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Ancestors of Jeffrey Neal Brown


Generation No. 10


       576. John LILLY, born Abt. 1640 in Normandy, France? Or York Co., VA.; died Abt. 1677 in Charles City, York Co., Va?. He was the son of 1152. John Lilly and 1153. Mary Or Margaret Maulson. He married 577. Dorothy WADE 1667 in Point Comfort, York Co., Va?.
       577. Dorothy WADE, born Abt. 1640 in Va; died May 21, 1674 in Charles City, York Co., Va?. She was the daughter of 1154. Arminger Wade and 1155. Dorothy Maulson.

       Children of John LILLY and Dorothy WADE are:

  i.   <Unnamed>.

  288 ii.   John LILLY, born August 03, 1669 in York Co., Charles Parrish, VA; died Aft. 1696 in Gloucester, VA; married Dorothy Billups Abt. 1690 in VA.

  iii.   Arminger Wade Lilly, born 1671 in Pocosin Parish, VA.

  iv.   Dorthy Lilly, born Abt. 1675 in York Co., Pososin Parrish, VA.

  v.   Mary LILLY, born Abt. 1677 in York Co., Pocosin Parrish, VA; married Robert Reade.
       578. Richard BILLUPS, born Abt. 1646; died Abt. February 27, 1751/52 in Gloucester Co., Va?.

       Child of Richard BILLUPS is:

  289 i.   Dorothy Billups, born Abt. 1672; died Aft. 1696; married John LILLY Abt. 1690 in VA.
       672. Johann Erhart Wolfensberger, born November 16, 1666 in Ettenhausen Switzerland; died July 12, 1740 in Wolfisheim, Alcase, France. He was the son of 1344. Ulrich Wolfensberger and 1345. Ann Kagi. He married 673. Ursula Emm May 08, 1689 in Wolfisheim, Alasce, France.
       673. Ursula Emm, born 1670 in Buchiberg, Switzerland; died July 12, 1740.

       Child of Johann Wolfensberger and Ursula Emm is:

  336 i.   Johannes Wolfensparger Wolfensberger, born Abt. 1694 in Wolscheim, Alsace, Germany; died Aft. 1761; married Ann Margaretha ( Entzminger) Ensminger January 27, 1720/21 in Mattstall, Bas Rhin Alcase, France.
       674. Philip Ensminger, born March 03, 1665/66 in Wadlhambach, Alsace, France. He was the son of 1348. Philip Ensminger and 1349. Margatetha Kirchner. He married 675. Margaretha Hoerth 1691 in Waldhambach, Germamy.
       675. Margaretha Hoerth, born Abt. 1670 in Durstel, Alsace, Germany.

       Children of Philip Ensminger and Margaretha Hoerth are:

  i.   Philip Ensminger, born Abt. March 03, 1691/92 in Wadlhambach, Alsace, France; died June 27, 1697.

  ii.   Peter (Entzminger) Ensminger, born February 28, 1693/94 in Wadlhambach, Alsace, France; died October 1739 in Cocalico Twp., Lancaster, PA; married (1) Peter Ensminger (Unknown Wife); married (2) Maria Catharine Trautmann November 21, 1719 in Mattstall, Alsace, Germany (France).

  iii.   Jacob Ensminger, born 1696 in Durstel, Alasce Germany; died 1696 in Pro. Durstel, Alsace France..

  337 iv.   Ann Margaretha ( Entzminger) Ensminger, born September 21, 1697 in Durstel, Alasce Germany; died December 01, 1775 in Schaefferstown, Pa.; married Johannes Wolfensparger Wolfensberger January 27, 1720/21 in Mattstall, Bas Rhin Alcase, France.

  v.   John Nicholas Ensminger, born October 04, 1699 in Probably Diemeringer, Alsace, Germany; died February 15, 1785 in Cocalico Twp., Lancaster, Pa.; married (1) Mary Margaret or Anna; married (2) Margaret Ludwig Abt. 1725 in Germany.

  vi.   Elizabeth Ensminger, born June 02, 1701 in Wadlhambach, Germany; died June 08, 1701 in Durstel, Germany.

  vii.   Catharine Ensminger, born June 01, 1702 in Wadlhambach, Germany; married Henry Peter.

