Stephen Beals[1]  1791 - 1876

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• Birth	17 Apr 1791	Lawrencetown, Annapolis Co., N.S.   [2,3]
  Sex	Male
  Occupation	Farmer
  Residence	Clementsport, Annapolis Co., N.S.
  Died	08 Oct 1876	Clements, Annapolis Co., N.S.   [4]
  	Cause: Old age
  Person ID	I00010	Our Beals Genealogy
  Last Modified	09 Jun 2010
  Father	Abel Beals, b. 06 Jul 1755, Hingham, Mass.
  Mother	Abigail Kent, b. 01 Mar 1752, Milford, Mass
  Photos		Abel Beals' home, from 1788. From the book, An Old Fashioned, But New Scrapbook of Lawrencetown and The Annapolis Valley, David and Paulette Whitman, Bailey Chase Books, 2009: The Beals Family lived here for over 100 years, and the Bishop Family for 50 years. The original house consisted of what is now the second story. At some point the original house was raised and the ground floor built under it.
  Family ID	F00001	Group Sheet
  Family	Nancy Henshaw, b. Between 1789 and 1790, Clements, Annapolis Co., N.S.
  Married	1814  [5]
  Children	> 1. Lucy Bent Beals, b. 12 Nov 1832, Clementsport, Annapolis Co., N.S. > 2. Samuel Beals, b. 13 Jan 1815, Inglisville, Annapolis Co., N.S. > 3. George Fletcher Beals, b. 24 May 1816, Bridgetown, Annapolis Co., N.S. > 4. Sarah Jane Beals, b. 01 May 1818 > 5. Stephen Beals, b. 05 Mar 1820, Clements, Annapolis Co., N.S. > 6. Edward Beals, b. 14 Jun 1822, Clementsport, Annapolis Co., N.S. > 7. Elijah Beals, b. 28 Oct 1823, Clementsport, Annapolis Co., N.S.   8. Lucinda Beals, b. 1825 > 9. Isaac Beals, b. 1827, Clementsport, Annapolis Co., N.S. > 10. Priscilla Beals, b. 1828
  Photos		Stephen Beals' Home in NS Built about 1814, it fell down about 1920. There were two fireplaces, an oven and nine rooms. Two families were born in this home, the nine children of Stephen & Nancy, and the eight children of John & Lucy (their youngest daughter).
  Documents	Stephen Beals' Family Record Daughter Priscilla not listed.
  Family ID	F00009	Group Sheet

• Photos		Stephen Beals b.1791
  		Stephen Beals' Home in NS Built about 1814, it fell down about 1920. There were two fireplaces, an oven and nine rooms. Two families were born in this home, the nine children of Stephen & Nancy, and the eight children of John & Lucy (their youngest daughter).
  Documents	Stephen Beals' Family Record Daughter Priscilla not listed.

• Notes

  "Although Abel says in his will that "my six sons" (including Stephen) "have already received from me in lands what I intended to give them", there is no record of Stephen having received any land from his father. However he did buy 200 acres from George Kniffen at Waldec, Annapolis Co., (between Bear River and Clementsport) in 1817. His wife was from that area. There were ten children in the family, 6 sons and four daughters. About 1845 four of the sons and one daughter migrated to Erin Township, Ontario, north west of Toronto and were among the early settlers of that area. Later two sons moved on to Peck, Michigan, north of Detroit. One son, Edward, was a sea captain who lived near the mouth of Bear River. Another son, Elijah, also lived in that area and fought in the American Civil War eventually dying of wounds received in that conflict." (From the book "The Beals Family of Annapolis County Nova Scotia" by Donald W. Beals). Contrary to the above, George Fletcher Beals was already living in Erin at the time of his marriage in 1840 according to his marriage registration. Based on his obituary it is reasonable to assume he came to Ontario as early as 1838, not 1845 as indicated above. Of course the various siblings could have migrated at different times.

• Sources

  [S00008] "History of the County of Annapolis" by W.A. Calnek, Page 476 [S00005] "Family Record" of names and date of birth of Stephen Beals and his family (origin unknown but probably a family bible) [S00193] N.S. Archives and Records Management, location per death registration [S00198] Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management, Microfilm 16521, Annapolis County Deaths 1876, Page 113, Entry 257 [S00044] Beals Genealogy compiled by George Washington Beals, ca 1947