First Generation

WILLIAM1 BEAN was born Abt. 1635 in Inverness Shire, Scotland, and died 18 Nov 1697 in Cherry Point, Northumberland, Virginia. He married MARGARET ? Abt. 1675. She was born Bef. 1639 in St. Stephens Parish, Northumberland, Virginia, and died Aft. 18 Nov 1697.

Children of WILLIAM BEAN and MARGARET ? are: 1. WILLIAM BEAN, b. Abt. 1655, Virginia; d. 15 Nov 1693. 2. JOHN BEAN, b. 21 Sep 1682, St. Stephens Parish, Northumberland County, Virginia; d. Abt. 1755, Northumberland County, Virginia. Bibliography: • 1688: Northumberland County Court Order Book, 1688, Page 430 • 1693: Order book 1678-98, Part 2 Page 632 • 1697: Order book 1678-98, Part 2 Page 811 Second Generation

Children of William Bean and Margaret ?

1. WILLIAM2 BEAN (WILLIAM1) was born Abt. 1655 in Virginia, and died 15 Nov 1693. He married ELIZABETH SYMMONS 15 Nov 1693. She was born Bef. 1659 in Virginia, and died 15 Nov 1693.

Children of WILLIAM BEAN and ELIZABETH SYMMONS are: 1. ELIZABETH BEAN, d. 11 Oct 1675; m. CLEMENT ALDRIDGE. 2. JOHN BEAN, b. 21 Sep 1682, St. Stephens Parish, Northumberland County, Virginia; d. Abt. 1755. Bibliography • 1675 Register of St. Stephen's Parish, Northumberland County, Virginia (birth of Elizabeth) • 1682 Register of St. Stephen's Parish, Northumberland County, Virginia (birth of John) Third Generation

Children of William Bean and Elizabeth Symmons

1. JOHN3 BEAN (WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 21 Sep 1682 in St. Stephens Parish, Northumberland County, Virginia, and died Abt. 1755. He married LYDEA ? in St. Stephens Parish, Northumberland County, Virginia.

Child of JOHN BEAN and LYDEA ? is: 1. WILLIAM BEAN, b. Abt. 1700, St. Stephens Parish/Northumberland, Virginia; d. Unknown. Bibliography • 1682 Register of St. Stephen's Parish, Northumberland County, Virginia (birth of John) source: http://www.larkcom.net/org/ancestry/bean/ 1 Fourth Generation

Child of John Bean and Lydea ?

1. WILLIAM4 BEAN (JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born Abt. 1700 in St. Stephens Parish, Northumberland, Virginia, and died Unknown. He married MARGARET HATTON 1720 in Virginia.

Children of WILLIAM BEAN are: 1. CAPT. WILLIAM BEAN, b. 09 Dec 1721, St. Stephens Parrish, Northumberland County, Virgina; d. May 1782, German Creek, Washington (now Grainger) County, Tennessee. 2. JANE BEAN, b. 1722, St. Stephens Parish, Northumberland County, Virginia; d. Abt. 1791, Sumner County, Tennessee; m. ROBERT BELL, Abt. 1748; b. Bef. 1718, Sumner County, Tennessee; d. Abt. 1791. 3. ELIZABETH BEAN, b. 25 Nov 1723, St. Stephens Parish, Northumberland County, Virginia; d. Aft. Jan 1800, German Creek, Grainger County, Tennessee. 4. GEORGE BEAN, b. Bef. 1724, St. Stephens Parish, Northumberland County, Virginia; d. Unknown. 5. ROBERT BEAN, b. 13 Jan 1724/25, St. Stephens Parish, Northumberland County, Virginia; d. Unknown. 6. EDMUND BEAN, b. Bef. 1730, St. Stephens Parish, Northumberland County, Virginia; d. Unknown. 7. JESSE BEAN, b. Bef. 1732, St. Stephens Parish, Northumberland County, Virginia; d. Unknown. 8. JOHN BEEN, b. 1735, Asheville, North Carolina; d. Unknown. Bibliography • 1721 Register of St. Stephen's Parish, Northumberland County, Virginia (birth of William) • 1723 Register of St. Stephen's Parish, Northumberland County, Virginia (birth of Elizabeth) • 1725 Register of St. Stephen's Parish, Northumberland County, Virginia (birth of Robert) • 1767: First List of Tithables, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Fifth Generation

Children of William Bean

1. CAPT. WILLIAM5 BEAN (WILLIAM4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 9 December 1721 in St. Stephens Parish, Northumberland County, Virginia, and died May 1782 in German Creek, Washington (now Grainger) County, Tennessee. He married LYDIA RUSSELL 1744 in Guilford County, North Carolina, daughter of WILLIAM RUSSELL and MARTHA HENLEY. She was born 29 Sep 1726 in North Farnham County, Virginia, and died before 18 June 1788 in Washington (now Grainger) County, Tennessee. They lived in the western portion of Halifax County, Virginia where William and others were ordered to lay out a rode from William's house to the courthouse. In 1766 they area in which they lived became Pittsylvania County. In 1768 and 1769 they sold source: http://www.larkcom.net/org/ancestry/bean/ 2 their land in Pittsylvania County and moved into the wilderness of the Great Smokey Mountains in what would later become eastern Tennessee. They built a cabin on a point between Boone's Creek and the Watauga River. It is said that William had hunted there with Daniel Boone and was familiar with the area. They were the first permanent white settlers in Tennessee. That same year their son Russell was born. The first white child born in Tennessee. Soon they were joined by Lydia's brothers John and George.