  viii.   Henrich Henry Ensminger, born Abt. March 10, 1704/05 in Mattstall, Alsace, Germany (France); married Frau..

  ix.   Barbara Ensminger, born 1707 in Alcase, Germany (France).

  x.   David Ensminger, born 1709 in Alsace, Germany (France); died 1770 in York, Pa.; married Christine 1735 in Mattstall, Alsace, Germany (France).

  xi.   Elizabeth Ensminger, born Abt. 1711 in Alsace, Germany (France); married Peter Schmidt 1732.
       680. Johann Jacob Frey, born 1648 in Wingen, B-Rhn, France; died September 12, 1705 in Wingen, B-Rhn, France. He was the son of 1360. Gregorius Frey and 1361. Veronic. He married 681. Anna Maria Schaub October 21, 1688 in Wingen, B-Rhn, France.
       681. Anna Maria Schaub, born Abt. 1649 in Lembach, Alsace, France. She was the daughter of 1362. Matthias (a Lange dic Ursla) Schaub.

       Children of Johann Frey and Anna Schaub are:

  340 i.   Johann HANS? Peter (Frye) Frey, born September 27, 1689 in Wingen, Alsace, France; died May 04, 1766 in South of Wachovia North Carolina; married Anna Barbara (nee Schmidin) Schmidt February 18, 1715/16 in Wingen, Bas-Rhin, France.

  ii.   Johann Heinreich Frey, born June 27, 1693 in Wingen, Alsace, France; died Abt. 1738 in On ship the Two Sisters?; married Maria Dorothea Rummel April 23, 1715 in Wingen, Alsace, France, Lembach Lutheran.

  iii.   Anna Cleophe Frey, born April 27, 1697 in Wingen, Alsace, France; married Joh. Christmann Low in Lembach Lutheran KB.

  iv.   Andreas Frey, born November 07, 1698 in Wingen, Alsace, France; married Catharina Ritter.

  v.   Maria Barbara Frey, born April 21, 1701 in Wingen, Alsace, France; married Conrad Low February 25, 1720/21 in Lemach, Bas Rien, France.

  vi.   Anna Catharina Frey, born January 10, 1703/04 in Wingen, Alsace, France.
       682. Johann Theobald Schmidt, born 1665 in Wingen, Bas-Rhin, France; died December 03, 1702. He was the son of 1364. Hans Phillipp Schmidt and 1365. Catharina Motz. He married 683. Anna Maria Schlaeberin January 11, 1694/95 in Wingen, Bas-Rhin, France.
       683. Anna Maria Schlaeberin, born September 23, 1661 in Mattshall, B-Rhin, France; died April 10, 1722 in Wingen, Bas-Rhin, France. She was the daughter of 1366. Johann Michael Schlaeber and 1367. Anna Mang.

       Child of Johann Schmidt and Anna Schlaeberin is:

  341 i.   Anna Barbara (nee Schmidin) Schmidt, born April 05, 1696 in Wingen, Bas-Rhin, France; died January 09, 1768 in Bethany, Davidson North Carolina; married Johann HANS? Peter (Frye) Frey February 18, 1715/16 in Wingen, Bas-Rhin, France.
       684. Christian Binckele, born 1678 in Switzeralnd. He married 685. Elizabeth Berg.
       685. Elizabeth Berg, born 1682.

       Child of Christian Binckele and Elizabeth Berg is:

  342 i.   Peter Binkele, born March 02, 1703/04 in Guckensberg, Bern, Switz.; died August 20, 1793 in Bethania, Stokes Co., N.C.; married Ann Marie Werlyn Abt. 1724.
       692. John Bealls, born 1658 in England93; died December 17, 1726 in Nottingham, Chester Co., PA94. He was the son of 1384. John Beale and 1385. Wife. He married 693. Mary Jane Clayton November 01, 1682 in Chester Meeting, Pa.95.
       693. Mary Jane Clayton, born June 29, 1665 in Rumbaldaweeke, Sussex Co., England96; died 1726 in Chester Co., PA or Prince George Co., MD97. She was the daughter of 1386. William Clayton , Governor and 1387. Prudence Lanckford.

