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GENEALOGICAL
NOTES AND ANECDOTES
ANTECEDENTS and
DESCENDANTS
of
THOMAS BEALL of LOVING ACQUAINTANCE
(ABT 1631 - AFT November 1732)
G0499A:
James BEALL, Dr. [009]
Birth: 1603, Largo, Ligensheim Fyffe
(Fifeshire), Scotland
Death: AFT 1630, Largo, Ligensheim Fyffe (Fifeshire),
Scotland
Marriage: 1622/23, Ligensheim Fyffe (Fifeshire), Scotland
Spouse: Anne Marie CALVERT
Child 1: Ninian BEALL
(1625, Largo, Ligensheim Fyffe [Fifeshire],
Scotland - 1717, Prince George's County, Maryland,
British North America) [M]: m1.
Elizabeth GORDON (?): m2. Ruth MOORE
Child
2: John BEALL (1628, Largo,
Ligensheim Fyffe [Fifeshire], Scotland - AFT 3 July 1675,
<Calvert County>, Maryland, British North America)
[M]: m. Joanna SPRIGG (ABT 1644, Prince George’s
County, Maryland, British North America - AFT 6 June 1675
[Will signed] and BEF 3 July 1675 [Will proved], Calvert
County, Maryland, British North America) [See Joanna SPRIGG,
child four under G0500A: Thomas
SPRIGG(E), in Descendants of
Thomas Sprigg (1604 - BY 14 January 1677/78).]
Child 3:   Thomas BEALL of LOVING ACQUAINTANCE (ABT 1631, Largo, Ligensheim Fyffe
[Fifeshire], Scotland - AFT November 1732,
Prince George's County, Maryland, British North America)
[M]: m1. Unknown UNKNOWN: m2. Elizabeth UNKNOWN
Note 1: The
following notes are from the BEALL database assembled by
Lisa Simms <l s i m m s @ w o r l d . s t d . c o
m> at http://www.webdudes.com/sims/beall2.html.
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B-JAMES. James BEALL, Ph. D., b.
ca 1600 or 1603 (Calvert). Lived Largo,
Ligensheim Fyffe (Fifeshire), Scotland. m. before
1624 or about 1623 to Anne Marie CALVERT, b. ca
1603 . Father of Col. Ninian BEALL. Believed by
Thomas Beall to also be father of Thomas BEALL,
owner of Loving Acquaintance. However, Janet
BEALL Broadbent believes Thomas was son of a
James BEALL of St.Andrews' Parish, Fife and wife
Helen PRINGLE.
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1. Ninian, b. 1625 (+ B-NIN)
2. Thomas, b. 2 Jan 1631 (+B-THOMAS) |
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Note 2: The
following notes are from the BEALL database assembled by
Lisa Simms <l s i m m s @ w o r l d . s t d . c o
m> at http://www.webdudes.com/sims/beall2.html.
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B-NIN. Ninian BEALL. Born 1625 at
or near Largo, Ligensheim Fyffe (Fifeshire),
Scotland, son of James BEALL, Ph. D. [1600]
Cornet in Scottish army under Leslie against
forces of Cromwell, defeated at Battle of Dunbar,
Sept 3, 1650. Was made political prisoner, exiled
and indentured for from 5 to 8 years. Condemned
to servitude in Ireland. (Major, 214). Condemned
to servitude in the British plantations -- six
northern Counties of Ireland, American Colonies,
and many West Indies islands. (FMMB:29) Marriage
in Scotland? According to Parran: married first
in Scotland, wife's name unknown and of the
children, 4 were born in Scotland (Thomas, John,
Sarah and James) According to Heterick: wife was
Elizabeth GORDON and Thomas born before coming to
the U.S. Heterick cites Thomas' will: Whereas it
doth please God by his Providence to cause me to
leave the place and land of my nativity and
intending God willing to leave for England"
as evidence; however a more logical reading is
that the place of nativity is Maryland, which he
was leaving on the trip to England. (See
B-NIN-1). According to J. Ninian Beall , two of
the above children, Thomas and John, were born of
Ninian's marriage in Calvert County. According to
Fielder M. M. Beall, "Fiction writers have
made the following two statements: That Ninian
BEALL married Elizabeth GORDON in Scotland, where
she had two sons, John and Thomas; she died in
Scotland. That Ninian BEALL had two daughters in
Maryland named Sarah (B-SIS-1/1658) and Margery.
These two inventions are of their imagination, as
they offer no proof of accuracy." (FMMB:50)
Major states, "It has been reported that he
had married prior to coming to America to
Elizabeth GORDON, but this has not been
proved." No record of whereabouts 1650-1655;
some suggest North Ireland, others Barbadoes.
FMMB and Major suggest arrival Province of
Maryland, 1658 (L.O, Annap V:416; FMMB:30) but
others dispute. August 26 1663 Richard Hall,
prominent Calvert County Quaker, filed delayed
claim for lands allowed for transportation of
immigrants including "Ringing Bell."
Land Transactions. Jan 16, 1666, Ninian proved
right to 50 a The Soldier's Fortune. (LOA 11:195;
FMMB:30) 20 Sep 1668 another 50 acres, named
Bachelors Choice, near Lyon's Creek, surveyed for
him. (Maryland Historical Magazine 1927 XXII:274;
FMMB:30). This transaction in 1668 must have been
one of his last as a bachelor, for in 1669 he
stated, "I am a married man." (Major,
215). Land office records show ownership of more
than 15,000 acres of land (FMMB). Lived Bacon
Hall Plantation on Patuxent River, three miles
south of Marlboro. Ninian became landholding
neighbor of Richard Hall in Calvert County and
patented lands totaling 25,000 acres in lifetime
including Rock of Dunbarton in 1703. 28 Jun 1706
Ninian & Ruth sold 70a Lewis Poynt in Prince
George's County to son Charles of Prince George's
County. Marriage in Calvert Co. In 1668 Ninian
married Ruth MOORE b. 1652, daughter of Richard
MOORE, planter and barrister of Calvert County
and Jane (Foster) of Calvert County. Ruth is
mentioned in 1706 when "Col. Ninian and Ruth
his wife deeded Negroes to sons Charles, Ninian,
Thomas, John, George, and daughters Esther . . .
[and] Jane. (Major, 216). Abstract of this
transaction (PGLRC:185a-186a) includes daughters
Mary and Rachel but not Jane. (Nancy Pearre
Lesure). Ruth died between Sept 9 1713 & July
16, 1714. FMMB erroneously believed Ruth died
before 1704 because she did not sign the deed for
a church lot in Upper Marlboro in 1704. Military
Career Oct 31 1668, referred to as Lieut. Ninian
BEALL in official records at Saint Marys City.
(FMMB:30). In 1676 he was commissioned Lieutenant
on Lord Baltimore's yacht, the "Loyal
Charles," John WADE, Commander. (Archives
XVII:217; Major:214; FMMB:30). "On his
various voyages back and forth to Ireland on the
Loyal Charles, his kinsmen with wives, were
brought into Providence, Maryland, and many of
their warrants are under the name of BELL, later
showing up as BEALL . . . . these were Alexander,
Thomas, John, and James, with wives. (Major:
214-215). Ninian is credited with encouraging the
emigration of about 100 persons named BELL from
Scotland and northern England before peace was
restored in Great Britain. (M. BELL) Under
Ninian's supervision, 200 Presbyterian immigrants
from Scotland came to Maryland -- founded New
Scotland on Potomac River. Was successively
Captain, Major and Colonel in Calvert Co.
Militia, 1678, 1688, 1698. In 1681 Captain Ninian
BEALL was Chief Indian Ranger (Maryland Arch
V:302, Major:215). As Chief Indian Ranger,
"is given power to press man and horse at
any time to give his Lordship intelligence about
Indians." (FMMB:31) About 1688, with other
Colonels, headed association formed for the
defense of the Protestant Religion in the
Province. Their attack upon the Capitol of St.
Marys, Aug 1, 1689, resulted in the surrender of
the Royal Council and Lord Baltimore
Government." (FMMB:31) 1690 appointed Naval
Officer by the Assembly to collect custom duties
in Calvert Co. (Maryland Arch, VIII:410; FMMB:31)
High Sheriff of Calvert Co, 1692-1694 (Maryland
Arch VIII:410; Heterick IV:1; FMMB:31). Col in
Chief of all His Majesty's Forces 1694 (FMMB:48)
In 1696 elected first Burgess from newly formed
Prince Georges County which was carved from
Calvert & Charles Counties the year before.
Re-elected 1697, 1699, 1701. Presbyterian Church.
Ninian was first Presbyterian elder in North
America; generously gave land to church near what
is now Upper Marlboro. This land was on Largo,
which he deeded to his son Ninian Jr (B-NIN-1)
prior to his son's death in 1710-1711 (Major,
215). In 1707 gave communion service, parts of
which still exist (in 1935) . Deponent in various
court cases in PG Co, 1702-1715 (Ref PC:492, 502,
625, 573, 750, 875; PL:42, 49, 54, 274; Peden:10)
Death and Burial. Ninian BEALL lived to age 92.
Was 6', 7" tall -- when remains were moved
years later, this proven. He died in 1717, aged
92 and was buried on his plantation, Bacon Hall,
Prince Georges Co. (PGLR T:241-3) Col Ninian's
will, 1717 (PGW WB6:504) gave to George: Rock of
Dunbarton, 480 acres; Andrew HAMBLETON, negro
woman Alie; Mary, dau of son, Ninian, deceased,
part of Bacon Hall; Samuel, son of Ninian,
deceased, Mill on Collington Branch and rest of
Bacon Hall; Joseph BELT, part of "Good
Luck", 243 acres; Charles. Book of Bishop
Cooper's works and 1000 acres lying on the south
side of the Choptank River called Dunn Back
(Danby?); Granddaughter Mary and Samuel, to be
brought up according to their station. According
to J. Ninian Beall, had 9 children who can be
identified by official records; names and dates
below are designated by source: N= J. Ninian
Beall; F = Fielding MM BEALL; R = Wilma Ranger
(VTNM54A). Persons also appearing in Heterick
account are underlined. 1. Charles, b. Calvert
Co, b. c. 1672 (4 depositions in Peden allow
calculation of age to 1671-1673; N1672, R1671;
listed #1 in deed of Gift, 1706/7 and therefore
likely to be oldest son), m. Mary WOLSTEAD
(WALSTEAD?), then Mary PRICE. (+B-NIN-2/1672) 2.
Ninian, Jr, b. Calvert Co, b. G1673 (Listed #2 in
deed of Gift, 1706/7; N1669 F1674 R1674) m
Elizabeth MAGRUDER (+B-NIN-1/1669) 3. John, b.
Calvert Co N1674 F1669, R1655 (Listed #4 in deed
of Gift, 1706/7), remained unmarried. If aged 21
when land surveyed for him 1686, b. NLT 1665. (+)
4. Mary, b. Calvert Co N1676 F1690, R1690 (Listed
#7 in deed of Gift, 1706/7) m. Andrew HAMBLETON
(+) 5. Rachel b. Calvert Co N1679, R1705 (Listed
#8 in deed of Gift, 1706/7) m. James OFFUTT? (+)
6. Thomas, b. Calvert Co N1682, R1651, (Listed #3
in deed of Gift, 1706/7, which could indicate
birthdate between 1671 and 1674). unm. CARPENTER;
Will Sept 1707-Aug 1808 names brothers John,
George, Ninian (+) 7. Hannah, b. G1684 (if age 18
in 1702) a daughter of Ninian's not named in will
and possibly disinherited; represented as wife of
John Deavor in 1702, at which time she
relinquished wife's right to a portion of
Bachelor's Choice in Anne Arundel Co. which her
father Ninian had surveyed in 1668 was also
called Wrighton. She married Deavor 12 Jul 1707
which could have been part of her problem if she
was represented as married 5 years earlier!
