This is James Beatty of the Revolutionary war and he had a dau named Rachel who married John Aber and their dau gave that quote in one of the histories of Allegheny co., PA. Anybody have the county history? History of Allegheny co., PA. Descendants of James Beatty Generation No. 1 1. JAMES2 BEATTY (UNKNOWN1) was born 1744 in PA, and died Abt. January 1828 in Allegheny co., PA-will proved. He married MARY KATHARINE ??. She was born Abt. 1780 in Ireland or PA. Children of JAMES BEATTY and MARY ?? are: i. JAMES CUNNINGHAM3 BEATTY, b. Abt. 1802, Pennsylvania; d. Bet. 1860 - 1870; m. ELIZABETH ??; b. Abt. 1803, Pennsylvania. ii. JANE BEATTY, b. Bet. 1808 - 1810, Pennsylvania; m. JAMES TORRENCE; b. Abt. 1801, Pennsylvania. iii. WILLIAM WALKER BEATTY, b. Bet. 1800 - 1810; d. Aft. 1880. iv. FEMALE BEATTY, b. Bet. 1800 - 1810 v. RACHEL BEATTY, b. January 02, 1800, PA; d. September 10, 1872, Allegheny co., PA; m. JOHN ABER; b. January 03, 1800, PA; d. April 16, 1862, Allegheny co., PA. vi. ELI BEATTY, m. LILLY ??. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lois" <lekort@comcast.net> To: <BP2000-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 1:55 PM Subject: Re: [BP2000] James Beatty of PA