Person:William Beales (9)

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According to "Ancestry of Allen Grinnell Cleaver and Martha Irene Jessu p" compiled by William Jessup Cleaver and published by Gateway Press in 19 89: " William Thomas Beals was a soldier in Cromwell's horse guard and w as rewarded with land in Ireland. It was here he converted to Quakerism b efore he emigrated to Pennsylvania where it has been said he died thou gh no record of his death has been found. From research by Bill Putm an we find the following statement: "i am not certain if Willilam ca me to America or not, but several other Beals histories indicate he ca me to America and died in PA. A great many Quakers from Yorkshire, Engla nd came to settle in Fenwick's Colony in what is now Gloucester Co., NJ ju st across the Delaware from Philadelphia."

Pennsylvania Irish quaker Immigrants, 1682-1750 __Immigration of the Irish quakers into Pennsylvania 1682-1750 With The ir Early History in Ireland Part III. The Irish Friends In Pennsylvania__

"The Meeting land, consisting of a rectangular tract of five acres, call ed "Zion," was conveyed to trustees of the Meeting by William Beals, by de ed of 12 Mo. 9, 1766, and was part of 50 acres granted to Beals by the Pro prietors' warrant of June 24, 1763.2 The present edifice, erected in 1790 ,3 has recently been covered with a slate roof and otherwise placed in a g ood state of preservation, but regular meetings have long ceased to be hel d."

1. ↑ "Ancestry of Allen Grinnell Cleaver and Martha Irene Jessup - compiled by William Jessup Cleaver - published by Gateway Press, Inc, Baltimore,.
2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Stacy's Genealogy Endeavor by Stacy Cox banner1@@sonicwave.net.