(B-NIN-a/G1684+). 8. Jane b. Calvert Co N1685.
R1685 m. Archibald EDMONSTON (+B-NIN-7/1685) 9.
Hester (Esther) b. Calvert Co N1687, R1687.
Listed #6 and married in deed of Gift, 1706/7).
m. Joseph BELT (+B-NIN-8/1687) a. George b.
Calvert Co 1695 (calculated from deposition
(Peden) and also Census of 1776; N1695, R1695) m
(1) Elizabeth Brooke, (2) Barbara Dent
(+B-NIN-a/1695) Warning: the LDS database has an
error-full family group record for Col. Ninian
BEALL, son of James BEALL and Anne Marie CALVERT,
who married Elizabeth GORDON in addition to Ruth
MOORE which shows him with the following
children, some of which are in error: 1. Col.
George BEALL, b. Prince George's County 1635, d.
15 Mar 1780 aged 145 years?, Bur Oak Hill
Cemetery; in 1706 m. Elizabeth Brooke (+B-NIN-9)
2. Sarah BEALL, b. Devonshire, Eng. 1636, d. Anne
Arundel 9 May 1734, m. Prince George's County
1686 Samuel MAGRUDER. Since Sarah's and Samuel's
daughter Elizabeth married Ninian Jr, this would
have Col. Ninian accepting a prohibited
relationship of his son and granddaughter.
(+B-SIS-1) 3. John BEALL, b. 1669, d. Interstate,
Prince George's County, 1710 m. Verlinda
MAGRUDER. (+B-NIN-3) Ninian's son John remained
unmarried, and died intestate, which appears to
have become a place name, above. The John who
married Verlinda MAGRUDER was son of Alexander
BEALL, Immigrant, B-ALEX-2/1649. 4. Charles
BEALL, b. Prince George's County 1672, d. Prince
George's County 1740, m. 1695 Mary WOLSTEAD &
3 others (+B-NIN-2) 5. Ninian BEALL, Jr. b.
Prince George's County 1674, d. Prince George's
County 6 Jan 1710 m. Montgomery Co. 1703
Elizabeth MAGRUDER. Note, Montgomery County did
not exist until 1776. (+B-NIN-1) 6. Jane BEALL,
b. Maryland 1678, d. Prince George's County 13
Oct 1745, m. 1695 Archibald EDMONSTON (+B-NIN-7)
7. Rachel BEALL, b. Prince George's County 1679,
d. abt 1740 m. Dorchester 4 Apr 1698 Richard
Owen, then 1 other husband (+B-NIN-5) 8. Thomas
BEALL, b. Prince George's County 1679, d. Prince
George's County 1708, unm (+B-NIN-6) 9. Margery
BEALL, b. Montgomery Co. 1685, m. 1727 Joseph
BELT. Other sources show it was Hester BEALL
(B-NIN-8) who married Joseph BELT. Note also
Montgomery County did not exist until 1776. a.
James BEALL, b. ca 1687 b. Hester BEALL, b.
Prince George's County 1687, d. Anne Arundel
1726, m. 1706 Col. Joseph Higginson & 1
other. No other source reports a Joseph Higginson
to date. c. Mary BEALL, b. Prince George's County
1709, d. Anne Arundel 1737, m. 1730 Andrew
HAMBLETON (+B-NIN-4) From Pillars of Maryland, F.
Sims McGrath: My ancestor, Colonel Ninian BEALL,
took an active part in the downfall of Lord
Baltimore throughout the Protestant revolution.
He is sometimes referred to as the father of
Presbyterianism not only in Maryland but in
America, so he naturally nourished a hatred for
Roman Catholics. Born in Scotland in 1625 he
fought against Cromwell at Dunbar in 1650, was
captured, sent to Maryland and sold for a term of
service to Richard Hall of Calvert County. When
his term was up he became a surveyor, acquired
large land holdings, estab lished a flour mill
and iron works, was elected to the Assem bly, and
in general became a prosperous and leading inhabi
tant, but his great service to the Province was
as an Indian fighter. A huge man six feet seven
inches tall, he established an ascendancy over
the Indians and in fighting the unfriendly tribes
won a reputation unequalled in colonial times. In
the beginning Thomas
Cornwallis, a Catholic, was the patriarch and
protector of the settlers, but then came Ninian
BEALL the Covenanter, who saved the outlying
inhabitants from being tomahawked and scalped, or
else punished the savages who made unexpected
forays. The Council often called on him for aid
and thanked him as in its letter to Major BEALL
of March 25, 1688: "Wee have thought fit to
let you know That wee highly approve and commend
what you have done and very well like your
prudent way of goeing with ten or twelve men to
try and discover the truth of the matter and
further doe assure you that your good services to
this governmt shall never be forgot But the same
shall be rewarded with all the favour and
Recompense this Government is or ever shall be
capable of And wee hope all good men will imitate
your fedelity and prudence in the mannage of the
present disorders." In 1699 the Assembly and
Council passed an Act of Gratitude to Colonel
BEALL for his services against the Indians,
saying: "Whereas Colonell Ninian BEALL has
been found very Service able to this Province
upon all Incursions and Disturbances of
Neighbouring Indians and though now grown very
Aged and less able to performe, Yet Continues his
Resolution even beyond his Ability to do the like
Service att this Juncture of Affaires it is
therefore thought fitt in Point of Gratitude, for
Such his good Service done and towards his
Supporte & Reliefe now in his Old Age to make
him an Allowance out of the Publick Revenue of
this Province" It was then enacted that
"three good serviceable Slaves" should
be bought for his use for life. I am sorry to say
he worked earlier in life with the villainous
John Coode to dis lodge Lord Baltimore, his
Scotch blood and faith being funda mentally at
war with papacy. I am sorry because it was said
even before BEALL's day that he that lies with a
dog riseth with fleas, but his association with
Coodes was brought about by Baltimore himself,
who, in 1676 appointed him lieutenant to Captain
John Coode, commander of the vessel Loyall
Charles of Maryland, to protect the province from
pirates and anyone threatening the security of
the Province. Above the direct services of Ninian
BEALL to the people of Maryland should be placed
his contribution through generations of
distinguished descendants. He lived to the great
age of 92 and gave to ten children his splendid
physique. His sons and grandsons fought in the
French and Indian War, or the Revolution, and no
other family is known to have furnished so many
officers to the Revolution. General Samuel BEALL,
a grandson, was outstanding in Revolutionary days
and his son Brooke BEALL was noted for his
hospitality and attractive wife when in the days
of Washington, who often visited them. Of Ninian
BEALL's children, nearly all married into
families that contri buted to the history of
Maryland. Ninian BEALL, Jr. married Elizabeth
MAGRUDER, George BEALL married Elizabeth Brooke,
daughter of Colonel Thomas Brooke and his wife
Barbara Dent who was the great-granddaughter of
Robert Brooke of De La Brooke and his wife Mary
Baker, all names that are of the fiber of
Maryland Colonial History. Colonel BEALL's
daughter Mary married Andrew Hamilton, who will
be referred to later, and another daughter
Margery married first Thomas SPRIGG and then my
fourth great-grandfather Colonel Joseph BELT, to
whom a boulder may be seen in the Chevy Chase
Club of Washington with the inscription:
"Col. Joseph BELT, 1680-1761, Maryland,
patentee of Chevy Chase, trustee of the first
free schools in Maryland, one of the vestry of
Rock Creek Parish, member of the House of
Burgesses, colonel of the Prince Georges county
militia during the French and Indian war: erected
by the Society of Colonial Wars in the District
of Columbia, November 12, 1918." There is a
tradition that Georgetown outside of Washington
was named for Colonel BEALL's son George who
owned the land on which it was built. He was also
to be connected with the Washington family as his
granddaughter married George C. Washington and
became the mother of Lewis Washington. Ninian
BEALL's plantation, Rock of Dumbarton, was near
his son's property. In his will he gave it to his
son George, and mindful of what was valuable in
his own young days, he also gave "his choice
of one of my feather beds, bolster and pillow and
other furniture thereto belonging, with the cows
and calves and half my sheep from off this
Plantation I now live on." To his son-in-law
Andrew Hamilton he gave "my negro woman
Allie, unto him and his heirs forever", and
to his son in-law Joseph BELT he gave part of a
tract of land called Good Luck and made him an
Executor. But he had much better things to give.
When unable to inherit the blood of Daniel Boone,
it is just as helpful when on the warpath to be
de scended from Ninian BEALL. Those of us who
rise only to the second story like to believe
that "often the cockloft is empty in those
whom Nature hath built many stories high"
but this was not true of Ninian BEALL. He was
shrewd and capable in worldly affairs and in
public life was one of the outstanding men of his
long period. At this point let me condemn Sir
William Osler's suggestion that every man should
retire from business and professional activi ties
at the age of sixty. Throughout these pages the
reader will be impressed with the great age of
important men of the colonial period. The
contribution of Ninian BEALL, Benjamin Tasker and
many others to the welfare of colonial Maryland
after they had reached three score years was
notable and as a culminating rebuke to Dr. Osler
I will invoke the poets. Ac cording to
Longfellow, "Cato learned Greek at eighty!
Sophocles Wrote his grand Oedipus, and Simonides
Bore off the prize of verse from his compeers,
When each had numbered more than fourscore
Chaucer, at Woodstock with the nightingales, At
sixty wrote the Canterbury Tales; Goethe at
Weimar, toiling to the last, Completed Faust when
eighty years were past." Even the flutter of
a heart is understood by venerable poets who
still fashion divine phrases. In Pearsall Smith's
graceful words, "Most of all I envy the
octogenarian poet who joined three words- 'Go,
lovely Rose'- so happily together, that he left
his name to float down through Time on the wings
of a phrase and a flower." From the account
of Ninian BEALL it will be seen that the
prisoners of war sold into serfdom in Maryland
for a period of years were not always a burden to
the Province and that the prisoner could quickly
overcome his early handicap and become a useful
and respected member of his colonial group. From:
Brüderbund WFT Vol. 1, Ed. 1, Tree #3605, Date
of Import: Aug 12, 1996 "In Prince Georges
County in 1703, Col. Ninian BEALL patented Rock
of Dumbarton, 795 acres on the Potomack River at
the mouth of Rock Creek where Georgetown is
today." More information available in Mont.
Co. Hist. Soc. Ref: "BEALL Families" by
Col. Fielder M.M. Beall, 1926: I. Thomas BEALL
1638 - 1732 II Col. Ninian BEALL, 1672 - 1764 III
Robert BEALL, 1700 - 1788 From "The Offutt
Family" by Ada Offutt King, 1927. Accepted
into D.A.R. on this record: "Robert BEALL of
Ninian of Thomas father of my
great-great-grandmother, Lucy Beall OFFUTT took
the oath of allegiance to the Colonies in
Montgomery County March 2, 1778. ref: Unpublished
Revolutionary Records of Maryland, Vol 3, p. 44,
D.A.R. Library." - Robert BEALL left a
legacy to his grandson, Rezin Beall OFFUTT. At
the time, Rezin was 10 years old and his mother
had died. From: Brüderbund WFT Vol. 1, Ed. 1,
Tree #0323, Date of Import: Aug 12, 1996 Ninian
BEALL. Born 1625 in Largo, Co. Fifeshire,
Scotland. Christen 20 Nov 1704 in presbyterian
church papers. Died 1717. Came to USA 1655.
