Col. Ninian Beall, Sr. b. Abt 1630 Fife, Scotland d. Between 15 Jan 1717/18 and 28 Feb 1717/18 Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, Maryland: Davidson Genealogies

Abt 1630 - 1718 (~ 88 years)

Name	Ninian Beall
Prefix	Col.
Suffix	Sr.
Alt. Birth	16 Sep 1625	Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Alt. Birth	16 Sep 1625	Largo, Fifeshire, Scotland
Born	Abt 1630	Fife, Scotland
Gender	Male
FamilySearch ID	9KGJ-NC6
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Immigration	1658	Maryland
	Ancestry.com. U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Name: Ninian Beall Arrival Year: 1658 Arrival Place: Maryland Source Publication Code: 1262 Primary Immigrant: Beall, Ninian Annotation: Date and place of settlement or date and place of arrival. Names not restricted to the Order of Founders and Patriots of America. Source Bibliography: COLKET, MEREDITH B., JR. Founders of Early American Families: Emigrants from Europe, 1607-1657. Cleveland: General Court of the Order of Founders and Patriots of America, 1975. 366p. Page: 23
Military	1678	Maryland
	Commander-in-Chief of the Provincial Forces of Maryland
Public Service	Between 1696 and 1699	Prince George's County, Maryland
	Member of the House of Burgesses
Will	15 Jan 1717/18	Prince George's County, Maryland
	Ancestry.com. Maryland, Calendar of Wills, 1635-1743 Name: Ninian Beall Will Date: 15 Jan 1717 Will Place: Prince George's, Maryland, British America Probate Date: 28 Feb 1717 Death Year: Abt 1717 Text: Beall, Ninian,Prince George's Co.,15th Jan., 1717; 28th Feb., 1717. To son Geo. and hrs., 480 A., "Rock of Dumbarton," on Rock Creek, and personalty. To son Charles and hrs., 1,000 A., "Dunn Back," on Wattes Creek, s. side Gr. Choptank, and personalty. To granddau. Mary Beall and hrs. (dau. of son Ninian, deceased), after payment of legacies, ½ of personal est., also that part of "Bacon Hall" lying on s. side of road to "Mt. Calvert," and to have her share at marriage. To grandson Samuel Beall, ex., and hrs., water mill on Collington Branch and remaining part of "Bacon Hall," providing that at 21 yrs. he makes over to afsd. Mary Beall a tract of land called "Sams Beginning" on s. side of sd. road to "Mt. Calvert." Shd. he die before he be of age to convey land afsd., then the entire tract of "Bacon Hall" is bequeathed to sd. granddau. Mary Beall. To son-in-law Andrew Hambleton, personalty. To son-in-law Joseph Belt and hrs., 245 A., "Good Luck," he to allow to heirs of testator 4,000 lbs. tobacco. Two grandchildren of deceased son Ninian to be cared for and educated. Test. directs that a tract of 400 A., "The Recovery," in the Freshes of Patuxent R., at head of Weston Branch, and adj. land bequeathed to Joseph Belt, be sold for payment of debts. Sons Charles, Joseph Belt and Geo. to aid executor until he arrives at age of 21 yrs. Test: John Busey, Rebecca Getward, Ed. Willet. 14. 504. Original Source Name: Land Office Original Source Location: Annapolis, Maryland, USA Original Source Series: Will books Original Source Book: 14 Original Source Page: 504
Died	Between 15 Jan 1717/18 and 28 Feb 1717/18	Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, Maryland
Buried	Bef 28 Feb 1717/18	Beall Bacon Hall Plantation Cemetery, Georgetown, Washington, District of Colombia
	He was buried at on his Dumbarton Plantation, at Beall Beacon Hall Plantation Cemetery, a point now Gay Street, Georgetown, D.C. When his body was removed, and located at its current resting place Saint John's Episcopal Church Cemetery, his skeleton was found to be perfect, and measured six feet seven inches and his hair had grown long and retained its youthful color of red.
Probate	28 Feb 1717/18	Prince George's County, Maryland
Reburial	Aft 28 Feb 1717/18	Saint John's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Georgetown, Washington, DC
	This reburial was probably done in the 1870s. Some believe the marker may just be a centopath. "When his body was removed, and located at its current resting place Saint John's Episcopal Church Cemetery, his skeleton was found to be perfect, and measured six feet seven inches and his hair had grown long and retained its youthful color of red."
Book Article	1907
	"Colonial Families of the United States," vol. 2, pp. 66-68, by George Norbury Mackenzie
	Ninian Beall, b. in Largo, Fifeshire, Scotland, in 1625. His will is dated 15th Jan. 1717 and was probated 28th Feb. 1717. He held a commission as cornet in the Scotch-English Army, raised to resist Cromwell. He fought in the battle of Dunbar, 3d. Sept. 1650, against Cromwell. He was made prisoner at that battle and sentenced to five years' servitude. He was sent with 150 other Scotchmen to Barbadoes, West Indies. About 1652 they appeared in the Province of Maryland. Ninian Beall served his five years with Richard Hall, a planter of Calvert Co. In Liber 5, folio 416, Maryland Land Office Records of 1658, there is a record of Ninian Beall making a land transfer in Calvert Co., Md. It seems that these military prisoners were entitled to 50 acres of public land after completing service. In Liber 11, folio 195, Maryland Land Office has the following 16th Jan. 1667: "Then came Ninian Beall of Calvert County, Planter and proved right to 50 acres of