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This Francis Beaman is the same Francis Beaman with a Memorial in Clinton, Sampson County, NC, #120246087. He did not die in 1785. He died in 1802 or shortly thereafter. His wife was NOT Mary Perkins. His son married Mary Perkins. We still do not know the surname of Francis' wife, but her given name was Mary. Hence, she is known as Mrs. Mary Beaman
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Author: Charles Arnold Boyll
Francis Beaman, Sr., was most likely born on February 18, 1725, in Northampton County, Virginia. He married Mary (Perkins?) around 1750 in Northampton County, North Carolina and they had at least eight children, Francis, Jr., Abraham, Ozias, Martha, Keziah, David, Samuel, Josiah, and maybe others.
“Francis, Sr., was living in Northampton County, North Carolina, as early as 1751, when he was a chain carrier for the surveyor (Hoffman, Lord Granville Patent Book 14, p. 240). He was recorded as a chain carrier three other times during the 1750s…He also served on a coroner’s inquest jury in October 1758…
“On October 30, 1760, Francis (Sr) and Mary acquired 345 acres (quite a sizeable farm for that time) in Northampton County from Thomas and Keziah Willson which was later sold to Elijah Daughty on March 10, 1777 (Northampton County Deed Book 3, p. 95 and Book 6, p. 170). He moved to Dobbs County to land he had acquired prior to 1778…Francis Beaman, Sr., and his wife Mary (Perkins) were members of Friends (Quaker) Monthly Meetings in North Carolina – first at Rich Square, Northampton County (per minutes of that meeting house dated April 7, 1764) and later Contentney in Dobbs County (from April 1777).” – “Beaman Families in France, Britain, and Colonel Virgina,” Chester E. Beaman
“Since Francis was a devout Quaker, how could he be in a war?...In 1775 he was on the list of exemptions prepared by the Monthly Meeting as the request of Col. Allen Jones of the local militia…Our Francis Sr. has been accepted as a Patriot by NSDAR (National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution). DAR Patriot Index, Vol. 1, 1990, p. 46 & p. 199, (A007959)…He is listed on these DAR records as Francis Beaman, PS. PS stands for Patriot Service, which can mean several things, including rendering material aid to the Revolutionary Army…Supposedly, Francis’ children received a land grant (I believe in 1785) due to his Rev. War ‘service’.” -- www.findagrave.com
It seems that Mary died in 1801, followed by Francis sometime after 1802 (rather than in 1785 as had been supposed).
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