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     Ferguson Beall was born on 20 Dec 1915. He was the son of Wallace Martin Beall and Effie Ferguson.

     John Lewis Beall was born on 19 Nov 1916. He was the son of Wallace Martin Beall and Effie Ferguson.

     Richard Ninian Beall was born in 1918. He was the son of Wallace Martin Beall and Effie Ferguson. Richard Ninian Beall died on 5 May 1922.

     Edith Estelle Beall was born on 31 Dec 1923. She was the daughter of Wallace Martin Beall and Effie Ferguson.

     Magruder Montgomery Beall was born on 26 Apr 1885. He was the son of Lewis Cass Beall I and Sarah Jane "Janey" "Jenny" Corner Martin. Magruder Montgomery Beall married Grace Gnorsuch on 25 Oct 1912. Magruder Montgomery Beall died on 24 May 1923 at age 38.

     Grace Gnorsuch was born on 15 Nov 1893. She married Magruder Montgomery Beall, son of Lewis Cass Beall I and Sarah Jane "Janey" "Jenny" Corner Martin, on 25 Oct 1912.

     Fielder Magruder Beall was born on 15 Aug 1913. He was the son of Magruder Montgomery Beall and Grace Gnorsuch. Fielder Magruder Beall married Isabelle Urquhart a 1938.

     Isabelle Urquhart was born a 1918. She married Fielder Magruder Beall, son of Magruder Montgomery Beall and Grace Gnorsuch, a 1938.

     Kenneth Gorsuch Beall was born on 23 Sep 1915. He was the son of Magruder Montgomery Beall and Grace Gnorsuch.

     Robert Allen Beall was born in 1920. He was the son of Magruder Montgomery Beall and Grace Gnorsuch.

     Allan Martin Beall was born on 11 Nov 1888 at Beltsville, Maryland. He was the son of Lewis Cass Beall I and Sarah Jane "Janey" "Jenny" Corner Martin. Allan Martin Beall married Edna Pearl James on 24 Sep 1914. Allan Martin Beall died on 3 Mar 1936 at Seattle, Washington, at age 47.

     Edna Pearl James was born on 3 Apr 1895. She married Allan Martin Beall, son of Lewis Cass Beall I and Sarah Jane "Janey" "Jenny" Corner Martin, on 24 Sep 1914.

     Ethal Jane Beall was born on 6 Jun 1923. She was the daughter of Allan Martin Beall and Edna Pearl James.

     Janet Beall was born on 21 Apr 1927 at Seattle, Washington. She was the daughter of Allan Martin Beall and Edna Pearl James. Janet Beall married William Hilton Broadbent I on 26 Nov 1947. Janet Beall died on 1 Jan 2018 at Salt Lake City, Utah, at age 90.

      Janet Beall, an excellent genealogist, researched orginal records to uncover generations of ancestors in our Martin, Lanphier, Ruff and Wallace lines.

     Allen Magruder Beall was born on 21 Sep 1933. He was the son of Allan Martin Beall and Edna Pearl James.

     Ninian Edward Beall was born on 2 Mar 1842. He was the son of Thomas Birch Beall and Jane Beall Magruder. Ninian Edward Beall married Mary Jeanette Tucker on 25 May 1869. Ninian Edward Beall died in 1914 at Wilmington, Virginia.

     Mary Jeanette Tucker was born a 1849. She married Ninian Edward Beall, son of Thomas Birch Beall and Jane Beall Magruder, on 25 May 1869.

     Ruth Adella Beall was born on 9 Nov 1844. She was the daughter of Thomas Birch Beall and Jane Beall Magruder. Ruth Adella Beall married John Grafton Hall in Oct 1878. Ruth Adella Beall died on 24 Dec 1899 at age 55.

     John Grafton Hall was born a 1853. He married Ruth Adella Beall, daughter of Thomas Birch Beall and Jane Beall Magruder, in Oct 1878.

     COL Fielder Montgomery Magruder Beall was born on 19 May 1849. He was the son of Thomas Birch Beall and Jane Beall Magruder. COL Fielder Montgomery Magruder Beall married Martha Ann Clark a 1874.

     Martha Ann Clark was born a 1854. She married COL Fielder Montgomery Magruder Beall, son of Thomas Birch Beall and Jane Beall Magruder, a 1874.

     Mary Archer Martin was born in 1885. She was the daughter of George Fox Martin and Helen Patterson Holmes. Mary Archer Martin died in 1903.

     Marjorie 'Peggy' Martin Stryke was born a 1922. She married Reuel Lanphier Howe I, son of Lincoln Grant Howe and Jennie Connie Corner Beall, a 1942. Marjorie 'Peggy' Martin Stryke was buried at Dover, Delaware.

     James Walker II was born a 1765. He was the son of COL James Walker I and Sarah Jane Ware.