Stated his age as 83 in Liber. P.P. folio 625,
Chancery Record. "In Prince Georges County
in 1703, Col. Ninian BEALL patented Rock of
Dumbarton, 795 acres on the Potomack River at the
mouth of Rock Creek where Georgetown is
today." More information available in Mont.
Co. Hist. Soc. 1717 BEALL, Ninian P. G. 14, 504
Will From Virtual Georgetown Traditions- When
Europeans first came to the area where
Georgetown, with its irresistible shops,
remarkable restaurants, and historic houses,
rises above the Potomac, Wisconsin Avenue was an
Indian trail and beaver pelts were the main item
of trade. But even then, there was something
special about the place. In 1632, Henry Fleete
deemed it, "without all question ... the
most pleasant & healthful place in all this
Country." In the years that followed, small
groups of Scots and Irish began to settle on what
was the edge of America's frontier. One of the
first was Ninian BEALL. After he was taken
prisoner by Oliver Cromwell's forces at the
Battle of Dunbar and sent to the West Indies, he
made his way to Maryland around 1658. He became a
famous Indian fighter and gradually acquired vast
holdings of land, including the 795 acres which
he named "Rock of Dumbarton. " In 1751,
the town received its charter under the name of
George. Some believe it was intended to honor
King George II; others think the town was named
for the two men whose land formed it, George
GORDON and George BEALL. Whatever the origins of
its name, the enterprise was an undeniable
success. Sixty- nine of its 80 lots were
purchased as soon as they were put up for sale,
and the town flourished. From THE TENNESSEE
BICENTENNIAL FIRST FAMILIES OF TENNESSEE PROJECT
Compiled by: Phebe Ann Morgan 4. NINIAN WILLETT
b. September 30, 1701 Prince George's County,
Maryland m. 1725 Prince George's County, Maryland
Mary b. d. d. 1773 Frederick County, Maryland c.
Ninian Charles Isaac The exact date of his birth
was recorded in the Court Records of Prince
George's County, Maryland because his father was
Clerk of the Court. He was named after his
father's close friend, Colonel Ninian BEALL.
Colonel BEALL might be termed the founder of
Prince George's County. To show the high esteem
the Colonel was held, "In 1699 the General
Assembly of Maryland passed 'An Act of Gratuity
to Colonel Ninian BEALL,' whereby they recognized
his distinguished service and gave him three good
serviceable slaves purchased out of public
funds." He was listed as overseer of the
highway in the upper part of Mount Calvert, then
the county seat, as stated in the Court records
for November 1725, and November 1731 (L518,
R:274). In November 1726, he was deeded 111 acres
of a tract of land called "Perry's
Folly" in the Manor of Calvert, and on
September 12, 1726, he received a second tract
called "Willett's Folly" on the western
branch of the Patuxent River. Both these came
from the Lord Proprietor (BB1:465). His father
deeded him 100 acres of land known as "Good
Luck," for natural affection and fatherly
love (M:324). This was his home when it was
deeded to him. He also purchased "BEALL's
Chance" (Deed O:265) which adjoined
"Good Luck." In the 1733 tax list for
Mount Calvert Hundred Ninian had three servants
and two slaves. In 1748, he served in Captain
Samuel MAGRUDER's Foot Militia (Maryland
Historical Magazine 6:58). On September 12, 1768,
Ninian sold "Good Luck" to John Read
MAGRUDER (Deed BB2:310). Several years later
Ninian and Mary his wife, deeded "Good
Luck" back from John Read MAGRUDER,
"for their lifetime and that of their
survivors" (BB3:157). Between 1750 and 1760
he moved to Frederick County Maryland. In 1771 he
bought 20 acres known as "Bedfordshire
Carrier" (Deed O:133). The will of Ninian
was written (Box 11:61) on June 29, 1773, and it
was probated on November 9, 1773. The very neatly
written will had an extremely shaky signature. He
willed to his sons Ninian Jr. and Charles one
piece of sterling each. All the rest of his
estate went to his son and executor Isaac. His
widow Mary, leased "Good Luck" to her
son Isaac and his wife Christian (Deed CC2:305).
The date of Mary's death is unknown. 5. EDWARD
WILLETT b. 1658 London, England m. 1698 Tabatha
Mills ** b. 1660 d. d. June 16, 1744 Prince
George's County, Maryland c. Bridget 7/18/1699 d.
before 1744 Ninian 11/30/1701 Edward 1/12/1703 m.
Mary Cawood Thomas 8/9/1708 Ann (Swann) c. 1712
m. James William c. 1715 James c. 1717 In a
deposition in 1718 Edward gave his age at 60
(Warrants BB:99), therefore we have proof of his
age and his birth no doubt was in England. At 14
he began studying the art of pewter making, and
apprenticed himself with a Master craftsman for
seven years. Upon completing his apprenticeship
he was given the Freedom oath, had his touch
struck, and had his name added to the yeomanry
list at the Hall of Worshipful Company of
Pewterers of London (Chats In Old Pewter by
Masse, p34). In 1681, at the age of 23, he
received his mark and became a Pewterer. He was
given leave to strike his touch in the Pewterer's
Hall of London in 1684 (Older Pewter by
Cotterell, p337, #5161). The Willett families in
England had Coats-of-Arms so similar that it is
certain they were originally of one family. On
his original will (Box 6:53) carries his seal. By
1692 he is known to be living on the Patuxent in
the Province of Maryland. By that date he is also
recorded in Maryland records as Clerk of the
Vestry, St. Paul's Parish in Mount Calvert
(Archives of Maryland 23:79). This proves he was
a well educated man, and had to be a man of some
standing in his community in order to be clerk of
St. Paul's Parish. In 1697 as clerk of the vestry
of St. Paul's Church at Mount Calvert, he
presented a petition to have the court clear the
title of the Church property (Court Records
A:57,227,254-5). When St. Paul's Parish was
divided, he contributed 400 lbs. of tobacco
toward the building of a new church named, St.
Barnabas, Queen Anne's Parish. In 1698 he was
appointed Clerk of Prince George's County,
Maryland and served until 1711 (1:330). As Clerk,
Edward recorded the dates of birth of his
children into the official records of the Court.
On July 28, 1698, he purchased from Ninian BEALL
a 43 acre tract called "Beall's Craft"
(Deed A:152). He purchased 100 acres called
"Horserace" on February 25, 1700, which
adjoined "Beall's Craft" on the south
(Deed A:374). On April 18, 1702, he purchased
"Bealington" which included a dwelling
house, a barn, stables, yards gardens and an
orchard, during a resurvey (DD5:98) it showed
that it actually contained 209 acres; and an
additional piece of property containing 100 acres
called "Good Luck" (Deed A:437). He
purchased on August 12, 1702, 103 acres called
"Little Doan" which contained a
dwelling house, barns, and stables (Deed C:9).
Edward acquired a tract of land called
"Dean" which was a part of "Good
Luck" from the widow Susanna MAGRUDER
(Samuel) which contained 100 acres, edifies,
buildings, yards, gardens and orchards (CC:650).
On June 23, 1719, Edward purchased a 172 acre
tract called "Riley's Plains" on the
eastern branch of the Potomac River (F:235). A
road went through the pasture on his plantation
to the brick church in Collington Hundred. In the
March Court of 1729 (O:412) when he was in his
70s he asked to have the road closed so he would
not have to open and shut gates. His wish was
granted. The great affection which he bore for
his children is shown in deeds when he bequeathed
land to them. On June 3, 1728, he deeded
"for natural affection and fatherly love to
his well beloved son Ninian who is his
heir-at-law (eldest son) part of "Good
Luck" 100 acres on the east side of the
Patuxent River, the land on which Ninian then
lived (M:324). On May 12, 1732, Edward purchased
a 100 acre tract called "Lick Hill" but
before the patent was issued he assigned this
tract to his son Thomas. His close friendship
with Ninian BEALL is well documented, and his
first son is named for this important man. Edward
owned numerous plantations, servants and slaves.
All his children were educated, it is believed in
Maryland. He showed genuine affection for his
family, and provided well for each child, in the
form of land. He stood by his brother Charles,
and grandson Ninian in times of trouble and in
many cases paid their fines. Edward's will (Box
6:53) and inventory (Box 14.51) is held in the
Maryland State Archives. His son William was
named as executor of his estate. His sons Ninian
and James signed his inventory as his nearest of
kin. William made the final accounting of the
estate valued at L122:5:4 (Accounts 22:163) and
showed an additional inventory consisting of
tobacco valued at L8:15:9. From Internet Social
Studies Field Trips Dunbarton House 2. Have
students trace the history of the Dunbarton
House. Include how the house was named, the
people who owned the house from the beginning to
the present (James NOURSE, Joseph NOURSE, Ninian
BEALL, Samuel JACKSON, Charles CARROLL, Samuel
WHITALL, Joseph Ellis WHITALL, National Society
of The Colonial Dames of America, its importance
as a museum, etc. Students could be divided into
groups to collect information on the different
topics about the house. From Ann Blain, 11/13/96:
>Ninian and Ruth MOORE kids "Zimmerman,
Waters and Allied Families by >Dorothy
Edmonstone Zimmerman Allen >Thomas died in
England in 1708 >John, married Joan, window of
George REID >Charles married Mary ---
>George, married Elizabeth Brooke, daughter of
Roger Brooke, Sr. >Hester, married Joseph BELT
>Rachael, married ----OFFUTT >Ninian
married Elizabeth MAGRUDER, daughter of Alex
MAGRUDER, Sr. >Mary married Andrew HAMBLETON
>Sarah, married Samuel MAGRUDER >Jane,
married Archibald EDMONSTONE >Maegery, married
Thomas SPRIGG B-NIN-a. Hannah, b. G1684 (if age
18 in 1702) of Ninian [1625], a daughter of
Ninian's not named in will and possibly
disinherited; represented as wife of John Deavor
in 1702, at which time she relinquished wife's
right to a portion of Bachelor's Choice in Anne
Arundel Co. which her father Ninian had surveyed
in 1668 was also called Wrighton. She married
DEAVOR 12 Jul 1707 (+). Hannah's not proved
daughter! B-NIN-4. Mary BEALL, b. Calvert Co 1676
(J. Ninian) or 1690 (FMMB:50) of Col. Ninian
[1625] m. Andrew HAMBLETON (Hamilton) Mar 4 1707
mentioned in Col. Ninian's deed of gift (Prince
George's County G:186; FMMB:50) In 1717 Andrew
HAMBLETON received negro woman Alie in Col.
Ninian's estate. (Heterick). Children: (FMMB) 1.
