Thomas Beall of "Loving Acquaintance"

Biography

Thomas Beall of "Loving Acquaintance" was born before January 2, 1631 in St Andrews, Largo, Fife, Scotland. His parents were James (Bell) Beall and Helen Ringan. He was a Planter.

Thomas married Elizabeth (unknown) Beall. Together they had the following children:

1. Benjamin Beall;
2. Euphene ‘Euphan’ (Beall) Tannehill;
3. Ninian Beall, the Elder;
4. Elizabeth (Beall) Dryden;
5. William Beall;
6. John Beall;
7. Charles Beall.

He died after November 1732 in Prince George's County, MD, United States.

Name: Fredric Z. Saunders
Email:
URL: http://fzsaunders.com/beall.html
URL title: Beall Family
There was a Thomas BELL [BEALL] baptized on that date at St. Andrew's the son of a James BELL and Helen PRINGLE [not Anne Marie CALVERT.] No one has provided evidence to date that this or any other James is the father of Ninian BEALL/BELL.

Skordas shows several men named Thomas Bell and Beale who entered the Province of Maryland between 1659 and 1680. The Thomas Bell who entered the province in 1680 is one and the same as Thomas Beall of "Loving Acquaintance " as proven by his unique signature mark on the deed in which he sold his headright upon arrival, the exact unique signature mark Thomas Beall of Prince George's County used in multiple deeds at Prince George's County. Thomas Beall of Prince George's County, was baptized Jan. 2, 1731at St. Andrews Parish, Scotland by his parents James Bell and Helen Ringaud.( also spelled Ringan, Ringen, Ringing and Ringon in the 6 other birth and marriage records she appeared in) .;Thomas Beall d. after 1732 MD; said to have m. twice in Scotland and twice in MD; his last wife was Elizabeth ; children from wills; mother and order of birth unknown:

Frederick Saunders was incorrect when he stated That James Bell and Helen Pringle baptized Thomas in 1632 at St. Andrews. The original record is viewable online at ScotlandsPeople and clearly reads " Helen Ringaud " as does the transcription. There was no Helen Pringle, a mistaken communique now misleading Bell/ Beall genealogists across the internet.

