John Hope Beals III (1717 - 1796)

Born 17 Apr 1717 in Nottingham, Chester County, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret Esther (Hunt) Beals — married 13 Nov 1738 in Chester County, Pennsylvania.

Descendants

Died 17 Apr 1796 at age 79 in New Garden, Guilford, North Carolina

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John was a Friend (Quaker)

Biography

John Beals was born in Chester County on February 17, 1717. He married Margaret Esther Hunt in Chester County, Pennsylvania. The marriage is recorded in the minutes of the Nottingham Meeting as having taken place on November 13, 1738. Margaret Hunt was the daughter of William Hunt and Mary Woolman. She was born in 1719 in Chester County, Pennsylvania.

They moved to northern Virginia and were members of the Hopewell meeting until April 14, 1758 when they were granted certificates to move to Rowan County, North Carolina and join the New Garden Monthly Meeting that had been established there. They were received there on May 27, 1758. They settled on a 300 acre farm near Pole Cat Creek in what was then Rowan County. They lived on that farm all their lives. The land originally was in Rowan, then as new counties were formed, it was part of Guilford County when it was formed in 1770.

Here is a transcript of a Rowan County record showing the purchase of 302 acres of land lying on the upper fork of Polecat Creek by John Beals for 26 pounds from William Coltrain and Rachel his wife. The purchase appears to have been dated 21 August 1760.

Margaret Beals died on the farm on April 11, 1796 and John died there the following week on April 17, 1796 at age eighty.

John was a Friend (Quaker)

John Beals was born 17 April 1717 in North Carolina and died 17 April 1796, Guilford County, North Carolina. He was a member of the Society of Friends, Quaker.^[1] John married about 13 November 1738, Margaret Hunt (born about 1720). Their daughter was Lydia Beals (~1742–1801).

Sources

1. ↑ Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol I–VI, Ancestry.com

• Hinshaw, William Wade: Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. 1, pp. 648, 652.
• Find A Grave, database and images https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101553389, citing New Garden Friends Cemetery, Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Mary Louise Reynolds (contributor 47664956) .
• Boaz, Adrienne: Specific Ancestral Lines of the Boaz, Paul, Welty & Fishel Families, published in December 24, 2014 by Otter Bay Books, LLC.
• Rowan County Deeds, 1753-1962; indexes, 1753-1962. Deeds v. 4 (another filming) 1758-1762. Film # 007517720, image 699 of 953. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-898Q-74C2?i=697&cat=328774

See Also:

• http://www.billputman.com/Beals.pdf
• WikiTree profile Beals-163 created through the import of heinakuu2011-6.ged on Jul 5, 2011 by Johanna Amnelin. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Johanna and others.