James Beasley

1760 - 1821  (60 years)

• Name	James Beasley
  Born	10 Aug1760	Orange Co., Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Died	18 May 1821	Orange Co., Virginia [later Culpeper]
  Person ID	I11620	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2017

  
  

  Father	James Beasley,   b. 10 Apr 1725, Orange Co., Virginia Colony ,   d. 12 Aug 1803, Orange Co., Virginia [later Culpeper]  (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Ann 'Annie' Reynolds,   b. Abt 1725, Essex Co., Virginia Colony ,   d. 27 Feb 1810, Orange Co., Virginia [later Culpeper]  (Age ~ 85 years)
  Married	Abt 1745	Orange Co., Virginia   [1]
  	Children of Ann "Annie" Reynolds and James Beasley are: Mary Beasley, b. 30 Mar 1749, , Orange, Virginia, USA, d. date unknown. +John Beasley, b. 1751, Fredericksville, Albemarle, Virginia, d. 24 Dec 1782, Orange, Virginia. +Ann Beasley, b. 1753, Orange, Virginia, d. 1808, Franklin, Georgia. Edmund Beasley, b. 21 Oct 1756, Orange, Virginia, d. date unknown. Elizabeth Beasley, b. 1758, Orange, Virginia, d. 16 Aug 1833, Orange, Virginia, USA. +James Beasley, b. 1760, Orange County, Virginia, d. 18 May 1821, Orange County, Virginia. Sarah Beasley, b. 02 Apr 1762, Orange, Virginia, d. 18 Jul 1854, Orange, Virginia. William Beasley, b. 1767, Orange, Virginia, d. 1798, Orange, Virginia.
  Family ID	F6418	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Sanford,   b. 11 Sep 1760, Essex or Richmond Co., Virginia ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	14 Jan 1779	Orange Co., Virginia   [4]
  	James Beazley and Mary Sanford had the following children: i. John3 Beazley was born August 6, 1780. ii. Sanford Beazley was born March 24, 1783. iii. Nancy Beazley was born in Orange Co., Virginia May 11, 1786. It is possible that Nancy Beazley married Tandy Collins. According to Orange County, Virginia marriage records, he married a daughter of James Beazley named Ann. The only known Ann was the daughter of James and Ann Beazley, and her age was not correct. The 1820 census indicates that the wife of Tandy was born in 1775-1785. Nancy is the only daughter that was born in this time period. iv. Elizabeth Beazley was born February 4, 1789. v. Robert Beazley was born May 9, 1791. vi. James Beazley was born February 18, 1794. vii. Mary Beazley was born April 10, 1797. viii. Lucy Beazley was born in Orange Co., Virginia September 27, 1799. She died March 17, 1801. ix. Durrett Beazley was born in Orange Co., Virginia February 9, 1802. He died after July 24, 1850. Conflicting evidence states that Durrett was born February 11, 1802.
  Children	1. John [Sanford] Beasley,   b. 6 Aug 1780, Orange/Culpeper Co., Virginia Colony ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2017
  Family ID	F6823	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Beasley Coat of Arms BeasleyCoatofArms.jpg

  
  

  Documents

  Transcription of Will of James Beasley w13751 JamesBeasley-1.jpg

  
  