Notes for John Bealls:












<H3><STRONG>Climbing Jacob's Ladder</STRONG></H3>



<STRONG><I>Results of research done by Dorothy Schriever and Joanne
Todd Rabun, joanne.rabun@emerald.com <BR>
KindredKeepsakes, P.O. Box 41552, Eugene, OR 97404-0369<BR>
</I></STRONG>
<P>
<STRONG>JTR sent this letter to several family researchers in
1994:</STRONG>
<P>
<I>Would you please take a look at the following reasons why I
think JACOB BALES WAS THE SON OF THOMAS & SARAH (ANTRIM) BEALS
and not John and Margaret (HUNT) BEALS as seems to be the current
consensus of family researchers. Please let me know what you think!
<U> joanne.rabun@emerald.com</U></I>
<P>
One of the reasons for linking Jacob to John & Margaret, as
I understand it, was the discovery of an old Hunt Family History
by Nathan Hunt Ballenger written in the 1800s that shows a Jacob
as an "add-on" to the list of John and Margaret's children.
Another reason was the Greene Co., MO census where Jacob was shown
as being 91 and born in Virginia. Please let me know if you see
any holes in the following theory or let me know if I am completely
on the wrong track and have missed the big picture altogether!!
<P>
The name "BOATER/BORTER/BOWATER, etc." that runs through
the family is proof that our Jacob was a descendant of John and
Sarah (BOWATER) BEALS and was a member of an old and very prolific
Quaker family. <A HREF="bealjaco.htm">Unfortunately, almost all branches have used the name "Jacob" to an excess! </A>Since
none of the available descendants (from 3 sons John, Thomas or
Bowater) initially seemed to fit our statistics, our family researchers
have been "stumped" for years about "ou
<P>
Some reasons for my believing that Thomas & Sarah (ANTRIM)
BEALS were the parents of our Jacob BALES:
<P>
1. Jacob and Rebecca (ADAMSON) BEALS didn't name any of their
children John or Margaret.
<P>
2. They DID name children Sarah and Thomas (common family names,
it is true.)
<P>
3. On a plot map of New Garden, Guilford Co., North Carolina,
there is the "Beal's Sawmill" 1755 right next to Thomas
Beals! Jacob always started up a mill where ever he went! Could
he have learned this trade from Thomas?
<P>
4. In 1792, a Jacob Beals is condemned for "outgoing marriage"
at Westfield MM, Surrey Co., North Carolina. This is the Quaker
Monthly Mtg. where records were kept for those traveling into
the frontier where there were not yet Quaker Meetings set up.
The Tennessee MM were organized: 1797 - Lost Creek MM, Jefferson
Co.; 1801 - Mt. Pleasant MM, Grayson Co.; 1795 - New Hope MM,
Greene, TN. The year 1792 would correspond with the birthdates
of Jacob & Rebecca's children (1790?1794, etc.)
<P>
This Jacob has been identified as the son of Bowater and Sarah
(Cook) Beals by many Quaker researchers. However, that particular
Jacob married Mary Horton, according to one of their descendants
who lives here in Eugene (Margie Stone). Their children were:
Asenath, Asa, Anna, Nathan, Bowater and Martha. I assume Mary
Horton was from the Quaker Horton family because I see these children
listed in the Westfield, NC MM minutes and marriage records, pg.
959. 1810,10,1. Asenath, dt. Jacob & Mary, Surry Co., m Asa
Burnsides; 1817, 12, 13. Asa con his mou.; 1820, 2,13. Bowater,
s Jacob & Mary, Surry Co., m Elizabeth Marshall; Nathan s
Jacob & Mary m. Jemima Hiett; 1822, 9, 14. Asa & fam.
gct Springfield MM, Ind. Seems like that Jacob's family were very
fine Quakers. THE WOMEN'S RECORDS AT WESTFIELD WERE LOST!
<P>
5. Thomas Beals and his family were for a time in Lost Creek,
Jefferson Co., Tennessee. There was a very large ADAMSON group
living there at the same time. Some ADAMSONS were Quakers, but
others had been disowned for various reasons. Rebecca and Jacob
could have met there in Tennessee. Rebecca was probably not Quaker,
since none of the children are ever listed in the Quaker records.
Contacting a representative from these ADAMSONS, we were told
the name AILSEY/ALSY/ALICE was a common name in this branch of
the Adamson family!
<P>
My current ADAMSON theory (no proof!!!): Rebecca ADAMSON was a
daughter of SIMON ADAMSON, b. 1733, Bucks Co., Pennsylvania. He
was disowned for marrying out of unity and disappeared from the
Quaker records. The family tree I have shows SEVEN sons which
I am assuming are Rebecca's brothers. They are 1. John b. 1767
d. 1828 Blount Co., TN m. Mary HAMMER; 2. Jonathan b. 1771? TN,