land for his time service performed with Richard Hall of same county." By the inexperienced reader the servitude of Col. Ninian Beall for five years under Richard Hall, on account of fighting against Cromwell, may be rated as a disgrace. This humiliation of servitude which came to him not on account of crime, but through the fortunes of war, was an honor. The principle for which he fought finally triumphed in the overthrow of Cromwell. His servitude was a halo of martyrdom for a principle which was honorable. Although he had many chances to escape from servitude after reaching Maryland, yet we find the instincts of a gentleman and soldier prompted him to not only honorably and gracefully submit to the fortunes of war, but at the same time, by so doing, he gained the respect and confidence of the people of Maryland to such a degree that they showered continuous honors upon him to the day of his death. Ninian Beall's military ability in the Scotch-English Army seems to have been made good use of in the Province of Maryland, as shown by the following notations: 1668: Records at Annapolis, dated 31st Oct. 1668, call him Lieut. Ninian Beall. 1676: Commissioned Lieut. of Lord Baltimore's "Yacht of War, Loyal Charles of Maryland, John Goade Commander." 1684: Deputy Surveyor of Charles Co. 1688: Appointed Chief Military Officer of Calvert Co. 1692: Appointed High Sheriff of Calvert Co. 1694: Appointed Colonel of Militia by the Assembly 30th July 1694. 1697: Appointed on a Commission by the Assembly to treat with the Indians. 1679-1701: Was a member of the General Assembly. 1699: The General Assembly passed an "Act of Gratitude" for "the distinguished Indian services of Colonel Ninian Beall." (See Liber LL No. 11, folio 228, Archives of Maryland.) Col. Ninian Beall's signal defeat and destruction of the great Susquehannah Tribe of Indians caused him to be recognized as an Indian fighter of ability. Many official papers written by Col. Ninian Beall and on file in the Provincial Records show that he was a man of broad experience, great mental capacity, undoubted integrity, perfect moral courage and of good education. His signatures to official papers are bold and free. As he signed his will by witnessed mark, that would indicate that he must have been in a very feeble condition of body at the time for he was 92 years old. He figures in many land transfers. It is estimated that he owned about 4000 acres. There has been much speculation as to whether Col. Ninian Beall's family name in Scotland was spelled BEALL or BELL. Official papers in Maryland records are signed by him in a variety of ways; namely, Ninian BALE, Ringing BELL, Ninian BEALE, Ninion BEALE, Ninian BELL and Ninian BEALL. After 1667 he signed everything as Ninian BEALL. He seems to have identified himself with the Presbyterian Church of Maryland before 1690. During that year 200 Presbyterian immigrants came over from Scotland under his supervision. He located them along the Potomac River and called the settlement New Scotland. These immigrants brought with them Rev. Nathaniel Taylor. There is recorded at Upper Marlboro a deed of gift from Col. Ninian Beall to Reverend Taylor, of land in Upper Marlboro upon which to build a church. In 1707 Col. Ninian Beall presented the above church a costly silver communion set, made in London. A portion of this silver communion set is now in the Presbyterian Church at Hyattsville, Md. Col. Ninian Beall had three brothers who settled in the Province of Maryland; namely, Thomas, John and George. Their descendants are numerous. He m. about 1670, Ruth Moore, dau. of Richard and Jane Moore, Barrister of St. Mary's Co., Md. He d. in 1717. He was bur. on his Rock of Dumbarton Plantation, at a point now Gay Street, Georgetown, D.C. When his body was removed, his skeleton was found to be perfect, and measured six feet seven inches and his hair had grown long and retained its youthful color of red.
Book Article	2006
	Jackson Day's Database on Ninian Beall
	From Jackson Day's 2006 Beall Database: B-NIN Ninian Beall. Born 1625 at or near Largo, Ligensheim Fyffe (Fifeshire), Scotland. Possibly son of James Beall, Ph. D. [1600] Battle of Dunbar. Cornet in Scottish army under Leslie against forces of Cromwell, defeated at Battle of Dunbar, Sept 3, 1650. Was marched to Durham Cathedral, imprisoned there, and deported to Barbados a few months later. Exile. Various accounts -- Some say to Barbados, others say indentured for from 5 to 8 years and condemned to servitude in Ireland. (Major, 214). Or condemned to servitude in the British plantations -- six northern Counties of Ireland, American Colonies, and many West Indies islands. (FMMB:29) Marriage in Scotland? According to Parran: married first in Scotland, wife's name unknown and of the children, 4 were born in Scotland (Thomas, John, Sarah, and James). According to Heterick: wife was Elizabeth Gordon and Thomas born before coming to the U.S. Heterick cites Thomas' will: "Whereas it doth please God by his Providence to cause me to leave the place and land of my nativity and intending God willing to leave for England" as evidence; however a more logical reading is that the place of nativity is Maryland, which he was leaving on the trip to England. (See B-NIN1). According