From the NJ Genealogical Society: NEW LIGHT ON THE ORIGIN OF COLONEL JOSEPH BEAVERS Contributed by Oliver D. Drake The extract below taken from the docket (1802... 1808) of Robert Beavers, Esq., a Justice of the Peace, provides the long sought clue to the origin of the Colonel Joseph Beavers, Revolutionary Soldier, and his brother Robert (the justice in whose book the entry appears). After finding this record in the original docket on file in the Sussex County Court House at Newton, NJ, the present contributor forwarded a copy to Harold A. Sonn, genealogist of the Beavers Family association. Reference to the discovery will be noted in a recent issue of the "Beaver Log" published by the family. THE DEPOSITION SUSSEX TO WIT Personally appeared before me Robt Beavers one of the justices of the peace for said county. Robt Beavers son of William Beavers deceased of the County of Hamshear State of Virginia and being sworn according law saith that in the month of Octor in the year 1802 he the said Robt Beavers took an assignment from Mary Philips his mother of the state of Virginia on two serten obligationes the one obligation for thirty seven pound ten shillings given by Robt Beavers of the Township of Mansfield and county of Sussex to the above named Mary Philips dated 21st day of April 1800, the other obligation being Given by Moses Beavers of the same place for the sum of twenty pounds to the sd Mary Philips dated the 21st day of April of 1800 and this deponent Saith that on the night of the 20 Feby Last on his way from the state of Virginia to this place he loged at Right's tavern in the State of Pennsylvania at wch time and place his saddle bags in which was his pockett book which contained som money and the two obligations above described were taken from him in a .......... manner this deponent saith he made strict inquiry for them but get no account of at this time and have reason to sespect and doth sespect a traveler that lodged in the same room who calld his name John Turner for taken the same and saith Not : signed Robert Beavers Taken and subscribed before me the 7th day of March 1805 signed Robt Beavers Received the 7th day of March 1805 of Robt Beavers three dollars in part of the above ......... bond of one hundred dollars signed Robert Beavers I, Robert Beavers Son of William Beavers Late of the state of Virginnia dec'sd Recd of Robert Beavers, Esq the sum of one hundred dollars in full of a serten obligation Given by the said Robert Beavers Esq dated the 21st day of April in the year 1800 payable to Mary Philips attory for the heirs of said William Beavers which obligation is said to be loost. Robert Beavers attorney for Mary Philips Whitnes signed......... John Beavers Best, Bob Smith Port Murray,, NJ

There are many different theories about the ancestry of Col. Beavers, none of which is the final word on the subject. Here is a site that has a lot of information on Col Beavers Some of the information about the colonel was provided by myself to the owner of the site. I do not trust the work of Harold Sonn as far as the colonel's past or his brief synopsis of the Col's service during the war (which I find imaginative), but find Sonn's work of the descendants of colonel Beavers very reliable. Here is the main page of the site: http://www3.telus.net/cliffordweb/ Here is the page that has the info on Col Beavers: http://www3.telus.net/cliffordweb/content/generation3.html - John Robert Smith <hawkridge@worldnet.att.net> wrote: >From the NJ Genealogical Society: NEW LIGHT ON THE ORIGIN OF COLONEL JOSEPH BEAVERS Contributed by Oliver D. Drake The extract below taken from the docket (1802... 1808) of Robert Beavers, Esq., a Justice of the Peace, provides the long sought clue to the origin of the Colonel Joseph Beavers, Revolutionary Soldier, and his brother Robert (the justice in whose book the entry appears). After finding this record in the original docket on file in the Sussex County Court House at Newton, NJ, the present contributor forwarded a copy to Harold A. Sonn, genealogist of the Beavers Family association. Reference to the discovery will be noted in a recent issue of the "Beaver Log" published by the family. THE DEPOSITION SUSSEX TO WIT Personally appeared before me Robt Beavers one of the justices of the peace for said county. Robt Beavers son of William Beavers deceased of the County of Hamshear State of Virginia and being sworn according law saith that in the month of Octor in the year 1802 he the said Robt Beavers took an assignment from Mary Philips his mother of the state of Virginia on two serten obligationes the one obligation for thirty seven pound ten shillings given by Robt Beavers of the Township of Mansfield and county of Sussex to the above named Mary Philips dated 21st day of April 1800, the other obligation being Given by Moses Beavers of the same place for the sum of twenty pounds to the sd Mary Philips dated the 21st day of April of 1800 and this deponent Saith that on the night of the 20 Feby Last on his way from the state of Virginia to this place he loged at Right's tavern in the State of Pennsylvania at wch time and place his saddle bags in which was his pockett book which contained som money and the two obligations above described were taken from him in a .......... manner this deponent saith he made strict inquiry for them but get no account of at this time and have reason to sespect and doth sespect a traveler that lodged in the same room who calld his name John Turner for taken the same and saith Not : signed Robert Beavers Taken and subscribed before me the 7th day of March 1805 signed Robt Beavers Received the 7th day of March 1805 of Robt Beavers three dollars in part of the above ......... bond of one hundred dollars signed Robert Beavers I, Robert Beavers Son of William Beavers Late of the state of Virginnia dec'sd Recd of Robert Beavers, Esq the sum of one hundred dollars in full of a serten obligation Given by the said Robert Beavers Esq dated the 21st day of April in the year 1800 payable to Mary Philips attory for the heirs of said William Beavers which obligation is said to be loost. Robert Beavers attorney for Mary Philips Whitnes signed......... John Beavers Best, Bob Smith Port Murray,, NJ ==== NJHUNTER Mailing List ==== Visit the Updated Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter ============================== Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search presents - Jib Jab's 'Second Term'