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?), who married Ann. DAUGHTER: Amelia (ca.
1748-?), who married Gen. Rezin Beall. PRIVATE
CAREER. EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIA-
TION: Presbyterian; manager of a lottery for the
building fund of the Bladensburg Presbyterian
Church, Prince George's County, 1790. SOCIAL
STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: Gent., by 1776. OCCUPA-
TIONAL PROFILE: planter. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGIS-
LATIVE SERVICE. Conventions, Prince George's
County, 1st, 1774, 2nd-3rd, 1774, 4th, 1775, 5th,
1775. LOCAL OFFICES: justice, Prince George's
County, 1751-1759, 1762-1787 (resigned); sheriff,
Prince George's County, 1759-1762; justice, Court
of Oyer and Terminer and Gaol Delivery, Prince
George's County, commissioned 1771 and 1772;
justice, Orphans' Court, Prince George's County,
1777-at least 1787. MILITARY SERVICE: captain,
Prince George's County troops at Fort Frederick
and Fort Duquesne, 1756-1758; colonel, Prince
George's County Militia, appointed 1775; resigned
from Upper Battalion, Prince George's County
Militia, 1776. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. PER-
SONAL PROPERTY: 20 slaves, 1776. LAND AT
FIRST ELECTION: at least 2,048 acres in Prince
George's County (inherited from his father and
brothers), plus possibly 135 acres in Prince
George's County (acquired through his marriage).
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST
ELECTION AND DEATH: sold 54 acres in Prince
George's County in small parcels between 1776
and 1790. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED, will probated
on February 17, 1796, in Prince George's County.
PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV, £1,682.10.3 current
money (including 14 slaves and more than 12
books); FB, £1,180.1.4 current money. LAND.
probably ca. 2,000 acres in Prince George's
County.
BEALL, JOSIAH (?-1768). BORN: of age by
1747; younger son. NATIVE: third generation. RE-
SIDED: in Frederick County, FAMILY BACK-
GROUND. FATHER: John Beall (?-1742), son of Al-
exander Beall (?-1744). MOTHER: Verlinda (?-
1745), daughter of Samuel Magruder (1654-17 11).
UNCLE: John Magruder (1694-1750). BROTHERS.
Samuel Beall (ca. 1713-ca. 1778); Basil, who mar-
ried Lucy; John, who married Mary, daughter of
Peter Dent; and Clement (?-by 1794), who mar-
ried Priscilla. SISTERS: Sarah (?-1779), who mar-
ried by 1742 James Offutt; Rebecca, who married
her first cousin Nathan Magruder (ca. 1718-1786);
Lucy; Hannah; and Verlinda. FIRST COUSINS. Na-
than Magruder (ca. 1718-1786), Zadock Magruder
(1730-1811). CHILDREN. At least seven, including
SONS: Thaddeus (ca. 1745-1808), who married
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Amelia (ca. 1747-after 1809), daughter of Samuel
Beall (ca. 1713-ca. 1778); Josiah (?-1805), who
married Elizabeth Brooke. DAUGHTERS: Lucy (?-
1799); Verlinda (?-by 1799), who married Thomas
Beall (1744-1823), son of Samuel Beall (ca. 1713-
ca. 1778). PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION: literate.
RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Anglican. SOCIAL STA-
TUS AND ACTIVITIES: Mr., 1754; Gent., 1763. OC-
CUPATIONAL PROFILE: planter, 1741, 1757; agent
. for Hartly & Sons, of Whitehaven, England, 1763-
1768. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE.
Lower House, Frederick County, 1754-1757 (Bills
of Credit 1-6). LOCAL OFFICES, tobacco inspector,
Rock Creek warehouse, Frederick County, 1748-
1750; coroner, Frederick County, 1748; sheriff,
Frederick County, 1752-1753; justice, Frederick
County, 1763-at least 1767. WEALTH DURING
LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION. 400 acres in
Prince George's and Frederick counties (300 acres
inherited from his father; 100 acres by personal
acquisition). SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND
BETWEEN FIRST ELECTION AND DEATH: patented
107 acres in Frederick County, 1763; bought 2
partial lots in Georgetown, Frederick County,
1767. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED administration
bond granted on October 6, 1768, in Frederick
County. PERSONAL PROPERTY. TEV, £507.8.10
current money (including 9 slaves, 4 books, and
plate); FB, £187.5.0. LAND. 482 acres in Frederick
County.
BEALL, JOSIAS (ca. 1725-1803). BORN: ca.
1725. NATIVE: third generation. RESIDED: at
"Strife," near Piscataway, Prince George's
County. FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER: John
Beall (?-ca. 1757), son of James Beall (?-1725).
MOTHER: Elizabeth, daughter of John Fendall
(1674-1734). FIRST COUSINS Philip Richard Fen-
dall (?-?); Sarah Fendall (ca. 1732-1793), who
married Thomas Contee(ca. 1729-1811); and Sam-
uel Hanson, Jr. (?-1817). MARRIED first, ca. 1760
Millicent (1733-1772), daughter of Robert
Bradley and wife Ann, of Prince George's County;
granddaughter of Robert Bradley (?-1724). MAR-
RIED second, in common law marriage, Ann
(1750-1781), daughter of John Bos well and wife
Elizabeth. Ann resided with Josias from 1774 until
her death. CHILDREN. SONS: John Bradley (1760-
?); Josias Fendall (1762-ca. 1816), who married in
1804 Ann Middleton Marlowe; James Alexander
(1765-?), who married in 1787 Ann Mitchell; Ro-
bert Augustus (1767-?), who married Elizabeth;
Benjamin Bradley (1771-?); and David Fendall
(1775-?). DAUGHTERS, (first name unknown)
(1764-1764); Ann Fendall (1768-?); Anna (1777-
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