Surname can be found spelled either Beaty or Beatty (see Will of father, Edward Beaty/Beatty). Wife of Patriot John Adams (1764-1850). Married by Samuel Kyle of Water Street in 1790. Mother of thirteen (13) children. Daughter of Edward and Anne Beaty/Beatty of Water Street.
Beaty/Beatty Family:
1) Some propose that Edward was the son of the Beatty family of Ulster, New York; however, this is cannot be true. Edward Beaty cannot be the son of John Beaty (1660-1720) and Susanna Asfordby (1671-1745). Based on his headstone, Edward was born in 1726 at which point Susanna Asfordby Beaty would have been 55 years old. John Beaty and Susanna Asfordby's son, Edward, was born about 1705 and died in Frederick, Maryland, in about 1755. (see his Will). He married Susanna Cocke/Cooke. Following the death of her husband John in 1720, Susanna moved with a portion of her family to Prince George's County, Maryland. On June 20, 1742, Susanna Asfordby Beatty made her will and granted a tract of land called "Providence" to her son, Edward Beatty on Linganores. Her Will also speaks of her son, Robert Beatty (deceased/intermarried with Bata Jorisse Middagh), and mentions the names of Robert and Bata's 6 children: John, Maria, Susanna, George, Margaret and Jane. There is a recording of the baptisms of all 6 children except Susanna. There is no mention or recording for a a grandson named Edward.
2) Likewise, Edward Beaty cannot be the son of Robert Beatty (1692-Unknown) and Bata Jorisse Middagh (1697-1729) of Ulster, New York. Robert and Bata, both residents of Marbletown, NY married in the old Dutch Reformed church on 17 May 1719, and had 6 children: John, Marretjen, Susanna, Joris (aka George), Margriet and Jane Beatty. With the exception of Susanna (birth year unknown), all of the children were baptized in the old Dutch Reformed church.
3) A record search in Ulster County, New York, for the date carved into Edward Beaty's headstone, 4 April 1726, does not reflect a baptism of a child for John and Susanna Beaty or Robert and Bata Beatty.
4) More likely, Edward Beaty is the son of Patrick Beaty. See, Wayland F. Dunaway, THE SCOTCH-IRISH OF COLONIAL PENNSYLVANIA. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1944. p. 68, states: "Water Street, an old village, was founded by a small group of Scotch-Irish, among whom was Patrick Beatty, the father of seven sons."
5) Edward Beaty was established in Huntindgon County prior to the Revolutionary War:
History of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania- J. Simpson Africa (1883)
p. 320 At Water Street, a large spring of pure water bursts from the hillside, which is by many supposed to be an outlet of a subterranean stream, possibly of Sinking Run, in Tyrone township, Nera by were made some of the earliest improvements by the whites.
Pioneer Settlers.-At this point Edward Beatty owned a tract of more than three hundred acres of land, including the above spring, over which he built a small but very substantial stone house before the Revolution, which was occupied by him and his family during those troubled times. Beatty himself was a very vigorous man, and had eight sons, whose feats of strength and powers of endurance were known through all the country. They were brave and resolute, and had never learned to fear the wily and treacherous red men who delighted to roam through these valleys. These "flowers of the forest" refused to fort with other white settlers, preferring to protect themselves from the savages. Edward Betty made a will on the 4th of May, 1796, in which is property was devices to his sons, Richard, Martin, Robert, William, Edward, Patrick, Thomas, and
p 321 John, who sold their interests to John. The latter subsequently conveyed a part of the land, bordering on that of James McCune's, to Edward Beatty, who sold it and all the improvements to John Shaffer in 1803 for eight hundred pounds lawful money. On this part is now the hamlet of Shaffersville. The lower part of the Beatty tract became the property of Robert Province, who had there a pioneer inn and a distillery. In 1810 he disposed of his interest to Lewis Mytinger, the founder of the hamlet of Water Street. The elder Beattys died in Morris, and were buried in Shaffersville. A number of the sons removed to Tennessee and Kentucky.
A little girl was found scalped in the yard, and the charred remains of Mrs. Dean and three children were taken from the ruins of the house, but no trace of the Simonton boy could anywhere b found, although a strong party, headed by the Beattys, had started in pursuit of the Indians as soon as they had heard of the outrage.
6) 1994 Supplement to Adams of the Alleghenies, "Her [Anna Nancy Beatty Adams] father was Edward Beatty, one of the original settlers of the area [Water Street, Huntingdon County, PA]." P 37.
7. Last Will and Testament of Edward Beatty dated 4 May 1796, of Water Street, Tyrone Township, Huntingdon County, PA identifies the following: Wife, Anne Beaty; Daughter: Agnes* Adams; Sons: William, Robert, Richard, John, Patrick, Martin, Edward and Thomas.
*The Scottish nickname for Nancy is Agnes.
