The History of Allegany County, Maryland, by James W.
Thomas, LL.D. and Judge T. J. C. Williams Volume I Baltimore, 1969
Page 444-446
"Thomas Beall of Samuel, founder of the city of Cumberland, Maryland, was born in July, 1744. He was the son of Col. Samuel Beall, and his wife Eleanor Brooke, the great granddaughter of Gov. Robert Brooke, of Maryland. Col. Samuel Beall was the son of John Beall, the son of Alexander Beall, who came to Maryland from Scotland in 1666. The mother of Col. Samuel Beall was Verlinda Beall, the granddaughter of Col. Ninian Beall (of whom see further).”
“Col. Samuel Beall was a man of great distinction in his day and generation. He lived in that part of Frederick county which is now Washington county, Maryland. He was several times the sheriff of Frederick County, was a member of the Committee of Correspondence and a Justice of the County Court of Frederick, and one of the twelve whose names the Daughters of the American Revolution have honored with a tablet in the Frederick County Court House he was chairman of the Committee of Safety of Washington County, Colonel of the 2nd battalion, and member of convention which formed the first Constitution of Maryland."
“Thomas Beall of Samuel was a captain of one of the Rifle companies which was engaged in the regiment of Col. Moses Rawlings, which took part in all the engagements around New York during the American Revolution, and which did such effect work. He served throughout the entire war, serving the last three years in the western department. An interesting affidavit of his, as the captain of his company, may be found in manuscript in the Manuscript Division of the Congressional Library. Shortly after the close of the war Captain Thomas Beall moved to the site of Fort Cumberland, purchased the necessary land and laid out the town of Cumberland. Many of the streets, he named after men prominent in the Civil and Military History of Maryland, such as Baltimore, Washington, Lee, Green, Smallwood, Paca, Beall, Jefferson, Pulaski. The town as laid out by him consisted of about five hundred lots, four of which, near the center of the town, he dedicated for county purposes, known now as Court House Square.”
“Captain Thomas Beall married a cousin, Verlinda Beall, and had a daughter, Elizabeth Beall, who married her cousin Asa Beall, the son of Richard Beall, the brother of Captain Thomas Beall of Samuel. Asa Beall was the Clerk of Allegany County for twenty eight years, and from this marriage came that branch of the Beall family to which the late Alpheus B. Beall belonged.”
“Captain Thomas Beall of Samuel died in 1823, as appears from the following notice in the Maryland Advocate, published in Cumberland at the time: 'Died on Tuesday, the 25th, Captain Thomas Beall of Samuel, at an advanced age.'
"Thomas Beall was appointed a Captain in Rawling's Regiment of the Maryland Troops in July 25, 1776 and served under George Washington in the Revolution as both a Captain and a Quartermaster. He was a participator in the struggles of the Revolution and proprietor of the town of Cumberland. Captain Beall had several other of his relatives who followed him to Cumberland, among them his two great nephews, Gustavus Beall, who was a prominent citizen of Allegany county for more than forty years, and Thomas Heugh Beall, the sons of Col. Thomas Brooke Beall, who left a large number of descendants. Gustavus Beall married Rachael, daughter of Benjamin Tomlinson of Allegany County, They had eleven children who, by intermarriage with the Eckles, Hedges, Gephart, Deford and Firy families, constitute a very large connection living in this and other parts of the United States. Thomas Heugh Beall, the brother of Gustavus, married a Miss Cheston of Philadelphia, and while they had only four children, they in turn left a large progeny, among them that progressive and enterprising and public-spirited citizen of Cumberland, the late William Riland Beall, and his wife Rachael Beall, of such happy memory, and who had eight children. Another relative of Captain Thomas Beall of Samuel, who lived in Cumberland, was his great-niece Margaret Ann Williams, the wife of Leonard Holliday Johns, She was the daughter of Harriet Beall, the daughter of Brooke Beall, the brother of Captain Thomas Beall and his wife Margaret Johns, 2nd rector of Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Cumberland; Sarah Johns, the wife of Robert Read and mother of the Honorable William J. Read, formerly of Cumberland, and of Col. Thomas Johns, of the U. S. A., who married Mary Martha Magruder, and who were the parents of the mother of Thomas Johns Anderson, lawyer and United States Commissioner of this city." (Hist. of Allegany)"
Children of Thomas of Samuel and Verlinda Beall were:
Eleanor Beall b. 27 Jan 1765
John Brooke Beall b. 1767
Josiah Beall b. 1769
Priscilla Beall b. 1771
Elizabeth Beall b. 1772
Lucy Beall b. 1774
Isaac Beall b. 1775
Ann Beall b. 1778
Thomas, LL.D. and Judge T. J. C. Williams Volume I Baltimore, 1969
Page 444-446
"Thomas Beall of Samuel, founder of the city of Cumberland, Maryland, was born in July, 1744. He was the son of Col. Samuel Beall, and his wife Eleanor Brooke, the great granddaughter of Gov. Robert Brooke, of Maryland. Col. Samuel Beall was the son of John Beall, the son of Alexander Beall, who came to Maryland from Scotland in 1666. The mother of Col. Samuel Beall was Verlinda Beall, the granddaughter of Col. Ninian Beall (of whom see further).”
