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About John Beals, Sr.
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'===Disputed Origins
Caution: the date and place of origin of John Beals are presently unknown. Until those are documented any parents attached are Uncertain and speculative. Please do not add birth or christening records without definitive documentation they are this John Beals. Any speculative records should be added under Research Notes.
The following is adapted from "The Beals Family" by Bill Putman[1] with additional citations and notations from other researchers, genealogists, and sources.
John Beals (Beales) was born in Wales, Worcestershire or perhaps Yorkshire in the early 1650s. Researcher Roger Boone gives a birth date of 28 Jan 1650 for John. With his place of birth currently uncertain, his parentage is presently speculative.
No record can be found on any passenger lists to show when or where he arrived in America. Boone feels he came to America from Wallsworth in Gloucestershire, a seaport on the Welsh-English border. Some believe that he, like so many of the early Quakers, settled in John Fenwick's Colony in Salem, New Jersey.There is reasoned conjecture by Ruth Kline Ladd[2] that he may have gone first to Ireland, perhaps Scotland, prior to arriving in America. Ladd believe's he emigrated to New Jersey from Fenwick aboard the Griffin in 1675 which is known to have taken passengers from Ireland and Scotland.[2]
Burial record:
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His will was made 11 8th month 1726 at Nottingham and proved 17 Dec 1726. He is buried in the East Nottingham Friends Burial Ground in Chester Co., Pennsylvania
The Last Will & Testament of John Beals
Chester Co., PA Will Book A, p. 206
Will of ----|
John Beals--|
I John Beals of Nottingham in ye County of Chester being sick and weak of Body but of a sound and well disposing mind & memory do make this as my Last Will & Testament revoking all other wills that have heretofore been made or Done by me first my will is that my Just Debts & funerall Charges be Defrayed as soon as possiable after my Decease & also that my Body be Decently buried Secondly I give and bequeath unt my eldest son John Beals my Bed and all the furniture thereunto belong and five pound he paying to Each of his five Children Sarah, John, Thomas, Ann & Phebe to Each of them Ten shillings when they come of age. Thirdly I give unto my son William Beals Eight pound he paying to Each of his Three Children Lydia Mary & Ruth Ten Shillings when of aged Fourthly I give unto my Daughter Mary Harrold Eight pounds she paying to each of her Children Elizabeth, Rachil, Jonathan & Richard Ten Shillings when they come of age Fifthly I give unto my son Jacob Beals Twelve pounds he paying to his four Children John, Jacob, Mary & William to each of them Ten Shillings when of age. Sixthly I give unto my Daughter Patience Jone ye Eight pounds fifteen Shillings that is due from her husband by Bond and five pound more to be paid by my Exer willing she or her husband to pay unto their four Children Judith Mary Sarah & Charity to Each Ten Shillings. All ye aforesaid Legacys to be paid unto ye sd Grand Children where they are Deemed by Law to be of age. Seventhly I give unto my Daughter Mary Harrold & Patience Jones my warming pan & spice Box also I give unto James Wright forty Shillings. Eightly I give unto my Kinswoman Mary Davis of Philadelphia Twenty Shillings, also my will is that my son William Shall be paid his Legacy first my Daughter Mary Harrold next and Patience her five pound next as ye moony that is out upon bond becomes Due. Lastly I ordain & Constitute my two sons John & Jacob Beals Sole Exer of this my Last Will & Testament. Witness my hand & seal Dated in Notingham Afs ye 11th of ye 8th month 1726.
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Sealed & Delivered in the presence of,
James McMullins,
William House
Chester, December the 17. 1726 then personally James McMullan & Wm House the witnesses to the above written will who on their respective qualifications did Declare they were present & saw the Testator therein mentioned sign seal publish pronounce & Declare ye said writing to be his last Will & Testament & that at ye Doing thereof he was of sound mind and memory to the best of their understanding.
Coram Jo Parker D. Regr
Be it Rembered that ye Seventeenth day of December Anno Domini 1726 the Last Will & Testament of John Beals late of Notingham in the said County Deceased was proved in due form of Law and probate & Letters of Admon was granted to his son's John & Jacob Beals sole Executors therein named being first attested well and truly to Administer and to bring in an Inventory of the said Deced.. Estate into the Regr office for the said County of Chester on or before the seventeenth day of January next to Exhibit & to render a Just Acct of your Adminstration on or before the Seventeenth day of December which will be in the year of our Lord 1727. Given under the seal of the said office.
P. Jo. Parker D. Regr
Abstract:
BEALS, John Nottingham
8/11/1726 17 Dec 1726
To eldest son John, bed and furniture and £5, he paying to his 5 children; viz Sarah, John, Thomas, Ann and Phebe, 10 shillings when of age. To daughter Mary Harrold 8, she paying to each of heir children, viz Elizabeth, Rachel, Jonathan and Richard 10 shillings each when of age. To son Jacob £12, he paying to each of his 4 children, viz John, Jacob, Mary and William 10 shillings when of age. To daughter Patience Jones the £8-15 that is due of bond of her husband and £5 more paying to their 4 children, viz Judith, Mary, Sarah and Charity 10 shillings each, when of age. To James Wright 40 shillings. To kinswoman Mary Davis of Philadelphia 20 shillings. Executors: sons John and Jacob. Witnesses: James McMullin, Wm. House.
He may have been the John Beals who came to America in1677 with the John Fenwick Colony but this has not been proven.
John was in Chester Co., PA by 1689. But: "in a court case in Chester County in 1691, John testified that he had plowed the piece of land in question fourteen years earlier--i.e., 1677. Thus we know that he was in Chester County by then."
He announced for the second time his intentions to marry 1 Nov 1682 at Chester Monthly Meeting, PA to Mary CLAYTON (1665-1725), the daughter of William Clayton and Prudence Lanckford.
Although illiterate he was the constable of Ashton Township, Chester Co., PA in 1694. In 1711, John was residing in Nottingham, PA when his son John Jr. was married.
His will was made 11 Aug 1726 at Nottingham and proved 17 Dec 1726. He is buried in the East Nottingham Friends Burial Ground in Chester Co., PA [now in Cecil Co., Maryland]
J P Burke. AMERICAN FAMILIES WITH BRITISH ANCESTRY. (Baltimore:GPC, reprint 1975, orig London 1939) p. 2554. John Beals, who it is believed, accompanied Wm Penn to America at the end of the 17th century, and assisted in the laying out of Philadelphia, was b. in England, m 11 Jan 1652, Mary, d/o Wm Clayton of Burlington, NJ, where he settled in 1677, and afterwards of Chester, PA, member of the Provincial Council, Acting Governor of PA 1684/85, member of the Governor's Council during the drafting of the Great Charter, and one of the 1st Judges of Philadelphia.
From Thomas Hamm: "After his marriage, John Beals entered the civil and religious life of Chester Co., in a modest way. By 1684, he had taken up land in Aston Twp, Chester Co. Tradition also has it that he served as a surveyor, although his illiteracy makes this doubtful. He served the Co court as a juror, although his company may not always have been of the best character. In 1693 he served as security for the behavior of one John Powell, who had been brought before the court for drunkenness and profanity "also attempting to ride over several Indian women and being withheld drew his knife threatened to rip them up." A year later, however, John became the constable to Aston Twp. He also occasionally served on the committees of his monthly meeting of Friends. John himself was a conscientious Quaker, as a 1694 court case shows. John' s neighbor Joseph Richard had built a fence on John's land, for which the court allowed John damages of thirty shillings. Having won his point at law, John refused the damages, saying that he would move his own fence so "that they might live together lovingly for the future. "
In 1701 John joined a number of other Chester Co., Friends, including his brother-in-law James Brown and Henry Reynolds, in obtaining a grant of land known as the Nottingham Lots. This land lay in what was then considered to be part of Chester Co., but which the survey of the Mason-Dixon Line in 1767 placed in Cecil Co., Maryland. John's share of the grant was one thousand acres. After moving to Nottingham, John and Mary become increasingly active in Quaker affairs. John was appointed an overseer for the Nottingham meeting, charged with detecting deviations from the Discipline of Friends among the membership, while Mary also held a number of offices. John's accomplishments are all the more impressive because we know that he was lame for most of his later life."
One of the first Quakers to the U.S.,John arrived with the John Fenwick colony
aboard the ship GRIFFIN in 1675 which landed in Salem, New Jersey.
The 1677 tax roll show John as a farmer in Delaware County Pennsylvania
showing his name listed John bayles (with a small b). Chester Pa. church
shows the spelling of the name as Bails
John was married to Mary Clayton, Daughter of William Clayton, Sr. and his
wife Prudence, shortly after 11-1-1682 at Nottingham Monthly Meeting,Chester
County, Pennsylvania.
LAND.
At a Court held 3rd day of first week Tenth Month 1688 the Grand jury
laid out the road from Ashton to Edgmont: "Beginning at a Spanish Oak,...about
Edward Carter's and soe along ye Cutt Road and down ye Vallie which Joseph
Richardson had fenced in, from thence through John Beales Pasture along by
William Woodmansees along ye old Road over Chester Creek so along ye Old Road."
Warrant of Survey. Taylor Papers. Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Vo.1, #45 26th of 7th Mo. 1701: 100 acres in Ashton Township, Chester County.
Resurvey to John Beales. 100 acres. A tract in Ashton Township, Chesster
County in possession of said John Beales.
West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Atlas of Delaware County by
Benj. H. Smith. 1705. 2 mo 2 John Beal 132 acres: Harrisburg A 3, 55 (PX-VIII
of above tract of John Beal) 200 acres on rent 1683 ( Map of Concord Township
p. 5 of above)
On Nottingham Lotts laid out 1702:36 and 37 a double lot on north side of
The family tree starts to repeat it self at this point. They are the father and mother of John Beal and Mary Beal, both of whom show up in our ancestry in different branches. No first cousins married married, though!
John was born to William Beals (mother unknown).
He married Mary Clayton.
John Jacob Beals was an early settler in the lower part of Ashton
Township, Delaware County, Pa. He lived near Chester Creek which emptied
into the Delaware River at the city of Chester. John Beals was married
to Mary, the daughter of William Clayton, Sr., in 1682. They were
members of the Friends' Church and so far as is known their children
were. Their boys' names were John, William, and Jacob; the girls' Mary
and Patience. The family after some time removed to Nottingham, Chester
County, Pennsylvania, where he died in 1726.
John BEALS (BALES) announced for the second time his intentions to marry
11th month 1682 at Chester Monthly Meeting, PA to Mary CLAYTON
(1665-1725), the daughter of William Clayton and Prudence Lanckford.
His date of birth, birthplace and parents are unknown. In 1711, John was
residing in Nottingham, PA when his son John Jr. was married. His will
was made 11 8th month 1726 at Nottingham and proved 17 Dec 1726. He is
buried in the East Nottingham Friends Burial Ground in Chester Co., PA.
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John Beals was the son of John & Mary Clayton Beals of Chester County, Pennsylvania. We are indebted to Bill Putman who has researched this family extensively and provided us with a large packet of material.
Sarah Bowater was of English descent. She was a probable niece of John & Frances Corbet Bowater and was daughter of Thomas & Sarah Edge Bowater. Family records showing her as granddaughter of John & Frances Corbet cannot possibly be right as the dates do not fit! Sarah's birthdate is contemporaneous with those of the children of John and Frances Corbet Bowater. John & Thomas were both involved in land purchases in Chester County, Pennsylvania, beginning as early as 1685. John had arrived in America in 1677 and held a number of religious visits to Friends Meetings on the eastern shore of Virginia in 1677 and 1678. He was imprisoned in London from 1681 to 1683 for his religious beliefs. John presented a certificate at Philadelphia Monthly Meeting on November 4, 1684. Thomas had immigrated to America the year before. He is shown as father on Sarah's marriage certificate.
