Hello, This is probably of no help whatsoever - other than to say there were many Beales way back round the Bromsgrove area and linked to the big "Quaker contingent" of Bowaters who headed off to Pennsylvania....... Look on Rootsweb for Beales there are lots, or through the Bowater link on rootsweb. I am a Bowater descendant from Worcestershire, not linked to the Quaker group unless they all hook up prior to 1650 Bye, Jilly