Joachium Beasley

July 7, 2013. From Melinda Lukei. My great-great grandfather Joachium Beasley served in the Civil War. I know he was crewman on the Merrimac in 1862 during his service. He was in Company B. 61st Regiment, Virginia infantry with Captain W. M. Hopkins. He enlisted 8 Aug 1861 in Norfolk County for one year. He was captured in Fredericksburg, VA May 3, 1863.

September 21, 2010. In Deed Book 23 page 27 Currituck, NC Henry Beasley and wife Sally Waterfield d/o Michael Waterfield and Comfort Litchfield were included in property of Malachi Waterfield being sold off to the highest bidder 1 Aug 1840 recorded 21 Sept 1840 Currituck, NC. The others listed in this sale were children of Michael Waterfield and Lydia Litchfield. Michael states in his will that he had a grandson Joachium Beasley. Joachium Beasley is living with Sally's brother Johnson Waterfield on the 1850 census. Ezekiel Beasley b 1835 with John W. Beasley b 1825 and Amy b 1828 on 1850 census. Found two brothers of the first Ezekiel but neither listed any children in their wills.

Henry Beasley and Sally Waterfield
1. Amy Beasley md Abraham M. Waterfield, Jr. d wd 7 Dec 1829 wp Feb 1830 Currituck Co., NC
2. Ezekiel Beasley b ca 1810-15 died by 1850 census md 2st unknown wife. md 2nd Sally Waterfield b ca 1820 d before 1850 d/o Abraham M. Waterfield.
3. Caleb Beasley wd 15 April 1834 wp May 1834 wb 3 Currituck Co., NC wife Nancy
4. William Beasley wd 31 Dec 1831 wp Feb 1832 wb 3 Currituck Co., NC md Lydia d/o Henry and Letisha White.

Ezekiel Beasley and 1st wife
1. Ezekiel Beasley b 1835 d wd 1 Dec 1862 wp 21 Feb 1863 md 6 Nov 1856 Carolina Dunton (list sisters and brothers Carolina Bowton, Ann Ancel, John M. and half brother Joachium Beasley
2. Rhoda Caroline (referred to many times as Caroline) Beasley b 7 Nov 1823 d 24 Nov 1895 md ca 1840 Timothy Bowden b 27 Nov 1800 d 11/12 Aug 1888. Timothy Bowden md 1st md ca 1828 Mary Beasley
3. Ann Beasley b 21 Aug 1826 d 23 July 1894 md William (Bill) Ansell b 7 Oct 1816 d 25 Aug 1872 s/o William Ansell and Ann or Harriett
4. Capt John M. Beasley d 24 June 1842 md Nancy White (lived at David Waterfield's place in Blackfoot) (per Alyde Beasley) Nancy White and Sara wife of J. C. Waterfield were sisters d/o's of William White and Sara.
5. Caleb Beasley md Mary Caleb sells land of Jacob Litchfield. 2nd wife Sally Waterfield
6. Joachium J. Beasley b 8 Mar 1842 (orphan in 1850 census) d 26 Sept 1885 burial at family grave yard on Woodleigh Road md 8 July 1866 Mary Ann Smith b 13/31 May 1849 d 16 Dec 1892 d/o James Smith and Letitia Grimstead. Joachium enlisted B Co 61st Reg 8 Aug 1861. On the Virginia in Civil War 1862 Serial No C. J. R R 181. Joachium J. Beasley sells land that belonged to Jacob Litchfield dec'd. Grandson of Michael Waterfield and Lydia Litchfield (Michael Waterfield's will wd 19 Jan 1855 wp 7 Feb 1856 wp 4 page 203 Currtuck, NC