Children of WILLIAM BEAN and LYDIA RUSSELL are: 1. CAPT. WILLIAM BEAN, b. 1745, Augusta County, Virginia; d. Abt. 1825, Hawkins County, Tennessee. 2. ROBERT BEAN, b. Bet. 1747 - 1750, Halifax County, Virginia; d. Abt. 1793, Hawkins County, Tennessee. 3. JESSE BEAN, b. Abt. 1750, Halifax County, Virginia; d. 10 Sep 1829, Independence County, Arkansas. 4. GEORGE BEAN, b. 1754; d. Bef. 1820, Franklin County, Tennessee. 5. JOHN BEAN, b. 1760, Virginia; d. Abt. 1811, Washington County, Tennessee. 6. EDMUND BEAN, b. 1763, Halifax County, Virginia; d. 03 Dec 1807, Washington County, Tennessee. 7. JANE BEAN, b. 1766, Halifax County, Virginia; d. 1798, Grainger County, Tennessee. 8. SARAH BEAN, b. 1768, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; d. 1861, Fair Play, Oceolo County, Missouri. 9. RUSSELL BEAN, b. 1769, Washington County, Tennessee; d. 09 Jan 1826, Washington County, Tennessee; m. (1) CATHERINE ?; m. (2) RASAMOND ROBERTSON. Bibliography • 1767: First List of Tithables, Pittsylvania County, Virginia • 1768: Tennessee The Volunteer State Vol 1 - Biographies of professional individuals residing in Tennessee from 1769-1923, Page 50 • 1769: The Overmountain Men, Pat Alderman, The Overmountain Press, 1970, Page 13 • 1769: Tennessee The Volunteer State Vol 1 - Biographies of professional individuals residing in Tennessee from 1769-1923, Page 63 • 1776: Tennessee The Volunteer State Vol 1 - Biographies of professional individuals residing in Tennessee from 1769-1923, Page 166, 247 • 1776: DAR Patriot Index - Centennial Edition, Part I, 1990 • 1782: Last Will and Testament of William Bean, Jonesboro, Tennessee Courthouse, Vol I, page 4 • Records of Record of Births 1661-1810 Northumberland County, Virginia, abstracted and published by Beverly Fleet. Notes: Lydia Russell, sister of George Russell was probably not born in North Farnham Parish. Parish records indicate that the Lydia born there was the child of Joseph and Sarah Russell. There was a George Russell born in North Farnham Parish around the same time (30 Nov 1720) but parish records indicate his parents were George and Mary Russell. This research has also not found proof that William and Lydia married in Guilford County, North Carolina. 3. ELIZABETH5 BEAN (WILLIAM4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 25 Nov 1723 in St. Stephens Parish, Northumberland County, Virginia, and died Aft. Jan 1800 in German Creek, Grainger County, Tennessee. She married GEORGE RUSSELL Abt. source: http://www.larkcom.net/org/ancestry/bean/ 3 1750, son of WILLIAM RUSSELL and MARTHA HENLEY. He was born 1720 in Loudon County, Virginia, and died 1796 in Grainger County, Tennessee.

Children of ELIZABETH BEAN and GEORGE RUSSELL are: 1. GEORGE RUSSELL, b. 1748, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; d. 1820. 2. MAJOR WILLIAM RUSSELL, b. 1750, Tyron (now Rutherford), North Carolina; d. Bef. 13 Dec 1804, Dickson County, Tennessee. 3. SARAH RUSSELL, b. 09 Nov 1760, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; d. 05 Nov 1857, Riota, McMinn County, Tennessee; m. ISAAC LANE, Bet. 1778 - 1782, Washington County, North Carolina; b. 14 Feb 1760, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; d. 09 Nov 1851, McMinn County, Tennessee. 4. LYDIA RUSSELL, b. 1764, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; d. 1824, Rhea, Greene County, Tennessee. 5. MARY RUSSELL, b. 1767, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; d. 1829, Grainger County, Tennessee; m. NOEL JARNAGIN, Abt. 1782; d. Grainger County, Tennessee. 6. JEMIMA RUSSELL, b. 1770, North Carolina; d. 1850, Perry County, Tennessee. 7. ELIZABETH RUSSELL, b. Abt. 1772, Wautauga Settlement, Washington County, Tennessee; d. Aft. 1830, Perry County, Tennessee. 8. LEWIS RUSSELL, b. 05 Apr 1774, Watauga Colony, Washington County, Tennessee; d. Bef. 17 Jun 1855, Denton, Denton County, Texas. See GEORGE RUSSELL for the continuation of this line.

