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- Excellent biography on Beeson family in PA: http://www.searchforancestors .com/bios/pennsylvania/history_of_fayette_county/beeson_family.html
For more information on this family: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb. com/~beeson/beeson1.html
(Also has information (map) of the RICHARDSON family living near by.)
I Edward Beeson of Notingham, being laid on a bed of sickness & not knowi ng how the Lord may dispose of me as to my natural Life therefore I do ma ke this my last will & testament and does declare all other will or wil ls made or done by me to be void and of none effect, first my will is th at I be decently buried & my funeral expenses and all debts be duly payd 2 ly, I give to my son Edward & his heirs 142 acres & a half of Land Layi ng by nessamoney. 3rdly, I give unto my son Richard and his heirs one tra ct of Land Laying near Southhampton in the County of Bucks, containing 2 90 acres. 4ly I give to my son Richard and his heirs one tract of Liber ty Land containing 25 acres Lying on Sculkill. 5ly I do give to my son Wil liam my west Loot Laying in Notingham also I give unto him 48 pounds whi ch my Executors is to lay out for him in building him a house & buying h im such necessaryes as they may see most needfull for him for making a pla ntation, also I give unto him all my wearing apparell except two great coa ts, which two coats I give to Edward & Richard, Edward is to have whi ch he pleased, also I give to my son William one coat of the Carsey th at is at the weavers, also my will is that if my son William should dy wit hout ishew Lawfully begotten, then the Land is to go to the Lawful heir s. 6ly I give to my Daughter Ann Cloud Twenty pounds. 7ly, my will is th at after my former wifes children have had their portions, that all my per sonall estate be divided betwixt my widow and my Daughter Elizabeth accord ing to a Law. 8ly, my will is that my widow shall have the plantation wher eon I live with all the profits thereof during her widdowhood or natural L ife & after my widows marrying or decease, then I give it to my Daughter E lizabeth & her heirs. 9ly, my will is that my executors & their heirs sha ll have all that Land which I have purchased of Daniel Wharley & by Warra nt to me by the Commissioners bearing the date of 14th day of Septr, 170 9, to dispose of as they see occasion, and I desire yt my wife shall gi ve to the child yt she is now great with, if it should live when born, for ty pounds and Lastly for a full and finall performance of this wi ll I do by these presents make & ordain my dear and well beloved wife a nd son Richard the sole executors of this my last will and Testament as wi tness my hand & Seal this Twentieth of the sixth month, called August 1712 .
Signed Sealed & Delivered before us
Edward Beeson (Seal)
Andrew Job
James King
Chester County S S;
SOURCE: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~beeson/will1.html
SOURCE: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~beeson/
For research because of name and location: Quaker: Chester twp., Delawa re Co., PA
Roads. - That part of the road from Thornbury (twp.) to Middletown which e xtends from Westtown road through Thornton to the western end of the towns hip, at Brinton's farms, is said to have been laid out by the grand jury o ver an old Indian trail. At the court held in the latter part of the ye ar 1687, "The Inhabitants of the Township of Thornbury Petitioned for a Hi ghway to ye River Delaware, Ordered that ye Grand Inquest doe lay out a Co nvenient Highway, & yt George Pearce be assisting." At the court on "ye 5 th of yt 1st month, 1688/9," the grand jury had performed that duty, f or on that it appears that "Wee of ye Grand Inquest for ye County of Chest er have laid out ye Road from Thornbury to Middletown, Beginning att a Spa nish Oake vpon Thomas Bradford's lands, near Thomas Evinson's, along ye ly ne of marked trees, through Edward Beason's Land; thence along ye ly ne of markt trees through John Simcock's Land to a marked Walenutt standi ng by Chester Creeke; thence Crossing ye Creeke along Edward Blacke's Lan d, along ye lyne of marked trees, through Joshua Hasting's land, along Cro ssing ye head of Caleb Pusie's land; thence through David Ogden's la nd to Middletown road, ending att a marked white Oake standing by ye Ro ad side."
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Abt 1652 - 1712 (~ 60 years)
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