Edward Beeson1
M, (1660 - circa 1714)
| Charts | Pedigree for Stanley Russell McKinney |
| Relationship | 9th great-grandfather of James Jay McKinney. |
| Last Edited | 3 Apr 1999 |
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| Note | The family is of English origin and the name a corruption of Beeston, which is an old family of or near Leeds, England. Lineages can be traced back to the fifteenth century in the personage of Thomas Beeston of Beeston, a small village near Leeds, down through his great-great-grandson, Sir George Beeston, who was living in 1595. The Coat of Arms born by both the Beeston and Beeson families is the same and is of the ancient family seated at Cheshire at a very early period - blazoned, "Argent, a bend between six bees sable. Crest, on a mount Vert a Castle, or issuing therefrom an arm embowed brandishing a sword." Tradition states that the Beesons were of French origin, and that there was an officer in the army of William the Conqueror named Bezon. After the Norman conquest, he became an officer in the Royal Guard. His descendants settled in the Isle of Man, where one of them married a daughter of the ruler or‘ the island. He afterwards returned to Lancashire, where his descendants became numerous and can still be found. Edward Beeson was not the first or that surname to come to America. Capt. Thomas Beeson settled in Maryland prior to 1657 and was a Burgess from Anne Arundel~County to the House of &.sembly held at St. Marys. His will was recorded in 1679 in Anne Arundel Co. and shows sons John, William, and Thomas and a daughter Martha, wife Hester. He also had a daughter, Ann, who married Nicholas Gassaway, Nothing further is known of this family. There was also a Thomas Beeson who owned land in York Co, Maine in 1676 and nothing further is known of him.1 | |
| Note | The Wheeler Genealogy makes mention of a son Isaac and a daughter Amy, based on the will and more extensive research provided by the Beeson Genealogy my guess that there was no Isaac or that Isaac was William and Amy was Ann., Principal=Rachel Pennington2,1 | |
| (Witness) Document© | Document(s):
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| Marriage* | Edward Beeson married a second time in-America to Elizabeth. One record gives her as a widow Holmes when she married Edward Beeson. She has also been referred to as the daughter of Henry Grubb. After Edward's death, she married Joseph Rich., Principal=Elizabeth (?)2 | |
| Birth* | 1660 | England, There is no mention in the Beeson Genealogy regarding this date, so I think it is suspect.1 |
| Immigration* | 1682 or 1684 | PA, Most of the Beesons now living in the United States are descendants of one Edward Beeson 1. It is said that he came to America in 1682 or 1684 on one of the William Penn voyages from Stoke, Lancaster, England, and settled in New Castle, below Philadelphia.1 |
| Marriage* | before 1684 | England, It is generally believed that Edward Beeson's first wife's name was Rachel Pennington, whom he had married in England. It is not known what relation she was to Mary Pennington Wharley, who was a half sister to Guilema Maria Springett, the first wife of William Penn. It has been said that they were half-sisters. However, the will of Mary Pennington (mother of Mary Wharley) proven in England Oct. 11, 1682 mentions only the following children: sons William, Edward, and John and daughter, Mary, and daughter, Guilema Maria Penn. Mary Proud, daughter of Sir John Proude of Goodnestone Court, Kent, Married Sir William Springett and had one daughter, Guilema Maria, who married William Penn. The other children mentioned in the will are those by her second husband, Isaac Pennington, son of Sir Isaac Pennington, Lord Mayor of London., Principal=Rachel Pennington2 |
| Note* | 14 November 1701 | PA, The earliest known documentary evidence of Edward Beeson in America is a record dated the 14th day of the 11th. month 1701 when he and several others petitioned William Penn's Commissioners of Property sitting at Philadelphia to make settlement on a tract of land about half way between the Delaware River and the Susquehanna River.2 |
| Note | 7 January 1701/2 | Chester Co., PA, On the 7th day of the 1st month 1701/02 land warrants were issued to these petitioners among whom was Edward Beeson, who obtained 980 acres of land located in the southwestern corner of Chester County in Nottingham Township near the Maryland line. The land survey was made during the 3rd month 1702.2 |
| Note | 28 April 1702 | PA, Hance Patterson deeded 266 acres of land in Brandywine Hundred on the Delaware River near Tready Hook to Edward Beeson on Apr. 28, 1702.2 |
| Note | 10 March 1703 | New Castle Co., Daniel Wharley of Giles Chalfont, County of Bucks, England, and wife, Mary, nee Pennington, conveyed 1250 acres of land on March 10 and 11, 1703 to Edward Beeson, Planter of Irish-town. This land was in New Castle County.2 |
| Note | 16 September 1706 | Nottingham, PA, On the 16th day of the 9th month, 1706, Edward Beeson was granted the liberty to settle on a tract near Nottingham "in which Thomas Taylor had settled, and the refusal of it is Promised him."2 |
| Note* | 7 January 1710 | PA, The 266 acres in Brandywine Hundred on the Delaware River was deeded from Edward Beeson to his son, Edward, on January 7, 1710., Principal=Edward Beeson2 |
| Note | 18 May 1711 | Chester Co., PA, The original order of Jacob Taylor to Isaac Taylor, Surveyor of Chester County to survey and lay out 799-l/2 acres of land granted to Edward Beeson is dated at Philadelphia 10th month 14th day 1709. The endorsement in the handwriting of Edward Beeson on the back of this warrant is as follows: "This eaghtenth day of May 1711 I Edward Beson of Nottingham do asine over unto richard Buefingtong Benjamin hickman Thomas Buefintong and rich- ard Buefontong Juner all of westown In the county of Chester, this with in warrant. Ass witness my hand Edward Beeson"2 |
| 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=Richard 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=Richard Beeson2 |
| Death* | circa 1714 | Chester Co., PA, Date is not in Beeson Genealogy making it suspect.1 |
Family 1 | Rachel Pennington | |
| Marriage* | before 1684 | England, It is generally believed that Edward Beeson's first wife's name was Rachel Pennington, whom he had married in England. It is not known what relation she was to Mary Pennington Wharley, who was a half sister to Guilema Maria Springett, the first wife of William Penn. It has been said that they were half-sisters. However, the will of Mary Pennington (mother of Mary Wharley) proven in England Oct. 11, 1682 mentions only the following children: sons William, Edward, and John and daughter, Mary, and daughter, Guilema Maria Penn. Mary Proud, daughter of Sir John Proude of Goodnestone Court, Kent, Married Sir William Springett and had one daughter, Guilema Maria, who married William Penn. The other children mentioned in the will are those by her second husband, Isaac Pennington, son of Sir Isaac Pennington, Lord Mayor of London., Principal=Rachel Pennington2 |
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Family 2 | Elizabeth (?) | |
| Marriage* | Edward Beeson married a second time in-America to Elizabeth. One record gives her as a widow Holmes when she married Edward Beeson. She has also been referred to as the daughter of Henry Grubb. After Edward's death, she married Joseph Rich., Principal=Elizabeth (?)2 | |
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