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Martha (Paca) Beaven (1654 - bef. 1688)

Martha Beaven formerly Paca
Born in Anne Arundel County, Province of Marylandmap
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married about 1670 in Anne Arundel County, Marylandmap
Wife of — married about 1672 in Marylandmap
Descendants descendants
Died before before age 34 in Calvert County, Province of Marylandmap
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Biography

1654 Birth and Parents

Martha Paca's parents are unproved. She sometimes appears as a daughter of Robert Paca and his wife Mary Parker, widow of John Hall. However, she is not mentioned in the will of Robert Paca (Robert Peaker) of Anne Arundel County, written 26th April, 1681 which confers thehome plantation (345 acres) on son Aquila, and names wife Mary as executrix. [1]

Martha is also not named as a child of Mary Parker in the St. George's Parish Records record of Mary's death, which does name both John Hall from Maryh's first marriage, and Aquila Paca from her second. [2]

Martha's relationship with Robert Paca is inferred from property transfers between Robert Paca and Martha's husbands:

  • When Martha married Lionell Paully, Paully received a portion of the property named Dann from Robert Paca. [3]

Birth Year Estimation

Based on a likely marriage to Lionel Paully in 1670, when she would not have been younger than 16, estimate Martha Paca's birth year as 1654. Such estimates are highly speculative and useful primarily for placing a person in the right time and place.

1670 First Marriage to Lionel Paully

Circumstantial evidence points to a marriage beween Martha Paca and Lionel Paully in about 1670. In that year Lionel Paully acquired a portion of the property called Dann from Robert Paca. [3]

Lionell Paully appears to have arrived in Maryland about 1669, and he died in 1671, making 1670 the likeliest year for a marriage. There is no evidence there were any children from Martha's marriage to Lionell.

On 14 Dec 1670, Charles Beaven sold his 50 acres in Anne Arundel County to Captain Lionell Pauley of Anne Arundel County. Pauley had been in Anne Arundel County since 1669 and in 1670 Pauley received 50 acres of land for immigrating. Pauley added his 50 acres to Beaven's and on 10 July 1671 he had it patented as Soldier's Delight (Cert #258-A). Captain Pauley acquired additional land in Anne Arundel County. Some of his acreage included 80 acres which went under the name of Bush Bay [3]

When Lionel Paully of Anne Arundel County made his will (18th Mar., 1670/71; 20th May, 1671.) his "loving friend" Charles Beaven was his executor. [3]

  • Lionel Paully, Anne Arundel County (18th Mar., 1670/71; 20th May, 1671.)
  • To Nathan Smith and hrs., Bersheba."
  • Wm. Anderson, 100 A. (William Anderson was a servant of Paully's; he was to live with the executor for a year until the crops were harvested, and then was to be given his freedom and 100 acres.) [3]
  • Grace Deaver, personalty. She was the wife of Richard Deavers. [3]
  • Charles Beanon, ex. and residuary legatee of estate, real and personal.
  • Test: Sam'l Lane, Richard Deaver. 1.435. [4] Note that there is no reference to Martha or any wife in the will of Lionel (Lyonell) Paully (Pawley).

On 10/2/1671 the Paully estate was valued at 6639 pounds of tobacco. (Test Pro 5:110). Martha, Captain Paully's widow, was not named in the will or any of the administrative accounts. [3]

1672 Second Marriage to Charles Beaven

By 10 June 1673 Charles Beaven was married to Martha, who waived dower when Charles Beaven of Anne Arundel County sold to Nathan Smith 400 acres on the west side of the Chesapeake Bay between Lyons Creek and Herring Creek. (Deed JH#1:280). [3] Part of this acreage included Beans and Bacon a part of Dann which traces back to Robert Paca.

Robert Paca had given Pauley 80 acres of “Dann” when he [Pauley] married his daughter Martha and when Charles married her Paca gave him acreage of “Dann.” [5]

On 10 June 1673 Charles Beaven sold to Nathan Smith 490 acres of land on the west side of the Chesapeake Bay between Lyons Creek and Herring Creek. Part of this acreage included Beans and Bacon” a part of Dann which Charles had received from Robert Paca “in his own right.” A thirty year mortgage was drawn up with the stipulation that the land was to become Nathan Smith's or his heirs on 11 October 1703. (Nathan Smith was named in Lionell Pauley's will.) This deed also stipulated that Charles Beaven was the lawful heir and executor of Lionel Paully. [3]

1673 Martha, wife of Charles, confirms transfer of Lionel property

A Restoration Deed (replacing one that burned) reads " ...

  • in the years of our Lord God One thousand six hundred seventy three between Charles Beaven of Ann Arundel county and Martha his Wife of the one party...that the above sd Charles Beaven lawful heir and Executor of lyonell pauley as will appear upon record...
  • In wittnefs Whereof the said Charles Beaven and Martha his wife have hereunto sett their hands and Seales the day and year above written."

It is clear from these excerpts from that deed that Pauley's wife, Martha did not inherit from her husband and that after the death of Pauley she married Charles Beaven, Pauley's heir. [6]

1688 Death of Martha

"Martha, the first wife of Charles Beaven and the mother of all his children, died by 8 December 1688. [7]

Children

Charles Beaven's second wife Mary appears in 1688 and Charles' children were born prior to that year. Using the best estimates of their children's births, this would be Charles Beaven's family at the death of Martha, and leads to the conclusion that it was Martha who was the mother of all Charles' children.