Rhoda Caroline Ann Beasley and Timothy Bowden
1. Lydia Beasley Bowden b 11 Jan 1843 d 6 Mar 1914 md 18 Nov 1883 William Cooper s/o Samuel Cooper and Mary N.
2. Judy Bowden b 1845
3. William Timothy Bowden b 2 Feb 1847 d 5 Aug 1918 md 4 Mar 1908 Mary C.(Polly C.) Ansell b 15 Oct 1846 d/o Jonathan and Sarah Ansell.
4. Henry Bowden b 1849 md 23 Dec 1880 Minerva Corprew b 27 Dec 1857 d 13 Sept 1883 d/o J. W. and M.E. Corprew
5. Ann M. Bowden b 1852 md 27 Feb 1878 Caleb Etheridge s/o Thomas Etheridge and Betsy
6. Leonard Bowden b 1852
7. Joachum A. Bowden b 1853 md 2 Jan 1875 Cornelia A. Ansell b 14 July 1847 d 22 Nov 1891 d/o Malachi Ansell & Elizabeth, md 2nd 21 April 1892 PACo, VA Emily J. Smith b 1872 d/o Noah & Sarah Smith. Emily md 1st -Bonney
8. Samuel J. Bowden b 19 Dec 1853/4 (tombstone and death certificate give different year) d 25 May 1923 md Lenora b 1859, md 2nd 10 Mar 1878 Georgiana A. Morse (marriage says Moss but death certificate correct) b 26 Aug 1858 d 10 Feb 1896 d/o John H. Morse and Nancy W. Smith, md 3rd 27 May 1897 Ludicy H. Simpson b 1873 d 1 Jan 1917 d/o Taylor Beasley and Elizabeth (she was md 1st 13 July 1890 William A. Simpson, md 4th Susie Wilson. Samuel J. was a Mason.
9. Caleb Bowden b 1856 md 2 Jan 1879 Lydia A. Waterfield b 1859 d 28 July 1895 d/o David Waterfield & Polly
10. Joseph A. Bowden b 1856 d 21 Oct 1921 buried Eastern Shore Chapel in VA Beach, VA
11. John W. Bowden b 2 Aug 1861, d 8 April 1904 md 29 Mar 1891 Mary B. Morse b Mar 1854 d/o John H. Morse and Nancy W. Smith (sister to Samuel's 2nd wife)
12. Ivy D. Bowden b Dec 1860/67 md 1st Lydia (listed on Willie C.'s marriage as his mother) md 5 Feb 1896 Mary N Cooper b Aug 1876 d/o Samuel Cooper and Mary N
13. Emily Bowden b ca 1865 md 23 Sept 1885 William H. Harrison (no parents listed on marriage)
14. Louisa Bowden b 1869 Timothy Bowden had 5 more children by his 1st wife Mary Beasley, children John b 1830 md Emma, Martha b 14 Sept 1833 d 7 April 1880 md Tully Frost Dozier, Timothy Bowden b 1836 d 1 Oct 1913 md Mary Frances Beasley b 3 June 1838 d 10 Nov 1021 d/o John Beasley and Mary Wicker, Ann Eliza Bowden b 1838 md 1st Edmond Gordon md 2nd Gideon Grimstead and Mary Bowden b 1840.

Ann Beasley and Willliam Ansell
1. Andrew J. Ansell b 10 July 1843 d 3 Mar 1907 md Rebecca Ann Beasley b 4 Feb 1844 d 17 Sept 1921 d/o Joshua Beasley and Elizabeth Bonney. a son Caleb Beasley Ansell b 20 June 1875 d 20 Oct 1949
2. Mary (Polly) Ansell b 1845 d 1925 md David Grimstead b 1847 d 1925
3. Ezekiel B. Ansell b 1852 d 15 Oct 1927 md 4 Dec 1873 Miriam Metheney Waterfield (Aunt Puss). He was in Civil War.
4. Lydia Ansell b 5 Aug 1852 d 8 May 1915 md Bud Bowden, md 2nd Virginius Waterfield
5. William Ansell b 1857 md 25 Dec 1871 Mary M. Whitehurst
6. Sally Ann Ansell b 17 Oct 1860 d 5 Jan 1937 Currituck, NC md Jesse T. Bowden b 19 July 1845 d 5 Dec 1921 s/o William Bowden and Mary Ann Bailey

Joachium Beasley and Mary Ann Smith
1. Alice Virginia Beasley b 17 Nov 1867 d 14 April 1955 md 14 Jan 1886 Cornelius Edward Jones b 13 Sept 1867, d 22 June 1935 s/o Cornelius Edward Jones and Lydia Ann Waterfield. He was a farmer
2. Infant Beasley b 22 Oct 1869 d 22 Oct 1869
3. John Calvin Beasley b 15 Oct 1871 (bible & tombstone d 27 Feb 1957 md Lydia Estelle (Stella) Whitehurst b 27 Jan 1878 d 30 Dec 1957 d/o John Hardy Whitehurst and Lydia Litchfield
4. Walter Leroy Beasley b 5 May 1876 d April 1953 md 17 July 1904 Susan Elizabeth Litchfield (one of triplets b 19 Aug 1888 d 1968 d/o Jessie D. Litchfield and Lenora Scott
5. Ann S. Beasley b 14 April 1878 d 16 July 1883 Currituck, NC buried Cason Point Road and HWY 615.
6. Millard James Beasley b 21 Feb 1880 d --June ---
7. Annie F. Beasley b 11 Oct 1883 d 2 July 1965 md 28 Dec 1902 David B. Waterfield b 24 Nov 1880 d 27 Nov 1943 s/o David Waterfield and Lydia B. Cooper

