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Leah was born on 26 January 1851 in Kentucky.^1,2,3,4 He married Leah Rosella Foudray on 21 May 1867 in Saline County, Missouri.⁵ Leah died on 24 June 1943, California Deaths, 1940-97, gives her date of death as 18 June 1943. in Shasta County, California, at age 92.^2,6

Leah Rosella Foudray appeared on the census of 1860 in the household of Addison Monroe Foudray and Nancy Ellen Foudray in Centre North, Marion County, Indiana, which lists Addison Foudray, 37, and his wife Nancy, 32, both born in Kentucky; and their children, Thomas, 13, born in Kentucky, Amanda, 11, born in Kentucky, Leah, 9, borin in Kentucky, James, 7, born in Indiana, Alfred, 5, born in Kentucky, George, 3, born in Kentucky, and Martha, 3 months, born in Indiana.⁷ Leah Rosella Hicks and John Pendleton Hicks I appeared on the census of 16 June 1870 which lists John Hicks, 32, his wife Leah R., 20, both born in Kentucky, and their son Ulysses S., 1, born in Missouri.⁸ She and John Pendleton Hicks I appeared on the census of 1880 in Plain View, Phillips County, Kansas, which lists John P. Hicks, 43, born in Kentuck, both parents born in Virginiay; his wife Leah R., 29, also born in Kentucky, both parents also born in Kentucky; and their four sons, Ulyses [sic] S., 11, Joseph T., 9, Charles E., 7, and George E., 5, all born in Missouri; and Leah's sister Mattie E. Foudray [mis-indexed as Fondray], 21, born in Indiana, both parents born in Kentucky.⁹

Leah Rosella Hicks and John Pendleton Hicks I appeared on the census of 1885 in Plain View, Phillips County, Kansas.¹⁰

Leah Rosella Hicks and John Pendleton Hicks I appeared on the census of 1900 in Mountain Township, Siskiyou County, California, which lists John P. Hicks, 63, born February 1837 in Kentucky, both parents born in Virginia; and his wife Leah R. Hicks, 48, born January 1851 in Kentucky, both parents also born in Kentucky. They had been married for 33 years (since about 1867), and Leah had given birth to four children, all of whom were living.⁴

Leah Rosella Hicks and John Pendleton Hicks I appeared on the census of 1910 in Hillsboro, Washington County, Oregon, which lists John P. Hicks, 73, born in Kentucky, both parents born in Virginia; his wife Leah R. Hicks, 59, born in Kentucky, both parents also born in Kentucky; their granddaughter Rosa L. Hicks, 14, born in Oregon, father born in Missouri, mother born in Iowa; and their grandson Leon L. Hicks, 8, born in California, father born in Missouri, mother born in Iowa. The grandchildren were children of their son Ulyses S. Hicks. John and Leah had been married for 42 years, and Leah had given birth to four children, all of whom were living.¹¹ She was the superintendent of a sanitorium in 1910.¹¹

Leah Rosella Foudray appeared on the census of 1920 in Scappoose, Columbia County, Oregon, which lists Leah R. Hicks, a widow, 67, born in Kentucky, both parents also born in Kentucky. She is a boarder, living in the Matson Gravelle household.¹² She appeared on the census of 1930 in the household of Charles Edward Hicks and Jessie Adella Miller in Salem, Marion County, Oregon, which listed Charles E. Hicks, 58, born in Missouri, and both parents born in Kentucky; his wife Jessie A., 58, born in Oregon, her father born in Illinois and her mother born in Missouri; and Charles' mother Leah R. Hicks, 79, born in Kentucky, and both parents also born in Kentucky.¹³

William was born on circa 1632 in Rumbaldswyke, Sussex, England. He married Prudence Lanckford (Langford) on 7 November 1653 in Saint Pancras Parish, Chichester, Sussex, England.¹

William Clayton II emigrated in 1677 from England to British Colonial America.² He lived in 1677 in Burlington, New Jersey.³ He lived in Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.³

Prudence was born on. She married William Clayton II on 7 November 1653 in Saint Pancras Parish, Chichester, Sussex, England.²

Mary was born on 29 August 1665 in Rumbaldswyke, Sussex, England. She married John Beals I, the Emigrant, on 1 January 1682/83 in Chester Monthly Meeting, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.^1,2 Mary died on 1725, in Nottingham, Chester County, Pennsylvania, at age ~60.¹

Mary Clayton was born on 20 June 1665 in Chichester, Sussex, England.²

John was born on circa 1650 in Wales.¹ He married Mary Clayton on 1 January 1682/83 in Chester Monthly Meeting, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.^1,2 He has also been reported to have died in 1726 in Maryland. He was buried in Brick Meeting House Cemetery, Calvert, Cecil County, Maryland.^1,3

John Beals I, the Emigrant, has also been reported to have been born 27 May 1656 England.

John Beals I, the Emigrant, emigrated circa 1677 from England to British Colonial America.³ He lived in 1677 in Burlington, Burlington County, New Jersey, British Colonial America. He lived circa 1680 in Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.

His wife, Mary, died in 1725 in Nottingham, Chester County, Pennsylvania, at age ~60, leaving him a widower.¹



John Beals I, the Emigrant, died on 11 August 1726 in Nottingham, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, at age ~76.⁴ His estate was probated on 17 December 1726 in Chester County, Pennsylvania.^4,3

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

John Beals (1656-1726)
Born: 27 May 1656, England
Married: 1 Jan 1683, Chester Mm, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
Died: 17 Dec 1726, Nottingham, Chester County, Pennsylvania [NOTE: This is apparently actually the date that his Will was admitted to Probate.]

General Notes: They moved to Opeckan, Frederick Co., VA, by 1744 where John bought 165 acres on Mills Creek from John Mills, Jr. This land is now in Berkeley Co. VA. He was survived by his widow who married next in 1745 to Alexander Underwood at Monocacay Meeting and died December 26, 1777 in Wellsville, York Co., Pennsylvania.

Marriage Information: John married Mary Clayton, daughter of William Clayton and Unknown, on 1 Jan 1683 in Chester Mm, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. (Mary Clayton was born on 29 Jun 1665 in Chichester, Sussex, England and died in 1725.)

Source: http://www.drwilliams.org/genealogy/201.htm.