“Col. Samuel Beall was a man of great distinction in his day and generation. He lived in that part of Frederick county which is now Washington county, Maryland. He was several times the sheriff of Frederick County, was a member of the Committee of Correspondence and a Justice of the County Court of Frederick, and one of the twelve whose names the Daughters of the American Revolution have honored with a tablet in the Frederick County Court House he was chairman of the Committee of Safety of Washington County, Colonel of the 2nd battalion, and member of convention which formed the first Constitution of Maryland."
“Thomas Beall of Samuel was a captain of one of the Rifle companies which was engaged in the regiment of Col. Moses Rawlings, which took part in all the engagements around New York during the American Revolution, and which did such effect work. He served throughout the entire war, serving the last three years in the western department. An interesting affidavit of his, as the captain of his company, may be found in manuscript in the Manuscript Division of the Congressional Library. Shortly after the close of the war Captain Thomas Beall moved to the site of Fort Cumberland, purchased the necessary land and laid out the town of Cumberland. Many of the streets, he named after men prominent in the Civil and Military History of Maryland, such as Baltimore, Washington, Lee, Green, Smallwood, Paca, Beall, Jefferson, Pulaski. The town as laid out by him consisted of about five hundred lots, four of which, near the center of the town, he dedicated for county purposes, known now as Court House Square.”
“Captain Thomas Beall married a cousin, Verlinda Beall, and had a daughter, Elizabeth Beall, who married her cousin Asa Beall, the son of Richard Beall, the brother of Captain Thomas Beall of Samuel. Asa Beall was the Clerk of Allegany County for twenty eight years, and from this marriage came that branch of the Beall family to which the late Alpheus B. Beall belonged.”
“Captain Thomas Beall of Samuel died in 1823, as appears from the following notice in the Maryland Advocate, published in Cumberland at the time: 'Died on Tuesday, the 25th, Captain Thomas Beall of Samuel, at an advanced age.'
"Thomas Beall was appointed a Captain in Rawling's Regiment of the Maryland Troops in July 25, 1776 and served under George Washington in the Revolution as both a Captain and a Quartermaster. He was a participator in the struggles of the Revolution and proprietor of the town of Cumberland. Captain Beall had several other of his relatives who followed him to Cumberland, among them his two great nephews, Gustavus Beall, who was a prominent citizen of Allegany county for more than forty years, and Thomas Heugh Beall, the sons of Col. Thomas Brooke Beall, who left a large number of descendants. Gustavus Beall married Rachael, daughter of Benjamin Tomlinson of Allegany County, They had eleven children who, by intermarriage with the Eckles, Hedges, Gephart, Deford and Firy families, constitute a very large connection living in this and other parts of the United States. Thomas Heugh Beall, the brother of Gustavus, married a Miss Cheston of Philadelphia, and while they had only four children, they in turn left a large progeny, among them that progressive and enterprising and public-spirited citizen of Cumberland, the late William Riland Beall, and his wife Rachael Beall, of such happy memory, and who had eight children. Another relative of Captain Thomas Beall of Samuel, who lived in Cumberland, was his great-niece Margaret Ann Williams, the wife of Leonard Holliday Johns, She was the daughter of Harriet Beall, the daughter of Brooke Beall, the brother of Captain Thomas Beall and his wife Margaret Johns, 2nd rector of Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Cumberland; Sarah Johns, the wife of Robert Read and mother of the Honorable William J. Read, formerly of Cumberland, and of Col. Thomas Johns, of the U. S. A., who married Mary Martha Magruder, and who were the parents of the mother of Thomas Johns Anderson, lawyer and United States Commissioner of this city." (Hist. of Allegany)"
Children of Thomas of Samuel and Verlinda Beall were:
Eleanor Beall b. 27 Jan 1765
John Brooke Beall b. 1767
Josiah Beall b. 1769
Priscilla Beall b. 1771
Elizabeth Beall b. 1772
Lucy Beall b. 1774
Isaac Beall b. 1775
Ann Beall b. 1778
The History of Allegany County, Maryland, by James W.
