LAW, Mary b. 1758 Durham, England d. Aft 2 Sep 1850 Myrtle, Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA: WETZEL Extended Family & More

LAW, Mary

1758 - Aft 1850 (> 92 years)

Name	LAW, Mary [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
	Mary Bee in the U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 Name: Mary Bee Marriage Place: Columbia, Pennsylvania Residence Place: Columbia, Pennsylvania Father: Thomas Bee Spouse: Robert Gilbert Spouse Father: Robert Gilbert Spouse Mother: Mary Gilbert Event Type: Marriage Intention (Marriage) Monthly Meeting: Catawissa Monthly Meeting Historical Meeting Data: Search for this monthly meeting in the 'Quaker Monthly Meetings Index' Yearly Meeting: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Meeting State: Pennsylvania Meeting County: Columbia Robert Gilbert, son of Robert Gilbert deceased, and Mary his wife, and Mary Bee daughter of Thomas Bee deceased, and Mary his wife, appearing in this meeting declared their intention of marriage with each other; the consent of Robert's mother is expressed in writing- and Mary's mother being present , expressed her consent- William Ellis and Joseph Carpenter are appointed to make the necessary inquiry of Robert's charnys(?) on the occasion and report to next meeting. Muncy Monthly Meeting 21st of 8th mo. 1805- ,,, Joseph Carpenter and William Ellis report they have complied with their appointment on the inquiry respecting Robert Gilbert's (clearnys...?) etc. and find nothing to obstruct and that the young people appearing and declaring the continuation of their intentions of marriage as minuted at last meeting- They are left at liberty to accomplish the same according to good order- and Jesu Haines and William Ellis are appointed to attend the same, and see that it is so conducted, and to have the marriage certificate put on record- . and the distance from their habitation and circumstances of this nature being opened to the meeting and spoken to- friends are united in a belief that on the present occasion it will be proper to indulge the accomplishing the marriage at the close of this meeting-- the shutter being lowered and the meeting made public for that purpose. Source Citation Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Minutes, 1799-1819; Collection: Quaker Meeting Records; Call Number: MR-PH 270 Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: •Swarthmore, Quaker Meeting Records. Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. •North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes. Hege Friends Historical Library, Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina. •Indiana Yearly Meeting Minutes. Earlham College Friends Collection & College Archives, Richmond, Indiana. •Haverford, Quaker Meeting Records. Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania.
Birth	1758	Durham, England [4, 5, 9]
	Northumberlandshire, England (Durham Co?)
Gender	Female
Immigration	Abt 1800 [1, 8]
	With her second husband, John Bell
Census	1830	Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA [10]
	age 70-80
	Bee, John 0/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 1/ 1/ 0/ 1/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 0 0/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 1/ 0/ 0/ 0 Bell, William 0/ 1/ 2/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 1/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 0 3/ 0/ 2/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 1/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 0 consistent with her (Mary Law Bee Bell) birth date (70-80)- jcw, 21.04.01
Census 1850	2 Sep 1850	Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA [3, 11, 12]
	age 92, England "Mary Bell"
	20250505GHLn- re-worked 20181117HAv- Ages revised, Potter Benson & John Bee, from 55 to 33- 1850 United States Federal Census about John Benson date 2nd Sept 1850 John Radachick? Name: John Benson Age: 7 birth: ca 1843 Pennsylvania Gender: male Home: Ceres, McKean, PA Family: 640 Household Potter Benson 33 NY farmer Henriette Benson 34 PA Stalira Benson 13 PA Gulielma Benson 11 PA Mary Benson 9 PA John Benson 7 PA Elizabeth Benson 3 PA Harriet Benson 1 PA 637: Thomas Bee 61 England farmer Mira " 51 PA wife Olge " 16 PA laborer Mary " 13 PA Mira " 13 PA Robert " 10 PA Adelaid " 8 PA Thomas " 6 PA 839: John Bee 55 England farmer Deborah Bee 49 NY Mary Bell 92 England 641: Thomas Gilbert 43 PA farmer Deliann " 23 NY Statira " 1 IA Mary " 60 England Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania; Roll: M432_795; Page: 42B; Image: 748. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
LDS	Mary Law L4QQ-BXB
Settled	Among the first settlers of Ceres Twp, PA [13]
FSID	L4QQ-BXB
Name	Mary Bell Mrs
	20250505GHLn- re-worked 20181117HAv- Ages revised, Potter Benson & John Bee, from 55 to 33- 1850 United States Federal Census about John Benson date 2nd Sept 1850 John Radachick? Name: John Benson Age: 7 birth: ca 1843 Pennsylvania Gender: male Home: Ceres, McKean, PA Family: 640 Household Potter Benson 33 NY farmer Henriette Benson 34 PA Stalira Benson 13 PA Gulielma Benson 11 PA Mary Benson 9 PA John Benson 7 PA Elizabeth Benson 3 PA Harriet Benson 1 PA 637: Thomas Bee 61 England farmer Mira " 51 PA wife Olge " 16 PA laborer Mary " 13 PA Mira " 13 PA Robert " 10 PA Adelaid " 8 PA Thomas " 6 PA 839: John Bee 55 England farmer Deborah Bee 49 NY Mary Bell 92 England 641: Thomas Gilbert 43 PA farmer Deliann " 23 NY Statira " 1 IA Mary " 60 England Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania; Roll: M432_795; Page: 42B; Image: 748. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
Name	Mary Shields Law
Death	Aft 2 Sep 1850	Myrtle, Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA [5]
	Myrtle (GNIS FID: 1182144) is a populated place located within the Township of Ceres, a minor civil division (MCD) of McKean County. The elevation of Myrtle is 1,460 feet. Myrtle appears on the Shinglehouse U.S. Geological Survey Map. McKean County is in the Eastern Time Zone (UTC -5 hours). Myrtle, PA (Ceres?-jcw 18.01.04) Myrtle (GNIS FID: 1182144) is a populated place located within the Township of Ceres, a minor civil division (MCD) of McKean County.
Person ID	I22814	WETZEL-SPRING

