Metje Beekman

Metje married Jan Pietersz Bebout 9 Aug 1690, Fort Orange, New Amsterdam. Jan (son of Pieter Bibau and Maria Verkinderen) was born 31 Jan 1647, Thielt, Flanders; died Oct 1716, Somerset, New Jersey. [Group Sheet]

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THE BEBOUT FAMILY IN FLANDERS AND NORTH AMERICA, 1943, by Alexander C Flick, pp 22-3: "JACOB BEBOUT [6704-2448], the second son of John Bebout [6677-2391] and Metye Beekman [6685-2391], was born about 1695, probably in Brooklyn [Kings Co, LI, NY]. He likewise went with his parents from Long Island to Staten Island in 1705. In the Census of Staten Island for 1706 he is recorded as 'Cobus Bebout,' a boy under 16 years of age. If he was born in the year 1695, then he was a mere lad of 11 at that time. Unlike his elder brother Peter [6703-2442], Jacob remained most of his life on Staten Island. Information about his family is more complete than that about Peter. He married in New York City on Feb. 13, 1717, MARY SWEEM [6861-2448] (Swam.. MDC:126). Mary seems to have been the daughter of Anthony Sweem [6859-2443], who made his will June 16, 1719, on Staten Island, leaving all his property to his wife Nealtie [6860-2443] during her life or widowhood. His eldest son, Johannes [6862-2444], was left 5 [English Pounds] 'in full of any pretense as heir at law.' Mary (who is supposedly the wife of Jacob Bebout) and her sisters Elizabeth [6866], Hannah [6867], Rachel [6868] and Leah [6869] received 30 [English Pounds] each. His daughter Elizabeth was given 50 [English Pounds] more than his other children. If his son Cornelius [6865] should ever return, he was to 'share with the rest.' Col. Thomas Farmer and Dr. Johnson of New York City and Goesen Adrainse of Richmond County were named as executors (WNYHS II:212). The will was probated March 10, 1719/20, making it probable that Anthony Sweem's death occurred early in that year. A year before his demise, Jacobus Bebout and Rachel Sweem on March 1, 1718/19, witnessed the baptism of Jacobus Sweem [6864], son of Joh. and Mary (Rus) Sweem [6863-2444] (SI:21). In 1715, the year before his marriage, 'Coverse Bebout,' or Jacob, with Peter Bebout [6703-2442], served in the New Jersey Militia in the Regiment of Col. Thomas Farmer mentioned above (2d Ann. Rep. N.Y. State Historian I:532). During the decade between 1720 and 1730 Jacob Bebout and Mary Sweem had four children baptized in the Reformed Dutch Church on Staten Island: Jacob [6873], July 16, 1721 (SI:34); Maria [6874], March 14, 1724/5 (SI:30); Elizabeth [6875-2450], (Feb. 19, 1716/7, (SI:34), who married on Staten Island Sept. 6, 1755 (NJA-21:45), John Winants [6878-2450]; and Peter [6876], May 15, 1729 (SI:38). There may have been other children, but if so their names have not been discovered. In 1723/4 Jacob Bebout and Mary Sweem witnessed the baptism of Lea, daughter of John Van Der Hoven and Anna Sweem (SI:29). In 1732 Jacob Bebout witnessed the will of his friend Jacques Poillon, a brewer on Staten Island (WNYHS, 3:115). He had his cattle-mark registered on Staten Island in 1735 (NJMis. 1:56). He may have removed to Essex County, N.J., for on June 19, 1759, a Jacob Bebout of that county was granted letters of administration for the estate of Ephraim Fraser, Jr., a soldier of Elizabeth (NJA 32:121). Between 1758 and 1761 he died intestate (Index of Wills, N.J., 1705-1805:17). Little information has been obtained about his children. Jacob [6873-2449], the oldest son, on May 14, 1763, bought 100 acres of land in Somerset Co., N.J., and he and his wife Mary [6877-2449] signed a mortgage as 'Bebaub.' It is possible that this Jacob went to Bedford Co., Pa., for a Jacob Bebout paid a tax there of 11 pence in 1774, and 3/6 in 1775 (Pa. Archives, 3 Ser. 22:74, 106). The Matthew Bebout who lived in the same county as a 'single Freeman' and paid a tax of 15 sh. in 1774 (Pa. Archives, 3 Ser. 22:75) may have been another son or a grandson. He was described as a 'ranger' in the Revolution (Pa., Arch. 3 Ser. 23:233; 5 Ser. 4:599). Just what became of the son Peter [6876], born in 1729, has not been discovered. It is hoped that some members of this branch of the family will work out the line. Since the records of the descendants of Jacob Bebout are so obscure, further consideration of his descendants will be dropped at this place."

