The parents of a future Beloit farmer (born in France in 1812) moved to New York City.

The evidence

• “Beloit; born in the town of Maloy, District of Haute Marne, Prance, July 12, 1812. His parents moved to New York City in 1830 ; he lived there fifteen years. In 1846, came to Rock Co., Wis., and bought eighty acres of land from Government, in Sec. 33.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/19-bios-newark.md, PDF p. 769 / book p. 773

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

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