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Asa Bee (1756 - 1826)

Asa Bee
Born in Salem, Salem, New Jerseymap
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Husband of — married 5 Aug 1793 in Gloucester County, New Jersey USAmap
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Died at about age 69 in Preston, Virginia, United Statesmap
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Biography

Asa was born in 1756 in Salem in Salem County, New Jersey Province where his parents, Ephraim Bee and Sophia Foulke, had settled. By 1767, the family had moved to Greenwich Township in Gloucester County. Asa served in the Revolutionary War. At age 36 in 1893, he married Rhoda Cox in Gloucester County. Asa was a farmer and a Seventh Day Baptist preacher. He and Rhoda initially settled in Greenwich in Gloucester County. In 1818, they moved to Preston County in the western part of Virginia (that became part of West Virginia when it was formed in 1863). Asa and Rhoda had twelve children. Asa died in 1826 in Preston County at about 70 years of age.

Children:

  1. Jonathan, 1794-1858; m. Martha 'Patsy' Howard, 1817
  2. Keziah, c, 1795-1834; m. Jacob Moore, 1816
  3. Sophia, 1796-1845; m. John M. Kelley, 1815
  4. Asa Jr, 1798-1861; m. Hannah Maxson, 1818
  5. Ezekiel, 1800-1893; m1. Elizabeth Rogers, 1823; m2. Moriah Catherine Johnson, 1830
  6. Ephraim, 1802-1888; m1. Catherine Davis, 1823; m2. Mary Melissa 'Polly' Welch, 1853
  7. Hannah, 1802-1884; m. Joshua S. Davis, 1823
  8. Amaziah, 1805-1894; m. Rhoda Davis, 1826
  9. Mary, 1807-1853; m. John Maxson, 1827
  10. Josiah, 1809-1886; m. Priscilla Davis, 1831
  11. Samuel, d. young
  12. John Davis, 1811-1868; m. Ingaby Davis, 1835

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Research notes

It is not clear what evidence supports his middle name as George, so it is not included in this profile for now.

Sources


Bee Genealogy, posted at DoddridgeCountyRoots.com, 7 Nov 2011; accessed 17 Sep 2021.

Entry no.: 3
Name: Asa Bee
Parents: Ephriam Bee, Sophia Folkes
Birth: 28 Aug 1756; Salem, Salem Co, NJ
Death 1826; Preston Co, (W)VA
Residence: (settled) in Taylor Co, (W)VA
Occupation: Seventh Day Baptist Preacher
Military service: Revolutionary War soldier.
Marriage: 5 Aug 1793; Gloucester Co, NJ
Spouse: Rhoda Cox
Spouse father: Ezekiel Beckett Cox
Sources:
  1. Kathy Bee (www.genealogy.com/users/b/e/e/Kathy-Bee-/TREE/index.html) [Note: direct link doesn't work any more]
  2. Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia , Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged), p. 356.
Children:
  1. JONATHAN BEE b. 1794.
  2. KEZIAH BEE. She married in New Jersey, ___ Moore.
  3. SOPHIA BEE b. 1796.
  4. ASA BEE II b. Aug- 7-1798.
  5. EZEKIEL BEE b. Aug-28-1800.
  6. EPHRAIM BEE b. Dec-26-1802.
  7. HANNAH BEE b. Dec-26-1802.
  8. AMAZIAH BEE b. May-15-1805.
  9. MARY BEE2 b. Jun- 6-1807.
  10. JOSIAH BEE b. 1809.
  11. SAMUEL BEE d. young,2 buried in Three Forks Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV.2
  12. JOHN DAVIS BEE b. Dec-26-1811.

Records of the Families of Jaggard, Bee, Lodge, Leonard, Lawrence, Smith, Marshall, Hopkins, Thomas, Gabitas and Middleton of New Jersey. Contributed by Albert Cramer. 1982. Genealogies of Pennsylvania Families from the Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine. Volume III: Stauffer-Zerbe. Indexed by Robert and Catherine Barnes. Baltimore. Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc. p. 591. Posted at Ancestry.com

Ephraim Bee, son of Thomas Bee was born 1714. Sophia Bee (nee Folks) was born 1716 and they were married April 28, 1737. ... 7th child Asa born August 28th 1756.

