Abel Beal, Sr. b. 20 Oct 1733 Hingham, Mass. d. 19 Apr 1805 Cohasset, Mass.: Beals Genealogy

1733 - 1805

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Suffix	Sr.
Birth	20 Oct 1733	Hingham, Mass.
Gender	Male
Residence	Hingham, Mass. on Hull St near Jerusalem Rd
Died	19 Apr 1805	Cohasset, Mass.
Person ID	I00526	Our Beals Genealogy
Last Modified	22 Apr 2019

Father	Andrew Beal, b. 27 Jan 1685/86, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA , d. 10 Jan 1762, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
Relationship	Natural
Mother	Rachel Bates, b. 14 Jul 1696, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA , d. 20 Nov 1780, Cohasset, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
Relationship	Natural
Married	14 Dec 1715	Hingham, Mass.
Family ID	F00748	Group Sheet

Family 1 Deborah Lambert, b. 18 Jan 1734, Hanover, Mass. , d. 15 Jun 1788, Cohasset, Mass.

Married 11 Mar 1755 Hingham, Mass.

Children

>	1. Abel Beals, b. 06 Jul 1755, Hingham, Mass. , d. 23 Aug 1830, Lawrencetown, Annapolis Co, N.S.
	2. Deborah Beal, b. 16 Apr 1757, Hingham, Mass. , d. 16 Jan 1844, Cohasset, Mass.
	3. Susanna Beal, b. 30 May 1759, Hingham, Mass. , d. 10 Mar 1849, Clinton, Ohio
>	4. Celia Beal, b. 16 Nov 1762, Hingham, Mass. , d. 09 Sep 1849, Cohasset, Mass.
	5. Seth Beal, b. 13 Dec 1765, Hingham, Mass. , d. 13 Jan 1836, Hingham, Mass.
	6. Stowers Beal, b. 20 Mar 1767, Hingham, Mass. , d. May 1821, Winchendon, Mass.
	7. Ruth Beal
	8. Micah Beal, b. 14 Jul 1776, Hingham, Mass.
	9. Anna Beal, b. 1778, Hingham, Mass. , d. 11 Sep 1839, Winchendon, Mass.
	10. Abigail Beal, b. 24 Aug 1780, Hingham, Mass. , d. 08 Jan 1863, Phillips, Maine

Family ID F01090 Group Sheet

Family 2	Susannah Humphrey, b. 1733, Cohasset, Mass. , d. 01 Oct 1810
Married	06 Feb 1789	Hingham, Mass.
Family ID	F01091	Group Sheet

Documents
Abel Beal's Will 1805
Transcribed by Barry W. Beals

Notes

From Ancestry.com:
Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution (Records 11,250-11,274), Pg 840
Beal, Abel, Hingham or Cohasset. Private, Capt. Peter Cushing's Co., Col. Solomon Lovel's regt.;
payroll for three days service in Aug., 1777, at Hull.

Abel was an American Revolution soldier and enlisted in 1775 in Lieutenant Obadiah Beal's detachment of guards. He was listed on a roll made from December 12, 1775 to April 3, 1776 - three months and 24 days. The detachment was stationed at Hull Beach, Mass. On December 14, 1776 he enlisted as a Private in Captain Peter Cushing's Company of Colonel Solomon Lovel's regiment. This company assembled at Hull, Mass. and served four days. Private Beal was also on the payroll of Captain Thomas Nash's Company of Colonel David Cushing's regiment for three days of service in August, 1777, again in Hull.
(Boulder Genealogy Society, Vol 10 A3, Aug 1978)

Abel's will was dated March 2, 1805 and proved May 14, 1805. It provided for his wife and unmarried daughter, Deborah. His wife's name was shown as Elizabeth. (This can not be a third wife because his widow, Susannah, lived until 1810. Perhaps it was an alternate name for Susannah since he also had a daughter with that name). Daughters Susannah received $5., Ruth $15. and Abrigail $10. His oldest daughter , Celia, received land and was responsible for paying these amounts to her sisters. Three of his sons also received cash: Stowers $15., Micah $20. and Abel $2. (Dose this smsll amount reflect the fact that the first born son left home in his early 20's and went to live in Nova Scotia?). The remainder and bulk of the estate went to his son Seth. An inventory of the estate established a total value of $2,438.30 which has the purchasing power of $40,400. in todays money.