Be11 Ninian Beale

Source: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hauser/pafg29.htm

http://www.archive.org/stream/colonelninianbea00magr/colonelninianbea00magr_djvu.txt
shows the following: In 1688 Lord Baltimore's adherents under Colonel Henry Darnall engarrisoned themselves at Mattapany but were shortly outnumbered and surrounded. Finding further resistance could only lead to the sacrifice of many lives they received articles of surrender signed by Coode, Ninian Beall, and others. Forced to capitulate on the offered terms all their arms and ammunition were surrendered to Colonel Henry Darnall and Major Ninian Beall.

Cecilius Calvert. 2nd Baron Lord Baltimore 1605-1675

Charles Calvert. 3rd Baron Lord Baltimore 1615-1715

A Cornet was the fifth commissioned officer in a Troop of Cavalry who carried the colours. As the leader of the Troop was a Captain, it follows that Ninian at the time of capture was a Lieutenant. His rapid rise in rank after serving his parole indicated a level of nepotism.

While you and I have debated the question of Scottish blood on the Belt side, there is no doubt that you, and others, descending from the Belt/Bealle union have the Scottish heritage that cannot be denied.

I do have Alexanda Beall (1565- ) and Margaret Ramsey (1569- ) as the parents of Dr.James and Anne Beall.

The corrections are the spelling of Cornetist in the message and 1950 is a bit late for the Battle of Dunbar. (typo)