John Beals
born 1/20/1686 Chester Co, Pa died about 1745 Virginia Sarah Bowater born 8/17/1688, Chester Co, Pa died 1777 York County, Pa
Married: 8/14/1711 Chester MM, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Children: Sarah Beals born 5/29/1713 Chester Co, Pa; married John Mills, Jr. Mary Ann Beals born about 1715; married (1) Thomas Hunt, (2) William Baldwin John Beals born 2/17/1717 Chester Co, Pa; married Margaret Esther Hunt, sister of Thomas Hunt (More below) Thomas Beals born 3/14/1719 Chester Co, Pa; married Sarah Ankram Phebe Beals born 1720 Chester Co, Pa; married (1) Charles Canaday (2) Robert Sumner Prudence Beals born about 1723; married Richard Williams at Fairfax MM in Virginia (more at bottom of the page) Bowater Beals born about 1725; married Sarah Cook at Warrington MM in York Co, Pennsylvania (More below) Hannah Beals born 1/31/1729; married Azariah Pugh in Virginia Rachel Beals born 1730.
History of Beals and Bowaters in Pennsylvania John Beals Sr and Jr The will of John Beals [Sr.father of this John], written the 11th day 8th month 1726 in Nottingham, proven Dec 17, 1726, verifies the names of John Beals, Jr.'s first five children. Abstract: To eldest son John, bed and furniture and 5 pounds, he paying to his five children; viz Sarah, John, Thomas, [Mary] Ann and Phebe, 10 shillings when of age. To daughter Mary Harrold 8 [pounds], she paying to each of her children, viz Elizabeth, Rachel, Jonathan and Richard 10 shillings each when of age. To son Jacob, 12 pounds, he paying to each of his 4 children, viz John, Jacob, Mary and William 10 shillings when of age. To daughter Patience Jones the 8-15 pounds that is due of bond of her husband and five pounds more paying to their 4 children, viz Judith, Mary, Sarah and Charity 10 shillings each, when of age. To James Wright 40 shillings. To kinswoman Mary Davis of Philadelphia 20 shillings. Executors: sons John and Jacob. Witnesses: James McMullin, Wm. House.
John Beal is listed as one of the 24 original landholders in Concord in 1681 (see Land). A deed in Aston Township 5 Dec 1688 between a Richards father and son mentions a tract in Aston bounded by land of ...John Beales... . This is shown on "Holme's Map of the Province of Pennsylvania, with Names of Original Purchasers from William Penn, 1681." along Chester Creek in "Ashton Township." We don't find a Beal listing in Concord on that map. John Beale [Sr.] witnessed a land deed on 10 March 1691 in Chichester in Chester County. In 1695 John Beales witnessed another deed for land bounded by Chester Creek. In 1709 John Beals witnessed another deed in Chichester bounded by Broad Street and the Great Road. We do not know if the Chichester John Beals is the same as the one owning land along Chester Creek but the distances between the townships was not great and he might have witnessed for friends who lived nearby. We did not find a deed for the Beals themselves, but then we do not find the Woodwards early deeds in the land records, only in the court records. Chichester and Chester Townships were located right along the coast in present day Delaware County (See Chester County Map Page) as was Ashton Township in 1681. An Abraham Beals witnessed a deed in 1696 for land along Chester Creek. He was probably a brother of John, Sr.. A deed in 1708 refers to land of Abraham Beales that he had purchased of John Simcock. This land was in Edgmont.
John and Thomas Bowater
The Bowaters also lived in Edgmont. John Bowater purchased 50 acres in Edgmont 24 November 1685 and resold it on 9 August 1704 to Joseph Baker, husband of Martha Woodward. A tract of 250 acres was sold for 20 pounds to John Bowater of Chester, farmer, on 24 September 1697. On 14 December 1697 John Bowater sold 100 acres for 10 pounds in Middletown, bounded by Ridley Creek, that he had previously purchased. On 10 March 1700 a 150 acre tract was sold for 25 pounds to John Bowater of Middletown, yeoman. Thomas Bowater was also involved in land transactions: he purchased 100 acres in Edgmont on Ridley Creek on 2 March 1695, but released his interest on 15 September 1697. In 1711 a lease in Goshen describes the tract lying by land of Thomas Bowater and others.
On 4 March 1705 John Bowater is deceased and his widow Frances Bowater of Westtown granted his 400 acre plantation in Westtown for 350 pounds to George Smedley. Analysis of acreage and names of neighbors shows that the 400 acre plantation was probably composed of the 150 acre and 250 acre tracts above. Probably the names of the areas were changing, not the location. On 21 December 1708 widow Frances Bowater bought a 115 acre tract called "Podington" located on the west side of the Delaware River and bounded partially by Chichester Creek. She sold Podington 22 August 1713.
Frances wrote her will 29 January 1720 and names daughters but does not name Sarah - hence we know those family records showing Sarah as daughter of Frances and John are not correct!
Abstract of Will of Frances Bowater (Book A, page 110, Chester County, Pa): "Frances Bowater of Concord, widow. January 29, 1720/1. 12/28/1720/1. To daughter Mary Ails �10. To daughter Eliza Pusey �5. To daughter Ann Chandler �16. To daughter Eales [Alice] Mendenhall remainder of household goods. To daughter Phebe Scarlet �25. To grandson Saml Pyle �4 at 21, to be paid his mother Ealse Mendenhall. Executors: sons in law, Wm. Pusey, Moses Mendenhall. Witnesses: Wm. Brinton, Nathan Newlin, Jean Brinton."
John & Sarah Bowater Beals named their first two sons John & Thomas, John for John Beals, Sr. and Thomas for Thomas Bowater.
After John, Jr., died in 1745, Sarah Bowater Beals transferred back to Pennsylvania on a certificate on 4/25/1748 to Warrington Monthly Meeting in York County where she married Alexander Underwood. She was accompanied by son, Bowater Beals, who married Sarah Cook, granddaughter of Alexander Underwood. More Beals History In 1871 Gersham Perdue wrote a letter to a William Foster outlining the history of the Beals family. (The letter was published in an article "Early Settlement of Friends in N. C.: Traditions and Reminiscences II," The Southern Friend) Perdue writes: "From that worthy man, John Beals, descended a very large number say some thousands of the members of our widely extended Yearly Meeting of Friends in Indiana, Western ?, and Iowa (added by editor - and now 1894, Kansas and Oregon and Wilmington, Ohio) and some yet remain in North Carolina and Philadelphia Yearly Meetings. On many of these descendants precious gifts in the ministry have been conferred...From Chester County, as it then was, John Beals, with his family moved to Monocacy, Carroll's Manor, Maryland. At what time, or how long they stayed at that place I have no account, but while here, son Thomas married, and from Monocacy they moved to Opequan, near Hopewell, near Winchester, Va. I find it told that John Beals died in the year 1745, three years before the family moved to North Carolina, but did not say where he died, I presume it was in Virginia." There are a couple of sources for Monocacy: Pioneers of Old Monocacy, the Early Settlement of Frederick County, Maryland 1721-1743 by Tracey & Dern, 1987. (A portion of this book is online at Pioneer Quakers of Monocacy.) The Beals genealogy is a little off in this book but it is interesting history. The Monocacy book also refers to Poverty in a Land of Plenty, Tenancy in Eighteenth Century Maryland by Stiverson, 1977. Carroll's Manor is not listed in that book but again it is good history.
In preparing the page for son Thomas Beals, we found several errors in dates in Perdue's letter. Above he implies that the family moved about 1748. In the minutes of Cane Creek Monthly Meeting set up in 1751 only Robert and Phebe Beals Sumner are mentioned as charter members but others are mentioned in the first 18 months after setup. Mentioned are Bowater Beals, Sarah Beals, Thomas Beals, John Mills (husband of Sarah, Jr.), Thomas Hunt (husband of Mary). Some of these witnessed a marriage 4/22/1752 so were there by that date.
John Beals, Jr., followed by certificate to New Garden Monthly Meeting on 5/27/1758. More on the Children of John and Sarah Bowater Beals John (III) and Margaret Hunt Beals We have a lot of information on this family but will only include an outline here. John Beals married Margaret Hunt, daughter of William and Mary Woolman Hunt, on 13 May 1738 at Hopewell Monthly Meeting. They had children: John Beals IV (b abt 1738 Va m (1)Sarah Dicks and (2)Susanna Johnson); Rachel Beals (m James Dicks); Ruth Beals (m. John Hoggatt); Lydia Beals (b abt 1739 m Christopher Hiatt); Hannah Beals (b abt 1745 m. (1) William Hoggatt and (2) Joseph Cloud); William Beals (b Aug 1743 m. (1)Rachel Green and (2) Rachel Johnson).
James and Rachel Beals Dicks had daughter Elizabeth Dicks who married Thomas Beard. Bowater and Sarah Cook Beals Bowater Beals married Sarah Ann Cook, daughter of Thomas and Mary Underwood Cook 10 Feb 1752 at Warrington MM, York County, Pa. Bowater Beals was received on certificate from Fairfax MM, Montgomery Co, Pa as noted at Cane Creek MM in North Carolina. Bowater Beals was recommended a minister at New Garden MM in North Carolina 1/30/1779. Their children are listed at New Garden MM (all as Beales): Ann (b 9/3/1755 NC m. Jacob Jackson);Ruth (b 17 Jun 1757 m Curtis Jackson); Phebe (b 23 Mar 1759 m John Jackson)(the three Jacksons were brothers, sons of Samuel); Thomas (b 12 Jun 1762); John (b 26 May 1764 m. Lois Branson); Jacob (b 27 Nov 1766); Nathan (b 25 Jan 1769 m. Esther Fisher); Mary (b 17 Jan 1771); Sarah (b 17 Aug 1776); Charity (b. abt 1778 m Benjamin Hoggatt).
There is a Branson/Cook Website with information on Lois Branson who married John Beals, son of Bowater.
Lydia Jackson, daughter of Jacob and Ann Beals Jackson m Joseph Thornbrough 6 Feb 1812 at Fairfield MM in Highland County, Ohio. Joseph was son of Joseph and Rachel Brown Thornbrough and granddaughter of Joseph and Ann Armfield Thornbrough. Richard and Prudence Beals Williams The location of the home of Richard and Prudence Beals Williams in North Carolina is shown on a map of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse. Richard Williams died there in 1781 from smallpox incurred from wounded British officers quartered in his home after the battle. Marvin Miller has submitted information on the Richard and Prudence Beals Williams family to the Rootsweb World Connect Project.