to J. Ninian Beall, two of the above children, Thomas and John, were born of Ninian's marriage in Calvert County. According to Fielder M. M. Beall, "Fiction writers have made the following two statements: That Ninian Beall married Elizabeth Gordon in Scotland, where she had two sons, John and Thomas; she died in Scotland. That Ninian Beall had two daughters in Maryland named Sarah (B-SIS-1/1658) and Margery. These two inventions are of their imagination, as they offer no proof of accuracy." (FMMB:50) Major states, "It has been reported that he had married prior to coming to America to Elizabeth Gordon, but this has not been proved." No record of whereabouts 1650-1655; some suggest North Ireland, others Barbadoes. FMMB and Major suggest arrival Province of Md., 1658 (L.O, Annap V:416; FMMB:30) but others dispute. "Far off in sunlit places, sad are the Scottish faces, Yearning to feel the kiss of sweet Scottish rain; Where tropic skies are beaming, love sets the heart a-dreaming, longing and dreaming for the homeland again." quoted by Kim (Kim@krystalrose.com) Feb 1998. Arrival in Maryland. Some say around 1657. August 26 1663 Richard Hall, prominent Calvert County Quaker, filed delayed claim for lands allowed for transportation of immigrants including "Ringing Bell." Land Transactions. Jan 16, 1666, Ninian proved right to 50 a The Soldier's Fortune. (LOA 11:195; FMMB:30) 20 Sep 1668 another 50 acres, named Bachelors Choice, near Lyon's Creek, surveyed for him. (Md Hist Mag 1927 XXII:274; FMMB:30). This transaction in 1668 must have been one of his last as a bachelor, for in 1669 he stated, "I am a married man." (Major, 215). Land office records show ownership of more than 15,000 acres of land (FMMB). Lived Bacon Hall Plantation on Patuxent River, three miles south of Marlboro. Ninian became landholding neighbor of Richard Hall in Calvert County and patented lands totaling 25,000 acres in lifetime including Rock of Dunbarton in 1703. 28 Jun 1706 Ninian & Ruth sold 70a Lewis Poynt in PGC to son Charles of PGC. Marriage in Calvert Co. In 1668 Ninian married Ruth Moore b. 1652, daughter of Richard Moore, planter and barrister of Calvert County and Jane (Foster) of Calvert County. (BGN:11, 1991) Ruth is mentioned in 1706 when "Col. Ninian and Ruth his wife deeded Negroes to sons Charles, Ninian, Thomas, John, George, and daughters Esther...[and] Jane. (Major, 216). Abstract of this transaction (PGLRC:185a-186a) includes daughters Mary and Rachel but not Jane. (Nancy Pearre Lesure). Ruth died between Sept 9 1713 & July 16, 1714. FMMB erroneously believed Ruth died before 1704 because she did not sign the deed for a church lot in Upper Marlboro in 1704. Military Career Oct 31 1668, referred to as Lieut. Ninian Beall in official records at Saint Marys City. (FMMB:30). In 1676 he was commissioned Lieutenant on Lord Baltimore's yacht, the "Loyal Charles," John Wade, Commander. (Archives XVII:217; Major:214; FMMB:30). "On his various voyages back and forth to Ireland on the Loyal Charles, his kinsmen with wives, were brought into Providence, Maryland, and many of their warrants are under the name of Bell, later showing up as Beall....these were Alexander, Thomas, John, and James, with wives. (Major: 214-215). Ninian is credited with encouraging the emigration of about 100 persons named Bell from Scotland and northern England before peace was restored in Great Britain. (M. Bell) Under Ninian's supervision, 200 Presbyterian immigrants from Scotland came to Maryland -- founded New Scotland on Potomac River. Was successively Captain, Major and Colonel in Calvert Co. Militia, 1678, 1688, 1698. In 1681 Captain Ninian Beall was Chief Indian Ranger (Md. Arch V:302, Major:215). As Chief Indian Ranger, "is given power to press man and horse at any time to give his Lordship intelligence about Indians." (FMMB:31) About 1688, with other Colonels, headed association formed for the defense of the Protestant Religion in the Province. Their attack upon the Capitol of St. Marys, Aug 1, 1689, resulted in the surrender of the Royal Council and Lord Baltimore Government." (FMMB:31) 1690 appointed Naval Officer by the Assembly to collect custom duties in Calvert Co. (Md Arch, VIII:410; FMMB:31) High Sheriff of Calvert Co, 1692-1694 (Md Arch VIII:410; Heterick IV:1; FMMB:31). Col in Chief of all His Majesty's Forces 1694 (FMMB:48) In 1696 elected first Burgess from newly formed Prince Georges County which was carved from Calvert & Charles Counties the year before. Re-elected 1697, 1699, 1701. Presbyterian Church. Ninian was first Presbyterian elder in North America; generously gave land to church near what is now Upper Marlboro. This land was on Largo, which he deeded to his son Ninian Jr (B-NIN-1) prior to his son's death in 1710-1711 (Major, 215). In 1707 gave communion service, parts of which still exist (in 1935). Deponent in various court cases in PG Co, 1702-1715 (Ref PC:492, 502, 625, 573, 750, 875; PL:42, 49, 54, 274; Peden:10) Death and Burial. Ninian Beall lived to age 92. Was 6', 7" tall -- when remains were moved years later, this proven. He died in 1717, aged 92 and was buried on his plantation, Bacon Hall, Prince Georges Co. (PGLR T:241-3) Col Ninian's will, 1717 (PGW WB6:504) gave to George: Rock of Dunbarton, 480 acres; Andrew Hambleton, negro woman Alie; Mary, dau of son, Ninian, deceased, part of Bacon Hall; Samuel, son of Ninian, deceased, Mill on Collington Branch and rest of Bacon Hall; Joseph Belt, part of "Good Luck", 243 acres; Charles. Book of Bishop Cooper's works and 1000 acres lying on the south side of the Choptank River called Dunn Back (Danby?); Granddaughter Mary and Samuel, to be brought up according to their station. =================================================== COPY OF THE WILL OF COL. NINIAN BEALL. (Note: Contributed by Lucy Beall Chesley-Kenly) This text is taken from the Register of Maryland's Heraldic Families Period from 1634-March 25th. to March 25th. 1935, by Alice Norris Parran , In the name of God, Amen. I, Ninian Beall, of Prince Geroge's County in the Province of Maryland, being indisposed in body, but of sound and perfect memory, God be praised for these same, and, considering the mortality of human nature, and uncertainty of life, doe make, ordain, constitute and appoint this te be my last Will and Testament in manner and form following: Vist. Impris. I give and bequeath my Soul into the hands of Almighty God, in hopes of free pardon for all my sins, and as for my Body, to be committed to the earth from which it came, to be decently buried at the discretion of my Trustees hereafter mentioned. Item. I will and bequeath that all my debts and funeral charges be paid first and satisfied, and as for what portion of my worldly goods as shall be then remaining, I bequeath and bestow in the manner following: Item. I doe give and bequeath unto my son George, my Plantation and tract of land called the "ROCK OF DUMBARTION," lying and being at Rock Creek, and containing four hundred and eighty acres with all the stock thereon, both cattle and hogs, them and their increase, unto my son George, and unto his heirs forever. Item. I doe give and bequeath unto my son-in-law, Andrew Hamilton, my negro woman Allie, unto him and heirs forever. Item. I give and bequeath unto my granddaughter, Mary Beall, the daughter of my son, Ninian Beall, deceased, the one-half part of all movables for personal property of cattle and hogs, horses, household goods, after my legacies before bequeathed are paid and satisfied, unto her the said Mary Beall, and to her heirs forever. Item. I give and bequeath to my grandson, Samuel Beall, the remainder part of Bacon Hall, together with the plantation and orchard, tobacco houses thereunto belonging (with this proviso) that when he comes of age of one and twenty, that he make over by a firm conveyance, all his rights and title that he hath unto a certain Tract of Land called Same's ( or Sam's ) beginning on the south side of the road, goeing to Mount Calvert, unto the said Mary and her heirs forever, but if my said grandson should happen to die before he arrive to be at that age, to make over the land so as aforsaid, then I doe bequeath unto my said granddaughter Mary, the whole tract of Bacon Hall, with the houses and orchard thereon, unto her and heirs forever. Item. I give and bequeath unto my grandson, Samuel Beall, my water-mill lying on the Collington Branch, Iron Work houses, and all other materials thereunto belonging, unto the Samuel and his heirs forever. Item. I give and bequeath unto my sonn-in-law, Joseph Belt, a part of a tract of land called Good Luck, containing two hundred and forty-five acres, he allowing unto my heirs the sum of four thousand pounds of tobacco, according to our former agreement, he deducting what i dow owe him on his books for several wares and merchandises, to the said Joseph Belt and unto his heirs forever. Item. Whereas I owe several debts, I dow empower my Trusteees hereafter named, to enable them to pay the same, to sell a certain tract of land, called Recovery, lying in the freshes of Patuxent River, near the head of the Western Branch, to be sold, it containing four hundred acres, the aforesaid tract of land bequeathed unto my son Belt, is adjdoining thereunto. Item. I doe give and bequeath unto my son Charles Beall, a book of Bishop Cooper's work, "The Acts of the Church and Chronicles of King Charles the First and King Charles the Second", and I doe request and oblige my son Charles and my son George to send for a dozen books entitled "An Advice to Young, Old and Middle Age", set for by one Mr. Christopher Ness, these books to be distributed among my grandchildren and godsons. Item. I give and bequeath to my son Charles, a thousand acres of land, called Dunn Back, lying on the south side of the Great Choptank, on a creek call Watt's Creek, unto him and heirs forever. And lastly, I doe make, ordain declare and appoint my grandson, Samuel Beall to be my sole and whole executor of this my last will and testament. And I doe devise my loving son, Charles Beall, Joseph Belt, and George Beall, to doe and perform my devises as above expressed, and to set and doe for my Executor until he arrive at the age of one and twenty, hereby revoking and annulling all other Wills by me at any time heretofore made and signed. And I doe devise my said sons to use their best care and endeavoar that my two grandchildren, the children of my beloved Ninian Beall, deceased, to be brought up and have Trustees