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Asa BEE

Asa BEE

Male 1756 - 1826  (69 years)

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  • Name Asa BEE 
    Born 28 Aug 1756  Salem, Salem Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Military Revolutionary War soldier 
    Occupation Seventh Day Baptist Preacher 
    Residence (SETTLED)  Taylor Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Died 1826  Preston Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I20590  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 6 Feb 2008 

    Father Ephriam BEE,   b. 17 Jun 1714, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aug 1767, Gloucester Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years) 
    Mother Sophia FOLKES,   b. 1716,   d. 25 Nov 1795  (Age 79 years) 
    Family ID F17266  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rhoda COX 
    Married 5 Aug 1793  Gloucester Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Notes 
    • Since their daughter Sophia married in Salem County, New Jersey in Sep 1815, it is probable that the family's migration to Preston County (West) Virginia was after that date. The family appeared in the 1820 Census of Preston County. [1]
    Children 
     1. Jonathan BEE,   b. 1794, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1858  (Age 64 years)
     2. Keziah BEE
     3. Sophia BEE,   b. 1796,   d. 15 Jun 1845  (Age 49 years)
     4. Asa BEE, II,   b. 7 Aug 1798, Gloucester Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jun 1861  (Age 62 years)
     5. Ezekiel BEE,   b. 28 Aug 1800, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Feb 1893, Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years)
     6. Ephraim BEE,   b. 26 Dec 1802, Salem, Salem Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Oct 1888, Cabin Run, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
     7. Hannah BEE,   b. 26 Dec 1802, Salem, Salem Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Apr 1884  (Age 81 years)
     8. Amaziah BEE,   b. 15 May 1805, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jan 1894, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
     9. Mary BEE,   b. 6 Jun 1807,   d. 12 Jul 1853, Salem, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years)
     10. Josiah BEE,   b. 1809, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Mar 1886  (Age 77 years)
     11. Samuel BEE,   d. YOUNG
     12. John Davis BEE,   b. 26 Dec 1811, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Mar 1868  (Age 56 years)
    Family ID F7584  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 28 Aug 1756 - Salem, Salem Co, NJ Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S83] Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Susie Davis Nicholson, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 356.

    2. [S1667] Kathy Bee , (www.genealogy.com/users/b/e/e/Kathy-Bee-/TREE/index.html).

    3. [S293] History of Ritchie County, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 575.