d. 1835 Wayne Co., IN m. Ruth WILLIAMS; 3. Thomas m 1796 Jefferson
Co., TN, d 1814 Jefferson Co., TN m. Rachel WILLIAMS - their daughter
was ALSY (Alice); 4. Jesse b. 1758 m. Mary WELLS; 5. Enos b. 1760;
6. Simon d. 1814 Jefferson Co., TN m. Eleanor Routh; 7. David
goes to Lawrence Co., Indiana!
<P>
6. The Quaker Encyclopedia by Hinshaw (Westfield MM, Surry Co.,
NC) says Tom's Creek Monthly Meeting, the predecessor of Westfield,
was located in Surry Co., NC, not far from the Virginia line.
The meeting for worship was organized about 1771, the monthly
meeting was established in 1786. Previous to this time, Tom's
Creek Prep. Mtg. had been attached to New Garden Monthly Meeting.
In addition to Surry and adjoining counties in North Carolina,
the verge of Westfield MM included adjacent territory in Virginia
and settlements in Greene and Jefferson Counties in Tennessee.
No complete list of original membership exists, but these names
were taken from the early minutes: John Bowater Beals, William
Beals, Samuel Bond, Benjamin, many Jacksons, Jessops, Sumners,
Hiatts.
<P>
The following signatures appear on 10 Aug 1774 marriage certificate
of Jacob Jackson and Ann Beals at Tom's Creek in Surry Co., NC:
Abraham? Ballard; David Ballard; Bowater Beals, Daniel Beals;
Elizabeth Beals; Thomas & Sarah Beals, Sarah (Cook) Beals,
Ruth Beals, Samuel Bond, John Bryant, Lydia Bryant, Esther Burris,
John Burris, Uriah Carson, Amos Henley, Ann Hiett, Hannah Hiett,
John Hiett, Joseph Hiett, Suzannah Hiett, Catherine Jackson, Curtis
Jackson, Samuel Jackson, Ann Jessop, Caleb Jessop, Jacob Jessop,
Mary Jessop, Thomas Jessop, Jr., Thomas Jessop, Sr. , Jamima Jones,
Richard Jones, Phebe Sumner, Thomas Sumner, Ruth Worley.
<P>
In 1798, Thomas and his 3 sons John, Daniel and JACOB request
permission at Westfield MM to go to Scioto River, Ohio (are denied).
They seem to have gone anyway.
<P>
8. The May 1807 enumeration of Fairfield Twp. in the "Early
Settlement of Highland Co., OH" lists the following sons
of Thomas: JACOB, Daniel and John Beals and two sons of Daniel
(Jacob and Curtis who are over 21 at the time). Also listed is
Benjamin CARR (husb. of Patience who is dau. of Thomas & Sarah),
David BRANSON (hus. of Hannah JACKSON, gr dau. of Bowater/Sarah
COOK); John JACKSON (husb. of Phebe, dau. of Bowater/Sarah Cook).
I didn't recognize ANY names from the immediate family of John
& Margaret (Hunt) BEALS. In a nutshell: There were two Jacobs
there when the mill was started up. One was Daniel's son Jacob.
One was OUR Jacob, son of Thomas!
<P>
7. The book "Early Settlement of Highland Co., Ohio"
says Thomas's 3 sons, John, Daniel and JACOB came to Fairfield
Twp. and the Jacob who "came early" started up a tubmill
on Hardin's Creek. Jacob and Rebecca had property and a mill on
this creek. We have documents to prove 1808/1816 land sales (one
names both Jacob & Rebecca).
<P>
9. William and Alexander BAILS (BEALS) are shown on 1820 Lawrence
Co., IN fed. census near Thomas TODD, KEITHLEYS, John McBRIDE,
John HORTON, John WILLIAMS. Daughters of Thomas/Sarah married
HORTONS & WILLIAMS. William BEALS, son of Thomas/Sarah, marries
Priscilla HORTON. Also probably coincidence, that WILLIAMS name
pops up in the ADAMSON family in Lost Creek, TN.
<P>
10. A Jacob and Daniel BEALS are shown on the 1800 census living
in Gallipolis Twp., Washington Co., Ohio. Jacob BALES, born 1768,
age fits the 1820 Decker Twp., Monroe Co., IN census (would be
51, says 45 & Up); age fits the 1830 Salt Creek Twp., Jackson
Co., IN census (pg. 218/434) (would be 61, says 60-70); age fits
the 1840 Greene Co., MO census (would be 71, says 70-80); However,
his age does NOT fit the 1850 Greene Co., MO census (would be
81, says 91). Wedding announcement 1850 says Jacob is of "Revolutionary
War Memory". Did he gain 10 years when he married his second
wife Anna/Amy Crouch?
<P>
11. Most of Thomas and Sarah's children are listed as being born
in Virginia. They were recorded and probably raised at New Garden,
North Carolina while Thomas was traveling west to be with the
Indians? The only ref. found so far to Jacob's birthplace says
Virginia (on 1850 MO census).
<P>
12. A daughter of Thomas/Sarah Antrim, Mary, was married to Thomas
JESSOP. They leave for Indiana in 1816 (same year as Jacob/Rebecca)
and are charter members of Driftwood MM in Jackson Co., IN in
1820.
<P>