Notes Selected information from a D.A.R. article written by Ruth Beall Gelders in 1996: Ninian Beall held a commission as a cornetist in the Scottish-English Army under Leslie raised to resist Cromwell, and fought and was made prisoner in the battle of Dunbar, September 3, 1950. He was sentenced to five years of servitude and, after a short stay in Ireland, was packed into the hold of a prison ship with 149 other Scotsmen and sent to Barbadoes, West Indies About 1652, he was transferred, still a prisoner, to the Province of Maryland where he served five years with Richard Hall of Calvert County. "Then came Ninian Beall of Calvert County, planter, and proved his right to 50 acres of land for his time in service, as military prisoner, performed with Richard Hall of said county. This servitude which came to him through the fortunes of war was an Honor." (From Liber 2, Folio 195, Maryland Land Office, Jan. 16, 1957) As Ninian Beall was responsible for about 200 immigrants coming to the country, when Prince Georges County was created out of Calvert County, over 7,000 acres of his property were found to be in the new county. On part of this acreage, the District of Columbia is now located, an on another part the famed "Dumbarton Oaks." His first tract of land was called "Rock of Dumbarton." This grant was received from Lord Baltimore and was for seven hundred and ninety five acres. The area in Maryland now included in the District of Columbia, in those days before 1700 was called New Scotland Hundred, and was a part of Charles County. This county was created by Lord Baltimore in 1658. It was the property along the Potomac River from Wicomico "as high as the settlements extend." New Scotland Hundred extended from Oxon Branch (opposite Alexandria, Va.) to the falls of the Potomac. Charles Beall was the pressmaster of this county. The area included: "The Nock" - grant of 500 acres first warranted to Ninian Beall. "Meurs" - 500 acres first granted to Ninian Beall, originally named Chance" "Barbadoe" - first laid out or surveyed by Ninian Beall, 250 acres "Inclosure" - patented on Oct. 2, 1687, 1503 acres surveyed for Ninian Beall and by him taken up in 1687, and which was a tract now part of the National Arboretum. "Beall's Pleasure" - The house is up a narrow, private road on the left, 16.3 miles N.E. along Bladenton Road from Old Toll Gate, or at Bladensburg. Rd. and H Street, but is visible from the main road. This early colonial and brick house was built in 1795 by Benjamin Stoddard, 1st Secretary of the Navy, and confidential agent in securing rights for the Capital City. This fine example of Georgian architecture was built of brick burned at clay pits still visible on the grounds. The house was erected on foundations of a still earlier house, probably one built by Ninian Beall when he first patented the land and gave in the name in 1706. "Mackall Place" - On R street between 28th and 29th in Georgetown. Soon after 1717, George Beall came to live on his inheritance called the Rock of Dumbarton, and this small structure may have been his first home here. It consists of a large room with a huge fireplace which was still standing when this description was written. Later, when the Rock of Dumbarton was sold to make part of the City of Georgetown, Beall built, about 1750, the large brick mansion at what is now 3033 N Street, northwest of the oldest brick houses now in the District. This is the house to which Jaqueline Kennedy and her children moved and in which they lived for a year when they left the White House after the death of President Kennedy. "Ninian Beall's Pleasure Map" - Land around the headwaters of the Anacostia had been patented in 1696 to Ninian Beall who sold it to Dr. John Gerrard. Charles Calvert, descendant of the Lords Baltimore, acquired it through marriage to Gerrard's daughter. Calvert's daughter Eugenia sold 60 acres in 1742 for the town of Garrison's Landing. "Dumbarton - Washington House" 1647 30th Street at R Street. Built by Thomas Beall shortly after he inherited the Rock of Dumbarton from his father George Sr. in 1784. At that time he gave his elder brother, George Jr., the Beall mansion on N Street. The new home "Dumbarton" went to Thomas' daughter Elizabeth Ridley as a wedding present when she married George Corbin Washington, great nephew of the President. It was inherited by their son, Lewis Washington, who sold it to Elisha Riggs, co-founder with W. W. Corccoran of Riggs National Bank. "Inspection House for Tobacco" - Ninian Beall received the patent for the Rock of Dumbarton in 1703. Some years later, George Gordon acquired some of the land and also acquired "Knave's Disappointment' from James Smith. He renamed the land "Rock Creek Plantation." "Rosedale," 3501 Newark, and "Woodley," 3000 Cathedral Ave. - Both estates were part of a much larger tract, 1300 or 1400 acres west of Rock Creek and extending beyond the Cathedral grounds, which George Beall acquired in 1720 and described as an addition to the Rock of Dumbarton grant to his father. "Dumbarton House" Q street in Georgetown - This red brick mansion was built by the Bealls and occupied by them until 1796. "Dumbarton" later belonged to Joseph Nourse, first Register of Treasury, and to Charles Carroll. It is now the headquarters for the National Society of the colonial Dames of America. Dolly Madison fled here when the British burned the White House in 1814. A bronze plaque has been installed on a large oval rock, symbolic of the "Rock of Dumbarton," in front of St. John's Episcopal church in Georgetown, 3240 O Street N.W., with the following inscription: "Colonel Ninian Beall, born Scotland, 1625, died Maryland 1717, patentee of the Rock of Dumbarton; Member of the House of Burgesses; Commander in Chief of the Provincial Forces of Maryland. In grateful recognition of his services "upon all Incursions and Disturbances of Neighboring Indians" the Maryland Assembly of 1699 passed an "Act of Gratitude." This memorial erected by the Society of Colonial Wars in the District of Columbia, 1910. Colonel Ninian Beall died at the age of 92 at Fife's Largo, named for the place of his birth in Scotland. This was the home mentioned in his will (1717) and was in Prince Georges County near Upper Marlboro. It is believed that he is buried at Bacon Hall, another of his homes in Prince Georges County.