Thomas, LL.D. and Judge T. J. C. Williams Volume I Baltimore, 1969
Page 444-446
"Thomas Beall of Samuel, founder of the city of Cumberland, Maryland, was born in July, 1744. He was the son of Col. Samuel Beall, and his wife Eleanor Brooke, the great granddaughter of Gov. Robert Brooke, of Maryland. Col. Samuel Beall was the son of John Beall, the son of Alexander Beall, who came to Maryland from Scotland in 1666. The mother of Col. Samuel Beall was Verlinda Beall, the granddaughter of Col. Ninian Beall (of whom see further).”
“Col. Samuel Beall was a man of great distinction in his day and generation. He lived in that part of Frederick county which is now Washington county, Maryland. He was several times the sheriff of Frederick County, was a member of the Committee of Correspondence and a Justice of the County Court of Frederick, and one of the twelve whose names the Daughters of the American Revolution have honored with a tablet in the Frederick County Court House he was chairman of the Committee of Safety of Washington County, Colonel of the 2nd battalion, and member of convention which formed the first Constitution of Maryland."
“Thomas Beall of Samuel was a captain of one of the Rifle companies which was engaged in the regiment of Col. Moses Rawlings, which took part in all the engagements around New York during the American Revolution, and which did such effect work. He served throughout the entire war, serving the last three years in the western department. An interesting affidavit of his, as the captain of his company, may be found in manuscript in the Manuscript Division of the Congressional Library. Shortly after the close of the war Captain Thomas Beall moved to the site of Fort Cumberland, purchased the necessary land and laid out the town of Cumberland. Many of the streets, he named after men prominent in the Civil and Military History of Maryland, such as Baltimore, Washington, Lee, Green, Smallwood, Paca, Beall, Jefferson, Pulaski. The town as laid out by him consisted of about five hundred lots, four of which, near the center of the town, he dedicated for county purposes, known now as Court House Square.”
“Captain Thomas Beall married a cousin, Verlinda Beall, and had a daughter, Elizabeth Beall, who married her cousin Asa Beall, the son of Richard Beall, the brother of Captain Thomas Beall of Samuel. Asa Beall was the Clerk of Allegany County for twenty eight years, and from this marriage came that branch of the Beall family to which the late Alpheus B. Beall belonged.”
“Captain Thomas Beall of Samuel died in 1823, as appears from the following notice in the Maryland Advocate, published in Cumberland at the time: 'Died on Tuesday, the 25th, Captain Thomas Beall of Samuel, at an advanced age.'
"Thomas Beall was appointed a Captain in Rawling's Regiment of the Maryland Troops in July 25, 1776 and served under George Washington in the Revolution as both a Captain and a Quartermaster. He was a participator in the struggles of the Revolution and proprietor of the town of Cumberland. Captain Beall had several other of his relatives who followed him to Cumberland, among them his two great nephews, Gustavus Beall, who was a prominent citizen of Allegany county for more than forty years, and Thomas Heugh Beall, the sons of Col. Thomas Brooke Beall, who left a large number of descendants. Gustavus Beall married Rachael, daughter of Benjamin Tomlinson of Allegany County, They had eleven children who, by intermarriage with the Eckles, Hedges, Gephart, Deford and Firy families, constitute a very large connection living in this and other parts of the United States. Thomas Heugh Beall, the brother of Gustavus, married a Miss Cheston of Philadelphia, and while they had only four children, they in turn left a large progeny, among them that progressive and enterprising and public-spirited citizen of Cumberland, the late William Riland Beall, and his wife Rachael Beall, of such happy memory, and who had eight children. Another relative of Captain Thomas Beall of Samuel, who lived in Cumberland, was his great-niece Margaret Ann Williams, the wife of Leonard Holliday Johns, She was the daughter of Harriet Beall, the daughter of Brooke Beall, the brother of Captain Thomas Beall and his wife Margaret Johns, 2nd rector of Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Cumberland; Sarah Johns, the wife of Robert Read and mother of the Honorable William J. Read, formerly of Cumberland, and of Col. Thomas Johns, of the U. S. A., who married Mary Martha Magruder, and who were the parents of the mother of Thomas Johns Anderson, lawyer and United States Commissioner of this city." (Hist. of Allegany)"
Children of Thomas of Samuel and Verlinda Beall were:
Eleanor Beall b. 27 Jan 1765
John Brooke Beall b. 1767
Josiah Beall b. 1769
Priscilla Beall b. 1771
Elizabeth Beall b. 1772
Lucy Beall b. 1774
Isaac Beall b. 1775
Ann Beall b. 1778
Thomas, LL.D. and Judge T. J. C. Williams Volume I Baltimore, 1969
Page 444-446
"Thomas Beall of Samuel, founder of the city of Cumberland, Maryland, was born in July, 1744. He was the son of Col. Samuel Beall, and his wife Eleanor Brooke, the great granddaughter of Gov. Robert Brooke, of Maryland. Col. Samuel Beall was the son of John Beall, the son of Alexander Beall, who came to Maryland from Scotland in 1666. The mother of Col. Samuel Beall was Verlinda Beall, the granddaughter of Col. Ninian Beall (of whom see further).”
