster. They stayed there until 1676 when Lancaster was attacked and the family returned to Dorchester where Gamaliel died in 1707.
This site is dedicated to my dad, Fred Beaman, who did all the legwork.
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