WikiTree - John Jacob Beals Sr (abt. 1650 - 1726)

Born about 27 May 1650 in Rumboldswyke, Chichester, Sussex, England [uncertain]

ANCESTORS
Son of Thomas (Baels) Beals [uncertain] and Sarah (Edge) Beals [uncertain]
[sibling(s) unknown]

Husband of Mary Jane (Clayton) Beals — married 11 Jan 1682 in Chester, Chester, Pennsylvania

DESCENDANTS
Father of John Beals Jr, William Beals, Jacob B. Beals Sr., Alexander Beals, Mary (Beals) Harrold, Patience (Beals) Jones and Grace (Beals) Lervick

Died 11 Oct 1726 at about age 76 in East Nottingham, Chester, Maryland

Quakers
John Beals Sr was a Friend (Quaker).
John Beals Sr was a part of William Penn's Pennsylvania Settlers community.

Caution: the date and place of origin of John Beals are presently unknown. Until those are documented any parents attached are Uncertain and speculative. Please do not add birth or christening records without definitive documentation they are this John Beals. Any speculative records should be added under Research Notes.

Biography
The following is adapted from "The Beals Family" by Bill Putman[1] with additional citations and notations from other researchers, genealogists, and sources.

John Beals (Beales) was born in Wales, Worcestershire or perhaps Yorkshire in the early 1650s. Researcher Roger Boone gives a birth date of 28 Jan 1650 for John. With his place of birth currently uncertain, his parentage is presently speculative.

No record can be found on any passenger lists to show when or where he arrived in America. Boone feels he came to America from Wallsworth in Gloucestershire, a seaport on the Welsh-English border. Some believe that he, like so many of the early Quakers, settled in John Fenwick's Colony in Salem, New Jersey.There is reasoned conjecture by Ruth Kline Ladd[2] that he may have gone first to Ireland, perhaps Scotland, prior to arriving in America. Ladd believe's he emigrated to New Jersey from Fenwick aboard the Griffin in 1675 which is known to have taken passengers from Ireland and Scotland.[2]

It is known that John Beals came to Pennsylvania sometime prior to 1677. In a 1691 court case in Chester County, Pennsylvania, John testified that he had plowed the land in question some fourteen years earlier, placing him in Chester County in 1677. He would have come somewhat earlier. His father in law, William Clayton, had come in 1677 and he may have arrived at the same time. Again, there is no arrival record that exists today.

There is documented proof that the Clayton family of his wife arrived on board the ship Kent on August 16, 1677. There is an entry in the "Annals of Philadelphia, and Pennsylvania" that says:
"The following were among those who came over before the end of the year 1682:
... John Beals (or Bales), who married Mary, the daughter of William Clayton, Sr., in 1682."[3]

John was in Chester County in 1677 and had his own farm there in 1679. In the minutes of the Chester Monthly Meeting, there is a reference on October 2 1682 where John announced his intentions to marry Mary Clayton, daughter of William Clayton and Prudence Langford Clayton.[4] Mary was born in the parish of Rumbaldsweek, Sussex, England on August 29, 1665. They were married on January 1, 1682/3.[4][5]

John and Mary Beals remained on his farm in Chester County until 1701. He was active in both church and local affairs. In 1694, he was appointed the constable of Aston Township. This part of Chester County was later included in Delaware County when that County was formed out of Chester County in 1789.

In 1702, the Beals and others took up lands in what was called the Nottingham Lots which were then a part of Chester County, Pennsylvania, but after the drawing of the Mason-Dixon Line in 1767, placed these lands in Cecil County, Maryland. John Beals received a grant for two lots in the new area of Nottingham.[5] As late as 1705, he still owned lands in West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

These Quaker families established the new Nottingham Monthly Meeting and both John and Mary were quite active in Church life. Mary was chosen Overseer in 1706 and John was also chosen in 1709.

Mary most likely died sometime in the early 1720s, as she was not mentioned in John's will of 1726. John Beals wrote his will on 'Ye 11th of Ye 8th Month, 1726' (11 Oct 1726).[6][7] The will was proved after his death on December 17, 1726.[8] His death was sometime between these dates. He was buried at Calvert, now in Cecil County, Maryland.

Children [9]
John and Mary Beals had at least five children.
1.John (junior) was born on January 20, 1686 or on the 28th day of the 11th month 1685/6 old style. He was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania in Aston Township.
2. William Beals was born February 1, 1687 in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
3. Jacob Beals was born July 28, 1689 in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
4. Mary was born April 24, 1692.
5. Patience was born in Chester County on March 16, 1695.
Some records include a Grace Beals but that profile presently lacks primary source documentation and she is not included in Hinshaw's unpublished records for New Garden Monthly Meeting.

Will of John Beals Sr.
Name: John Beals
Description: Decedent
Residence: Nottingham
Date: 11 Oct 1726
Prove date: 17 Dec 1726

Remarks: John Beals of Nottingham. 8/11/1726. December 17, 1726. A. 206.

1. To eldest son John, bed and furniture and £5, paying to his 5 children viz Sarah, John, Thomas, Ann, and Phebe, 10 shillings when of age. (grandchildren)
2. To daughter Mary Harrold £8, Paying to each of her children, viz Elizabeth, Rachel, Jonathan and Richard 10 shillings when of age.
3. To son Jacob £12, paying to each of his four children, viz John, Jacob, Mary and William 10 shillings when of age.
4. To daughter Patience Jones the £8, 15 that is due of bond of her husband and £5 more paying to their 4 children. viz Judith, Mary, Sarah and Charity 10 shillings each, when of age.
5. To kinswoman Mary Davis of Philadelphia 20 shillings.
Executors: sons John and Jacob. Witnesses: James McMullin, Wm. House. [10] [11]

Research Notes
Son of Thomas & Sarah (Edge) Beals

Parents: Thomas Beals (1625 - 1654) Sarah Edge Beals (1637 - 1692) [Note: claiming these are his parents, though frequently seen, requires documentation of his place of origin which has not been done as of 22 Jan 2019 12:25 UTC T Stanton.]

Baty-260 22:50, 19 June 2018 (UTC) I have noticed the spelling of the surname "Bales" in two places, CMM (monthly meeting minutes) and the Annals of Philadelphia, 1857.[3] Note: Futhey and Cope [5] also spell the surname Bales on some entries and Beals on another.

Date of Birth note T Stanton 6 Aug 2019 20:54 UTC
See the g2g for additional discussion but a more reasonable estimate for his year of birth would be 1657-1658. That would reduce the age disparity at marriage (although the current 15 year estimated difference is not without precedent) yet accommodate the statement of activity in 1667.