Father	LAW, John, b. Abt 1725, England d. 1805, Yorkshire, England (Age 80 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	SHIELDS, Mary, b. Abt 1730, Northumberland, England
Relationship	natural
Marriage	England
Family ID	F528	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 BEE, I Thomas, b. 1743, Northumberland, England d. 1798, England (Age 55 years)

Marriage 20 Nov 1787 Allendale, Northumberland, England [3, 4, 5]

Notes

[Lewis by Edna Lovesky.FTW]

1 NOTE Married to John Bell after the death of her first HusbandThomasBee.
[Lewis by Edna Lovesky.FTW]

1 NOTE Married to John Bell after the death of her first HusbandThomasBee.
[Lewis by Edna Lovesky.FTW]

1 NOTE Married to John Bell after the death of her first HusbandThomasBee.
[Lewis by Edna Lovesky.FTW]

1 NOTE Married to John Bell after the death of her first HusbandThomasBee.
[Lewis by Edna Lovesky.FTW]

1 NOTE Married to John Bell after the death of her first HusbandThomasBee.

Children

	1. Bee, John, b. 9 Oct 1794, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, England [Father: natural] [Mother: unknown]
	2. BEE, Mary Law, b. 8 Mar 1790, Northumberland, England d. Abt Oct 1862, Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 72 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: unknown]
	3. Bee, Thomas George Jr., b. 19 Oct 1788, Allendale, Northumberland, England d. 1882, Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 93 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: unknown]

Family ID F9059 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 2 Bell, John sr, b. Abt 1760, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, England d. 1828, Bells Run, Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 68 years)

Marriage 21 Sep 1800 Cornwood, Devon, England

Meeting jt 24 Jul 1805 Muncy, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, USA [14]

The committee appointed on the request of John and Mary Bell- behalf of their children being admitted into membership- have complyed with their appointment to a good degree of satisfaction and are of the mind it may be right to allow their request and this meeting jointly with mens Meeting concurs herein.

