Bethia (Lamb) Beeson (1740 - 1829)

Born 10 Jan 1740 in Perquimans, North Carolina

Ancestors

Wife of Benjamin Beeson Jr. — married 9 Jul 1761 in New Garden, Guilford County, North Carolina

Descendants

Died 15 Aug 1829 at age 89 in Randolph, North Carolina, United States

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Bethia was a Friend (Quaker)

Biography

Burial Stringtown Quaker Cemetery, Highland County, Ohio

Notes

Quoted from Styles:

"Bethia Lamb was born on 10 Jan 1740 in Perquimans County, NC. She died on 15 Aug 1829 in Randolph County, NC.

"She was married to Benjamin Beeson Jr (son of Benjamin Beeson Sr and “Betty” Elizabeth Hunter...) on 9 Jul 1761 in New Garden, Guilford, NC. The marriage of Benjamin Beeson, Jr and Bethia Lamb, and the names of their children are documented in Hinshaw, Vol I, NC. pp. 526, 556, 648. “Benjamin Beeson, son of Benjamin, Rowan County, married Bethia Lamb, daughter of Henry, deceased, 9 July 1761. Witnesses Benjamin Beeson, Thomas Lamb, Richard Beeson, Elizabeth Beeson, Isabel Beeson, and others.” Benjamin was a brother of Frances Beeson who married Bethia’s brother Joseph.

"From the archives of Guilford College, Greensboro NC. New Garden Monthly Meeting Minutes, Volume 1:

"“Whereas Benjamin Beeson, son of Benjamin Beeson, of Roan[Rowan]County North Carolina, and Bethia Lamb, daughter of Henry Lamb, deceased, of the same place, having declared their intentions of marriage with each other before several Monthly Meetings of the people called Quakers held at New Garden and having consent of parents and parties concerned that said proposals was approved and allowed of by said meetings & they left to their Liberty to accomplish their marriage according to good order; the which they did on the 9th day of the 5th month [July] 1761 in the presents of many witnesses, 12 of whose names are here inserted, to wit:

{Signed}

Elizabeth Beeson[mother of the groom]

Margaret Beales

Isabel Beeson[Isabel Parson, married Benjamin's brother Isaac]

Rebeckah Ozburn

Lydia Beales

Sarah Ozburn

Benjamin Beeson[father of the groom]

Thomas Lamb[brother of the bride]

Jeremiah Reynolds

Christopher Nation

John Nation

Richard Beeson[grandfather of the groom]”

"Other sources:

"1779 Tax List, Randolph County, “Persons that had not taken the Oath of Allegiance, refusing or neglecting to return Inventories of their taxables, Joseph Hinds District.... Benjamin Beeson, Jr.”"

Marriage

Date: 9 Jul 1761

Place: New Garden, Guilford County, North Carolina

Husband: Benjamin Beeson

Wife: Bethia Lamb

Source: Styles

Sources

• Center MM [1] pg 648

• Bethia's [2] memorial.

• Source: S20 Title: Descendants of Henry and Elizabeth Lamb of North Carolina: A Quaker Family Legacy, 1697 - 2000. Author: Marshall L. Styles. Publication: Salem, MA : Higginson Book Co., ©2000. pp. 23, 33-4.

• Source: S28 Title: Ancestral File. User submitted.

• Source: S3082719147 Title: Ancestry Family Trees. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA : The Generations Network. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.

• Source: S632 Title: Family Data Collection - Individual Records Publication: Name: Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.

• Source: S779 Abbreviation: Cemetery Inscriptions of Highland Co., Ohio Title: Typescript

Footnotes

Contributors and Merge Chronology

• WikiTree profile Lamb-106 created through the import of PittsPenn_2010-09-21.ged on 22 September 2010 by MG Pitts. See the Changes page for the details of edits by MG and others.

• WikiTree profile Lamb-433 created through the import of Adams,Fowler,Roulston,Twilla_2011-03-09.ged on 10 March 2011 by Nancy Brown. See the Changes page for the details of edits by and others.

• WikiTree profile Lamb-460 created through the import of Tribal Pages 0004.ged on 25 March 2011 by Fontaine Wiatt. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Fontaine and others.

• WikiTree profile Lamb-857 created through the import of 1rebeason jun 2011.ged.ged on Sep 7, 2011 by Richard Beason. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Richard and others.

• WikiTree profile Lamb-858 created through the import of 1rebeason jun 2011.ged.ged on Sep 7, 2011 by Richard Beason. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Richard and others.

• WikiTree profile Lamb-1587 created through the import of MYERS-EVEY Family WikiTree.ged on Apr 18, 2013 by Jon Myers. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Jon and others.

• WikiTree profile Lamb-1717 created on May 12, 2013 by Katie Boosted. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Katie and others.

• Additional source, notes, and editing by Fred Remus, 5-6 Dec 2013.

• Lamb-858 and 1587 merged into Lamb-460, 23 September 2013. Lamb-460 merged into Lamb-106, 21 Nov 2013. Lamb-433, 857 and 1717 added 28 Nov 2013.