John Beals ¹⁰⁹

  General Notes:

John BEALS (BALES) was born about 1657 in England. He may have been the John Beals who came
to America in 1677 with the John Fenwick Colony but this has not been proven. John was in Chester
Co., PA by 1689. He announced for the second time his intentions to marry 1 11th month 1682 at
Chester Monthly Meeting, PA to Mary CLAYTON (1665-1725), the daughter of William Clayton and
Prudence Lanckford. In 1711, John was residing in Nottingham, PA when his son John Jr. was
married. His will was made 11 8th month 1726 at Nottingham and proved 17 Dec 1726. He is buried in
the East Nottingham Friends Burial Ground in Chester Co., PA.

John married Mary Jane Clayton, daughter of William Clayton and Prudence Lanckford. (Mary Jane Clayton was born in 1665 and died in 1725.)