  1. Richard, age 11, born, say 1676
  2. Sarah, age 9, born, say, 1678
  3. Margaret, age 7, born, say, 1680
  4. Elizabeth, age 5, born, say, 1682
  5. Katherine, age 3, born, say, 1684
  6. Charles, age 1, born, say, 1686

Thus, Charles Beaven and his wife Martha Paca had the following children:

  1. Richard Beaven, b. Calvert Co, MD abt 1676 m. Mary Blandford
  2. Sarah, b. Calvert Co, MD abt 1678. Prince George County, Maryland; Marriage: aft 20 Jun 1698 Thomas Blandford, Prince George County, Maryland; Death: aft 1749
  3. Margaret, birth: Calvert Co abt 1680, d. PGC Apr 28, 1712.
  4. Elizabeth, Birth: Calvert Co abt 1682, m. John Boone. One of three youngest children -- Charles, Elizabeth and Kathrine -- termed "orphans" in the August 1703 session of the Prince George's County Court. [8]
  5. Katherine: Birth: Calvert co abt 1684 , m. Henry Culver. One of three youngest children -- Charles, Elizabeth and Kathrine -- termed "orphans" in the August 1703 session of the Prince George's County Court.[8]
  6. Charles b. Calvert Co 1686. One of three youngest children -- Charles, Elizabeth and Kathrine -- termed "orphans" in the August 1703 session of the Prince George's County Court.[8]

Research Notes

Did Mary Parker Hall Paca have a daughter Martha Paca?

Property transfer evidence suggests that Martha (Paca) Beaven was treated by Robert Paca as one would treat a daughter. Martha is born at a time and place where she could have been a daughter of Mary Parker and either her first husband John Hall or her second husband Robert Paca.

However, Martha does not appear in any of the accounts of Robert Paca's children. Therefore she has been disconnected as a child; if evidence of the relationship is found, the connection can easily be restored.

Sources

  1. Jane Baldwin, Maryland Calendar of Wills, Page 99 Accessed November 5, 2015
  2. St. George's Parish Register, image 1033, page 191. St. George's Parish was in the portion of Baltimore County which later became Harford County, Maryland. Entry for death of Mary Paca See attached image. Accessed 14 May 2022
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 Sis Donnelly "Charles Beaven, The Immigrant", excerpt from Beaven-Blandford-Clarkson-Mitchell Families of Maryland, Kentucky
  4. Norma Lundgren, Beaven Family Genforum August 10, 2001
  5. Research of Ray Ortensie
  6. FHL film #13208 (Anne Arrundel Co Md Deeds 1653-1705. Also Will Book 1 pp 435-436. Cited by Helen Rutledge, Beaven Family Genforum, January 16, 2003 http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/beaven/133/
  7. Mary Louise Donnelly's "Beaven-Blanford-Clarkson-Mitchell, and Alllied Families of Maryland, Kentucky, U.S.A" Ennis, TX: Mary Louise Donnelly, 1997, page 2.
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 Dorothy H. Smith, compiler. Orphans and Infants of Prince Georges County Maryland, 1696-1750. Extractions from the County Court Proceedings, August 1703 Session, Liber B, Folios 250,251. FamilySearch (Book; p 8, Image 13) Annapolis, Maryland (1976).




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I am currently doing a major review and re-edit of this profile to (1) add new material from reliable sources and (2) remove unsupported and first person statements. This is the profile for Martha Paca, not for Charles Beaven, and it should include material about Beaven only to the extent it relates to Martha Paca. Other discussion of Charles Beaven, and discussion of other actual or possible wives of Charles Beaven, needs to be on Beaven's own profile.

Several paragraphs of material related to Charles Beaven or his other wife have been retained but hidden. The next time Charles Beaven's profile is reviewed, this material can be reviwed to see if it adds anything to Charles Beaven's profile. Note, however, that there is much erroneous material in circulation regarding Charles Beaven's marriages.

posted by Jack Day
edited by Jack Day
Mary Parker-Paca's Obituary does not name a daughter, so I believe we should unlink this Martha as a daughter and mention her as a Stepdaughter. and leave Martha's mother open until there is a source found.

"Martha, b. 1656. Note -- this birth date would have occurred prior to Robert Paca's marriage to Mary Parker in about 1661. Was Martha actually her mother's daughter by a previous marriage, but brought up as Martha Paca?"

posted by Carole Taylor
I had to do some digging to see what you meant by "obituary" since I generally see that used in reference to a more modern newspaper entry prepared by the family and funeral home. In this case, you're referring to an entry in the St. George's Parish records, which is a good source, and I'm glad you found it. But you'll find me referring to it as St. George's Parish records!

As for Martha Paca herself, the first task will be to better tie her down as a daughter of Robert Paca, and show how a birth year estimate for her is best calculated -- this hasn't been done yet. Then we'll have a better idea of what to do about her mother. If she is indeed born 1656, but brought up in Robert Paca's household, then it may be that she actually is the daughter of Mary Parker Hall Paca -- but from her earlier marriage with John Hall. But this is all speculation until we can find ways of tying it down!

Links are the last thing I change when doing a re-edit, because links have to be derived from the facts in the narrative.

I have not found any material other than the property transfers linking Martha Paca with Robert as her father, so she has been disconnected.

posted by Jack Day
edited by Jack Day

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