John Jacob Beals

  General Notes:

They moved to Opeckan, Frederick Co. VA by 1744 where John bought 165
acres on Mills Creek from John Mills, Jr.. This land is now in Berkeley
Co. VA. He was survived by his widow who married next in 1745 to
Alexander Underwood at Monocacay Meeting and died December 26, 1777 in
Wellsville, York Co., Pennsylvania.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Came to America, 1675, New Jersey, USA. On the "Griffin"

John married Mary Jane Clayton, daughter of William Clayton Jr. and Prudence Lanckford, on 1 Jan 1683 in Chester MM, Franklin, Pennsylvania. (Mary Jane Clayton was born on 29 Jun 1665 in Chichester, Sussex, England and died in 1725 in Concord Township, Chester, Pennsylvania.)

  Marriage Notes:

The 2nd day of the 8th month in 1682, "John Balles and Mary Cleton did propound their intentions of marriage and nothing being found but clearness they were ordered to present it againe before the next monthly meeting this beign the first time of their proposall and it is also ordered that Robert Wade and his wife inquire into their clearness and bring it in at the next meeting." Chester Meeting Minutes. Second intentions were presented before the meeting of 11 month 1, 1682 and they were cleared for marriage. The name Beals has been variously spelled Bales, Baels, Beal, Beale, Beales, Balles, etc.