8. JOHN5 BEEN (WILLIAM4 BEAN, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 1735 in Asheville, North Carolina, and died Unknown. He married ELIZABETH HENDERSON.

Children of JOHN BEEN and ELIZABETH HENDERSON are: 1. EDMUND BEAN. 2. JESSIE BEAN. 3. ROBERT BEAN, b. 03 May 1764, Virginia; d. 17 Nov 1824, Tennessee. 4. WILLIAM JACOB BEAN, b. 24 Aug 1771; d. Unknown. Bibliography • 1767: First List of Tithables, Pittsylvania County, Virginia • 1771: Tennessee The Volunteer State Vol 1 - Biographies of professional individuals residing in Tennessee from 1769-1923, Page 60 Sixth Generation

Children of William Bean and Lydia Russell

1. CAPT. WILLIAM6 BEAN (WILLIAM5, WILLIAM4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 1745 in Augusta County, Virginia, and died Abt. 1825 in Hawkins County, Tennessee. He married (1) RACHEL BALL Abt. 1777 in Tennessee. She was born Abt. 1756 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, and died 10 Jan 1778. He married (2) ELIZABETH BLAIR 1782. She was born Bet. 1740 - 1770, and died Abt. 1818 in Washington County, Tennessee. source: http://www.larkcom.net/org/ancestry/bean/ 4 Child of WILLIAM BEAN and RACHEL BALL is: 1. AHAB BEAN, b. 10 Jan 1778, Boones Creek, Washington County, Tennessee; d. 02 Dec 1857, Avaco, Iowa County, Wisconsin. Children of WILLIAM BEAN and ELIZABETH BLAIR are: 2. PETER ELLIS BEAN, b. 08 Jun 1783, Grainger County, Tennessee; d. 03 Oct 1846, Jalapa, Mexico. 3. WILLIAM M. BEAN, b. 08 Feb 1785, Hawkins County, Tennessee; d. 1867, Scott County, Illinois. 4. FETNA BEAN, b. Abt. 1787, Hawkins County, Tennessee; d. Unknown; m. JOHN VALENTINE BULL. 5. ROBERT BEAN, b. 1789, Hawkins County, Tennessee; d. Unknown; m. CHRISTINE MILLER, 17 Oct 1817. 6. EDMUND BEAN, b. Abt. 1790; d. Unknown; m. MARGARET TAPPEN, 11 May 1820, Davidson County, Tennessee. 7. JESSE BEAN, b. Abt. 1794. 8. LYDIA BEAN, b. 1796, Grainger County, Tennessee; m. GOODMAN SCOTT, 07 Nov 1818, Grainger County, Tennessee. 2. ROBERT6 BEAN (WILLIAM5, WILLIAM4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born Bet. 1747 - 1750 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, and died Abt. 1793 in Hawkins County, Tennessee. He married RHODA LANE, daughter of DUTTON LANE and ELIZABETH OAKES.

Children of ROBERT BEAN and RHODA LANE are: 1. CAPTAIN JESSE BEAN, b. Abt. 1784, Independence County, Arkansas; d. Bef. 31 Jan 1844, Independence County, Arkansas; m. NANCY MILLER. 2. ELIZABETH BEAN, b. Abt. 1787; d. Bef. 1860; m. JOHN ELLIS, 1807. 3. AMY BEAN, b. Abt. 1788; m. TIDENCE LANE. 4. ROBERT BEAN, b. Abt. 1790; d. Abt. 1806. 5. ISAAC BEAN, b. Abt. 1793; d. Unknown. 3. JESSE6 BEAN (WILLIAM5, WILLIAM4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born Abt. 1750 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, and died 10 Sep 1829 in Independence County, Arkansas. He married ELIZABETH MITCHELL, daughter of JOAB/JACOB MITCHELL and MARY HENDERSON. She was born 1758 in Washington County, North Carolina, and died 10 Sep 1837 in Independence County, Arkansas. Jesse settled in the Mulberry Valley (present day Franklin County) of Arkansas before the Indians were driven out. He organized the first Sunday School in Pleasant Hill and was there in 1818. In 1818 all whites were driven out of the valley except Jesse and Judge Sanders who were allowed to remain because they were blacksmiths. In 1833 son-in-law Capt. William Russell (husband of daughter Lydia) joined Jesse in Arkansas.