     Eleanor Dashiell was born in 1730 at Somerset Co, Maryland. She was the daughter of COL George Dashiell I and Elizabeth 'Betty' N. (Unknown). Eleanor Dashiell married CPT John Martin I, son of Robert Martin and Mary Downes, b 9 May 1748 at Somerset Co, Maryland.

     Rev. David Griffin Gunn was born on 14 Mar 1845 at Caswell Co, North Carolina. He married M. Catharine "Kate" Auguste, daughter of MAJ Albert Nicholas August and Virginia E. Wood, on 19 Dec 1866 at Hinds Co, Mississippi. Rev. David Griffin Gunn married Roberta Ruffner Drane on 24 Feb 1896 at Jackson Co, Missouri. Rev. David Griffin Gunn died on 18 Jun 1922 at Houston, Harris Co, Texas, at age 77.

     Eliza "Lizzie" Virginia Gunn was born in 1868 at Mississippi. She was the daughter of Rev. David Griffin Gunn and M. Catharine "Kate" Auguste. Eliza "Lizzie" Virginia Gunn was christened in Dec 1868 at Saint Lukes Episcopal Church, Brandon, Rankin Co, Mississippi.

     James Dashiell I (Burgess) was born c 1634 at Edinburgh, Midlothian Co, Scotland. He was the son of James Dashiell and Margaret Inglis. James Dashiell I (Burgess) emigrated in 1653 from Yorkshire, England. He married Ann Cannon, daughter of Edward Cannon and Ann (Unknown), in 1659 at Northumberland Co, Virginia. James Dashiell I (Burgess) died in Aug 1697 at Wetipquin, Somerset Co, Maryland. His estate was probated on 31 Aug 1697 at Somerset Co, Maryland.

      James Dashiell was a Scot by birth and maternal ancestry and by paternal descent of French extraction. James' parents names are based on family group sheet data as opposed to original records because the primary records or bible records for his natal family have not been found.

James was literate and a member of the Church of England. He also used the names Dashiel, Dashiels, Dashield, and Dasheete. In 1653 James immigrated from Yorkshire, England to Northumberland Co, VA where he was first recorded in Virginia. Whether James Dashiell and Ann Cannon were married in Northumberland Co or Accomack Co, VA is unclear. James Dashiell apparently traveled back and forth between Northumberland Co, VA and Somerset Co, MD for several years. In 1655 and again in 1656 he was noted as one of the early settlers in Maryland.

James moved circa 1663 from Northumberland Co, VA to the Wicomico section of Maryland and became one of the first settlers in this region which later became Somerset Co, MD. He brought to Maryland his wife Ann, son James and niece Elizabeth Dashiell, who later married Robert Collier in 1675. James entered the county at the same time as David Spence, who patented 1,000 acres called Despense on 8 Dec 1663, half of which James later acquired in 1668. A 1935 family history stated the Dashiell family also had land patents in Delaware.

James settled on the south side of the Wicomico River at the mouth of Dashiell's Creek where he built a large brick home and purchased all the land from the mouth to the head of the creek. In 1671 when he served on a jury he was living on the east side of Wetipquin Creek, a tributary of the Nanicoke River, which is now in Wicomico County. James built his plantation home called "Long Hill" about 1767 on the north bank of Wetipquin Creek; it remained in the family for many generations and was almost completely restored in 1999 when Donald Singleton was the resident caretaker of the property (donsingle at aol dot com.)

James was a planter, a term used for farmers of considerable acreage who grew mainly tobacco, a crop so important that it was the currency of expediency for that time and place. He owned 500 acres of Despense, 300 acres called Meeches Right, 200 acres of Meeches Desert, 50 acres called Royston, 50 acres called Wolf Trap Neck, 150 acres called Becknam, 1,000 acres called The Lott, and 300 acres of Long Hill which included James' plantation home and the family burial ground where he and his wife were buried. The cemetery at the home was terraced, running to the water front.

James was a highway surveyor for the new county of Somerset in 1666; on a 1671 grand jury deciding religious teaching should be regularly provided in four homes in the county; a justice in 1672; a member of the county commissioners; a member of the Lower House Maryland Assembly representing Somerset Co, MD in 1678, 1681 and 1682; in the House of Burgesses in 1682; a county military commisioned officer in 1696; and a customs officer in 1697.

James served as a county justice as appointed under the Commision of the Peace. As a justice of the peace from circa 1672 until 1694 he participated in key forming events for the county. In 1683 James was appointed as one of several commissioners to establish the first five towns in the county. In 1689 he was appointed one of several men to regulate the civil affairs of Somerset Co, MD and signed an oath of loyalty to the English king and queen. In 1692 at a meeting of the county justices of the peace, James participated as a commissioner in dividing the county into four parishes consisting of Manokin and Monie, Pocomoke and Annemessex, Wicomico and Nanticoke, and Bogernorton and Mattapony. At a county meeting of the justices of the peace, James helped remove Sherrif William Whittington from office.

