GEORGE ANTHONY1 BEWLEY was born about 1698 in Philadephia, Philadelphia Co, PA. He died about 1755. He married SARAH AYRES in 1716 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co, PA. She was born about 1690 in Germany.
Notes for George Anthony Bewley:
1719: 24 Oct 1719 George Bewley of Abington Twp, PA, was a witness to the will of Andre Martin.
1725: 15 May 1725 according to the Norristown Deed Book p.159-215, Samuel Carpenter (probably Jr.) of Philadelphia and Mary, his wife, conveyed 200 acres of land to George Bewley of Abington Twp, Montgomery Co, PA, and his wife, Sarah. The 200 acres was later conveyed to their son, Nathan Bewley, on 17 Feb 1747. Samuel Carpenter's father, Samuel Sr. was said to be the "first merchant of Philadelphia, the first to engage in foreign trade at that port, and at his death in 1714
the wealthiest man in the Province of PA". He was a Quaker who came to PA from Barbados.
1747: George BEWLEY, of Abington, and Sarah, his wife, conveyed to (their son) Nathan BEWLEY 17 Feb 1747, the above 200 acres of land, in Philadelphia Co. Recorded at Norristown, in Deed Book
No 159-215.
George Anthony Bewley and Sarah Ayres had the following children:
i. NATHAN BEWLEY was born about 1717 in Philadephia Co, PA. He died on 02 Apr 1766. He married MARY CARVER KNIGHT on 31 Aug 1737. She was born on 31 Oct 1716 in Abington, Montgomery Co, PA. She died about 1774 in Abington, Montgomery Co, PA.