Notes:

RELATIONSHIP: SOME QUAKER FAMILIES, BEALS-BALES, by Roger S. Boone ,
(call No. 929.2, B194s, at Fort Wayne Lib.), page 17.
RELATIONSHIP: ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN QUAKER GENEALOGY, by William
Wade Hinshaw, Vol. I, (North Carolina) page 792.
Revolutionry War pratriot: DAR PATRIOT INDEX, CENTENNIAL EDITION,
PART III, Washingtion, 1990, page 2775.
Elijah reseved Twenty Two Pounds for his part in the Revolution. The
voucher is listed in Vol. IX pg. 102, folis, 3 "Joseph Winston Entry
Taker of Surry County" at the North Carolina State Archives.

Elijah married Hannah Mills on 18 Aug 1768 in N.C.. Hannah (daughter of John Mills, III and Sarah Beals) was born about 1750; died about 1803. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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James married Catherine Hutchins on 6 Mar 1728 in Henrico County, VA. Catherine (daughter of Nicholas Hutchins and Mary Watkins) was born about 1708 in Henrico County, VA; died on 20 Dec 1766 in Guilford County, N.C.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Sarah Beals about 1732. Sarah (daughter of John Beals and Sarah Bowater) was born on 20 May 1713 in USA; died on 9 Sep 1800 in Cane Creek, Orange County, NC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Sarah Beals
Description: Granddaughter
Date: 11 Aug 1726
Prove Date: 17 Dec 1726
Book/Page: A:206
Remarks: John Beals of Nottingham. 8/11/1726. December 17, 1726. A. 206. To eldest son John, bed and furniture and ?U15, he paying to his 5 children, viz Sarah, John, Thomas, Ann, and Phebe, 10 shillings when of age. To daughter Mary Harrold 8, sh e paying to each of heir children, viz Elizabeth, Rachel, Jonathan and Richard 10 shillings when of age. To son Jacob ?U112, he paying to each of his four children, viz John, Jacob, Mary and William 10 shillings when of age. To daughter Patience J ones the ?U18-15 that is due of bond of her husband and ?U15 more paying to their 4 children. viz Judith, Mary, Sarah and Charity 10 shillings each, when of age. To kinswoman Mary Davis of Philadelphia 20 shillings. Executors: sons John and Jacob. W itnesses: James McMullin, Wm. House.

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Thomas married Mary Holme. Mary was born about 1666. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Nicholas married Mary Watkins on 9 Aug 1701 in Henrico County, VA. Mary (daughter of Henry Watkins, (1) and Katherine Pride) was born about 1679 in Henrico County, VA; died on 2 Aug 1736 in Henrico County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Rachel Bates about 1708. Rachel was born about 1688 in Chester County, PA; died in 1740 in Monacacy County, MD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Chester County, Pennsylvania Wills, 1713-1825
about John Beals
Name: John Beals
Description: Decedent
Residence: Nottingham
Date: 11 Aug 1726
Prove Date: 17 Dec 1726
Book/Page: A:206
Remarks: John Beals of Nottingham. 8/11/1726. December 17, 1726. A. 206. To eldest son John, bed and furniture and ?U15, he paying to his 5 children, viz Sarah, John, Thomas, Ann, and Phebe, 10 shillings when of age. To daughter Mary Harrold 8, sh e paying to each of heir children, viz Elizabeth, Rachel, Jonathan and Richard 10 shillings when of age. To son Jacob ?U112, he paying to each of his four children, viz John, Jacob, Mary and William 10 shillings when of age. To daughter Patience J ones the ?U18-15 that is due of bond of her husband and ?U15 more paying to their 4 children. viz Judith, Mary, Sarah and Charity 10 shillings each, when of age. To kinswoman Mary Davis of Philadelphia 20 shillings. Executors: sons John and Jacob. W itnesses: James McMullin, Wm. House.

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John married Sarah Bowater on 14 Sep 1711 in Chester County, PA. Sarah (daughter of Thomas Bowater, Sr. and Sarah Edge) was born on 9 Sep 1688 in Chester County, PA; died on 12 Sep 1761 in Wellsville, York County, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=82845144
One of at least two children born to Thomas Sr and Sarah (Edge) Bowater of England and later Chester Co PA, Sarah married:

1) John Jacob Beals Jr, her 2nd cousin, on 14 Aug 1711 at the New Garden Friends MH in Chester Co PA; he died 12 Dec 1744. They had at least nine children, six daughters and three sons.
2) Alexander Underwood; no known children.

Sarah transferred back to York Co PA, on a certificate dated 25 Apr 1748. She was accompanied by her son Bowater Beals, who had married Sarah Cook, daughter of Thomas Sr and Mary (Underwood) Cook. Mary is a daughter of Alexander Underwood.

Another record shows Alexander at the Monacacy Friends MH in MD on 7 Feb 1745, requesting permission to marry Sarah Beals, widow of John Beals.

Sarah is recorded on 12 Sep 1761, when she was succeeded as "overseer". She died a few years later, aged abt 77 yrs. Alexander died in 1767, not mentioning Sarah in his Will, an indication of her death prior to his.

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