Just going thru my Beall mail and came across Cary's reference to Ninian Edmonston Beall. Ann Maria Stricker Beall married a Ninian Beall (11/7/1780) and had 12 children, but she didn't marry Ninian Edmonston Beall. The Ninian Beall who married Anna Maria was son of James Beall d. 1795, Frederick Co. No one is quite sure of James' ancestry, but it's postulated that he's of Nathaniel of James of Alexander. Here's what I've got for Ninian Edmunston's ancestry: 1 Alexander BEALL (~1621 - ) & Margaret RAMSAY | 1a Alexander BEALL* (1649 - 1744) & UNKNOWN | | 1 Ninian Sr. Of Alexander BEALL (1686 - ~1771) & Ruth ( - >1749) | | | 1 Benjamin BEALL (1710 - <1765) & Mary Ann EDMONSTON (1733 - ~1765) | | | | 1 Ninian Edmonston BEALL ( - <1787) | 1b Alexander BEALL* (1649 - 1744) & Elizabeth BUCKERFIELD (1685 - 1724) The Ninian who married Anna Maria d. 1831, Brooke Co. VA/WV. All of this was proven by Susan H. Beall in the Beall Genealogical News in a letter dated February 17, 1996. I paid close attention to this because Ninian is brother of Basil, my 4G Grandfather. If anyone wants the text of her letter, I've got it. James Beall Wylie wrote a book financed by my Great Aunts Simms' (according to family legend) which has confused the WV Bealls for decades because of its errors. In it he mentions Ninian Edmonston as husband of Anna Maria. At some point, I'll post a submission to the News about the Ninians and who they are...15 I think. Lisa Simms Surnames of Greatest Interest--Simms, Beall, Horrocks, Clark, Wright My Simms Family: http://www.world.std.com/~lsimms/simms1.html >Hi, > >Is anyone out there interested in information on Captain Charles >Gassaway, who married Ruth Beall, daughter of Ninian Beall. > >Or > >Harry Hammond, married Mary born 1784 daughter of Ninian Edmonston >and Ann Maria (Stricker) Beall, a descendant of Ninain Beall and >Alexander Magruder? > >These are in the book Anne Arundel Gentry. I'd be happy to type up the >information from the book, if someone wants it. > > > >Happy to help. > >Cary Schooling Campbell