Thomas William Beale (abt. 1665 - abt. 1714)

Born about 1665 in Hankerton, Wiltshire, England [uncertain]

Husband of Catherine Manning (Cope) Beale — married 1700 in Wiltshire, England

Descendants

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Biography

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Name

Name: Thomas /Beale/^[1][2][3][4]

Birth

Birth:

Date: ABT AUG 1673

Place: Hankerton, Wiltshire, England^[5]

Baptism

Baptism:

Date: 23 AUG 1673

Place: Hankerton, Wiltshire, England^[6]

Note

Note: #N15544

Marriage

Husband: Thomas Beale

Wife: Catherine Cope

Child: Hester Beale

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Edith Beale

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Mary Beale

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: William Beale

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Susannah Beale

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage: ^[7]

Husband: William Beale

Wife: Edith [--?--] Beale

Child: Thomas Beale

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage: ^[8]

Sources

• WikiTree profile Beale-187 created through the import of WORCESTER_2012-07-31.ged on Jul 31, 2012 by Bob Worcester. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Bob and others.

• Source: S660 Author: Hitchens, Mary Beale Title: Here Comes Tomorrow, More Descendants of William Beale (1709 - 1800) Publication: Name: Abell Press; Location: Brooklyn; Date: 1957; Repository: #R10
• Repository: R10 Name: Allen County Library Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
• Source: S765 Author: Ancestry.com Title: England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2008; Repository: #R3 NOTEGenealogical Society of Utah, British Isles Vital Records Index, 2nd Edition, Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, copyright 2002
• Repository: R3 Name: www.ancestry.com Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
• Source: S893 Author: Garner, Winfield Scott Title: Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Chester County, Pennsylvania Publication: Name: Gresham Publishing Company; Location: Philadelphia; Date: 1893;

Notes

Note N15544Snapshot of Beale Ancestors

At the date of this writing (August, 1995) our Beale ancestors appear to go back to 1677 in Calne, Wiltshire, England when Thomas Beale was born. Calne is in the southwest part of England near the Avon River and Bath, England. Calne is 30 or 40 miles east of Wales. Thomas Beale married Katherine Cope.

Some of the Copes came to the new world and settled in and around Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Copes descend from Oliver Cope (born 1647) who emigrated from Wiltshire, England to Pennsylvania about 1687. The exact relationship of Katherine Cope to Oliver Cope has not been determined as of August 1, 1995. The Cope family can be traced for nine (9) generations in England prior to the immigration of Oliver Cope (died 1697 in Naaman's Creek, Delaware). The earliest Cope traced is John, of Denshanger, county North-Hants, sheriff and Member of Parliament. John died in 1417. There are a number of books written on the Copes; however, research on the Cope ancestors is outside the scope of this summary.

Among the children of Thomas & Katherine Cope Beale was son, William born in 1709 and died January 30, 1803. In 1728 William Beale came to the new world to what is now West Whiteland Township, Chester County near Philadelphia. William later married Mary Jenken. William & Mary Jenkin Beale had eight (8) children: sons Thomas, John, David, William Jr., Joshua and daughters Susanna, Mary and Edith. William was a minister in the Society of Friends. His oldest son Thomas Beale (born August 6, 1737) represented Cumberland County in the General Assembly from 1786 to 1789. Thomas opposed the calling of the Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention of 1789-90 however he was chosen as a member representing Mifflin County. Thomas is one of sixty-three signers of the second Pennsylvania Constitution. His son William Beale was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1799 to 1806 and State Senator from Mifflin and Huntingdon district 1812 to 1816.

Among the recorded marriages in Pennsylvania are in 1759 Capt. Thomas Beale, Cumberland to Sarah Todhunter. This was William & Mary Jenkin Beale's oldest son. In Mifflintown at the Presbyterian Congregation Church on December 17, 1811 Col. William Beale married Mrs. Mary Lindsey, on October 21, 1845 Wm. L Beale to Ann I. Ewing (both of Tuscarora township), on Oct. 26, 1847 Samuel Buck married Mary Jane Beale (both of Beale township) and on Jan. 21, 1851 James Beale to Sara J. Middagh.