13. A Jacob BALES is disowned by the Quakers in 1833 for joining
another society. This was at Driftwood Jackson Co., IN and reported
to Fairfield Twp., Highland Co., OH. Coincidentally, Jacob sells
his property and moves to Missouri shortly after this??? We know
this is when the BALES family heads for Missouri thanks to a family
story that says that they saw an incredible meteor shower during
their trip and some turned back. In 1833, they didn't know they
were witnessing the now well-documented Leonid Meteor shower.
<P>
<I>Cheska Wheatley (Quaker researcher) comments: "He (Jacob)
is then dis by Fairfield MM which must have still had his certificate
since it was never recorded at Driftwood... sounds like Jacob
may have tried to get his papers in order before heading for the
wilds of Missouri and his transgressions caught up with him!"
</I>
<P>
14. A possible explanation for the confusion about this Jacob's
identity .... not only was there often more than one Jacob living
in the same area, this Jacob was often listed with a wife named
Mary. This Mary was, however, the Mary HORTON that married the
Jacob, son of Bowater/Sarah (COOK) BEALS or the Mary THORNBURGH
who married Jacob, son of Daniel (Jacob's brother). A wife named
Beulah HEAD pops up occasionally in records. I have also seen
that the issue of this marriage, a daughter Matilda, was possibly
raised by her grandfather Daniel BEALS. Would she be the daughter
of Daniel's son Jacob who marries Mary THORNBURGH in the same
year that this child is born??
<P>
<I>From Thomas Hamm 7/94: Matilda Beals is NOT the granddaughter
of Daniel and Susanna (Jackson) Beals. Matilda was born 11-28-1807.
Daniel's son Jacob was married 2 months earlier, 9-16-1807, in
a Friends ceremony to Mary Thornburgh. He can't be Beulah Head's
husband. Moreover, it would not be a case of Beulah being the
mother of his child out of wedlock. Such a thing would have been
very difficult to conceal; the Quaker marriage process was designed
with just such things in mind. A committee was appointed to make
sure that there were no entanglements like a </I>pregnant girlfriend
involved.
<P>
<I>Excerpts from "HIGHLAND CO. PIONEER SKETCHES" by
Elsie Johnson Ayres (page 835): THE HEAD FAMILY .... were French
Huguenots, members of All Saints Parish Church in Maryland &
Virginia. Margaret Beall (later spelled Bell).... Mary, a sister
of Bigger HEAD I, married John Beall, son of Col. Ninian Beall.
Col. Beall ..... Capt. Alexander Beall, Capt. Joslenor Beals,
Samuel and Thomas Bealls, all served in some capacity during the
Revolution... </I>
<P>
The BEALL family mentioned doesn't appear to be Quakers, yet is
connected by marriage to the HEAD family. Is there a possible
mixup here of who this Beulah Head actually married? Or could
this be the family of Thomas Beals, Jr. who was disowned by the
Quakers?
<P>
15. One of the family traditions says that Jacob lived to be 104.
I notice one reference to Thomas BALES (the son of Thomas &
Sarah?) who was disowned for marrying out of unity. It said that
HE lived to be 104! Maybe the story was about an uncle?
<P>
This quote is from the "History of Ross & Highland Counties,
Ohio" page 472. "<I>Thomas Bales was in the war of 1812,
and died in Fayette County at the age of one hundred and four
years His son, Nathan, came to Highland County, and after a short
residence removed to Arkansas, where he died. His son, John married
a daughter of Zimri Manker and lives in the north part of Washington
township" </I>
<P>
I also find it curious that if Rebecca was indeed a daughter of
Simon ADAMSON, she would have SEVEN brothers, also a family story
passed down (but the 7 bros. supposedly belonged to Jacob, not
Rebecca).
<P>
16. From June, 1994 letter from The Southern Ohio Genealogical
Society, PO Box 414, Hillsboro, Ohio 45133 - a Jacob Beals is
shown on Poll Books of Election 1806-1808-1809-1810 and not after
that. From Elsie Ayres "<I>Highland Co. Pioneer Sketches"
pg. 318 - The original voters in Fairfield Twp. contained the
following names of the family: Abraham, Curtis, Daniel, Jacob,
Sr., Jacob, Jr., John Sr., John, Jr. and John B. Beals. Thomas
B. Beals, although his name was not found among the voters, was
born in 1785 and died March 8, 1860. He was a soldier during the
War of 1812." </I>I think the 1785 is a typo. Thomas Beals
was born 29 Oct 1745. He would have been 104! <I>(see #15 above!)</I>