Goun, b. G1708 2. Mary, b. G1710 Resent-Date:
Fri, 12 Dec 1997 10:31:50 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri,
12 Dec 1997 11:29:51 +0000 From: CASPRUS2
Subject: FYI - from the book "Side-Lights on
Maryland History" Resent-From: B E A L L - L
@ r o o t s w e b . c o m >From the Book
"Side-Lights on Maryland History" Vol
II Written by Hester Dorsey Richardson BEALL
Although Ninian BEALL is said to have come from
Fifeshire, my own researches incline to the
Stirlingshire idea, in which was situated the
Parish of St. Ninian. In Stirlingshire we find
the Rock of Dumbarton, the name given by Ninian
BEALL to one of his Maryland estates, while one
of the earliest to his patents was for a tract
called Ringan. The saintly personage from whom
our Scotch Indian fighter took his name was
Ninian, or Ringan. The battle of Dunbar, in which
Ninian BEALL is reputed to have fought against
Cromwell, was the first meeting of the opposing
armies in Stirling. Cromwell sought the advantage
of the coast, with its shipping, while Leslie,
with his army, of which Ninian BEALL was probably
a leading spirit, was on the Hill of Doon above
him. Down this hill of doom, rather, Leslie led
his army to capture the wily Cromwell, whom he
believed to have been delivered into his hands,
but the rout at Dunbar is a matter of history and
the escape of many of the adherents of the faith
to the peaceful province of religious freedom is
well known. In a land deed executed by Ninian
BEALL in 1667 he introduces a vein of wit and
jollity not expected in a sober Scotch
Presbyterian self-exiled from his country. In
this recorded deed he refers to himself as
"of me the said Ringing Bell", probably
his nickname. He signed the deed "Ninian
BELL." He arrived in the Province soon after
the year 1650, some students of his life saying
by way of Barbadoes and others direct from
Scotland. He perpetuated the association and
events of his life in the names given his lands,
Soldier's Fortune, Fife Enlarged, Ringan, Rock of
Dumbarton and others, while Bachelor's Choice was
not appropriate after his marriage to Ruth MOORE
of Calvert County, aged about sixteen. The fact
that he soon became a leader in the military
affairs of the Province indicates that he had
experience in these matters. In the year 1676 he
was commissioned lieutenant of Lord Baltimore's
"Yacht or vessel of Warr called the Loyall
Charles of Maryland," of which the famous
John Coode was commander. he took an active part
in the Revolution of 1689, led bu Coode, who, it
is said, called Major Ninian BEALL his
"Argyll," after the great Scotch
Covenantor. While this revolution resulted
disastrously for some of the leaders, he was
appointed by the first Royal Covernor to the high
post of honor of Chief Military Officer for
Calvert County. In the year 1689 the Assembly had
reappointed Ninian BEALL as major of the Calvert
county militia, and in 1690 he was one of the
twenty-five commissioners for regulating affairs
in Maryland |
Note 3: John BEALL is listed as the
son of James BEALL in the BEALL database assembled by
Lisa Simms <l s i m m s @ w o r l d . s t d . c o
m> at http://www.webdudes.com/sims/beall2.html.
Record ID: 35236.
____________________________
____________________________
G0498A:
Thomas BEALL of LOVING ACQUAINTANCE [008]
Birth: ABT 1631,
Largo, Ligensheim Fyffe (Fifeshire), Scotland
Death: AFT November 1732 and BEF 12
February 1736, Prince George's County, Maryland, British
North America
Father: James BEALL, Dr. (1603 Largo, Ligensheim
Fyffe (Fifeshire), Scotland - AFT 1630, Largo, Ligensheim
Fyffe (Fifeshire), Scotland )
Mother: Anne Marie CALVERT
Marriage: BY 1690
Spouse: Unknown UNKNOWN
Child 1:
Thomas BEALL (ABT
1690, Prince George's County, Maryland, British North
America - AFT 23 October 1730, Georgia, British North
America) [M]: m. Tabitha HILLEARY (AFT 2 February 1681
and BY 1693, Calvert [later Prince George's] County,
Maryland, British North America - AFT 1719, South
Carolina, British North America), BY 1711 [See G0497A:
Tabitha HILLEARY in Antecedents
and Descendants of Thomas Hilleary (ABT 1637 - AFT 2
February 1697/98 and BEF 16 March 1698).]
Child 2: Elizabeth BEALL (ABT 1692, Prince
George's County, Maryland, British North America - ?)
[F]: m. Unknown DRYDEN, 1719
Child 3: Benjamin BEALL (ABT 1694,
Prince George's County, Maryland, British North America -
AFT 18 March 1729/30 and BEF 31 May 1730, Prince George's
County, Maryland, British North America) [M]
Child 4: Ninian BEALL (1696, Prince
George's County, Maryland, British North America - 22
September 1780, Prince George's County, Maryland) [M]: m.
Catherine DUKE (1704 - 1736): m2. Katherine BARTON (1705
- 1753)
Child 5: Euphene BEALL (1698 - AFT 21
June 1732) [F]: m. William TANNEHILL (Jr.) (ABT 1675,
Prince George's County, Maryland, British North America -
29 March 1732, Prince George's County, Maryland, British
North America)
Child 6: William BEALL (1700, Prince
George's County, Maryland, British North America - ?)
[M]: m Elizabeth STOCKETT, 11 February 1723, All Hallows
Parish, Anne Arundel County, British North America
Other Marriage: AFT 1700
Spouse: Elizabeth UNKNOWN
Note 1: The following notes are from
the BEALL database assembled by Lisa Simms <l s i m m
s @ w o r l d . s t d . c o m> at http://www.webdudes.com/sims/beall2.html.
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B-THOMAS. Thomas BEALL of Loving
Acquaintance. Parentage. Janet BEALL Broadbent
has Thomas b. 2 Jan 1631 in St. Andrews Parish,
Fife, Scotland, son of B-JAMES/1600 James BELL
and Helen PRINGLE (LDS Film 1040171, Item 3) and
d. after Oct 4, 1732. Nov Court 1732, Thomas
BEALL says he is above the age of 100 years and
petitions the court to be freed from paying
future levys. Granted. (Prince George's County,
Court Record S:165, Maryland Hall of Records).
Immigrant. Maryland Land Office patent WC#2:16
(10 Apr 1679) indicates Thomas BELL proved his
right to 50 a. of land for transporting himself
into the province. FMMB:106 lists Thos. BELL and
wife Elizabeth who immigrated in 1659
(Skordas:35, LOA 5:485) however, this family
settled in Anne Arundel County, intermarrying
with Dorseys, Howards, etc. Skordas:31 lists
Thomas BEALE of St. Mary's County, who received a
warrant for service in 1672 (17:57), however this
family was Catholic while Thos of Loving
Acquaintance was Presbyterian. 27 Mar 1680 MLO
Patent WC#2:346-7 Thomas BELL along with William
and Patricia TIMMONS & Richard FFLOWERS
assigns their right for 50a. each to James
LANGSTON of Somerset. Thomas BELL signs with
distinctive mark of a capital T with a smaller
upright capital B attached to its stem. Assuming
that this event places the immigration of Thomas
BEALL in the period 1680, earlier Thomas BEALL
land transactions belong to other Thomas BEALLs:
Feb 17, 1665, patent for 100 acres, BELL's Haven,
issued to Thomas BELL, planter. Ninian BEALL and
Loving Acquaintance. Janet BEALL Broadhurst
reports no documentation whatsoever indicating
any relationship between Thomas BEALL and Ninian.
25 Jul 1684 Col. Ninian BEALL uses his 1000 a.
warrant to patent (1) 455a BEALL's Reserve, (2)
150a Dundee and (3) 105a. Loving Acquaintance. 27
Jul 1684 Ninian assigns all rights to Loving
Acquaintance to Moses GROOME and his heirs
forever -- not to "my brother Thomas
BEALL" as sometimes reported. (Broadbent,
BGN:298) Error shows up in (Presbyterian Review,
Baltimore: IX, 1888; FMMB:106) which refers to
Thomas BEALL as builder, contractor and brother
of Col. Ninian BEALL who assisted many contrymen
in Scotland to emigrate to Maryland. Evidently
Moses GROOME did not complete the terms of this
assignment because in an undated document of
about 1701 Thomas BEALL requests a special
warrant for vacant land contiguous to Loving
Acquaintance, and on 31 May 1701 Thomas BEALL
asks to resurvey Loving Acquaintance with the
adjoining vacant land and states that Ninian
BEALL had surveyed, patented, and assigned his
rights to 105 a. Loving Acquaintance to Thomas
BEALL. (MLO A:255-6, Hall of Records; BGN:131 and
BGN:298). In undated document, Thomas BEALL
petitions for a special warant for the resurveyed
Loving Acquaintance into 312a (MLO BB#3:547-8).
In undated document believed to be late 1701
Thomas BEALL of Prince Georges County indicates
he is in legal possession (seized) of 105 acres
of Loving Acquaintance and has found 207 acres
additional vacant land contiguous to Loving
Acquaintance for which he requests warrant, the
total to be 312 acres. (MLO BB#3:547-8; Broadbent
in BGN:131 and BGN:298). Compare with FMMB:106
which cites 1687 as date Thomas BEALL, Sr.
patented 312 acres Loving Acquaintance in Prince
Georges County (LOA BB3:547) Loving Acquaintance
shown in possession of Thomas BEALL, Sen, for 312
a, £12/6 yearly rent; resurveyed 7th 7br 1701
for Tho BEALE beg at a bd. wt. oak ye corner tree
of Thos BARNARDs land. (Broadbent; LDS film
0013153, item 3, p. 110) Marriages. Broadbent
believes Thomas to be married 2-3 times. Wife
Elizabeth is mentioned beginning 1 May 1730
(recorded 21 Jul 1730) when Thomas BEALE, Sr,
planter, of Prince George's County, gift deeds to
son William Jr all of Loving Acquaintance, being
about 312 acres, retaining life estate for self
and wife Elizabeth. Thomas makes usual mark,
Elizabeth did not sign. Witnesses included John
BEALL, Jr. (LDS film #0014249 item 1 p. 57: PGLR
Q:57 in Broadbent BGN:135) Oct 4, 1732 deeded
personal property to son William, no wife signing
(PGLO LQ:542; FMMB:107); 12 Feb 1736 Elizabeth
BEALL, widow agrees with William BEALL, Jr, where
she assigns her 1/3 dower rights to William in
return for a 21 year occupancy of the mansion
house and William to pay her, yearly, meal, corn,
etc. Elizabeth makes her mark (Prince George's
County Register of Willis T:439, Maryland Hall of
Records) Broadbent writes, "it is a mystery
why the widow Elizabeth BEALL would give up her
life estate for this arrangement . . . she had
not signed her late husband's gift deed of Lov.
Acq to William so presmably that gift deed wasn't
legally executed. the widow is presumed to be a
2nd or 3rd wife of Thos. the immig. and not the
mother of the children. She does not call
William, son, and she must have been considerably
younger than her husband . . . he over age 100 at
death, she expecting to live, possibly, another
21 years." (Broadbent, BGN:299) Roberta Hull
(BGN:61) has this Thomas BEALL m. in England
Elizabeth LEE of Robert LEE of Waterford, England
and FMMB:107 notes that Robert LEE in will (prob.
Jan 4, 1688, SMW 4:280; Maryland Calendar of
Wills II:15,20) leaves personalty to daughter
Elizabeth BEALE and 200 acres Law's Gift in
Dorchester Co to John BEALE, Jr, son of Thomas
BEALE, however this may be a different BEALE
family whose children were born earlier. Other
Events. Feb 23 1688 testator to will of Joseph
ISAAKE in Calvert County (Maryland Cal Wills,
II:43: FMMB:107). Nov 27, 1704 Thomas BEALL Sr
trustee in deed of gift of land for a church at
Upper Marlboro made by Col. Ninian BEALL.
