John Bean of Perkiomen & Worcester Twp.

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John Bean is said to have kept a hotel †† at Jeffersonville, PA (now part of Norristown). But John was a taxable of Worcester Twp in the Pennsylvania, U.S., Septennial Census in 1786

In 1875 John'a body was removed from St. James cemetery and reinterred at Montgomery cemetery, Norristown (Chain Lot) (info care of Henry Edgar Bean in Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine page 236, april 1915 (ed. Note:The "Chain Lot" refers to the family by the name of Chain. These are Bean descendants. A Chain was "a prominent attorney in Norristown" in a much later generation. The Chains are on profiles here on GENi. see http://www.geni.com/family-tree/index/6000000021793374318 )

†† But that was his descendant, . Quar. Mstr. Sgt. John M. Bean (USA) {confusion) with another hotel in Jeffersonville which John M. secured when he married John Wanner's daughter. On the Wistar map (1849) there is both a Wanner's Inn and and a Beard's Inn. Beard's is the very same as https://www.newspapers.com/image/170618484/?terms=%22Tom%20Brown%27... the Tom Brown Inn . The name reverted to the Jeffersonville Inn by 1932 .

It was razed sometime in 1939 to make way for a gas station Prosaic commercial properties now remain at this site. In 2022: a pizza place and a gas station,

John's great granddaughter Louisa A. Chain married a Chain. There is even a Chain St. in Norristown.

•Note (by MvB) Montgomery Cemetery in Norristown, once known as the "Chain Lot" is heavily vandalized (2013 visit) . Most Bean markers are missing

http://books.google.com/books?id=CxoVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA387&lpg=PA387&dq...

"In 1750 James Bean and his wife conveyed to their son John 137 A., 116 Perches (Deed Book J 13, page 576) adjoining land of John Newberry, Robert Jones, Jacob Wentz, Thomas Bean, Peter Keyser and Nicholas Johnson.

John had married Elizabeth Newberry (b. 1722, d. 1803) daughter of John and Rebecca Jacobs Newberry.

Forty-seven years later (1797) John sold this land to Abraham Anders. This old homestead is situated on Zachary Run ~• (now Zacharias Creek on modern maps (2017)), Worcester township, about one mile from the present Wentz Church." ~ notes of Mary Louise Jones (Bean) (1863-1957)

“John Bean, the youngest son of James Bean was a vestryman of St. James P.E. Church, and a pew holder in the old church. (the first one burnt down) He is listed as serving in the Revolutionary war. He and his wife lie buried in the Bean vault (first burials) at St. James Protestant Episcopal Church Evansburg. To John Bean and Elizabeth Newberry was born an only son, Jesse (b.1761, d. 1847), and a daughter, Mary, who married William Lane."

~• John Bean was a parishioner who donated funds to improve a residence in the township for the circuit riding Rev. William Currie was the part-time rector of the Saint James Perkiomen Church, When Currie resigned due to Loyalist sympathies, John Bean and Paul(us) Custer met with the Lutheran Rev. H.M.Mühlenberg asking him to assist with the ordination of a Patriot minster. (see <timeline>)

(ed. Note: Lane in-laws were one of a handful of the first large land holders of the area and were responsible for the erection of the bridge at the Perkiomen and the establishment of Saint James Prot. Episcopal church, as it is called today. It was originally a Church of England outpost under the auspices of the SPG. )

John's descendant, Mary Louise Jones, an able historian and genealogist, once wrote:
John Bean, the youngest son of James Bean was a vestryman of this Church (ie Saint James), and a pew holder in the old church. He is listed as serving in the Revolutionary war. He and his wife lie buried in the Bean vault (first burials)
To John Bean and Elizabeth Newberry was born an only son, Jesse (b.1761, d. 1847), and a daughter, Mary, who married William Lane.

another piece of property in Jeffersonville

some of which passed down from John Bean>Jesse Bean>William Bean but evidently not to the great grandsons Jesse Weber Bean and Edwin Adams Bean.

as written by Jesse Weber Bean to his brother Edwin Adams Bean in 1895 (full original is attached. See Sources.

(from last page)

"Grand Father('s) Father (John Bean)' gave him (the writer's grandfather Jesse) the old Woodville place (.)
I think he bought it of(f of) one of the old stock of Boyers ††† that come to (grief) in building the house that was on it and it contained many broad acres. (I)t took in all of the Samuel Swift farm and a large part of the Steven Porter or Wm Hamill place(.) Grandfather lost many acres of land in set(t)ling old man Markleys land(,) (f)ather of Abraham and Samuel Markley(.) They told him that there (were) no debts against the Estate of any amount and persuaded him to pay of some claims in full thereby making him responsible for the whole amount of all claims (;) and it took more than half of his land(.) Saml and Abraham gave Grandfather papers obligating themselves to make the amount good if they ever got able but our Father (William Bean) told me them paper(s) were never found and he su(p)posed that Abraham tricked Grand Father (Jesse Bean) out of them some how(.)

††† The "old stock of Boyers" probably refers to a different spelling of the surname: <BEYER> as in Abraham Beyer who isshown to have owned the tract in 1777. John Bean, who bought it lived from (as we see here) 1723-1799. Perhaps a son or sons of Abraham disposed of the the farm.

elsewhere

Jesse Weber Bean speaks to the Bean Welsh heritage at Saint James Perkiomen Church. This had been formally perpetuated by some services given in Welsh at Saint James Perkiomen Church as late as the 1720's. The other in-law families may have included the Evans family as well. Saint James parish was quite small in the early 18th century and the SPG recruited ministers withe varying language skills. For the Welsh Evans family connection see: John Evans of Caermarthenshire . Both of John Bean's children had the same mother-in-law, who was a Welsh Evans descendant .. {MMvB, May 2022}

During the Revolution

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113313905/john-bean-john-stroud-joh...
John and others of Norriton were appointed by the Committee of Safety to distribute funds to the destitute families whose heads of household were elsewhere due to service in the Continental Army.

• Reference: FamilySearch Genealogy - SmartCopy: Dec 4 2022, 10:13:12 UTC