THE BOWATER FAMILY The Bowater family was English. Early Bowaters were found throughout the western counties of Worcestershire, Warwickshire and Staffordshire. The particular Bowater Family that the John Bowater who came to Pennsylvania belonged to came from Worcestershire. John Bowater came to America first in 1677 and finally in 1684 to stay. His granddaughter, Sarah Bowater, married John Beals II. Phoebe Beals, daughter of John and Sarah Beals, married Charles Canaday. This is how the Bowater family ties in with this Canaday Family History. I have seen several other histories of the Bowater Family and some have some early generations that I have trouble corroborating. I will begin this short history with the first one I can positively identify, John Bowater. JOHN BOWATER SR. There is a reference in the London Public Records office on June 27, 1622 (fourth month old style) referring to a sale of two shares in the Virginia Company by Francis Carter to John Bowater. The John Bowater that came to America was born about 1629 and was married to Ann Carter, Francis Carter's daughter. Because of this, I feel the John Bowater mentioned in 1622 would have been his (John Junior) father. There is another reference of Francis Carter passing over nine additional shares in the Virginia Company to Bowater of London, Merchant' and others. The total was nine shares and Bowater received two. Assuming the John Bowater born in 1629 was the eldest son, John Bowater Senior would have been married about 1627 or 1628 and therefore probably was born in about the 1600 to 1605 time period. In order to have received shares, he would have had to be over the age of sixteen in 1622. He did not come to America, but remained in England. The family seems to have come from the Bromsgrove section of county Worcestershire. Roger Boone has found a record that John Senior died at Spelalfields, White Chapel, London. It was here that John Junior married Ann Carter, so they seem to tie in nicely. JOHN BOWATER JR. John Bowater, junior or some other numerical designation, was born in Bromsgrove, County of Worcestershire, England in about 1629. He was married about 1650 to Ann Carter, I think the daughter of Francis Carter. There is a record of the marriage at Spelafields Hamlet, Whitechapel, London. According to one source, Ann Carter was born in Bromsgrove in 1632. John and Ann had at least one child, Thomas, who was born in 1655. There may have been others, but if there were, they did not come to America, and I have no record of them. By the 1660s, John had become a follower of George Fox and his Quaker faith. He became a minister or at least traveled extensively spreading the faith.' In 1677, he sailed to America and held a number of Quaker Meetings on the eastern shore of Virginia from 1677 to 1678. The following is from a HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY: John Bowater visited Virginia. In a list of the names and places and Friends in America, where John Bowater was received and had meetings and held services for the Lord, the following are mentioned which are known to be in the section of Virginia (eastern shore) of which we speak: James River in Virginia, James River at Chuckatuck, Pagan Creek, Moody Creek in Accomak, Savidge Neck, Nesswatakes and Ochanack. John's wife Ann died on February 25, 1679 in Warwickshire, England. She is buried at the North Friends Burying Grounds. John remarried sometime about 1681 to Frances Corbet, daughter of William Corbet of Worcestershire, England. He then spent the next few years, 1681 to 1683, in prison in London for his religious beliefs. At the Dudley Monthly Meeting in Worcestershire, on May 21, 1684, John and his wife received certificates to transfer to the Philadelphia Monthly Meeting in America. His son Thomas Bowater had moved to America the year before. John Bowater and wife presented their certificates to the Friends Monthly Meeting at the Governor's House in Philadelphia on November 4, 1684 (9th month old style). John and Frances and their two young children, Mary and Elizabeth, joined the Chester, Pennsylvania Monthly Meeting on May 7, 1688. John Bowater as a minister established his own meeting, the Bowater Friends Meeting, at his home in Nether Providence, Middletown Township, Chester County. Meetings were held there until a new church was built in 1700 on lands of Joshua Hastings adjacent to John Bowater's land. The Meeting was still named after him. In July of 1702, the Bowater family moved to Williston (Weston), Pennsylvania and the old meeting house was renamed the Middletown Monthly Meeting. John was active in both church and community. He was on many church committees and on several Grand Juries. John Bowater died at his farm in Middletown Township, Chester County on November 4, 1704 (9th month old style) and his will, written on July 20, 1704, was proven in court on November 17, 1705 in Weston, Chester County. The will mentioned his wife Frances and five daughters. Frances lived another fifteen years and died in 1720 in Concord Township of Chester County. Her will was proven on December 28, 1720. The Following is what I know of the children of John Bowater. By his first wife, Ann Carter, I know of only one child: THOMAS BOWATER, This is our line and his life is covered in the following section. John and Frances Corbet Bowater had these children: ANN BOWATER born November 30, 1684 in England and died there February 25, 1685. MARY or MERRY BOWATER was born in Pennsylvania on August 25, 1685. She married Stephen Ailes. WILLIAM BOWATER born February 19, 1686 and died young. ELIZABETH BOWATER was born February 23, 1688. She married William Pussey and she died in 1740. JOHN BOWATER a twin born August 3, 1690. ANN BOWATER was the other twin born August 3, 1690. She was the second Ann, the first having died as an infant. She married William Chandler. ALICE BOWATER was born in 1692. She was married twice, first to Jacob Pyle and then to Moses Mendenhall in North Carolina. PHEBE BOWATER was born about 1694 and married Shadrack Scarlet. THOMAS BOWATER Thomas Bowater was born on May 10, 1655 in Bromsgrove, County Worcester in England. Most people researching on the line are assuming that this Thomas is a son of John and Ann Bowater. The age is right. However, there is no proof. He did join the Friends Meeting in Chester County in 1688 at the same exact time as did John and Ann Bowater. There is a reference on page 77 of THE HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY stating "...Thomas, whose relationship to them is unknown, produced his certificate (from Philadelphia to Chester) at the same time." In a later HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY by Smith, on page 448 there is, "Thomas Bowater thought to be a brother to John a minister of Middletown." I am taking the line of least resistance and guessing that Thomas is indeed a son from John Bowater's first marriage. Thomas decided to come to America and in order to pay for his passage had indentured himself to one Francis Fincher. According to the ship's log or manifest, "Tho. Bowater out of Worcestershire, servant to ffrancis ffincher out of Woster City, glover, for three years." Thomas Bowater arrived in Philadelphia on the Delaware River on board the ship called BRISTOL COMFORT on the 28th day of the 7th month in 1683. In the old style this indicates he Arrived in September 1683. Thomas joined the Friends Meeting in Philadelphia on certificate dated in England March 14, 1683. After serving his three year indenture, he took up residence in Edgemont Township of Chester County. When he was 'free' and turned twenty-one, he married Sarah Edge on October 14, 1686. Sarah was another Quaker and was the daughter of John and Jane Edge. For more details on this family, see THE EDGE FAMILY HISTORY, which follows this history. They had two children, Sarah and Thomas. Sarah Edge Bowater died at a very early age on February 26, 1692 at the age of about thirty-five. On March 2, 1695/6, Thomas purchased 100 acres from John Fox in Edgemont Township in Chester County. In February of 1701, Thomas married a widow, Frances Barnet. They remained in Chester County until 1720 when they transferred to the New Garden Monthly Meeting also in Chester County, Pennsylvania. They took their two children with them. Thomas died probably in the 1720s and I have no idea when Frances died, but probably also in Pennsylvania. The following is all I know about the children of Thomas Bowater. SARAH BOWATER was born on January 17, 1688 in Chester County, Pennsylvania. She married twice. First to John Beals on September 14, 1711 in Chester County. John died in Frederick County, Virginia in 1746. Sarah remarried on February 2, 1748 to Alexander Underwood in Monocacy, Prince George's County, Maryland. After he died she moved with one of her children to York County, Pennsylvania where she died in 1765. Her life is covered in more detail in the preceding BEALS FAMILY HISTORY. THOMAS BOWATER JR. was born about 1690. He traveled with his family to Guilford County, North Carolina where he died in the early 1750s. I know nothing more of this Thomas Bowater.
Sarah Bowater1 b. 17 August 1688 Father* Thomas Bowater2 Mother* Sarah Edge2 b. Sep 1657, d. 26 Apr 1692 Charts Ancestors of Jennie Luene Logan Sarah Bowater was born 17 August 1688 at Delaware Co., Pennsylvania.2 She was the daughter of Thomas Bowater and Sarah Edge.2 She married John Beales, son of John Beals and Mary Clayton, 14 November 1711 at Chester Meeting House.1,3
28 April 1712, the Chester Monthly Meeting prepared a certificate for her.4 Family John Beales b. 28 Sep 1685, d. 1746 Marriage* She married John Beales, son of John Beals and Mary Clayton, 14 November 1711 at Chester Meeting House.1,3 Children
Sarah Beales+1 b. 20 Jul 1715, d. 9 Sep 1800
John Beales5 b. 17 Apr 1717
Thomas Beals5 b. 14 Mar 1719/20, d. 29 Aug 1801
Prudence Beales5 b. say 1722
Mary Ann Beales5 b. say 1724
Phoebe Beales5 b. say 1726
Bowater Beales5 b. say 1728
Citations
[S1609] John Pitts Launey and F. Edward Wright, Early Church Records of Delaware County, PA: Volume 1, (Westminster, Maryland: Family Line Publications, 1997), 90. Hereafter cited as Launey and Wright, Delaware Co. Church Records Vol 1.
[S1609] Launey and Wright, Delaware Co. Church Records Vol 1, 2.
[S1610] Edna Harvey Joseph and others, "Descendants of Hunt, Woolman, Borton, Beals, Mills, Hussey, Jessup, Small, Chipman, Shields", microform copy: FHL Film/Fiche #1561672, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, 95. Xeroxed from typescript in the Quaker Collection - Guilford College Library; filmed in 1988. Hereafter cited as Joseph and others, "Descendants of Hunt."
[S1609] Launey and Wright, Delaware Co. Church Records Vol 1, 91.
[S1610] Joseph and others, "Descendants of Hunt", 100.
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John Beales1 b. 17 April 1717 Father* John Beales1 b. 28 Sep 1685, d. 1746 Mother* Sarah Bowater1 b. 17 Aug 1688 John Beales was born 17 April 1717.1 He was the son of John Beales and Sarah Bowater.1 Citations
[S1610] Edna Harvey Joseph and others, "Descendants of Hunt, Woolman, Borton, Beals, Mills, Hussey, Jessup, Small, Chipman, Shields", microform copy: FHL Film/Fiche #1561672, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, 100. Xeroxed from typescript in the Quaker Collection - Guilford College Library; filmed in 1988. Hereafter cited as Joseph and others, "Descendants of Hunt."
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Thomas Beals1 b. 14 March 1719/20, d. 29 August 1801 Father* John Beales1 b. 28 Sep 1685, d. 1746 Mother* Sarah Bowater1 b. 17 Aug 1688 Thomas Beals was born 14 March 1719/20.1 He was the son of John Beales and Sarah Bowater.1 He died 29 August 1801 at Ross Co., Ohio, at age 81.1 Citations
[S1610] Edna Harvey Joseph and others, "Descendants of Hunt, Woolman, Borton, Beals, Mills, Hussey, Jessup, Small, Chipman, Shields", microform copy: FHL Film/Fiche #1561672, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, 100. Xeroxed from typescript in the Quaker Collection - Guilford College Library; filmed in 1988. Hereafter cited as Joseph and others, "Descendants of Hunt."
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Prudence Beales1 b. say 1722 Father* John Beales1 b. 28 Sep 1685, d. 1746 Mother* Sarah Bowater1 b. 17 Aug 1688 Prudence Beales was born say 1722.1 She was the daughter of John Beales and Sarah Bowater.1 Citations
[S1610] Edna Harvey Joseph and others, "Descendants of Hunt, Woolman, Borton, Beals, Mills, Hussey, Jessup, Small, Chipman, Shields", microform copy: FHL Film/Fiche #1561672, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, 100. Xeroxed from typescript in the Quaker Collection - Guilford College Library; filmed in 1988. Hereafter cited as Joseph and others, "Descendants of Hunt."
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Mary Ann Beales1 b. say 1724 Father* John Beales1 b. 28 Sep 1685, d. 1746 Mother* Sarah Bowater1 b. 17 Aug 1688 Mary Ann Beales was born say 1724.1 She was the daughter of John Beales and Sarah Bowater.1 Citations
[S1610] Edna Harvey Joseph and others, "Descendants of Hunt, Woolman, Borton, Beals, Mills, Hussey, Jessup, Small, Chipman, Shields", microform copy: FHL Film/Fiche #1561672, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, 100. Xeroxed from typescript in the Quaker Collection - Guilford College Library; filmed in 1988. Hereafter cited as Joseph and others, "Descendants of Hunt."
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Phoebe Beales1 b. say 1726 Father* John Beales1 b. 28 Sep 1685, d. 1746 Mother* Sarah Bowater1 b. 17 Aug 1688 Phoebe Beales was born say 1726.1 She was the daughter of John Beales and Sarah Bowater.1 Citations
[S1610] Edna Harvey Joseph and others, "Descendants of Hunt, Woolman, Borton, Beals, Mills, Hussey, Jessup, Small, Chipman, Shields", microform copy: FHL Film/Fiche #1561672, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, 100. Xeroxed from typescript in the Quaker Collection - Guilford College Library; filmed in 1988. Hereafter cited as Joseph and others, "Descendants of Hunt."
Bowater Beales1 b. say 1728 Father* John Beales1 b. 28 Sep 1685, d. 1746 Mother* Sarah Bowater1 b. 17 Aug 1688 Bowater Beales was born say 1728.1 He was the son of John Beales and Sarah Bowater.1 Citations
[S1610] Edna Harvey Joseph and others, "Descendants of Hunt, Woolman, Borton, Beals, Mills, Hussey, Jessup, Small, Chipman, Shields", microform copy: FHL Film/Fiche #1561672, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, 100. Xeroxed from typescript in the Quaker Collection - Guilford College Library; filmed in 1988. Hereafter cited as Joseph and others, "Descendants of Hunt."