At his death James owned 1,000 acres of land, 232.1.7 pounds sterling and had 6 servants. He left his son James 550 acres of Meeches Desert, Meeches Delight, and Wolf Trap Neck; his son Thomas 150 acres of Becknam; his son Robert 300 acres at Long Hill; and his daughter Jane personalty. He did not mention how many slaves he owned. He was buried in the family cemetery at Long Hill Plantation on Wetipquin Creek.

In Somerset, Worcester and Wicomico counties of Maryland stone was not easily available for tombstones until it was imported for such purpose from the Philadelphia, PA area. Dashiells are buried in Wicomico County, MD, but the earliest tombstone in the county is dated 1739. Wooden markers were still in use in some areas through the twentieth century.

The Dashiell family cemetery called Long Hill Cemetery was in good condition in 1999 and was accessible via a lane south off of Wetipquin Road, about 1/2 mile east of its intersection with Royal Oak Road. On 3 Aug 1997 Shari Handley, Jill Pevear, Chris Pevear, Robert Simms, and Paul Willing made a listing of the data available on the cemetery markers:

George M. Dashiell, b. Oct. 25, 1845 d. Sep. 8, 1865
Rebecca E. Dashiell, d. Jan. 15, 1842, aged 49 years 3 months 18 days
Gen'l. Matthias Dashiell, d. Oct. 1, 1835, aged 57 years 4 days
Rufus Dashiell, d. Apr. 16, 1839, aged 20 years 9 months 22 days
Nathan Rufus Dashiell, son of Cadmus and Harriett T. W. Dashiell, b. Mar. 6, 1842 d. Sep. 16,
1842
Ann Dashiell, daughter of Cadmus and Harriett T. W. Dashiell, b. Sep. 4, 1843 d. Sep. 11, 1843
Martha Dashiell, daughter of Cadmus and Harriett T. W. Dashiell, b. Aug. 2, 1844 d. Aug. 9,
1844
Susan J. E. Dashiell, d. Aug. 24, 1885, aged 3 years 3 months
Emily Dashiell, d. Oct. 23, 1818, aged 2 years 6 months
Matthias Dashiell, d. Mar. 17, 1836, aged 11 years 7 months
Martha F. Dashiell, d. Feb. 25, 1837, aged 7 years 4 months
Harriett E. Dashiell, b. Mar. 4, 1862 d. Aug. 2, 1862
Sarah P. Dashiell, b. Oct. 17, 1854 d. Jul. 3, 1856
Mary Frances Dashiell, daughter of Cadmus and Harriett T. W. Dashiell, b. Jul. 27, 1840 d.
Nov. 7, 1844
Capt. Alexander Stewart, son of Col. John Stewart and Elizabeth his wife, d. Jul. 22, 1810,
aged 30 years 9 months 9 days

More research to establish areas of authenticity is definitely required because, beginning with the man reported to be James' great grandfather in the book "Dashiell Family Record," the span of years between generations is sometimes too great to be accepted as a continuous lineage. A popular twentieth century pursuit was "connecting" American ancestors to already proven illustrious European heritages for same or similar last names. The purported lineage from James born in 1634 to Eldinus born circa 1000 has insufficient documentation in the book "Dashiell Family Records" to be considered accurate but is provided only for interest. While the lineage may be mostly factual because the family on which it was based was rich and thus had to ensure they kept meticulous records for inheritance purposes, the family may not be that of our James' ancestors.


Moody Miles sources for James Dashiell:
--[S2169] Ralph W. Cathell, Records of the Cathell Family - 1972, p. 68 (information for Chart 3).
--Long Hills - Dashiell Family Graveyard, Wetipquin, Tyaskin District #3, Wicomico Co., MD; http://files.usgwarchives.net/md/wicomico/cemeteries/longhill.txt; 1999; accessed 2016.
--[S224] Clayton Torrence, Old Somerset on The Eastern Shore of Maryland, p. 440 (information on early settlers).
--The Cousin Connection: David Spence (1639-1679), Ann Roe (1640-1711), and James Dashiell (1634-1697), online http://drbibeall43.wordpress.com/2014/09/15/…. Hereinafter cited as Cousin Connection: Dashiell.
--[S818] Compiler E. Spencer Wise, E. Spencer Wise Genealogy Research Files at the Eastern Shore Public Library, Edward Spencer Wise's Application for Membership in the National Huguenot Society.

     Edward Cannon was born a 1613. He married Ann (Unknown) c 1638 at Yorkshire, England. Edward Cannon immigrated in 1646 to Norfolk Co, Virginia. His estate was probated on 18 Jul 1662 at Virginia.

      Edward Cannon and his wife Ann were transported to America in 1646 by Edward Hall and came to Virginia where he resided at Lower Norfolk Co; it appears Edward Hall financed their transport.

     Ann (Unknown) was born c 1620. She married Edward Cannon c 1638 at Yorkshire, England. Ann (Unknown) immigrated in 1649 to Norfolk Co, Virginia.