<P>
17. Daniel, Jacob and James Hough (Huff) are named on the probate
records of George TODD in Monroe Co., Indiana in 1831. This is
BEFORE Anna BALES marries Andrew Todd, son of George. Are these
possibly sons of Daniel Huff, the 2nd husband of Margaret Beals,
daughter of Thomas and Sarah? Thomas Hamm says no.
<P>
18. On pg. 348 of Elsie Ayres "Highland Co. Pioneer Sketches":
"<I>Soon after Phineas Hunt erected his first mill, Jacob,
SON OF REV. THOMAS BEALS, put up another small mill structure
on Hardin's Creek." </I>
<P>
19. Nathaniel Pope, who is described as a "personal friend"
of Daniel Boone lives adjacent to Jacob Beals' on Hardins Creek
according to the Jacob's land sale entries.
<P>
<I>From Highland Co., OH Deed Book E, pages 15-16 (dated 29 Feb
1808, signed X Jacob Beals): "....... on Hardins Creek a
branch of the Rattle Snake fork of Paint Creek and bounded as
follows Viz, beginning at two white oaks in the line ...... crossing
Hardins Creek to a Hickory and dogwood corner to a tract of 150
acres sold to NATH POPE ...." </I>
<P>
If Thomas (and Jacob?) had been wandering about the Indian Territories
(especially the Clinch River, Kentucky area where they stayed
at Beverly Milner's home), they no doubt met up with Boone at
some point. Boone was also raised a Quaker in Pennsylvania and
Guilford Co.!! In "Highland Co. Pioneer Sketches" Elsie
Johnson Ayres comments that Thomas Beals introduces Nathaniel
Pope to Chief Tecumseh and shows the rest of the Quakers where
the Quaker Bottom land was located. He had obviously been there
before. Daniel Boone was captured by the Indians and taken to
Chillicothe.
<P>
20. I notice that our Jacob signed his Indiana land deeds with
his mark "X" signifying no formal education. If he had
been the son of Margaret (Hunt) and John Beals he would have been
raised in New Garden, North Carolina. I read that the literacy
rate of the Quakers in this area was 85%+! This observation from
Faragher's book about Daniel Boone "one consequence of the
love for the woods was a neglect of book learning" would
also apply to Thomas Beals and his family.
<P>
21. From Elsie Ayres "Highland County Pioneer Sketches &
Family Genealogies" pg. 318: "<I>Sarah (Antrim) Beals,
already seventy-seven years old when her husband was killed, decided
to continue the journey. The caravan bade goodbye to the lonely
grave and once again set out for the SITE CHOSEN BY REV. BEALS
for his family's new home. They remained as guests of the Pope
family until a cabin could be prepared for them. The Beals' home
was on the north side of an Indian trail that became a township
road known today as Burgess Lane. Their farm was east of the site
of Hardin's Creek Meeting House." </I>
<P>
It would make sense to me that Rev. Thomas Beals and Nathaniel
Pope would select adjoining properties. A coincidence that our
Jacob ends up on it?
<P>
Please let me hear from you! Would love any additional information,
documentation that I am missing.
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TITLE>Looking for a Jacob Beals?</TITLE>

