Richard Beeson1

M, (October 1684 - 1 January 1777)

Father*Edward Beeson1 (1660 - c 1714)
Mother*Rachel Pennington1 (c 1658 - )
Richard Beeson|b. Oct 1684\nd. 1 Jan 1777|p2593.htm|Edward Beeson|b. 1660\nd. c 1714|p2602.htm|Rachel Pennington|b. c 1658|p2601.htm|||||||Isaac Pennington|b. 1616\nd. 8 Oct 1679|p2603.htm|Mary Proude|b. 1625\nd. 18 Sep 1682|p2604.htm|

Charts Pedigree for Stanley Russell McKinney
Relationship 8th great-grandfather of James Jay McKinney.
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(Witness) Document© 

Document(s):
, Principal=Charity Grubb, Principal=John Grubb 
Document©* 

Document(s):
, Witness=Charity Beeson, Witness=Edward Beeson 
Religion* Richard Beeson and wife Charity became members of the Quaker faith in early life and continued as active members becoming ministers, preaching in various meetings until shortly before their deaths. The following records trace their migration from Pennsylvania down to Frederick Co., Va., and finally to Guilford Co., N. C., where they are buried., Principal=Charity Grubb2 
Birth*October 1684 PA1,2 
BirthDecember 1684 Lancashire, England3 
Marriage*24 October 1706 Principal=Charity Grubb1,2 
Marriage24 December 1706 Chester Co., PA, Principal=Charity Grubb3 
Will*August 1712 Chester Co., PA, The will of Edward Beeson is the first will to be recorded in Chester County. Prior to that time, all wills from that part of the country were recorded in Philadelphia. The will is as follows:
"I Edward Beeson of Nottingham, being laid on a bed of sickness & not knowing how the Lord may dispose of me as to my natural Life therefore I do make this my last will & testament and does declare all other will or wills made or done by me to be void and of none effect, first my will is that I be decently buried & my funeral expenses and all debts be duly payd, 21y. I give to my son Edward & his heirs 142 acres & a nald of Land Laying by nessamoney, 3rd, I give unto my son Richard and his heirs one tract of Land Laying near Southampton in the County of Bucks, containing 290 acres, 41y I give to my son Richard and his heirs one tract of Liberty Land containing 25 acres Lying on Sculkill. 51y I do give to my son William my west Loot Laying in Nottingham also I give unto him 48 pounds which my Executors is to lay out for him in building him a house 61 buying him such necessaryes as they may see most needful for him for making a plantation, also I give unto him all my wearing apparel except two great coats, which two coats I give to Edward & Richard, Edward is to have which he pleased, also I give to my son William one coat of Carsey that is at the weavers, also my will is that if my son William should dy without ishew Lawfully begotten, then the Land is to go to the Lawful heirs. 61y, I give to my daughter Ann Cloud Twenty pounds, 71y, my will is that after my former wifes children have had their portions that all my personnall estate be divided betwixt my widow and my Daughter elizabeth according to Law. 8ly, my will is that my widow shall have the plantation whereon I live with all the profits thereof during her widowhood or natural Life & after my widows marrying or decease, then I give it to my Daughter Elizabeth & her heirs. 91y, my will is that my executors & their heirs shall have all that Land which I have purchased of Daniel Wharley & by Warrant to me by the Commissioners bearing the date of 14th day of Septr, 1709, to dispose of as they see occasion, and I desire yt my wife shall give to the child yt she is now great with, if it should live when born, forty pounds and Lastly for a full and finall performance of this will I do by these presents make & ordain my dear and well beloved wife and son Richard the sole executors of this my last will and Testament as witness my land & Seal this Twentieth of the sixth month, called August 1712.
Signed Sealed & Delivered before us
Andrew Job
James King
Edward Beeson (Seal)
Chester County SS

Note. The method of dating the documents and family records was in accordance with "The great law or body of laws of the Provence of Pennsylvania and territories thereto belonging, past at an assembly held in Chester (Upland), the 7th day of ye 10th month called December 1682" as shown by the following section:
"35. And Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that the dayes of the Week and ye months of the year shall be called as in Scripture and not be Heathen names (as is vulgarlyused) as the first second and third days of ye week, and the first second and third months of ye year, and beginning with ye Day called Sunday and the Month called March."

