I found this on the web-- can not find the URL -- does anybody recognize it??Candee Notes NOTE: Most researchers do NOT believe that the Mary shown here is his daughter! Ninian Beall "came as an indentured Cromwellian Prisoner, served thirty-five years, lived to be 92, was six feet, 7 inches tall.... His thrift and perseverance made him an outstanding character of his day. He lived at `Fife Large', near what is now Georgetown, D.C." Georgetown is named for his youngest son, George. "The Beall family were people who stood pioneer life with fine physique...." - "Register of Maryland's Heraldic Families," Alice Norris Parran (Balt.: H.G.Roebuck & Son), p. 59. Ninian was Burgess, 1684; gave land for Presbyterian Church and presented it a silver Communion Service. Mary is not on the list of his known children! Largo, his birthplace, is on a lovely bay along the Firth of Forth NE of Edinburgh, Scotland. The surname Beal(l) or Bell is said to derive from ancient Druid priests known as "Na Belich" or the priests of Baal. There were 18 Beal, Beale and Bell immigrants to Maryland before 1700, and various Ninians, mostly from Scotland. Ninian was a devout Presbyterian and helped begin the congregation in Calvert County, MD - he sent to Scotland for a pastor and in 1685 the Rev. Nathaniel Taylor and his congregation arrived (about 25 families, believed to include Mary and Sarah Beall/Bell). They were given land in present-day Prince George's County. Sarah m. into the Magruder family, which was close to Ninian. The Presbyterian settlement is now New Scotland, MD.