A few months ago, I received the following info taken from the Maine Antique Digest, Aug. 1999 magazine concerning a sale of BEALL heirlooms at Weschler's Auction, Washington, DC. "Also deserving extra attention are the two samplers that came from the Beall (pronounced Bell) family...... the provenance started with Ninian Beall in 1625. ....The Bealls of Maryland were perhaps America's first great family dynasty. Long before popular surnames like Adams, Roosevelt, Kennedy, and now Bush dominated the political landscape, the Bealls held huge tracks of real estate, fought Indians, built mansions, and provided the colony with leadership and stability. Because this family never provided a president, a Supreme Court Justice, or a Wild West Explorer, the Bealls' legacy is not widely known. The patriarch, Ninian Beall, was born in Scotland in 1625. (St. Ninian of the 5th century is known as the first Scottish Christian.) By 1650 Beall had risen to the rank of colonel and was fighting Oliver Cromwell's invasion into Scotland. At the Battle of Dunbar, 3000 Scots were killed and 10,000 taken prisoner. Beall was among them. He was shipped to Barbados in the West Indies for incarceration and slave labor. After two years he was transferred to the province of Maryland where he was an indentured servant for five years in Calvert County, today 35 miles south of Washington, DC. Given 50 acres of land upon his release, Beall stayed in the county and eventually became a surveyor, sheriff, and then commander of all Maryland military forces. At a time when the province was always under the threat of Indian attacks, Beall was credited with establishing a pact with the Piscataway tribe to the south to combat the Susquehannocks from the north. He received huge parcels of land as payment for recruiting at least 200 immigrants to the province, most from Scotland. His holdings were soon measured in miles rather than acres. His property line stretched some 40 miles from Upper Marlboro, Maryland, to what would become Georgetown in the District of Columbia. He married a second time and added perhaps ten more children to the son he had left in Scotland, who would later join him. Where Maryland met the Potomac River, some of it swampy lowlands, he owned 795 acres, which he called the New Scotland Hundred. His farm was the Rock of Dumbarton after a castle in Scotland. Fifty years before George Washington was born, Ninian Beall was acquiring the land that would become the city of Washington. Through marriage, the Beall family joined with the forthright Magruders of Scotland, and holdings and influence increased. At a time when the average life expectancy was 35 years, and men grew to about 5'6" tall, the red-haired Ninian Beall lived to be 92 and stood at least 6'7". Some historians say he measured 7' even. He died in 1717. His exact gravesite is unknown. In 1751 the Maryland Assembly bought some of the Potomac River land from Beall's son, also Ninian. They bought land from an adjacent holder, George Gordon. In 1752 a plat was laid out for a new settlement. In picking a name, Niniantown came in second behind Georgetown. In 1791 additional Beall property was acquired when the ten-mile-square boundaries were established for the new Washington City. The surveyors were Andrew Ellicott and an old African-American self-taught scientist, Benjamin Banneker. (see M.A.D, November 1997). There have been five later descendants bearing the name Ninian Beall. The most recent died in 1976. His son, William consigned the samplers to Weschler's. Although the samplers were made in 1821 and 1829, their Beall family link accounts for their combined $17,825 price." The article went on to describe the two samplers" First sampler--- "Washington's Beall (pronounce Bell) family is known as the first family of Georgetown. Various descendants owned much of what is now the District of Columbia and the Maryland suburbs. When anything concerning the Bealls becomes available, ti draws a crowd. This 18" x 18" sampler sold for $10, 350 (est. $3000/$5000). It contains the name "Artridge Priscilla Jackson" and "Georgetown July 20, 1829." Second sampler--- "Signed Harriet Beall February 6th 1821", this sampler also descended through the family. In shades of green blue, yellow, brown, white, and black silk on a linen ground, it shows a floral scene with buildings. Estimated at $3000/$5000 it sold for $7475." ______________________________

Sarah Beall
Birth: 1669 in Prince George's County, Maryland
Death: 9 MAY 1734 in Will probated Prince Georges, Maryland
Note:
LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT-
Sarah Magruder 16 Jan. 1731-1 May 1734
In the name of God, Amen.

I Sarah Magruder of Prince Georges County in the Province of Maryland, Widow, being well and in health of body and of sound disposing mind and Memory, praised be allmighty God therefore Considering the Certainty of Death and the Uncertainty of the time thereof, do make and declare these present for and in my last Will and testament in manner and form following.