to this my last Will, to make their appearance every Easter Tuesday, or any other time as they shall think a more fitting time, at my dwelling plantation, yearly, to inspect into all the affairs thereof, and of a yearly increase of all the creatures upon my plantation and at the Mill, for and on behalf of my two grandchildren, who are to be joint shares therein, my granddaughter to have her part on the day of her marriage. In testimony whereof, I have, to this my last Will and Testament, set my hand and seal, this Fifteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord, One Thousand, seven hundred and seventeen. NINIAN BEALL (SEAL) ===================================================== According to J. Ninian Beall, Col. Ninian Beall had 9 children who can be identified by official records; names and dates below are designated by source: N= J. Ninian Beall; F = Fielding MM Beall; R= Wilma Ranger (VTNM54A). Persons also appearing in Heterick account are underlined. 1. Charles, b. Calvert Co, b. c. 1672 (4 depositions in Peden allow calculation of age to 1671-1673; N1672, R1671; listed #1 in deed of Gift, 1706/7 and therefore likely to be oldest son), m. Mary Wolstead (Walstead?), then Mary Price. (+B-NIN-2/1672) 2. Ninian, Jr, b. Calvert Co, b. G1673 (Listed #2 in deed of Gift, 1706/7; N1669 F1674 R1674) m Elizabeth Magruder (+B-NIN-1/1669) 3. John, b. Calvert Co N1674 F1669, R1655 (Listed #4 in deed of Gift, 1706/7), remained unmarried,no issue. If aged 21 when land surveyed for him 1686, b. NLT 1665. (+) 4. Mary, b. Calvert Co N1676 F1690, R1690 (Listed #7 in deed of Gift, 1706/7) m. Andrew Hambleton (+) 5. Rachel b. Calvert Co N1679, R1705 (Listed #8 in deed of Gift, 1706/7) m. James Offutt? (+) 6. Thomas, b. Calvert Co N1682, R1651, (Listed #3 in deed of Gift, 1706/7, which could indicate birthdate between 1671 and 1674). unm, no ch. Carpenter; Will Sept 1707-Aug 1808 names brothers John, George, Ninian (+) 7. Hannah, b. G1684 (if age 18 in 1702) a daughter of Ninian's not named in will and possibly disinherited; represented as wife of John Deavor in 1702, at which time she relinquished wife's right to a portion of Bachelor's Choice in Anne Arundel Co. which her father Ninian had surveyed in 1668 was also called Wrighton. She married Deavor 12 Jul 1707 which could have been part of her problem if she was represented as married 5 years earlier! (B-NIN-a/G1684+). 8. Jane b. Calvert Co N1685. R1685 m. Archibald Edmonston (+B-NIN- 7/1685) 9. Hester (Esther) b. Calvert Co N1687, R1687. Listed #6 and married in deed of Gift, 1706/7). m. Joseph Belt (first wife) (+B-NIN-8/1687) a. George b. Calvert Co 1695 (calculated from deposition (Peden) and also Census of 1776; N1695, R1695) m (1) Elizabeth Brooke, (2) Barbara Dent (+B-NIN-a/1695) Warning: the LDS database has an error-full family group record for Col. Ninian Beall, son of James Beall and Anne Marie Calvert, who married Elizabeth Gordon in addition to Ruth Moore which shows him with the following children, some of which are in error: 1. Col. George Beall, b. PGC 1635, d. 15 Mar 1780 aged 145 years?, Bur Oak Hill Cemetery; in 1706 m. Elizabeth Brooke (+BNIN-9) 2. Sarah Beall, b. Devonshire, Eng. 1636, d. Anne Arundel 9 May 1734, m. PGC 1686 Samuel Magruder. Since Sarah's and Samuel's daughter Elizabeth married Ninian Jr, this would have Col. Ninian accepting a prohibited relationship of his son and granddaughter. (+B-SIS-1) 3. John Beall, b. 1669, d. Interstate, PGC, 1710 m. Verlinda Magruder. (+B-NIN-3) Ninian's son John remained unmarried, and died intestate, which appears to have become a place name, above. The John who married Verlinda Magruder was son of Alexander Beall, Immigrant, B-ALEX-2/1649. 4. Charles Beall, b. PGC 1672, d. PGC 1740, m. 1695 Mary Wolstead & 3 others (+B-NIN-2) 5. Ninian Beall, Jr. b. PGC 1674, d. PGC 6 Jan 1710 m. Montgomery Co. 1703 Elizabeth Magruder. Note, Montgomery County did not exist until 1776. (+B-NIN-1) 6. Jane Beall, b. MD 1678, d. PGC 13 Oct 1745, m. 1695 Archibald Edmonston (+B-NIN-7) 7. Rachel Beall, b. PGC 1679, d. abt 1740 m. Dorchester 4 Apr 1698 Richard Owen, then 1 other husband (+B-NIN-5) 8. Thomas Beall, b. PGC 1679, d. PGC 1708, unm (+B-NIN-6) 9. Margery Beall, b. Montgomery Co. 1685, m. 1727 Joseph Belt. Joseph Belt married first Hester/Esther Beall (B-NIN-8) and secondly Margery Wight. The idea of Margery as a Beall results from conflating Joseph's two wives into one. Note also Montgomery County did not exist until 1776. a. James Beall, b. ca 1687 b. Hester Beall, b. PGC 1687, d. Anne Arundel 1726, m. 1706 Col. Joseph Higginson & 1 other. No other source reports a Joseph Higginson to date. c. Mary Beall, b. PGC 1709, d. Anne Arundel 1737, m. 1730 Andrew Hambleton (+B-NIN-4)
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Father	Dr. James Beall, Ph.D., b. 1603, Largo Ward, Fifeshire, Scotland , d. 21 May 1646, Largo Ward, Fifeshire, Scotland (Age 43 years)
Mother	Anne Mary Calvert, b. 1603, Largo Ward, Fifeshire, Scotland , d. Unknown
Family ID	F10550	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Ruth "Polly" Moore, b. 1648, Calvert County, Maryland , d. Between 9 Sep 1713 and 16 Jul 1714, Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, Maryland (Age 65 years)