John Jacob Beals Sr. BIRTH 27 May 1650 England DEATH 11 Oct 1726 (aged 76) Nottingham, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA BURIAL Nottingham Cemetery Nottingham, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA MEMORIAL ID 21733563 · View Source

Sources
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21733563/john-jacob-beals
1. Putman, pp. 1-8.
2. 2.0 2.1 Ladd, Ruth Kline, One Ladd's Family, typescript 1974, exceptionally well researched and footnoted, available at Ancestry or FHL, Entry #588
3. 3.0 3.1 Watson, John F. Annals of Philadelphia, and Pennsylvania... Philadelphia, PA: Edwin S. Stuart, 1857. Volume III, p. 38. Accessed 20 June 2018 by SJ Baty at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101067430973;view=1up;seq=50.
4. 4.0 4.1 Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Men's Minutes, 1681-1721; Collection: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes; Call Number: MR-Ph 92
5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Futhey & Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, Everts, Philadelphia, 1881, p 498, 195, 196
6. Estate Papers, No 116-261, 1700-1810, Estate Papers, 1713-1810; Author: Chester County (Pennsylvania). Register of Wills; Probate Place: Chester, Pennsylvania (original)
7. Wills, 1713-1854 ; Index to Wills, 1713-1923; Author: Chester County (Pennsylvania). Register of Wills; Probate Place: Chester, Pennsylvania
8. Chester County Wills. Located at the Chester County Archives and Records Service.
9. Hinshaw, William Wade. William Wade Hinshaw's Index to Unpublished Quaker Records. New Garden Monthly Meeting. Swarthmore, Pennsylvania: Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College.
10. Book: Chester County, Pennsylvania Wills,(Abstracts) 1713-1825, Vol A p. 206
11. Web: Chester County Will Index [www.chesco.org/DocumentCenter/View/4115] - link broken at 6 May 2021
Putman, Bill. "[www.billputman.com/Beals.pdf." The Beals Family]. Last accessed 21 August 2018.

See Also:
Bond, Samuel Garrett, Bond Genealogy : A history of the descendants of Joseph Bond : born 1704, in Wiltshire, England. Indiana, 1913. According to the book "The Landed Gentry" (page 2554): John Beals, who it is believed accompanied William Penn to America at the end of the 17th century, and assisted in the laying out of Philadelphia,was born in England; married 11 January 1682 Mary, daughter of William Clayton of Burlington, New Jersey, where he settled in 1677, and afterwards of Chester, Pennsylvania. Member of the Provincial Council, Acting Governor of Pennsylvania, 1684-85, Member of the Governor's Council during the drafting of the Great Charter, and one of the first Judges of Philadelphia.⁵

Sarah was born on circa 1668 in Middlesex County, England. She married Thomas Bowater on 14 August 1686 in Chester Monthly Meeting, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.^1,2,3

Sarah Edge died on 26 February 1692 in Chester County, Pennsylvania, at age ~24.^4,5

Sarah Edge emigrated from England to British Colonial America.

John Beals II was born on 20 January 1686[(M)] in Aston Township, Chester County (now part of Delaware County), Pennsylvania.^1,2 He married Sarah Bowater on 14 November 1711 in New Garden Monthly Meeting, Chester County, Pennsylvania.^3,2 John died on 1745, in Prince Georges County, Maryland, at age ~59.²

John Beals II (1686-1745)

Born: 20 Jan 1686, Ashton/Nottingham, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Married: 14 Sep 1711, Chester MH, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Died: 1745

Marriage Information: John married Sarah Bowater, daughter of Thomas Bowater and Sarah Edge, on 14 Sep 1711 in Chester MH, Chester County, Pennsylvania. (Sarah Bowater was born on 17 Aug 1688 in Chester MH, Chester County, Pennsylvania and died on 26 Oct 1777 in Monacacy, Fredrick County, Maryland.)

Sarah was born on 17 January 1688 in Edgmont Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.¹ She married John Beals II on 14 November 1711 in New Garden Monthly Meeting, Chester County, Pennsylvania.^2,3

Sarah Bowater married Alexander Underwood on 16 February 1748 in Monocacy, Prince George's County, Virginia.⁴ Sarah died on between 1765 and 1770, in Weelsville, York County, Pennsylvania.⁴

Sarah Bowater died in 1777 in Frederick County, Virginia, at age ~89.

Thomas was born on 10 May 1654 in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England.¹ He married Sarah Edge on 14 August 1686 in Chester Monthly Meeting, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.^2,3,4

Thomas Bowater married Frances Lamb in 1702 in Concord Monthly Meeting, Pennsylvania.⁴

Thomas Bowater died after in November 1734. Thomas was still alive in 1734 when he signed a marriage certificate.^5,6

Thomas Bowater emigrated in September 1683 from England to British Colonial America on the Bristol Comfort as an indentured servant to Frances Fincher from Worcester.⁷

His wife, Sarah, died on 26 February 1692 in Chester County, Pennsylvania, at age ~24, leaving him a widower.^5,8



Thomas Bowater, born February 1654/55, died after November 1734, m. Sarah Edge in 1686. Thomas immigrated in September 1683 on the Bristol Comfort as an indentured servant to Frances Fincher from Worcester. After his indenture was over he married Sarah Edge, and after her death married in 1702 Frances Barnard, widow of Richard Barnard.14 Thomas and Frances lived at first in Concord, Chester County, later moved to New Garden Meeting, then to Haverford.15 The dates of their deaths were not recorded, but Thomas was still alive in 1734 when he signed a marriage certificate. Children (with Sarah): Sarah, Thomas.⁷

John was born on 17 February 1717 in Nottingham, Chester County, Pennsylvania.^1,2,3 He married Margaret Esther Hunt on 13 November 1738 in Chester County, Pennsylvania.² John died on 17 April 1796, in Rowan (now Guilford) County, North Carolina, at age 79.^1,2 He was buried in in an unmarked grave, New Garden Monthly Meeting, Guilford County, North Carolina.¹

1. John BEALS III.

Son of John BEALS II & Sarah BOWATER. Born 17 Apr 1717 in Nottingham, Chester Co.,
Pennsylvania. Died 17 Apr 1796 in Center MM, Guilford Co., North Carolina. Buried in New
Garden FBG, Guilford Co., North Carolina. Religion Quaker.