Children of JESSE BEAN and ELIZABETH MITCHELL are: 1. ROBERT BEAN, b. 1779, Tennessee; d. 1847. 2. MARY BEAN, b. 12 Oct 1781; d. Unknown; m. JUDGE RUEBEN SANDERS. 3. WILLIAM BEAN, b. 09 Jan 1784; d. Bef. 1874. 4. ELIZABETH ANN BEAN, b. 09 Jan 1787, Tennessee; d. 12 Jul 1857, North Carolina; m. WILLIAM MINOR QUESENBURY, 1806. source: http://www.larkcom.net/org/ancestry/bean/ 5 5. JACOB BEAN, b. 30 Jun 1788; d. Unknown. 6. LYDIA BEAN, b. 1791, Tennessee; d. Unknown. 7. MARK BEAN, b. 04 Mar 1794; d. 1862, Arkansas; m. (1) NANCY SPARKS, Aft. 1828; m. (2) BETTY STEWART, 02 Nov 1828. 8. RICHARD HENDERSON BEAN, b. 03 Jun 1799; d. 15 May 1859, Texas; m. (1) REBECCA SMITH, Abt. 1843; d. 1843; m. (2) MARY JANE PARKS, 1845. 9. SUSAN BEAN, b. 13 Mar 1801; d. Abt. 1838; m. HENRY ANDERSON QUESENBURY, 1820; d. 1841. Bibliography: • 1776: DAR Patriot Index - Centennial Edition, Part I, 1990 • 1780: Tennessee The Volunteer State Vol 1 - Biographies of professional individuals residing in Tennessee from 1769-1923, Page 355 • 1780: Lyman C. Draper, LL. D, King's Mountain and Its Heroes: History of the Battle of King's Mountain, Call Number: 1510 • 1780: Register of Revolutionary War Soldiers, Fifteenth Virginia • 1808: Tennessee The Volunteer State Vol 1 - Biographies of professional individuals residing in Tennessee from 1769-1923, Page 853 4. GEORGE6 BEAN (WILLIAM5, WILLIAM4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 1754, and died Bef. 1820 in Franklin County, Tennessee. He married (1) JANE ? Abt. 1780. He married (2) PRUDENCE WINDHAM COPE Abt. 1800.

Children of GEORGE BEAN and JANE ? are: 1. GEORGE BEAN, b. Abt. 1780; d. Unknown; m. PEGGY ASHERT, 10 Jul 1798. 2. HAZARD BEAN, b. Abt. 1782; d. Unknown; m. NANCY HOWARD, 25 Nov 1805. 3. JESSE BEAN, b. Abt. 1795; d. Unknown; m. MARY ?. 4. MARK BEAN, b. 15 May 1796; d. Mar 1831. Children of GEORGE BEAN and PRUDENCE COPE are: 5. EDMUND I. BEAN, b. Abt. 1801; d. Unknown; m. ELIZABETH WHITFORD, 04 Jun 1828, Franklin County, Alabama; b. 12 Aug 1808, Ohio; d. 30 Apr 1837. 6. AMANDA BEAN, b. Abt. 1815; d. Unknown; m. HANCE REEVES. 7. JACOB M. BEAN, b. Abt. 1817, Tennessee; d. 06 Jul 1883, Denton, Texas; m. NANCY ANN BOWLING; b. 19 May 1826; d. 21 Jun 1883. 5. JOHN6 BEAN (WILLIAM5, WILLIAM4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 1760 in Virginia, and died Abt. 1811 in Washington County, Tennessee. He married SARAH JORDAN 12 May 1788 in Greenville, Green County, Tennessee.

Children of JOHN BEAN and SARAH JORDAN are: 1. ARTRY BEAN, m. SAMUEL MILLER, 07 Sep 1811, Washington County, Tennessee. 2. JOHN BEAN. 3. EDMUND BEAN. Bibliography • 1776: DAR Patriot Index - Centennial Edition, Part I, 1990 6. EDMUND6 BEAN (WILLIAM5, WILLIAM4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 1763 in Halifax County, Virginia, and died 03 Dec 1807 in Washington County, source: http://www.larkcom.net/org/ancestry/bean/ 6 Tennessee. He married MARGARET ELLIS, daughter of WILLIAM ELLIS and MARTHA ?. She was born about 1769, and died Aft. 1850 in Washington County, Arkansas.

