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and Eleanor. The latter married Richard Williams. His second .
wife was Damaris Welsh, (or Welch), daughter of Major John and Mary Welsh, of South River, and of Annapolis. Issue, Benjamin, Lewis, Mrs. Elizabeth Beale, Mrs. Beard, Mrs. Brewer, Mrs Mayo, Mrs. Rollins, or Larkin.
Thomas Stockett, the third, built the brick dwelling near Bird- ville, in 1743, and planted choice selections of fruit brought by him from England. He made an attractive home. He married Eliza- beth, daughter of Joseph and Mary Noble, of Piscataway, Prince George County. Issue, Thomas, Mary Elizabeth and Thomas Noble Stockett. Mary Elizabeth-Samuel Harwood, son of Captain Rich- ard, and Ann Watkins Harwood. They removed to Montgomery County, Maryland. Their daughter, Mary Stockett, married Alex- ander Warfield, son of John Worthington Warfield, of the Big Seneca, from whom descends Captain Noble Creager, of the United States Army, and his sister, Miss Virginia Creager, of Baltimore.
Thomas Noble Stockett, born 1747, married Mary Harwood, daughter of Captain Richard Harwood and Ann Watkins. Mary Harwood was the only daughter.
Dr. Thomas Noble Stockett took an active part in the war of the Revolution, and was a member of the Sons of Freedom.
He was appointed by commission, a copy of which is now in possession of his descendants in Annapolis, as surgeon-assistant to Colonel Thomas Ewing's Battalion of Militia, for the Flying Camp. He soon after was commissioned Surgeon, and joined the army under General Smallwood, of the Maryland Line, then in the North. The Valley Forge hardships so impared his health that he had to return home, and was employed afterwards in the recruiting service. He was large, robust, florid complexion, over six feet in height. The issue of Dr. Thomas Noble, and Mary (Harwood) Stockett were: Mary-Wm. Alexander, merchant of Annapolis; Richard Galen Stockett, M. D., of Stockwood, Howard County-Margaret Hall, daughter of Major Henry Hall and Margery Howard, of Joseph.
Thomas Mifflin Stockett was second in command of a ship, and was killed, in 1799, in an engagement with a French privateer. Joseph Noble Stockett-first, Ann Caroline Battee, and left no issue. Second, Ann Sellman, daughter of General Jonathan Sellman, whose handsome portrait now hangs in the Stockett house in Annapolis. Her mother was Ann Elizabeth Harwood, daughter of Colonel Rich- ard and Margaret (Hall) Harwood. Their only issue was the late Francis H. Stockett, of Annapolis, whose record of the Stockett family was published in 1892, from which I quote.
The third wife of Joseph Noble Stockett was Sophia Watkins, daughter of Major Joseph Watkins and Ann Gray. Their issue were, John Shaaff Stockett-Georgetta Stockett; Thos. Richard-Jemima Edmunds, of England. Dr. Charles William-Maria L. Duvall, only child of Dr. Howard M. Duvall; Mary Sophia-first Dr. Richard Harwood Cowman, Surgeon in the United States Navy; second, John Thomas Stockett, only son of George Lee Stockett, son of Dr.
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Richard Galen Stockett, of Howard County, who was a celebrated civil service engineer and Past Master of the Masons. Ann Stockett, of Dr. Thomas Noble-Rhoderick Warfield, of "Warfield's Range," Howard County, and with him removed to Kentucky, where they raised a large family. Eleanor, daughter of Dr. Thomas Noble Stockett-Turenne Watkins, son of Colonel Gassaway Watkins and Ruth Dorsey, and with him removed to Kentucky.
Mr. Joseph Noble Stockett, who inherited the old Stockett home- stead, was an ardent member of the ancient South River Club, as his ancestors had been, and would there spend the entire day.
HARWOOD FAMILY.
One of the earliest surveys of 1651 upon Rhode River was " Harwood," in the name of Robert Harwood. This tract was later in litigation, but Abell Browne, the Justice and High Sheriff of Anne Arundel, held it and willed it to his son, Robert Browne. Whilst I have not found the fact, the inference is good that said Robert was named for Robert Harwood, the original surveyor.
The most remarkable courtship on record was that of a Robert Harwood, a relative of Dr. Peter Sharpe, the Quaker of Calvert. In his will, of 1672, Dr Sharpe left a personal memorial to "Robert and Elizabeth Harwood, their children and friends in the ministry."
The succeeding Harwood family seems to have come from both Robert and a certain Thomas Harwood D. D., of "Streatley," Rector of Littlelor, in Middlesex. He founded a school for the poor, and was succeeded by several successive rectors. One of the earliest deeds is that of Thomas Harwood, of Streatley, Berks County, Eng- land, to his son, Richard Harwood, for "Hookers Purchase," at the head of Muddy Creek, Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
The above Richard lived upon it, and by his wife, Mary, had Thomas Harwood, born 1698, who married Sarah Belt; Richard Harwood-Anne Watkins.
Thomas and Sarah Belt were the parents of Captain Thomas Harwood, of Prince George County, under General Smallwood. His wife was Rachel Sprigg, of Osborne, of Prince George County. Issue, Thomas, ancestor of James Kemp Harwood, of Baltimore. (2.) Osborne Sprigg-Elizabeth Ann Harwood, daughter of Colonel Richard and Margaret Hall, his wife. (3.) Margaret-Wm. Hall; (4.) Rachel-Major Harry Hall, from whom comes Dr. Julius Hall, of Baltimore. (5.) Lucy-John Battie; second, Colonel Richard Harwood.
Richard Harwood, second son of Richard and Mary, the settlers, married Anne Watkins, born 1737, and had nine sons and two daugh- ters, twins. Their first son was Colonel Richard Harwood, of "South River Battalion" (militia). His wife was Margaret Hall, daughter of Major Henry, and granddaughter of Rev. Henry, of St. James.
Thomas Harwood, fourth son of Richard and Anne, was the first Treasurer of the Western Shore of Maryland, under the Council
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of Safety, about 1776, and continued in that office until his death, when he was succeeded by his brother, Benjamin. From Treasurer Thomas, came Richard-Miss Callahan, whose son, William-Hester Ann Lockerman. Their descendants hold the Harwood House, of Annapolis.
John, fifth son of Richard and Ann Watkins-Mary Hall, daughter of Major Henry Hall.
Samuel, sixth son of Richard and Ann-Elizabeth, daughter of Thos. Stockett and Elizabeth Noble, his wife. They removed to Montgomery County. Their daughter became the wife of Alex- ander Warfield, of the Seneca.
From Nicholas, seventh son of Richard and Ann Watkins, through his daughter, Sarah Duvall, is descended Dr. Marius Duvall, United States Navy, From Mary, second daughter, wife of Wm. S. Green, came Eliza-James Henly Iglehart. Matilda, wife of John Nicholas Watkins and Nicholas-his cousin, Mary Augusta Harwood.
Benjamin Harwood, the Treasurer, was unmarried. The mina- ture and trinkets found in the treasury some years ago, belonged to him.
The issue of Colonel Richard and Margaret Hall, his wife, were, Anne Elizabeth-Major Jonathan Sellman; (2.) Elizabeth Anne -Osborn Sprigg Harwood; (3.) Richard Hall Harwood, Judge of the Circuit Court of Anne Arundel-Annie Green. Issue, (1.) Eliza -George Wells, of Annapolis; (2.) Mary Augusta-Nicholas Green, her cousin; (3.) Matilda-David McCulloh Brogden; (4.) Rebecca -N. L. Coulter.
(4.) Henry Hall, of Richard and Margaret-Elizabeth, daugh- ter of Colonel Edward Lloyd, of "Wye," in 1805. Issue, (1.) Betty Francis Scott Key; (2.) Mary-Dr. William Ghiselin; (3.) Josephine -Edward G. Tilton, United States Navy.
(5.) Joseph, of Richard and Margaret-Anne Chapman, and second, Mitilda Sparrow. Issue, (3.) Ann Matilda-Charles Hoops; (4.) James-Ann Mackall; (5.) Chapman-Elizabeth Claude; (7.) Margaret-Dr. William Watkins, of Howard. Their son, Harwood Watkins, editor of the Ellicott City Times, and a popular young lawyer, died unmarried in early manhood.
(6.) Thomas was a lawyer of Baltimore, and died unmarried.
(7.) Mary-Thos. Noble Harwood, her cousin.
(8.) Henrietta-Thos. Cowman. Issue, (1.) Thomas-Matilda Battie; (2.) Richard-Harriet Green, later wife of Thomas Hall, whose daughter, Henrietta-William Hall, of Annapolis.
