Charity Beeson

Additional Curator's Notes

CHARITY IS NOT RELATED TO FRANCES VANE -- READ NOTES ON PARENT'S PROFILES! This profile is locked because Charity is frequently mis-merged into the Vane family.

CHARITY BEESON (GRUBB) IS NOT SAME PERSON AS CHARITY GRUBB BEESON. THEY ARE MOTHER AND DAUGHTER.

At the time Charity Grubb lived, the area she knew as home was considered Pennsylvania. There were many territorial disputes over a section known as the Lower Counties. Surveys for the Mason-Dixon line finalized the boundaries between Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware. The site of Grubbs Landing is today in Delaware.

Thanks, Maria Edmonds-Zediker, Volunteer Curator, 9/21/2010

• ******************* Charity Grubb was born September 29, 1687 in Grubbs Landing, Delaware and died November 27, 1761 in Deep River, NC. She married Richard Beeson on October 24, 1706 in Pennsylvania. They had nine children.

Charity Grubb Beeson's parents are mentioned a number of times in the minutes of Bradford Monthly Meeting in Chester County, Pennsylvania. This was the monthly meeting where Richard Woodward was elder so the families no doubt knew each other.

John Grubb's occupation is given as tanner in his will dated February 12, 1708. Children named are Charity, wife of Richard Beeson, Phebe, Emanuel, John, Joseph, Henry, Samuel, Nathaniel, and Peter. Executors of the will were son John and wife Frances.

John Grubb was one of over thirty petitioners receiving land in Pennsylvania on September 5, 1682, according to records of the court of New Castle. He received 200 acres of land. Later tax records indicate the land was located on the north side of Brandy Wine (sic) Creek. Whether this is the same land as that in Chichester Town we are not certain (see 1701 map of Chichester Town). John Grubb died in Marcus Hook which is another name for Chichester Town.

These are the documented children of Richard Beeson and wife Charity Grubb.

• Richard Beeson, born about 1711 Chester Co, Pa; married Ann Brown
• Benjamin Beeson, born 1/14/1714 Chester Co, Pa; married Elizabeth Hunter
• Edward Beeson born Chester Co, Pa; married Martha Mendenhall
• Phebe Beeson born Chester Co, Pa; married John Harris 3/5/1730 in Chester County
• Rachel Beeson born Chester Co, Pa; married (1)Stephanus Haworth and (2) Anthony Chamness
• John Beeson born Chester Co, Pa; married Mary Varman, died 1771, Guilford County, N.C.
• Charity Beeson born about 1715 Chester Co, Pa; married Mordecai Mendenhall
• William Beeson born 11/18/1721 Chester Co, Pa; married Mary Mills
• Isaac Beeson born 3/1/1729 Chester Co, Pa; married Phoebe Stroud

An additional daughter, Margaret, is disputed because she was not mentioned in her father's will. There are numerous Beeson- Thornburgh marriages, so it is possible that Margaret is related to the family. Margaret married Walter Thornburgh of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The couple moved to North Carolina with many other Quaker families.

Links to additional material:

• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~beeson/charity.html
• http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mygermanfamilies/Bee...
• http://www.harrold.org/familytree/webtree2/702.htm
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A letter from Charity to family members:

Loving Sister,

This is to let thee know that we have Received three letters from ye and three presents therein I sent the(e) no letters; I had not freedom Last winter was a year, I had a long time of sickness which brought me very low in body, and mind and now I am troubled with short breath so that I think I am going home softly. I thought it would Trouble Thee more to let thee know my condition Then send no letters.

I goes to meeting sometimes; we have a meting every other fifth day at our house, my husband grose weakly; the Lord who Lited our candled hath not put them out. Our children Remember their loves to you all. I have sente two presents to the(e) as a toacon of Love and youenity. We donte know that thear heath bene any mischip done in the government as yet by the Indins, but dont know how soon thear may be for some is doubtfull thear my be before the truble some times be over. I desire the(e) to remember oure kind Loves to all oure neare Relations and friends. We under Stand that oure brother John Grubb is desesed, but we have no Cartunty of it. I desire thee to let me know what is become of Peter Grubb's widow. Remember my Love to brother Henry Grubb in particular.

So we ad no more at present but Remembering our kind Loves to thee and thy family the 28th of ye fifth month, 1758.

(signed) Richard Beeson and Charity Beeson

the tocens which i sente wa Love and Youenity

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