William was born in 1721. William is the child of Richard Beeson and Charity Grubb. From Quaker Minutes - William Beeson son of Richard & Charity Beeson was Born on the 18th day of the 11 month 1721 OS 30 of 9th mo 1722 [1]
Upon the death of Edward Beeson, Sr., his son Richard and wife Charity
and family moved to Nottingham and assumed management of Edward's holdings
there. Richard and Charity became active members of Nottingham Monthly
Meeting of Friends. They appear to both become recognized ministers.
Richard and Charity (Grubb) Beeson and family lived at Nottingham until
ca. 1732, when they moved to the new Friends settlement in the Susquehanna
Valley in Lancaster County, PA and became members of Leacock Friends Meeting.
It was here that their daughter, Charity Beeson, married Mordecai Mendenhall early in 1735. By 1736 the Beeson family was on the move again, this time to Berkeley County, near the present town of Martinsburg, West Virginia.
Here the Beeson clan lived until ca. 1754, when many of them left
northern Virginia for North Carolina, settling in the area of present-day
Guilford County, helping establish Center Friends Meeting, which became one of the larger Meetings in the North Carolina Piedmont.
Purchased from George Robinson and John Peteate, 1,650 acres lying on Tuscarorror Branch in what is now Berkeley County, West Virginia, 2 miles west of Martinsburg. On the property was the Providence Meeting House. [2]
They were the parents of 12 Children: Thomas, Mary Pope, John, Joseph, Richard, Phoebe Harrold, William, Welmet Thornbrugh, Amasa, Charity Harrold, Rachel, & Hannah Chamness
Research Notes
In History of the Beason-Beeson Family, 929.273 B38bs, printed in 1968, the following is recorded, exactly as written here:
Rachel Beason (Beeson), third child of William and Mary Beason (Beeson), was born July 18, 1744 at Deep River, Rowan County, North Carolina. She gave birth to a child out of wedlock--Amaziah Beeson, born 5/23/1766. Rachel was disowned by her church and family. She was call Molly.
William Beeson
BIRTH 18 Nov 1721
Prince George County, Virginia, USA
DEATH 18 Dec 1760 (aged 39)
Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
BURIAL
Centre Friends Meeting Cemetery
Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
[6]
29 Mar 1740 Married Mary Rebecca Mills
They were the parents of 12 Children: Thomas, Mary Pope, John, Joseph, Richard, Phoebe Harrold, William, Welmet Thornbrugh, Amasa, Charity Harrold, Rachel, & Hannah Chamness
Gravesite Details
Quakers discouraged placement of grave markers
Family Members
Parents
Richard Beeson
1684–1777
Charity Grubb Beeson
1687–1761
Spouse
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Mary Rebecca Mills Beeson
1724–1810
Siblings
Benjamin Beeson
1714–1794
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Charity Beeson Mendenhall
1715–1809
Rachel Beeson Haworth
1724–1777
Children
William Beeson
1741 – unknown
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Welmet Beeson Thornburgh
1742–1775
Rachel Molly Beeson
1744–1766
Charity Beeson Harrold
1746–1809
Hannah Beeson Chamness
1748–1818
Richard Beeson
1751–1830
Mary Beeson Pope
1753 – unknown
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Thomas Beason
1753–1820
John Beeson
1755–1756
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Amasa Beeson
1757–1822
Joseph Beeson
1758–1758
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Sources
↑ Guilford College; Greensboro, North Carolina; Men's Minutes, 1783-1800; Collection: North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102118113/william-beeson: accessed 14 December 2023), memorial page for William Beeson (18 Nov 1721–18 Dec 1760), Find A Grave: Memorial #102118113, citing Centre Friends Meeting Cemetery, Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by Familyღ✞ (contributor 47422469).
Title: Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy; Author: Hinshaw, William Wade; Publication: Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Bros., 1936.; Page: 491, Volume I.
Text: "William Beeson, s. Richard & Charity, b. 11-18-1721/2 O.S., 1-30-1722 N.S. (d. 12-18-1760, p. 72)" ; Title: Family history; Author: Don Billingsley
Hopewell, Monthly Meeting, Frederick, Maryland
New Garden MM. records
Source: S3088331414 Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Author: Yates Publishing Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was deriv Note: Source: S3092763823 Title: Family Data Collection - Individual Records Author: Edmund West, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000.
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Beeson-2055 and Beeson-27 appear to represent the same person because: duplicate created with no sources. looks like birthplace is using findagrave location.
Profile lists 10 children, but there are 17 listed as separate profiles. Amassa is listed as both male and female, same birth date, different death dates. The children need cleaning up, merging, and sources.
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