Married 1668 Calvert County, Maryland

Children

	1. Ninian Beall, Jr., b. Abt 1669, Calvert County, Maryland , d. Between 1 Nov 1710 and 6 Jan 1710/11, Prince George's County, Maryland (Age ~ 41 years)
	2. John Beall, d. Abt 1710, Prince George's County, Maryland
	3. Thomas Beall, d. Between 1 Sep 1707 and 3 Aug 1708, Prince George's County, Maryland
	4. Capt. Charles Beall, b. Abt 1673, d. Between 24 Mar 1739/40 and 27 Nov 1740, Prince George's County, Maryland (Age ~ 67 years)
	5. Jane Beall, d. Bef 13 Oct 1745
	6. Rachel Beall, d. Unknown
	7. Hester "Esther" Beall, d. Unknown
	8. Hannah Beall, d. Unknown
	9. Mary Beall, b. Abt 1690, d. Unknown
	10. Col. George Beall, b. Abt 1695, Montgomery County, Maryland , d. Between 15 Mar 1780 and 24 Mar 1780, Montgomery County, Maryland (Age ~ 85 years)

Last Modified 14 Jun 2013

Family ID F10187 Group Sheet | Family Chart

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	Alt. Birth - 16 Sep 1625 - Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
	Alt. Birth - 16 Sep 1625 - Largo, Fifeshire, Scotland
	Born - Abt 1630 - Fife, Scotland
	Immigration - 1658 - Maryland
	Married - 1668 - Calvert County, Maryland
	Military - Commander-in-Chief of the Provincial Forces of Maryland - 1678 - Maryland
	Public Service - Member of the House of Burgesses - Between 1696 and 1699 - Prince George's County, Maryland
	Will - 15 Jan 1717/18 - Prince George's County, Maryland
	Died - Between 15 Jan 1717/18 and 28 Feb 1717/18 - Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, Maryland
	Buried - Bef 28 Feb 1717/18 - Beall Bacon Hall Plantation Cemetery, Georgetown, Washington, District of Colombia
	Probate - 28 Feb 1717/18 - Prince George's County, Maryland
	Reburial - Aft 28 Feb 1717/18 - Saint John's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Georgetown, Washington, DC

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From Rick Saunders, 18 March 2017, Beall list

Ninian Beall did have a daughter Mary, but she married Andrew Hamilton [Hambleton], not John Pottenger. The thought that John's wife Mary was a Beall appears to have its origin in researchers thinking she was a sister to Samuel Magruder's wife Sarah. In his will, Samuel Magruder called John Pottinger his "brother" [brother-in-law]. Some researchers thought that Samuel Magruder's wife Sarah was a Beall, an assumption apparently based solely on the fact they named a son Ninian Magruder. By extension, they then made John Pottinger's wife Mary a Beall, in being a sister to Sarah.

The evidence is that Sarah and Mary are sisters, but not Beall. The evidence is that they are Mills, daughters of William Mills. See my page :

http://home.netcom.com/~fzsaund/beall.html

Names given to land tracts of Ninian BEALL in MD, would indicate he was from Fifeshire, Scotland. From his age in depostions, he was born ca. 1625-1630. In 1678 his age was given as about 48,¹⁵ and in 1708 he was about age 83.¹⁶ Considering that it was common for a reported age to be exaggerated as a person aged, the earlier deposition of his birth ca. 1630 may be more accurate. His known wife was named Ruth.²

In 1708 James MOORE, age about 62, referred to "his brother Ninian BEALE."¹⁶Based on that record, there have been claims that Ruth was a MOORE, and sister to James. That is not evidence that MOORE was her surname.

If Ninian BEALL and James MOORE were "brothers"-in-law it could have been by:

1. Ninian BEALL's wife Ruth being a sister to James MOORE.
2. James MOORE's wife Mary being a sister to Ninian BEALL.
3. Their wives being sisters to each other, surname unknown.

