Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameJames BEALL I 
, 572
, 572Birth Date2 May 1652
Birth PlaceSt. Andrews, Fife, Scotland
Death Date15 May 1725 Age: 73
Death PlacePrince George's County, Maryland
Spouses
1Sarah PEERCE , 573
, 573Birth PlacePrince George's County, Maryland
Death Date28 Nov 1761
Death PlacePrince George’s County, Maryland
Family ID7795
Marr Date1693
ChildrenJames , 286 (1687-1733)
Notes for James BEALL I
The actual handwritten St. Andrew's Parish Record of James' baptism shows that his name was first written as 'William', then crossed out, with 'James' written above it. Some researchers have therefore interpreted this person's name as James William Bell. After taking a careful look at the baptism record, I rather think that the parish recorder began to write the name of a witness, William Gourlays, before the name of the child; realizing his mistake, he crossed out the 'William', and wrote 'James' above it, making clear that the child was James, and not William. On the very next line, he wrote the name of the witnesses, William and Janet Gourlays. In any case, the immigrant James Beall who died in Prince George's County left NO written evidence that he ever used the name William. There are numerous records involving his landholdings, and NONE of them identify him as William. None identify him as a doctor, or Dr.
On Find A Grave.
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On Find A Grave.
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