Early Quakers were persecuted. In the Massachusetts Bay colony, Friends were banished on pain of death.
Richard Beeson was born in 1684 in Chester County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Edward Beeson and Rachel Pennington.
He married Charity Grubb who was daughter of John and Frances Grubb on October 24, 1706 at the Nottingham Monthly Meeting in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
Richard Beeson (1711, married Ann Brown),
Benjamin Beeson (1714, married Elizabeth Hunter)
Edward Beeson (married Martha Mendenhall),
Phebe Beeson (married John Harris),
Rachel Beeson (married Stephanus Haworth and Anthony Chamness),
John Beeson (married Mary Varman),
Charity Beeson (1715, married Mordecai Mendenhall),
William Beeson (1721, married Mary Mills), and
Isaac Beeson (1729, married Phoebe Stroud, daughter of Samuel Stroud).
Hemarried Ann Brown on October 15, 1730 at East Nottingham Monthly Meeting in Chester County, Pennsylvania. She was born on May 28, 1711 and was daughter of Mercer Brown and Jane Richards.
Messer [Mercer] Beeson,
Richard Beeson, and
Hannah Beeson,
In his will, Richard Beeson, Jr., left 9 acres of land to Hopewell Meeting House.
Benjamin Beeson
He married married Elizabeth Hunter.
Their children included:
Isaac Beeson (1739),
Benjamin Beeson (1741),
William Beeson (1743),
Frances Beeson (1744),
Richard Beeson (1747),
Ann Beeson (1749),
Betty Beeson (1754),
Edward Beeson (1757),
Rachel Beeson (1759),
Jane Beeson (1760),
Mary Beeson (1762).
Benjamin Beeson died on June 4, 1794 in Randolph County, North Carolina.
William Beeson
He married Mary Mills.
William Beeson (1741),
Wellmet Beeson (1742),
Rachel Beeson (1744),
Charity Beeson (1746),
Hannah Beeson (1748),
Phebe Beeson (11749),
Richard Beeson (1751),
Thomas Beeson (1753),
Mary Beeson (1753),
John Beeson (1755),
Amasa Beeson (1757),
Joseph Beeson (1758).
Edward Beeson
He married Martha Mendenhall.
Edward Beeson (1739),
Charity Beeson (1741, married Richard Ridgeway),
Mary Beeson (1743, married Abel Walker), and
Micajah Beeson (1745).
They transferred on certificate from Nottingham Monthly Meeting in Pennsylvania to Hopewell, Virginia on January 18, 1738.
His parents leased him 300 acres of land in Virginia, as recorded on January 13, 1743.
Edward died before October, 1746 in Frederick County, Virginia.
Isaac Beeson
He married Phebe Stroud about 1750. Phebe was the daughter of Samuel Stroud.
(4/1/1755),
Mary Beeson (1757),
Samuel Beeson (1759, married Elizabeth Brooks),
Isaac Beeson (1760)),
Charity Beeson (1762,married John Brooks),
Martha Beeson (1764 married Robert Stuart),
Edward Beeson (1766, married Mary Brooks ),
Phebe Beeson (1769), and
William Beeson (1771).
