Elisha Beman (1760 – 14 October 1821) was a businessman involved in settlement and the trade derived from that endeavour. He was also a JP and held political offices.

Beman was born in the then Province of New York in 1760 and arrived at York, Upper Canada in 1795.

Elisha Beman

Beman was a signer, as a Provincial Commissioner, of the treaty that created the Lake Simcoe-Lake Huron Purchase. He also was one of the original settlers and businessmen in Newmarket, Ontario.

Elisha Beman

He was married to Esther Sayre, widow of Christopher Robinson in 1802 and moved to Newmarket. Beman was stepfather to Sir John Robinson and William Benjamin Robinson. He died in Newmarket in 1821.

Elisha Beman

External links

Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online

Newmarket's Settlers

.the Canadian Encyclopedia - Newmarket's Settlers

Pre-Confederation Canadian businesspeople

American emigrants to Canada

1760 births

1821 deaths