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BEAUCHAMP, bech'im, William Martin, American clergyman and author: b. Colden ham, N. Y. 25 March 1830. Ordained in the Protestant Episcopal ministry in 1863, he filled rectorships at Northville, N. Y., 1863-65 and Baldwinsville, N. Y., 1865-1900. Since 1884 he has been examining chaplain of the diocese of central New York. He is archaeologist of the New York State Museum and member of the American Folk-Lore Society, president Syra cuse Clericus, 1905-16, and president of the Onondaga Academy of Science, 1901-02. He made much valuable archaeological research, particularly concerning the Iroquois Indians. He was detailed in 1889 by the United States Bureau of Ethnology to survey the Iroquois territory in New York. and Canada, and pre pared a map indicating the location of all the own Indian sites in that region. He has pub lished (1903) ; 'History of the New York Iroquois' (1905); 'Perch Lake Mounds' (1905) ; (Aboriginal Use of Wood in New York' (1905) ; (Civil, Re ligious and Mourning Councils and Ceremonies of Adoption' (1907) ; (Past and Present Syra cuse and Onondaga County' (1908) ; 'Revo lutionary Soldiers of Onondaga (1912).