(FMMB:107). Children. Jul 24, 1719 (recorded 19
Aug 1719) Thomas BEALL gift
deeds to four children: daughter Elizabeth
DRAYDEN, one cow and calf & 3 breeding sows;
son William BEALL, one Negro man called Mane; two
cows and calfes and two breeding sowes and one
feather bedd and furniture; son Benjamin, Negro
woman Maria together with all children she may
have; two cowes and calfes and two breeding sows
and one feather bedd and furniture; daughter
Uphen (Euphene) TANNIHILL, one cow and calf.
Signs with mark of distinctive T with B against
the stem. (LDS Film #0014248 item 1, p 770-772;
Indexed as Liber F:183-185, in Broadbent, Beall
News 132-133). 1730 son Benjamin dies and names
in will father Thomas; the gift deed of 1719, and
siblings Thomas, William, Elizabeth DRYDEN, and
Ninian, with brother Ninian to be Benjamin's
executor. (LDS Film #0014279 p 180-1: Prince
George's County Wills Probate Liber A,1:180-1 Mar
18 1729/30 - 21 May 1730; Broadbent, Beall News
133,139). Thomas father and son therefore both
living in 1730 and neither could be Thomas of
Ninian, B-NIN-6, who d. 1708. Children's dates of
birth are from Broadbent, BGN:136 and BGN:299);
much earlier FMMB dates also shown for reference.
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Note 2: The following notes are from
the BEALL database assembled by Lisa Simms <l s i m m
s @ w o r l d . s t d . c o m> at http://www.webdudes.com/sims/beall2.html.
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B-THOMAS-2. Elizabeth BEALL, b.
c. 1692 (FMMB=1660) of Thomas, Immigrant [1631].
m. DRYDEN or DRAYDEN. 1719 received by deed of
gift from father a cow, calf, and three sows (PG
Co, F:183-185; LDS film 0014248 item 1, pp 770-2;
Broadbent, BGN:299; FMMB:107). 1730 Mentioned in
will of brother Benjamin. No further information.
(FMMB:107; BGN:5, 299) |
Note 3: The following notes are from
the BEALL database assembled by Lisa Simms <l s i m m
s @ w o r l d . s t d . c o m> at http://www.webdudes.com/sims/beall2.html.
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B-THOMAS-3. Benjamin BEALL b. c.
1694 (FMMB=1667 of Thomas, Immigrant [1631], d.
1730 unmarried (Broadbent, BGN:136). 1719
received by deed of gift from father negro woman
Maria, cows, calves, sows, fether bed and
furniture (PG Co, F:183-185; LDS film 0014248
item 1, pp 770-2; Broadbent, BGN:299; FMMB:107).
Apparently neither wife nor children at time of
death. Will written 18 Mar 1729/30, proved May 31
1730 (PGW 1:180; Maryland Calendar of Wills VI;
FMMB:107, Prerog Ct Wills 20:12-3, 17 Jul 1730,
Maryland Hall of Records; also LDS film 0014279,
liber 1, folio 180-1). Leaves a Negro to his
father Thomas BEALL, which he had received from
his father July 24, 1719. Leaves personalty to
brothers Thomas and William, and sister Elizabeth
DRYDEN. Brother Ninian, executor. (FMMB:107;
News:5) Inventory of estate: V. L. Skinner, Jr,
"Abstracts of the Inventories of the
Prerogative Court of Maryland, 1728-1734"
Family Line Publications, Maryland, 1991, p. 17.
PG Co 15:495, £77/9/6. Next of Kin: Thomas
BEALL, Sr., William BEALL, Jr. Executor: Ninian
BEALL. |
Note 4: The following notes are from the
BEALL database assembled by Lisa Simms <l s i m m s @
w o r l d . s t d . c o m> at http://www.webdudes.com/sims/beall2.html.
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B-SR-1. Ninian BEALL, Senior, b.
1696 (age 80 in Census of 1776, St. John's &
Prince George's Parishes; Brumbaugh I:36.) d.
1780. Miller. Parentage--Father: Broadbent has
proved Ninian of Thomas to be Ninian Jr/Sr, b.
1696 (Census of 1776), d. 1780. (Beall News:
131-145), confirming Heterick (V:1) and Roberta
Hull. (+B-SR-1/1696) FMMB believed Ninian Jr/Sr,
with above dates, to be Ninian the Elder, son of
Charles (B-NIN-2/1672) of Col. Ninian, and that
Ninian of Thomas was b. ca 1672 and d. 1764-5.
FMMB placed with Ninian of Thomas data on
Friendship Enlarged which belongs with Ninian of
Alexander, B-ALEX-22, q.v. Children shown by FMMB
for Ninian of Thomas overlap partially but not
completely with those shown under B-SR; refer to
B-THOMAS-5/1672 to track. B-SR-1. Ninian BEALL,
Senior, b. 1696 (age 80 in Census of 1776, St.
John's & Prince George's Parishes; Brumbaugh
I:36.) d. 1780. Miller. Parentage--Father:
Broadbent (Beall News:131-139 has proved Ninian
BEALL, Sr to be son of Thomas B-THOMAS/1631;
following Heterick, who suggested Thomas descent
as a possibility (Heterick 5:1), and Roberta Hull
(BGN:61), who thought it probable. FMMB (69)
believed this Ninian BEALL to be the eldest son
["Ninian the Elder"] of Charles BEALL
(B-NIN-21), who then had a second son also named
Ninian ["Ninian the Mariner"]. Beall
News initially accepted this version (J. Ninian
Beall/Beall News:69,84; William R BEALL/Beall
News:58 "All sources agree" with this)
until publication of Broadbent. Parentage --
Mother: Thomas BEALL, father of Ninian, was m. to
Elizabeth. FMMB(69) cites Bible of Ninian the
Elder "My mother, Mary Beal, died Aug 23,
1767. [Sig] Ninian BEALL, his book." Note
possible confusion with Ninian, B-THOMAS-5/1672
of Thomas [1638], who d. 1764. Name: Referred to
as Ninian BEALL Jr until 1772, then as Ninian
BEALL Sr. (Roberta Hull; Virginia Beall Kurtz)
This may have been to distinguish him from Ninian
of Alexander (B-ALEX-22/G1686), who is referred
to as Sr, and apparently died sometime between 18
Dec 1771 and 18 Mar 1772. J. Ninian Beall
believed he was initially Ninian Jr to
distinguish him from his Grandfather (via
Charles), Col. Ninian BEALL. Marriages: In 1722
m. (1) Catherine (1704-1736) dau of James DUKE
(1675-1731) of Brooke Place Manor & Margaret
MACKALL dau of Benj. MACKALL & Barbara SMITH.
(FMMB:51); or dau of James DUKE II (c. 1660-1731
and wife Mary DAWKINS (c. 1665-after 1731). (J.
Ninian Beall/BEALL Newes:84). James DUKE, son of
James and grandson of James, was great grandson
of Richard DUKE, b. 1613, d. after 1665, arr
Maryland 1634 on Ark with Gov. Leonard CALVERT.
James DUKE's will Nov 10, 1731 (Calvert Co Wills
20:364) names daughter Catherine BEALL.
Catherine's name last appears on November 30,
1772, and is not on census of 1776, therefore
possib. die ca 1773. Major believes this Ninian =
Ninian, Sr, b. 1696, who thus m (1) Ruth
HAMILTON, 1749 being the last time she released
dower, and (2) Catherine (RAWLINGS not proved),
who released dower in 1772. Land tracts known as
Gamefield Enlarged and Wilson's Folly were not
tracts of Ninian, Immigrant, but were tracts of
Alexander, Immigrant, acquired thru purchase.
Land purchases were traced by Raymond B. Clark in
Maryland-Delaware Genealogist. (Major:219) m (2)
1737-1738 Katherine BARTON (1705-1753), dau of
Major William & Sarah BARTON. See Ninian
BEALL Sr, b. 1712 for discussion of Ninian Sr m.
Catherine RAWLINS. William BARTON, Immigrant, arr
Maryland 1661 with wife, son, daughter. (Land
Office, Annapolis, 4:556). Maj. BARTON & Col
Ninian BEALL were 1st members of assembly from
new County of Prince Georges, 1696. (FMMB:51).
1705 at her father's death, Katherine BARTON
received from him Perrywood in PG Co. 30 Aug
1751, unusual deed of gift by Elizabeth WADDAMS,
Prince George's County, for "the natural
love and affection which I do bear unto my well
beloved neighbor Ninian BEALL . . . the skin of
the face of a Certain Dark Coulard Red Bull with
a Motley face" in a Certain John Brown's
[meadow] (Broadbent, BGN:299; LDS film 0014251,
item 2, Lib PP, f. 134). Real Estate & Other
Legal Transactions: "Ninian BEALL was a
planter in Prince George's County, Maryland. He
held about one thousand acres of land . . . his
plantations were located three to five miles
north of Bladensburg." (J. Ninian
Beall/Beall News:84) 23 Mar 1716 (recorded 1 Apr
1717) William NICHOLLS and Mary his wife, planter
of Prince George's County, Maryland, sells to
Ninian BEALL Jr, planter of afsd county, son of
Thomas BEALL, for £25 English money 50 acres
Hunting Quarter and 100 acres Gamefield to the
east of Nicholl's Hunting Quarter and in manor of
Calverton. Patrick HEPBURN witnessed the
transaction. (Heterick V:1; Patrick Hepburn was
father of Elizabeth, who became second wife of
Alexander BEALL {B-ALEX-2/1649}, Immigrant) (LDS
Film 0014248 item 1, p 483-6: Liber E, folio
483-6, Land Records, Prince George's County;
Broadbent, BGN 134,299) J. Ninian Beall (Beall
News:84, PGLO E:591) specifically refers to the
purchase of Hunting Quarter, previously owned by
Charles BEALL, as evidence that Ninian was son of
Charles, however the record itself shows Ninian
Jr to be son of Thomas. 21 Oct 1724 Ninian BEALL,
Prince George's County receives warrant for 40 a.
Beale's Point. (LO Pat Rec IL#A:728, Hall of
Records) 8 Jul 1725 Ninian BEALL Jr, planter,
buys from Thomas Willson, planter, of Prince
Georges County, 55 acres Willson's Fork. (LDS
Film #0014248 item 3: Liber I, folio 659, Land
Office, Prince George's County; Broadbent/Beall
News 134) Oct 1, 1725, Ninian BEALL receives gift
of slaves from Charles BEALL (PGLO I:685; J.
Ninian Beall/Beall News 84); also on Aug 3, 1726
(PGLO M:64). Beall News:84 identifies this Ninian
as Ninian the elder, nothing that Charles's son
Ninian "the Mariner" was too young in
1725 and 1726, having been born about 1715, to
have been given slaves at these dates. However,
if in fact Ninian "the elder" is not
son of Charles, but is Ninian Jr/Sr, son of
Thomas, this requires rethinking. Nov 22 1726
Ninian BEALL Jr, Planter of Prince George's
County sells to Richard WILLIAMS, Planter of Anne
Arundel County for 1300 lbs tobacco 40 acres
Bealls Point in Prince George's County.