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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]

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THE BEBOUT FAMILY IN FLANDERS AND NORTH AMERICA, 1943, by Alexander C Flick, pp 24-5: "PETER BEBOUT [6708-2393], born after 1721 at Piscataway, N.J., married (1) SARAH JEWELL [6709-2393]. Littell ^ gives the date as Dec. 1, 1767, which cannot be correct. He probably meant Dec. 1, 1747. He mar. (2), about 1749, SARAH DARLING [6840-2347], 'a half sister of William Parrot, Sr. [9372-3395],' who lived on or near Stony Hill Road not far from Long Hill (Lit. 37, 312). ^^ This fact indicates that his second marriage was after his removal to Long Hill. From Piscataway he removed to Morris Co., N.J., and settled on a farm on the north side of Long Hill. In 1852 Littell made an attempt to set down facts about his family, and stated that they had lived on Long Hill for nearly a century. ^^^ If this is correct, Peter Bebout located in his new home around 1750. Peter Bebout joined the Presbyterian Church at New Providence (Gardner MS. notes. VIII:105). In 1769, either he or his uncle Peter (No. 3) [6703-2442] subscribed 14 shillings to the support of Rev. Jonathan Elmer [6770-3114] ^^^^ of Turkey (PNJHS, 3 Ser. 3:175). According to the New Jersey Census of 1772 he was living in 1772 in Morris Co. with a large family of 4 males, two between the ages of 15 and 50, and two under the age of 16; one female over 16 (probably his wife), and 4 under 16 (Gardner MS. Notes VIII:104). On April 28, 1780, Peter Bebout received from Joseph Lewis, Quartermaster at Morristown, N.J., Certificate No. 870 for $600.00 Continental money, and on Sept. 12, 1780, he received certificate No. 1280 for $1,157.30 for carting up to March 1, 1780 (Quarter-master General's Department No. Voucher 1129, No. 2 Voucher 1381). Peter Bebout made his will Jan. 25, 1782. In it he mentions his wife Sarah, his sons Ebenezer [6710-2394], William [6841-2445/2446], Peter, Jr. [6842], Lewis [6848], and youngest son Stephen [6845-2455], not yet 21, and daughters Abigail [6844-2438], Mary [6846-2451], Martha [6847-2452], and Nancy [6849-2462] (Will M:68, Secy. of State, Trenton, N.J.). Aaron S. Bebout in a letter of March 21, 1916, to Sadie A. Bebout of Amity, Pa., stated that Peter Bebout died on Long Hill 13 or Aug. 23, 1784 (Lit.:37)." FOOTNOTES ^ FAMILY RECORDS, OR GENEALOGIES OF THE FIRST SETTLERS OF PASSAIC VALLE (And Vicinity), by John Littell, 1981, p 37: "PETER BEBOUT [6708-2393/2437] married, December 1st, 1767, Sarah Jewel [6709-2393], and had a son, Ebenzer [6710-2394], who also removed to the west." ^^ Ibid., "Peter Bebout, married, 2d, Sarah Darling [6840-2437], half-sister of William Parrot, Sen [9372-3395], and had other children." ^^^ Ibid., "This family has lived on the north side of Long Hill, now nearly a century." ^^^^ Ibid. p 148, "REV. JONATHAN ELMER [6770-3114] was born in Norwalk, Conn.' the 4th June, 1727. He married Amy Gale [10820-3114], near Goshen, Orange county, New York. He came to Turkey [NJ], and became the stated minister of the Presbyterian church and congregation the 1st of October, 1757, and was installed the 13th November, 1765, and continued the pastor till the 14th Oct. 1793, when he was dismissed, and was never afterwards settled. He died 5th June, 1807, aged 80 years; his wife Amy, died 24th July, 1812, aged 94 years. They had children" 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. 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." THE GENEALOGICAL MAGAZINE OF NEW JERSEY, Vol 46, # 1, Jan 1971, "New Jersey Rateables," 1778-1780, by Ken Stryker-Rodda, p 39: [Morris township, May 1778, June 1778, and January 1780, (Books 1336, 1337, and 1340): "Peter Bebout [6708-2393/2437] 60, 3 horses, 4 chickens, 3 pigs, PL (Capt. Peter Layton). + one son 6 horses, 9 chickens, 1 pig)."

