JOHN BEESON son of HENRY BEESON & MARY MARTIN
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In reply to:
HENRY BEESON married MARY MARTIN
Cathy Farrell 6/05/14
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A History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania: the county seat of Fayette Co., Pennsylvania
Hadden, James, 1845-1923
Akron, OH: Printed by the New Werner Co., 1913
Pg. 16a – picture of HENRY BEESON
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When the prow of the good ship Kent, bearing her precious burden of 230 souls, plowed the waters of the Delaware in 1677, she bore to the shore of America some of the ancestry of the founders of Uniontown.Later, three brothers, RICHARD, EDWARD and WILLIAM BEESON, emigrated from Lancashire, England, and landed at Baltimore in the year 1682, and vested lands in New Castle, Delaware, now a part of the city of Wilmington.WILLIAM soon returned to England,RICHARD, a grandson of the emigrant RICHARD, settled near the site of Martisburg, Va, and erected a mill on Tuscarora Creek, and here he was surrounded with the comforts of a refined home.His wife ANN BROWN.They were the parents of 9 children, two of whom, HENRY and JACOB, became the founders of Uniontown.
HENRY BEESON was born near the present site of Martinsburg, VA, May 19, 1743, and in 1765 he was married to MARY MARTIN, a daughter of WILLIAM MARTIN.He followed the occupation of farming until he concluded to cast his lot in the new settlement west of the mountains.
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The first tract taken up by HENRY BEESON and on which he located his home, was entered by HENRY BEESON the 14thy of June, 1769, under the name of Mount Vernon.On this tract he sold to his brother, JACOB, Feb. 13, 1784, 251 acres.
HENRY BEESON
Born near the present site of Martinsburg, VA, May 19, 1743.
Died Feb. 23, 1819.
Married in 1765 MARY MARTIN, a daughter of WILLIAM MARTIN.
MARY was born Nov. 18, 1745.
MARY died in 1821.
Children of HENRY & MARY BEESON:
JESSE, JACOB, MARY, WILLIAM, RICHARD, HENRY, ANN, HANNAH, JOHN, REBECCA, PHOEBE, EDWARD, CHARITY
-JOHN BEESON, son of HENRY & MARY BEESON
Born April 5, 1781.
Died March 10, 1869.
Married (1) SARAH SCHOOLEY, daughter of ELISHA & RACHEL (HOLMES) SCHOOLEY in Columbiana Co., OH.
Married (2) MARTHA WHITTIER, daughter of JACOB & MARY WHITTIER.
Married (3) ELIZABETH CARSON.