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John Beals, Jr.
d.12 Dec 1745
Facts and Events
Research Notes
- cos 1776 Note: per W.W. Hinshaw [1] , Nottingham Monthly Meeting, in Cecil County, Maryland, was "set off" from New Garden Monthly Meeting, Chester County, Pennsylvania in 1730, and held its first monthly meeting on 20th of 4, mo. 1730. This being the nearest monthly meeting to Hopewell, Fairfax, Providence and Cold Spring (Monocacy), their monthly reports were made to Nottingham Monthly Meeting until Hopewell Monthly Meeting was firmly established in 1736. Their records of births, deaths and marriages, therefore, before 1736 should be found in the books of Nottingham Monthly Meeting. In fact, they are so found.
References
- A. Donovan Faust (Foust). A Family History: The Ancestors of Thomas Wilson Faust. (1997).
- Beals and Bowater Families.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Nottingham, Cecil County, Maryland Quaker Records [database on-line].
Maryland Quaker Records: Nottingham Monthly Meeting, Cecil County
Book F - 1808-1836
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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
- ↑ Nottingham, Cecil County, Maryland Quaker Records [database on-line].
Maryland Quaker Records: Nottingham Monthly Meeting, Cecil County
Book F - 1808-1836
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Name: John Beals
Relative: son of:John; Mary (Clayton) Beals
Comment: & family rocf Chester MM (held at Providence) 15-7-1733 dtd 25-4-1733
Name: Sarah (Beals) Mills
Relative: wif of:John Mills; dau of:John; Sarah (Bowater) Beals
Comment: was rocf Chester MM, PA, 15-7-1733, dtd 25-4-1733, having come with her parents, after having been mou & her ack acc by Chester MM, PA
- Family Notes.
John Beales and his family moved to Monocacy, Carrols Manor, MD and from there to Hopewell MM in Frederick Co., VA (near present day Winchester, VA) where John is listed as a founder in 1734. After John's death in 1745 the remainder of the family appeared in the New Garden MM in Guilford Co., NC.
From John Beales, the father, there descended a large number of members of the Society of Friends located in PA, NC, OH, IN, IA, KS, OR and C A. On many of these descendants, gifts in the ministry have been conferred. Among those of direct descent were: Thomas Beales, Bowater Beales, Sarah Mills, Ruth Hockett, Hannah Cloud, Nathan Hunt, Hannah Baldwin, Elizabeth Bond, Peter Dix, Benjamin Hiatt, John Bond, Jesse Bond, Jesse William s, Jesse Hockett, Aseneth Clark, Myseam Mendenhall, Daniel Williams, Eleazer Beales, Asaph Hiatt, Ruth Haisley, Naomi Coffin, Esther Carson, Levi Jessup, Jesse B. Williams, Margaret Toms, William J. Thornberry, Anna M. Votaw , Amos Bond, Elwood Scott, Dr. Dougan Clark, Elizabeth Beales Bond and Jehial Bond.
Sometime in the late 1720s, William and his family moved to the upper part of Prince Georges C., MD and settled on Monocacy Creek, then on the frontier.
- ↑ Will Transcript of John Beals, in Source Needed.
I John Beals of Nottingham In ye County of Chester being sick & weak of body but of sound & Disposing mind & Memory do make this 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 & Funeral Charge be Defrayed as so on 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 & a ll ye furniture there unto belonging & five pounds he paying unto his 5 children Sarah, John, Thomas, Ann & Phebe to each of them Tenn Shillings wh en they come of age.
Thirdly I give unto my son William Beals Eight pound he paying to ea ch of his 3 children; Lydia, Mary & Ruth Tenn Shillings when of age.
Fourthly I give unto my daughter Mary Harrold, Eight poud shee paying to each of her children; Rachell, Jonathan & Richard Tenn Shillings when th ey come of age.
Fifthly I give unto my son Jacob Beals Twelve pound he paying to his 4 children; John, Jacob, Mary & William to each of them Tenn Shillings wh en of age.
Sixthly I give unto my daughter Patience Jones ye Eight pound fifteen shil lings that is due from her husband by Bond & Five pound more to be pa id by my Executors willing Shee or husband to pay unto their 4 children; J udith, Mary,Sarah & Charity to Each Tenn Shillings all of ye afore said Le gacys to be paid Unto ye grand Children when they are deemed by l aw to be of age.
Sevently I give unto my daughter Mary Harrold & Patience Jones my warming pan & Spice box; Also I give Unto James Wright fourty shillings.
Eightly I give unto my Kinswoman Mary Davis of Philadelphia Twenty Schillings. Also my will is that my son William Shall be paid his Legacy fir st my Daughter Mary Harrold Next & Patience her five pound next as ye Money that is out upon Bond becomes due.
Lastly I ordaine and Constitute My Two Sons John & Jacob Beals Sole Executors of this my Last Will & testament witness my hand & seall dated in Nottingham ye 11 of ye 8th mo: 1726
John Beals his X mark
Sealed & Deliver ed In ye presence of:
Ja McMillan VIth 10 mo 1726 - McMillen Jurist and ye others aforesaid
his William House X
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[Note: "ye 11 of ye 8th mo" 1726 O.S. Quaker = 11 Oct 1726 N.S.]
[Note: "VIth 10 mo 1726" O.S. Quaker = 6 Dec 1726 N.S.]
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