Brief Life History of James
James Beall was born on 3 June 1709, in Prince George's, Maryland, United States. He married Anne Pottenger in 1755, in Prince George's, Maryland, United States. He died in 1780, in Maryland, United States, at the age of 71.
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- Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9TBG-CVT?cc=1803986&wc=SNYH-82W%3A146535001%2C146535002
- Montgomery land record part 2
- Montgomery county land record
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
Maryland is the 7th state.
1776 · The Declaration to the King
"""At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""""""
Name Meaning
English and Scottish (Fife): variant of Beal or Beale .
History: Ninian Beall, a Scottish Royalist, emigrated to Calvert County, MD, c. 1650, after King Charles I was beheaded.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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