William Martin Beauchamp


William Martin Beauchamp was an American ethnologist and Episcopal clergyman. He published several works on the archeology and ethnology of the Haudenosaunee in New York.

Early life and education

Beauchamp was born in Coldenham, Orange County, New York. He received his education at Skaneateles Academy until 1845. He graduated from the DeLancey Divinity School, and received Doctor of Sacred Theology in 1886 for Hobart College. He married Sarah Carter of Ravenna, Ohio in November, 1857, and resided in Syracuse, New York His sister, Mary Elizabeth Beauchamp, was an educator and author.

Career

From 1865 to 1900, Beauchamp was rector of Grace Episcopal Church in Baldwinsville, N. Y. From 1884 to 1912 he was examining chaplain for the diocese of New York. 1884-1910 was archaeologist of New York State Museum.
In addition, he made valuable archæological contributions from his independent research, particularly concerning the Iroquois Indians. In 1889 the United States Bureau of Ethnology commissioned him to survey the Iroquois territory in New York and Canada, and to prepare a map indicating the location of all the known Indian sites in that region. An enlargement of this map was published in Beauchamp's '. His other works are: