Misc. Notes
Ninian Beall by Fredric Z. Saunders
20284 (dau Mary married to Andrew Hamilton not John Pottenger Jr.?)
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 (See below) 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]
(30 a) In 1706,Ninian Beall gave his daughter Mary a Negro girl about 5 years old called Nanny. (See #2 Prince George's Co., MD land records C:185a-186a, FHL microfilm 0,014,247)
b) In his 1717 will, Ninian Beall gave his "son-in-law" Andrew Hambleton a Negro woman called Allie. (See #1 Ninian Beall will, Maryland wills 14:504-507, FHL microfilm 0,012,846)
c) Andrew Hamilton's 1719 inventory included a Negro woman named Nanny, and a very old Negro woman named Ailie. (See #11 Andrew Hamilton inventory, MD inventories 3:202-204, FHL microfilm 0,012,862)
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 Hamilton will, Montgomery Co., MD wills A:262-263, FHL microfilm 0,014,230.) and had children born in the 1720s, possibly as late as about 1730.
f) Regarding claims that Mary married both AndrewHamilton&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 & Thomas Evans, it would require her having children born almost 40 years apart, beyond the range of child-bearing years.)
No mention of a husband for Mary Bell (sic) when Ninian & Ruth Beall gave her a negro girl called Nanny about 5 years of age
834Pg469 Pedigree Col Ninian Beall + Ruth Moore Children: Mary Beall Pg 472 Elizabeth Gordon 1st wife of Ninian Beall died in Scotland leaving 2 sons
51101 (Elizabeth Gordon left no daughter? daughter of Ruth Beall?)
Mary Beall Parents: Ninian Beall & Ruth Polly Moore; Marr: John Pottenger
3738 (Did not marry John Pottenger?)
Pg 32 Ninian Beall Will: Prob 2/28/1717
51100 (dau Mary Beall not mentioned but son-in-law Andrew Hambleton is, perhaps she is deceased?)
John Pottenger, Male, b: 1662 En; Spouse: Mary Beall b: 1690, Number Pgs 1
19964 (Did not marry John Pottenger?)