Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Beans, William
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Lower Makefield Township


   WILLIAM BEANS retired farmer, P.O. Yardley, was born in 
Upper Makefield township, January 24, 1812, and is a son of 
Charles and Sarah (Buckman) Beans.  His paternal grandfather 
was Benjamin Beans, who married Mary Smith.  He was a son of 
Jacob Beans, an early settler of Buckingham township and of 
Welsh descent.  All were farmers of Bucks county.  Benjamin 
Beans, after his marriage, settled in Lower Makefield and 
lived and died there.  His children were:  Rachel (Mrs. 
Yeomans Pickering), Sarah, Elizabeth, Charles, Jonathan, 
Benjamin, Jr., and Seneca.  Of these Charles was a farmer, 
and was for many years a resident of Lower Makefield.  In 
later life he removed to Falls township and died there. He 
married Sarah, daughter of William Buckman.  The latter was 
a farmer and mill owner, and a prominent citizen of Lower 
Makefield, and was for several years justice of the peace.  
Charles and Sarah Beans were the parents of six children:  
William, Mary (Mrs. Job Garwood), Benjamin, Hannah (Mrs. 
Jesse B. Twining), Lydia (Mrs. Albert Comfort) and Charles 
D., Jr.   William Beans was reared in Lower Makefield from 
the age of seven years.  March 28, 1838, he married 
Elizabeth, daughter of Daniel and Mary (Heston) Lovett, of 
Lower Makefield township, by whom he had two children, 
Daniel and Sarah (Mrs. Daniel Lovett).  After his marriage 
Mr. Beans located in Falls township, this county, where he 
resided fifteen years.  He then returned to Lower Makefield, 
where he has lived ever since.