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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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THE BEBOUT FAMILY IN FLANDERS AND NORTH AMERICA, 1943, by Alexander C Flick, p 26: # "PETER [Bebout 6907], b. July 27, 1748. On May 10, 1784, he received cert. No. 1050, voucher No. 70, signed by William Verbryck for 5/10 depreciation of his Continental pay in the Somerset Co. Militia. To this was added 4 pence as '2nd year interest' (Militia 2d Year, Adjutant's General Office, Trenton, N.J.). No record of wife or children."

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THE BEBOUT FAMILY IN FLANDERS AND NORTH AMERICA, 1943, by Alexander C Flick, p 26: # "JOANNA [Bebout 6908-2469/2470], b. Nov. 18, 1750; m. (1) ________ Coy [6928-2469]; m. (2) __________Famage [6929-2470]."

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THE BEBOUT FAMILY IN FLANDERS AND NORTH AMERICA, by Alexander C
Flick, 1943, Chapter 4, p 26-7:
"JOHN [6909-2505], b. Jan. or June 20, 1752; m. 1777 MARY AGNEW [7051-2505], b. 1757, d. 1830 (Western Pa. III:1188)."

Ibid. "According to the manuscript genealogy of Mrs. Sarah B. Paddock [Sarah Matilda Bebout 8439-3004] of Mt Vernon, O., he died in Washington Co., Pa., on March 8, 1836. His wife had died six years previous."

DAR LINEAGE BOOK Vol 47, 1904, # 46011, p 006
Vol 53, 1905, # 52927, p 430
Vol 72, 1909, # 71403, p 145-6
Vol 81, 1910, # 80132, p 051-2
Vol 83, 1909, # 82728, p 275-6

THE BEBOUT FAMILY IN FLANDERS AND NORTH AMERICA, by Alexander C
Flick, 1943, Chapter 4, p 26-7:
"In his pension application, made when 80 years old, he states that he volunteered as a militiaman in 1776 under Capt. Platt Bailey, and marched to Elizabethtown, where he joined the regiment of which Col. Thomas Gavin McCoy was first Lieutenant. Later he went to Bergen, N. J., under Capt. Gavin McCoy. He also served under Major James Linn in New York before returning home. He served 'six monthly tours' under Capt. Gavin McCoy and Lieut. Thomas Collier. He helped to guard the river up from Amboy and had frequent skirmishes with the enemy. He was engaged in two small battles under Gen. Heard and Gen Maxwell. He also took part in the Battle of Monmouth. He was also engaged in catching horse thieves and tories, and by order of Gov. Livingston captured Richard Heyden, Joseph Heydon, and William Steele. Altogether he served six monthly tours under Capt. McCoy in 1777-8 and other tours in 1778, 1779, 1780, and 1781. He never received a discharge. He went to Washington Co., Pa., in 1802-3. Sarah Anderson and Rev. John McMillan swore that they knew that he had served two years. For service of 18 months he was granted a pension of $60. a month, commencing March 4, 1833 (Pension Bureau S 2069)."

WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, REGISTER OF WILLS, 1832-1841,
Vol. 5, p 197-8: ) "WILL OF JOHN BEBOUT DECD."
The last will and testament of John Bebout of Mercer County State of Pennsylvania. I John Bebout, considering the uncertainty of this mortal life, and being of sound mind and memory (blessed be Almighty God for the same) do make and publish this my last will and testament in form and manner following viz. I give my soul to God and my body to the earth to be buried in a plain decent and christian manner, as to such worldly goods and estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me; it is my will that it be disposed of in the follow-
ing manner viz. First my will is that my land in Washington County containing eighty acres more or less adjoining lands of John Rankin on the north and Peter Bebout [? 7052 ] on the east and Ira Bebout [7059 ] on the south and west and ten acres on which the coal Bank is adjoining John Crawford on the east and Mercelrevy on the south, be appraised by Wm Horner James Spears and James Conley and if my daughter Sarah McClain [7053] choses to take it at the valuation of the men and pay the shares as hereinafter mentioned, well if not my grandson
John Haines [7157] has the second choise as above, if neither Sarah Mcclain nor John Haines takes the land at the valuation my will is that the land be soald [sic] at public sale by my executor hereinafter named and I empower them to make deeds or deed to the purchaser or purchers and one fourth of the money be given to Sarah Mcclain and one fourth to my two grand sons Charles [7063] and John McClain [7064] and one fourth to my grand son John Haines and one fourth to my grand daughter Elizabeth Weaver [7159]. To my son Peter Bebout [7052] I give and bequeath fourty [sic] acres of land more or less (as surveyed by Mr. Roney) during his natural live and to his wife Isabela [Cooper 7079] while she remains his widow and no longer and at there [sic] deceas [sic] or mariage [sic] my will is that the above fourty [sic] acres more or less be soald [sic] and the one half of the money be divided equaly [sic] between, Isabelas [sic] [Cooper 7079] other children. To my son John Bebout [7055] I give one dollar. To my son Ira
Bebout [7059] I give one dollar. I allow my executors to sell all my personal property and collect all my notes rents and other accounts (and after paying all my debts) devide [sic] the money as follows viz. to my son Wm. Bebout [7060] I give and beequeath the sum of fifty dollars and to his son John Bebout [7371] I give and bequeath the sum of fifty dollars. To my daughter Susanna Long [7054]
I give and bequeath the sum of fifty dollars. To my granddaughter Elizabeth Weaver [7159] I give and bequeath the sum of fifty dollars. to my daughter Sarah McClain [7053] I further give and bequeath my mare and coult [sic], bead and beading and what money I have with me (she paying my funeral expenses) and as to my body clothes, I allow my daughter Sarah to dispose of them as she may think proper and as to all the rent residue and remainder of my personal estate, goods and chattels of whatsoever kind and nature soever, I give and
bequeath the same to my daughters Sarah McClain, Susannah Long, Mary Haines [7056] and my grand daughter Elizabeth Weaver to be divided equally between them. And lastly I nominate constitute and appoint Daniel Palmer Esqr., and Wm Crautch of Washington County State of Pennsylvania to be the executors of this my last will, hereby revoking all other wills legacies and bequests, by me heretofore made, and declaring this and no other to be my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this fifth day of July A.D. 1833, [signed] John Bebout (L. S.)."

LETTER: 19 July 1994, from TAWNA LEE VARNER-BROWN [11787-4290]
to WILLIAM GEORGE MILES III [7351-2632]:
"John Bebout IV #1207 [6909-2505] born 20 Jan 1752, Somerset Co, New Jersey, married Mary Agnew #1215 [7051-2505], born 23 Oct 1757. John died 9 Mar 1835, Lawrence Co, Pa. Mary: They resided in Sussex Co, New Jersey until 1801 when they moved to Washington Co, Pennsylvania."

COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, Chicago,
J. H. Beers & Co., 1893, page 430:
"A native of Holland, whence, when a boy, he came to America with his parents,
who made a settlement in New Jersey. Here John learned the trade of tanner,
which, in connection with farming, he carried on in New Jersey and afterward in
Washington County, Penn., for a period in all of some thirty years. In 1796 he
came to this county, and purchased a tract of land (covering 300 acres) in what
is now North Strabane township. At that time men never went abroad without
their guns and a plentiful supply of ammunition. Here Mr. Bebout lived until
he was seventy years of age, when he moved to Mercer County, Penn., and their
died. He was a member of Dr. McMillan's Church (Presbyterian), and while in
New Jersey was an elder in the church there. As a Revolutionary soldier he
served under Gen. Washington, raising from the ranks to a captaincy, and
receiving a pension."

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THE BEBOUT FAMILY IN FLANDERS AND NORTH AMERICA, 1943,
by Alexander C Flick, p 27:
"MARY [Bebout 6910-2471], Oct. 25, 1756; mar. Nov. 23, 1778, JACOB (Thomas
Samuel) LEWIS [6930-2471], as his second wife. They had nine children. After the death of her husband in 1801 near Uniontown, Pa., she moved to Knox Co., Ohio, and lived in a cabin near her daughter Joanna [6953-2480] (SCHQ-6:119-120)."

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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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THE BEBOUT FAMILY IN FLANDERS AND NORTH AMERICA, 1943, by Alexander C Flick, p 28: "SARAH [Bebout 6912-2465/2466], b. Nov. 25, 1763; mar. (1) SAMUEL ANDERSON [6916-2465]; m. (2) LIEUT. COL. DAVID PHILIPS [6917-2466]."

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THE BEBOUT FAMILY IN FLANDERS AND NORTH AMERICA, 1943, by Alexander C Flick, p 28: "SAMUEL [Bebout 6913-2467], b. Nov. 24, 1765. No futher record." HISTORY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY (PENNSYLVANIA) FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT TO THE PRESENT TIME (1871), RC 974.8, Creigh, p 110 appendix: "Sworn before Wm. Nailer, from the 15th of November to 30th of December, 1794, he says, 'I do certify that these persons have taken the oath and subscribed the association prescribed by his excellency Gen. Henry Lee, to the inhabitants of the four western counties of Pennsylvania'" [Samuel Bebout's 6913] name appears in the listing] LISTS OF INHABITANTS IN WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA 1800 OR BEFORE, WITH MAPS OF EARLY TOWNSHIPS, p 52: "Nottingham township...Bebout, Saml [Samuel]"

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THE BEBOUT FAMILY IN FLANDERS AND NORTH AMERICA, 1943, by Alexander C Flick, p 28: "CATHERINE [Bebout 6914-2468], b. Sept. 5, 1766; mar. Benjamin Price [6927-2468]; d. 1841." 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.

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THE BEBOUT FAMILY IN FLANDERS AND NORTH AMERICA, 1943, by Alexander C Flick, p 28: "DANIEL [Bebout 6915], b. Sept. 22, 1768. In 1835 he applied for a pension stating that he was drafted as a Revolutionary soldier in 1781, and served in Capt. McCoy's company. He belonged to the Somerset County [NJ] Militia at Millstone. He was wounded by a musket ball in the left breast in a skirmish with the tories and was off duty six weeks at home with his father till he recovered. He rejoined his regiment at Elizabethtown [NJ] and served out his six months, receiving a written discharge from Capt. McCoy. His application was rejected on the ground that he did not serve out his full six months (Rejection No. 689, Pension Office). He probably removed to Washington Co., Pa., and was included in the 1790 census as unmarried. He 'lived a number of years' in that region and then spent nine years in Trumbull Co., Ohio, after which he lived for twenty-three years in Kentucky. Finally in 1828 he went to Rush City, Md., where he was living Oct. 6, 1835, when he applied for his pension. At that time he asserted that he was 70 years of age on the previous Sept. 22,-- which if true would have made him born in the year 1765 instead of 1768. When and where he died is not known. No record of any wife or children."