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• FOLLOWING RECORDS DISCOVERED BY GEORGE ARTHUR TRAIL IV
• Scotland Old Parish Registers Births ( 453/1029 St. Andrews and St. Leonards ) pg. 29....1631..." James Bell and Helen Ringand had a son baptized called Thomas..witness; Alexander Millar and James Janbrice?..
• 31/03/1650 Lyell, Margaret ( Old Parish Births 426/10 340 Dysart ) pg. 340 of 497....." Ringin Lyell and Effie Dalin baptized a daughter Margaret.."
• (Scotland Old Parish Registers Marriages 296/10 169 Kinnell, pg. 169 of 250 ).." Thomas Beall and Martt Lyell...contract for marriage : May 1, 1664 "
• Margaret Lyell and Thomas Beall never recorded any children so Margaret Lyell may have died before Thomas Bell/ Beall migrated to Maryland in 1680 when he arrived apparently a single man and then remarried by 1695 when his son Ninian Beall Jr. was born.
• (Prince George's County Court Records Vol. 202 pg. 457)....March 1699..." John Cousens demands a subpoena for Thomas Beall to testifie inter him and John Ramsey..."
• (Maryland Probate Records, Prerogative Court Abstracts, 1697-1700)"....John Evans (deceased)...Calvert County....May,18, 1699....Payments to: Mr. Thomas Beall, William Taylor....Legatees : Guy White...Administratrix: Sarah Collyer, wife of Francis Collyer."
• (P.G. Court Records Vol. 202, pg. 488)...."June 1699..." John Cousens demands a capias for Nathaniel Wickham, Willliam Lintall, Thomas Beall and Stephen Vennor to testifie for him against John Ramsey.."
• (P.G. Land Records Liber C, pg. 116b)...Dec. 20, 1704..." Ninian Beall Sr. of Prince George's County....for ye propogation of the Gospel of Christ Jesus...confirm unto Nathaniel Taylor Minister of the Gospel to Robert Bradley, James Stodddart, John Battie, Archibald Edmondson, Thomas Bell Sr., Thomas Beall Jun., Ninian Beall Junior, Charles Beall, Christopher Thompson, Joshua Hall, John Browne, John Henry, James Beall, Alexander Beall. William Ophett, John Soaper, and to their successors....a tract of land called the Meadows...witness; John Wight and Samuel Magruder.."
• (P.G. Land Records Liber E, pg. 276.).. Sept. 5, 1713..." ..Collonel Ninian Beal..to William Glover... all that tract of land called Bealll's Levels....witness: Thomas Beall ( with his unique TB mark) and Richard Rose.."
• (P.G. Land Records Liber E, pg. 283)....Sept. 5, 1713...Coll. Ninian Bealll..unto John Firgisson....witness: Thomas Beall ( with his unique TB mark) and Richard Rose..."
• (P.G. Land Records Liber F, pg. 183)...July 24, 1719.. " Thomas Beall out of the love and affection i bear unto my loving daughter Elizabeth Drayden....witness; Edward Holmes, Jane Edmonston, Mary Holmes, Archibald Edmonston.."
• (P.G Land Records Liber F, pg. 184)..July 24, 1719..." Thomas Beall to my son..Willliam Beall...witnesss: Edward Holmes Jane Edmonston, Mary Holmes, Archibald Edmonston...'
• ( P.G Land Records Liber F, pg. 185)...July 24, 1719..." Thomas Beall to son Benjamin Beall...witness: Edward Holmes , Jane Edmonston, Mary Holmes, Archibald Edmonston.."
• (P. G Land Records Liber F, pg. 185)...July 24, 1719..." Thomas Beall to daughter Uphan Tanihill...witnesss; Edward Holmes, Jane Edmonston, Mary Holmes, Archibald Edmonston..."
• (P. G. Land Records Liber Q, pg. 58)...May 1, 1730.." Between Thomas Beall Sr....planter. of the one part and Willliam Beall Jun. ...my well beloved son on the other part...toward his comfortable support...hath freely given...all that tract...called Loving Acquaintance ( his the said Thomas Beall's and Elizabeth's his wife's natural life in the said land excepted ) beginnning at a bounded white oak it being a corner tree of a tract of land surveyed for Thomas Bernard...containing 312 acres....signed; Thomas Beall (with his unique TB mark)...witnesss; Ralph Crabb and John Beall Jun...."
• (P.G. Land Records Liber Q, pg. 542)..Oct.25, 1732...Recorded at the request of William Beall Jun..." I Thomas Beall of Prince George's County ,planter, make over unto my son Willliam Beall......signed Thomas Beall ( with his unique TB mark)...witness: Thomas Clagett Jun. and Edward Holmes Sen.
• (Prince George's County Court Record)...November Court 1732 (pg. 165)...." Thomas Beall prefers to the court here the following petition....your petitioner is very infirm and above the age of one hundred years..that he may here after be discharged from paying any levy.....ordered by the court the petitioner be levy free..."
• Thomas Beall of "Loving Acquaintance" is one and the same as the Thomas Bell transported into the Maryland province on March 27, 1680 along with Willliam and Priscilla Timmins, They sold their headrights along with Richard Flowers who received his headright for his freedom to James Langster. Witnesses to the deed were William and Francis Bentson. Thomas Bell made his unique " TB" mark on the 1680 deed just the same as he did on multiple deeds at Prince George's County as late as 1730. ( Maryland Provincial Land Records.. Liber WC 2..pg. 346/47 )

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Notes

https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I8334...

Name: Fredric Z. Saunders
Email:
URL: http://fzsaunders.com/beall.html
URL title: Beall Family
There was a Thomas BELL [BEALL] baptized on that date at St. Andrew's the son of a James BELL and Helen PRINGLE [not Anne Marie CALVERT.] No one has provided evidence to date that this or any other James is the father of Ninian BEALL/BELL.

EFSM Vol Vi page 248

Skordas shows several men named Thomas Bell and Beale who entered the Province of Maryland between 1659 and 1680. Thomas Beall of Prince George's County, b. Scotland; d. after 1732 MD; said to have m. twice in Scotland and twice in MD; his last wife was Elizabeth ; children from wills; mother and order of birth unknown:

Thomas Beall died in P. G. Col, after Oct. 4, 1732. On that date he deeded personal property to his son William, no wife signing. L. Q, folio 542, P. G. County, 1732.

Bealls Adventure was laid out for Thomas Beall 3 April 1685. Liber 22,
folio 266, Land Office, Annapolis, Maryland.

Thomas Bell came to the Province of Maryland 1659. In 1663 Thomas Bell demanded 100 acres of land for transporting himself and wife, Elizabeth, into the Province in 1659. Liber 5, folio 485, Land Office, Annapolis. Patent issued to Thomas Bell, planter, Feb. 17, 1665, for 100 acres of land in Anne Arundel County, called Bell's Haven, for transporting himself and wife, Elizabeth, into the Province in 1659. Liber 5, folio 485, L. O. A.

An article in the Presbyterian Review, Vol. IX, of 1888, Baltimore, states that Thomas, the brother of Colonel Ninian Beall, was a builder and contractor; that he assisted many of his countrymen in Scotland to emigrate to Maryland

References

1. https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I8334...