Person:Jesse Bean (8)

Jesse Bean settled in Norriton, on the "Cold Spring" farm of three hundred acres. He was superintendent of the Ridge Turnpike Company for many years and elected to the State Legislature from 1811 to 1813. His son William succeeded him in the occupancy of the same premises, and was elected a member of the State Legislature from 1840 to 1843, inclusive. He was prominently associated with the agricultural interests of the county until his death. The family were connected with the St. James' Episcopal Church, at Evansburg, where repose the remains of four generations. ^S1

[NOTE: Major James Bean, who served throughout the Revolution, was a collateral relative of Jesse Bean, and is also buried at St. James'.] ^S1

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Bean, Theodore Weber. History of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1978).

   Excerpt: Jesse Bean, the only child of John Bean, was born January 26, 1761, married Hannah, daughter of Edward Lane, and died July 28, 1847. His father, John Bean, died 1799, at the age of seventy-six years. It is known that John was born in America, and it is believed that his parents, James and Mary, immigrated to this country from Wales about 1700.

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Website: Montgomery County PA Genealogy
3. ↑ Inscription on grave marker:
   Jesse Bean
   Died July 28th 1847
   Aged 86 years, 6 months
   And 2 days
   St. James Episcopal Church Cemetery, Collegeville, Montgomery Co, PA