John Beals III, son of John and Sarah (Bowater) Beals, was born in Nottingham Township,
Chester County, Pennsylvania, 2nd Mo. 17, 1717 (O.S.). He grew to adolescence in his
parents' homes in Nottingham and Chester Townships in Chester County before in 1733
moving with them to the newly formed settlement of Friends in Prince George's County (now
Frederick County), Maryland. There about 1738, he married Margaret Hunt. She was born in
Bucks Co., Pennsylvania about 1721, the oldest child of William and Mary (Woolman) Hunt.

After their marriage, John and Margaret moved across the Potomac to the Hopewell
settlement of Friends in Frederick Co., Virginia. Frederick Co. Deed Book 1, p. 58, shows
that on March 1, 1743, John purchased 165 acres of land for six pounds from his
brother-in-law John Mills. He remained on it at least eleven years before on November 5,
1754, selling the same tract on Middle Creek for five shillings to a fellow Friend, Benjamin
Thornburgh. John sold at a considerable loss, but it may be that the rumors of the Indian
war that did begin in 1755 impelled him to wish to move his family farther south and join his
brothers and sisters in North Carolina.

The records of New Garden Monthly Meeting of Friends in Guilford Co., North Carolina, show
that John Beals and his family were received from Hopewell Monthly Meeting, Virginia, 5th
Mo. 27, 1758, on a certificate granted the month before. The same records show, however,
that John was already living in the area earlier in the same year. Once at New Garden,
John, like the rest of the Hunts and Bealses and their kin, became active in Quaker affairs,
serving on committees and attending quarterly and yearly meetings. This did not preclude
an occasional lapse from grace. The New Garden Men's Minutes for 1st Mo. 27, 1759, show
that "John Beals, Sr. having some time ago drunk strong liquor to excess, now signifies his
sorrow therefore in a paper produced to this meeting which is accepted for satisfaction and
Hurr Mills is appointed to read it publicly at the close of a first day meeting at Deep River
and make report to the next meeting."

Margaret (Hunt) Beals also was an active Friend. In 1761 she was recorded a minister. The
records of Center Monthly Meeting show that John Beals died 4th Mo. 17, 1796, in his
eightieth year, and was buried at New Garden. Margaret died the same year, although the
Center records do not preserve the exact date, and was also buried at New Garden. Their
graves are unmarked.

Surviving land records from Rowan Co., North Carolina, of which Guilford was a part until
1771, show that John Beals took up land in the vicinity of what is now Jamestown in 1756.
Later it appears that John and Margaret moved a few miles east to the vicinity of Center
Friends Meetinghouse. The log cabin that John built late in the 1750s was still standing and
being used as a shed as late as the 1940s. A photograph is in the Friends Historical
Collection at Guilford College in Greensboro.

John and Margaret apparently spent their last years in the home of their daughter Hannah
(Beals) Hockett Cloud. John apparently distributed his property among his children before
his death, since he left no will or estate settlement. Just before his death, however, John
Beals had a remarkable experience, a record of which is preserved at Guilford College:

THE "NEAR-DEATH" EXPERIENCE OF JOHN BEALS

John Beals gave this remarkable account to a Friend shortly before his death in 1796 :

Recovering from a fit of sickness, a weak John Beals desired that his family retire for the
evening sooner than was usual. The door to his room suddenly opened and a person,
clothed in white raiment, drew to his bedside and bade him to arise and follow him. They
went out of the room together and ascended up through the air. John was brought to
Heaven by his Guide and was placed before the Great Being who was seated on a bright
throne of glory. The Divine Being looked upon him and asked how he came to be there. He
replied that a person in white raiment had come to him and brought him to this glorious
place. The Divine Being told the Guide to take John and show him the glory of the Saints.
What John saw caused his heart to be overcome with joy and he desired to remain there
forever. He was informed that he must go back again to the world and remain for two and a
half days. If he spent his time in faithfulness, he should return and have his inheritance
among the Saints forever.

John then asked the Guide to take him where he might have a fragrant smell. He was taken
to a place where a door opened and released the most delightful odor he had ever
experienced. He was soon filled with the odor and then was brought back by his Guide to
his chamber and the bed where he lay. The fragrant smell remained in his nostrils for many
days. He recovered very quickly from his sickness and believed that what he had seen
would soon be fulfilled.

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Timeline:
17 2m 1717 - born to John Jr. & Sarah BEALS, birth recorded at New Garden MM, Pennsylvania ®95
1717 - born in Nottingham Twp., Chester Co., PA ®30
1733 - move to Monocacy, Frederick Co., Maryland
1738 - married at Frederick Co., Maryland then move across the Potomoc to Frederick Co. (Opeckon/Hopewell), Virginia ®30
About 1754 - According to Richard S. Boone, Some Quaker Families, John and Margaret settled on a 300-acre tract near Pole Cat Creek in old Center Quaker neighborhood, North Carolina (Rowan Co. 1753/Guilford Co. 1770)
1758 - produced a certificate at New Garden Monthly Meeting (Guilford Co., NC)
from Hopewell, VA ®28
1765 - map of New Garden, Guilford Co., NC area shows this date for John Beals, he is living near Bowater Beals 1767, Thomas Beals 1755,
Thornbroughs(burg), William Baldwin 1756, Thomas Hunt 1753, Eleazor Hunt 1759, Abner Hunt 1759,Thomas 1768 & Caleb Jessop 1772, Mendenhalls, 1773 - member of Center Monthly Meeting ®44
1796 - buried at New Garden, North Carolina ®52
1796 - death recorded at Center MM, Guilford Co., NC ®52

He married Margaret Esther HUNT, daughter of William HUNT I & Mary WOOLMAN, 13 Nov 1738 in Hopewell MM, Frederick Co., Maryland. Born 1721 in Bucks Co., Pennsylvania. Died 11 Apr 1796 in Center MM, Guilford Co., North Carolina. Buried in New Garden FBG, Guilford Co., North Carolina. Religion Quaker Minister.