That is to say, first & principally my Soul I recommend into the hands of allmighty God my Creator who gave it trusting & aassuredly believing that in and through the alone merits and mediation of my blessed Saviour and redeemer Jesus Christ, to obtain free pardon and forgiveness of all my sins and life Everlasting in the World to Come. my Body I comit to the Earth from whence it came to be Decently interred at the Discretion of my Executors hereafter named. And to the disposingof my Worldly Estate wherewith God of his Goodness hath blessed me in this World after my Just Debts and funeral Expenses being thereout first paid and Satisfied I give and dispose thereof
in manner and form following:

Imprimis: my land called Head Ake lying in the Eastern Branch of Potowmack Containing three hundred Acres I will and bequeath to be equally Divided between my Daughter Eleanor Wade, wife of Nehemiah Wade, and Sarah Claggett, Daughter of George Claggett and my daughter Mary Claggett descd and the Heirs of their Bodies lawfully begotten and to be (held) by them forever. My Said Daughter Eleanor Wade to havenew Quarter on the Said land Woodland Ground thereunto Conveniently adjoining the wholeto Contain one hundred and fifty acres and the said Sarah Clagett to have the Plantation lately in possession of the said George Clagett and the remainder of the said Land but if either of them shall Decease without Heirs Lawfully begotten then the said Land to go to the Survivour and the Heirs of Her Bodylawfully begotten forever.
Item: I will and bequeath unto my Daughter Elizabeth Beall, wife of William Bell, one Silver Tankard to her own use benefit and disposal.
Item: I will and bequeath unto my Daughter Verlinda Bell one Silver Tankard to her own use benefitt and Disposal
Item: I Will and bequeathn unto myDaughter Eleanor Wade two Silver Tumblers, two Silver Salt and Six Silver Spoons to her own use Benefitt and disposal.
Item: I Will and bequeath unto Mary Edmonson Six Silver Spoons
Item: I Will and bequeath unto William Selby, son ofWilliam Selby, Six Silver Spoons and one negro Girl
Item: I Will and bequeathunto Sarah Magruder, Daughter of Ninian Magruder, my Son, one negro Man calledWill.
Item: I Will and bequeath unto John Magruder, Son of my said son NinianMagruder, one Mulatto by name of Bailey
Item: I Will and bequeath unto SamuelBell, Son of Ninian Bell, desc, one negro boy named Batchelor now in Possession of the said Samuel Bell
Item: I Will and bequeath unto the said Sarah Claggett one negro Girl
Item: I Will and bequeath unto my Sons and Daughters John, James, Verlinda, Alexander and Eleanor each one working negro
all the rest andresidue of my Personall estate not before bequeathed I Will and bequeath to beequally Divided between my Sons and Daughters Samuel, Ninian, Elizabeth, John,James, Verlinda, William, Alexander and Eleanor and my said Granddaughter Sarah Clagett.
Lastly I do hereby revoke make Null and Void all former Wills by meat any time heretofore made Ratifying and Confirming these presents for and asmy Last Will and Testament and do hereby nominate ordain Constitute and appoint my Son John Magruder and John Bell Executors of this my Last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and affixed my Seal this Sixteenth Day of January in the year of our Lord God one Thousand seven Hundred thirty and one.
Signed, Sealed, Published and Declared In the presence of
Jas Baldwin, Adamson, Ann Adamson Rupert Butler
On 1
Father: Ninian Beall b: 1625 in Dumbarton, Fifeshire, Scotland
Mother: Ruth 'Polly' Moore b: 1648 in Calvert - MD

Marriage 1 Samuel Magruder b: ABT 1658 in Upper Marlboro, Prince George's, Maryland
Married: 1685 in Prince Georges Co., MD
Children
Samuel Magruder b: 1686 in Calvert Co., MD
Ninian Magruder b: 1687
Elizabeth Magruder b: 1689 in Calvert, MD
Mary Magruder b: 1693
John Magruder b: 1694 in Drumlane, Montgomery, Maryland
James Magruder b: 25 JAN 1696/97 in Calvert Co., MD
Verlinda Magruder b: 1698 in Calvert, MD, Prince Georges
William Magruder b: 1701 in Prince Georges, MD
Alexander Magruder b: 1703 in Prince Georges, , Maryland
Eleanor Magruder b: 1705 in Prince George, Maryland - Calvert Co.