(9.) Benjamin, born 1783-Henrietta Maria Battie. Issue, (1.) Lucinda Margaret-Dr. John Henry Sellman, her first cousin; (3.) Ann Caroline-Benjamin Harrison, of Baltimore; (4.) Henrietta Eliza-George Johnson, son of Chancellor John Johnson. The second wife of Benjamin Harwood was Margaret Hall, of William, third, his cousin. Issue, (1.) Benjamin, of Mississippi; (4.) Mary Dryden-Thos Kent; (10.) Priscilla-John B. Weenis, who had, (1.) Ann Bell; (2.) Mary Dorsey.
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Osborne Sprigg Harwood, son of Thos. and Rachel Sprigg, his wife,-Elizabeth Anne, daughter of Colonel Richard Harwood and Margaret, his wife. Their second daughter, Margaret,-Wm. John Hall, her first cousin, and had issue, Mary Priscilla. Fourth daughter -Francis Henry Stockett, of Annapolis; fifth, Harriet Kent,- Philip G. Schurar, of Annapolis; sixth, William Sprigg-Elizabeth Sellman, daughter of Thos. Welsh and Elizabeth Sellman, his wife. Third, Rachel Ann, third daughter of Osborne and Sprigg- James Iglehart; issue, Anne Sellman-Jas. J. Waddell. Second, Harwood-A. Owen Kent. Third, James-Sallie Waddell; killed at Battle of Gettysburg, 1863. Fourth, Wm. Thomas-Catherine Spottswood Berkeley. Fifth, Thos. Richard Sprigg, youngest of Osborne Sprigg and Elizabeth-Elizabeth Ann, daughter of Wm. P. Mills, of Baltimore.
The deed from Thomas Harwood, of Streatley, to his son, Rich- ard, closes as follows: " And from and immediately after his decease, to the use of Thomas Harwood, son of said Richard Harwood, and his heirs."
Richard, of this last Thomas, left his dwelling, "Hooker's Pur- chase," to his niece, Lucy Battie, and to his sister-in-law, Rachel Harwood, during life. "Anthony's Purchase," being the dwelling of his late brother, Thomas Harwood, and after his death, to my nephew, Osborne Sprigg Harwood.
Thomas Harwood, of Richard, the settler, left "Brazen Harpe Hall" to his son, Benjamin; and Benjamin left it to his two children. It was afterward divided and part of it is called "Harwood Hall," and is now owned by Mr. Beale D. Mullikin, a descendant of Benja- min Harwood. The old Harwood burying ground is on that part of the estate, but there is hardly a trace of it left. "Harwood Hall" is about ten miles from Marlboro, Prince George County. Sarah (Belt) Harwood, widow of Thos. Harwood, did not " chuse" to accept, and wrote to " certifi" that she preferred her third part.
Major Sprigg Harwood was one of "the glorious nineteen electors." In 1886, when seventy-eight years of age, he gave his view of that memorable fight for constitutional reform, said he: "We had a caucus in Baltimore, and agreed to assemble in Annapolis, and to send an address to the twenty-one Whigs already qualified in the Senate chamber, waiting for three more to make a quorum. But they would hold no communication with us until we qualified. I consulted my people here for instructions. They said, 'Go; the principle is right and we will stand by you'-for the people generally thought the country was gone. John S. Sellman wrote to us to meet at Annapolis; and, after some delay, three of the nineteen concluded to go into the College. The Whigs, in return, gave us what we were demanding-the election of the Governor by the people. We were satisfied."
Major Sprigg Harwood was one of the county delegates to the Congressional Convention, in favor of the dissolution of the Union,
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and recognizing the Southern Confederacy. In 1864, he was a dele- gate to the State Convention called by the people. He was also, long Clerk of the Court for Anne Arundel.
THE HALL FAMILY.
All Hallows and St. James parish records give many items of interest concerning both Halls and Harwoods. Rev. Henry Hall, the first to come over, was a priest of the Church of England. He was sent by Henry Lord Bishop, of London, with letters to Hon. Francis Nicholson, then Governor of the Province, who inducted Rev. Henry Hall as First Rector of St. James. This office was held till his death, in 1722. A stained glass window to his memory is still in St. James Church. In 1701, Rev. Henry Hall married Mary Duvall, of Mareen, the Huguenot. They had five sons and three daughters.
From John are descended the families of Thos. J. Hall and William Hall, of St. James.