Catherine, wife of Ninian BEALL, Jr, waived
dower. (PGLO M:126, J. Ninian Beall/Beall
News:84) J. Ninian Beall indicates Bealls Point
had been formerly owned by Charles BEALL and
therefore this transaction supported the theory
of Ninian Jr being Ninian the Elder, son of
Charles. On Aug 13, 1728 a Ninian BEALL as well
as Charles BEALL were members of St. John's
Episcopal Parish and on this date voted to divide
parish and create new Parish of Rock Creek
(Vestry Minutes:9; J. Ninian Beall/Beall
News:84.) J. Ninian Beall cites this as evidence
of Ninian the Elder being son of Charles, Ninian
"the Mariner", b. ca 1715, being aged
13 in 1728 and too young for such a vote. 1747
aged 51 and referred to as Ninian BEALL, Jr, when
deponent in Prince George's County court case,
ref EE:197; Peden:10) After 1758 Ninian Sr. was
petitioner to Governor for a division of All
Saints Parish (which in 1750 was a parish church
and two chapels of ease). (Scharf, History of
Western Maryland, Vol I, p. 503) If the naming
theory of Roberta Hull and Virginia Beall Kurtz
is correct, that Ninian of Thomas was Jr during
the life of Ninian of Alexander
(B-ALEX-22/G1686), becoming Sr himself after his
death in 1771, then the Scharf reference would
refer to Ninian of Alexander instead, who was
Ninian Sr in 1758. On Nov 30, 1772, Ninian Sr,
Planter of Prince George's County, transferred to
son Benjamin 9.5 acres Game Field Enlarged.
Catherine BEALL, wife of Ninian Sr, acknowledged.
(LDS Film #0014254 p. 195, PGLR BB-3:195-196,
Broadbent/Beall News 134). Also on same date
Ninian BEALL Sr to son Thomas 55 acres Wilson's
Fork purchased 8 Jul 1725 and 148 acres Game
Field Enlarged. Catherine BEALL, wife of Ninian
Sr, acknowledged. (PGLO BB-3:196; J. Ninian
Beall, Beall News:84; LDS Film #0014254 p. 196,
PGLR BB-3:196-198, Broadbent/Beall News 134).
Also on same date Ninian BEALL Sr to John Brown
of Prince George's County, planter, 20 acres Game
Field Enlarged. Catherine BEALL, wife of Ninian
Sr, acknowledged. (LDS Film #0014254 p. 218, PGLR
BB-3:218-9, Broadbent/Beall News 134). J. Ninian
Beall believed the land holdings support the
theory of Ninian as son of Charles: "We find
that his son, Ninian, disposed of large land
holdings under his will, and that they were the
same lands devised by Charles BEALL to his son
Ninian in fee tail, but by the time they passed
to the next generation, they were held in fee
simple." (J. Ninian Beall/Beall News:84)
However, Game Field's purchase in 1716
specifically refers to purchase by Ninian, Jr,
son of Thomas.) Census of 1776 No wife living at
time of Census, 1776, his wife having died in
1773 (Brumbaugh I:36; J. Ninian Beall/Beall News
84) Household at time of census included Ninian,
80; dau. Catherine, 30 (b.1746); female slave age
76; male, age 27; female, age 36 & female, 4.
(Census of 1776, St. John's & Prince George's
Parishes; Brumbaugh I:36.) Death; will: Ninian d.
1780; Will 22 Aug 1780 - 29 Aug 1780. (Prince
George's County T1:125; Heterick V:1; LDS film
0014279, item 2.). Ninian BEALL Sr was Methodist
(in will cow & calf to be sold and money to
Methodist minister.) Final settlement of estate
Rockville, 1793 (MCAA C:271; FMMB:112) (Thomas E.
Beall Jr, 1942; Beall News:5) Names of all
children except Katherine and Barton also appear
in Heterick. Birth order of children and dates
follow FMMB:51 and J. Ninian Beall (Beall
News:84) with the exception of Benjamin DUKE, who
has been advanced from 1742 to 1729.
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By wife Catherine DUKE: 1.
Ninian, Jr. b 1723, d. 1781 m. Catherine.
J. Ninian Beall has m. Catherine
RAWLINGS. (+B-SR-11/1723) [Also shown in
Kurz]
2. Elizabeth, b. 1724, d. after 1780 m.
BARROT (+B-SR-12/1724)
3. James, b. G1727, d. 1783.
(+B-SR-13/G1727)
4. Benjamin DUKE, b. 1729, m. Sarah.
(+B-SR-14) See also Benjamin DUKE, b.
1742, but m. Maria THOMAS. (+B-BENJ/1742)
5. Catherine (Dec 5, 1731-Jun 7, 1732;
FMMB:52) Danger of confusion with
B-THOM-114 Catherine, b. 1731, m. Charles
LOVELESS
6. Richard, b. 1735, d. 1799 m. Rebecca
ADAMSON (+B-SR-16/1735)
By wife Katherine BARTON, b. 1705, d.
1753, dr of Major Wm BARTON of Prince
George's County
7. Eleanor, b. 1738 m. Zachariah
BROWN. Will 1780 (PGW T1:125; FMMB:54)
(+B-SR-17/1738)
8. Ann, b. 1740 m. Nichols, 5 shillings
& no more (+B-SR-18/1740)
9. Marsham (twin, 1741 - died young)
a. Mary [twin] 1741, m. Major John PRICE,
Surgeon, Rev. Army (+B-SR-1a/1741)
b. Martha, b. 1745 m. Edward NICHOLS
(+B-SR-1b/1745)
c. Catherine, b. 1746 (twin)
(+B-SR-1c/1746)
d. Margery, b. 1746 (twin) m. BROWN
(+B-SR-1d/1746) FMMB:55 says m. Edward
NICHOLS
e. Barton, b. 1747 (+B-SR-1e/1747)
f. Ruth (twin, b. 1749) m. Samuel
MULLICAN. (+B-SR-1f/1749)
g. Thomas, b. 1749, twin; m. Lucy
(+B-SR-1g/1749)
George Norbury MacKenzie, Colonial
Families of the United States of America,
pp. 73-74 (Beall News, II:34 (Sept 1992),
p. 53) has the following list of children
for Ninian BEALL, Sr:
1. Catherine (+B-SR-1c/1746)
2. Elinor (+B-SR-17/1738)
3. daughter [=Marsham, B-SR-19/1741, died
young]
4. Mary (+B-SR-1a/1741)
5. Richard (+B-SR-16/1735
6. Elizabeth m. Mr. BARRETT; children
Elizabeth and John BEALL (+B-SR-12/1724)
7. James (+B-SR-13/G1727)
8. Ninian Jr, b. 1733, d. 1781 (+
B-SR-11/1723)
9. Benjamin (+B-SR-14/1729)
a. Ann (+B-SR-18/1740)
b. Martha (+B-SR-1b/1745)
c. Margery (+B-SR-1d/1746)
d. Thomas (+B-SR-1g/1749)
Heterick presents the above
information as belonging to Ninian, Sr.
FMMB presents the above information as
belonging to Ninian the Elder, son of
Charles of Col. Ninian; he then presents
the following issue instead as that of
Ninian, son of Thomas:
1. Robert b. 1700, m. Hannah Kinsey
before 1723 (+B-REZIN/1700)
2. Benjamin, b. 1704, m. (1) Mary; m (2)
Sarah MAGRUDER (+B-ALEX-223/1710)
3. Mary Ann, b. 1706 (B-ALEX-222/G1706)
4. James, b. 1709, m. Elizabeth POOLY
(+B-ALEX-226/1713)
5. Margery, b. 1711 (+B-ALEX-224/G1711)
6. Joseph, b. 1715, m. Henrietta
(+B-ALEX-229/1717)
7. Basil, b. 1717
(+B-ALEX-22h/1717//B-THOMAS-57)
8. William, b. 1720 (+B-ALEX-221/G1705)
9. Ninian, b. 1724, m. Ruth HAMILTON
(+B-ALEX-227/G1714)
a. John, b. 1728, m. Mary
(+B-ALEX-225/1712). See also
B-GEORGETOWN/1728 for John BEALL of the
1728 Georgetown Hundred Census.
Janet BEALL Broadbent has these
children all of Catherine DUKE, BGN;360--
Ninian
Elizabeth
Eleanor
James
Benjamin
Richard
Mary
Ann
Thomas
Margery
Martha
Catherine
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Note 5: The following notes are from
the BEALL database assembled by Lisa Simms <l s i m m
s @ w o r l d . s t d . c o m> at http://www.webdudes.com/sims/beall2.html.
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B-THOMAS-5. Euphene BEALL, b. c
1698 (FMMB=1676), of Thomas, Immigrant [1631], m.
William TANNEHILL/TENNEHILL, III. See deed, 1719
(PGLO F:185; FMMB:124). (1) Ninian |
Note 6: William TANNEHILL (Jr.) was
the son of William TANNEHILL (Sr.) (ABT 1653, Ayrshire
Scotland - 1732, <Prince George's County>,
Maryland)
Note 7: William BEALL of Thomas
should not be confused with William BEALL (ABT 1684,
Frederick County, Maryland - 1756, Frederick County,
Maryland), who was the son of Alexander BEALL and who
married Elizabeth MAGRUDER.
The following notes are from the BEALL database
assembled by Lisa Simms <l s i m m s @ w o r l d . s t
d . c o m> at http://www.webdudes.com/sims/beall2.html.
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B-THOMAS-6. William BEALL, b.
1700 (FMMB=1670), of Thomas, Immigrant [1631]. D.
after 1778. Referred to as "William BEALL,
Jr." and associated with Loving
Acquaintance. Innkeeper, lived Prince Georges
County. 1734 William BEALL, Jr. made deposition
before Prince George's Court (T:209, FMMB:144 or
T:237; Peden:10) stating age as 34 years. This
record, placed by FMMB with William, husband of
Sarah MAGRUDER, might equally well be placed with
William B-ALEX-218/c1729 or his first cousin
William B-ALEX-221/G1705, both of whom apparenlty
referred to themselves as "William,
Jr." Jul 20 1738 transferred land to
Christopher LOWNDES (PGLO T:633) who built a
large brick house on this land near Bladensburg;
house, called Bostock in excellent condition in
1914. (Wash Star, Apr 12, 1914: FMMB:144).
Marriage. 11 Feb 1723 m. Elizabeth STOCKETT (All
Hallows Parish, Anne Arundel County, 1 AA-98,
Robert Barnes, "Maryland Marriages,
1634-1777", p. 11; Broadbent, BGN:300) FMMB
claims the William BEALL who m. Elizabeth
Stockett to be B-ALEX-218/1729, which would make
him aged 6 at the time of marriage. Acc to FMMB
(111), Elizabeth was dau of Thomas STOCKETT (PGLO
M:331,374, 1726) Do not confuse with William
BEALL B-ALEX-221/G1705 of Ninian, who m. Mary.
Real Estate. 1719 receives Loving Acquaintance
from father Thomas (PGLO F:185; FMMB:107). Jul
24, 1719 Thomas BEALL gift deeds to four
children; son William BEALL to receive one Negro
man called Mane; two cows and calfes and two
breeding sowes and one feather bedd and
furniture. (LDS Film #0014248 item 1, p 770-772;
Indexed as Liber F:183-185, in Broadbent, Beall
News 132-133). Suit of William BEALL, Jr against
Thomas BEALL, Jr, to vacate patent for land
Loving Acquaintance, vacated. (LOA, Chancery
Records IR4; FMMB:107) 1725 William Jr bought
Denmark; 1727 (M:146) sold Denmark; wife
Elizabeth waived dower. 1730 William receives
personalty under will of brother Benjamin.