There have also been claims that James and Ruth were children of Richard MOORE and wife Jane. There is no evidence that Richard MOORE had children named James or Ruth. In 1654, [when James would have been about age 8, see above], Jane, widow of Richard MOORE, stated she had sons Richard, Roger, and Timothy.¹⁷ Since Richard and Jane had no son named James, even if Ruth was a MOORE and sister to James, they would not have been children of Richard and Jane.

There are several myths that have attributed Mary, wife of John POTTINGER, and Sarah, wife of Samuel MAGRUDER as being children of Ninian BEALL. While that has been disproved, in that the evidence shows that Ninian's daughter Mary married Andrew HAMILTON,³⁰ the thought remains among some researchers that they were BEALL sisters, and relatives of Ninian. The couples were related in that Samuel MAGRUDER in his will call John POTTINGER his "brother" [brother-in-law].

Recent research of Brice Clagett (Nov. 2001) concluded that John POTTINGER married Mary MULLIKAN and Samuel MAGRUDER married Sarah POTTINGER, sister to John. This was based on relationships derived from John DEMALL in his 1725 calling Robert POTTENGER, son of John and Mary his "cousin."¹⁸ Research of mine in Feb. 2002 concluded that he overlooked that Robert POTTENGER's wife Ann EVANS was niece to DEMALL's wife, Mary EVANS. While CLAGETT's research could still be valid, and Mary a MULLIKIN and Sarah a POTTENGER, it cannot be considered as proved.²⁷

The theory which at present has the most validity is that Samuel MAGRUDER's wife Sarah may have been the daughter of William MILLS and wife Tabitha, and thus a step-daughter to Tabitha's second husband Thomas BLANFORD.²⁸ Some MAGRUDER researchers believe that John POTTENGER may have had a short-lived marriage to Samuel MAGRUDER's sister Elizabeth. Note, though, that in 1706 the estate of William MILLS, Jr., there was a payment to "John POTTENGER for the use of Martha BLANFORD."²⁹ Martha was a daughter of Thomas BLANFORD and wife Tabitha, and half-sister to the MILLS children. If the children of Thomas BLANFORD were named in order in his will, Martha was the youngest. If the children were born about every two years after Tabitha (widow MILLS) married Thomas BLANFORD, then Martha was probably born about 1686-1690. One implication of the payment to John POTTINGER for Martha BLANFORD would be that Martha was living with his family. With both her parents dead, a logical place that Martha, a single age 16-20 year old female, would live would be with one of her [half]-sisters.

Another popular myth is that Ninian BEALL had a daughter Margery that was the second wife of Joseph BELT, who first married Ninian's daughter Hester/Esther. Margery was nee WIGHT²⁰, and the widow of Thomas SPRIGG.²¹

Ninian BEALL died between 15 Jan. and 28 Feb. 1717 when his will was written and probated in Prince George's Co., MD.¹ His wife Ruth was living on 12 Sep. 1713 when she acknowledged a deed with her husband,¹⁹ but probably died before Ninian wrote his will.

If you are a direct line male descendant of Ninian BEALL, the BEALL DNA project is still looking for someone to test, to compare their results with other BEALL lines.

Ninian BEALL had children:

1. John BEALL² never married; d. ca. 17103³ Prince George's Co., MD³
2. Thomas BEALL² never married; d. between 1 Sep. 1707 and 3 Aug. 1708
   Prince George's Co., MD⁴
3. Charles BEALL² b. ca. 1673;⁵ m. 23 Sep. 1709⁷ Mary⁶ WOLSTEAD;⁷ d. between
   24 Mar. 1739/40 and 27 Nov. 1740 Prince George's Co., MD⁶
4. Jane²⁵ BEALL m. Archibald EDMONDSTON⁸; died before 13 Oct. 1745²⁶
5. Ninian BEALL^1,2 m. Elizabeth¹⁰ MAGRUDER⁹; d. between 1 Nov. 1710 and 6 Jan. 1710 [1710/1] Prince George's Co., MD¹⁰
6. Hester²/Esther BEALL m. Joseph BELT^1,2

7. Rachel BEALL²

8. Hannah BEALL²² m.1 John DEAVER 12 July 1707, but claimed as his wife by 1702²²
   m.2 William WHITEHEAD²⁴ ca. 1735/6

9. Mary BEALL² b. say 1690;³² m.1 Andrew HAMILTON (HAMBLETON)¹; m.2. Thomas EVANS;³¹ living 1732;³⁴
10. George BEALL^1,2 b. ca. 1695;¹² m. Elizabeth²³ BROOKE;¹³ d. between 15 Mar. 1780 and 24 Mar. 1780 Montgomery Co., MD¹⁴
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1. Ninian Beall will, Maryland wills 14:504-507, FHL microfilm 0,012,846.
   Ninian Beall will, Prince George's Co., MD Will Book 1:92-93.

2. Prince George's Co., MD land records C:185a-186a, FHL microfilm 0,014,247.

3. John Beall account, Prince George's Co., MD Accounts J. B. No. 1:71-72.
   Administrator is Charles Beall [brother].

4. Thomas Beall will, Maryland wills 12:309-310, FHL microfilm 0,012,844.
   Thomas Bell/Beall will, Prince George's Co., MD Will Book 1:35.
   Note he named brothers John and George. He also bequeathed "my negro
   boy called James," apparently the same "Negro Boy Called James" given
   him by his parents in PGLR:185a-186 above.

