John Bebout

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CENSUS
1850 US, Island Creek Twp, Jefferson Co, Oh, 16 Oct 1850, LDS
Microfilm 444,692, p 1053, dwelling 2123, family 2186:
NAME AGE-OCCUPATION BIRTH REAL EST PER PROP RIN//MRIN
# Bebout, John 53-Farmer PA $1,700 6966-3533
Kerr , Margaret 49 PA 9800-3533
Bebout, Della 19 OH 9804
Bebout, John 15 OH 9806
Bebout, David 13 OH 9808
Bebout, Adaline 11 OH 9807
Bebout, Edwin 09 OH 9809
Bebout, James 06 OH 9810
Bebout, 04 [male] OH
Bebout, Alpheus 01 OH 9811-3534

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THE BEBOUT FAMILY IN FLANDERS AND NORTH AMERICA, 1943,
by Alexander C Flick, p 27:
"BENJAMIN [Bebout 6911-2482], b. Dec. 4, 1758. He served in the Revolution. Samuel H. Phillips, a grandson of Lieut. Col. David Phillips [6917-2466] and Sarah Bebout [6912-2465/2466] (No. 23), wrote the pension office that his grandmother [Sarah Bebout 6912-2465/2466] had three brothers in the Revolution, Peter [6907], John [6909-2505], and Benjamin [6911-2482]. He had often 'talked with Benjamin, who lived to be 90 years old, and I am now 80' (b. 1835). He said he was one of the Minute Men (Letter of Apr. 25, 1905, in Pension Office). Benjamin Bebout applied for a pension claiming service under Capt. Gavin McCoy in the First Regiment of Somerset Co., militia; enlisted in Bernards township Aug., 1777, and was at the battle of Springfield, June 23, 1780. He resided in Washington Co., Pa., on Aug. 22, 1853, the date of his application (Pension Office, Rejection No. 646). His application was not rejected on the ground of a denial of Revolutionary service, but because the length of service was not sufficient to meet the pension law. After the Revolution he married Dec. 7, 1784, HANNAH MORTLETT [6955-2482]. With his wife and five children he migrated to Washington Co., Pa., where he lived over sixty years. His wife d. Feb. 11, 1830. He made his will at Paris, Pa., on Sept. 23, 1854, and died Nov. 8, 1857, within a month of his hundredth birthday. His will was probated Dec. 2, 1857 (Will Book Court House Washington, Pa., VIII:1)."

LISTS OF INHABITANTS IN WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA 1800 OR BEFORE, WITH MAPS OF EARLY TOWNSHIPS, p 38:
"Cross Creek township...Beabout, Benj[amin] Tai[lor]"

HISTORY OF THE CROSS CREEK GRAVEYARD, p. 16:
"BENJAMIN BEBOUT died November 8, 1858, aged 99 years 11 months and 4 days.
[He was a soldier of the Revolution and belonged to the Minute Men against the
Indians of the frontier of Washington County at the close of the Revolutionary
War.]"

Benjamin married Hannah Marlett 7 Dec 1784, New Jersey. Hannah was born 1764, New Jersey; died 11 Feb 1830, Washington, Pennsylvania; was buried 1830, Cross Creek Twp, Washington, Pennsylvania, Cross Creek Cem. [Group Sheet]

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HISTORY OF THE CROSS CREEK GRAVEYARD, p 16: "HANNAH BEBOUT, wife of Benjamin Bebout, died February 11, 1830, aged 66 years. [She was the mother of 18 children: 11 sons and 7 daughters. She was a native of New Jersey. Many a cup of water she pumped and gave to General Washington, when he passed her house during the dark days of the Revolution.]"

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THE BEBOUT FAMILY IN FLANDERS AND NORTH AMERICA, 1943, by Alexander C Flick, p 26:
"JOHN BEBOUT [6707-2464], by at Piscataway, N.J. Aug. 25, 1729, ^ married about 1747, when apparently he was only 18 years of age, MARY THURMAN [6906-2464]. He settled at Vealtown (Somerville) in Somerset Co., N.J. This was about six miles across the valley from Long Hill in Morris Co, [NJ], where his brother [Peter 6708-2393/2437] lived. He joined the Presbyterian Church at Basking Ridge, N.J. The family tradition is to the effect that John Bebout served in the Revolutionary War, but actual military service has not been found. He served in the Department of the Quarter-master General, for on June 28, 1780, he received from Joseph Lewis, Quarter-master at Morristown [NJ] Certificate No. 1098 for $186.00 for carting, up to April 13, 1780 (MSS. 4287, p. 9, Adjutant General's Office, Trenton, N.J.). Again on July 31, 1781, he received from Timothy Pickering, Quarter-Master General, Cert. No. 2882 for the sum of $5.60 for similar work (Quarter-Master General's Dep., Book A, Voucher 230). After the Revolution he moved first to Sussex Co., N.J., and shortly afterwards to Washington Co., Pa., about 1786. There he was listed in the Federal Census of 1790 as having a son over 16 and a daughter. The son might have been Daniel [6915]--the other children had all married--and there he died June 21, 1803. Children of John Bebout, all born in Somerset Co., N.J. The dates of birth are taken from a manuscript, 'BEBOUT ANCESTRY,' compiled by Mrs. Sarah Bebout Paddock [8439-3004] of Mt. Vernon, O., who copied them from the Bible record."
FOOTNOTE
^ "This date is based on the family Bible, copied by Ella B. McBurney of Canonsburg [Washington Co] Pa., Dec. 3, 1928. The year may have been recorded from memory. The statement in the Bible that John was 'born in Holland' is clearly an error."