Timeline:
1716 - born in Hopewell, Virginia ®43
ca 1719 - born Chester Co., PA ®52
1721 - born Bucks Co., Pennsylvania ®42 ®30
1738 - marries John Beals III in Frederick Co., Maryland
25 Apr 1761 - Margaret was recorded a minister at Hopewell Monthly Meeting,
Virginia ®30
11 Apr 1796 - dies in New Garden, Guilford Co., North Carolina ®43 ®42
11 Apr 1796 - dies at Center MM, Guilford Co., NC, buried at New Garden MM
®52

They had the following children:

2 i. John H. BEALS IV
3 ii. Ruth BEALS
4 iii. Hannah BEALS
5 iv. Lydia BEALS
6 v. William BEALS
7 vi. Rachel BEALS.¹


John Beals was born the 17th of 2d mo 1717 (Old Style) in Chester County, PA, the son of John and Sarah (Bowater) Beals. He married about 1738 to Margaret Hunt, almost certainly under the care of Hopewell Monthly Meeting in Frederick County, Virginia. Some secondary sources give a marriage date of 13 May, but this can not be proven using primary sources. Friends meeting records would not have used a "pagan" date of a named month, but would have used a numbered month. In 1758 the records for the Hopewell Meeting burned in a house fire, so there are no contemporary records of their marriage. In 1758 John and Margaret were received at New Garden Friends Meeting from Hopewell, although they had probably moved south earlier. John and his wife's deaths are recorded in the records of Centre Friends Meeting in Guilford County with the notation that they are buried at New Garden. Their graves are unmarked after the manner of early Friends.

Source: this is from the Find a Grave Memorial 101553389.⁴

Margaret Esther Hunt was born in 1719 in Chester County, Pennsylvania.¹ She married John Beals III on 13 November 1738 in Chester County, Pennsylvania.¹ Margaret died on 11 April 1796, in Rowan (now Guilford) County, North Carolina, at age ~77.^2,1 Her body was interred on at in in an unmarked grave, New Garden Monthly Meeting, Guilford County, North Carolina.²

Margaret was born on circa 1721 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.²

William was born on 1690 in England. He married Margaret Woolman. William died on 1781, in Pennsylvania at age ~91.

Margaret was born on 1692. She married William Hunt. Margaret died on 1785, in Pennsylvania at age ~93.

Rachel was born on circa 1745 in North Carolina.¹ She married James Dicks on circa 1768 in Guilford County, North Carolina.^2,3 Rachel died on 22 August 1827, in Guilford County, North Carolina, at age ~82.^4,1 She was buried in Center Friends Burying Grounds, Guilford County, North Carolina.

Rachel BEALS.

Daughter of John BEALS III & Margaret Esther HUNT. Born 1745/1750. Died 22 Feb 1827 ®30 in Center.

Rachel Beals was born in Frederick Co., Virgnia, about 1750. She was married in Guilford County, NC, in 1768 to James Dicks, son of Peter and Elizabeth Dicks. He was born in York Co., Pennsylvania, about 1748, and died in Randolph Co., NC 11th Mo. 16, 1830. Rachel died at Center, 2nd Mo. 22, 1827. She is buried at Center; James at New Salem Methodist Church in Randolph County. ®30 She married James DICKS, son of Peter DICKS & Elizabeth, before 28 May 1768 in Guilford Co., North Carolina ®30. James Dicks was born about 1748 in York Co., Pennsylvania ®30. Died 16 Nov 1830 in Randolph Co., North Carolina ®30. Buried in New Salem Methodist Church, Randolph Co., NC ®30.

They had the following children:

50 i. Peter DICKS
51 ii. William DICKS
52 iii. Elizabeth DICKS
53 iv. Tamar DICKS
54 v. Deborah DICKS
55 vi. Ruth DICKS
56 vii. Rachel DICKS.²
Rachel Beals was born circa 1750 in Frederick County, Virginia.² She and James Dicks were Quakers.³

James was born on 25 December 1747 in Warrington, York County, Pennsylvania.^1,2

James Dicks married Rachel Beals, daughter of John Beals III and Margaret Esther Hunt, circa 1768 in Guilford County, North Carolina.^1,3

James Dicks died on 16 November 1829 in Randolph County, North Carolina, at age 81.^2,1 He was buried in New Salem United Methodist Church Cemetery, Randleman, Randolph County, North Carolina.²

James Dicks and Rachel Beals were Quakers.³

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The Beals Family by Bill Putman says that James Dicks was the son of Nathan Dicks and Deborah Clark.

James Dicks was born the 25th of 12th mo 1747 at Warrington, York Co., PA, a son of Peter and Elizabeth (Vestal) Dicks. He married about 1768 Rachel Beals. Since he and his bride both married out of the unity of Friends, they were disowned at New Garden for their offense. In 1775, they both apologized for their marriage out of unity and returned to the Society of Friends. They then transferred their membership to the Center Friends Meeting. Although this cemetery is now attached to a United Methodist church, the original church here was a Friends meetinghouse, as noted by the Friends' custom of calling months by their numbers rather than by their pagan names, which is noted on some of the older stones. This stone is believed to belong to James Dicks because of the JD initials and the barely legible "1829 Nov" that agrees with the known death date for James Dicks. The stone is also one of utmost simplicity, a characteristic of early Friends tombstones.³

Elizabeth was born on 29 July 1775 in Guilford County, North Carolina.¹ She married Thomas Carson Beard on 31 March 1791 in Center Monthly Meeting, Guilford County, North Carolina.¹ Elizabeth died on 9 September 1816, in Wayne County, Indiana, at age 41.¹ Her body was interred on at in Westside Cemetery, Milton, Wayne County, Indiana.¹

Thomas Carson Beard was born on 14 January 1766 in Londonderry, Ulster, Ireland.¹ He married Elizabeth Dicks on 31 March 1791 in Center Monthly Meeting, Guilford County, North Carolina.¹

Thomas Carson Beard married Malinda Erwin on 16 July 1818 in Wayne County, Indiana.^1,2 Thomas died on 28 July 1830, in Wayne County, Indiana, at age 64.¹ His body was interred on at in Westside Cemetery, Milton, Wayne County, Indiana.¹

Thomas Carson Beard appeared on the census of 1810 in Wayne County, Indiana.¹

His wife, Elizabeth, died on 9 September 1816 in Wayne County, Indiana, at age 41, leaving him a widower.¹

Thomas & Elizabeth (Dicks) Beard

Thomas Carson Beard was the eldest son of John and Martha Beard of Ireland, South Carolina, and Randolph County, North Carolina. He married (1) Elizabeth Dicks, and (2) Malinda Erwin.

Elizabeth Dicks was the daughter of James and Rachel Beals Dicks. On 5/28/1768, James and Rachel Beals Dicks were dismissed at New Garden Monthly Meeting in North Carolina, for marriage out unity. They apparently made their peace with the Quakers as their children, including Elizabeth, are given at Center Monthly Meeting in Guilford County. James Dicks was the son of Peter and Elizabeth Dicks, who are buried at Center Monthly Meeting. Peter died
1/2/1796 in the 76th year of his age and wife Elizabeth died 10/1/1799. Rachel Beals Dicks was the daughter of John and Margaret Hunt Beals. Rachel died 8/22/1827, and is bured at Center Meeting.