Alice Virginia Beasley and Cornelius Edward Jones
1. Eulith Christine Jones b 27 Aug 1885, d 29 June 1944 md Dennis Capps b 1889 d 23 Aug 1945 56 yrs old s/o Enoch Capps and Caroline V. (Carrie) Waterfield. They only lived together a short time, (I heard less than a month.) but never divorced, no issue.
2. Myrtle Vance Jones b 17 June 1893, d 25 June 1956 md 5 May 1910 Floyd Linworth Williams b 25 Aug 1889, d 19 May 1970 s/o Robert Williams and Mary Emma Simpson

Myrtle Vance Jones and Floyd Linworth Williams
1. Catherine Mary Williams b 29 Oct 1914 md 30 June 1930 Lionel Harvey Etheridge b 12 Sept 1910 d 20 Dec 1995 s/o Napoleon Bonaparte Etheridge and Betty O'Neal children Carole Fay b 20 April 1937 Bufflo, NY and Marylin Gayle b 14 July 1948 Norfolk, VA
2. Every Vance Williams b 29 Mar 1919, d 19 May 1980 md 11 Jan 1936 Alvah Lee Jones b 20 Feb 1912 Knotts Island, Currituck Co., NC, d 18 April 1961 Baltimore, MD s/o Paul Campbell Jones and Laurel Cornelia White children Melinda Ann and Deanna Leigh (see under John Malachi Jones and Lydia Ann Bonney)

John Calvin Beasley and Lydia Estelle (Stella) Whitehurst
1. Roland Joachium Beasley b 12 May 1897 d 14 Aug 1953 md 8 May 1922 Maude Louise Williams b 1904 d/o Morrison Williams and Mary Ella Simpson no children
2. Emory Hope Beasley b 5 July 1902 d 24 May 1984 VA Beach Hospital buried Knotts Island, NC md 23 Dec 1925 Maple, NC Alyda Irene White b 30 Nov 1909 d 22 Aug 1984 VA Beach, VA, buried Knotts Island Cemetery d/o William (Will) Fentress White and Verna Irene Bowden
3. Rebbie Estelle Beasley b 12 Sept 1904 d 15 June 1983 md 12 Dec 1923 Willie Cone Ansell b 28 Oct 1902 d 8 Nov 1977 s/o Willie Cone Ansell and Etta Miller d/o Solomon B. Miller and Elnora

Walter Leroy Beasley and Susan Elizabeth Litchfield
1. Norma Lenora Beasley b 12 July 1906 d 2 Jan 1973 Bellhaven, NC buried Bellhaven Community Cemetery md Fred Baker Williams b 12 July 1896 Knotts Island, NC d 16 Aug 1963 Knotts Island, NC s/o Thomas D. Williams and Willie Emma Miller
2. Ray Nickleson Beasley b 17 April 1909 md 1st Edna Earl Sanders b 8 Jan 1914, md 2nd Evelyn Carroll b 1 June 1913/6 Jan 1913 d 1977 Evelyn md 1st Everton
3. Beatrice Madelene Beasley b 27 July 1911 d 23 April 1996 md 21 April 1933 Landon Willie Etheridge b 15 Oct 1913 d 16 Dec 1989 s/o Willie Baylor Etheridge and Edith Mae Bright
4. Millard Filmore Beasley b 19 Oct 1914 md 1st 10 Dec 1937 Frances Walters d/o William C. Walters and Atla Hartley, md 2nd Margaret Hugate. Frances md 2nd --- Carlisle

Norma Lenora Beasley and Fred Baker Williams
1. Roy Filmore Williams b 24 Mar 1924 Knotts Island d 4 Dec 1982 md Weldon, NC 5 Dec 1943 Louise Crew b 4 Oct 1922 Garysburg, NC d/o Thomas Phillip Crew and Mamie Louise Price
2. Forest Williams b 1925 killed in World War II 1942
3. Vernell Williams
4. Travis Ray Williams d ca 1983 md 1st Ocolan Parker Moran children Travis Ray Williams, Jr. b 12 Mar 1949 and Jerry Wayne Williams b 29 Dec 1950. Travis md 2nd 17 Mar 1956 Shelby Jean Paschall children Norman Jean b 24 Feb 1957 d 16 May 1982 car accident, Elizabeth Sue “Betty Sue” Williams, Kenneth Baker Williams b 12 Jan 1958 d 21 Jan 1958, Janet Lee b 13 May 1959 Margaret Ann n 30 June 1964 and James Edward Williams b 27 Aug 1966
5. Kate Williams
6. Jackie Williams
7. Dot (Dorothy?) Williams