U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 for Robert Gilbert Lycoming, Pennsylvania
Pennsdale and Muncy Monthly Meetings
? Minutes, 1799-1820
U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935
Name Robert Gilbert
Marriage Place Lycoming, Pennsylvania
Residence Date 24 Jul 1805
Residence Date on Image 24 Seventh 1805
Residence Place Lycoming, Pennsylvania
Spouse Mary Bee
Event Type Marriage Intention
Monthly Meeting Pennsdale and Muncy Monthly Meetings
Type (Orthodox or Hicksite) Pre-Separation
Yearly Meeting Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
Meeting State Pennsylvania
Meeting County Lycoming
Others in Record Mary Bee

Pennsdale and Muncy Monthly Meetings ? Minutes, 1799-1820
The committee appointed on the request of John and Mary Bell- behalf of their children being admitted into membership- have complyed with their appointment to a good degree of satisfaction and are of the mind it may be right to allow their request and this meeting jointly with mens Meeting concurs herein.

Robert Gilbert and Mary Bee appeared at this meeting and expressed their intentions of marriage with each other. Elizabeth Whitely and Abigale Willson are appointed to make the needful enquiry respecting the young womans clearness from such like engagements and report to our next monthly meeting.
...
Muncy Monthly Meeting of Women friends held the 21 of the mo 1805.
The representatives were all present.

Children

	1. Bell, Welding, b. Aft 1800 [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	2. Bell, John jr, b. 2 Mar 1796, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, England d. 2 May 1874, Bells Run, Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 78 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: Stepchild]
	3. Bell, Mary S., b. Aft 1800 d. 1862 (Age < 60 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	4. Bell, William, b. 10 May 1788, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, England d. 3 Oct 1878, Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 90 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: Stepchild]
	5. Bell, Caroline, b. Aft 1800 [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	6. Bell, Wilson P., b. Abt 1828 d. 1910 (Age 82 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	7. Bell, Robert Newton DDS, b. Abt 1830, New York State, USA d. 1870 (Age 40 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	8. Bell, Rowland Robinson, b. 7 Apr 1844, Genesee Twp, Allegany, New York, USA d. 6 Mar 1906, Tucumcari, Quay, New Mexico, USA (Age 61 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F4051 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Event Map

	Birth - 1758 - Durham, England
	Marriage - 21 Sep 1800 - Cornwood, Devon, England
	Meeting jt - The committee appointed on the request of John and Mary Bell- behalf of their children being admitted into membership- have complyed with their appointment to a good degree of satisfaction and are of the mind it may be right to allow their request and this meeting jointly with mens Meeting concurs herein. - 24 Jul 1805 - Muncy, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, USA
	Death - Aft 2 Sep 1850 - Myrtle, Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA

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		census 1850 USA PA McKean Ceres 20250505GHLn- re-worked 20181117HAv- Ages revised, Potter Benson & John Bee, from 55 to 33- 1850 United States Federal Census about John Benson date 2nd Sept 1850 John Radachick? Name: John Benson Age: 7 birth: ca 1843 Pennsylvania Gender: male Home: Ceres, McKean, PA Family: 640 Household Potter Benson 33 NY farmer Henriette Benson 34…

Notes

[Lewis by Edna Lovesky.FTW]

Her mother was Mary Shields Law. Born in (or about) 1758 in Durham County, England. After the death of her first husband, Thomas Bell, she kept a store in Allendale, Northumber County , which is near the Scotland line. In 1800 she married John Bell. It took most of her money to pay his debts and later that year they came to America. With them came her children, Thomas, John, and Mary Bee, and his 2 sons, John and William Bell. They lived in Philadelphia ab out 2 years, when they moved to Cerricetown, Pa., Now Ceres, New York. She was known a s a Quaker Preacher. She died about 1850. The drinking horn, the wooden bowl, the almanac, t he needle case, the spice box which Aunt Ruth has, the ivory discs which Aunt Grace has, were brought to this country by Mary Law Bee Bell. It was said that some of her ancestors belonged to the East India Company and brought them (or some of them) from the East. My mother said that, as a girl of 12 years, Mary Law roamed the streets of London alone, all the rest of the family having died of the plague.

