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About James Bean of Providence Township
listed in his will as a yeoman
One account is that he came from Wales about 1717 and settled in Worcester Township, Montgomery County, PA. This is most probably correct as Jesse Weber Bean writes in 1895:
"Grand Father Bean used to tell of his grandmother how she used to try to learn him 'talk Welsh' and could repeat many commonplace names and sentences that came as near as unintelligible jargon as anything I have ever heard.
See the Bean Surname
The writer is Jesse Bean (1817- 1905) . He also writes that a brother of his immigrant ancestor settled in Virginia. I have not followed up on this statement with any research (note of Mike van Beuren (2015)) See letter
James BEAN of Worcester, Co. of Philadelphia, yeoman Will dated Sept. 26, 1759, proved Mar. 28, 1760 No. L413 Wife Mary, Children Thomas, Rebecca, William, and Samuel and others not named. Grandchildren Mary STROUD and others not named. Executor Thomas BEEN. (Strouds are in nearby Norristown, also a line of mine) (This may be the original immigrant James and Mary Bean from Wales)
• Property: 150 acres in Philadelphia County (Worcester township) Deed Book chain of title: • 1: William Penn to Bridget Jennet (Phila.) 3/20/1701 • 2: Bridget Jennet to Samuel Sellers of Darby = 4/5/1701 • 3: Samuel Sellers & wife Ann to Thomas Kenworthy = 1714 • 4: Thomas & Susanna Kenworthy to James Bean their son-in-law = 1718
? second property 125 acres Deed Book Robert Jones and wife to James Bean.
another detail: "Will of Sept 26 1759 Book of Wills 216, 1760 L 413 (?) Wm. Watsons land in (....) Lower Prov. and is the Kenworthy tract along the Perkiomen." ~source Mary Jones (Bean) paper at St. James (Episcopal Church) continuing
•"James Bean died 1759 and is buried in St. James' grave yard. His wife died nineteen years later, and lies buried beside her husband."
" From the records in the Court House at Norristown we find that James Bean settled over in Worcester township and bought a lot of ground, in which is now situated Wentz's Church, for 40 pounds. Sold part of it afterward for 400 pounds, and the last piece for 1300 pounds. My father says he left an estate, according to the history, of about 6500 pounds. The ground you (Lewis U.Bean) spoke of to me yesterday now occupied by the Polk Brewing Co. near Jeffersonville is originally part of the estate." ~• see full letter of Wilmer M. Bean of 1896 attached to his profile." ~• curator note" Other sources relate that Hon. William Bean's property was sold to a Kennedy. This would be the "W. Kennedy" seen on this map: https://ancestortracks.com/PhiSur_Norriton(Mont)_1857.jpg . William Robinson Kennedy had a son Robinson as well. Mary Louise Jones (Bean), genealogist, did much research on this very topic. The <Kennedy> on the 1857 map shows a dwelling which we can say with some assurance is the "Cold Spring Farm" where James' son John raised his children with Hannah née Lane. It was then a good sized farm which extended over to the east where you see the Rittenhouse name.
See: http://usgwarchives.net/pa/montgomery/stjamesperkiomen/sjintro.html for research involving his sons at Saint James Periomen chuch in Evansburg
- Reference: FamilySearch Genealogy - SmartCopy: Dec 4 2022, 10:13:12 UTC
It is said that John (James' son) was born in America, and it is believed that his parents, James and Mary, immigrated to this country from Wales about 1700. (From Bean's History of Montgomery Co., 1884) From correspondence with Merrill Bean, now deceased, Historian of St. James Church, Perkiomen, and another descendant on this line, comes the information that the signature of this James Bean appears on a petition as early as 1713. He notes that James married Mary Kenworthy, whose parents were early members of St. James. Their descendants were active in the church for four or more generations. James Bean appears on the vestry list in 1754-57.
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James Baine and Johannes Baine are both shown on the 1734 tax list for Worcester, a newly established township. There are no other names on the entire Philadelphia County list even close to Been or derivative. The Perkiomen Region mistakenly states that this James Bean is a son of Johannes Biehn. The facts are, they are contemporaries, but may be related. Johannes Biehn/Bean did indeed live in Worcester on 158 acres in New Bristol, now Worcester, between Nicholas Jansen and Thomas Kenworthy. James Bean married Mary Kenworthy, and in 1718, Thomas Kenworthy and his wife Susannah renounced their rights in 150 acres in 'New Bristol ' to their son-in-law. James Been and Mary. Johannes left his158+ acre s in 1747 to sons Henry and John.
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In 1750, James turned his over to his son Thomas. This land is described as also being adj. at various periods to John Newberry, Jacob Wentz, Sidles, Conrads, Keysers, Jansens, and Kusters. These are families that descendants of both James Bean, and Henry and John Been, sons of Johannes, married into.
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Source: Gene Rooks [email%C2%A0protected]* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Feb 26 2023, 22:37:15 UTC
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James Bean of Providence Township's Timeline
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1682
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Wales, United Kingdom
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1718
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Pennsylvania, United States
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April 4, 1719
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Pennsylvania
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1720
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(then Philadelphia County), Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States
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July 9, 1723
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then Philadelphia County, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Colonial America
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August 20, 1724
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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1726
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1727
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(now Montgomery County), Probably Worcester township , Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States
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March 2, 1732
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Skippack, Skippack Township, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
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