I goofed-- the email address for the Maryland Marriages is <A HREF="http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/refserv/stagser/ssu1500/html/ss u1527.html#list">Marriage References - Maryland State Archives</A> Then Just type in "B" for Beall and there they are: or if you want I will print them all out for you now--- The introduction explains that the date is not always the marriage date but is just a date that is refered to in a court document which states the couple are living as man and wife at that time in history. So ithey have differentiated the two dates by the following: the actual marriage date is denoted: m. ----date------ and the other is : m. by ----date-----. So John Beall and Verlinda Magruder did marry 1712, and the 1736 date referrenced an administration record that can be found in the Md. archives. However--- does anyone out there have a more definitive date for their marriage than 1712. BEAL John, m. by 9 Oct 1724, Elizabeth, sister of Andrew Norwood (BALR IS#G:387). John, m. by 22 April 1736, Virlinda, , dau. of Sarah Magruder, widow, of PG Co. (MDAD 13:31). BEALE John, m. by 8 Dec 1701, Elinor, extx. of Hugh Teares of CH Co. (MDTP 19a, 75, 78). John, m. by 12 May 1718, (N), extx. of Francis Crompton of CH Co. (MINV 1:488). Richard, m. by 12 May 1719, Martha, dau. of John Bowling (MDAA 1:422). Capt. Richard, m. by 1684, Audrey, sister of William Godwin (ARMD 5:421). Thomas, m. by 28 April 1746, Mary, widow of Richard Griffen of SM Co. (MDAd 22:248). BEALL (N), m. by 10 Nov 1735, Mary, dau. of Capt. Archibald and Jane Edmonston of PG Co. (MDAD 14:23). (N), m. by 10 Nov 1755, Mary, dau. of Capt. Archibald Edmonston of PG Co. (MDAA 14:26). (N), m. by 1765, Priscilla Clark (MWB 34:187). Andrew, m. Margaret (N) and in 1781 had issue (PGWB T#1: 141): Richard, Eliza, Andrew, Nancy, Eliza m. (N) Brown, and (N), m. (N) Offutt. Basil, m. 24 Oct 1780, by Rev. Clement Brooke, Arianna Beall MO Co. (MHS, p. 244). Benj., m. by 12 Nov 1763, Ann, dau. of Richard Dorsey of AA Co. (MDAD 50: 44, 45, 51:133). George, m. 22 Dec 1779, by Rev. Clement Brooke, Eliza Beall, MO. Co. (MHS p. 203). George, m. by 1796, Anne Trueman Greenfield, dau. of Gerard S. (PGWB T#1:390). James, Jr., m. by 27 Jan 1717, Mary, dau. of Archibald Edmondston (PGLR E:550, F:25). James, m. by 1730, Sarah Cooms; she m. 2nd, John Haswell (PGLR Q:109). John, m. by 1719, Eleanor, dau. of Walter Bayne of CH Cio. (ARMD 38:257). John, PG Co., m. by 11 April 1728, Elizabeth, dau. of John Fendall of CH Co. (PGLR M, 322). John, of Alex., m. by 1731, Verlinda Magruder (PGWB 1:235, 240). John, m. by 16 Oct 1736, (N), dau. of Madam Eliza Fendall of CH Co. (MDAD 15:249). John Fendall, m. by 1771 Mary Wilkinson (PG T#1:117) Josiah, m. by 1787, Mary, and issue (PG T#1:249): John, Walter, and Mary. Levin, m. 14 July 1779, by Rev. Clement Brooke, Esther Campbell, of MO Co. (MHS, 244). Peter, m. by 21 Aug 1755, Elizabeth, admx of Charles Barnes (BFD 1:48). Richard, m. by Jan 1771, Sarah, relative and devisee of Col. Jeremiah Belt of PG (MDTP 44:32). Thomas, m., 14 Jan 1779, by Rev. James Hunt, Catherine Brown (MHS, p. 204). William, m. by Feb 1753, Sarah, dau. of Ninian Magruder of PG Co. (MDAA 33:333).