Misc. Notes
Col Ninian Beall accumulated a great deal of land including what is now Georgetown, D.C. His son George settled here and built a large house on N. St. and it is believed that he gave his name to Georgetown, which was on his property. (Joshua Dorsey Warfield, The Founders of Anne Arundell and Howard Counties MD (1905) p. 101)
47187Pg 314-317 The Legislature, by act of May 15, 1751, authorized five commissioners to lay out and erect a town, and empowered them to purchase sixty acres, part of the tracts of land belonging to George Beall and George Gordon, and to survey the same into eighty lots, to be erected into a town, and to be called Georgetown. For the advantage of the town and for the encouragement of the back inhabitants, the commissioners were authorized to hold two fairs annually for three successive days, during which everyone attending the fair should be free from arrest, except for felony or breach of the peace. The first meeting of the commissioners was held on the 18th of September, 1751, when they appointed Alexander Beall clerk and surveyor, and Joseph Beall coroner. The owners of the site refused to sell. A jury was summoned and the property condemned; the land was appraised, the owners receiving two hundred and eighty pounds currency. The survey and plat were completed February 27, 1752, when the lots were numbered, and the streets and lanes named. Messrs. Beall and Gordon were allowed the first choice of lots.
73216The Brooke Family of Whitchurch, Hampshire, England Pg 33
50935By an act of May 15, 1751, the Legislature of MD provided for laying out a town on the Potomac River, above Rock Creek. For this purpose part of George Beall’s land was taken, as well as part of that belonging to a Mr. Gordon. When, in spite of their refusal to sell, the land so taken was divided into lots, Colonel Beall and Mr. Gordon were allowed the privilege for first selecting two lots each as compensation for their lands. After a week’s reflection, George Beall sent the following answer:
“If I must part with my property by force, I had better save a little than be totally demolished. Rather than have none, I accept these lots, -- Nos 72 and 79--”
Ancestral Records Vol II
53228 Pg 467 By an Act of May 15, 1751 the Legislature of MD provided for laying out a town on the Potomac Riv above Rock Creek, & a part of George Beall’s land was taken, divided into lots, he being allowed the privilege of 1st selecting 2 lots; he sent the following answer: “If I must part with my property by force, I had better have a little than be totally demolished. Rather than have none, I accept those lots 72, 79. I do hereby protest and declare that my acceptance of said lots, which is by force, shall not debar me from future redress from the Commissioners and others, if I can have the rights of a British subject. God save King George! George Beall.
Vol II Pt I-Pg9 (Ninian) His son, Col George Beall, inherited part of tract granted to Col Ninian Beall, by name of Rock of Dumbarton, bestowed by Charles Lord Baltimore
46918 (Col)
Col
11649,47710,10584,18858,53030,73217,50935 Pg 27 Col George Beall
50937Pg 46 Beall, George: b: 1695 d: 1780 m. Elizabeth (Brookes) ? PS MD
10175Captain, troop of horse, Maryland Militia 1738-1752
18858Ancestral Records Vol II
53228 Pg 467 (George Beall) was appointed a Major, Sep 21, 1776 (S: Jour. of Correspondence of the MD Council of Safety, Jul 7-Dec 31, 1776, p. 293 (Baltimore, 1893). Arch of MD (Baltimore, 1897), pp. 296, 373
Spouses
1Elizabeth Brooke 57948,73163,73164,62097,73218,73166,73167,73219,73220,73221,62074,73222,73175,73176,62075
Memo1695?
Memoabt 49 yrs
Burialaft 2 Oct 1748, Presbyterian Cemetery, Georgetown, Washington, DC73225,73229
Memoremoved bodies to Oak Hill Cemetery, Georgetown, Washington, DC
Misc. Notes
Vol II Pg 70
18858 Col George Beall & Elizabeth Brooke Issue:
Esther b: 1716 d: in infancy
Thomas I b: 1717 d: 1734
Mary I. b: 1724 d: 1740
Jane b: 1726
George b: 1729 d: 1807 marr: Elizabeth Magruder; was grandfather of Rear-Admiral George Beall Balch, USN, b: TN 1821; d: 1908
Leven b: 1733 d: 1763 Martinique W.I.
Patrick b: 1734 d: 1809
Thomas II b: 1736 d: in infancy
Rebecca b: 1739 d: 1748
Lucy b: 1749 d: 1799 marr: Major Samuel Wade Magruder; 11 children
Elizabeth b: 1743 d: 1803 marr: Walter Evans
Mary II b: 1745 d: 1806 marr: ___ white
Thomas III b: 1748 d: 1819. Member Committee of Safety, Frederick 24 Jan 1775; member House of Delegates 1785; Mayor of Georgetown, 1791; marr: 1773 Ann Orme b: 1752 d: 1827 dau of John Orme, son of Rev. John Orme & Ruth Edmonston
Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Co
53030Pg 103 Oakhill Cemetery, Georgetown: Sacred to the memory of George Beale b: Georgetown Feb 25, 1729 d: Oct 15, 1807 79th yr of age
Frederick County Census 1776
73217Pg 181 Lower Potomack Hundred: (Enum w/Beall, George, Junr, 46 yrs)
Beall, Alexander 8 yrs; Erasmus 14 yrs; Hezekiah 10 yrs; Thomas Brook 8 yrs; Josiah 18 yrs; Thomas of Saml 36 yrs; John Brook 7 yrs; Josiah 6 yrs
Vol II Pg 467 George Beall & Elizabeth Brooke had among his many children three children named “Thomas” two of whom died young.
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