Mary and John Bell are buried in the Cemetery at Myrtle, Pa. the land for which was given by Potter Benson.
e-mail: Merlyn Wetzel- 14.08.00, "Potter Benson"-

Potter Benson's children were:
Brice Briggs Benson, b. June 11, 1851 in Ceres; m. Eva Finch ,1883; 2 children, Anna and Glenn.
Statira C., m. Justus Rice
Guliellma M., m.F.G.Fuller
Mary, m. G.W.Lewis
John, (killed at the battle of Gettysburg)
Elizabeth, m. R.R. Bell
Harriet, m. Alvah Hall
Rebecca
Mrs. Benson's maternal grandmother, Mary Law, was born in England and married, for her first husband, Thomas Bee, and for her second husband, John Bell, and with her second husband came to America , about 1800, bringing her five children, Thomas, Mary, and John Bee, and William and John Bell, and were among the first settlers of Ceres Township. Thomas Bee and his Brother John, uncles of Mrs. Benson, and natives of England, were also pioneers of Ceres, John paying for the homestead and caring for his mother and stepfather while they lived.
... copied from Beers history of Mckean, Cameron Elk and Potter Counties.
___________________________________
"History of Ceres..." p.42-
"John Bell and his wife lived many years in the home they had made at the mouth of the stream still called Bell's Run. He was buried in a little plot of ground on the north shore of the stream, near his wife's grand-daughters, the Gilbert girls. It is now the Myrtle cemetery. He died in 1828. His wife survived him more than twenty years, and the wonderfully strong, vigorous constitiution, gave way to many of the ills that beset old age."
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[Lewis by Edna Lovesky.FTW]

Her mother was Mary Shields Law. Born in (or about) 1758 in Durham County, England. After th e death of her first husband, Thomas Bell, she kept a store in Allendale, Northumber County , which is near theScotland line. In 1800 she married John Bell. It took most of her money to pay his debts and later that year they came to America. With them came her children, Thomas, John, and Mary Bee, and his 2 sons, John and William Bell. They lived in Philadelphia ab out 2 years, when they moved to Cerricetown, Pa., Now Ceres, New York. She was known a s a Quaker Preacher. She died about 1850. The drinking horn, the wooden bowl, the almanac, t he needle case, the spice box which Aunt Ruth has, the ivory discs which Aunt Grace has, wer e brought to this country by Mary Law Bee Bell. It was said that some of her ancestors be l onged to the East India Company and brought them (or some of them) from the East. My mother said that, as a girl of 12 years, Mary Law roamed the streets of London alone, all the rest of the family having died of the plague.

Mary and John Bell are buried in the Cemetery at Myrtle, Pa. the land for which was given by Potter Benson. e-mail: Merlyn Wetzel- 14.08.00, "Potter Benson"-

Potter Benson's children were:
Brice Briggs Benson, b. June 11, 1851 in Ceres; m. Eva Finch ,1883; 2 children, Anna and Glenn.
Statira C., m. Justus Rice
Guliellma M., m.F.G.Fuller
Mary, m. G.W.Lewis
John, (killed at the battle of Gettysburg)
Elizabeth, m. R.R. Bell
Harriet, m. Alvah Hall
Rebecca
Mrs. Benson's maternal grandmother, Mary Law, was born in England and married, for her first husband, Thomas Bee, and for her second husband, John Bell, and with her second husband came to America , about 1800, bringing her five children, Thomas, Mary, and John Bee, and William and John Bell, and were among the first settlers of Ceres Township. Thomas Bee and his Brother John, uncles of Mrs. Benson, and natives of England, were also pioneers of Ceres, John paying for the homestead and caring for his mother and stepfather while they lived.
... copied from Beers history of Mckean, Cameron Elk and Potter Counties.
___________________________________
"History of Ceres..." p.42-
"John Bell and his wife lived many years in the home they had made at the mouth of the stream still called Bell's Run. He was buried in a little plot of ground on the north shore of the stream, near his wife's grand-daughters, the Gilbert girls. It is now the Myrtle cemetery. He died in 1828. His wife survived him more than twenty years, and the wonderfully strong, vigorous constitiution, gave way to many of the ills that beset old age."
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Sources

