Mungo Bewley (1677 - 1747)

Born 3 Jun 1677 in Woodhall, Cumberland, England

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Gribbell) Bewley — married 9 Jun 1706 in Edenderry, King's County, Ireland

Husband of Martha (Inman) Bewley — married 4 May 1736 in Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Descendants

Died 3 May 1747 at age 69 in Edenderry, King's County, Ireland

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Biography

Mungo was a Friend (Quaker)

Mungo Bewley, son of the Quakers Thomas and Margaret Bewley, of Woodhall in Cumberland, was born on 3 June 1677.^[1] He came over to Ireland in 1700 and settled in Edenderry, where he made a living as a tallow chandler.^[2] Soon afterward he became a minister and preached in England, Scotland, and Wales, as well as to Holland and America. He married Mary Gribbell on 9 June 1706.^[3] After she died, he married Martha Bernard on 4 May 1736.^[4]

Mungo died on 3 May 1747, in the 70th year of his age, and was buried in Edenderry.^[5] After he died, the Quakers wrote a testimony to his life.^[6][7]

Research Notes

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Sources

1. ↑ Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Family Lists, image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FMM111M-1%2F0035&parentid=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FBURS%2F129 : accessed 29 September 2020), birth of Mungo Bewley in Woodhall Cumberland on 3d 4mo (Jun) 1677, father: Thomas, mother: Margaret; citing Edenderry MM family lists, births and burials 1612-1814, Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives.
2. ↑ Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Family Lists, image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FMM111M-1%2F0035&parentid=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FBURS%2F129 : accessed 29 September 2020), Mungo Bewley came over to Ireland in 1700; citing Edenderry MM family lists, births and burials 1612-1814, Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives.
3. ↑ Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Family Lists, image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FMM111M-1%2F0035&parentid=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FBURS%2F129 : accessed 29 September 2020), marriage of Mungo Bewley and Mary Gribbell on 9d 4mo (Jun) 1706; citing Edenderry MM family lists, births and burials 1612-1814, Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives.
4. ↑ “Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Marriages,” database with images, FindMyPast (https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FMARR%2F9755G : accessed 29 September 2020), marriage of Mungo Bewley and Martha Barnard in 1736; citing Register of marriages, DUBLIN, 1859, Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives.
5. ↑ Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Family Lists, image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FMM111M-1%2F0035&parentid=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FBURS%2F129 : accessed 29 September 2020), death of Mungo Bewley on 3d 3mo (May) 1747, buried in Edenderry; citing Edenderry MM family lists, births and burials 1612-1814, Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives.
6. ↑ "Ireland, Society of Friends (Quaker) Yearly Meeting Testimonies to Deceased Ministers," image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record/browse?id=ire%2fquaker%2fymf-1%2f0124 : accessed 12 March 2022), testimony to Mungo Bewley, citing YM Sufferings Testimonies to Deceased Ministers 1661-1933, Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives.
7. ↑ Mary Leadbeater, "Biographical notices of members of the Society of Friends, who were resident in Ireland". London, Harvey and Darton, 1823, p.229. (https://archive.org/details/biographicalnoti00lead/page/229/mode/2up?view=theater)