Benjamin names in will father Thomas; the gift
deed of 1719, and siblings Thomas, William,
Elizabeth DRYDEN, and Ninian, with brother Ninian
to be Benjamin's executor. (LDS Film #0014279 p
180-1: Prince George's County Wills Probate Liber
A,1:180-1 Mar 18 1729/30 - 21 May 1730;
Broadbent, Beall News133,139; PGW 1:180, Maryland
Cal Wills VI; FMMB:107). 1730 Thomas BEALE, Sr,
planter, of Prince George's County, gift deeds to
son William Jr all of Loving Acquaintance, being
about 312 acres, retaining life estate for self
and wife Elizabeth. Witnesses included John
BEALL, Jr. (LDS film #0014249 item 1 p. 57: PGLR
Q:57 in Broadbent/Beall News:135) Oct 4, 1732
Thomas deeded personal property to son William,
no wife signing (PGLO LQ:542; FMMB:107). 27 Feb
1738 petition by William BEALL, Jr, son of Thomas
BEALL, stating that patent of Loving Acquaintance
for 312 a. is deficient by 129 a and requests
said patent be vacated and cancelled. Granted.
Chancery Ct Record 7 (IR#4:63). Possibly done to
save taxes. (Broadbent,BGN:300). 1746 (PGLO
EE:61) William Jr, Innholder, bought Lookout next
to Addition to Plummers. 1750 rent rolls, William
BEALL Jr had Loving Acquaintance, Plummers
Pleasure, Addition to Plummers Pleasure, and
Lookout. 13 Jan 1756 Wm BEALL Jr to son Basil
part of Plummers Pleasure (PGLO NN:338). 31 Jan
1756 Wm BEALL Jr of Prince George's County to son
Rezin part of Plummers Pleasure 56 acres and
houses to Rezin BEALL; if no heirs, to son
Thomas. (PGLO NN:339) 29 Mar 1765 to Wm BEALL Jr
to son Thomas of Prince George's County
Batchelors Choice on East Paint Branch of the
Eastern Branch of the Potomac River (41 1/2
acres), also Batchelors Content 120 acres. (PGLO
TT:379) 30 Mar 1770 Wm BEALL Jr to son Nathaniel
150 acres of Flag Bottom. (PGLO AA2:130) 14 Jan
1778 Rezin to Basil for £150 part of Plummers
Pleasure; wife Amelia waived dower. (PGLO
CC2:486) 16 Jan 1778 William to son Basil 183
acres Loving Acquaintance and 135 acres Plummers
Pleasure. (PGLO CC2:417) (1) FMMB makes this
William to be the William who died testate in
1756. However, the 1756 will refers to sale of
property Friendship Enlarged. and was the will of
B-ALEX-21/G1683 William of Alexander, Immigrant.
(2) FMMB also has William of Thomas m. 1711 to
Elizabeth MAGRUDER BEALL (B-SIS-11/G1685), widow
of Ninian BEALL B-NIN-11. However FMMB bases this
on reference to wife Elizabeth in 1756 will, as
well as property transactions which belong to
B-ALEX-21/G1683 William of Alexander. For
descendents as presented in FMMB, refer to
B-ALEX-21/G1683 (3) Loving Acquaintance and
Plummers Pleasure are associated together,
however, Heterick associates them with Thomas but
then with B-ALEX-221/G1705 William BEALL of
Ninian of Alexander. References to "William
of Ninian" have been retained under
B-ALEX-221, while references to "William,
Jr", including the five children, have been
moved here. D. after 1778 Depositions. Dec 9,
1734. Wm BEALL jun aged 34 years . . . abt 12
years ago he carried the chain as James EDMONSTON
ran a tract of land called Seatle. (PGLO T:237,
LDS 0014249, item 2. 12 Feb 1736 William BEALL
makes agreement with his father's widow,
Elizabeth, to receive her 1/3 dower in exchange
for 21 year occupancy of the mansion house plus
meal, corn, etc. (PG Co Register of Wills,
T:439).
Children. Listed by Heterick (I:20). 1. Rezin, b.
1723 (Heterick I:22) m. Amelia BEALL
(B-NIN-241/1748) daughter of Col Joshua BEALL.
(+)
2. Basil b. G1735 m. Sarah MARSHALL of Charles
County 13 Jan 1756 Received from father Plummers
Pleasure, therefore b. NLT 1735 (PGLO NN 338) (+)
3. Nathaniel b. G1738 remained single. (+) 4.
Moses, b. G1741 (+) 5. Thomas, b. 1743 m. NLT
1759 Priscilla Clark (+) |
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G0497A: Thomas BEALL [007]
Birth: ABT 1690, Prince George's County,
Maryland, British North America
Death: AFT 23 October 1730, Georgia, British North
America
Father:
Thomas BEALL of LOVING ACQUAINTANCE (1630: christened 2
January 1631, St. Andrew's Parish, Fifeshire, Scotland -
AFT November 1732, Prince George's County, Maryland,
British North America)
Mother: Elizabeth UNKNOWN
Marriage: BY 1711
Spouse: Tabitha HILLEARY (AFT 2 February 1681 and
BY 1693, Calvert [later Prince George's] County,
Maryland, British North America - AFT 1719, South
Carolina, British North America) [See G0497A:
Tabitha HILLEARY in Antecedents
and Descendants of Thomas Hilleary (ABT 1637 - AFT 2
February 1697/98 and BEF 16 March 1698).]
Child 1:
Ruth BEALL (ABT 1712,
Prince George's County, Maryland, British North America -
1777, Richmond County, Georgia) [F]: m1. Michael JONES
(BEF 25 February 1718, Prince George County, Maryland,
British North America - December 1755/56), ABT 1747,
South Carolina, British North America [See G0496A: Michael
JONES in Antecedents
and Descendants of Michael Jones (BEF 25 February 1718 -
December 1755/56).]: m2. John PHILLIPS (ABT 1726,
Surry County, Virginia, British North America - 28 March
1784, Richmond County, Georgia), 1761, Georgia, British
North America [See Child 1: John
PHILLIPS under G0497A:
William PHILLIPS in Antecedents
and Descendants of Whitmill Phillips (ABT 1772 - 1822).]
Child 2: Jacob BEALL (ABT 1715,
Prince George's County, Maryland, British North America -
7 May 1781, Richmond County, Georgia) [M]: m. Ellinor
UNKNOWN
Child 3: Mary BEALL (ABT 1719, Prince George's
County, Maryland, British North America - ?) [F]
Other Marriage: AFT 1719, Georgia
Spouse: Ann Christian RYALLS ( BY 1701 -
AFT 24 September 1772, Georgia)
Note 1: The following notes are from the BEALL
database assembled by Lisa Simms <l s i m m s @ w o r
l d . s t d . c o m> at http://www.webdudes.com/sims/beall2.html.
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B-THOMAS-1. Thomas BEALL b. c.
1690 (FMMB=1665) of Thomas, Immigrant [1631].
Marriage. m. G1711 Tabitha HILLEARY , dau of John
Hilleary. However, Bowie states Tabitha, daughter
of Thomas HILLEARY and his second wife Eleanor
SPRIGG, was ca 16 in 1697, thus b. ca 1681. Real
Estate. Jun 13 1713 patented 839 acres Friend's
Good Will. (Maryland Land Office DD:5; FMMB:107)
also 50 acres Clear Spring (LO AM1:330. 1730
brother Benjamin (Will written 18 Mar 1729/30,
prov 31 May 1730) leaves shared ownership of
negro girl Jenny at his father's decease. (Prerog
Ct, Wills 20, 12-3, 17 Jul 1730, Maryland Hall of
Records; Also LDS Film 0014279, Liber 1:180-1) On
23 Oct 1730 (rec 25 Nov 1730) Thomas BEALL, Jr of
Prince George's Parish, Prince George's County,
planter, for £100 sterling sells to Rev. George
MURDOCK 150 a. tract Friends Good Will containing
plantation where MURDOCH lives, in same Parish.
Tabitha, wife of Thos, waived dower. Land bounded
by Edward DIGGS and Friendship. Wit: Jo.
CASWELLl, Jno. MAGRUDER, Wm. PENSION. (PGLR
Q:168; Heterick I:28, Broadbent BGN:299) Rev.
George MURDOCK's daughter Ann m. Nathaniel BEALL,
B-ALEX-27/1696. Suit of William BEALL, Jr
(B-THOMAS-6/1700) against Thomas BEALL, Jr, to
vacate patent for land Loving Acquaintance,
vacated. (LOA, Chancery Records IR4; FMMB:107)
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1. Ruth, b. G1712, m. (1) Michael JONES
of Maryland; Family moved south and
settled in South Carolina. Elder BEALLs
died there. After JONES's death, Ruth m.
(2) John PHILLIPS of Georgia and had
other children; d. Richmond or Warren Co,
Georgia. Ruth's JONES children married
into HARVEY line of South Carolina, also
southern STOVALL line in Mississippi.
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Note 2: The names of Ruth, Jacob, and Mary
BEALL are found in Henry C. Peden, Marylanders to Carolina, Willow Bend
Books, 65 East Main Street, Westminster, Maryland, 1999.
Peden, however, says that Thomas BEALL and Tabitha
HILLEARY migrated, with their children, to South Carolina
previous to 1794. He perhaps meant to write 1694; but, if
so, that seems much too early.
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G0496A: Ruth BEALL [006]
Birth: ABT 1712, Prince George's County, Maryland,
British North America
Death: 1777, Richmond County, Georgia
Father:
Thomas BEALL (ABT 1690, Prince George's County, Maryland,
British North America - AFT 23 October 1730, Georgia,
British North America)
Mother: Tabitha HILLEARY (AFT 2 February
1681 and BY 1693, Calvert [later Prince George's] County,
Maryland, British North America - AFT 1719, South
Carolina, British North America) [See G0497A:
Tabitha HILLEARY in Antecedents
and Descendants of Thomas Hilleary (ABT 1637 - AFT 2
February 1697/98 and BEF 16 March 1698).]
Marriage: ABT 1747, South Carolina
Spouse: Michael JONES (BEF
25 February 1718, Prince George's County, Maryland,
British North America - December 1755/56) [See G0496A: Michael
JONES in Antecedents
and Descendants of Michael Jones (BEF 25 February 1718 -
December 1755/56).]
Child 1: Margaret JONES (EST 1752, South Carolina or
Georgia, British North America - 10 February 1801,
Georgia) [F]: m. Rev. John HARVEY (Jr.) (ABT 1749/50,
<Brunswick, Lunenburg, or Bedford County>,
Virginia, British North America - 1823, Clarke County,
Georgia) [See G0495A:
Margaret JONES in Antecedents and
Descendants of Michael Jones (BEF 25 February 1718 -
December 1755/56) and G0495A: Rev.
John HARVEY in Antecedents
and Descendants of Rev. Isaac Harvey, Sr. (1786 - 16
September 1838).]
Child 2:  Rachel JONES (ABT 1754, <Washington
County>, Georgia, British North America - 1801/02,
Hancock County, Georgia) [F]: m. Thomas HARVEY (ABT 1750,
Lunenburg County, Virginia, British North America - 1791
to BEF 29 February 1792, Greene County, Georgia, British
North America) [See G0495B: Rachel
JONES in Antecedents
and Descendants of Michael Jones (BEF 25 February 1718 -
December 1755/56) and G0495B: Thomas
HARVEY in Antecedents
and Descendants of Rev. Isaac Harvey, Sr. (1786 - 16
September 1838).]