Children of EDMUND BEAN and MARGARET ELLIS are: 1. LYDIA BEAN, b. Abt. 1800, Washington County, Tennessee; d. Unknown; m. JOSEPH CHINOTH, 21 Jul 1818, Washington County, Tennessee. 2. ELIZABETH BEAN, b. Abt. 1802, Washington County, Tennessee; d. Unknown; m. SANFORD CROUCH, 12 Sep 1822. 3. MARTHA BEAN, b. Abt. 1804, Washington County, Tennessee; m. CHARLES BACON, 15 Nov 1831, Washington County, Tennessee. 4. MARGARET BEAN, b. Abt. 1806, Washington County, Tennessee; m. ELIJA H. SHIPLEY, 26 Feb 1834. Bibliography: • 1850 Federal Census, Washington County, Arkansas, page 421a 7. JANE6 BEAN (WILLIAM5, WILLIAM4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 1766 in Halifax County, Virginia. In 1798 Jane along with Rosemond Robertson (who married Russell Bean) and Jemima Scroggins were involved in some sort of trouble and indicted. The warrant for there arrest was returned unserved, marked "Will not be taken, kept off by force and arms." Jane was killed by Indians 1798 in Grainger County, Tennessee, outside the walls of Bean Station. Accounts differ, once state that she was spinning and another that she went to a spring for water and was ambushed and scalped.

8. SARAH6 BEAN (WILLIAM5, WILLIAM4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 1768 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, and died 1861 in Fair Play, Oceolo County, Missouri. She married JOHN BOWEN Abt. 1790 in Pennsylvania, son of HENRY BOWEN and ANN CUNNINGHAM. He was born 1764 in Augusta County, Georgia, and died 1823 in Grainger County, Tennessee.

Child of SARAH BEAN and JOHN BOWEN is: 1. AHAB BOWEN. Children of John Been and Elizabeth Henderson

3. ROBERT6 BEAN (JOHN5 BEEN, WILLIAM4 BEAN, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 03 May 1764 in Virginia, and died 17 Nov 1824 in Tennessee. He married MARTHA WOMACK, daughter of JACOB WOMACK. She was born 20 Mar 1758, and died 1841 in Alabama.

Children of ROBERT BEAN and MARTHA WOMACK are: 1. WILLIAM BEAN, b. 12 Dec 1791, Franklin County, Georgia; d. 24 May 1830, Benton County, Alabama; m. MARGARET BEENE; b. 20 Sep 1795, Bunkum County, North Carolina; d. 23 Nov 1868, Tishomingo County, Mississippi. 2. SARAH BEAN, b. 06 Mar 1798, Franklin County, Georgia; d. 1868. Bibliography • 1776: DAR Patriot Index - Centennial Edition, Part I, 1990

source: http://www.larkcom.net/org/ancestry/bean/ 7 4. WILLIAM JACOB6 BEAN (JOHN5 BEEN, WILLIAM4 BEAN, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 24 Aug 1771, and died Unknown. He married MARTHA PACK. She was born 08 Aug 1774, and died Unknown.

Child of WILLIAM BEAN and MARTHA PACK is: 1. MARGARET BEENE, b. 20 Sep 1795, Bunkum County, North Carolina; d. 23 Nov 1868, Tishomingo County, Mississippi; m. WILLIAM BEAN; b. 12 Dec 1791, Franklin County, Georgia; d. 24 May 1830, Benton County, Alabama. Seventh Generation

Child of William Bean and Rachel Ball

1. AHAB7 BEAN (WILLIAM6, WILLIAM5, WILLIAM4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 10 Jan 1778 in Boones Creek, Washington County, Tennessee, and died 02 Dec 1857 in Avaco, Iowa County, Wisconsin. He married ISABELLE WALKER 1809.

Child of AHAB BEAN and ISABELLE WALKER is: 1. WILLIAM SEVIER BEAN. Children of William Bean and Elizabeth Blair

2. PETER ELLIS7 BEAN (WILLIAM6, WILLIAM5, WILLIAM4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 08 Jun 1783 in Grainger County, Tennessee, and died 03 Oct 1846 in Jalapa, Mexico. He married (1) MAGDALENE FALFAN DE LOS GODOS 1817. She was born Bet. 1779 - 1798, and died Bet. 1800 - 1883. He married (2) CANDACE MIDKIFF 1818 in Spadra, White County, Tennessee. She was born 12 Dec 1802 in Nashville, Tennessee, and died Dec 1848 in Douglas, Texas.

Children of PETER BEAN and CANDACE MIDKIFF are: 1. ISAAC THOMAS8 BEAN, b. 05 Mar 1821, Union County, Arkansas; d. 05 Jul 1898, Moody, Texas. 2. LOUISA JANE BEAN, b. 15 Aug 1823, 28 miles west of Nacogdoches, Mexican Territory; d. Nov 1843; m. WILLIAM YOUNG LACEY, 10 Jan 1841. 3. ELLIS M. BEAN, b. 08 May 1828; d. Unknown. 3. WILLIAM M.7 BEAN (WILLIAM6, WILLIAM5, WILLIAM4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 08 Feb 1785 in Hawkins County, Tennessee, and died 1867 in Scott County, Illinois. He married MARY POLLY MAUCK 05 Aug 1804 in Frederick County, Virginia.