5. Prince George's Co., MD land records T:19, FHL microfilm 0,014,249,
   deposition in 60th year of my age in 1733.

6. Charles Beall will, Prince George's Co., MD Will Book 1:311-312.

7. Elise Greenup Jourdan, Early Families of Southern Maryland,
   (Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, 1998), 136.

8. Prince George's Co., MD land records E:20a, FHL microfilm 0,014,247.

9. Sarah Magruder will, Prince George's Co., MD wills 1:235-236.

10. Ninian Beall, Jr. will, Prince George's Co., MD Will Book 1:42-43.

11. Andrew Hamilton inventory, Prince George's Co., MD, Inventories B. E. No. 1:353-356.

12. George Beall deposition, Prince George's Co,, MD land records EE:10,
    FHL microfilm 0,014,251.

13. Barbara Brooke will, MD wills 29:180-181 [image 180 of 276]
    names granddaughter Mary Beall at age 16 or marriage. Use of the
    name Thomas Brooke Beall among George Beall's descendants lends belief
    to Mary was the daughter of George Beall and Elizabeth Brooke.

14. George Beall will, Montgomery Co., MD will A:262-263, FHL microfilm 0,014,230.

15. Archives of MD 67:424

16. Debbie Hooper, Abstracts of Chancery Court Records of Maryland 1669-
    1782, (Westminster, MD: Family Line Pub., 1996), 16.

17. Archives of Maryland 10:395

18. Brice Clagett, 27 Nov. 2001 post and 29 Nov. 2001 post to Rootsweb Gen-MEDIEVAL list.

19. Prince George's Co., MD land records E:223-225, FHL microfilm 0,014,247.

20. Anne Wight will, MD wills 18:518-520 [image 516/557].

21. Thomas Sprigg account, MD accounts 15:341-346.

22. Lucy H. Harrison, St. James' Parish, Anne Arundel Co., MD,
    (Baltimore, MD: 1891), FHL microfilm 0,013,280. Vestry minutes 18-25 state
    regarding the tract "Batchelors Choice" surveyed in 1668 by Ninian Beall
    that it included the tract "Wrighton" surveyed in 1659 for Ishmael
    Wright. In 1702 John Deaver who "claimed Hannah Beall, a daughter of
    Ninian as his wife, and afterwards marryed her" sold the tract "Wrighton."
    He had "prevailed on Hannah Beall under whom he set up his claim to
    said Land to acknowledge herself to be his wife, and as such Relinquished
    her right to said Land tho they were not man and Wife until 12 July
    1707 upwards of five years after." Note also that before the actual
    marriage that John Deaver and "Hannah his wife" in Feb. 1704/5
    acknowledged being witnesses to the 1704 will of Nicholas Day of
    Baltimore County.

23. Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington D.C., interment card file, FHL microfilm
    1,543,685.

24. Hooper, Chancery Records, 85.

25. Archibald Edmonson will, MD wills 21:159-161 [image 187 of 484].

26. Jane Edmonson inventory, MD inventories 36:21-23, FHL microfilm 0,012,874.
    Jane Edmonson/Edmonston inventory, Prince Georges, Co., MD inventories DD No. 2:57-58.

27. Fredric Z. Saunders, 1 Mar. 2002 post to Rootsweb BEALL list.

28. Peter McManus, 18 June 2003 post #1126 to Genforum's Magruder Family Forum.

29. William Mills account, Prince George's Co., MD, Admistration Accounts J. B. No. 1:17-18.

30. a) In 1706, Ninian Beall gave his daughter Mary a Negro girl about 5 years old
       called Nanny. (See #2)
    b) In his 1717 will, Ninian Beall gave his "son-in-law" Andrew Hambleton a Negro
       woman called Allie. (See #1)
    c) Andrew Hamilton's 1719 inventory included a Negro woman named Nanny, and
       a very old Negro woman named Ailie. (See #11)
    d) The preceding three records show that Ninian Beall's daughter married Andrew
       Hamliton [Hambleton], not John Pottinger / Pottenger.
    e) Mary Beall secondly married Thomas Evans, (evidence under #31) and had
       children born in the 1720s, possibly as late as about 1730.
    f) Regarding claims that Mary married both Andrew Hamilton and John Pottinger,
       that can not be. John Pottinger's and wife Mary's first child was born in 1688.
       Were John Pottinger's wife Mary identical to Mary Beall who married Andrew
       Hamilton and Thomas Evans, it would require her having children born almost
       40 years apart, beyond the range of child-bearing years.

31. See evidence listed under #14 on HAMILTON page.

32. Estimate from probable marriage date (say 1709) and children born as late as
    possibly ca. 1730 by her second husband Thomas Evans.

33. John Beall inventory, Prince George's Co., MD Inventories B. E. No. 1:144.

34. Prince George's Co land records Q:487-489.
    Thomas Evans of Prince George's County, Planter, to Philip Evans of the same, planter,
    two tracts, one called Littleworth of 98 acres, the second called Stone Hill of 98 acres.
    Acknowledged by Thomas Evans and wife Mary.