John Beals1 d. 1726 John Beals married Mary Clayton, daughter of William Clayton and Prudence Lanckford, in 1684.1,2 He died in 1726.1
Bales implies that John Beals came with Fenwick on the Griffin in 1775, but Sheppard found no evidence of it. Notes attached to the FHL catalog entry for Bales seem to have more information than what Bales has in his book: The earliest known ancestor, John Beales, was born in England in 1650, and immigrated to America in 1675 settling in Salem, New Jersey. He came on the ship Griffin. Two years later in 1677 his name appears on the tax books of what is now Delaware Co., Pennsylvania, as a farmer. He died in East Nottingham, Maryland in 1726.3,4 John was an early settler in the lower part of Aston.1 Family Mary Clayton b. abt. 1666 Marriage* He married Mary Clayton, daughter of William Clayton and Prudence Lanckford, in 1684.1,2 Children
John Beales+1 b. 28 Sep 1685, d. 1746
William Beals5 b. 1 Apr 1687
Jacob Beals5 b. 28 Sep 1689
Mary Beals5 b. 24 Mar 1691/92
Patience Beals5 b. 16 Jun 1695
Citations
[S1603] George Smith, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania: From the Discovery of the Territory Included Within Its Limits to the Present Time: With a Notice of the Geology of the County, and Catalogues of its Minerals, Plants, Quadrupeds and Birds, (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Henry B. Ashmead, 1862), 445. Hereafter cited as Smith, History of Delaware Co.
[S1330] Estimated from birth date of first child (1665).
[S1604] Walter Lee Sheppard Jr., Marion R. Balderston, Hannah Benner Roach, Francis James Dallett, Morgan Bunting and L. Taylor Dickson, Passengers and Ships Prior to 1684: Reprints of Articles with Corrections, Additions and New Materials 1970; reprint, Pennsylvania: The Welcome Society of Pennsylvania, 1985), 147. Hereafter cited as Sheppard, et al., Passengers and Ships Prior to 1684.
[S1612] Clarence A. Bales, Bales Families in East Tennessee1952), 5. Hereafter cited as Bales, Bales Families in East Tennessee.
[S1609] John Pitts Launey and F. Edward Wright, Early Church Records of Delaware County, PA: Volume 1, (Westminster, Maryland: Family Line Publications, 1997), 1. Hereafter cited as Launey and Wright, Delaware Co. Church Records Vol 1.
Mary Clayton1 b. about 1666 Father* William Clayton2 b. 9 Dec 1632, d. bt 1686 - 1691 Mother* Prudence Lanckford3 Mary Clayton was born about 1666.4,5 She was the daughter of William Clayton and Prudence Lanckford.2,3 She married John Beals in 1684.1,6 Family John Beals d. 1726 Marriage* She married John Beals in 1684.1,6 Children
John Beales+1 b. 28 Sep 1685, d. 1746
William Beals7 b. 1 Apr 1687
Jacob Beals7 b. 28 Sep 1689
Mary Beals7 b. 24 Mar 1691/92
Patience Beals7 b. 16 Jun 1695
Citations
[S1603] George Smith, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania: From the Discovery of the Territory Included Within Its Limits to the Present Time: With a Notice of the Geology of the County, and Catalogues of its Minerals, Plants, Quadrupeds and Birds, (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Henry B. Ashmead, 1862), 445. Hereafter cited as Smith, History of Delaware Co.
[S1603] Smith, History of Delaware Co., 452-3.
[S1608] Henry C. Peden Jr. and John Pitts Launey, Early Church Records of Delaware County, PA: Volume 2, (Westminster, Maryland: Family Line Publications, 1997), 188. Hereafter cited as Peden and Launey, Delaware Co. Church Records Vol 2.
[S1613] James E. Bellarts and Louis E. Jones, "William Clayton of Chichester," The Quaker Yeoman 11 (January 1995). Hereafter cited as Bellarts and Jones, "Clayton of Chichester."
[S1330] Estimated from approximate date of marriage and available space in the family (1684). It was after 1658 as she was not in her grandfather's will of that date. She might have been a a twin of her sister Elizabeth (whose birth is not recorded), but if Elizabeth was born in early 1664, and we know Hannah was born in December 1667, there is room for Mary to be born in early 1666.
[S1330] Estimated from birth date of first child (1665).
[S1609] John Pitts Launey and F. Edward Wright, Early Church Records of Delaware County, PA: Volume 1, (Westminster, Maryland: Family Line Publications, 1997), 1. Hereafter cited as Launey and Wright, Delaware Co. Church Records Vol 1.
Mary Beals1 b. 24 March 1691/92 Father* John Beals1 d. 1726 Mother* Mary Clayton1 b. abt. 1666 Mary Beals was born 24 March 1691/92.1 She was the daughter of John Beals and Mary Clayton.1 She married Richard Harrold 1 June 1710.2 Family Richard Harrold Marriage* She married Richard Harrold 1 June 1710.2 Citations
[S1609] John Pitts Launey and F. Edward Wright, Early Church Records of Delaware County, PA: Volume 1, (Westminster, Maryland: Family Line Publications, 1997), 1. Hereafter cited as Launey and Wright, Delaware Co. Church Records Vol 1.
[S1610] Edna Harvey Joseph and others, "Descendants of Hunt, Woolman, Borton, Beals, Mills, Hussey, Jessup, Small, Chipman, Shields", microform copy: FHL Film/Fiche #1561672, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, 95-6. Xeroxed from typescript in the Quaker Collection - Guilford College Library; filmed in 1988. Hereafter cited as Joseph and others, "Descendants of Hunt."
William Beals1 b. 1 April 1687 Father* John Beals1 d. 1726 Mother* Mary Clayton1 b. abt. 1666 William Beals was born 1 April 1687 at Delaware Co., Pennsylvania.1 He was the son of John Beals and Mary Clayton.1 He married Rebecca Chambers in 1718 at Nottingham Meeting House.2 Family Rebecca Chambers Marriage* He married Rebecca Chambers in 1718 at Nottingham Meeting House.2 Citations
[S1609] John Pitts Launey and F. Edward Wright, Early Church Records of Delaware County, PA: Volume 1, (Westminster, Maryland: Family Line Publications, 1997), 1. Hereafter cited as Launey and Wright, Delaware Co. Church Records Vol 1.
[S1610] Edna Harvey Joseph and others, "Descendants of Hunt, Woolman, Borton, Beals, Mills, Hussey, Jessup, Small, Chipman, Shields", microform copy: FHL Film/Fiche #1561672, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, 95. Xeroxed from typescript in the Quaker Collection - Guilford College Library; filmed in 1988. Hereafter cited as Joseph and others, "Descendants of Hunt."
Jacob Beals1 b. 28 September 1689 Father* John Beals1 d. 1726 Mother* Mary Clayton1 b. abt. 1666 Jacob Beals was born 28 September 1689 at Delaware Co., Pennsylvania.1 He was the son of John Beals and Mary Clayton.1 He married Mary Brooksby 20 June 1714 at Nottingham Meeting House.2 Family Mary Brooksby Marriage* He married Mary Brooksby 20 June 1714 at Nottingham Meeting House.2 Citations
[S1609] John Pitts Launey and F. Edward Wright, Early Church Records of Delaware County, PA: Volume 1, (Westminster, Maryland: Family Line Publications, 1997), 1. Hereafter cited as Launey and Wright, Delaware Co. Church Records Vol 1.
[S1610] Edna Harvey Joseph and others, "Descendants of Hunt, Woolman, Borton, Beals, Mills, Hussey, Jessup, Small, Chipman, Shields", microform copy: FHL Film/Fiche #1561672, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, 95. Xeroxed from typescript in the Quaker Collection - Guilford College Library; filmed in 1988. Hereafter cited as Joseph and others, "Descendants of Hunt."
Patience Beals1 b. 16 June 1695 Father* John Beals1 d. 1726 Mother* Mary Clayton1 b. abt. 1666 Patience Beals was born 16 June 1695 at Delaware Co., Pennsylvania.1 She was the daughter of John Beals and Mary Clayton.1 She married Joseph Jones 20 June 1717.2 Family Joseph Jones Marriage* She married Joseph Jones 20 June 1717.2 Citations
[S1609] John Pitts Launey and F. Edward Wright, Early Church Records of Delaware County, PA: Volume 1, (Westminster, Maryland: Family Line Publications, 1997), 1. Hereafter cited as Launey and Wright, Delaware Co. Church Records Vol 1.
[S1610] Edna Harvey Joseph and others, "Descendants of Hunt, Woolman, Borton, Beals, Mills, Hussey, Jessup, Small, Chipman, Shields", microform copy: FHL Film/Fiche #1561672, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, 96. Xeroxed from typescript in the Quaker Collection - Guilford College Library; filmed in 1988. Hereafter cited as Joseph and others, "Descendants of Hunt."
Rebecca Chambers1 Rebecca Chambers married William Beals, son of John Beals and Mary Clayton, in 1718 at Nottingham Meeting House.1 Family William Beals b. 1 Apr 1687 Marriage* She married William Beals, son of John Beals and Mary Clayton, in 1718 at Nottingham Meeting House.1 Citations
[S1610] Edna Harvey Joseph and others, "Descendants of Hunt, Woolman, Borton, Beals, Mills, Hussey, Jessup, Small, Chipman, Shields", microform copy: FHL Film/Fiche #1561672, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, 95. Xeroxed from typescript in the Quaker Collection - Guilford College Library; filmed in 1988. Hereafter cited as Joseph and others, "Descendants of Hunt."
Mary Brooksby1 Mary Brooksby married Jacob Beals, son of John Beals and Mary Clayton, 20 June 1714 at Nottingham Meeting House.1 Family Jacob Beals b. 28 Sep 1689 Marriage* She married Jacob Beals, son of John Beals and Mary Clayton, 20 June 1714 at Nottingham Meeting House.1 Citations
[S1610] Edna Harvey Joseph and others, "Descendants of Hunt, Woolman, Borton, Beals, Mills, Hussey, Jessup, Small, Chipman, Shields", microform copy: FHL Film/Fiche #1561672, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, 95. Xeroxed from typescript in the Quaker Collection - Guilford College Library; filmed in 1988. Hereafter cited as Joseph and others, "Descendants of Hunt."
Richard Harrold1 Richard Harrold married Mary Beals, daughter of John Beals and Mary Clayton, 1 June 1710.1 Family Mary Beals b. 24 Mar 1691/92 Marriage* He married Mary Beals, daughter of John Beals and Mary Clayton, 1 June 1710.1 Citations
[S1610] Edna Harvey Joseph and others, "Descendants of Hunt, Woolman, Borton, Beals, Mills, Hussey, Jessup, Small, Chipman, Shields", microform copy: FHL Film/Fiche #1561672, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, 95-6. Xeroxed from typescript in the Quaker Collection - Guilford College Library; filmed in 1988. Hereafter cited as Joseph and others, "Descendants of Hunt."
Joseph Jones1 Joseph Jones married Patience Beals, daughter of John Beals and Mary Clayton, 20 June 1717.1 Family Patience Beals b. 16 Jun 1695 Marriage* He married Patience Beals, daughter of John Beals and Mary Clayton, 20 June 1717.1 Citations
[S1610] Edna Harvey Joseph and others, "Descendants of Hunt, Woolman, Borton, Beals, Mills, Hussey, Jessup, Small, Chipman, Shields", microform copy: FHL Film/Fiche #1561672, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, 96. Xeroxed from typescript in the Quaker Collection - Guilford College Library; filmed in 1988. Hereafter cited as Joseph and others, "Descendants of Hunt."
Son of Thomas & Sarah (Edge) Beals.