Surname can be found spelled either Beaty or Beatty (see Will of father, Edward Beaty/Beatty). Wife of Patriot John Adams (1764-1850). Married by Samuel Kyle of Water Street in 1790. Mother of thirteen (13) children. Daughter of Edward and Anne Beaty/Beatty of Water Street.
Beaty/Beatty Family:
1) Some propose that Edward was the son of the Beatty family of Ulster, New York; however, this is cannot be true. Edward Beaty cannot be the son of John Beaty (1660-1720) and Susanna Asfordby (1671-1745). Based on his headstone, Edward was born in 1726 at which point Susanna Asfordby Beaty would have been 55 years old. John Beaty and Susanna Asfordby's son, Edward, was born about 1705 and died in Frederick, Maryland, in about 1755. (see his Will). He married Susanna Cocke/Cooke. Following the death of her husband John in 1720, Susanna moved with a portion of her family to Prince George's County, Maryland. On June 20, 1742, Susanna Asfordby Beatty made her will and granted a tract of land called "Providence" to her son, Edward Beatty on Linganores. Her Will also speaks of her son, Robert Beatty (deceased/intermarried with Bata Jorisse Middagh), and mentions the names of Robert and Bata's 6 children: John, Maria, Susanna, George, Margaret and Jane. There is a recording of the baptisms of all 6 children except Susanna. There is no mention or recording for a a grandson named Edward.
2) Likewise, Edward Beaty cannot be the son of Robert Beatty (1692-Unknown) and Bata Jorisse Middagh (1697-1729) of Ulster, New York. Robert and Bata, both residents of Marbletown, NY married in the old Dutch Reformed church on 17 May 1719, and had 6 children: John, Marretjen, Susanna, Joris (aka George), Margriet and Jane Beatty. With the exception of Susanna (birth year unknown), all of the children were baptized in the old Dutch Reformed church.
3) A record search in Ulster County, New York, for the date carved into Edward Beaty's headstone, 4 April 1726, does not reflect a baptism of a child for John and Susanna Beaty or Robert and Bata Beatty.
4) More likely, Edward Beaty is the son of Patrick Beaty. See, Wayland F. Dunaway, THE SCOTCH-IRISH OF COLONIAL PENNSYLVANIA. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1944. p. 68, states: "Water Street, an old village, was founded by a small group of Scotch-Irish, among whom was Patrick Beatty, the father of seven sons."
5) Edward Beaty was established in Huntindgon County prior to the Revolutionary War:
History of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania- J. Simpson Africa (1883)
p. 320 At Water Street, a large spring of pure water bursts from the hillside, which is by many supposed to be an outlet of a subterranean stream, possibly of Sinking Run, in Tyrone township, Nera by were made some of the earliest improvements by the whites.
Pioneer Settlers.-At this point Edward Beatty owned a tract of more than three hundred acres of land, including the above spring, over which he built a small but very substantial stone house before the Revolution, which was occupied by him and his family during those troubled times. Beatty himself was a very vigorous man, and had eight sons, whose feats of strength and powers of endurance were known through all the country. They were brave and resolute, and had never learned to fear the wily and treacherous red men who delighted to roam through these valleys. These "flowers of the forest" refused to fort with other white settlers, preferring to protect themselves from the savages. Edward Betty made a will on the 4th of May, 1796, in which is property was devices to his sons, Richard, Martin, Robert, William, Edward, Patrick, Thomas, and
p 321 John, who sold their interests to John. The latter subsequently conveyed a part of the land, bordering on that of James McCune's, to Edward Beatty, who sold it and all the improvements to John Shaffer in 1803 for eight hundred pounds lawful money. On this part is now the hamlet of Shaffersville. The lower part of the Beatty tract became the property of Robert Province, who had there a pioneer inn and a distillery. In 1810 he disposed of his interest to Lewis Mytinger, the founder of the hamlet of Water Street. The elder Beattys died in Morris, and were buried in Shaffersville. A number of the sons removed to Tennessee and Kentucky.
A little girl was found scalped in the yard, and the charred remains of Mrs. Dean and three children were taken from the ruins of the house, but no trace of the Simonton boy could anywhere b found, although a strong party, headed by the Beattys, had started in pursuit of the Indians as soon as they had heard of the outrage.
6) 1994 Supplement to Adams of the Alleghenies, "Her [Anna Nancy Beatty Adams] father was Edward Beatty, one of the original settlers of the area [Water Street, Huntingdon County, PA]." P 37.
7. Last Will and Testament of Edward Beatty dated 4 May 1796, of Water Street, Tyrone Township, Huntingdon County, PA identifies the following: Wife, Anne Beaty; Daughter: Agnes* Adams; Sons: William, Robert, Richard, John, Patrick, Martin, Edward and Thomas.
*The Scottish nickname for Nancy is Agnes.
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