By Gary Beaumont, Version April 2026 Acknowledgement: E.M. Beaumont has provided significant input for this document. First, he agreed to DNA testing, which was instrumental to the success of the Beaumont, West Yorkshire, Y-DNA surname project on Family Tree DNA. Second, since the 1700s, his family actively saved information that is key to the story of the Beaumonts in West Yorkshire. Third, he doggedly searched archives for relevant historical records, which appear in the do