Source: Find-A-Grave
Came to America in 1675 aboard the ship "Griffin"
Source: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jackamoney/nti07840.htm
GEDCOM Note
Will: Nottingham Colony,, Pennsylvania,
Will: Nottingham Colony,, Pennsylvania, will compiled and proved on December 17
[The Hitchings Family Tree.FTW] [Clayto
[The Hitchings Family Tree.FTW] [Clayton - notes and family.FTW] John Beals: !BIOGRAPHY: J P Burke. AMERICAN FAMILIES WITH BRITISH ANCESTRY. (Baltimore:GPC, reprint 1975, orig London 1939) p. 2554. John Beals, who it is believed, accompanied Wm Penn to America at the end of the 17th century, and assisted in the laying out of Philadelphia, was b. in England, m 11 Jan 1652, Mary, d/o Wm Clayton of Burlington, NJ, where he settled in 1677, and afterwards of Chester, PA, member of the Provincial Council, Acting Governor of PA 1684/85, member of the Governor's Council during the drafting of the Great Charter, and one of the 1st Judges of Philadelphia. John Beals d. 1726 (will prob. 17 Dec 1726), living, with othe issue... !BIOGRAPHY: Bellarts. THE QUAKER YEOMAN. (:Author) [I own...wei] p. 38. Came to PA with early Quakers (it has not been established that he came with Penn's Fleet), and assisted in laying out the city of Philadelphia. He was appointed overseer of Nottingham Meeting, Calvert, Chester County, PA (now Cecil County, Maryland) on 1mo 13, 1709. Ref: THE NATIONAL CYCLOPEDIA of AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY; will of John Clayton, New Jersey Archives. p. 38-39. His will...[see later in these notes] His will dated 11th 8th mo 1726 and probated 7th or 17th Dec 1726, proven Calvert, Maryland, buried in the East Notthingham Friends meeting house burial grounds, west of the church..(the church has now been restored), Calvert, Chester County, PA (now Cecil County, Maryland). p. 40. Their children listed. !COURT-PROBATE: Bart Anderson & Dorothy B Lapp & Marwood Darlington. INDEX TO CHESTER County, PA WILLS AND INTESTATES RECORDS 1713-1850. (Danboro, PA: , 1970) p. 11. John Beals Sr., Nottingham, 1726 will. !IMMIGRATION: W L Sheppard, Jr, compiler and editor. PASSENGER AND SHIPS PRIOR TO 1684. (Baltimore:GPC, 1970) p. 147. re a footnote where John Beals stated as to have come to America on the "Griffin" in 1675, but author of this book finds no evidence for this statement. !BIOGRA PHY: Elaine Rowland. WILLIAM HUNT AND SARAH Mills, THEIR ANCESTORS AND OURS, ESSAYS AND GENEALOGIES. (ca1980) p. 81. ...arrived at Salem, West Jersey in June?, 1675 on the ship, "Griffin", Capt Robert Griffith. This may have been the end of Nov 1675. The "Griffin" was the first ship to come to America from London. John married Mary Clayton Jan 1, 1682 Chester County, PA, will probated Dec 17, 1726 Calvert, Maryland. !BIOGRAPHY: John Smith Futhey. HISTORY of CHESTER County, PA. (Ann Arbor, MI:Univ Microfilms Int'l, reprint 1980) p. 498. John Beals married Mary Clayton 1682. !RELATIONSHIP: THE RIDGE RUNNERS. Vol. 12, Part 1 (1979) p. 77. Pedigree chart of Mrs Richard (Beverly) Patterson, 3831 Rogers Rd, Spring Valley, CA 92077: 1848. John Beals b 1650 England, d. 1726 Chester Co. PA, Maryland 1682 1849. Mary Clayton b 29 Jun 1665 Sussex Eng. !BIOGRAPHY: THE GREENE COUNTY PIONEER. Vol. 4-1. March 1988. p. 42. "Bales Family Records" excerpted from EARLY SETTLERS of LEE COUNTY, Virginia AND ADJACENT COUNTIES, Vol. 2, compiled by Hattie Byrd Muncy Bales, Media Inc., Publishers, Greensboro, North Carolina, 1977. John Beals was one among the earliest immigrants and most likely was one of the immigrants with the John Fenwick colony that came to America in 1675, sailing in the ship "Griffin", and settled at Salem, NJ. However, no authentic proof has been found to confirm this theory. John Beals I was married to Mary Clayton, dau of William Clayton Sr and his wife, Prudence, shortly after 1-1682 at Nothingham Monthly Meeting, Chester County, PA. "John Beals data:" At a Court held 3rd day of first week tenth Month 1688 the Grand jury laid out the road from Ashton to Edgmont: "Beginning at a Spanish Oak...about Edward Carter's and soe along ye cutt Road and down ye vallie which Joseph Richardson had fenced in, from thence through John Beales Pasture along by William woodmansees along ye old Road over Chester Creek so along ye Old Road." Warrant of survey. Taylor papers, Historic al Society of PA, vol. 1, #45 26th of 7th Mo. 1701: 100 acres in Ashton Township, Chester County. Resurvey to John Beales. 100 acres. A tract in Ashton Township, Chester County, in possession of said John Beals. West Chester, Chester County, PA atlas of Delaware Co by Benj. H Smith. 1705, 2 mo 2 John beal 132 acres, Harrisbury A3, 55 (PX-VIII of above tract of John Beal) 200 acres of rent 1683 (Map of Concord Twp. p. 5 of above) On plan of Nottingham Lotts laid out 1702; 36 and 37 a double lot on north side of the Street...John Bales (or Beals) See pp. 195-6 HISTORY of CHESTER COUNTY-by Futhy and Cope. List of Landholders 1689; John Beals 200 acres. Nottingham Meeting--1-13-1709-10. John Beal appointed overseer of Meeting. John I and Mary (Clayton) Beals died at Nottingham, Chester County, Pa. John died in Dec 1726, and since his wife Mary Beals is not named in his will, dated 1726, she apparently died sometime prior to the date of his will. John and Mary (Clayton) Beals' children were born and married at Nottingham, Chester County, and remained there until sometime after the death of their parents. !RESEARCHER: Inez Givens file Sep 1978. FGS of John Beals and Mary Clayton--- John Beals, s/o Williams Beals [b 1625/30 Eng], b 1650/7 England; d 1726 Nottingham, Chester County, PA; m 1682 Chester MM, Delaware County, PA Mary Clayton, d/o William Clayton and Prudence Mickel, b 29 Jun 1665 Sussex, England. John settled in PA in 1682, coming from England. ref: Material collected by Lizzie Pierson of Plainville, KS. Record Concord Quaker meeting. Inez Givens, member Flint Hills Genealogical Society, Pedigree book dated 24 October 1978. 1. John Beals Jr 2. John Beals b 1650/7 Eng; d 1726 Nottingham, Chester County, PA; m 1682 Chester MH, PA 3. Mary Clayton b 29 6m 165 Sussex, Eng 4. William Beals 5. 6. William Clayton 7. Prudence Mickel !RESEARCHER: Dorothy Knauff file. Data received 8 Jan 1980. Pedigree chart of Abraham Smith (1) 12. John Beals Sr b 1657 England; d 1726 No ttingham MM, Chester County, PA; m 1682/3 Chester County, PA 13. Mary Clayton b 1665; d 1724 or 1726; 24. William Beals b 1625/1630 England 25. 26. William Clayton b 1625 England; d 1689/1691; m 27. Prudence Miller Mikels 28. Isaac Brooksby d 29 Jul 1683 BEALS also spelled BALES, BEALE, BEALL, BAELS John Beals wa sborn in England and emigrated to America with the John Fenwick Colony in 1675. He settled in Salem, NJ. Some istorians say that he came on the "Griffin". By 1677, he was a tax payer in Delaware County, PA. H was a farmer in the northwest part of the county. He was also a surveor and helped survey much of the area around Philadelphia. In 1689, he is listed as owner of two tracts of land in Chester County, one of 200 acres and one of 100 acres. In 1682 he was married to Mary Clayton. He died in 1726, according to the date that his will was probated. At the time of his death he was an active member of the East Nottingham Friends meeting and his wife was an overseer of the meeting. He is buried in the meeting house burial ground, west of the church..the church has now been restored. Some of the documents of the early church are on view there, including some signed by John Beals. A genealogist, Jim Bellarts, says John Beals was the son of William Beals, who was born about 1625/1630 in England and that he also came to PA. Records supporting this, said to be in Elkton, Cecil County, JD. (The above is some bits of material I have picked up here and there and I have this paragrah in a family history I have made for a niece) Chester MM Records, Chester County, PA... "2nd day, 8th month 1682; John Beals and Mary Cleton did propound theire intentions of marriage and nothing being found but clearness they were ordered to present it againe before the nest monthly meeting. this being the first time of theire proposeall and it is also ordered that Robert Wade and his wife inquire into theire cleareness and bring it in at the next meeting" "1st da 11th month 1682.. John Be als and Mary Cleaton did then and theire propound theire proposeall and nothing to oppose them, neither one thing being found but cleareness, Friends theire did give theire consent that they might proceed when they might see meet in the feare of the Lord to take eich other upon a daie appointed." John Beals 1657-1726 Mary (Clayton) 1665-1726 ch: John Jr 1-28-1685 m Sarah Bowater (my ancestors) 1711-8-29 to New Garden. William 2-1-1687 m Rebecca Chambers Jacob 7-28-1689 m Mary Brooksby (your ancestors) Mary 1-24-1692 m Richard Harrold Patience 4-16-1695 m Joseph Jones New Garden MM, Chester PA... 4-20-1714 Jacob Baels s/o John married Mary Brooksby, d/o John (deceased) at at Nottingham Meeting. !RESEARCHER: Carolyn Elder letter 11 Nov 1981. FGS of John Beals and Mary Clayton-- John Beals, Quaker, b 1650 England or Ireland; d 1726 (will, 17 Dec 1726) E. Nottingham, Chester County, PA; m 1 Nov 1682 NJ (or Chester County, PA) Mary Clayton b 29 May 1665 PA or Chichester, England ref: WE PASS THE WORDS ALONG - by Bales. Shows a 6th child-- James Wright Beals - ref: DILLON/SHREVE. Other refs: Mrs J H Bethseda B Buchanan Zelphia Lee Gulbraith Frederick Reinbold HIATT-HIETT by W P Johnson. John Beals emigrated in 1675 on "Griffin" to Salem, NJ, then to Delaware County, PA. !RESEARCHER: Ruth Jenkins file. Data received 23 May 1980. THE BEALS FAMILY John Beals I married Mary Clayton January 1, 1682 Chester County, PA, died 1726 in Calvert, Maryland. Mary, daughter of William Clayton and Prudence (Miller) Mikel(s) born June 20, 1665 Chichester, Sussex County, England, christened at the Parish of Rumbaldawecke and brought to America by her parents in 1677 on the ship "Kent". She died before 1726 in Chester County, PA. John and Mary were the parents of (i) John Beals II born November 28, 1685 Chester County, died 1745 Cold Springs, Frederick County, Virginia (near Winchester), married Sarah Bowater. (ii) William born February 1, 1687, died before 1750, married Rebec
Selected References
Records of the Ches ===
Selected References
Records of the Chester Monthly Meeting, Chester Co., PA.
Bjorkman, Gwen, Quaker Marriage Certificates, New Garden MM, Heritage Books, 1990.
Hinshaw, William. W., Pennsylvania Quaker Meeting Records, Vol. 1, Concord MM, Selby Publishing & Printing, 1990.
Hinshaw, William W., Pennsylvania Quaker Meeting Records, Vol. X, New Garden MM, Selby Publishing Co., 1990.
Humphrey, John T., Pennsylvania Births, Chester County, 1682-1800, Humphrey Publications, Washington D.C., 1994.
Other Online BEALS Descendants:
Bruce Bales descends from John Beals and Sarah Bowater.
Katie Bond descends from John Beals and Sarah Bowater.
Ardath Brown descends from John Beals and Sarah Bowater.
John Duling descends from Jacob Beals and Mary Brooksby.
Lora Jeffries descends from John Beals and Sarah Bowater.
Joanne Rabun descends from John Beals and Sarah Bowater.
Laura Van Horn descends from John Beals and Sarah Bowater.
Suzanne Watt descends from John Beals and Sarah Bowater.
Cheska Wheatley descends from Mary Beals and Richard Harrold.
, and proved 17 Dec 1726.
!Source: Canaday family history in the p
!Source: Canaday family history in the possession of Milton O'Neal.