From Major Henry, the oldest son, who married Martha Howard, of Joseph, grandson of Captain Cornelius, were Henry, born 1727, and John, born 1729. This last was Barrister John Hall, a very distin- guished lawyer, who refused an admiralty, but was a member of the Council of Safety, and of the Continental Congress. He married Eleanor Dorsey, of "Hockley," but left no descendants. He was buried on the farm called "The Vineyard," some seven miles from Annapolis. A portrait of him is now in possession of Miss Nellie Ridont, whose grandmother was a sister of his wife.
Henry Hall, the older brother of Barrister John Hall, was also known as Major Henry. His wife was Elizabeth Watkins. Their oldest son was Major Harry Hall, who married Margery Howard, of Joseph and Martha, of " All Hallows." Issue four children, else- where given. By his second wife, Rachel Harwood, he had five children. viz .: Mary Anne-Councilor Thos. W. Hall, son of Edward Hall. Their only son, Julius Hall, moved to Calvert County and there practised medicine for a number of years. His wife was Jane, daughter of Governor Joseph Kent, of Maryland. His son Julius- Elizabeth Claude Stockett, daughter of Francis Henry Stockett and Mary Priscilla, his wife.
The issue of Major Henry Hall, by his second wife, Elizabeth, Lansdale, were: First. Edward-Martha Duckett. Issue, Eleanor W. Priscilla, Henrietta, Richard, Captain John, and Thomas.
Second. Isaac, from whom descended the family of the late Harry Hall, of West River, the father of Edward, Dr. Estep Hall and Augustus Hall.
Third. Margaret-Colonel Richard Harwood.
Fourth. William, known as William, third. He married Mar- garet Harwood, daughter of Captain Thomas, of St. James Parish. Their son, Thomas-Henrietta, widow of Thos. Cowan. Their daughter, Henrietta-Wm. Henry Hall, of Annapolis. The second wife of Thomas, above, was Mary Watkins, who had John Thomas -Harriet Barker, of Baltimore.
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Second. Richard, of William, third, left descendants in Prince George County., viz .: Richard-Miss Perkins. Issue, the late John Hall, Treasurer of Prince George; Turner, Summerfield Hall. The daughters were Mrs. Marine, of Baltimore, Mrs. Beale, Mrs. McDonald, Miss Mollie Hall, of Beltsville. Their homestead was the handsome estate of Colonel Herbert.
Third. Margaret, of William, third-Benjamin Harwood, of Colonel Richard.
Fourth. Rachel-Solomon Sparrow. Fifth. Harry-Anne Geston. Sixth. Mary Dryden-Alfred Sellman. Seven. Elizabeth Watkins, whose daughter Eleanor-Richard Sellman. Rachel Sprigg -Dr. Blake Hall. Eight. Wm. John-Margaret Hall Harwood, of Osborne Sprigg Harwood.
THE RIDOUT FAMILY.
John Ridout, secretary of Governor Sharpe, left a distinguished family. He married Mary, daughter of Governor Samuel Ogle, and his wife, Ann Tasker. Both were buried at "White Hall."
Obituary notices of them are among the records of St. Margaret's, written by their son, Horatio Ridout, Register of that parish for a number of years. Horatio Ridout married Rachel Goldsborough, of Cambridge. She bore him one son, John Ridout, whose issue by a second wife were, Eliza N., Rachel S., Ann Ogle, Horatio and Samuel Ridout.
Horatio, of John, married again, Ann Weems. Issue, Mary- Jacob Winchester; Horatio-Jemima Duvall, of Richard; Rev. Samuel Ridout-Hester Ann Chase, daughter of Thomas; Weems Ridout-first, Elizabeth Duvall, second, Elizabeth Beeman; Orlando Ridout-Margaret Atlee; Elinor Ridout, Francis Hollingsworth Ridout died single; Anna Rebecca-Captain Thos. K. Messick; James Maccubin Ridout and Miliora Ogle died single.
The descendants of Horatio and Jemima Duvall are, Horatio Sharpe-Ellen J. Rogers; Zachariah Duvall Ridout-Ellen Messick; Francis Hollingsworth-Eliza Shepherd; Weems Ridout, the cour- teous merchant of Annapolis-Edith Marden; Grafton Duvall-Sallie Dashiell; Charles-Carrie Conner.
Samuel Ridout, of John, of Horatio, was the friend and father- in-law of Rev. Walter Dulany Addison. From him descends Dr. Wm. G. Ridout, of Annapoils, who possesses a handsome portrait of Mrs. Mary (Young, Woodward) Hesselius.
