Richard Harrold and Mary Baels

Their child:		Individuals in this page:		Their parents:
		Richard Harrold	{	No parents conclusively identified
Elizabeth Harrold	{	&
		Mary Baels	{	John Beals & Mary Clayton

Richard Harrold married Mary Beals on June 1, 1710 ^{US11, BJ2}^{, PE2}. The first and second records of their intent to wed were noted in the records of the Concord Monthly Meeting in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, on March 13 and April 10, 1710, in which Richard Harrold and Mary “Bales” were said to have both belonged to the Nottingham Meeting ^US11. They married on June 1, 1710, perhaps at the residence of Phillip Romans ^US11. Richard died sometime before the marriage of Thomas Mills to his daughter, Elizabeth Harrold, which occurred on June 18, 1730 ^{BJ1, BJ2}.

Mary Baels (John, Mary), the daughter of John and Mary Baels, was born on the 24^th day of the 4^th month, 1692 in Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania ^US11. She was the mother of Elizabeth, Mary, John, Johnathan, Mary, Rachel, and Richard.

The New Garden Monthly Meeting in Chester County, Pennsylvania recorded that Elizabeth Harrold, the daughter of Richard and Mary Harrold, was born on May 10, 1711 ^US11. The New Garden Monthly Meeting in Chester County, Pennsylvania recorded that Mary Harrold, the daughter of Richard and Mary Harrold, was born on September 28, 1713 ^US11. She may have died prior to 1718, when another daughter of Richard and Mary was born and named Mary Harrold. The New Garden Monthly Meeting in Chester County, Pennsylvania recorded that John Harrold, the son of Richard and Mary Harrold, was born on December 21, 1714 ^US11. The New Garden Monthly Meeting in Chester County, Pennsylvania recorded that Johnathan Harrold, the son of Richard and Mary Harrold, was born on January 20, 1717 ^US11. Another record stated that Jonathan Harrold, the son of Richard and Mary, was born on the 15^th day of the 5^th month, 1723 ^US11. Jonathan was named in the will of his maternal grandfather, John Beals, which was dated October 11, 1726 ^PE7. Jonathan Harrold was received to the Cane Creek Monthly Meeting in Orange County (now Alamance County), North Carolina on “1752, 5, 2” on a certificate dated “1751, 7, 2” from the Hopewell Monthly Meeting in Virginia ^HI4. He may have married Catharan and may have been the father of Hannah, called the daughter of Jonithan and Catharan Harrold, who was born on January 17, 1764 ^US11. The New Garden Monthly Meeting in Chester County, Pennsylvania recorded that Mary Harrold, the daughter of Richard and Mary Harrold, was born on November 19, 1718 ^US11.

The New Garden Monthly Meeting in Chester County, Pennsylvania recorded that Rachel Harrold, the daughter of Richard and Mary Harrold, was born on April 9, 1721 ^US11. Rachell was named in the will of her maternal grandfather, John Beals, which was dated October 11, 1726 ^PE7. Rachel Harrold married Hur Mills, the son of John Mills ^BJ2. The records of the New Garden Monthly Meeting in Guilford County, North Carolina state that Rachel and Hur Mills were the parents of seven children ^US11. These were Charity, born on the 30^th day, 9^th month, 1739 (old style) or the 11^th day, 11^th month, 1739 (new style), Michael, born on the 10^th day, 12^th month, 1742/3 (old style) or the 22^nd day, 2^nd month, 1743 (new style), Jemimah, born on the 26^th day, 10^th month, 1746, (old style) or the 7^th day, 12^th month, 1746 (new style), Micajah, born on the 19^th day, 11^th month, 1748/9 (old style) or the 31^st day, 1^st month, 1749 (new style), Amos, born on July 7, 1752, Elizabeth, born on December 24, 1754, and Rachel, born on December 25, 1758 ^US11. Rachel was mentioned in the will of her husband dated November 24, 1761 ^NO16.

Richard Harrold was named as a minor child of Mary Harrold in the will of his maternal grandfather, John Beals, which was dated October 11, 1726 ^PE7.

Mary Harrold was named in her father’s will dated October 11, 1726 in which her four minor children, Elizabeth, Rachell, Jonathan, and Richard, were also mentioned ^PE7. She died sometime after the wedding of her daughter, Elizabeth Harrold, to Thomas Mills on on June 18, 1730, when at that time she was called a widow ^BJ1.