Name: John BEALES , Sr. 1 Sex: M Birth:
Name: John BEALES , Sr. 1 Sex: M Birth: ABT. 1665 in England 1 Birth: 1655 in England 1 Death: 17 DEC 1726 in Chester, PA 1 Death: 17 DEC 1726 in Nottingham, Chester Co., PA 1 Reference Number: 9407 Note: Both William and Thomas Bales (Beales) have been cited as John Beales father. Both had records of persecution as Friends in England in Joseph Besse's "Sufferings". John and Mary Clayton Beales settled first near the Concord Friends Meeting and in 1689 they had three pieces of property there, totalling three hundred acres. But about 1704 they moved to Nottingham. William Penn had granted some twenty thousand acres in 1701 and had personally given a spot for a meetinghouse, but the border dispute between William Penn and Lord Baltimore and subsequently the Mason-Dixon line put much of the original Nottingham lots into Cecil Co., MD. John Bales, on the original plat had lots 36 and 37, a total of one thousand acres. The Nottingham Meeting was organized in 1704, the first hewn chestnut and poplar log meeting house was erected in 1709 or 1710 and the Brick Meeting House which still stands was built in 1811 with bricks probably made on the site. John Beales was named overseer of the meeting Jan 13, 1709.
in 1675 John Bales/Beales and his father
in 1675 John Bales/Beales and his father arrived Salem, NJ on "Griffin"the first ship to America from London or Yorkshire. In 1677 he wasliving on a farm in Delaware Co., PA. In 1679 had a farm in ChesterCo., PA along Chester Creek in Aston Township across the line fromChester Township. In 1682 he married and in 1704 moved to Notthingham,PA. In 1726 he died in Chester Co., PA. It has been estimated from alist of inhabitants that included John Bales and from a 1691 Court recordof a bundary dispute (in which John Bales testified he had ploughedcertain land fourteen years ago) that John came to America abt 1677. Both Willliam and Thomas Bales (Beales) have been cited as father of JohnBeales, but the preponderance of opinion favors Thomas as John's father. From Meeting Records of Chester MM, Chester Co., PA the following: "At aMonthly Meeting at Chester the 2nd dayof ye 8th mo, 1682, John Bales andMary Clayton did propose their intentions of marriage. At a MonthlyMeeting at Chester the 1st day of ye 11th mo., 1682 John Bales and MaryClayton did propose their intentions of marriage. It being the secondtime and nothing appeared to obstruct Friends left them to their libertyto proceed." Will of John Beals I John Beals of Nottingham In ye County of Chester being sick & weak ofbody but of sound & Disposing mind & Memory do make this my last will &Testament revoking all other wills that have heretofore been made or doneby me. First My will is that my just Debts & Funeral Charge be Defrayed as soonas possible after my Death., and also that my body be decently buried. Secondly I give and bequeath Unto my Eldest Son John Beals my bed & allye furniture there unto belonging & five pounds he paying unto his 5children Sarah, John, Thomas, Ann & Phebe to each of them Tenn Shillingswhen they come of age. Thirdly I give unto my son William Beals Eight pound he paying to each ofhis 3 children; Lydia, Mary & Ruth Tenn Shillings when of age. Fourthly I give unto my daughter Mary Harrold, Eight poud shee paying toeach of her children; Rachell, Jonathan & Richard Tenn Shillings whenthey come of age. Fifthly I give unto my son Jacob Beals Twelve pound he paying to his 4children; John, Jacob, Mary & William to each of them Tenn Shillings whenof age. Sixthly I give unto my daughter Patience Jones ye Eight pound fifteenshillings that is due from her husband by Bond & Five pound more to bepaid by my Executors willing Shee or husband to pay unto their 4children; Judith, Mary,Sarah & Charity to Each Tenn Shillings all of yeafore said Legacys to be paid Unto ye grand Children when they are deemedby law to be of age. Sevently I give unto my daughter Mary Harrold & Patience Jones my warmingpan & Spice box; Also I give Unto James Wright fourty shillings. Eightly I give unto my Kinswoman Mary Davis of Philadelphia TwentySchillings. Also my will is that my son William Shall be paid his Legacyfirst my Daughter Mary Harrold Next & Patience her five pound next as yeMoney that is out upon Bond becomes due. Lastly I ordaine and Constitute My Two Sons John & Jacob Beals SoleExecutors of this my Last Will & testament witness my hand & seall datedin Nottingham ye 11 of ye 8th mo: 1726 John Beals his X mark Sealed &Delivered In ye presence of: Ja McMillan VIth 10 mo 1726 - McMillen Jurist and ye others aforesaid his William House X
! Source: Family Tree Maker, "Ancestors
! Source: Family Tree Maker, "Ancestors of Stephen Durrell King" Generation # 9. ! Source: Kaz file. ! Source:"Family Tree Maker, Ancestors of Jeffrey Neal Brown.
John and Mary Clayton Beals lie at rest
John and Mary Clayton Beals lie at rest near Calvert, Ceceil Co., Maryland in the open section in the East Nottingham Meeting graveyard in an unmarked grave, Mary Beals died sometime after her husband John. She may have m. 2nd., Richard Levick.
They moved to Opoeckan, Frederick Co. VA
They moved to Opoeckan, Frederick Co. VA by 1744 where John bought 165 acres on Mills Creek from John Mills, Jr. This l and is now in Berkeley Co. VA. He was survived by his widow who married next in 1745 to Alewxander Underwood at Monoca cay Meeting and died December 26, 1777 in Wellsville,York Co. Pa.(Since John died in 1726 in Nottingham, Chester Co. Pa. as 3 CONT of his Will, I am not sure if this is an accurate statement, or it may reference one of the children. Still che Came on the ship:GRIFFIN with John Fenwick colony that settled at Salem, NJ in 1675 In 1677, he was in Chester, now Delaware, Coounty Pa. In 1679, he had a farm in Chester co. Pa and lived along Chester Cree in Aston twp across the line fro chester twp. In 1704 , he moved to Nottingham Pa. John Beals' Will, dated 11 Aug 1726, probated 17 Dec 1726, found on p. 973 of Early Settlers of Lee Co. VA Early Settlers.... also mentions his "Kinswoman Mary Davis of Philadelphia." Edward Byllynge, Quaker partner of John Fe nwick in West Jersey was forced by financial difficulties to turn over his New Jersey land to three of his creditors, am ong them WILLIAM PENN. They proceeded to organize the land north of Fenwick's Salem, and to sell it off to a numer of propr 3 CONT ietors, including two companies of Quakers from Yorkshire and London England, sending Commissioners ahead to exti 3 CONT the Indian titles to the land. THIS WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE QUAKER IMMIGRATION TO THE AMERICAN COLONIES. John was one among the earliest immigrants and most likely was one of the immigrants with the John Fenwick colony that c ame to America in 1675, sailing in the ship GRIFFIN, and settled at Salem, NJ. Proof of these facts are still in a sear ching mode. Source: SOME QUAKER FAMILIES collected by Roger S. Boone Will in Nottingham, Chester Co., Pa.(abstract 1713-1748 Book A 206) I John Beals ofNottingham In ye County of Chester being sick and weak of body but of sound and Disposing mind and Memory do make this my last will and Testsament revoking all other wills that have heretofore been made or done by me. First My will is that my just Debts and Funeral Charge be Defrayed as soon as possible after my Death, and also that my body be decently buried. Secondly I give and bequeath Unto my Eldest Son John Beals my bed and all ye furniture thereunto belonging and five poun ds he paying unto his 5 children Sarah, John, Thomas , Ann and Phebe to each of them Tenn Shillings when they come of ag e. Thirdly I give unto my son William Beals Eight pound he paying to each of his 3 children Lydia, Mary and Ruth Ten shilli ngs when of age. Fourthly I give unto my daughter Mary Harrold, eight pounds she paying to each of her children Rachel, Jonathan and Rich ard Ten Shillings when they come of age. Fifthly I give unto my son Jacob Beals twelve pound he paying to his 4 children John Jacob Mary and William to each of t hem Ten Shillings when of age. Sixthly I give unto my daughter Patience Jones ye Eight pound fifteen shillings that is due from her husband by Bond and Five pound more to be paid by my Executors willing she or husband to pay unto their 4 children when they are deemed by law to be of age. Seventhly I give unto my daughter Mary Harrold and Patience Jones my waarming pan and Spice Box. Also I give Unto James Wright Fourty shillings. Eighthly I give unto my Kinswoman Mary Davis of Philadelphia Twenty Schillings. Also my will is that my son William upo n Bond becomes due. Lastly I ordaine and Constitute my Two Sons John and Jacob Beals Sole EXecutores of this my last Will and testament witn ess my hand and seal dated in Nottingham ye 11 of ye 8th mo, 1726 John Beals his X mark Sealed and delivered in ye presence of: Ja McMillan Vith 10 mo 1726-McCillen Jrist and ye others aforesaid his William House X mark
John BEALS (BALES) was born about 1657
John BEALS (BALES) was born about 1657 in England. He may have been the John Beals who came to America in 1677 with the John Fenwick Colony but this has not been proven. John was in Chester Co., PA by 1689. He married 1 11th month 1682 under the care of the Chester Monthly Meeting to Mary CLAYTON (1665-1725), the daughter of William Clayton and Prudence Lanckford. In 1711, John was residing in Nottingham, PA when his son John Jr. was married. His will was made 11 8th month 1726 at Nottingham and proved 17 Dec 1726. He is buried in the East Nottingham Friends Burial Ground in Chester Co., PA. The Last Will & Testament of John Beals Chester Co., PA Will Book A, p. 206 Will of John Beals I John Beals of Nottingham in ye County of Chester being sick and weak of Body but of a sound and well disposing mind & memory do make this as my Last Will & Testament revoking all other wills that have heretofore been made or Done by me first my will is that my Just Debts & funerall Charges be Defrayed as soon as possiable after my Decease & also that my Body be Decently buried Secondly I give and bequeath unt my eldest son John Beals my Bed and all the furniture thereunto belong and five pound he paying to Each of his five Children Sarah, John, Thomas, Ann & Phebe to Each of them Ten shillings when they come of age. Thirdly I give unto my son William Beals Eight pound he paying to Each of his Three Children Lydia Mary & Ruth Ten Shillings when of aged Fourthly I give unto my Daughter Mary Harrold Eight pounds she paying to each of her Children Elizabeth, Rachil, Jonathan & Richard Ten Shillings when they come of age Fifthly I give unto my son Jacob Beals Twelve pounds he paying to his four Children John, Jacob, Mary & William to each of them Ten Shillings when of age. Sixthly I give unto my Daughter Patience Jone ye Eight pounds fifteen Shillings that is due from her husband by Bond and five pound more to be paid by my Exer willing she or her husband to pay unto their four Children Judith Mary Sarah & Charity to Each Ten Shillings. All ye aforesaid Legacys to be paid unto ye sd Grand Children where they are Deemed by Law to be of age. Seventhly I give unto my Daughter Mary Harrold & Patience Jones my warming pan & spice Box also I give unto James Wright forty Shillings. Eightly I give unto my Kinswoman Mary Davis of Philadelphia Twenty Shillings, also my will is that my son William Shall be paid his Legacy first my Daughter Mary Harrold next and Patience her five pound next as ye moony that is out upon bond becomes Due. Lastly I ordain & Constitute my two sons John & Ja cob Beals Sole Exer of this my Last Will & Testament. Witness my hand & seal Dated in Notingham Afs ye 11th of ye 8th month 1726. his John IB Beals (SEAL) mark Sealed & Delivered in the presence of, James McMullins, William House Chester, December the 17. 1726 then personally James McMullan & Wm House the witnesses to the above written will who on their respective qualifications did Declare they were present & saw the Testator therein mentioned sign seal publish pronounce & Declare ye said writing to be his last Will & Testament & that at ye Doing thereof he was of sound mind and memory to the best of their understanding. Coram Jo Parker D. Regr Be it Rembered that ye Seventeenth day of December Anno Domini 1726 the Last Will & Testament of John Beals late of Notingham in the said County Deceased was proved in due form of Law and probate & Letters of Admon was granted to his son's John & Jacob Beals sole Executors therein named being first attested well and truly to Administer and to bring in an Inventory of the said Deced.. Estate into the Regr office for the said County of Chester on or before the seventeenth day of January next to Exhibit & to render a Just Acct of your Adminstration on or before the Seventeenth day of December which will be in the year of our Lord 1727. Given under the seal of the said office. P. Jo. Parker D. Regr Abstract: BEALS, John Nottingham 8/11/1726 17 Dec 1726 To eldest son John, bed and furniture and œ5, he paying to his 5 children; viz Sarah, John, Thomas, Ann and Phebe, 10 shillings when of age. To daughter Mary HARROLD 8, she paying to each of heir children, viz Elizabeth, Rachel, Jonathan and Richard 10 shillings each when of age. To son Jacob œ12, he paying to each of his 4 children, viz John, Jacob, Mary and William 10 shillings when of age. To daughter Patience Jones the œ8-15 that is due of bond of her husband and œ5 more paying to their 4 children, viz Judith, Mary, Sarah and Charity 10 shillings each, when of age. To Jame s Wright 40 shillings. To kinswoman Mary Davis of Philadelphia 20 shillings. Executors: sons John and Jacob. Witnesses: James McMullin, Wm. House.