One of her descendants, upon seeing for the first time, the above portrait of Mrs. Hesselius, asked, Dr. Ridout, "What queen is that?" The reply was, "You are not far from right in calling her a queen, for she had all the graces of a queen, and to her own family, she was a queen of hearts."
There stands, to-day, a magnificent colonial residence upon a hill overlooking the tragic battlefield of the Severn. It was built by John Ridout and is still held by his descendants, of Annapolis.
Dr. Ridout, Jr., and Mrs. Ligon, of Howard, are of his household.
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THE BEALE FAMILY.
A Scottish family, with a ringing bell as its coat of arms, was early represented in our province.
The leader was a famous officer, Colonel Ninian Beale, born in Fifeshire, or near Edinburgh, about 1625. Having fought, in 1650, against Cromwell at Dunbar, he was captured and transported to Calvert County, Maryland.
This same immigrant was called the "Covenanter," whose zeal caused him in some way, to be mixed up with the killing of a Bishop Montgomery, in an effort to keep Episcopacy out of Scotland.
He came, in 1655, and located in Calvert County. Intelligent, and of a strong character, he at once became a leader in the contests of that period.
He was with Colonel Coursey and Colonel William Stephens, " When they sent Captain Beale before them to find Captain Brandt." Information being delivered into his lordship's hands by Captain Ninian Beale, it was ordered to be entered in the Council book; and by his lordship's special command, power be given to Captain Ninian Beale, of Calvert County, to press man and horse anytime, upon urgent occasion, to give his lordship intelligence." Ordered, also, at the same time, "that six men in arms, under Captain Ninian Beale, be commanded out to continue ranging between the head of the Patuxent, up to the Susquehanna, forth for discovery of the Indian enemy." Captain Beale, in 1689, signed the Declaration of Remonstrance, in which it was declared, that "All rumors of an Indian invasion, supported by Catholics, were found to be false."
For Captain Beale's services he was granted an estate that extended over several counties. He surveyed near the National Capitol, and upon one of his surveys, a number of Presbyterian families were induced to settle. One of his tracts was the "Rock of Dumbarton." Georgetown stands upon this survey. There was another one at Bennings, and still another at Collington, Prince George County. Here was located Ninian Beale, Jr., the testator of 1710, who named only two children, Mary and Samuel. His sister, Jane, daughter of Colonel Ninian and Ruth Moore, married Colonel Archibald Edmondson, whose daughter, Ruth Edmondson, married Rev. John Orme, who married Elizabeth Johns, whose daughter, Char- lotte Orme, became Mrs. Daniel Douglass. Colonel Ninian died, 1717, age ninety-three years.
Colonel George Beale, youngest son of Colonel Ninian, born at Upper Marlborough, in 1695, removed to Georgetown, and there died, 1780. He built a large house upon N Street, and many believe that he gave name to Georgetown. It was upon his property.
Thomas Beale, of Colonel George, by a second marriage to the widow Beale, had twin daughters, who became the wives of George C. Washington and Major Peter, and mothers of Lewis Washington and Colonel Peter.
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"The Cedars," of Bennings, for Colonel Ninian Beale, was the homestead of another Ninian Beale, whose family Bible reads as follows: "Rachel born 1711; Ninian, 1713; Charles, 1715; Elinor, 1717; Joshua, 1719." He held "The Cedars;" married Sarah Green- field, and had Captain George Beale, whose wife was Ann Truman Greenfield. Their daughter, Ann Truman Beale, married Fielder Magruder; Susan-Samuel Sheriff, and became the mother of George Beale Sheriff, the last heir of "The Cedars."
Another Ninian Beale is found at Georgetown. He signs, in a bold hand, "Ninian Beale, of Ninian." He is thought to be the Ninian, of Ninian, who was born at Bennings, in 1713. His issue were Charles, Ruth, Margaret, Mary, Rachel, Elinor and Susannah. Ruth became the wife of Captain Charles Gassaway; Margaret- Benjamin Edwards; Mary-Dr. Watkins, and left Gassaway and Thomas Watkins, of Brookeville; Rachel-Hardidge Lane, of Vir- ginia, and was the mother of Mrs. Coleman and Mrs. Vansweringen, of Virginia; Elinor-Zachariah Offutt, of Montgomery County, Susannah-Alexander Catlett, father of Grandison Catlett; Charles Beale-a daughter of Lord Fairfax.