• Sources

  [S82] Wikitree, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Beasley-1655. James Beazley formerly Beasley Born about 1720 in Essex County, Va [uncertain] Ancestors Son of Henry Beasley and [mother unknown] [sibling(s) unknown] Husband of Ann (Reynolds) Beazley ? married [date unknown] [location unknown] Descendants descendants Father of Ann (Beazley) Jones, Theodocia (Beasley) Chiflet and James (Beasley) Beazley Jr Died 12 Aug 1803 [location unknown] Biography JAMES BEAZLEY, a son of Henry [also seen as s/o William Beasley] and the brother of Bennet [not proven] was born probably in Essex County, Virginia, say 1715-20. One website gives his birth date as ?10 April 1725? but without documentation .295 He died in Orange County, Virginia, on or about 12 August 1803, according to a family Bible record of his son James that was at one time a part of his Revolutionary War pension file.296 He married in Orange County about 1745 (possibly 19 May) ANN (REYNOLDS?), probable daughter of Cornelius Reynolds, whose wife, Martha, was said to be Martha (Beasley).297 James and Ann would have been first cousins once-removed. Ann is said to have been born on 2 November 1725 and died in Orange County, Virginia, on 27 February 1810, from the same Revolutionary War application.298 This researcher thinks it is likely William Beasley and Henry Beasley are brothers; both having sons named James. Much more research is needed. If these individuals are brothers; the DNA would match either of them and any other male siblings. So the statement that James Beasley is a match to Henry is not evidence of parentage. [S132] Revolutionary War Pension Applications, http://revwarapps.org/w5044.pdf. NOTE: The following transcripts of an original record taken from the family Bible and certified by James Beazley, Jr. as being in the handwriting of James eazley, Sr.:James Beasley Sen'r. was born August 10, 1760 and was maried to Mary Sanford Jany 14, 1779 And departed this life May 18, 1821. Mary Beazley his wife was born September 11, 1760. John Beazley [son] was born August 6 1780 and was maried to Lucy Porter December 23 1802 Lucy Beazley [nee Porter] his wife was born September 22, 1780. Durrett Beazley was born February 9 1802 Also in the file are four pages from an account book with the following records: James Beazley was born on Sunday the 10 day of August in the year of our lord 1760 and was married on Thursday the 14 day of January in the year of Our lord 1779. Mary Beazley his wife was born on Thursday the 11 day of September in the year of Our lord 1760. John Beazley was born on Sunday the 6 day of August in the year of Our Lord 1780. Sanford Beazley was born on Monday the 24 day of March in the year of Our Lord 1783. Nancy Beazley was born on Thursday the 11 day of May in he year of Our Lord 1786. Elizabeth Beazley was born on Wednesday the 4 day of February in the year of Our Lord 1789. [S84] Rootsweb, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dbcompton/beazley/i0000074.htm#i74. James married Mary Sanford January 14, 1779.(81) Mary was born September 11, 1760 in Orange Co., Virginia.(82) Mary was the daughter of Robert Sanford and Ann Durrett. She died September 16, 1852 in Greene Co., Virginia. Mary applied for a military pension November 4, 1842 in Greene Co., Virginia.(83) James served in the military between January 29 and March 17, 1776 in Orange Co., Virginia.(84) James Beazley appears in "A roll of Capt. Francis Taylor's Company enlisted between Jany. 29 and March 17, 1776, from a MS. account book and papers in Va. State Library." (Scott's History of Orange County, Virginia). James Beazley enlisted in the Spotswood 2nd Virginia Reg't's Capt. Francis Taylor's Company in 1776.(85) Mary (Sanford) Beazley stated of James Beazley that "While a resident of Orange County, Virginia, he enlisted in 1776, served in Captain Francis Taylor's Company, Colonel Alexander Spotswood Second Virginia Regiment and was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, length of service two years." James was listed as a private in the 2nd Virginia Brigade in a muster roll for the period of December 1777-March 1778 in Valley Forge, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania.(86) James Beazley enlisted in the Colonel Drake's Virginia Reg't, Isaac Davis' Company in July 1781.(87) Again from Mary (Sanford) Beazley's pen, "He enlisted in July 1781, served three months in Captain Isaac Davis' Company, Colonel Darke's [sic] Virginia regiment and was in the siege of Yorktown." He made a will April 13, 1821.(88) James's will was probated August 27, 1821 in Orange Co., Virginia.(89) The estate of James Beazley was appraised on September 15, 1821 in Orange Co., Virginia.(90) Upon James's death, his estate was administered by Sanford Beazley in Orange Co., Virginia on June 14, 1824.(91) The account of Sanford Beazley "mentions paid the heirs of Jacob Paul." Upon James's death, his estate was administered by James Beazley in Orange Co., Virginia on February 23, 1827.(92) James P. Sims was the guardian of the heirs of Robert Beazley, deceased. [S84] Rootsweb, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dbcompton/beazley/i0000074.htm#i74.