About 1763 Thomas and his brother David Beale, two of the sons of Mary & William settled in the Tuscarora Valley in Cumberland County near what is now Honey Grove, Juniata County, Pennsylvania. Other related Beales and offspring settled in the area. For example from the 1790 census and tax rolls there were 28 persons in four Beale households in two townships in what is now Juniata County. In 1789 Mifflin County was formed from Cumberland and Northumberland Counties. In the early 1800's Honey Grove was named Bealetown in Mifflin County. In 1830 Mifflin County was split to Mifflin and the new county, Juniata County. In 1814 David Beale built a stone house in Bealetown for his wife Rachel and family. Inscribed into the stone above the front door was D & RB for David & Rachel Beale. Today, 1995, the house is still occupied and the inscription is still visible above the front door (in Honey Grove).

The 1790, 1800, 1810, 1830 & 1850 U.S. Census Indexes for Mifflin and Juniata Counties clearly show numerous Beales around Bealetown (Honey Grove), Mifflin and Mifflintown. In 1791 there was an early pig iron forge on Licking Creek two miles west of Mifflintown built by Thomas Beale and William Sterrett.

John Beale (born 1740) married Tamar Burgoyne in 1764 and their oldest son was named Abner Beale, born about 1764. It is thought that the name Abner came after a kindly neighbor of John & Tamar Beale. Son Abner Beale married Ann Sharer. Abner was taxed for 100 acres in Juniata County on March 24, 1789 Among Abner Beale's children was son George Beale. George Beale and his family left Juniata County and went west. This George Beale is believed to be the father of the Abner Beale born about 1806. The convention of naming a son after a grandfather appears to have continued with Abner (born 1806) naming his first born son George Washington Beale (born 1844). Further investigation is needed to better establish the ancestral relationship but at this time (8/3/95) the previous appears to be the most likely genealogy. The problem in definitely determining the younger Abner Beale s parents is complicated by two factors. First, all of William Beale's children had large families and by 1800 to 1830 there were a very large number of Beale descendants. Secondly, most of the accurate family records come from residents of the area who have family and church records of their ancestors. The younger Abner and his thought to be father George Beale left Pennsylvania and went "west". Therefore they lost contact and left few records or descendants in Pennsylvania. In any event it is almost certain that the younger Abner Beale is a direct descendent of William Beale and almost certainly William's son John. The early Beales in Mifflin County (before 1800 or so) lived very well however their large families caused most to eventually leave in order to survive.

John Beale (born 1740) son of William and Mary Jenkin Beale was married to a Tamar Burgoyne who was related to General Burgoyne of the British Army. On October 17, 1777 General Burgoyne surrendered his entire army after suffering several successive defeats. This American victory was the turning point of the Revolution. It is counted among the decisive battles of the world. John Beale and Tamar Burgoyne's seventh child (Joseph, born 1774) was two years old when John Beale delivered a wagon load of produce to Washington's Army during the Revolutionary War. John decided to enlist. He enlisted and his commanding officer was Captain James McDowell with a command in Chester County. Shortly after enlisting John Beale died of typhus in 1777. An interesting side light to his life was when his son Joseph became a young man years later he called upon his father's old commanding officer, Captain James McDowell. At that time he also met Captain McDowell's daughter, Margaret and they were married in 1810. Abner Beale the oldest child of John and Tamar Beale is the grandfather of our George Washington Beale (1844 to 1917). George Washington Beale is therefore a descendent of the Revolutionary War veteran, John Beale and the British General Burgoyne as well as a related by marriage to Captain McDowell.

Sometime around 1836 Abner Beale removed to Ohio. In "Early Ohio Settlers; Purchasers of Land in Southeastern Ohio, 1800-1840", Abner Beale is shown as purchaser of land in Belmont County, Ohio on May 26, 1836. Belmont County is just to the west of West Virginia and a short distance from Pennsylvania. Record was recorded in the Marietta Land Office in Marietta, Washington County, Ohio. Abner appears in the 1840 Belmont County, Ohio census as between 30 and 40 years of age with only a female 20 to 30 years of age in household.