In 1719, two brothers, William and Charles Beale, took up 1,200 acres in Montgomery County, known as "The Brothers." In 1720, they surveyed "Beale's Manor."
A still later Ninian Beale, of Georgetown, had a son Robert, who had a son James, who had a son Zephaniah, ensign in Captain Edward Burgess Company of Montgomery Militia. He married Keesiah White, widow of Wm. Pritchett, of "Eleanor Green," near Rockville. Their son Rezin Beale, took part in the suppression of the Indians, in 1790. The father was Major and the son became General Rezin Beale, of Wooster, Ohio. He married Rebecca, daughter of Lieutenant Johnson, and had Nancy Campbell Beale, wife of Cyrus Spink, of Wooster. Their daughter Rebecca Beale Spink-John Wilson McMillan, son of Martin McMillan and Nancy Clark. Their daughter is Miss Kate Louise McMillan, of Wooster, Ohio.
Another Ninian Beale married Elizabeth Gordon, and had George, who married Ann Magruder. Brooke Beale was the seven- teenth son of his father.
Another Beale family was in Annapolis. Hannah Beale became the wife of Thomas Randall, and the mother of Urith (Randall) Owings.
John Beale, whose coat of arms upon his will at Annapolis, does not show a "ringing bell," was a distinguished attorney, connected by marriage, with Howards and Dorseys and Norwoods. His name was handed down in many allied families. His wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Andrew Norwood, by Elizabeth, daughter of Captain Cornelius Howard. Their daughter, Elizabeth Beale, became Mrs. Wm. Nicholson, the mother of Beale Nicholson, and the wife of Richard Dorsey, of "Hockley." A daughter of this marriage became the wife of another John Beale.
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The following data was sent to me by Mrs. Dorsey of the Con- gressional Library, Washington.
Tombstones of the Beale family, formerly in the Presbyterian Cemetery, at Georgetown, but transferred to "Oakhill" at the same place.
"Here lieth Colonel George Beale, who departed this life at Georgetown, March 15, 1780; aged eighty-five years.
" Here lieth the body of Elizabeth, the wife of Colonel George Beale, who departed this life October the 2nd, 1748; age forty-nine years.'
"Sacred to the memory of George Beale. He was born in Georgetown, February 25th, 1729. He died October 15th, 1807, in the seventy-ninth year of his age. He lived respected, and died lamented."
Will of George Beale probated at Rockville; the 17th of March, 1780. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Colonel Thomas Brooke and his second wife, Barbara Dent. Their children were, Mary Beale, under ten in 1750, when Barbara Dent Beale, her grandmother, made a deed of a negro girl to her; she died young. Esther died young. Thomas died young. George, born 1729. Leevin died in Martinique; Patrick, Rebecca, Lucy Magruder; Thomas died young; Mary died young.
Will of Colonel George Beale:
"In the name of God, Amen. To son Thomas Beale, 'Con- juror's Dissappointment;' also a part of 'Dumbarton,' to be divided by the main road, that part that lies south to belong to grandson, George Beale. To daughter, Elizabeth Evans, negro man to serve four years, and to be free made 15th March, 1780." Witnessed by W. Smith, Richard Cheney, Abraham Boyd.
Thomas Beale bought "Conjuror's Dissappointment" and "Rock of Dumbarton." Married Anne Deme. His will made, 14th October, 1814; probated, October 7th, 1819. She died, 1827. Their children were Elizabeth, married as first wife, G. C. Washing- ton, and Harriet Ann, married Peter. Another daughter of Colonel George Beale married Evans. On January 18th, 1720, George Beale received a grant of 1,380 acres, known as "Rock of Dum- barton." Liber, J. L., No. A. pp. 55, Maryland Land Records.
Will of George Beale, second son of Colonel George Beale. To wife, Elizabeth, all real and personal property I received with her. Two negroes; cochehee with two horses; $100 for mourning me and right of dower in estate. To son George Beale, £100, and to his children, negroes named in the bill of sale recorded in Montgomery County, after his death. Also to children of George Beale, Patrick and Anna Beale, three negroes apiece. To son George, equal share of personal property. To son Levin Beale, land he now lives on during his life and that of his present wife, remainder between his two children John and Anna Beale, to them three negroes apiece. To grandson, Thomas, son of Ninian Beale, the same. Son Heze- kiah and Captain Thomas B. Beale, executors. To son Hezekiah,
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