Descendants of John Been

2 Lt. John Been b: 1728-1740 in Northumberland Co, VA d: Aft. 1809 in Asheville, NC   Fact 1: For years wife 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 
... +Unknown Father: Mother:
.... 3 Edmund Bean 
.... 3 John Hogan Been Fact 1: not proven as son of John Been, but descendants believed he was
......... +Jane McFarland m: March 04, 1800 in Jefferson Co, TN  Father: Robert McFarland Mother:
.... 3 Robert Bean b: May 03, 1764 in Pittsylvania Co., VA d: November 17, 1824 in Marion County, TN Fact 1: Revolutionary War Veteran Fact 2: Buried Bean-Roulston Cem, Sweeten's Cove, Marion Co, TN 
......... +Martha Womack b: March 20, 1758 in VA d: Abt. 1845 in Gadsden, Etowah Co, AL m: Abt. 1781 in Carter Co, TN Fact 1: Father was Revolutionary War Veteran Fact 2: Survived accident that caused her to have to have leg amputated at age 66 Fact 3: Still visited family by horseback and died at 80 something Father: Jacob Womack Mother: Martha Unknown
.... 3 William Jacob (Billy) Bean b: August 24, 1771 in Pittsylvania Co., VA d: Aft. 1850 Fact 1: 1850 DeKalb Co, AL census, living with son Samuel Been 
......... +Martha Pack b: August 18, 1775 Father: Mother:
.... 3 Jesse Bean b: 1774 in Bean Station, TN d: March 22, 1854 in Smith Co, TX Fact 1: buried in Bell Co, TX 
......... +Mary "Polly" Kuykendall b: September 22, 1788 d: 1862-1863 in Bell Co, TX m: December 21, 1805 in Rutherford Co, TN Fact 1: see notes under Matthew Kuykendall regarding Mary and Elizabeth K. Fact 2: Early researchers gave name as Elizabeth "Betsy" Fact 3: buried in Bell Co, TX Father: Matthew Kuykendall, Sr. Mother: Nancy Johnson
.... 3 Mary Bean 
.... 3 Mordecai Bean 
.... 3 Charles Bean 
.... 3 James Bean 
.... 3 Richard Bean 
.... 3 Margaret Bean

Sources include, but are not limited to:

1. See sources listed at bottom of William Bean I page
2. The Bean Tree, Robert Bean and Martha Womack and Their Descendants 1764-1985, copyright 1986 by Estalee Beane Rankin, first printing March 1986, published in USA by Madaloni Press, a Division of M.A. Publishing Syndicate, 1 South Lawrence Street, Mobile, Alabama 36602
3. Over the Mountain, A Narrative History of the Bean, Selman, and Germany Families, by Martha L. Crabb, Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore, 1990, Martha L. Crabb, 414 Floyd Ave. Dumas TX 79029 
4. Additional sources may be listed on pages for later generations

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