Keziah (Babb) Beeson (1770 - 1824)

Born 12 Jan 1770 in Grubbs Tavern, Brandywine Hundred, New Castle, Delaware

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas S. Beeson — married 7 Mar 1789 in Brandywine Hundred, New Castle, Delaware, United States

Descendants

Died 4 Aug 1824 at age 54 in Brandywine Hundred, New Castle, Delaware, United States

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Biography

Name: Keziah Babb. Given Name: Keziah. Surname: Babb. ^{[1] [2]}

Born 12 JAN 1770. Grubbs Tavern, Brandywine Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware, United States. Map: Latitude: N39.79677. Longitude: W75.46489. ^{[3] [1]}

Note N0563 8/15/2015

Grubbs Tavern was rebuilt and expanded many times and in 1919, it became known as the Grubb Worth house. Today, it serves as the administrative office for the Holy Rosary Church in Claymont Delaware.

Died "About midnight between the 3rd and 4th after 6 days illness of cholarmortis". 4 AUG 1824. Brandywine Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware, United States. Cause: Cholora Morbus after an illness of six days. ^[1]

Buried 18 AUG 1824. Newark Union Cemetery, Brandywine Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware, United States. Map: Latitude: N39.78661. Longitude: W75.513766. ^[4]

Marriage Husband Thomas S. Beeson. Wife Keziah Babb. Marriage Marriage of Beeson, Thomas S. and Babb, Keziah. 7 MAR 1789. ^[3]

Note: (N0189).

Research Notes

Note N0189 Inside the front cover of the Kezia Bible is marked:

"Kezia Babb, her Bible price 6/0 March 24th 1788". The Bible is copyrighted 1788 so the Bible was new when she bought it.

There is a piece of paper in Kezia's Bible that reads: "Fresh as the grafs our bodies stand and flurish bright and gay A blasting wind sweeps ovr the land and fades the grafs away." paper states "Lives on Mother's tomb" Maria Beeson. Actually this lives on Thomas Beeson's stone.

Note N0381 (Note Source S0111 below)

"New wark" or Newark Friends Meeting House on Carr Road, about 14 mile from Shipley Road, in Brandywine Hundred, New Castle County, DE. It is now the location of the present Newark Union Methodist Church.

Quoted from Newark Union Cemetery Records:

In December 1685, a group of Friends living in Brandywine Hundred, DE was given permission by the Chester Quarterly Quaker Meeting to hold meetings and to build a meeting house.

1637/38, meetings were held at Valentine Hollingsworth's home and at the house of Morgan Drewett. In 1688, Valentine Hollingsworth donated land on Carr Road, near Carrcroft, DE, to be used as a site for a Friend's Meeting House and burying ground. Newark was the name that Mr Hollingsworth had adopted for his entire operation on a tract of 2,000 acres of land which William Penn granted to him in 1683.

The Meeting House was built presumably of logs and was known as the Newark Friends Meeting House. Here monthly meetings were held until 1704, after which they alternated with Center Meeting at Centerville, DE.

In 1717, the monthly meetings at Newark were abandoned. Weekly meetings were continued until 1754, when they were also "raises", the membership having become so small.

Today, the Newark Union Methodist Church stands on the original site of the Newark or New Wark Quaker Meeting House. The present cemetery is a continuation of the old Quaker Meeting House burying grounds and the family lots of many Quaker families are there and headstones are in good condition.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Source: S2104 Babb, Kezia (1770-1824) (Side 2 of loose page of births and deaths) 4 AUG 1824 Front of Bible.
2. ↑ Source: S0170 Babb, Kezia (1770-1824)
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Source: S2104 Babb, Kezia (1770-1824) (Front of the bible) Inside Front Cover
4. ↑ Source: S0111 Beeson, Keziah Babb (1770-1824) 4 AUG 1824

• Source: S0170 Find A Grave: Memorial #62271758 25 JUL 2021 Time: 13:31:52
• Source: S137 Abbreviation: Babb Families of America Title: Jean A. Sargent, Author, Babb Families of America, second (N.p.: n.p., 1994), . Subsequent Source Citation Format: Sargent, Babb Families of America, . BIBL Sargent, Jean A., Author. Babb Families of America. Second. N.p.: n.p., 1994. TMPLT TID 14 FIELD Name: Author VALUE Jean A. Sargent FIELD Name: Role VALUE Author FIELD Name: Title VALUE Babb Families of America FIELD Name: SubTitle FIELD Name: SuplAuthor FIELD Name: SuplRole FIELD Name: Edition VALUE Second FIELD Name: PubPlace FIELD Name: Publisher FIELD Name: PubDate VALUE 1994 TMPLT FIELD Name: Page
• Source: S0111 Delaware, Newark Union Cemetery Tombstone Inscriptions Newark Union Cemetery, Brandywine Hundred, New Castle Co, DE Publication: 1951-52, By Minshall & Haas Note: #N0380 Note: #N0381 25 JUL 2021 Time: 10:10:08

Note N0380 Strict Friends would not have grave stones marking their graves. It would be interesting to match records here with those obtained by Friends.

• Source: S2104 Bible: Beeson, Kezia Babb Beeson, Kezia Babb Publication: 1770-1824 25 JUL 2021 Time: 13:54:25