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Subject: [NJHUNTER] Beatty Family Origins
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2000 16:09:30 EST

Maybe this will help regarding the American origins of the Beatty family.
Cooley, in his, "Genealogy of the Early Settlers of Trenton & Ewing (Old
Hunterdon County) New Jersey," says:

"John Beatty, the ancestor of the Beatty family of this region, was an
officer of the British army, a native of county Antrim, Ireland, of
Scotch-Irish descent and Presbyterian creed. He married a lady of English
origin, whose family had removed to Ireland during the
Rebellion.....Christiana, daughter of James Clinton and sister of Charles
Clinton, whose son George was successively General in the army of the
Revolution, Governor of New Jersey, and Vice President of the United states.
Mrs. Beatty, after the early death of her husband, emigrated, in company with
her brother, Charles Clinton, and her four children, to America. After a
protracted voyage of nearly twenty-four weeks, they landed at Cape Cod, in
1729, having suffered greatly from the want of both food and water, which
cost the lives of many passengers. They settled finally at Orange, NJ Her
children were Elizabeth, married Mr. Denniston, and died on the voyage;
Charles; Mary, married James Gregg; and Martha married Mr. McMillan.

Cooley goes on to say that John's son, Charles was evidently the one who
settled in the Hunterdon County area. My interest in the Beatty family stems
from Mary Beatty born April 21, 1747, the daughter of Charles Beatty & Ann
Reading. Mary married Reverend Enoch Green(e), one of my ancestors. Cooley
lists a lot of additional info about the Beatty family in Hunterdon County,
NJ. I'm pretty sure the book is available on interlibrary loan. I was lucky
to get a used copy from one of the genealogy book sites on the web. Hope this
helps.

Ronnie Greene

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