Prior to the year 1752, the Quaker year began with March 25, which was 1st momth, 1st day. This form of dating has caused much confusion and errors in translating both the number of the month into names and in the number of the day of the month. In 1752, January 1 became the 1st month, 1st day. Throughout the text, dates given such as 4 mo. 4 da. would refer to the fourth day of the fourth month in accordance with the foregoing. Where a date is given as 2-l-1700, this refers to February 1, 1700., Principal=Edward Beeson2 
Note*after August 1712 Assumed it occurred after will upon death. The report of the administration of the estate was filed by Richard Beeson and Elizabeth Rich (she now having married Joseph Rich). The following items of accounting are interesting: "By cash paid William Beeson his Legacy left him by Will," "By cash pd. John Cloud in right of his wife being a Legacy left them by Will," "To cash paid John Everet in right of Eliza his Wife being a Legacy left her by Will," " to cash paid Rich'd Brown in right of Rachel his Wife being a Legacy left her by Will," and "To a Legacy left Eliza the Decdts widdow by Will.", Principal=Edward Beeson2 
Note*10 December 1716 Chester Co., PA, A warrant dated 12-10-1716 was given to Richard Beeson for 500 acres in Chester County.2 
Note1722 PA, He soon moved to West Nottingham for the tax rate assessment for the year 1722 of West Nottingham, Pennsylvania, shows that Richard Beeson was assessed 11 shillings 3 pence as a tax on the land owned by him.2 
NoteOctober 1725 MD, "On 3rd month 8, 1725, the preparative meeting of Nottingham have offered Richard Beeson for an overseer, for ye west end of Nottingham whom this meeting approves of until1 further order."2 
Note1727 PA, "Richard Beeson and Daniel Smith, both of Nottingham, and Bona Griffiths of Manor Rocklands request the Grant of each of them a Parcel of Land at or near Fishing Creek which flows into the Susquehanna on 14-xbr-1727, viz: Richard Beeson for his children, 1000 acres; Daniel Smith for his sons, 500 acres; Bona Griffiths, 300 acres."2 
Note27 November 1727 "11-27-1727, William Reynolds is appointed overseer in room of Richard Beeson released."2 
Note27 July 1729 "7-27-1729, Richard Beeson, (Whose reappointment was overlooked) is succeeded by Thomas Brown as overseer of West Nottingham Meeting."2 
Note16 January 1733 Lancaster Co., PA, Richard Beeson was granted 100 acres by the Proprietory William Penn, and the warrant for the survey was dated in Lancaster County 16th January 1733.2 
Residence*1733/34 Leacock Township, PA?, Nottingham Monthly Meeting was established in 1730 by a division from New Garden. "At New Garden ll-26-1733/34, Richard Beeson produced a certificate for himself and family from Nottingham dated 10-15-1733." The family had removed to Leacock township then within the limits of New Garden.2 
Residence1736 Frederick Co., VA, On 1-27-1736, Richard Beeson and wife asked for a certificate of removal from New Garden to Hopewell Monthly Meeting for themselves and family which was signed on 2-24-1736. Hopewell Monthly Meeting was established in 1734 and 1735 in Frederick County, Virginia by Friends who removed from Pennsylvania in order to obtain a greater freedom in worship. Some seventy families came from Pennsylvania and settled on the Opeckon River under the leadership of Alexander Ross.

Richard Beeson soon removed to what is now Berkeley County on the banks of the Tuscarora Branch where a Meeting House called Providence was soon erected. This was sometimes called Beeson's
Meeting where meetings were held from,1738 to 1758 when its members were received in Hopewell.2 
Residence*1754 Guilford Co., NC, Richard and Charity Beeson were received at New Garden Monthly Meeting, North Carolina, 11 mo. 30, 1754 by certificate from Hopewell dated 9 mo. 2, 1754. New Garden, N. C. was established 1754. They travelled through the Quaker sections of North and South Carolina, where records of various meetings mention services conducted by them. Their deaths are recorded in the Center Monthly Meeting records, Guilford County, North Carolina., Principal=Charity Grubb2 
Death*1 January 1777 Guilford Co., NC1,2,3 
Probate*1788 Randolph Co., NC, The will of Richard Beeson 3. was probated in 1788 in Randolph County, North Carolina and is as follows:
"Whereas I Richard Beeson of Deep River in Guilford County North Carolina Being fair advanced in years and knowing the uncertaintity of Life and Certainty of Death do therefore think fit to make this my last Will and Testament in manner and form as follows first I recommend my Soul to the Lord and my Body to the Earth to Be Buried in a Christian like manner at the Discression of my Executors Hereafter to be named and as Touching Such Worldy Substances wherewith all that It hath pleased the Lord to bless me with in this Life which I desspose thereof in the following manner and form. First of all I order all my just Debts and funeral charges to be paid by my Executors Hereafter to be named. 2nd I give to my grandson Stepharias Haworth Two Hundred acres of the Land I now live on Including all Improvements to him his heirs and assigns and no more. 3rdly I give to my two sons Benjamin Beeson and Isaac Beeson and to their heirs, and assigns the Remaining part of the Said Tract of land to Each and Equil part and for Benjamin to have the East and Isaac to have the West end. 4dly I give to my son Benjamin two fether beds and all the furniture Belong there unto, I give to my Son Isaac the fether bed I now ly upon and all the furniture Belong thereunto. 5thly It is my will that the remaining Part of Movable Estate Shall be Equilly Divided among all my children to wit- Benjamin Isaac Pheby and Charity in the Best and most Suitable manner it can be done by my Executors. 6thly and further I do give to all or any of my Isue that Doth or lay claim Hereafter to any Right of heirship to Each and Severally one Shillings Sterling and no more to be paid By my Executors Hereafter to be named. 7thly I ordain and constitute and appoint my two sons Benjamin and Isaac whole and sole Executors of this my last will and Testament hear by utterly Disallowing and Revokeing and makeing Void all other and former Wills Testaments and Legacies by me maid Retifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and Testament in witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and affixed my Seal this 29th Day of the month called March in the year 1775,
"Signed Sealed and pronounced to Be the Said Richard Beeson's last will and Testament in the presents of us:
Richard Beeson (seal)
Jeremiah Reynolds
Joseph Lamb
Isaac Beeson, Junier2 

Family

Charity Grubb
Marriage*24 October 1706 Principal=Charity Grubb1,2 
Marriage24 December 1706 Chester Co., PA, Principal=Charity Grubb3 
Children

Citations

  1. [S1] Louise Horton, Genealogy of the Wheeler - Millikan and Allied Families (n.p.: n.pub., 1970).
  2. [S66] Henry Hart Beeson, A Genealogy of the Beeson - Beason Family. Library of Congress C571.B443 (n.p.: n.pub., 1968).
  3. [S80] Dean Leornard, "Leonard GEDCOM," e-mail message from unknown author e-mail (unknown address) to unknown recipient, April 1999.