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<H3><STRONG>Looking for a Jacob BEALS?</STRONG></H3>

<P>
<STRONG>Here's some I found while I was looking for mine! </STRONG>
<PRE>
Name Birth Date Spouse Father Mother
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<PRE>
Jacob BALES 28 Oct 1768 Rebecca Adamson Thomas Beals Sarah Antrim
Jacob BEALS 15 Jan 1776 Sarah Mulvaney William Beals Rachel Green
Jacob BEALS 5 Jul 1783 Mary Thornburg Daniel Beals Sus'h Jackson
Jacob BEALS 27 Nov 1766 Mary Horton Bowater Beals Sarah Cook
Jacob BEALS III 7 Jan 1747 Eliz. Blackburn Jacob Beals II Elizabeth Griest
Jacob BEALS IV 1788 Ann Jacob Beals III Eliz. Blackburn
Jacob BEALS 1783 Jane Solomon Beals Rebecca Underwood
Jacob BEALS 1787 Sarah Ellis Daniel Beals Mary Squibb
Jacob BEALS 1803 Moses Beals Elizabeth Deal
Jacob BEALS Sada Bowers Abraham Beals Rachel Wierman
Jacob BEALS John Beals Eliz. Nichols
Jacob BEALS Abt 1786 Beulah Head? William Beals Priscilla Horton
Jacob BEALS Abt 1781 Isaac Beals Hannah Jones
Jacob BEALS Charity HOGGATT Daniel Beals Katherine Beals
Jacob BEALS Abt 1764 Caleb Beals Mary Dale
Jacob BEALS 26 Jan 1809 Curtis Beals Hannah Evans
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<TITLE>Some Quaker Meetings</TITLE>

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<H3><STRONG>Meeting Organization of the<BR>
Society of Friends (Quakers)</STRONG> </H3>

<P>
<STRONG><I>From Cheska Wheatley, Fidonet Genealogy Conference</I></STRONG>
<HR>

<P>
The organization of the Friends Society was pyramidal.
<H4><STRONG>The Local Meeting</STRONG></H4>

<P>
At the base was the<B> </B><STRONG>local meeting</STRONG> with
its worshipping congregation. The popular picture of a plain-garbed
group sitting silently in an unornamented room is correct. Such
mundane affairs as seeing that the meeting house was cleaned,
firewood provided, and broken glass replaced were entrusted to
preparative meetings. Most large local meetings were preceded
by preparatory meetings, which could settle minor offenses and
appoint overseers to report any violations of the discipline to
the monthly meeting.
<H4><STRONG>The Monthly Meeting</STRONG></H4>

<P>
The level at which most of the work of the church was conducted
was the monthly meeting, which was composed of all the local meetings
in a township or small geographical area; men and women met in
separate monthly meetings normally held at the same time. Any
Friend in good standing could attend and speak at these business
meetings, but the opinions of "weighty" members-- ministers,
elders, overseers-- carried the most influence in arriving at
a "sense of the meeting." All decisions were made by
the entire body, with the clerk ascertaining the will of the group;
such procedures as voting and majority rule were never used. Many
activities of the meeting were entrusted to small committees,
again consisting primarily of weighty Friends. The monthly meeting
regulated marriages, controlled funds, gave charity, supervised
the schools, disciplined or disowned anyone guilty of a moral
offense, and sent reports to the quarterly meeting.
<H4><STRONG>The Quarterly Meetings </STRONG></H4>