Ancestral File Number:<AFN> D3N5-X6 !AFN
Ancestral File Number:<AFN> D3N5-X6 !AFN:D3N5-X6 Moved to Opeckan, Frederick, Virginia by 1744 where John bought 165 acres on Mills Creek from John Mills,Jr. This land is now in Berkeley county, VA.
The names, dates, places, have come from
The names, dates, places, have come from The Church of Latter Day Saints, IGI and Ancestral files. there is another john beals, b 28 jan 1650, wallsworth,glourchestire, england, d. 11 aug 1726, nottingham, chester co., pennsylvania, buried 1726, friends cemetery,east nottingham, chester co., pennsylvania, u.s.a. i do not know which one is correct or if there were two boys named the same., which does not seem likely.
Life Sketch
John Beals I is the ancestral father of 1000's of Beals or Bales families in United States and Canada. He first arrived by the ship Griffin in 1675 along with the John Fenwick colony from England that settled in Salem, New Jersey although he settled in a portion of Maryland in 1677 that later became a part of the state of Pennsylvania, USA. His original farm was in is now in the northwest portion of Chester County, Pennsylvania. His descendants, in the vanguard of western migration from the Atlantic to the Pacific, moved to Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and Kansas, and practically every other state in the union before they were states. "The Bales family can justly claim a prominent place in the front ranks of the Pioneers of America". Some of the original Mayflower Colony, arriving in 1620, were still living when John I reached America.
Came to Penn with early Quakers and was
Came to Penn with early Quakers and was appointed overseer of Nottingham Meetings, Calvert, Chester County, Penn (now Cecil County, Maryland)
John Beals was in America as early as 16
John Beals was in America as early as 1677. He is believed to be the surveyor who laid out the city of Philadelphia. As early as 1711 (when his son, John Beals, Jr. was married), John Beals was living in Calvert, Chester, Pennsylvania (Nottingham MM) -- an area that is now part of Cecil County, Maryland. John Beals probably married Mary Clayton within a month of declaring their intent to marry 1 11th m 1682. About 1750, John and all of his children went to North Carolina. John Beals' will was made 11 8th month 1726 at Nottingham and proved 17 Dec 1726. DOCUMENTATION: Quaker Monthly Meetings (Nottingham MM, Chester Co., Pa. and New Garden MM, Guilford Co., N.C.) (Complied by William Wade Hinshaw). Will of John Beals dated and signed in Nottingham 11 of ye 8th mo., 1726. QUAKER MARRIAGE CERTIFICATES, NEW GARDEN MM, Compiled by Gwen Bjorkman-- Heritage Books, 1990. PENNSYLVANIA BIRTHS, CHESTER COUNTY, 1682-1800, by John T. Humphrey, Humphrey Publications, Washington D.C., 1994. EARLY CHURCH RECORDS OF DELAWARE COUNTY, PA, by Launey and Wright, Vol. 1, 1997. AMERICAN COMPENDIUM OF GENEALOGY (Vol. 1-7) BEALS FAMILY by Col. Freeder, p. 250
They moved to Opoeckan, Frederick Co. VA
They moved to Opoeckan, Frederick Co. VA by 1744 where John bought 165 acres on Mills Creek from John Mills, Jr. This land is now in Berkeley Co. VA. He was survived by his widow who married next in 1745 to Alewxander Underwood at Monocacay Meeting and died December 26, 1777 in Wellsville,York Co. Pa.(Since John died in 1726 in Nottingham, Chester Co. Pa. as of his Will, I am not sure if this is an accurate statement, or it may reference one of the children. Still checking) Came on the ship:GRIFFIN with John Fenwick colony that settled at Salem, NJ in 1675 In 1677, he was in Chester, now Delaware, Coounty Pa. In 1679, he had a farm in Chester co. Pa and lived along Chester Cree in Aston twp across the line fro chester twp. In 1704 , he moved to Nottingham Pa. John Beals' Will, dated 11 Aug 1726, probated 17 Dec 1726, found on p. 973 of Early Settlers of Lee Co. VA Early Settlers.... also mentions his "Kinswoman Mary Davis of Philadelphia." Edward Byllynge, Quaker partner of John Fenwick in West Jersey was forced by financial difficulties to turn over his New Jersey land to three of his creditors, among them WILLIAM PENN. They proceeded to organize the land north of Fenwick's Salem, and to sell it off to a numer of proprietors, including two companies of Quakers from Yorkshire and London England, sending Commissioners ahead to extinguish the Indian titles to the land. THIS WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE QUAKER IMMIGRATION TO THE AMERICAN COLONIES. John was one among the earliest immigrants and most likely was one of the immigrants with the John Fenwick colony that came to America in 1675, sailing in the ship GRIFFIN, and settled at Salem, NJ. Proof of these facts are still in a searching mode. Source: SOME QUAKER FAMILIES collected by Roger S. Boone Will in Nottingham, Chester Co., Pa.(abstract 1713-1748 Book A 206) I John Beals ofNottingham In ye County of Chester being sick and weak of body but of sound and Disposing mind and Memory do make this my last will and Testsament revoking all other wills that have heretofore been made or done by me. First My will is that my just Debts and Funeral Charge be Defrayed as soon as possible after my Death, and also that my body be decently buried. Secondly I give and bequeath Unto my Eldest Son John Beals my bed and all ye furniture thereunto belonging and five pounds he paying unto his 5 children Sarah, John, Thomas , Ann and Phebe to each of them Tenn Shillings when they come of age. Thirdly I give unto my son William Beals Eight pound he paying to each of his 3 children Lydia, Mary and Ruth Ten shillings when of age. Fourthly I give unto my daughter Mary Harrold, eight pounds she paying to each of her children Rachel, Jonathan and Richard Ten Shillings when they come of age. Fifthly I give unto my son Jacob Beals twelve pound he paying to his 4 children John Jacob Mary and William to each of them Ten Shillings when of age. Sixthly I give unto my daughter Patience Jones ye Eight pound fifteen shillings that is due from her husband by Bond and Five pound more to be paid by my Executors willing she or husband to pay unto their 4 children when they are deemed by law to be of age. Seventhly I give unto my daughter Mary Harrold and Patience Jones my waarming pan and Spice Box. Also I give Unto James Wright Fourty shillings. Eighthly I give unto my Kinswoman Mary Davis of Philadelphia Twenty Schillings. Also my will is that my son William upon Bond becomes due. Lastly I ordaine and Constitute my Two Sons John and Jacob Beals Sole EXecutores of this my last Will and testament witness my hand and seal dated in Nottingham ye 11 of ye 8th mo, 1726 John Beals his X mark Sealed and delivered in ye presence of: Ja McMillan Vith 10 mo 1726-McCillen Jrist and ye others aforesaid his William House X mark
per Pugh Family in America, page 185, in
per Pugh Family in America, page 185, in my possession Ancestral File on 18 Mar 1994, Orange LDS Branch Library
John Beals was a Quaker.
John Beals was a Quaker.
The progenitor of Isaac was John, who w
The progenitor of Isaac was John, who was born in England c1650. He came to Pennsylvania with the early Quakers, and was appointed overseer of Nottingham Meeting, Calvert, Chester County, Pennsylvania (now Cecil County, Maryland), 13 January 1709. John married Mary Clayton in 1682 and their son, Jacob, was born 1689, Chester County. Jacob married in 1714, Mary Brooksby, and their son, Jacob Jr., was born 1717, Chester County. Jacob, Jr., married Elizabeth Griest/ Criest in 1743. "Early Settlers of Lee Co., VA", p. 973. --Married at Nothingham Monthly Meeting, Chester Co., PA, shortly after 1 Nov 1682. The children of John & Mary [CLAYTON] BEALS were born and married at Nottingham, Chester, PA, and remained there until sometime after the death of their parents (i.e., after 1726). -John BEALS' will (Dated 11 Aug 1726, probated 17 Dec 1726, found on p. 973 of "Early Settlers...") mentions his "Kinswoman Mary DAVIS of Philadelphia." -Edward Byllynge, Quaker partner of John FENWICK in West Jersey was forced by financial difficulties to turn over his New Jersey land to three of his creditors, among them William PENN. They proceeded to organize the land north of Fenwick's Salem, and to sell it off to a number of proprietors, including two companies of Quakers from Yorkshire and London England, sending Commissioners ahead to extingueish the Indian titles to the land. This was the beginning of the Quaker immigration to the American Colonies. --The BEALS or BALES were Quakers and several immigrants by this name came to the American Colonies and settled in Eastern Pennsylvania and other areas. --John BEALS was one among the earliest immigrants and most likely was one of the immigrants with the John Fenwick colony that came to America in 1675, sailing in the ship Griffin, and settled at Salem, NJ. However, no authentic proof has been found to confirm this theory. -In October 1688 the "Grand jury" laid out a road from Ashton to Edgmont which apparently went through John BEALS' pasture. -On 26 July 1801 John BEALS was in possession of a tract of land in Ashton Township, Chester Co., PA. -John BEALS is listed as having 200 acres in a 1689 list of landholders. -Nottingham Meeting, 13 Jan. 1709: John BEAL appointed overseer of Meeting. [Quaker immigration:] The Commissioners sent from England were, Thomas OLIVE, Daniel WILLS, John KINSEY, John PENFORD, Joseph HELMSLEY, Robert STACY, Benjamin SCOTT, and Thomas FAULKE were the first on the ship to arrive. There may have been other passengers on this ship. The second ship, Kent, Gregory MARLOW, Master arrived 16 Aug 1677 and landed at Raccoon Creek with two hundred thirty passengers. Most of the passengers were called Quakers and among those named were: Thomas OLIVE, Daniel WILLS, William PEACHY, William CLAYTON, John Crips, Thomas EVES, Thomas HARDING, Thomas Nositer, Thomas FAIRNSWORTH, Morgen DREWER, William PENNTON, Henry JENNINGS, William HEBES, Sam LOVETT, John WOOLSTON, William WOODMANCY, Christopher SAUNDERS and Robert POWELL. John WILKINSON and William PERKINS were with their families but died on the voyage. Some of the passengers selected a site for a town, now called Burlington, laid out by Richard NOBE, surveyor. The ship Martha, Thomas Whorcup, master, arrived 15 Oct 1677 with one hundred fourteen passengers. Ship William Mind, Newcomb, Master, arrived from Londond 20 Nov 1677, dropped anchor at Elsinburg, this ship carried 60 or 70 passengers, some of whom settled at Salem and some at Burlington. Five or six other ships followed in the next four years, bringing 1400 or more people toothe new towns of West Jersey. Many of the immigrants were Friends [Quakers] as is attested by the fact that a freeholders Census 1699 showed that more than a third of the land owners of the Province were Quakers. The highest percentage was in Burlington Co. Autumn and winter were taken up getting settled, meetings for worship being held in the tent into which the sails of Kent had been converted. The n ext year, however, it became necessary to set up a meeting for business to accommodate the problems of marriage and membership which arose--this was dated 15 May 1678. The first recorded birth in the meeting is that of Elizabeth POWEL, daughter of Robert and Prudence POWELL (sic), on 7 July 1677. The marriage of Thomas LEEDS and Margaret COLLIER occurred on 6 Aug 1677. The certificate of this first recorded marriage in Burlington was signed by Thomas OLIVE, Robert STACY, William CLAYTON, Sr., John CRIPPS, John WOOLSTON, Thomas HARDING, John STACY, William CLAYTON, Jr., John ROGERS, Thomas EVES, Ann PEACHEE, Prudence CLAYTON, and Margaret CRIPPS. The first Yearly Meetings of Friends on the Delaware River began in Burlington in 1681 and were held there alternately with Philadelphia from 1685 to 1760. Burlington Quarterly Meeting which came to include friends in the area from Mount Holly to Trenton was set up in 1682. Death: DEC 1726 in Nottingham, Chester, PA Marriage 1 Mary CLAYTON Married: ABT 1 NOV 1682 in Nothingham M.M., Chester Co., PA
John BEALS (BALES) was born about 1657
John BEALS (BALES) was born about 1657 in England. He may have been the John Beals who came to America in 1677 with the John Fenwick Colony but this has not been proven. John was in Chester Co., PA by 1689. He married 1 11th month 1682 under the care of the Chester Monthly Meeting to Mary CLAYTON (1665-1725), the daughter of William Clayton and Prudence Lanckford. In 1711, John was residing in Nottingham, PA when his son John Jr. was married. His will was made 11 8th month 1726 at Nottingham and proved 17 Dec 1726. He is buried in the East Nottingham Friends Burial Ground in Chester Co., PA.
