| Notes |
- There is much confusion regarding the family of Jonathan Bee. We present our findings with the following caveats:
In the well-researched and highly regarded "Davis - The Settlers of Salem WV," p. 356, Jonathan is said to have married just once, to "Patsy" Martha Howard in 1817, and to have had the following seven children:
Asa, birth date not given, married Margaret Howard in 1839
Enos, birth date not given, married Mary E. Benson, Martha Mackie, and probably Elizabeth Sherwood in 1852
Hannah, b. ca 1822, no further info
Jane, b. ca 1832, no further info
Mariah, b. ca 1835, no further ino
Richard, b. ca 1841, no further info
William, b. ca 1844, no further info
We have encountered numerous discrepancies and inconsistencies in the records pertaining to this family:
(1) According to her marriage record, Hannah was the daughter of Jonathan and Margaret, not Jonathan and Martha.
(2) We have found that Richard and William were not Jonathan's children, but his grandchildren, apparently orphaned by their parents Asa and Margaret before 1850.
(3) After the 1850 Census, we found no trace of daughter Jane, b. ca 1832.
(4) We found from her marriage record that Mary Jane Bee, b. ca 1844, was a daughter of Jonathan and Martha, but she does not appear in any census with them and Martha would have been 50 when Mary Jane was born.
1850 Census, Doddridge County, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jul 20 1850:
Jonathan Bee, 56, b. New Jersey, farmer; Martha, 56, b. Virginia; Hannah, 28; Jane, 18; Mariah, 15; Richard, 9; William, 6.
Jonathan died in 1858.
1860 Census, Doddridge County, enumerated on Jun 5 1860:
Martha Bee, 55 (sic), was listed in the household of her son Enos, along with her daughters Hannah and Maria.
Richard Bee, 19, was listed in the household of his father's cousin Keziah Bee and her husband Nathan W. Prim.
William Bee, 16, was listed in the household of his father's cousin Eleanor Bee and her husband John Sherwood.
1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton Twp), enumerated on Jul 14 1870:
Arthur Stuttler, 24, farmer; Ella J. Stuttler, 17; Ephraim B. Sherwood, 10; Martha Bee, 77. All born in Virginia.
(Note: Martha Bee's husband Jonathan was a brother of Ella's grandfather Amaziah Bee, making Ella Jonathan's great-niece. Ephraim B. Sherwood was Ella's brother.)
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| Children |
| | 1. Asa BEE, b. CA 1819, d. Bef Jun 1850 (Age ~ 31 years) |
| | 2. Hannah BEE, b. CA 1826, Preston Co, (W)VA  |
| | 3. Enos BEE, b. CA 1827, Preston Co, (W)VA , d. 10 Mar 1910 (Age ~ 83 years) |
| | 4. Jane BEE, b. CA 1832 |
| | 5. Mariah BEE, b. CA 1836, Harrison Co, (W)VA , d. 1895 (Age ~ 59 years) |
| | 6. Mary Jane BEE, b. 15 Apr 1840, Preston Co, (W)VA , d. 14 Jan 1914, Marion Co, WV (Age 73 years) |
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1794 - 1858 (64 years)
