William Thomas Beals
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Biography - William Thomas Beales
According to "Ancestry of Allen Grinnell Cleaver and Martha Irene Jessup" compiled by William Jessup Cleaver and published by Gateway Press in 1989: " William Thomas Beals was a soldier in Cromwell's horse guard and was rewarded with land in Ireland. It was here he converted to Quakerism before he emigrated to Pennsylvania where it has been said he died though no record of his death has been found. From research by Bill Putman we find the following statement: "i am not certain if William came to America or not, but several other Beals histories indicate he came to America and died in PA. A great many Quakers from Yorkshire, England came to settle in Fenwick's Colony in what is now Gloucester Co., NJ just across the Delaware from Philadelphia."
Pennsylvania Irish quaker Immigrants, 1682-1750
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"The Meeting land, consisting of a rectangular tract of five acres, called "Zion," was conveyed to trustees of the Meeting by William Beals, by deed of 12 Mo. 9, 1766, and was part of 50 acres granted to Beals by the Proprietors' 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 good state of preservation, but regular meetings have long ceased to
William Thomas Beals b: June 21, 1625, Chichester, Sussex, England; d: 1654, Pennsylvania; son of William and Mayre (Kernan) Beals; m: Sarah Edge b: July 16, 1637, Little Barrow, Barrow, Cheshire, England; d: April 26, 1692, Chester Creek, Chester Co., Pennsylvania; dau of George and Jane Edge
John Beals
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b: May 27, 1650, Chichester, Sussex, England; d: December 17, 1726, Nottingham, Chester Co., Pennsylvania; m: Mary Jane Clayton October 2, 1682, Chester Co., Pennsylvania; b: October 29, 1665, Rumbaldsweek, Sussex, England; d: December 25, 1725, Nottingham, Chester Co., Pennsylvania; dau of Willliam and Prudence (Lankford) Clayton (more on the Beals Family)
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Thomas Beals
Birth: Jun. 21, 1625, England
Death: 1654
Pennsylvania, USA
Son of Robert Bealles and Mayre Kernan
Family links:
Spouse:
Sarah Edge Beals (1637 - 1692)*
Children:
John Jacob Beals (1650 - 1726)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Huntington Quaker Meeting House Cemetery
York Springs
Adams County
Pennsylvania, USA
Sarah Edge Beals
Birth: Jul., 1637, England
Death: Apr. 26, 1692
Daughter of George and Jane Edge.
Family links:
Spouse:
Thomas Beals (1625 - 1654)
Children:
John Jacob Beals (1650 - 1726)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Huntington Quaker Meeting House Cemetery
York Springs
Adams County
Pennsylvania, USA
Chester County, Pennsylvania Wills, 1713-1825 about John Beals
Name: John Beals
Description: Decedent
Residence: Nottingham
Date: 11 Aug 1726
Prove Date: 17 Dec 1726
Book/Page: A:206
Remarks: John Beals of Nottingham. 8/11/1726. December 17, 1726. A. 206. To eldest son John, bed and furniture and £5, he paying to his 5 children, viz Sarah, John, Thomas, Ann, and Phebe, 10 shillings when of age. To daughter Mary Harrold 8, she paying to each of heir children, viz Elizabeth, Rachel, Jonathan and Richard 10 shillings when of age. To son Jacob £12, he paying to each of his four children, viz John, Jacob, Mary and William 10 shillings when of age. 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. To kinswoman Mary Davis of Philadelphia 20 shillings. Executors: sons John and Jacob. Witnesses: James McMullin, Wm. House.