Child 3: Benjamin JONES (ABT 1756,
<Georgia>, British North America - ?) [M]
Child 4: Michael JONES (ABT 1758,
<South Carolina>, British North America - ?) [M]
Other Marriage: 1761, Georgia
Spouse: John PHILLIPS (ABT 1726, Surry
County, Virginia, British North America - 28 March 1784,
Richmond County, Georgia) [See Child 1: John
PHILLIPS under G0497A:
William PHILLIPS in Antecedents
and Descendants of Whitmill Phillips (ABT 1772 - 1822).]
Child 1: Hilleary PHILLIPS (AFT 1761,
Georgia - ?) [M]: m. Mary Ann HARVEY (EST 1767/75,
Edgefield County, South Carolina, British North America -
?)
Note 1: The following paragraphs are
taken from William and Irma Lampton, Partial History
of the Harvey Family (1992), pp. 4 - 5, based on the
researches of Ralph Ferguson Harvey (2 June 1919, Alabama
- 25 September 1989, Dallas County, Texas).
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John HARVEY, Jr. was a prominent
Baptist minister in Georgia. Rachael HARVEY,
the wife of Thomas, and Margaret HARVEY, the wife
of John, were sisters as proven by the Deed of
Gift of Ann Christian BEALL/BELL dated 24
September 1772 and recorded in Georgia
Colonial Records, Book T - I, page 37.
Rachael Jones HARVEY’s step-grandmother
was Ann Christian RIALS or RYALS. Rachael’s
grandfather, Thomas BEALL/BELL, married the
second time Ann Christian RIALS in Georgia. Ann
C. RIALS became Ann Christian BEALL/BELL.
Rachael Jones HARVEY’s mother, Ruth
JONES, married the second time James PHILLIPS.
Ruth JONES was then Ruth PHILLIPS. [Correction:
Ruth JONES was married to John PHILLIPS, not
James.]
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Deed of Gift, 24
September 1772 I, Ann Christian BELL of
the Province of Georgia and St. Matthews
Parish, widow, for and in consideration
of the love, good will . . . my loving
daughter-in-law Ruth PHILLIPS . . . I do
lend to sd. Ruth PHILLIPS a negro girl .
. . and at the decease of the said Ruth
PHILLIPS . . . to Margaret HARVEY, the
daughter of sd. Ruth PHILLIPS, the above
sd. negro girl . . . and the first child
of the sd. negro shall have to be the
property of Rachael HARVEY, the 2nd child
sd. negro . . . to be the property of
Michael JONES, a son of the sd. Ruth
PHILLIPS.
/s/ Ann Christian (X) BELL
Wit. Thos CHISOLM, Isaac MOUNSEY
John CHISOLM
Thomas CHISOLM and John CHISOLM swore
that they saw Ann Christian BELL (BEALL)
sign and deliver the Deed to John HARVEY,
24 September 1772. Recorded 25 September
1772.
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John HARVEY, Jr. and Margaret, his wife, had a
number of deeds up until the time of her death
which was reported in the Louisville Gazette
of Louisville, Georgia:
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"Mrs. Margaret
HARVEY, 49 years, wife of Rev. John
HARVEY died February 10, 1801." |
John Harvey, Jr. died in Clarke County,
Georgia in 1823. We do not know where John and
his wife, Margaret, are buried.
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Note 2: The following paragraphs are
taken from William and Irma Lampton, Partial History
of the Harvey Family (1992), pp. 7 - 8, based on the
researches of Ralph Ferguson Harvey (2 June 1919, Alabama
- 25 September 1989, Dallas County, Texas).
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Thomas HARVEY was the third known
son of John and Mary HARVEY. He married Rachael
JONES before 1772. Thomas HARVEY served in the
American Revolutionary War as a soldier from
Georgia. Col. Elijah CLARKE said he was a good
soldier whose wife was named Rachael. This
information can be found in the Daughters of
the American Revolution Lineage Book, XX,
page 39. This statement was probably taken from a
certificate which was presented by Thomas HARVEY,
as a Revolutionary soldier, to obtain a warrant
for bounty land. "Early in the American
Revolution, the Continental Congress authorized
each private and noncommissioned officer to
receive a bounty of $50, 50 acres of land, and a
new suit of clothes for his service. Various
states, in addition to the promises of the
Continental Congress, authorized bounty land for
Revolutionary veterans and preserved tracts in
their western territories to make good their
pledges." [Val. D. Greenwood. The
Researcher’s Guide to American Genealogy,
p. 273.]
It was correct that Thomas HARVEY’s wife
was named Rachael. On 19 August 1791, Thomas
HARVEY and Rachael, his wife, sold 846 acres in
Greene County, Georgia to John ROBINSON. The deed
states that this was part of a tract of 1246
acres originally granted to Thomas HARVEY by Gov.
George MATHEWS, Esq. on 31 December 1787. [Greene
County Deed Book A/B, p. 241]
Thomas was a relatively young man who had no
sons old enough to serve as administrators of his
estate when he died. His four brothers who were
living in Georgia at that time, John Jr., Evan,
James, and Michael, applied for Letters of
Administration. They served as administrators
until after Thomas’s widow, Rachael, died.
All of the HARVEY brothers, except Thomas,
left Wills. It would seem reasonable to assume
his death was sudden and unexpected. No record
seems to be extant which would show the cause of
his death. We do not know the place of his
burial.
When Thomas HARVEY died in Greene County,
Georgia, in 1791 and the inventory was made the
negro boy named York was there. Several years
later John HARVEY Jr. made a deed of gift of York
and Nathan to one of his sons and confirmed this
gift in his Will when he died in Clarke County,
Georgia, in 1823.
The Greene County Record Book A, pp. 33
- 35, shows that on April 3, 1792, Letters of
Administration were granted to John HARVEY of
Washington County, Michael HARVEY, Evan HARVEY,
and James HARVEY of Greene County on the estate
of Thomas HARVEY, deceased, and a warrant of
appraisal directed to James BATTLE, Joseph HENRY,
and William LORD. The record of inventory and
appraisal of the estate of Thomas HARVEY, late of
Greene County, included:
160 acres of land
1 negro named York
1 negro named Jane
1 negro named Quash
1 negro named Cate
Various livestock, tools, and household goods
All for the total of £230.0.10
In Greene County Record Book B, pp. 56
- 57, there is a settlement shown on the estate
of Thomas HARVEY. This also shows the value of
the estate as £230.0.10. This settlement
included vouchers to Ruth HARVEY and Sally HARVEY
and receipts from Michael HARVEY and John HARVEY.
These vouchers and receipts total £61.17.4 which
is less than half the estate so, obviously, there
should be more. These are the only fragments of
this estate which can be found.
Rachael HARVEY is shown on the Tax Lists of
Hancock County in 1795 with Evan HARVEY acting as
her agent and in 1796 with Mathew JONES as her
agent. She must have died in 1801 or 1802 as the
Tax List for Hancock County, in 1802, Capt.
Lucas’s District, shows Evan HARVEY acting
as executor of Rachael HARVEY. This has been
checked a second time from the original rolls. No
trace can be found in Hancock County of any
estate record for Rachael HARVEY.
The Minute Book of the Baptist Church
of Christ at Powellton shows that Rachael HARVEY
joined by experience on June 6, 1801. She must
have died between that date and the time of the
1802 Tax Digest.
The 1796 Tax List for Hancock County, Georgia,
Capt. Crowder’s District, showed a man named
Mathew JONES owning 200 acres granted to HARVEY.
Mathew JONES was the agent for Rachael HARVEY
with 170 acres adjoining M. JONES on
Powell’s Creek. The identity of this man has
not been proven but he appears to be the same as
the Mathew JONES who was a witness to the deed
when the administrators sold the last land of
Thomas HARVEY in 1802. I do not think that he was
closely related by blood to Rachael (JONES)
HARVEY and was more likely to have been her
son-in-law. The daughter Ruth who was given a
share of the estate in January 1794 has not been
traced and this man may have been her
husband. Nothing has been found to either prove
or disprove this.
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Note 3: In the HARVEY records, the
name of Mary Ann HARVEY is given only as "Ann."
There are reports of her being married to Hilleary
PHILLIPS and, indeed, the descendants of Hilleary
PHILLIPS have preserved her name as "Mary Ann
HARVEY." She was, evidently, the daughter of William
HARVEY (ABT 1745, Virginia, British North America - 1788,
Edgefield County, South Carolina) and Verlinda
<WADE>. [See G0496A:
John HARVEY (Sr.), Note 2 in Antecedents
and Descendants of Rev. Isaac Harvey, Sr. (1786 - 16
September 1838).] A child of Hilleary PHILLIPS and
Mary Ann HARVEY was Littleberry Bostick PHILLIPS (10
January 1801, Georgia - 17 June 1874, Panola County,
Texas: interment at Bethlehem Cemetery, Panola County,
Texas) who, on 19 November 1820, at Jasper County,
Georgia, was married to Elizabeth SMITH. Of this
marriage, Peter Sanford PHILLIPS, M. D. (8 April 1835,
Georgia - 15 June 1872, Panola County, Texas: interment
at Bethlehem Cemetery, Panola County, Texas) was a son
who, on 22 May 1860, married Rhoda Ann MAY (1844 - 1920),
the daughter of William MAY (1811 - 1860) and Elizabeth
JENNINGS (1814 - 1866). By his marriage to Rhoda Ann MAY,
Peter Sanford PHILLIPS engendered William B. PHILLIPS
(1861 - 1863) [M]; Queen PHILLIPS (31 March 1863, Alabama
- 25 August 1867, Panola County, Texas: interment at
Bethlehem Cemetery, Panola County, Texas) [F]; John
Wesley PHILLIPS (1865 - 1925) [M]; Bobbie May PHILLIPS
(1867 - 1923) [F]: James Sanford PHILLIPS (1870 - 1934),
and Joseph Edgar PHILLIPS, M. D. (1872 - 1929). From
Georgia, Peter Sanford PHILLIPS and Rhoda Ann MAY moved
to Panola County, Texas. Rhoda Ann MAY was second married
to John Henry ROSS (1829 - 1885), son of Edward ROSS and
Elizabeth J. BUTLER, and engendered Mary Elizabeth ROSS
(1878 - 1895) and Augustus H. ROSS (1880 - 1881). [See
Panola County Historical and Genealogical Association, History
of Panola County (Carthage, Texas).]
The Bethlehem Cemetery, in Panola County, is located
six miles southwest from Carthage, Texas on Hwy 315 to
County Road 106, then left to County Road 108. This area
is known as the Snap Community.
This cemetery was established prior to 1875 on land
deeded by W. R. Page. Several generations of early Panola
County families are buried here. This is also the site of
Bethlehem Methodist Church officially established in 1875
by the East Texas Conference San Augustine District with
J. C. A. Bridges, Pastor and J. R. Bellamy presiding
Elder, there having been a log church here for many
decades, it was a place of worship for persons of all
faiths for many years prior to 1875 until 1885. (American
Revolution Bicentennial Medallion 1776-1976). The
earliest recorded burial is that of Queen PHILLIPS.
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