“Col. Samuel Beall was a man of great distinction in his day and generation. He lived in that part of Frederick county which is now Washington county, Maryland. He was several times the sheriff of Frederick County, was a member of the Committee of Correspondence and a Justice of the County Court of Frederick, and one of the twelve whose names the Daughters of the American Revolution have honored with a tablet in the Frederick County Court House he was chairman of the Committee of Safety of Washington County, Colonel of the 2nd battalion, and member of convention which formed the first Constitution of Maryland."
“Thomas Beall of Samuel was a captain of one of the Rifle companies which was engaged in the regiment of Col. Moses Rawlings, which took part in all the engagements around New York during the American Revolution, and which did such effect work. He served throughout the entire war, serving the last three years in the western department. An interesting affidavit of his, as the captain of his company, may be found in manuscript in the Manuscript Division of the Congressional Library. Shortly after the close of the war Captain Thomas Beall moved to the site of Fort Cumberland, purchased the necessary land and laid out the town of Cumberland. Many of the streets, he named after men prominent in the Civil and Military History of Maryland, such as Baltimore, Washington, Lee, Green, Smallwood, Paca, Beall, Jefferson, Pulaski. The town as laid out by him consisted of about five hundred lots, four of which, near the center of the town, he dedicated for county purposes, known now as Court House Square.”
“Captain Thomas Beall married a cousin, Verlinda Beall, and had a daughter, Elizabeth Beall, who married her cousin Asa Beall, the son of Richard Beall, the brother of Captain Thomas Beall of Samuel. Asa Beall was the Clerk of Allegany County for twenty eight years, and from this marriage came that branch of the Beall family to which the late Alpheus B. Beall belonged.”
“Captain Thomas Beall of Samuel died in 1823, as appears from the following notice in the Maryland Advocate, published in Cumberland at the time: 'Died on Tuesday, the 25th, Captain Thomas Beall of Samuel, at an advanced age.'
"Thomas Beall was appointed a Captain in Rawling's Regiment of the Maryland Troops in July 25, 1776 and served under George Washington in the Revolution as both a Captain and a Quartermaster. He was a participator in the struggles of the Revolution and proprietor of the town of Cumberland. Captain Beall had several other of his relatives who followed him to Cumberland, among them his two great nephews, Gustavus Beall, who was a prominent citizen of Allegany county for more than forty years, and Thomas Heugh Beall, the sons of Col. Thomas Brooke Beall, who left a large number of descendants. Gustavus Beall married Rachael, daughter of Benjamin Tomlinson of Allegany County, They had eleven children who, by intermarriage with the Eckles, Hedges, Gephart, Deford and Firy families, constitute a very large connection living in this and other parts of the United States. Thomas Heugh Beall, the brother of Gustavus, married a Miss Cheston of Philadelphia, and while they had only four children, they in turn left a large progeny, among them that progressive and enterprising and public-spirited citizen of Cumberland, the late William Riland Beall, and his wife Rachael Beall, of such happy memory, and who had eight children. Another relative of Captain Thomas Beall of Samuel, who lived in Cumberland, was his great-niece Margaret Ann Williams, the wife of Leonard Holliday Johns, She was the daughter of Harriet Beall, the daughter of Brooke Beall, the brother of Captain Thomas Beall and his wife Margaret Johns, 2nd rector of Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Cumberland; Sarah Johns, the wife of Robert Read and mother of the Honorable William J. Read, formerly of Cumberland, and of Col. Thomas Johns, of the U. S. A., who married Mary Martha Magruder, and who were the parents of the mother of Thomas Johns Anderson, lawyer and United States Commissioner of this city." (Hist. of Allegany)"
Children of Thomas of Samuel and Verlinda Beall were:
Eleanor Beall b. 27 Jan 1765
John Brooke Beall b. 1767
Josiah Beall b. 1769
Priscilla Beall b. 1771
Elizabeth Beall b. 1772
Lucy Beall b. 1774
Isaac Beall b. 1775
Ann Beall b. 1778
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