Mary Beall (1646 - 1720)

Born 1646 in Largo, Fife, Scotland

Died 1720 at about age 74 in Prince George's County, Province of Maryland

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Mary Beall was born in Scotland.

Mary Beall was a Marylander.

Biography

Caution: Duplicate and Conflicting Marys

There are overlapping Mary Beall profiles which have the following characteristics pending review and re-write:

• Mary Bell, born, say, 1640. This profile houses the information regarding a Mary Bell who was transported to Maryland in 1660 and was born, say, 1640. No information has been found to connect her to anyone else. This profile should remain as the repository for Skordas' material about this Mary.

• Mary Beall-364, b. 1646 Largo Fife, daughter of Ninian Beall 75, b. Fifeshire 1625. Sister of 17 Bealls, mother of none. d. Prince Georges County 1720. PM Stalter.
  • Disposition: This Mary probably should be marged with Mary Beall-141, however the latter was born 1690, 44 years later. More research needed.

• Mary Beall-141, born 1690, Calvert (now Prince George's) County, d. 22 Aug 1719, daughter of Ninian Beall-75 born 1625 Fifeshire. married Andrew Hamilton 2824 born 1655 and Andrew Hamilton-2825, born 1680 Mother of 8 Hamilton Children. Previously included both Andrew, b. 1716 and Andrew born 1742. PM Carson and Wells, but the 1742 Andrew was disconnected, born three decades after parents' deaths. **Disposition: This should remain Mary, daughter of Ninian and true wife of Andrew Hamilton.

• Mary Beall-332, born 1657 in Scotland, d 1718, Prince Georges County; daughter of Ninian, b. 1640 and Elizabeth Beall-769, born 1635. Sister of Mary Beall, born 1675. Married John Pottenger-15, b. 1642 and John Pottenger-805, b. 1662. This profile has extensive material about Mary to be edited. Mother of 9 Pottenger children. PM Day, XX.
  • Disposition: This should become the repository of all the legendary material about Mary Beall

• Mary Unknown,a new profile, now the home of all documented facts about the Mary who married John Pottenger.

Birth

Birth:

Date: 1646

Place: Largo, Fife, Scotland

Birth:

Date: 1658

Place: Largo, Fife, Scotland

Found multiple copies of BIRT DATE. Using 1646

Death

Death:

Date: 1720

Place: Prince George's, Maryland, United States

Death:

Date: 1720

Place: Queen, Prince George's, Maryland, United States

Found multiple copies of DEAT DATE. Using 1720Array

Research Notes

Parents

This Mary was previously shown on WikiTree as child of Ninian Beall and Elizabeth Gordon.

Sister of Sarah

There are several myths that have attributed Mary, wife of John Pottinger, and Sarah, wife of Samuel Magruder as being children of Ninian Beall. While that has been disproved, in that the evidence shows that Ninian's daughter Mary married Andrew Hamilton, the thought remains among some researchers that they were Beall sisters, and relatives of Ninian.

The couples were related in that Samuel Magruder in his will call John Pottinger his "brother" [brother-in-law]. ^[1]

Recent research of Brice Clagett (Nov. 2001) concluded that John Pottinger married Mary Mullikan and Samuel Magruder married Sarah Pottinger, sister to John. This was based on relationships derived from John Demall in his 1725 calling Robert Pottenger, son of John and Mary his "cousin."

Research of mine in Feb. 2002 concluded that he overlooked that Robert Pottenger's wife Ann Evans was niece to Demall's wife, Mary Evans. While Clagett's research could still be valid, and Mary a Mullikin and Sarah a Pottenger, it cannot be considered as proved. ^[1]

The theory which at present has the most validity is that Samuel Magruder's wife Sarah may have been the daughter of William MILLS and wife Tabitha, and thus a step-daughter to Tabitha's second husband Thomas Blandord. Some Magruder researchers believe that John Pottenger may have had a short-lived marriage to Samuel Magruder's sister Elizabeth. Note, though, that in 1706 the estate of William Mills, Jr., there was a payment to "John Pottenger for the use of Martha Blanford." Martha was a daughter of Thomas Blanford and wife Tabitha, and half-sister to the MILLS children.

If the children of Thomas BLANFORD were named in order in his will, Martha was the youngest. If the children were born about every two years after Tabitha (widow MILLS) married Thomas BLANFORD, then Martha was probably born about 1686-1690. One implication of the payment to John POTTINGER for Martha BLANFORD would be that Martha was living with his family. With both her parents dead, a logical place that Martha, a single age 16-20 year old female, would live would be with one of her [half]-sisters. ^[1] Mary Beall Pottenger (1658 - 1720)^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Frederic Z. Saunders. Ninian Beall of Maryland. Accessed March 28, 2016. jhd
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 28 May 2020), memorial page for Ninian Beall (16 Sep 1625–15 Jan 1717), Find A Grave: Memorial #25527218, citing Saint Johns Episcopal Church Columbarium, Georgetown, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA ; Maintained by The Girls (contributor 46912010) .

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