[S137] Merlyn Wetzel, e-mail: Merlyn WETZEL, Mary Law.
Mrs. Benson's maternal grandmother, Mary Law, was born in England and married, for her first husband, Thomas Bee, and for her second husband, John Bell, and with her second husband came to America , about 1800, bringing her five children, Thomas, Mary, and John Bee, and William and John Bell, and were among the first settlers of Ceres Township. Thomas Bee and his Brother John, uncles of Mrs. Benson, and natives of England, were also pioneers of Ceres, John paying for the homestead and caring for his mother and stepfather while they lived.
... copied from Beers History of Mckean, Cameron Elk and Potter Counties.
Mrs. Benson's maternal grandmother, Mary Law, was born in England and married, for her first husband, Thomas Bee, and for her second husband, John Bell, and with her second husband came to America , about 1800, bringing her five children, Thomas, Mary, and John Bee, and William and John Bell, and were among the first settlers of Ceres Township. Thomas Bee and his Brother John, uncles of Mrs. Benson, and natives of England, were also pioneers of Ceres, John paying for the homestead and caring for his mother and stepfather while they lived.
... copied from Beers History of Mckean, Cameron Elk and Potter Counties.
[S1558] M.W. Mann & Maria King, History of Ceres and its near vicinity, from its early settlement in 1798 to the present, (Name: Olean, NY: Gillett & Weston, 1896;), 36, 37. consolidate 20190228HAv- (3) into.
"Mary (BEE) Bell, wife of John Bell, Sr., was one of the notable characters in the early history, and most of the elderly people about the country still remember her, as she lived until 1850. She was a strong, resolute woman and frequently used to take a pail of butter and go to Olean and exchange it for its value in sugar and tea and return the same day, walking both ways. She did this the latter part of the thirties, but became nearly blind and had to stay pretty closely at home for a number of years before her death. She was noted for her cordial hospitality. She was from Northumberlandshire, and used its peculiar dialect, and was always ready with a "gude coop of tay" for all who came. She was a model of neatness, and her house, though not large, was nicer than any one's else in the early days. It was nicely furnished, because her husband made the furniture, and he was a good workman. This furniture is now highlyt prized by those who have come into its possession. The house was built of hewed logs and had a framed addition. With Mary Bell is associated the name of Kitty Hanson, a child whom she had taken from an asylum in Phila. The child had been taken by the city authorities from an old woman who was begging with her, but to whom it was evident she did not belong. She could tell something about her home, and it was believed that both her parents had died of yellow feber, and that she had been stolen by this bagrant woman so that she could the better appeal to the sympathies of people while begging. This girl, after many years, became the wife of William Smith. Through her long life there was always an intense desire to know her own early history, and if she had any relatives. After her death, Mrs. Mann, of Coudersport, wrote a little history of her, which was highly prized by her children, and which I would like to include in this volume, but Mrs. Mann thinks it hardly best. Mrs. Smith was a faithful wife and mother and a true woman."-m.k.
[S1720] Public Member Trees, N/A, Database online. Edna Lovesky's Family2, Owner: orca67 Last viewed: John Bell http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/12174064/person/-319971383?ssrc=&ftm=1 20180314 RVA John Bell.
Record for John Bell
[S394] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online., Skinner/Schinzel-Ahlemeyer/Haines Tree J_Ahlemeyer.
Record for Thomas BEE Ryan/Catalan/Aguilar, Owner: gale catalan Source has 1851, 1861, and more census figures for Thomas, who died in 1798. Also, ca 20 children, many clearly from the next 2 or 3 generations. The big question is, are Thomas' parents, Robert Bee and Mary Keenleyside Bee, correct? -jcw 14.03.2011 NYC
Record for Thomas BEE
Ryan/Catalan/Aguilar, Owner: gale catalan