Charles Beall
Sex: M
Birth: 1672
Death: 27 NOV 1740 in Prince Georges, MD
Note:
Beall, Charles,Capt., Prince George's Co.,24th Mar., 1739-40;
27th Nov., 1740.
To wife Mary, dwelling plantation “Bealls Adventure.” She to keep it in good repair and not destroy any timber. At her death to pass to son Charles and hrs. This place is never to be sold or let except for a period of 1 yr.
To son Charles and hrs., 473 A. “The Constitution” and 100 A. “Picheltons Rent” lying near plantation of John Willcoxon.
To son Ninian and hrs., land lying next to William Scott. This land not to be sold or leased for more than 1 yr.
To son –– land adjoining that of Ninian, afsd. and 300 A. “Cold Cranfords Adventure,” adjoining land of Mr. Hewbon.
To sons Ninian and Joshua and hrs., “Danby” lying in Dorchester Co.
To dau. Mary and hrs., 200 A. “Dispute” and 75 A. “Charles and William.”
To dau. Rachel, 118 A. “Magruders and Bealls Honesty” and 133 A. “Gruble Thicket.”
Testator desires that his interest in “Charles and Benjamin” be sold to pay debts.
Exs.: Wife Mary and son Joshua.
Test: Thomas Evans, Charles Mason, Daneil Phillips.
22. 261.
MARYLAND CALENDAR OF WILLS: Volume 8
Father: Ninian Beall b: 1625 in Dumbarton, Fifeshire, Scotland
Mother: Ruth 'Polly' Moore b: 1648 in Calvert - MD

Marriage 1 Mary Price b: ABT 1700 in Prince Georges Co., MD
Children
Ninian Beall b: 1696
Charles Beall b: 1717 in Prince Georges Co., MD

Ninian Beall , Jr.
Sex: M
Birth: 1674 in Prince Georges, Maryland
Death: 6 JAN 1710/11 in Prince Georges, Maryland
Note:
Beall, Ninian, Jr.,Prince George's Co.,10th Nov., 1710;
6th Jan., 1710-11.
To wife Elizabeth, extx., dwelling plantation, “The Beginning of Sam'l Beall,” and 1/3 of personalty.
To son Samuell, part of “Collington,” residue of sd. tract to be sold for benefit of estate. Also to son Samuell, the water-mill, “Beall's Mill.”
To dau. Mary and hrs., “The Addition to Baron Hall,” on west side west branch near Malborah. She dying without issue, land to pass to son Samuel afsd.
To child. afsd., at majority, residue of personalty.
Test: Thomas Clagett, Archibald Edmondson, James Moor, Rebecca Ellis. 13. 157.
MARYLAND CALENDAR OF WILLS: Volume 3
Father: Ninian Beall b: 1625 in Dumbarton, Fifeshire, Scotland
Mother: Ruth 'Polly' Moore b: 1648 in Calvert - MD

Marriage 1 Elizabeth Magruder b: 1689 in Calvert, MD
Married: 1703 in Prince Georges Co., MD
Children
Mary Beall b: 1704 in Prince Georges Co. , MD
Samuel Beall b: 1706

Jane Beall
Sex: F
Birth: 1678 in Maryland
Death: 13 OCT 1745 in Maryland
Father: Ninian Beall b: 1625 in Dumbarton, Fifeshire, Scotland
Mother: Ruth 'Polly' Moore b: 1648 in Calvert - MD

Marriage 1 Archibald Edmonston b: 1678 in Ireland
Married: 1695
Children
James Edmonston b: 1699 in Prince George, Maryland
Archibald Edmonston b: 1701
Mary Ann Edmonston b: 1703 in Prince George, Maryland
Ruth Edmonston b: 22 FEB 1704/05 in Prince George Co., Maryland
Eleanor Edmonston b: ABT 1707
Margaret Edmonston b: 1708 in Prince George, Maryland
Jane Edmonston b: 1715