NATIONAL SOCIETY, DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN COLONISTS,
Lineage Book, Vol XVI, 1972, (15001-16000),
Mrs. Richard N. Grammer, National Registrar,
LDS FAMILY HISTORY CENTER, Sacramento CA
369.1 A512a, Vol. 16, 1972, pp 343-4.

John married Mary Thurman Abt 1746, Somerville, Somerset, New Jersey. Mary was born 1723, Somerset, New Jersey; died 1805. [Group Sheet]

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NATIONAL SOCIETY, DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN COLONISTS, Lineage Book, Vol XVI, 1972, (15001-16000), Mrs. Richard N. Grammer, National Registrar, LDS FAMILY HISTORY CENTER, Sacramento CA 369.1 A512a, Vol. 16, 1972, pp 343-4. LETTER: 19 July 1994, from TAWANA BROWN, 1017 Lakegrove, Midlothian, TX 76065, to WILLIAM GEORGE MILES III, 7351: "Mary Thurman #1204, born abt. 1725, Somerset Co, New Jersey."

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THE BEBOUT FAMILY IN FLANDERS AND NORTH AMERICA, 1943,
by Alexander C Flick, p 23-4:
"JOHN BEBOUT [6705-2392] is assumed to be a son of John Bebout [6677-2391] Mettie Beekman [6685-2391] although he is never definitely stated as such. He was probably born in Brooklyn [Kings Co, LI, NY] around the year 1697 and moved with his parents to Staten Island in 1705. No trace has been found of him in the records until his marriage to MARY MILLER [6706-2392] about 1720. Littell ^ on page 20 states, 'The father of the Bebout family came from Holland and married Mary Miller, sister of Rev. Benjamin Miller [8546], (1715-1781) of Scotch Plains [NJ]. They had two sons, John [6707-2464] and Peter [6708-2393-2437].' It is possible that he confused this John with his supposed father of the same name who came here from Holland. ^^ The Rev. Benjamin Miller, brother of Mary, was a Baptist minister, who served the church at Scotch Plains from Feb. 13, 1743, to Nov. 14, 1781. John and Mary Miller who witnessed a baptism on Staten Island on June 17, 1722, may have been Mary Miller's parents (SI:27). This John Bebout was very likely the one mentioned on Jan. 9, 1733, in a deed of 100 acres of land which 'Christen Bebout [6843]' of Piscataway township received from her father (Deed in the office of the Secretary of State, Trenton, N.J.). Just when John Bebout moved from Staten Island to Middlesex Co., N.J., has not been determined, but it must have been prior to 1733. He was still living there between 1741 and 1747, because on May 30, 1742, 'John Bebout yoeman' sold to Amasiah Bonham, his brother-in-law, of Huntington Co., a parcel of land of 70 acres, bought jointly of Peter Sutton's executors on Jan. 6, 1741 (Deeds F 2, p 116. Peter Bebout was one of four witnesses. Bonham's wife was Mary). Again on May 20, 1747, he sold to John Hight 'wheelwright' for 35 [English Pounds], part of a piece of land designated as lot No. 9, which had been given in 1731 by John Mollissen [6700-2390] to his children and which John Bebout had bought (Deeds F 3, p. 24, 'John Bebout cordwainer' received a quit-claim deed for it, Jan. 9, 1833/4). In 1733 he is called a cordwainer. Nothing further has been heard of him after 1747. According to Littell, John Bebout and Mary Miller had two sons: Peter [6708-2393-2437], who was born after 1721, and John [6707-2464], who was born Aug. 25, 1729. This gap of eight years was filled no doubt by other children whose names have been lost, and there may still have been other children born after 1729. ^^^ Perhaps it will be of some assistance to remember that in 1675 a county court was established by the act of the New Jersey legislature at Piscataway. This action was followed in 1682 by setting off Middlesex County. Then in 1688 the settlers of Middlesex County on the 'uppermost part of the Raritan River' were set apart as Somerset County. finally in 1728/9 'the upper parts of Hunterdon' were organized into Morris County."
FOOTNOTES:
^ THE BEBOUT FAMILY IN FLANDERS AND NORTH AMERICA, 1943, by Alexander C Flick, p 41: [not "20" as stated above]
^^ "There is a tradition among his descendants that Jan was an independent Settler, not a child of Jan Pietersz Bebout [6677-2391]. This might be correct. John Bebout did not mention a son John in his will, and in a deed dated Aug. 30, 1705, John Bebout mentions 'my owne two sons Petrus and Jacobus [6704-2448]' (REC. 47:162), but again does not mention a son John. John is not mentioned in the Staten Island census of 1706. If John was not a son of John [6677-2391], he was undoubtedly closely connected with the family, and might have been a son of Jan bibau, b. 1647, a cousin of John Bebout (REC. 56:109)."
^^^ "The Margaret Bebout who married Philip Cooper in Christ Church, Shrewsbury, N.J., on Oct. 26, 1754, might have been one of the children."

John married Mary Miller Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey. Mary was born Abt 1697, Scotch Plains, New Jersey; died Abt 1729, New Jersey. [Group Sheet]