Ruth, I have the name Gowan/Gowen/Goin Beasley in my pile of Beasley stuff. I got the name from "A Supplement to a Study of the Barbee Familes of Chatham, Orange and Wake Counties in North Carolina by Shields et al" compiled by Kathryn Crossley Stone. Gowan/Gowen/Goin is mentioned as a grandson in the William Beasley will dated 1744. I descend from the Barbees and Beasleys who showed up in Orange County, NC around 1750. I'm looking for any information linking Henry Beasley of Orange County back to Essex County, Virginia. Cliff Beasley