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2. Richard Beall (1735- ) .
Commissioned Ensign Sept. 12, 1777, by Council of Maryland in Capt.
Thaddeus Beall's Company of the Lower Batt. Montgomery County.
Ref.: M.A., Vol. 16, f. 373; B., f. 81.
3. Samuel Beall ( 1740-1825) .
Prisoner on British Prison Ship "Jersey" in New York Harbor, 1776­
1777. Ref. : American Prisoners of the American Revolution, Dandridge,
1911; Appendix A., f. 451; B., f. 81.
Was 2nd Lieut. in the 4th Mar yland Regiment, 1781. Retir ed Jan. 1, 1783.
Ref. : Heitman, page 94.
Paid by U. S. on Certificates No. 89456 and 89457 as an Officer of the
Mar yland 3rd Infantry, Continental Line. Ref.: 17th Annua l Report
of the D.A.R. Vol. 17, pp, 155 and 185.
4. Alexander Robert Beall (1757- ) .
Member of Capt. Bur gess' Flying Camp, Lower District of Fred erick Co.
(no w Montgomery) , Aug. 7, 1776. Ref.: M.A.
Was Captain, Sept. 12, 1777. Ref.: M.A., Vol. 18, f. 42.
2. Mar y Beall, a daughter, marri ed Capt. James Edmonston, and their son,
1. Jam es Edmonston (ab. 1745- ) ,
Wa s on the Grand Jury, County Court, Upper Marlboro, Md., Nov. 24,
1778, and J an. 9, 1799, and Nov. 23, 1779. He was appointed Overseer
of the H ighways March 27, 1781, for the ensuing year at the Court
in Upper Marlboro. Ref. : *, f. 29, 3D, 33.
2. Archibald Edmonston (a b. 1733- ) .
Signed Oath of Fidelity and Support in Montgomery Co., Md., 1778,
Edwa rd Burgess' list. Ref.: *, f. 14.
"B- IX"-E lizabeth had by Znd marriage-
3. Alexander Beall, who had no Service, but his son (B ., f. 108-9) ­
1. William Alexander Beall (1737- ),
Was Judge of the Orphans' Court, Frederick County, Nov. 21, 1778. Ref.:
M.A., Vol. 21, f. 248; B., f. 109.
2. Edward Beall ( 1743/5- 1797).
Took Oath of Fidelity and Support, in Montgomery County, 1778, Edward
Bur gess' Return.
Member of 2nd Company, 29th Batt. Montgomery County Militia, June
21, 1777, Col. Murdock, commanding. Ref. : # ; -. f. 5; B., f. 110.
4. Samuel Beall (1731- ),
Member of 2nd Company, 29th Batt. Montgomery County Militia, June 21,
1777, Col. J ohn Murd ock, commanding. Re f. : # ; B., f. 112.