Elizabeth Dicks Beard died in Indiana, when her youngest child was about four to five years old. Thomas married again on 7/6/1818 to Malinda Erwin in Wayne County, Indiana. We have no further information on Malinda, but believe there were no children of this marriage, as an 1872 History of Wayne County states Thomas had only eight children.

Janeen Davis Proctor has much information on the descendants of children John, Jane, and Hannah Beard. Marlene Pointer is a descendant of Thomas's daughter Martha and Isaac Newton Miller.

Thomas Beard
born: 1/14/1766 Londonderry, Ireland
died: 7/28/1820 Wayne Co, In
burial: West Side Cemetery, Milton
Elizabeth Dicks
born: 7/29/1775 Guilford Co, NC
died: 9/9/1816 Wayne Co, In
burial: West Side Cemetery, Milton
Married: 3/31/1791 at Center Monthly Meeting, Guilford County, North Carolina (see Guilford Co map for location)
Children:
Sarah Beard, born 11/10/1792, Randolph County, North Carolina
John Beard, born 1/4/1795, Randolph County, North Carolina; married Maria Burris (Burroughs)
Martha Beard, born 11/5/1797, Randolph County, North Carolina; married Isaac Miller
Rachel Beard, born 10/21/1799 Randolph County, North Carolina; married John Frazer
Jane Beard, born 11/6/1801 Randolph County, North Carolina; married Richard Briggs (Breaks)
Hannah Beard, born 12/12/1803, Randolph County, North Carolina; married Peter Groenendike (Groendyke)
Dolly Beard, born 10/4/1806 Randolph County, North Carolina
Mary Beard, born between 12/1808 and 9/1812, Randolph County, North Carolina; married James Antrim (marriage record was as Polly
Beard so we are not exactly sure whether this marriage was for Mary or for Dolly - more below)
Three of the children's birth records are at Center Monthly Meeting, and all (except Mary) are at Springfield Monthly Meeting, Guilford County, North Carolina. Thomas and Elizabeth and children Sarah, Martha, and John received certificates to transfer to Springfield Monthly Meeting on 6/15/ 1799. The meetings are not far apart, but Springfield was probably more convenient for them. Both meetings are just along the Guilford/Randolph County line and Thomas no doubt lived on the Randolph County side of the line as did his father, John Beard, since no land records are found for them in Guilford County.

On 12/3/1808 Thomas Beard was dismissed at Springfield Monthly Meeting with no reason given. When no reason was given it was usually for nonattendance at meeting. Thomas may have already gone to Indiana. We know he had arrived in Indiana before 1810 as he is found there in the 1810 census. The result of his dismissal was that the birthdate of his daughter Mary is not found in the Springfield records. A certificate was issued on 9/3/1812 from Springfield Monthly Meeting to Whitewater Monthly Meeting in Wayne County, Indiana, for Elizabeth and the daughters., No certificate is found for son John, so Thomas may have taken him with him to Indiana.

The Wayne County Indiana History, 1872 contains a sketch about Thomas Beard and also about son Thomas:
"Thomas Beard, a brother of John, Patrick, and Jesse Beard, elsewhere noticed, was born in Randolph Co., N. C., and came to this county in the fall of 1811 [we already know he came earlier than that], and settled on the west side of Whitewater river, about a mile below the mouth of Green's Fork, in what is now Washington township, on a farm now owned by Bezaleel Beeson. He was one of the first few settlers within the present limits of the township, and had a thorough experience of pioneer life. He "cut his way" for his team from where Abington now is, through the wilderness. He had not been long at his new home when the Indian alarms commenced. He received a visit from Judge Martin, Samuel Jobe, and Isaac Dyer, who came to warn him and his neighbors, who had increased to the number of about half a dozen, of their danger, and advised them to leave immediately, or to "fort." Mr. Beard, unwilling to remove his effects, or to leave them exposed, resolved to remain. Four of the six, however, determined to leave. The three men went home, and returned with ten or twelve others, with guns and rifles, to assist in building a fort. The cabin of Mr. Beard was taken into the inclosure, in which three block-houses were built. The three families were crowded into this single cabin. This fort was afterward adopted as one of those in which the government kept small garrisons. This fort was never attacked; but near the fort next below, two young men were shot down, and although but about one hundred yards from the fort, they were scalped before the Indians could be driven off by the pickets. Mr. Beard was a member of the first board of county commissioners elected in the county. They met at Salisbury in February 1817. He resided on his farm where he first settled until his death. He had eight children, the eldest of whom was an only son, John, the subject of the following notes."

Son John Beard probably accompanied his father Thomas Beard to Indiana at a very young age as there is no Quaker record for his transfer with his mother and sisters who followed Thomas to Indiana in 1812. There is a sketch of John Beard in the 1872 Wayne County History that tells us of his career in Indiana. There is also a drawing of John Beard in the Wayne County history. Although the drawing is near the page with the story of John Beard, we have no way of knowing that the drawing is not of his uncle John Beard, who was also in Wayne County at the same time. The sketch follows:

"John Beard, son of Thomas Beard, came with his father from North Carolina, where he was born Jan 4, 1795. In the spring of 1816, three months after he attained his majority, he cast his first ballot for delegates to the convention that framed the first constitution of the state. He was a few years after, though young, elected a justice of the peace. There being little litigation, his official business was chiefly the posting of stray horses, and in the absence of the minister, marrying some of the young people, with whom, being himself young, he was rather a favorite. For this service, no charge was ever made nor fee received. There having been for several years an unusual amount of sickness, from which his family had greatly suffered, and hoping to find a more healthful locality, he followed some of his friends to Montgomery county [Indiana], and settled, in the fall of 1823, near Crawfordsville [Indiana], a new town just laid out, where he still resides. In 1827, he was elected a representative from that county in the [Indiana] legislature, and, with a single exception, was continued in one or the other branch, for fifteen consecutive years, most of the time in the senate. Of all the members with whom he served the first term, but one besides himself is now living; and he is a citizen of Wayne county - John Jones, of Center township. He attained a high reputation as a legislator. Bills for the abolition of imprisonment for debt; liberal exemptions of property from liability to execution; investing the governor with power to commute capital punishment for imprisonment for life, and the very effective service in the passage of the bill for the construction of the Wabash and Erie Canal. The most formidable opposition to this measure came from James Rariden, a representative from Wayne County; the other two members, Wm. Elliott and John Finley, being friendly to the measure. In 1833, Mr. B. Being then in the senate, a bill to incorporate a state bank had passed the house, and was sent to the senate. The great loss sustained by the general government from the old State Bank at Vincennes with her branches, induced Mr. Beard and other senators to opposit it; and it was defeated by a single vote. But believing that the people were determined on having a bank, he offered a resolution, which was passed, providing for the report, at the next session, of a plan designed more effectually to secure the public against loss. The measure was a complete success. The advantages to the people of this state of that institution are well remembered by the oldest citizens of the state. In 1841, Mr. Beard was appointed by President [William Henry] Harrison to the office of Receiver of Public Moneys at the land-office at Crawfordsville, in consequence of which, he resigned his office of senator two years before the expiration of the term. He held the office until after the accession of Mr. [Martin] Van Buren to the presidency; and in 1846 he was returned to the senate. The remainder of his legislative career was no less successful than the former part had been. Several measures of great public importance adopted during his last term in the senate, were largely indebted for their success to the influence which he had acquired in that body. Although Mr. Beard many years ago ceased to be a resident of the [Wayne] county, he is remembered and esteemed by many of its old citizens-some of them his associates in the legislature. This fact, together with that of his having been one of the earliest settlers of the [Wayne] county, for which he still entertains a warm regard, seems to justify a compliance with the expressed wishes of his old friends that his name be given a conspicuous place in our county's history."

John Beard married Maria Burris on 3/4/1816 in Wayne County. Other records of her are found as "Burroughs." Jan Proctor tells us she was daughter of Thomas Burroughs, born 7/16/1797 in Virginia. As mentioned in the sketch above, John and Maria sought a more healthful climate in Montgomery County, Indiana, in 1823. They apparently lived out their lives there as both John (d. 9/29/1874) and Maria (d. 1/28/1882) are buried in the Masonic Cemetery in Crawfordsville, Indiana. Jan gave us information from John's will listing daughters: Elizabeth D. Tiffany, Martha Jane Terhune of Iowa, Whillie B. Engle, Mary Graham, Letty Evans (dec), Hannah Allen (dec), and son Thomas J. Beard.

We have no further information on daughter Sarah Beard after the 1799 transfer to Springfield Meeting in Guilford County. She is not with the family when they transferred to Indiana in 1812. One researcher gives her as married to Robert Payne, December 16, 1811, in Sumner County, Tennessee. The date is plausible, but the location is not. It is hardly credible that a young Quaker girl traveled half across the State of Tennessee by herself to marry a non-Quaker. We would be interested in hearing more of this marriage; perhaps the place is incorrectly given, as there were Paynes owning land in Guilford County, North Carolina. Another gives her as marrying Robert Willett in Wayne County, Indiana, but that is confusing her with Sarah Beard, daughter of John and Mary Wright Beard, and we know that Sarah, daughter of Thomas, did not go to Indiana.

Daughter Martha Beard married Isaac Newton Miller on 10/28/1815 in Wayne County, Indiana. At present we do not have more information on this family. Marlene Pointer (email above) is descended from this family through their daughter Mary who married William Moore, then their son Isaac Miller Moore who married Louisa Jane Rodgers.

Daughter Rachel Beard married John Frazer on 4/2/1818 in Wayne County, Indiana. At present we have no further information on this family. There were a number of Fraziers in the Guilford County area in North Carolina, but the name John was too common among them to identify which one this might be.

Daugher Jane Beard married Richard Briggs on 8/25/1819 in Wayne County. They too went to Montgomery County, Indiana. Jan Proctor tells us the name is carried as Breaks in the Crawfordville, Indiana, records. There is no doubt it is the correct family as Richard and Jane Beard Breaks named a son John Beard Breaks. He was born December 14, 1832. Jane Beard Breaks died 2/16/1835 in Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, perhaps in childbirth. Richard married twice more and had a number of additional children. Jan (email at top of page) has information to share on this family.

Daughter Hannah Beard married Peter Groenendike on 6/28/1821, in Wayne County, Indiana. Jan Proctor tells us the marriage was performed by the Reverend John Beard (probably brother). The records of the family are as Peter and Hannah Groendyke, and they too lived in Montgomery County, Indiana. Jan has information on their children.

Peter and Hannah Groendike had a daughter Caroline Jane Groendyke who married John Beard Breaks in Montgomery County, son of Richard and Jane Beard Breaks above, her first cousin. Hannah and Peter also had sons John Beard Groendyke and Thomas Beard Groendyke, firmly establishing the connection to the Thomas Beard family of Wayne County, Indiana.

There is a record of a marriage of James Antrim, 8/2/1827, in Wayne County, Indiana, to Polly Beard. This presents a slight problem for us as Polly was a common nickname for Mary, as well as for Dolly. We know that Thomas and Elizabeth Dicks Beard had two daughters, one Dolly and one Mary, as they are listed separately on their Quaker transfer certificate to Indiana. We are therefore not sure which one that James Antrim married. That he did marry one of the daughters of Thomas Beard is suggested by the fact that he was one of the administrators of Thomas Beard's estate when Thomas Beard died intestate in Wayne County, Indiana, in 1820.

*Updates
7/6/2001 Created the page.

John was born on circa 1745 in Ireland.¹ He married Martha??? circa 1767 in Ireland.¹

John Beard died on 9 September 1809 in Randolph County, North Carolina, at age ~64.¹

John & Martha Beard Page

John Beard came from Ireland with his wife Martha and two oldest sons in the year 1770 on the ship Lord Dunluce, and landed the 18th day of the eighth month 1770 in Charlestown Province of South Carolina. By 1785 they are found on the
Randolph County, North Carolina, tax list. The name is sometimes given as Baird.

*Care should be taken in researching Beards in this area of North Carolina. There was a John Lewis Beard in Rowan County as early as 1759 and several other Beard families arrived from Nantucket over the years.

John Beard
born about 1745 in Ireland
died 9/9/1809 Randolph Co, NC
John Beard's Will
Martha Beard
born probably Ireland
died 6/19/1816

Married: probably about 1767 in Ireland.

