Descendants of William Bean

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This William Bean is the one who lived for a time in Northumberland County, VA and who had at least three children whose births were recorded in St. Stephen's Parish, there.  His children are listed below. The ones whose births are recorded in Northumberland Co, VA are William Bean b: 1721, Elizabeth Bean b: 1723, and Robert Bean b: 1725, all listed as children of William Bean. 

Getting all these William, Robert, Edmund, John, Jesse, Elizabeth, Jane, and Mary Beans straight and placed with their correct families has been extremely difficult for all of us.  Please use the following as clues for your own research.  New facts come out from time to time.

1 William Bean 
... +Unknown Wife or Wives
.... 2 William Bean b: December 09, 1721 in Northumberland Co, VA d: 1782 in Washington Co, TN Fact 1: Some say Wm. was married previously to a different Lydia Fact 2: Some say 1st wife and 2 or 4 of their children killed by Indians in VA   S1  S2
......... +Lydia Russell (2nd wife)? b: 1726 in VA d: Bef. June 18, 1788 in Washington Co, TN Fact 1: Lydia and Wm's marriage date 1759 Pittsylvania Co, VA? Father: Lt. Col. William Russell Mother:
.... 2 Jane Bean b: 1722 in Northumberland Co, VA 
......... +Robert Bell Father: Mother:
.... 2 Elizabeth Bean b: November 26, 1723 in Northumberland Co, VA d: Aft. January 1800 in German Creek, Grainger Co, TN   S1
......... +George Russell b: 1720 in Loudon Co or Pittsylvania Co, VA d: Bef. May 10, 1797 in Grainger Co, TN m: Abt. 1748 Fact 1: brother of Lydia Russell, wife of William Bean Father: Lt. Col. William Russell Mother:
.... 2 Robert Bean b: January 13, 1725 in Northumberland Co, VA    S1  S2
.... 2 Lt. John Been b: 1728-1740 probably in Northumberland Co, VA d: Aft. 1809 in Asheville, NC  Fact 1: For years wife was thought to be Elizabeth Henderson, sister of land speculator Richard Henderson, now disproven  Fact 2: Revolutionary War Veteran  Fact 3: Believed to have hunted with Daniel Boone S1 S2  S3 S4
......... +Unknown Wife or Wives 
.... 2 Edmund Bean 
.... 2 Jesse Bean 

Sources include, but are not limited to:

  1. William Bean, Pioneer of Tennessee and His Descendants, Reprint and Revised Copy, copyright 1985 by Southern Bean Association, original copyright by Jamie Ault Grady 1973, some page numbering inaccuracies, a few names missing from the index
  2. Jim Beene, email correspondence
  3. John Been (ca. 1728/40), by Jim Beene
  4. The History of Pittsylvania County, by Maud Carter Clement
  5. Halifax Co, VA Court Documents ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/halifax/courts/court6.txt
  6. North Carolina Revolutionary Soldiers, Sailors, Patriots & Descendants, Vol 1, as R-Pat-NC (in Battle of King's Mountain) - cited in The Bean Stalk, Vol 19, #3, p 116
  7. Martha Allington
  8. Raulston and Russell Genealogy, by Barbara Gonce Clepper, The Gregath Co, P. O. Box 1045, Cullman, AL 35056-1045, First Edition 1986; Barbara Gonce Clepper, P. O. Box 747, S. Pittsburg, TN 37380-1625
  9. The Compendium of American Genealogy, Vol V
  10. Valerie Been Lober
  11. Jean McSpadden
  12. Tommie Eppes Craig
  13. In The Sweet By and By, by Mary Coghlan White
  14. The Bean Stalk, the publication of the Southern Bean Association, various issues, including articles submitted by Merton G. Eberlein, authority on the Draper Papers Manuscripts and other Bean Family information
  15. Seedtime on the Cumberland, by Harriette Simpson Arnow, The Macmillan Company, New York, printed in USA, Third Printing 1968, cites Ramsay's Annals of Tennessee and many other original sources
  16. The Millers of Millersburg and Their Descendants, by J. B. Nicklin, Jr., published 1923
  17. Other sources will be added as time permits

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