Hester Beall
Sex: F
Birth: 1687
Death: 1726
Father: Ninian Beall b: 1625 in Dumbarton, Fifeshire, Scotland
Mother: Ruth 'Polly' Moore b: 1648 in Calvert - MD

Marriage 1 Joseph Belt , Colonel b: 1680 in Anne Arudel, Maryland
Married: 1707
Children
John Belt b: 13 MAR 1706/07
Ann Belt b: ABT 1708 in Prince Georges, MD
Rachel Belt b: 13 DEC 1711 in Prince Georges, MD
Joseph Belt b: 19 DEC 1717
Tobias Belt b: 20 AUG 1720 in Prince Georges Co., MD
Mary Belt b: 24 DEC 1722
Jeremiah Belt b: 4 MAR 1723/24 in Prince George, MD

George Beall
Sex: M
Birth: ABT 1695
Death: 15 MAR 1780 in Montgomery Co., Maryland
Note:
Colonel and is in his father, Ninian Beall's will of 1717. Youngest son of Col. Ninian Beall

Will of GEORGE BEALE; Montgomery Co.; written 15 Mar 1780; probate 24 Mar 1780
of Rockville

"In the Name of God, Amen. I George Beall of Montgomery County and state of Maryland being weak of body but of perfect mind and disposing memory and bearing in mind the certainty of death and the uncertainty of life do ordain this to be my last will & testament renouncing & disanuling all former wills, and
First I will my soul to God in whose mercy with the merits of Jesus Christ I depend for Salvation
Secondly that my body be buried in a decent and Christian like manner, and
Thirdly I will that all my just debts be paid out of the Estate it hath pleased God to bless me with and the remainder to be divided in manner and form following, viz.
Item I give and bequeath to my son George Beall
Item I give all my houses and lots in George Town to my son Thomas Beall and also all that tract or parcel of Land called "Canjurors Disappointment" and also part of "Dumbarton" to be divided by the great Branch that leads to the Saw Mill thence to the main Road all that part that lies to the south ward to belong to my sd. son Thos. Beall
Item I give unto my daughter Elizabeth Evans my Negro fellow Jack to serve four years and then to be set free"
Wic, W. Smith, Richard Cheney, Abraham Boyd (MC Wills A.262
contributed by Michael Marshall
Father: Ninian Beall b: 1625 in Dumbarton, Fifeshire, Scotland
Mother: Ruth 'Polly' Moore b: 1648 in Calvert - MD

Marriage 1 Elizabeth Dent Brooke b: ABT 1704 in Prince Georges, MD
Married: 1720
Children
George Beall b: 26 FEB 1728/29 in Calvert Co., Maryland
Lucy Beall b: 1738 in Prince Georges, Maryland
Thomas Beall b: 27 SEP 1748 in Maryland

Ninian BEALL OR BELL (AFN: 1XDX-VJ) Pedigree
Sex: M Family
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Event(s):
Birth: 1625
Dumbarton or Largo, Fifeshire, Scotland, Gb
Death: 15 Jan 1716/1717 (old/new calendar)
, Prince George, Prince Georges, Maryland
Burial: 1717
Burying Ground, Bacon Hall, Prince Georges, Maryland
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Parents:
Father: James B. BEALL (AFN: ZF3R-DF) Family
Family
Mother:
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Marriage(s):
Spouse: Elizabeth GORDON (AFN: TB2N-J8) Family
Marriage: Abt 1645
Largo, Scotland

Spouse: Ruth (Polly) MOORE (AFN: FPP6-3D) Family
Marriage: 1668/1670 , Calvert, Md

Spouse: Chaddock GORDON (AFN: V3SQ-MV) Family
Marriage:
Scotland
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