Children:
Thomas Carson Beard born 1/14/1768, Ireland; married Elizabeth Dicks
Patrick Beard born 12/29/1769, Ireland; married Hannah Woodward(?)
Jane Beard born 2/22/1772 probably South Carolina; married (1)James Millikan(?) (2) Samuel Frazier
Eseble & Martha Beard, died when young
Sarah Beard born 7/2/1778 probably South Carolina; married Joshua Holaday
John Beard born 8/2/1780, Randolph County, NC; married Mary Wright
Isaac Beard born 1/28/1783 died 5/16/1799, Randolph Co, NC
Jesse Beard born 6/29/1787, Randolph County, NC; married Hannah White (out of unity)
William Beard born 4/7/1792, Randolph County, NC; married Sally Mullinex (out of unity)


John Beard owned a Bible printed and published by Matthew Cary in Philadelphia on April 23, 1806, and his family record is found therein. We mention the publication date of the Bible as it means records were entered from memory and not as they occurred. There is a further notation in the Bible "this book belongs to Matthew Symons Junior bought of William Beard in the 11th month 1813." And below that is written "this book belongs to John W. Beard, son of I. N. Beard and Great Grandson of John Beard the first owner who left Londery (sic) Ireland for America A. D. 1770." The Bible contains the death records of John & Martha Beard and the birth and death records of their children, and of Isaac Noble Beard & Mathilda Swope Beard. Isaac Noble Beard was the son of the John Beard listed among the children above. This information is found in an LDS Film #0850415, Family Bible Records of Johnson County, Indiana by Bess Sellers Johnson (Franklin, Indiana: 1930). In it she credits William Utterback, a Beard genealogist, Robert Beard, owner of the Bible, et al. In the text it is difficult to sort out what might actually be inscribed in the Bible and what may have been added by others. Because of the publication date of the Bible, we know John & Martha obtained it near the end of their lives. The information on their children, however, agrees very well with Quaker records.

Only the marriages of children Thomas and Sarah are found in the Quaker records. Thomas married Elizabeth Dicks, daughter of James & Rachel Beals Dicks, 3/31/1791 at Center Monthly Meeting in Guilford County, North Carolina. * See Thomas and Elizabeth Beard page for more information.

Sarah Beard married Joshua Holaday, son of Samuel & Lydia Hadley Holaday, 10/16/1799, at Springfield Monthly Meeting. Sarah & Joshua had twelve children. Sarah was dismissed 11/25/1826 at Spring Monthly Meeting, probably because she left her husband. Descendants claim she left him and that he married again.

There is a record of a Jane Beard marrying James Millikan 9/18/1792 in Green County, Tennessee. We do know that brother, Patrick Beard, was at one time in Green County so this may be our Jane. She is named as Jane Frazier,
however, in John Beard's will, so we are not sure of the first Millikan marriage. Beard was a relatively common name, both in North Carolina and Tennessee.

There is no record of Patrick Beard's marriage, either in Quaker records or civil records. There is no notation in the Quaker records of his being married out of unity, so it was likely a proper Quaker marriage. Until proof is found, we can only assume his wife was Hannah Woodward, although there are clues (see Patrick's page.)

John Beard was one of the earliest settlers in Wayne County, Indiana, and according to cemetery records on the Economy, Indiana, Web Site, his tombstone states he came to Indiana in 1806. He married Mary Wright in Randolph County, North Carolina, and was dismissed from Springfield MM on 5/3/1806 for his marriage out of unity. Their marriage may have taken place as early as 1803. John & Mary must have made their peace with the Quakers as their move to Indiana was formalized by a certificate to West Branch Monthly Meeting in Ohio on 3/5/1808. There were at that time no meetings in Indiana to receive the certificate. John & Mary were parents of Isaac Noble Beard whose descendants are chronicled in the Beard Bible. John & Mary also had a daughter Jane who died on 1/3/1808, age 2yrs 4mo 26dy. She was the first burial in Elkhorn Cemetery located south of Richmond in Wayne County, Indiana. Elkhorn Cemetery is the oldest organized cemetery in the county. (Yount, Tombstone Inscriptions) Additional children of John and Mary were Mary W. Beard who married Jacob Sinks 12/22/1836 in Wayne County; and Melinda K. Beard who married Henry C. Justice 3/22/1844 in Wayne
County. John died 2/13/1859 and Mary died 10/16/1860 in Jackson Township, Wayne County, Indiana. We will be adding a page for John and Mary. There are portraits of John and Mary in the History of Wayne County, Indiana, 1872.

Jesse Beard's life has been documented by descendant Olive Grubb DeVore. Ernest Grubb has her information (see contact below). Jesse went to Wayne County, Indiana, with brothers John, Thomas, and Patrick, but he then moved farther west to Shelby and Johnson Counties, Indiana. He and Hannah had 15 children including three sets of twins. (See Jesse's page.)

There are two William Beards at the same time and place and both were Quakers. One married Rachel Pierson on 9/15/1808. He was son of George and Mary Beard (not related to this family). William and Rachel and family were granted a certificate to Whitewater Monthly Meeting in Indiana on 8/6/1814. Our William would have been only 16 years old at the time. Our William Beard married Sally Mullinex on April 21, 1811, and was dismissed on 9/7/1811 from Springfield Monthly Meeting for this marriage out of unity. William & Sally also went to Indiana, but to Rush County.

John Beard, Sr. owned a one third interest in five male slaves and their offspring in 1809 when he wrote his will. He had been willed the slaves jointly with William Bell and Samuel Millikan by Thomas Lytle (will). Thomas Lytle had included the two Quakers in the ownership as it was his wish that the slaves be set free. John Beard set his interest free in his own will, and since it was not legal to free slaves in North Carolina at that time, he directed the Humane Society of Pennsylvania to see that his wishes were carried out. Unfortunately, he was not able to save the offspring of the slaves from the slave traders. We do not know what happened to the five male slave parents and, so far, have been unable to find information on the Humane Society of Pennsylvania. *We have a clue that it might have been the Humane Society of Philadelphia and are following up on that.

Beard Contacts:
Marlene Pointer, descendant of Thomas Carson Beard
Ernie Grubb, descendant of Jesse Beard
Carol Vidales descendant of Jesse Beard
Barbara Frisby, descendant of Woodward Beard, son of Patrick
Clorita Sloan Kenny, descendant of John Beard, Jr.
Billy H. Denney, descendant of William Beard
Jill Martin and Nadine Holder are also researching the Beard family for a book pending on New Boston & Eliza Townships in Mercer County, Illinois
(See Web Site on New Boston & Eliza Townships in Mercer County.)¹

Martha was born on in Ireland.¹ She married John Beard on circa 1767 in Ireland.¹

Martha??? died on 19 June 1816.¹