Abner apparently married around 1839 to 1840 since his first born child (Hannah Jane) was born October 30, 1842 in Ohio. His wife's maiden name is unknown, her first name was Nancy. She was apparently born in Ohio per U.S. Census data. Next was a son, George Washington Beale born January 13, 1844 in Ohio followed by son John born December 5, 1846. Wife, Nancy died April 7, 1847 and young son John died on July 13, 1848. By 1850 Abner Beale had relocated with his two young children to Jefferson County. Iowa. Abner Beale is in the 1850 Iowa Census, Jefferson County age 44 with daughter Hannah (8 years) and son George (5 years). Son George W.'s death certificate confirms Ohio as his birthplace.

Son William Henry was born in April 13, 1852 and is son of second wife. William Henry's death certificate shows Van Burean County, Iowa as his birthplace. Van Burean County is immediately south of Jefferson County and both counties are only about 50 miles from Putnam County, Missouri. George W. and Hannah are shown in the 1850 Census as both born in Ohio. Marriage records in Tennessee for 1851 show an Abner Beale married a Miss Hammer or Grammer. That marriage record was apparently a Quaker marriage so either his second wife and possibly Abner were Quakers. Estate records of William Henry Beale indicate his mother was Jane Grammer or Hammer. William Henry Beal's death certificate #13583 from State of Missouri has his mother as Jane Grammer, born in Lawrence County, Indiana. Thus Abner Beale's second wife was apparently Jane Grammer.

Sometime before 1860 Abner Beale & family relocated to Putnam County, Missouri. His second wife, Jane apparently died before 1860. Abner Beale died on June 14, 1867 in Putnam County. Missouri. His will was probated and is on file in Putnam County. George W. Beale and Joseph Loughead were the executors of Abner Beale's will. Value of estate and distributions to George W., Hannah Jane and William are shown along with an appraisal of Abner Beale's property and possessions. George W. share of the estate was 4.00, William H. Beale's share was 3.75, and Hannah Jane's share was .00. Abner Beale's real estate was split between George W. and William Henry Beale. No obituary or death record for Abner exists in Putnam County, Missouri. The Unionville, Putnam County, Missouri newspaper was put onto microfilm; however the microfilming commenced with September, 1867 about three months after Abner died.

Hannah Jane Beale married in 1860 Isaac Rohr in Putnam County, Missouri. It is not known at this time what happened to Hannah. William Henry Beale lived his entire life in Putnam County. He died in 1932 at the age of eighty and raised nine children. George Washington Beale married Sarah Watkins on January 1, 1868 and Francis Tungate, George's Civil War buddy married Sarah's sister, Tobitha Watkins. In 1874 the George Beale family, the Francis Tungate family and the John Watkins family (brother of Sarah and Tobitha) left by wagon for Oregon. On the way Sarah gave birth to her fourth child and shortly thereafter Sarah died on the Oregon Trail. The families continued to Oregon and George never remarried. His four children all grew to adulthood with the assistance of the Tungate family and in particular "Aunt Bith" who acted as a mother to George and Sarah's four children. The third oldest of the children was Sarah Alice (Allie) Beale who in 1890 married Michael Foley.

- Beale Genealogical News. Volume VI, #3, Sept. 1996 (whole #23). p. 293-294.

1. ↑ Source: #S660 Page: p. 323-325 FOOT Hitchens, Mary Beale, Here Comes Tomorrow, More Descendants of William Beale (1709 - 1800) (Brooklyn, Abell Press, 1900?), p. 6-14.
2. ↑ Source: #S893 Page: p. 857
3. ↑ Source: #S765 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Thomas Beale
4. ↑ Source: #S765 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Mary Beale
5. ↑ Source: #S765 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Thomas Beale
6. ↑ Source: #S765 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Thomas Beale
7. ↑ Source: #S660 Page: p. 323-325 FOOT Hitchens, Mary Beale, Here Comes Tomorrow, More Descendants of William Beale (1709 - 1800) (Brooklyn, Abell Press, 1900?), p. 6-14.
8. ↑ Source: #S765 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Thomas Beale