Onesiphorus Beale (abt. 1789 - 1847)

Born about 1789 in Saint Helena

Ancestors

Husband of Anna Margaret (Desfountain) Beale — married 9 Nov 1813 in Saint Helena

Descendants

Died 29 Sep 1847 at about age 58 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

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Biography

Onesiphorus was born about 1789 on Saint Helena. He was baptised 29 Mar 1789 at St James, son to Lieutenant Onesiphorus Beale and Anne his wife.

9 Nov 1813 - Bachelor, Lieutenant Onesiphorus Beale married Spinster, Ann Margaret Desfountain at St James.

Onesiphorus was a Capt. in the Regiment retired 31 March 1831.

Onesiphorus Beale, son of Onesiphorus Beale and Anne Merchant , was born bef. 01 March 1789 in St Helena. He married Anne Margaret Desfountain 09 November 1813 in St Helena. Anne Margaret Desfountain was born 28 Dec 1792. She died 1854 in Wynberg, Cape Town, Sth Africa. Children of Onesiphorus Beale and Anne Margaret Desfountain are: 1. Margaret b. 6 May 1815 (also described as Margaret Anne) 2. Catherine Elizabeth Beale, b. 17 January 1817  ?m William Webber Doveton 3. Edward Charles Smith Beale bap. 30 Jul 1819 m Henrietta Dorothea Ellert 4. Napoleon Onesiphorus b. 30 Jul 1821 5. Eleanor Rose b. 9 Oct 1829 in South Africa, married Thomas James Dickson 12 Feb 1848 in South Africa and died 1891. [(Napoleon is written in capital letters in the baptism register, although Napoleon Buonaparte had been dead for 2 months by this time, ?political statement] Onesiphorus served the East India Company, reaching the rank of captain. The absence of a nominal roll makes it difficult to follow his career but he is described as a Lieut in the marriage register of 1813 and as a Captain when Margaret was baptised. With the end of the East India company's rule, Onesiphorus and family left for South Africa where their daughter Eleanor Rose was born in 1829.[newspaper birth notice South Africa]

On 20 March 1909 Beale acted as a second to his comrade Lieutenant Wright that resulted in the death of Lieutenant Young. Wright and his two seconds were subsequently charged with murder. By the time the case was heard all three defendants, who had continued to serve, had been promoted to the rank of Captain. They were all acquitted.

Notice in the South African Commercial Advertiser 1847 tells of his daughter Eleanora Rose being christened in Wynberg, South Africa in 1829

Sources

• Anglican Church of Southern Africa (ACSA). The Diocese of St Helena Parish Registers and Indices held at University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. Historical Papers Research Archive series AB2073:
  • Saint Helena Baptism Register St James 29 Mar 1789 [1]
  • Saint Helena Marriage Register St James 9 Nov 1813 [2]
• 2010 Michael A Dufton
• Leasks Genealogy of Australian Families.
• baptism 29 Mar 1789, Onesiphorus, son of Ones and Anne Beale, [family Search, St Helena Is, Film no 498605]
• St James, St Helena Parish Registers for birth of the children and marriage
• Neil Croll
• Ancestor record of Ida May Dymond (granddaughter of Eleanor Rose Beale)
• Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign India, China and Australasia. Vol. 8, May-August 1832: 'Military appointments and promotions'.
• Tribal Pages Tribal Pages: http://www.tribalpages.com/tribe/familytree?uid=badtours&surname=Beale
• Genealogy http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/beale/829/
• Beales on My Heritage https://www.myheritage.com/names/isabella_beale
• Dueling on St. Helena - what happened at Chubbs Spring on March 20th 1809 http://johntyrrell.blogspot.com.au/2008/03/dueling-on-st-helena-what-happened-at.html
• South African Commercial Advertiser October to December 1847: Notice of birth of daughter Eleanor Rose Beale
• South African Commercial Advertiser October to December 1847: Notice of death of Onesiphorus Beale