Child of WILLIAM BEAN and MARY MAUCK is: 1. JOHN BEAN, b. 22 Jan 1807, Winchester, Clark County, Kentucky; d. 30 Apr 1866, Winchester, Illinois; m. ?, 20 Feb 1833. 4. ROBERT7 BEAN (WILLIAM6, WILLIAM5, WILLIAM4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was 1789 in Hawkins County, Tennessee. He married CHRISTINE MILLER 17 Oct 1817. Bibliography source: http://www.larkcom.net/org/ancestry/bean/ 8 • 1812: Notable Southern Families, Volumes I-II. Richmond, VA: n.p., 1918. • 1817: Dodd, Jordan. Tennessee Marriages to 1825. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 1997. Children of Jesse Bean and Elizabeth Mitchell

1. Col. ROBERT7 BEAN (JESSE6, WILLIAM5, WILLIAM4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 1779 in Tennessee, and died 1847. He married SALLY MILLER 06 Jun 1803 in Davidson County, Tennessee. By 1814 Robert and Sally migrated to Arkansas along with his brothers, Mark and Richard (and perhaps others) where Governor Miller appointed Robert, along with Roane, and James Billingsly to locate a site for the Pulaski County courthouse. Roane and Robert agreed on Little Rock and the Circuit Court agreed. That ended the Pulaski contest and gave Little Rock security and a chance to grow. Col. Robert Bean has been described as a pioneer of the Arkansas Territory. He ran the first keel boat up the White River and established himself at the mouth Polk Bayou near present day Batesville in 1814.

Children of ROBERT BEAN and SALLY MILLER are: 1. WILLIAM BEAN, b. 1804; m. BETSY CAROLINE REEVES. 2. POLLY BEAN, b. Apr 1806, Franklin County, Tennessee; m. THOMAS MOORE, 17 Nov 1825. 3. SAMUEL MILLER BEAN, b. 5 Sep 1809; m. 17 Nov 1826(?). 4. ELIZA BEAN, b. 5 Sep 1809, probably Bedford County, Tennessee; m. WILLIAM H. JOHNSON, 27 Nov 182, Independence County, Arkansas. 5. ELIZABETH BEAN, b. 23 Jul 1811. 6. JOHN R. BEAN, b. 25 Mar 1813; m. JANE ATCHISON. 7. ROBERT BEAN, b. 23 Jul 1815, Polk Bayou, Batesville, Arkansas; d. in infancy. 8. ROBERT T. BEAN, b. 01 Jan 1820, Independence County, Arkansas; d. 13 Dec 1862, Jack County, Texas; m. NANCY M. QUESENBURY, 22 Jul 1842, Franklin County, Arkansas; b. 30 Mar 1825, Wilson County, Tennessee; d. 26 Apr 1905, Cooke County, Texas. 9. JESSE BEAN, b. 25 Jul 1822, Arkansas; m. MARY (DICY ANN?) ?, 1850; b. c1830. 10. RICHARD BEAN, b. 25 Jul 1823 11. RICHARD M. BEAN, b. 7 Feb 1825; m. JUDY ANN ?, 1850, lived in Van Buren, Arkansas. 12. ANDREW JACKSON BEAN, b. 10 Jul 1840; lived in Van Buren, Arkansas. 13. HARRIET BEAN, b. unknown; m. RUBEN MARTIN; lived and died in Mulberry, Franklin County, Arkansas; buried in Dugan Cemetery, Franklin County, Arkansas. Bibliography • 1803: Dodd, Jordan. Tennessee Marriages to 1825. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 1997. • 1818: Pioneers and Makers of Arkansas. Little Rock, AR: Clearfield Press, 1908, page 157 • 1819 Tax List, Washington County, Tennessee • 1820: Pioneers and Makers of Arkansas. Little Rock, AR: Clearfield Press, 1908, page 115 • 1820 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas source: http://www.larkcom.net/org/ancestry/bean/ 9 • 1822: Pioneers and Makers of Arkansas. Little Rock, AR: Clearfield Press, 1908, page 87 • 1828 Tax List, Mulberry Township, Crawford County, Arkansas • 1829 State Census, Crawford County, Arkansas Territory • 1829 Tax List, Washington County, Tennessee • 1831 Tax List, Lawrence County, Tennessee • 1840 Federal Census, Crawford County, Arkansa 6. LYDIA7 BEAN (JESSE6, WILLIAM5, WILLIAM4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 1791 in Tennessee, and died Unknown. She married CAPT. WILLIAM RUSSELL, son of WILLIAM RUSSELL and AGNES SMITH. He was born 1789 in North Carolina, and died 30 May 1860 in Crawford County, Arkansas.

