Person:Thomas Beard (16)

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Thomas Beard
b.Abt 1760 Virginia
 
  1. Ann BeardEst 1758 -
  2. Thomas BeardAbt 1760 -
  3. John C. BeardBet 1760 & 1770 - 1840
  4. Jane BeardAbt 1763 -
  5. Robert Beard1764 - 1832
  6. William Beard, Jr.Est 1770 -
  7. Hugh BeardEst 1772 -
  8. Joseph Beard1776 - 1844
  9. Samuel BeardBef 1782 -
  10. Esther BeardBef 1789 -
  11. James BeardBef 1813 - 1870
m. 12 Aug 1794
  1. Mary 'Polly' BeardBef 1799 -
Facts and Events
Name Thomas Beard
Gender Male
Birth[1] Abt 1760 Virginia
Marriage 12 Aug 1794 Botetourt County, Virginiato Martha Wilson

Notes

"Virginia Frontier by Kegley", p 482 states : "Thomas Beard - son of Thomas and Jean Beard married Martha Wilson in 1794". This Thomas Beard is probably Thomas, son of William, and grandson of Thomas Senior mentioned in his will No son Thomas is mentioned.

In examining the marriage abstract in Botetourt [Early Marriages, Wills, and Some Revolutionary War Records - Botetourt County, Virginia, Compiled by Anne Lowry Worrell, the extract reads as follows:

Beard, Thomas and Martha Wilson, dau. (of) Thomas and Jean Wilson - Aug. 12, 1794.

It appears that Kegley likely [unintentionally] reversed the parents listed in the marriage record. Many of the the abstracts in this publication list the bride's parents, very few list the groom's parents.

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    http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/19569170/person/20296472898?ssrc=
    Note: there are several Ancestry submissions claiming that Thomas Beard was born in Wythe County, Virginia in 1757, [and died in Wythe County in 1816] but Wythe County did not exist prior to 1789. It may likely be a different Thomas Beard.