Name's the Same - 16 Bezaleels (and counting) - Week 10 of #52Ancestors

 The theme for week 10 of Amy Johnson Crow's #52Ancestors project is Name's the Same. In week three - when the theme was Namesake I wrote about the 11 Ralph Hankins' in my tree. The same side of my family includes at least 16 men named Bezaleel - all descended from the first one. 

Generation 1

Bezaleel Tyler, son of Charles Tyler and Rebecca Potter, born in 1683 in Branford, New Haven County, Connecticut, died in Sharon, Litchfield County, Connecticut on August 29, 1760. He and his wife Abigail Johnson (1692-1760) married on January 23 1711/12 in Branford and had at least 10 children. 

Generation 2

Bezaleel Tyler, son of Bezaleel Tyler and Abigail Johnson, born November 6, 1716, Branford, New Haven County, Connecticut, died June 29, 1796, Cochecton, Ulster County, New York. He married Sarah Calkins (1725-1791) on February 24, 1742 and had at least 15 children. Some histories claim 22 children but only 15 have been identified

Generation 3

Bezaleel Tyler, son of Bezaleel Tyler and Sarah Calkins, born February 26, 1745 in Sharon, Connecticut, died July 22, 1779, Battle of Minisink, Ulster County, New York. He married Abigail Calkins (1745-1783) and had 6 children. 

Bezaleel Tyler, son of Benjamin Tyler and Elizabeth Page, grandson of Bezaleel Tyler and Abigail Johnson, born July 14, 1762, Sharon Springs, Litchfield, Connecticut and died February 8, 1828 in Locke, Cayuga County, New York. He married Phebe Young (1764-1839) about 1781 and had four children. 

Generation 4

Bezaleel Tyler, son of Silas Tyler and Gelosha Scott, grandson of Bezaleel Tyler and Sarah Calkins, born February 18, 1774 in Cochecton, Ulster County, New York, died August 13, 1857, Damascus, Wayne County, Pennsylvania. He married Katy Shepherd on September 6, 1795 and had 4 children. He later married Elizabeth Appleman (1789-1863) on September 24, 1807 and had ten children. 

Bezaleel Calkins, great nephew of Bezaleel Tyler and Sarah Calkins, son of Oliver Calkins and Hannah Thomas, was born December 2, 1780 in New York and died November 25, 1849 in Cochecton, Sullivan County, New York. He marred Mary E Ross (1787-1846), granddaughter of Bezaleel Tyler and Sarah Calkins and had nine children. He may have been named after Bezaleel Tyler killed at the Battle of Minisink in 1779. 

Bezaleel Tyler, son of Charles Tyler and Rachel Conklin, grandson of Bezaleel Tyler and Sarah Calkins, born December 3, 1791 in Cochecton, Ulster County, New York, died November 20, 1819, possibly in Ohio. 

Bezaleel C Ross, son of John Ross and Sophia Tyler, grandson of Bezaleel Tyler and Sarah Calkins, born March 2, 1805 in Cochecton, Ulster County, New York, died September 9, 1856 in Pennsylvania. He married Clarissa Thomas (1808-1887), a great granddaughter of Bezaleel Tyler and Sarah Calkins and had eight children. 

Generation 5

Bezaleel Tyler, son of John Tyler and Jane Vannoy, grandson of Bezaleel Tyler and Abigail Calkins, born January 27, 1787 in Pennsylvania, died August 9, 1846 in Pennsylvania. He married Elizabeth Mitchell (1788-1861) and had three children. 

Bezaleel Mitchell, son of Joseph Mitchell and Abigail Tyler, grandson of Bezaleel Tyler and Abigail Calkins, born March 22, 1810, Cochecton, Sullivan County, New York, died April 8, 1893 in Cochecton. He married Sarah Irvin (1816-1900) on September 19, 1833 and had seven children. 

Bezaleel Calkins, son of Bezaleel Calkins and Mary E Ross, great grandson of Bezaleel Tyler and Sarah Calkins, born December 8, 1819, Cochecton, Sullivan County, New York, died December 20, 1884, Heath, Allegan County Michigan. He married Amanda Bennett (1824-1894) and had four children. 

Bezaleel Courtright, son of John Courtright and Elizabeth Ross, great grandson of Bezaleel Tyler and Sarah Calkins. born in about 1826 probably in Sullivan County, New York. Death date and any possible marriages have not been identified for Bezaleel. 

Bezaleel C Ross, son of Bezaleel C Ross and Clarissa Thomas, born March 17, 1836, Damascus, Wayne County, Pennsylvania, died March 31, 1915, Tyler Hill, Wayne County, Pennsylvania. He married Lana Laura Lassley (1855-1933) and had three children. 

Generation 6

Bezaleel Ross, son of James Ross and Sarah Tyler, great grandson of Bezaleel Tyler and Abigail Calkins, born October 15, 1824 in New York, died August 13, 1898, Callicoon Depot, Sullivan County, New York. He married Elizabet Jane Mabin (1829-1900) and had three children. 

Bezaleel Calkins, son of Alfred Calkins and Sarah Ross, on his father's side he is a great great grandson of Bezaleel Tyler and Sarah Calkins, and on his mother's side, a great great grandson of Bezaleel Tyler and Abigail Calkins, born January 22, 1838 in Jeffersonville, Sullivan County, New York, died December 28, 1914 in Sullivan County. He married Ida King and had four children. 

Bezaleel Turner, son of Ira Turner and Jane Tyler, grandson of Bezaleel Tyler and Elizabeth Appleman, born about 1848 in Pennsylvania, died after 1924.

So here you have them - the sixteen Bezaleel's I've found in my Hankins ancestry. And given how many children some of the people in this part of the family had, I'm sure there are more Bezaleels that I haven't identified yet. 

You probably noticed that the Calkins, Thomas and Ross families seem to be closely intertwined with the Tyler family in the Sullivan County, New York and Wayne County, Pennsylvania area and now you'll understand why I've been known to refer to this part of my family tree looking more like a tangled plate of spaghetti than a typical family tree.