Children of LYDIA BEAN and WILLIAM RUSSELL are: 1. WILLIAM RUSSELL. 2. LEWIS RUSSELL. 3. MARY ANN RUSSELL, b. 23 Dec 1823, Tennessee; d. 1905, Crawford County, Arkansas; m. MARK H. WAGONER. 4. ELIZABETH RUSSELL, b. 1829; d. Unknown. 5. AMANDA RUSSELL, b. 1834, Arkansas; d. Unknown. See WILLIAM RUSSELL for the continuation of this line.

7. MARK7 BEAN (JESSE6, WILLIAM5, WILLIAM4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 4 March 1794 in Tennessee, and died Feb 1862. He married NANCY SPARKS of Tennessee after 1828, daughter of Robert P. Sparks.

Children of MARK BEAN and NANCY SPARKS are: 1. RICHARD H. BEAN; m. MARY L. LACY. 2. ADALINE BEAN; m. JAMES P. NEAL. Bibliography • 1813: War of 1812 Muster Rolls, National Archives • 1814 Tax List, Washington County, Tennessee • 1818: Pioneers and Makers of Arkansas. Little Rock, AR: Clearfield Press, 1908, page 157 • 1819 Tax List, Washington County, Tennessee • 1821 Tax List, Crawford County, Arkansas • 1829 State Census, Crawford County, Arkansas Territory • 1829 Tax List, Washington County, Tennessee • 1830 Tax List, Mulberry Township, Crawford County, Arkansas • 1830: House of Representatives. Digested Summary and Alphabetical List of Private Claims Which Have Been Presented to the House of Representatives, Vol. I. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1853. • 1832 Tax List, Mulberry Township, Crawford County, Arkansas • 1835 Tax List, Mulberry Township, Crawford County, Arkansas • 1836 Tax List, Mulberry Township, Crawford County, Arkansas • 1836 Tax List, Washington County, Arkansas • 1837 Tax List, Washington County, Arkansas • 1838 Tax List, Washington County, Arkansas • 1840 Federal Census, Cain Township, Washington County, Arkansas • 1838 Tax List, Washington County, Arkansas • 1850 Federal Census, Cane Township, Washington County, Arkansas • 1860 Federal Census, Cane Township, Washington County, Arkansas source: http://www.larkcom.net/org/ancestry/bean/ 10 • 1889: History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford, Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Chicago: The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1889. 8. RICHARD HENDERSON7 BEAN (JESSE6, WILLIAM5, WILLIAM4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 3 June 1799, and died 15 May 1859 in Texas. He married REBECCA SMITH. Bibliography • Pioneers and Makers of Arkansas. Little Rock, AR: Clearfield Press, 1908, page 164 • 1829 State Census, Crawford County, Arkansas Territory • 1830 Tax List, Mulberry Township, Crawford County, Arkansas • 1830: House of Representatives. Digested Summary and Alphabetical List of Private Claims Which Have Been Presented to the House of Representatives, Vol. I. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1853. • 1832 Tax List, Mulberry Township, Crawford County, Arkansas • 1833 Tax List, Crawford County, Arkansas • 1840 Federal Census, Franklin County, Arkansas • 1889: History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford, Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Chicago: The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1889. Children of Robert Bean and Martha Womack

2. SARAH7 BEAN (ROBERT6, JOHN5 BEEN, WILLIAM4 BEAN, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 06 Mar 1798 in Franklin County, Georgia, and died 1868. She married BENJAMIN FRANKLIN SELMAN Abt. 1816 in Franklin County, Tennessee, son of THOMAS SELMAN and JEMIMAH GREENLEASE. He was born 17 Nov 1795 in Elbert County, Georgia, and died 05 Jan 1873 in Cherokee County, Texas.

Child of SARAH BEAN and BENJAMIN SELMAN is: 1. SARAH SELMAN, m. ? LEWIS. Children of Edmund Bean and Margaret Ellis

4. MARGARET7 BEAN (EDMUND6,WILLIAM5, WILLIAM4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born about 1806 in Washington County, Tennessee and died after 1850 in Washington County, Arkansas. She married . ELIJA H. SHIPLEY on 26 Feb 1834. He was born about 1806 in Tennessee and died after 1859 in Washington County, Arkansas. Margaret and Elijah migrated to Arkansas about 1840 bringing her mother with them.

Children of MARGARET BEAN and ELIJAH SHIPLEY are: 1. John Shipley, b. about 1834, Tennessee. 2. William Shipley, b. about 1836, Tennessee. 3. Jesse(?) Shipley, b. about 1837, Tennessee 4. ? Shipley (m), b. about 1840, Arkansas 5. Edmund Shipley, b. about 1844, Arkansas Bibliography: • 1850 Federal Census, Washington County, Arkansas Eighth Generation source: http://www.larkcom.net/org/ancestry/bean/ 11

Child of Ahab Bean and Isabelle Walker

1. WILLIAM SEVIER8 BEAN (AHAB7, WILLIAM6, WILLIAM5, WILLIAM4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) He married SOPRONIA L. GEAR.

