Beazley History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

At this time, the shores of the New World beckoned many English families that felt that the social climate in England was oppressive and lacked opportunity for change. Thousands left England at great expense in ships that were overcrowded and full of disease. A great portion of these settlers never survived the journey and even a greater number arrived sick, starving, and without a penny. The survivors, however, were often greeted with greater opportunity than they could have experienced back home. These English settlers made significant contributions to those colonies that would eventually become the United States and Canada. An examination of early immigration records and passenger ship lists revealed that people bearing the name Beazley arrived in North America very early:

Beazley Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

• John Beazley, who arrived in Maryland in 1672 5
• Robs Beazley, who landed in Virginia in 1695 5

Beazley Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

• Richard Beazley, who arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1848

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Beazley Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century

• G. J. Beazley, who settled in Burin, Newfoundland in 1805 6
• Gabriel Beazley was a fisherman of Sound Island, Newfoundland in 1871 6

Beazley Settlers in Australia in the 18th Century

• Mr. Charles Beazley, (Beasley), (b. 1776), aged 21, English weaver who was convicted in London, England for life for highway robbery, transported aboard the "Barwell" in September 1797, arriving in New South Wales, Australia, he died in 1837 7

Beazley Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

• Mr. William Beazley, British Convict who was convicted in Warwick, Warwickshire, England for 7 years, transported aboard the "Coromandel" on 25th June 1838, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) 8
• Mr. Henry Thomas Beazley, English convict who was convicted in Winchester, Hampshire, England for 10 years, transported aboard the "Belgravia" on 4th April 1866, arriving in Western Australia 9

Beazley Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

• Miss Eliza Beazley, (b. 1823), aged 33, British settler travelling from London aboard the ship "Joseph Fletcher" arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 24th October 1856 10

• John Andrew Beazley (1918-1990), American Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher
• William Beazley, American Republican politician, Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 2008 11
• Frank Bryant Beazley (1897-1973), American Democratic Party politician, Member of Virginia State House of Delegates, 1944-51 11
• Samuel Beazley (1786-1851), English architect, novelist and playwright, born in 1786 in Parliament Street, Westminster, where his father carried on the business of an architect and surveyor 12
• John Beazley, English co-founder of Mitchell Beazley Publishers Limited, a British book publisher in 1969
• Sir John Davidson Beazley (1885-1970), English (Scottish born), Professor of Classical Archaeology in Art at Oxford
• Charles Nightingale Beazley FRIBA (1834-1897), British architect
• Peter George Beazley CBE (1922-2004), British businessman and politician, Member of the European Parliament for the Conservative Party
• Kim Edward Beazley AO (1917-2007), Australian politician, 10th Minister for Education (1972-1975)
• Kim Christian Beazley AC (b. 1948), Australian politician, Australian Ambassador to the United States
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