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The quarterly meetings, normally composed of all the monthly meetings
in a particular county or geographical area, were attended by
delegates from each monthly meeting. Quarterly meetings were a
half-way point between the monthly and yearly meetings. Any problem
too large for a local meeting to solve was referred to the quarterly
meeting, which could settle the matter or place it on the agenda
of the yearly meeting.
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The epistles from the yearly meeting were read and questions answered
about the state of local meetings. In England the quarterly meetings
sent written reports on the doings of the monthly meetings to
the yearly meeting, but in America oral reports were often used,
and the practice of giving written answers to specific queries
was not general until 1755. There were special quarterly meetings
for ministers and elders designed to aid them in overseeing the
congregation. Both types of quarterly meetings usually began with
a period of silence and worship after which business was conducted.
<H5><STRONG>The Yearly Meetings</STRONG></H5>

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Delegations from the quarterly meeting attended the yearly meetings.
In the colonies there were six yearly meetings: Pennsylvania and
New Jersey (usually termed Philadelphia), New York, Maryland (or
Baltimore), Virginia, North Carolina, and New England. In Great
Britain there were yearly meetings in London and Ireland. (At
various times there were special yearly meetings and half-year's
meetings held in America and England; these were generally occasions
for worship and no administrative business took place.) The yearly
meetings occupied several days; several thousand people attended
the largest, such as those at Philadelphia or Newport. In theory,
any decision reached by the yearly meeting on any matter was binding
upon all quarterly and monthly meetings within its jurisdiction.
A controversial matter was apt to be appealed from the monthly
or quarterly meetings to the yearly meeting, and if a consensus
could not be reached, the problem would be postponed until the
next session. During the year, Friends might write to London Yearly
Meeting for its counsel. All yearly meetings were autonomous,
but the two most powerful meetings were London and Philadelphia,
and London was first among equals. Philadelphia attempted to exercise
similar influence in America but enjoyed only sporadic success.
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The yearly meetings were in close contact with each other. London
Yearly Meeting distributed epistles every year to all quarterly
and monthly meetings in England and to every yearly and many quarterly
and monthly meetings in America. Most yearly meetings received
a second letter which might contain answers to specific problems
faced by that meeting. The yearly meetings in America sent out
epistles to London and to their own monthly meetings, but did
not always send letters to each other. In 1714, when Philadelphia
Yearly Meeting wished to consult with other American yearly meetings
on the subject of slavery, it sent a message to London Friends
requesting them to ask the questions since it was easier for London
to communicate with North Carolina and Virginia meetings than
for Philadelphia to attempt to correspond directly. Friends attempted
to make their organization and their religious beliefs as harmonious
as possible.
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Since they thought that Christian revelation was the same the
world over they made a deliberate effort to make certain that
their recommendations were agreed upon by most Friends. Frederick
Tolles believed that "Quaker thinking on most subjects varied
relatively little from place to place, so that the ideas of English
and American Friends down at least to the Revolution can be regarded
as practically interchangeable." One can examine the epistles,
or discipline, or minutes of a meeting in England, in New England,
or in North Carolina and fail to determine from the contents any
difference in geographical location.
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       Children of John Bealls and Mary Clayton are:

  i.   Grace Bealls, born WFT Est. 1680-170798; died WFT Est. 1686-179099.

  346 ii.   John Bealls, born January 28, 1684/85 in Chester Co., Pennsylvania; died Abt. 1747 in Cold Springs, Winchester Co., Virginia; married Sarah Bowater September 14, 1711 in Chester Meeting, Pennsylvania.

  iii.   William Bealls, born November 01, 1687100; died WFT Est. 1686-1787101; married Rebecca Chambers June 26, 1712 in Nottingham Meeting House, chester Co., Pa.

  iv.   Jacob B. Bealls, born July 28, 1689102; died WFT Est. 1686-1787103; married Mary Brooksby April 20, 1714 in Nottingham House-Concord Meeting House, Chester Co., Pa..

  v.   Mary Ann Bealls, born April 24, 1692104; died WFT Est. 1697-1790105; married Richard Harrold April 11, 1710 in Nottimgham Meeting House, Chester Co., Pa.106.

  vi.   Patience Bealls, born April 16, 1695107; died WFT Est. 1686-1790108; married Joseph Jones 1717.

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