Susanna (Bealing) French (1691 - 1765)

Born 2 Dec 1691 in Penryn, Cornwall, England

Ancestors

Died 2 Jun 1765 at age 73 in Penryn, Cornwall, England

Biography

Susanna was a Friend (Quaker)

Susanna was the daughter of Edward Bealing and Alice Trethowan. She was born at Penryn, Cornwall on 2 December (Quaker 10th month) 1691.^[1][2]

In October 1815 Susanna married Christopher French at Kea Quaker Meeting House, Cornwall. The Quaker marriage record does not give the day. It describes him as son of _ French of Port Isaac, Cornwall, deceased, and his widow Elizabeth; and her as daughter of Edward Bealing of Penryn.^[3][4][5]

Susanna died on 2 June 1765 and was buried on 4 June at Budock Quaker burial ground, Cornwall. The Quaker death and burial record gives her age as 74 and her residence as Penryn, Cornwall.^[6][7]

Sources

1. ↑ The National Archives, ref. RG6/1218, CORNWALL: Monthly Meeting of the West Division: Penryn and Falmouth, Births, FindMyPast
2. ↑ "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWXV-35F), Edward Bealing in entry for Susanna Bealing, 02 Dec 1691, Birth; citing p. 52, Cornwall, record group RG6, Public Record Office, London
3. ↑ The National Archives, ref. RG6/1578, CORNWALL: Quarterly Meeting of Cornwall, marriages, FindMyPast
4. ↑ "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQY6-F6J), Susanna Bealing, 01 Jul 1715, Marriage; citing p. 102, Cornwall, record group RG6, Public Record Office, London: mis-transcribes date as 1 July
5. ↑ Cornwall Online Parish Clerks, transcript of marriage record
6. ↑ The National Archives, ref. RG6/1218, CORNWALL: Monthly Meeting of the West Division: Penryn and Falmouth, Burials, FindMyPast
7. ↑ Cornwall Online Parish Clerks, transcript of death and burial record