William lived nextdoor to his daughter Phebe and her husband Eleazur Beecher. citation: Branch of the Beecher Family Reuben Beecher Hughes New Haven, Conn. November, 1898 Page 19 Eleazur Beecher 2, bought and exchanged with Benjamin Bunnell, July 2, 1684, ten acres of land in that part of West Haven, called West Side Farms, on west side of Main street, near corner of Union street. Bounded on the east by William Prindle, on the west by Peter Mallory, Jr., and north by Elm street, and south by Main street, in quantity ten acres, more or less. New Haven Land Records, vol. 1, p. 248.