Hi, I am new to the list but I am also a decendant of Ninan Beall, I think. first I thought it was alexander Beall but now I think it is Ninan. I would love to have a copy of Ninan's Will. Shawnnee Lisa Simms wrote: > > Hi Dennis, > > I'll bet Bill Beall of the Beall Genealogical News has a copy of the will, > maybe not in electronic format, but he can get it to you. > > Beall Family Association > PO Box 33918 > Portland, OR 97292-3918 > > Now you wouldn't happen to have that portrait of Ninian in eformat, would > you? I'd be interested in seeing it. I'll hafta check, but there was a > portrait like you described illustrated in the BGN in issues past. I > recall that the identity of the individual was in question...'tho it was a > Beall. > > Nope, wrong image. But I found the one to which, I imagine, you refer in > Volume IV, #2, June 1994. There're 2 on the page...one _very_ naif and one > attractive portrait in the Early American style. Caption of the "nice" > image says it was submitted by Ted and Mary Taylor of Burson, CA with > source unknown. Maybe Bill can make you a color copy or get you in touch > with Ted and Mary. > > If you get Ninian's will in eformat, I hope you'll post it to the list. > Should make for good reading! > > Lisa Simms > Surnames of Greatest Interest--Simms, Beall, Horrocks, Clark, Wright > Sims GEDCOM Project : http://www.world.std.com/~lsimms/simms2.html > moving to: http://people.ne.mediaone.net/lsimms/simms2.html > Beall Search : http://people.ne.mediaone.net/lsimms/beall0.html > Sims Search : http://www.webdudes.com/sims/sims.html > > At 2:22 PM -0700 6/30/98, Dennis wrote: > >Hi folks: > > > >Iím hunting for the full text of Col. Ninian Beallís 1717 will. Iíve got > >excerpts, but really need the whole thing. > > > >Iím also wondering if anybody out there happens to know who has the one > >surviving portrait of the colonel. Iíve got a couple of very grainy b > >and w photocopies of it, but would sure like to see the original in full > >color. A copy of the portrait accompanies an article by George Magruder > >Battey published during the 1920s in the Columbia Historical Society > >journal. The Smithsonianís National Portrait Gallery in Washington lists > >it but says it has no idea where the original is or who painted it. From > >the look of Ninian, it looks like he was in his mid-forties, which would > >put it around 1670, shortly after his marriage to Ruth. It looks to be > >in the ìnaiveî style of art. I seem to recall hearing that Ninianës > >portrait might be somewhere in Georgia, but thatís the closest I can > >come. Iím sure the Smithsonian and the Maryland state archives would > >really like to know as well. Thanks. > > > >dennis bell (of the Largo, Fife Bells) > >Burnaby, B.C. > >Canada