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daughter of Walter Bayne (?-1670). Her brother
was John Bayne (ca. 1662-1701). MARRIED third,
Johanna Catherine (?-1751). CHILDREN. SONS:
John (1700-1754); Richard, of Essex County, Vir-
ginia. PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION literate. RE-
LIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Protestant, but refused to
serve as a churchwarden of Durham Parish,
Charles County, 1703. SOCIAL STATUS AND AC-
TIVITIES: perhaps raised in a Sprigg household as
was his half brother, Robert Tyler (ca. 1671-1738).
OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: planter. PUBLIC CA-
REER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House,
Charles County, 1708A. LOCAL OFFICE: justice,
Charles County, 1714-1715. WEALTH DURING
LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: ca. 942
acres. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED will probated on
April 27, 1751. PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV,
£50.10.8 (including 2 slaves, 1 servant, and
books); FB, estate overpaid £0.15.0.
BEALE, NINIAN (ca. 1625-1717/18). BORN: ca.
1625 in Fifeshire, Scotland. IMMIGRATED: in 1655
from Barbados as an indentured servant to Rich-
ard Hall (?-1688). RESIDED: in Calvert County;
Prince George's County after 1695. FAMILY BACK-
GROUND. FATHER: James Beale. MARRIED in 1668
Ruth, daughter of Richard Moore. CHILDREN.
SONS: Ninian (1669-by 1717/18); Charles (1672-
1740); John (1674-?); Thomas; and George (1695-
1780), who married Elizabeth (1699-1748), daugh-
ter of Thomas Brooke (ca. 1659-1730/31). DAUGH-
TERS: Hester (Esther), who married Joseph Belt
(ca. 1680-1761); Mary; Rachel; and Sarah (?-
1734), who married Samuel Magruder (1654-
1711). PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION: literate. RE-
LIGIOUS AFFILIATION Presbyterian; was a ruling
elder on the Western Shore. SOCIAL STATUS AND
ACTIVITIES cornet; he became a political prisoner
upon being captured at the Battle of Dunbar in
Scotland in 1650; he was transported first to Bar-
bados, and then to Maryland; Gent., by the 1690s;
called "an honest Cavalier" in 1700. OCCUPA-
TIONAL PROFILE: servant, free by 1667; planter;
surveyor; mill owner; land speculator. PUBLIC CA-
REER, LEGISLATIVE SERVICE Associators' Conven-
tion, Calvert County, 1689-1692; Lower House,
Prince George's County, 1696-1697 (elected to the
5th session), 1697/98-1700 (Laws 2). LOCAL OF-
FICES: deputy surveyor, Calvert County, 1680-
1685; town officer, Mount Calvert Town, Calvert
County, 1686; sheriff, Calvert County, 1692-1694.
MILITARY SERVICE lieutenant, by 1668; captain,
1676-1689; major, 1689-1692; colonel, 1692-
1698. STANDS ON PUBLIC/PRIVATE ISSUES: he was
a very strong supporter and active participant in
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the revolution of 1689. WEALTH DURING LIFE-
TIME. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: ca. 4,000 acres;
during his lifetime Beale surveyed 21,833 acres for
himself, of which 8,198 was subsequently patented
by others. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: between Jan-
uary 15 and February 28, 1717/18. PERSONAL
PROPERTY: TEV, £87.13.5; FB, estate overpaid
£171.15.6. LAND. 2,117 acres; he had given his
children 2,820 acres before his death.
BEALE, THOMAS (?-1713). BORN: probably in
England. IMMIGRATED: ca. 1667 as an indentured
servant from Exon or Topsham, England. RE-
SIDED: in St. Mary's County. MARRIED possibly
Elizabeth. CHILDREN. SON: John. PRIVATE CA-
REER. EDUCATION: illiterate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIA-
TION: Protestant. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES:
first minor office did not come until he had been
in the colony for approximately twenty years. OC-
CUPATIONAL PROFILE: indentured servant in 1667,
free by 1672; planter; innkeeper in the 1680s; mer-
chant. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE:
Lower House, St. Mary's County, 1697/98-1700,
1701-1704, 1704-1707. LOCAL OFFICES: alderman,
St. Mary's City, 1689, 1694; William and Mary
Parish Vestry, St. Mary's County, 1693-1696; jus-
tice, St. Mary's County, 1694-1713 (quorum,
1697-1713). MILITARY SERVICE: captain, 1704;
major, 1706. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: will pro-
bated on May 25, 1713. PERSONAL PROPERTY:
TEV, £344.19.10 sterling (including 9 slaves).
BEALL, JOSHUA (ca. 1719-ca. 1796). BORN: ca.
1719 in Prince George's County; third son. NA-
TIVE: third generation. RESIDED: in St. John's or
Prince George's Parish, Prince George's County.
FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER: Capt. Charles
Beall (1672-1740), son of Ninian Beale (ca. 1625-
1717/18). MOTHER: Mary Wolstad. AUNTS: Esther
Beall, who married Joseph Belt (ca. 1680-1761);
Sarah Beall, who married Samuel Magruder
(1654-1711). BROTHERS: Charles; Ninian (?-by
1753), who married Suzanna. SISTERS: Mary; Ra-
chel. FIRST COUSINS: Thomas Beall, of George
(1735-1819); John Magruder (1694-1750). MAR-
RIED first, by 1748 Eleanor Smith (?-by 1776),
daughter of James Greenfield (?-1734) and wife
Eleanor; granddaughter of Thomas Smith, of Cal-
vert County. Her sisters were Sarah, who married
John Prigg; Mary, who married (first name un-
known) Brooke; Elizabeth, who married (first
name unknown) Skinner. MARRIED second, on
February 3, 1787, Elizabeth, widow of Basil War-
ing (?-1776); probably the daughter of Benjamin
Belt (?-1773). CHILDREN. SON: George (ca. 1746-
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