Source has 1851, 1861, and more census figures for Thomas, who died in 1798.
Also, ca 20 children, many clearly from the next 2 or 3 generations.
The big question is, are Thomas' parents, Robert Bee and Mary Keenleyside Bee, correct?
-jcw 14.03.2011 NYC
[S394] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online., Skinner/Schinzel-Ahlemeyer/Haines Tree J_Ahlemeyer.
Record for Mary Law Lee, Jr Family Tree, Owner: roblee714 Last viewed: Mary Law

[S1223] Ancestry.com, U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), marriage- Robert & Mary BEE GILBERT Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Minutes, 1799-1819; Collection: Quaker Meeting Records; Call Number: MR-PH 270.
Record for Mary Bee (12) facts
20250423GHLn- edited
Mary Bee in the U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935
Name: Mary Bee
Marriage: Columbia, Pennsylvania
Res: Columbia, Pennsylvania
Father: Thomas Bee
Spouse: Robert Gilbert
his Father: Robert Gilbert
his Mother: Mary Gilbert
Event: Marriage Intention (Marriage)
Monthly Meeting: Catawissa Monthly Meeting
Historical Meeting Data: Search for this monthly meeting in the 'Quaker Monthly Meetings Index'
Yearly Meeting: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
Meeting State: Pennsylvania
Meeting County: Columbia

transcribed- jcw20170614
Robert Gilbert, son of Robert HGilbert deceased, and Mary his wife, and Mary Bee daughter of Thomas Bee deceased, and Mary his wife, appearing in this meeting declared their intention of marriage with each other; the coment(sic) of Robert's mother is expressed in writing- and Mary's mother being present , expressed her comment- William Ellis and Joseph Carpenter are appointed to make the necessary inquiry of Robert's changes(?) on the occasion and report to next meeting.

Muncy Monthly Meeting 21st of 8th mo. 1805-
,,,
Joseph Carpenter and William Ellis report they have complied with their appointment on the inquiry respecting Robert Gilbert's (clearnys...?) etc. and find nothing to obstruct and that the young people appearing and declaring the continuation of their intentions of marriage as minuted at last meeting- They are left at liberty to accomplish the same according to good order- and Jesu Haines and William Ellis are appointed to attend the same, and see that it is so conducted, and to have the marriage certificate put on record- . and the distance from their habitation and circumstances of this nature being opened to the meeting and spoken to- friends are united in a belief that on the present occasion it will be proper to indulge the accomplishing the marriage at the close of this meeting-- the shutter being lowered and the meeting made public for that purpose.

Source Citation
Swarthmore College;
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Minutes, 1799-1819;
Collection: Quaker Meeting Records;
Call Number: MR-PH 270

Source Information
Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Original data:
•Swarthmore, Quaker Meeting Records. Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.
•North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes. Hege Friends Historical Library, Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina.
•Indiana Yearly Meeting Minutes. Earlham College Friends Collection & College Archives, Richmond, Indiana.
•Haverford, Quaker Meeting Records. Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania.

US, Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 - Robt & Mary BEE GILBERT
20250423GHLn-
Mary Bee in the U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935
Name: Mary Bee
Marriage: Columbia, Pennsylvania
Res: Columbia, Pennsylvania
Father: Thomas Bee
Spouse: Robert Gilbert
his Father: Robert Gilbert
his Mother: Mary Gilbert
Event: Marriage Intention (Marriage)
Monthly Meeting: Catawissa Monthly Meeting
Historical Meeting Data:…

[S1223] Ancestry.com, U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), Bee Gilbert Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Marriages, 1799-1882; Certificates of Removal (Issued), 1799-1887; Collection: Quaker Meeting Records; Call Number: MR-PH 285.
Record for Thomas Bee
U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935
Name Thomas Bee
Death Place Ocean, New Jersey
Spouse Mary
Event Type Death
Monthly Meeting Little Egg Harbor Monthly Meeting
Yearly Meeting Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
Meeting State New Jersey
Meeting County Ocean

Thomas Bee Mary
Thomas jr 1788 Mira Clendennon 7.17.1799 d of Robert & Elizabeth (Battin)
Mary 1790 1862 Cerestown, McKean, PA Muncy Mtg, PA 8/21/1805 Robert Gilbert, jr s of Robert & Mary
John 1796 Henrietta Gilbert 1800

Thomas Bee, jr 1788 Mira Clendennon 7/17/1799 d of Robert & Elizabeth (Battin)
Mary 1863 John Tyler
Robert Fulton 1841
Adelaide 1863 John Hoyt
George 1844

Mary Bee (senior) widow of Thomas Bee John Bell

US Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 - Thomas BEE
U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935
Name Thomas Bee
Death Place Ocean, New Jersey
Spouse Mary
Event Type Death
Monthly Meeting Little Egg Harbor Monthly Meeting
Yearly Meeting Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
Meeting State New Jersey
Meeting County Ocean

Thomas Bee Mary
Thomas jr 1788 Mira Clendennon 7.17.1799 d of Robert & Elizabeth…

[S137] Merlyn Wetzel, e-mail: Merlyn WETZEL.
Mrs. Benson's maternal grandmother, Mary Law, was born in England and married, for her first husband, Thomas Bee, and for her second husband, John Bell, and with her second husband came to America , about 1800, bringing her five children, Thomas, Mary, and John Bee, and William and John Bell, and were among the first settlers of Ceres Township. Thomas Bee and his Brother John, uncles of Mrs. Benson, and natives of England, were also pioneers of Ceres, John paying for the homestead and caring for his mother and stepfather while they lived. ... copied from Beers History of Mckean, Cameron Elk and Potter Counties.
Mrs. Benson's maternal grandmother, Mary Law, was born in England and married, for her first husband, Thomas Bee, and for her second husband, John Bell, and with her second husband came to America , about 1800, bringing her five children, Thomas, Mary, and John Bee, and William and John Bell, and were among the first settlers of Ceres Township. Thomas Bee and his Brother John, uncles of Mrs. Benson, and natives of England, were also pioneers of Ceres, John paying for the homestead and caring for his mother and stepfather while they lived.
... copied from Beers History of Mckean, Cameron Elk and Potter Counties.
[S1558] M.W. Mann & Maria King, History of Ceres and its near vicinity, from its early settlement in 1798 to the present, (Name: Olean, NY: Gillett & Weston, 1896;), 126. 20190228HAv- consolidated (2) - (2).
"Mary BELL wsa ninety-two, and her son Thomas far in the nineties."
[S1559] census 1830 USA PA McKean, consistent with her birth date (70-80)- jcw, 21.04.01.
Bee, John 0/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 1/ 1/ 0/ 1/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 0 0/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 1/ 0/ 0/ 0 Bell, William 0/ 1/ 2/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 1/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 0 3/ 0/ 2/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 1/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 0 consistent with her birth date (70-80)- jcw, 21.04.01
Bee, John 0/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 1/ 1/ 0/ 1/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 0 0/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 1/ 0/ 0/ 0
Bell, William 0/ 1/ 2/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 1/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 0 3/ 0/ 2/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 1/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 0

consistent with her birth date (70-80)- jcw, 21.04.01

[S273] 1850 United States Federal Census, census 1850 USA PA McKean, Year: 1850; Census Place: Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania; Roll: M432_795; Page: 42B; Image: 748.Page 84 BENSON, BEE Bell GILBERT.
John Benson (36) facts