From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 J
From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
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Location is generated
Had immigrated to PA by 1677
Had immigrated to PA by 1677
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PROBATE WILL 17 Dec 1726 Nottingham, Che
PROBATE WILL 17 Dec 1726 Nottingham, Chester, PA
John Beals II born 20 1m 1685/86 Aston, Chester Co., PA (recorded at Chester MM, Chester Co. Pa.) He married 14 8th month 1711 at Chester Meeting house to Sarah Bowater (1689-1777) the daughter of Thomas Bowater and Sarah Edge. They moved to Opeckan, Frederick Co. Va. by 1744 where John bought 165 acres on Mills Creek from John Mills Jr. This land is no in Berekeley Co. VA. He was survived by his widow who married next in 1745 to Alexander Underwood at Moncacy Meeting and died 26 DEc 1777 Wellsville, York Co. PA.
Maryland quaker Records: Nottingham Monthly Meeting, Cecil County Book F - 1808-1836 Name: John Beals Comment: Historical (by James Trimble) (the emigrant) "was an early settler in the lower part of Aston, Delaware Co, PA; he married 1682 Mary Clayton, daughter Wm & Prudence Clayton. Their children were John, William, Jacob, Mary & Patience. The fam rem to E Nottingham 1704." Name: Mary Clayton Marriage Date: - - 1682 Child: John, Jr Birth Date: 20 Mar 1685/6 Marriage Date: 14 Sep 1711 Spouse: Sarah Bowater Comment: daughter Thomas Child: William Birth Date: 01 Apr 1687 Marriage Date: 26 Apr 1712 Spouse: Rebeckah Chambers Comment: daughter John Child: Jacob Birth Date: 28 Sep 1689 Marriage Date: 20 Jun 1714 Spouse: Mary Brooks Comment: daughter John, deceased Child: Mary Birth Date: 24 Jun 1692 Marriage Date: 01 Jun 1710 Spouse: Richard Harrold Child: Patience Birth Date: 16 Mar 1695/6 Marriage Date: 20 Jun 1717 Spouse: Joseph Jones Comment: son John
Chester County, Pennsylvania Wills, 1713-1825 Book Page: A:206 Surname: Beals Given Name: John Title: Description: Decedent Residence: Nottingham Date: 11 Aug 1726 Prove Date: 17 Dec 1726 Remarks: John Beals of Nottingham. 8/11/1726. December 17, 1726. A. 206. To eldest son John, bed and furniture and £5, he paying to his 5 children, viz Sarah, John, Thomas, Ann, and Phebe, 10 shillings when of age. To daughter Mary Harrold 8, she paying to each of heir children, viz Elizabeth, Rachel, Jonathan and Richard 10 shillings when of age. To son Jacob £12, he paying to each of his four children, viz John, Jacob, Mary and William 10 shillings when of age. To daughter Patience Jones the £8-15 that is due of bond of her husband and £5 more paying to their 4 children. viz Judith, Mary, Sarah and Charity 10 shillings each, when of age. To kinswoman Mary Davis of Philadelphia 20 shillings. Executors: sons John and Jacob. Witnesses: James McMullin, Wm. House.
John BEALS (BALES) was born about 1657
John BEALS (BALES) was born about 1657 in England. He may h ave been the John Beals who came to America in1677 with th e John Fenwick Colony but this has not been proven. John wa s in Chester Co., PA by 1689. He announced for the second t ime his intentions to marry 1 11th month 1682 at Chester Mo nthly Meeting, PA to Mary CLAYTON (1665-1725), the daughte r of William Clayton and Prudence Lanckford. Although illit erate he was the constable of Ashton Twp, Chester CO., PA i n 1694. In 1711, John was residing in Nottingham, PA whe n his son John Jr. was married. His will was made 11 8th mo nth 1726 at Nottingham and proved 17 Dec 1726. He is burie d in the East Nottingham Friends Burial Ground in Chester C o., PA. The Last Will & Testament of John Beals Chester Co., PA Will Book A, p. 206 Will of
| John Beals--| I John Beals of Nottingham in ye County of Chester being si ck and weak of Body but of a sound and well disposing min d & memory do make this as my Last Will & Testament revokin g all other wills that have heretofore been made or Done b y me first my will is that my Just Debts & funerall Charge s be Defrayed as soon as possiable after my Decease & als o that my Body be Decently buried Secondly I give and beque ath unt my eldest son John Beals my Bed and all the furnitu re thereunto belong and five pound he paying to Each of hi s five Children Sarah, John, Thomas, Ann & Phebe to Each o f them Ten shillings when they come of age. Thirdly I giv e unto my son William Beals Eight pound he paying to Each o f his Three Children Lydia Mary & Ruth Ten Shillings when o f aged Fourthly I give unto my Daughter Mary Harrold Eigh t pounds she paying to each of her Children Elizabeth, Rach il, Jonathan & Richard Ten Shillings when they come of ag e Fifthly I give unto my son Jacob Beals Twelve pounds he p aying to his four Children John, Jacob, Mary & William to e ach of them Ten Shillings when of age. Sixthly I give unt o my Daughter Patience Jone ye Eight pounds fift een Shillin gs that is due from her husband by Bond and five pound mor e to be paid by my Exer willing she or her husband to pay u nto their four Children Judith Mary Sarah & Charity to Eac h Ten Shillings. All ye aforesaid Legacys to be paid unto y e sd Grand Children where they are Deemed by Law to be of a ge. Seventhly I give unto my Daughter Mary Harrold & Patien ce Jones my warming pan & spice Box also I give unto Jame s Wright forty Shillings. Eightly I give unto my Kinswoma n Mary Davis of Philadelphia Twenty Shillings, also my wil l is that my son William Shall be paid his Legacy first m y Daughter Mary Harrold next and Patience her five pound ne xt as ye moony that is out upon bond becomes Due. Lastl y I ordain & Constitute my two sons John & Jacob Beals Sol e Exer of this my Last Will & Testament. Witness my han d & seal Dated in Notingham Afs ye 11th of ye 8th month 172 6. his John IB Beals (SEAL) mark Sealed & Delivered in the presence of, James McMullins, William House Chester, December the 17. 1726 then personally James McMull an & Wm House the witnesses to the above written will who o n their respective qualifications did Declare they were pre sent & saw the Testator therein mentioned sign seal publis h pronounce & Declare ye said writing to be his last Wil l & Testament & that at ye Doing thereof he was of sound mi nd and memory to the best of their understanding. Coram Jo Parker D. Regr Be it Rembered that ye Seventeenth day of December Anno Dom ini 1726 the Last Will & Testament of John Beals late of No tingham in the said County Deceased was proved in due for m of Law and probate & Letters of Admon was granted to hi s son's John & Jacob Beals sole Executors therein named bei ng first attested well and truly to Administer and to brin g in an Inventory of the said Deced.. Estate into the Reg r office for the said County of Chester on or before the se venteenth day of January next to Exhibit & to render a Jus t Acct of your Adminstration on or before the Seventeenth d ay of December which will be in the year of our Lord 1727 . Given under the seal of the said office. P. Jo. Parker D. Regr Abstract: BEALS, John Nottingham 8/11/1726 17 Dec 1726 To eldest son John, bed and furniture and £5, he paying t o his 5 children; viz Sarah, John, Thomas, Ann and Phebe, 1 0 shillings when of age. To daughter Mary HARROLD 8, she pa ying to each of heir children, viz Elizabeth, Rachel, Jonat han and Richard 10 shillings each when of age. To son Jaco b £12, he paying to each of his 4 children, viz John, Jacob , Mary and William 10 shillings when of age. To daughter Pa tience Jones the £8-15 that is due of bond of her husband a nd £5 more paying to their 4 children, viz Judith, Mary, Sa rah and Charity 10 shillings each, when of age. To James Wr ight 40 shillings. To kinswoman Mary Davis of Philadelphi a 20 shillings. Executors: sons John and Jacob. Witnesses : James McMullin, Wm. House. From: Thomas Hamm <tomhauburn.campus.mci.net> CC: quaker-rootsauburn.campus.mci.net]
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 1998 10:44 AM To: James Bell; quaker-rootsearthlink.net Information from Bales Family - Family of my Grandma Manley by Mary Ellen Bales Manley copy received from the Ray County, Missouri, Genealogical Society.. Came to American 1675 on the Ship "Griffin" He was a farmer. They were of the Quaker religion.
John Beals came to America by way of Ir
John Beals came to America by way of Ireland or Scotland o n the ship "Griffin" (which is known to have taken passenge rs from both countries). He emigrated to New Jersey from Fe nwich in 1675 and settled in Delaware County, Pennsylvania , before 1677. In 1679 he had a farm about five or six mil es from William Clayton's farm in Chester, and soon thereaf ter he bought another farm in Chester County adjoining th e one owned by William Clayton, Jr. On November 1, 1682 he married Mary Clayton. The marriag e of Mary Clayton and John Beals was probably the first t o take place at Chester Monthly Meeting and was very likel y performed in the home of Robert Wades which served as th e first meting place for Quakers in Pennsylvania. Historical (by James Trimble) (the emigrant) "was an earl y settler in the lower part of Aston, Delaware Co, PA; he m arried1682 Mary Clayton, daughter Wm & Prudence Clayton. Th eir children were John, William, Jacob, Mary & Patience. Th e fam rem to E Nottingham 1704." -- Maryland Quaker Reco rds: Nottingham Monthly Meeting, Cecil County; Book F - 18 08-1836
The Last Will & Testament of John Beals Chester County, PA Will Book A, p. 206 Will of
| John Beals--| I John Beals of Nottingham in ye County of Chester being si ck and weak of Body but of a sound and well disposing min d & memory do make this as my Last Will & Testament revokin g all other wills that have heretofore been made or Done b y me first my will is that my Just Debts & funerall Charge s be Defrayed as soon as possiable after my Decease & als o that my Body be Decently buried Secondly I give and beque ath unt my eldest son John Beals my Bed and all the furnitu re thereunto belong and five pound he paying to Each of hi s five Children Sarah, John, Thomas, Ann & Phebe to Each o f them Ten shillings when they come of age. Thirdly I giv e unto my son William Beals Eight pound he paying to Each o f his Three Children Lydia Mary & Ruth Ten Shillings when o f aged Fourt hly I give unto my Daughter Mary Harrold Eigh t pounds she paying to each of her Children Elizabeth, Rach il, Jonathan & Richard Ten Shillings when they come of ag e Fifthly I give unto my son Jacob Beals Twelve pounds he p aying to his four Children John, Jacob, Mary & William to e ach of them Ten Shillings when of age. Sixthly I give unt o my Daughter Patience Jone ye Eight pounds fifteen Shillin gs that is due from her husband by Bond and five pound mor e to be paid by my Exer willing she or her husband to pay u nto their four Children Judith Mary Sarah & Charity to Eac h Ten Shillings. All ye aforesaid Legacys to be paid unto y e sd Grand Children where they are Deemed by Law to be of a ge. Seventhly I give unto my Daughter Mary Harrold & Patien ce Jones my warming pan & spice Box also I give unto Jame s Wright forty Shillings. Eightly I give unto my Kinswoma
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John Beals, Sr.'s Timeline
| 1650 |
August 24, 1650
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Rumboldswyke, Chichester, Sussex, England (United Kingdom)
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| 1665 |
1665
Age 14
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| 1679 |
May 13, 1679
Age 28
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Maidstone, Kent
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| 1681 |
1681
Age 30
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Lower Part, Ashton Township, Delaware, Pennsylvania, English Colony
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| 1686 |
January 20, 1686
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Aston Township, Chester County, Province of Pennsylvania
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| 1687 |
February 1, 1687
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New Garden, Chester Co., Pennsylvania
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| 1689 |
July 28, 1689
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Chester County, Province of Pennsylvania
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| 1690 |
1690
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