Colmore Beall (abt. 1761 - bef. 1839)

Born about 7 Apr 1761 in Frederick, Maryland

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Descendants

Died before 24 May 1839 before about age 78 in Beallsville, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Colmore was born 7 April 1761. He is the son of Mordecai Beall and Elizabeth Unknown. (As noted on Elizabeth's page, her maiden surname is not "unknown" - it was Beall, the same as her married surname.)

Note: Colmore (Colomer, Colemore) Beall, b. 1760, of Mordecai [1742] of William [G1705],

m. (1) Confused -- Jane Albert? Sarah Leonard?

Mary Shekells 3 Apr 1786 Fred. Co; on 2 Nov 1791

m (2) Jean (Jane) Offutt (4 FR, Maryland Marriages, 1778-1800, p. 14), dau. of Alexander Offutt and Rebecca Perry. She d. 1805. Probably same Callmore Bell who with Thomas Ogle, Wllm. Bikitt, James Bikitt, witnessed on 20 Apr 1780 - wedding of Archibald Hutchinson and Barbara Bucher by license. Ohio.

Colmore moved from Maryland to Washington County, Pennsylvania, where he purchased land in 1794; he probably moved after the birth of his son James Perry. (Roberta Hull, Beall News, II:4 (Dec 92) p 60.

Colmore bought land in Harrison Co., Ohio, but he did not move.

Colmore lived in Beallsville, East Bethlehem Township, Washington County, until at least 1800, but when he made his will in 1829, he was living in West Bethlehem Township.

Family

Colmore Beall moved to western Pennsylvania no later than 1794, part of the family for whom Beallsville, Pa. is named. By age 30, he had fathered only one child, but made up for lost time thereafter. His eighteenth and last child was born when he was 65 and his (third) wife was 46. For the list of his wives and children from the family Bible, see https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/beall/1107/.

He married Mary Shekells, 3 Apr 1786 in Frederick Co, MD, and they were the parents of: John, Sr/ - d. bef 1838 m. Margaret Noble

His second marriage to Jane Doull Offutt, 2 Nov 1791 in Frederick Co, MD, and they were the parents of: Mary Ann/1793 (Mrs Aaron Yarnell) Alexander/1794 m. Sarah Thomas James Perry/3 Mar 1795 m. Jane Albert; 2) Minerva Huff Elizabeth/1796 (Mrs Thomas McCoy) Rebecca/1798 Casander/17 Sep 1800 (Mrs William Taylor) Dr Hilleary/1803 m. Jane Newland

His third marriage to Rebecca Frederick and they were the parents of: Sarah/ Nancy/ Margaret/ William/ Jane/5 May 1822 (Mrs William Talmadge Taylor) Daniel Colomore N/3 Feb 1825 m. Martha Milliner Eliza/ Thomas/ Minerva/1829

His parents were Mordecai and Elizabeth (Beall) Beall of Frederick Co, MD.

Burial

Colmore Beall is buried in the small Welsh-Hill Family Cemetery near Beallsville, Washington County, Pennsylvania. ^[1] His wife, Jane D. Beall, is buried in the same cemetery.

Will

Colmore Beall of West Bethlehem Township, Washington County signed his will on 10 December 1829. He signed a codicil to his will on 21 June 1838. The will and codicil were proved in Washington County, on 24 May 1839, but recorded in Harrison County, Ohio, on 5 April 1841. The witnesses to the will were Zepha Beall, Parker C. Beall and Neal Beall. The witnesses to the codicil were Catherine Lee and Zepha Beall. The executors named were two of Colmore's sons: Alexander and James P. Beall. Colmore made bequests: ^[2]

• to my wife Rebecca, the farm I now live on, it being the same I purchased of Paul Halpresner.
• to my son John, in adition to the land I gave him in Ohio, $100.
• to my son Alexander, $100.
• to my son James [Samuel?], $100.
• to my daughter Mary Ann Yarnell, $40.
• to my daughters Elizabeth McCoy, Rebecca Smith, Casandra Taylor, & my son Hillary Beall, $200 each.
• to my son William, 80 acres of land in Nottingham Township, Harrison County, Ohio, adjoining lands of John Beall, and $100.
• to my daughters Sarah, Nancy, Margaret, Eliza, Jane, Minerva, and to my sons Daniel, Colmore & Thomas, $200 each.

The 1838 codicil noted that his daughter Sarah had died without children.

Census

1800 US Census - East Bethlehem Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania ^[3]

Colmore Beall - Free white males: One age 26-44; One age 10-15; Two age 0-9 // Free while females: One age 26-44; Three age 0-9.

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #134519421 for Colmore Beall, buried at Welsh-Hill Family Cemetery, Beallsville, Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA
2. ↑ Harrison County, Ohio, Will Book B, pages 46-49. FHL film #004019737, image 301 of 833.
3. ↑ 1800 US Census for East Bethlehem Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, page 764. FHL film #004440910, image 48 of 227.

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Named in Mother's 1786 Will

The mother, Elizabeth Beall of Frederick County, Maryland, in her will written 16 November 1786 and proved 21 December 1786, named eight Children:

Son: Natha. Beall

Son: 'Collmore Beall

Son: William Beall

Daughter: Nancy Beall

Daughter: Sarah Collins

Daughter: Elizabeth Beall

Son: Mordecai Beall

Son: Lisha Beall

Executors: Her two Brothers: "William Mordicay Beall and Lisha Beall"

View the official will of record at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GT1P-SS85?i=626&cc=1803986&cat=13610. Frederick, Maryland Book of Wills # 2, page 231 (found online at image page 627 of film 005081361). Note that name of the brother "Lisha Beall" named as co-Executor in the will is referred to as "Elisha Beall" in the probate, signed by George Murdock, Registrar. The other executor's real name was William Murdock Beall.

[From the fact that one of the witnesses to this will was my 3rd great granduncle John Hufford (son of Christian Hufford Sr. of Woodsboro, Md.) it would seem that Elizabeth likely lived in or near Woodsboro at the time she wrote her will, and that is confirmed by the fact that Mordecai Beall's dwelling plantation, devised to the widow Elizabeth in his will, was "Wood's Design."]

The suggestion in the prior version of this biography about her relationship with the Executors named in Elizabeth's will has been deleted, because they were actually her full brothers, sons of Nathaniel and Ann (Murdock) Beall. This Nathaniel was the son of William Beall (of Alexander) who married Elizabeth Magruder. Mordecai Beall's father William Beall (who married Sarah Magruder) was the son of Ninian & Ruth Beall; this Ninian being a son of the immigrant Alexander Beall. Thus Mordecai Beall and Elizabeth (Beall) Beall were second cousins on their respective paternal lines.