Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Matthew Beazell and Catherine [Unk]




Husband Matthew Beazell 1

           Born:  - ? Germany
     Christened: 
           Died:  - Rostraver Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA
         Buried: 
       Marriage: 



Wife Catherine [Unk] 1

           Born:  - ? Germany
     Christened: 
           Died:  - Fayette Co, PA
         Buried:  - Fell’s M. E. Church, Rostraver Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA


Children
1 M William Beazell 1

            AKA: William Beasell 2 3
           Born:  - Virginia
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried:  - Fell’s M. E. Church, Rostraver Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA
         Status: Twin
         Spouse: Rebecca Fell (1763-1853) 1 2 3


2 F Elizabeth Beazell 1

           Born:  - Virginia
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
           Note: Twin - Kentucky; Missouri



3 M Matthew Beazell 1

           Born:  - Virginia
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
           Note: Westmoreland Co, PA



4 F Christianna Beazell 1

           Born:  - Virginia
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
           Note: Westmoreland Co, PA



5 M John Beazell 1

           Born:  - Virginia
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
           Note: Trumbull Co, OH



6 M Luke Beazell 1

           Born:  - Virginia
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
           Note: Westmoreland Co, PA



7 F Catharine Beazell 1

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
           Note: Fayette Co, PA



8 F Barbara Beazell 1

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
           Note: near Bucyrus, Crawford Co, OH



9 M Joseph Beazell 1

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: in childhood
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry



General Notes: Husband - Matthew Beazell


He and his wife emigrated from the town of Basil, on the Rhine, Germany, meeting and becoming acquainted for the first time on shipboard during the passage to America. They settled in Berkeley County, Virginia, and were married soon after their arrival. In 1773 he moved with his family and settled in the township of Rostraver, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, on the farm later owned by William Jones.


General Notes: Wife - Catherine [Unk]


She survived her husband many years and died at the residence of her daughter Catharine, in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

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Sources


1 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 567.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 15.

3 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 141.


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