Child of WILLIAM BEAN and SOPRONIA GEAR is: 1. CHARLES EDWIN BEAN. Children of Peter Bean and Candace Midkiff

1. ISAAC THOMAS8 BEAN (PETER ELLIS7, WILLIAM6, WILLIAM5, WILLIAM4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 05 Mar 1821 in Union County, Arkansas, and died 05 Jul 1898 in Moody, Texas. He married NANCY ALKEMENIA BOONE 1848 in Cherokee County, Texas. She was born 14 Mar 1829, and died Unknown.

Children of ISAAC BEAN and NANCY BOONE are: 1. CANDACE AMERICA BEAN, b. 16 May 1849, Cherokee County, Texas; d. 04 May 1868, Whitehall, Bell County, Texas. 2. ELLIS AURELIUS BEAN, b. 05 Sep 1850, Cherokee County, Texas; d. 20 Mar 1924, Plainview, Texas; m. SARAH C. GRIMES, 08 Feb 1875, Bell County, Texas; b. 05 Sep 1850, Cherokee County, Texas; d. 20 Mar 1924, Plainview, Texas. 3. JAMES WASHINGTON BEAN, b. 15 Apr 1853; d. Unknown. 4. MARQUIS ALAMONTE BEAN, b. 13 Aug 1854; d. Unknown. 5. NANCY ELIZABETH BEAN, b. 01 Feb 1856, Bell County, Texas; d. Unknown. 6. THOMAS PRESTON BEAN, b. 11 May 1857, Bell County, Texas; d. 1935, Redlands, California; m. MOLLY DODDS JONES; b. 1869; d. 1934, Redlands, California. 7. MARY ALKEMENIA BEAN, b. 03 Jul 1859, Bell County, Texas; d. 1930, Demming, New Mexico; m. ? COLLINS. 8. WILLIAM BOONE BEAN, b. 06 Dec 1860; d. Unknown. 9. JOSEPH RADLIFF BEAN, b. 04 Jul 1863, Bell County, Texas; d. 06 Jan 1956, Moody, Texas. 10. CORNELIA LOUISA BEAN, b. 09 Feb 1866; d. 1951, Nolanville, Texas; m. ANDREW JACKSON EPPERSON, 15 Dec 1888; b. 24 Apr 1856, Tennessee; d. 21 Apr 1947, Stampede, Bell County, Texas. 11. ALICE BEAN, b. 13 Nov 1869, Bell County, Texas; d. 1968, Portland, Oregon. 12. EMMA BEAN, b. 17 May 1871, Bell County, Texas; d. Unknown; m. ? STEVENS. Children of Mark Bean and Nancy Sparks

1. RICHARD H.8 BEAN (MARK7, WILLIAM6, WILLIAM5, WILLIAM4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 16 Dec 1837 in Arkansas, and died after 1889. He married MARY L. LACY of Alabama.

Children of RICHARD BEAN and MARY L. LACY are: source: http://www.larkcom.net/org/ancestry/bean/ 12 1. BETTIE BEAN 2. OLA S. BEAN 3. WILLIAM H. BEAN 4. JOHN L. BEAN 5. MARY L. BEAN 6. NANCY BEAN 7. RUTH BEAN Bibliography • 1889: History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford, Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Chicago: The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1889. 2. ADALINE8 BEAN (MARK7, WILLIAM6, WILLIAM5, WILLIAM4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was died 1863 in Austin Texas. She married Col. JAMES P. NEAL 1849, the son of William Neal and Sinai Harreld. He was born 24 March 1820 in Butler County, Kentucky and died after 1889.

Children of RICHARD BEAN and MARY L. LACY are: 1. NORA NEAL 2. SAM BELL NEAL Bibliography • 1889: History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford, Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Chicago: The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1889. Ninth Generation

Child of William Bean and Sophronia Gear

1. CHARLES EDWIN9 BEAN (WILLIAM SEVIER8, AHAB7, WILLIAM6, WILLIAM5, WILLIAM4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) He married AMANDA KEZIA TAYLOR.

Child of CHARLES BEAN and AMANDA TAYLOR is: 1. MATTIE JESSE BEAN, m. JAMES GREEN ORANDER. Children of Isaac Bean and Nancy Boone

9. JOSEPH RADLIFF9 BEAN (ISAAC THOMAS8, PETER ELLIS7, WILLIAM6, WILLIAM5, WILLIAM4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 04 Jul 1863 in Bell County, Texas, and died 06 Jan 1956 in Moody, Texas. He married JODIE PAGE MCQUEARY Mar 1915 in Moffett, texas. She was born 18 Oct 1875 in Deaville, Texas, and died 01 Mar 1959 in Moffett, Texas.

Child of JOSEPH BEAN and JODIE MCQUEARY is: 1. MARY LEONA BEAN.

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