The History of West Virginia, Old and New. 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, Volume II, p. 521, available at hathitrust.org; accessed 18 Sep 2021.

ISAIAH BEE, M. D., a significant and highly useful life to himself, his family and to his home community and state was that of the late Dr. Isaiah Bee of Princeton. He represented the sturdy stock of West Virginia pioneers, being a grandson of Asa Bee, who fought as a soldier in the Revolutionary war, was a native of New Jersey, and in 1818 settled in Preston County, West Virginia. Doctor Bee was the great-grandson of two other Revolutionary soldiers.

Thomas Condit Miller and Hu Maxwell.1913. West Virginia and its people. New York :Lewis Historical Pub. Co.; accessed 2 Mar 2022 at HathiTrust.org; p. 873

Asa Bee, ancestor of the Bee family, was born in Gloucester county, New Jersey, and in 1818, moved to Preston county, Virginia, now West Virginia. He was a soldier in the revolutionary war.<blockquote/> Ancestry.com. New Jersey, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1739-1991 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
Name: Asaa Bee
Gender: Male
Relationship: Son
Will for: Ephraim Bee, yeoman
Will date: 31 Aug 1767
Location: Greenwich, Gloucester County, Western Division of Province of New Jersey
Bequests: "I order my son Ephraim ... [to pay]... twenty pounds to my son Asaa Bee if he stays with his brother Ephraim till he comes to full age..[and ] to give my two sons Amos and Asa as much learning as he has himself...."
Other siblings mentioned in will: Sophia, Elizabeth, Ann
Source Citation: Record of Wills in New Jersey, 1705-1804; Author: New Jersey. Department of State

Marriage

"New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VW55-LFH : 23 February 2021), Asa Bee and Rodey Cox, 05 Aug 1793; citing Gloucester, New Jersey, New Jersey State Archives, Trenton; FHL microfilm 850,324.

Name: Asa Bee
Sex: Male
Spouse's Name: Rodey Cox
Spouse's Sex: Female
Marriage Date: 05 Aug 1793
Marriage Place: Gloucester, New Jersey
Record Number: 10978
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Residence in New Jersey

Ancestry.com. New Jersey, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1643-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.

Name: Asa* Bee
State: NJ
County: Gloucester County
Township: Greenwich Township
Year: 1780
Record Type: May Tax List October Tax List
Page: 001
Database: NJ Tax Lists Index 1772-1822
Original data: Jackson, Ronald V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. New Jersey Census, 1643-1890. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.

Ancestry.com. New Jersey, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1643-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.

Name: Asa Bee
State: NJ
County: Gloucester County
Township: Greenwich Township
Year: 1794
Record Type: June Tax List June Tax List
Page: 001
Database: NJ Early Census Index
Original data: Jackson, Ronald V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. New Jersey Census, 1643-1890. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.

Residence in Virginia (West Virginia from 1863)

"United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLC-8DX : accessed 17 September 2021), Asia Bee Sr, Preston, Virginia, United States; citing p. 226, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 130; FHL microfilm 193,689.

Event Type: Census
Name: Asia Bee Sr
Event Date: 7 Aug 1820
Event Place: Preston, Virginia, United States
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 2 [??]
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 1 [John or Josiah]
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 18: 1 [Amaziah]
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 2 [Ezekiel, Ephraim]
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1 [Asa Sr]
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1 [?]
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1 [Mary]
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1 [Hannah or Sophia]
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1 [Keziah or Sophia]
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over: 1 [Rhoda]
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 4
Free White Persons - Under 16: 5
Free White Persons - Over 25: 3
Total Free White Persons: 11
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 11

Military Service

Corliss Fitz Randolph. (1905). A History of the Seventh Day Baptists in West Virginia including the Woodbridgetown and Salemville churches in Pennsylvania and the Shrewsbury church in New Jersey. The American Sabbath Tract Society, Plainfield, NJ. This book can be viewed online or downloaded at Archive.org, accessed 30 Oct 2014.

p. 450: Seventh Day Baptist Soldiers: The Revolutionary War: Asa Bee




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