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The beasley Surname

beasley Name Meaning and History

English: habitational name from a place in Lancashire named Beesley, perhaps from Old English beos ‘bent grass’ + leah ‘woodland clearing’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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Distribution of beasley Families in the US in 1920

Number of beasley families

196-389

66-195

1-65

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Thread	Author	Replies
Beasley's of North Carolina - William Beasley ?born NC abt 1765	KBeasley7292	4
BEASLEY Gertrude 1905-1980, Tarrant Co., Texas	t42MountOlivet	0
BEASLEY Morris 1894-1969, Tarrant Co., Texas	t42MountOlivet	0
Massey Beasley Buffington	DavidBeasley369	0
I am looking for my ancestors... or other family.	Jennifer Beasley	2
BEASLEY Geneva P 1937-1983, Tarrant Co., Texas	t42MountOlivet	0
George W. Beasley son of William Beasley & Dulcena Westrop - George married in MO 1865	kathy	8
William Beasley 1762-1841/1847, from NC, Craven Co. Beasleys Island	PJ4555	25
Would like to find Beasleys who were born or in Indian Territory in OK in the late 1800's	amywolter68	1
BEASLEYs of OK and AR - William J. BEASLY, SR. m. Annie Mae KEENAN	Karin Koppenhaver	18

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