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1850 United States Federal Census about John Benson
date 2nd Sept 1850
John Radachick?
Name: John Benson
Age: 7
birth: ca 1843
Pennsylvania
Gender: male
Home: Ceres, McKean, PA
Family: 640
Household
Potter Benson 33 NY farmer
Henriette Benson 34 PA
Stalira Benson 13 PA
Gulielma Benson 11 PA
Mary Benson 9 PA
John Benson 7 PA
Elizabeth Benson 3 PA
Harriet Benson 1 PA
637:
Thomas Bee 61 England farmer
Mira " 51 PA wife
Olge " 16 PA laborer
Mary " 13 PA
Mira " 13 PA
Robert " 10 PA
Adelaid " 8 PA
Thomas " 6 PA
839:
John Bee 33 England farmer
Deborah Bee 49 NY
Mary Bell 92 England
641:
Thomas Gilbert 43 PA farmer
Deliann " 23 NY
Statira " 1 IA
Mary " 60 England

Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania; Roll: M432_795; Page: 42B; Image: 748.
Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.

census 1850 USA PA McKean Ceres
20250505GHLn- re-worked
20181117HAv- Ages revised, Potter Benson & John Bee, from 55 to 33-
1850 United States Federal Census about John Benson
date 2nd Sept 1850
John Radachick?
Name: John Benson
Age: 7
birth: ca 1843
Pennsylvania
Gender: male
Home: Ceres, McKean, PA
Family: 640
Household
Potter Benson 33 NY farmer
Henriette Benson 34…

[S276] 1880 United States Federal Census, census 1880 USA PA McKean Ceres, Page 84.
[S137] Merlyn Wetzel, e-mail: Merlyn WETZEL, re: Bell, Benson, LAW.
Is this folder still accessible? jcw, 04.04.2011

[S1223] Ancestry.com, U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), Haverford College; Haverford, Pennsylvania; Minutes, 1799-1820; Collection: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes; Call Number: R3.20.1.
Record for Robert Gilbert
(6) facts
20250423GHLn- edited

U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 for Robert Gilbert Lycoming, Pennsylvania
Pennsdale and Muncy Monthly Meetings
? Minutes, 1799-1820
U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935
Name Robert Gilbert
Marriage Place Lycoming, Pennsylvania
Residence Date 24 Jul 1805
Residence Date on Image 24 Seventh 1805
Residence Place Lycoming, Pennsylvania
Spouse Mary Bee
Event Type Marriage Intention
Monthly Meeting Pennsdale and Muncy Monthly Meetings
Type (Orthodox or Hicksite) Pre-Separation
Yearly Meeting Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
Meeting State Pennsylvania
Meeting County Lycoming
Others in Record Mary Bee

Pennsdale and Muncy Monthly Meetings ? Minutes, 1799-1820
The committee appointed on the request of John and Mary Bell- behalf of their children being admitted into membership- have complyed with their appointment to a good degree of satisfaction and are of the mind it may be right to allow their request and this meeting jointly with mens Meeting concurs herein.

Robert Gilbert and Mary Bee appeared at this meeting and expressed their intentions of marriage with each other. Elizabeth Whitely and Abigale Willson are appointed to make the needful enquiry respecting the young womans clearness from such like engagements and report to our next monthly meeting.
...
Muncy Monthly Meeting of Women friends held the 21 of the mo 1805.
The representatives were all present.

US Quaker Meeting Records 1805- Robert GILBERT.jpg
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U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 for Robert Gilbert Lycoming, Pennsylvania
Pennsdale and Muncy Monthly Meetings
? Minutes, 1799-1820
U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935
Name Robert Gilbert
Marriage Lycoming, Pennsylvania
Res 24 Jul 1805
Residence Date on Image 24 Seventh 1805
Lycoming, Pennsylvania
Spouse Mary…

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