by mumbles » Sun Sep 20, 2009 2:12 pm
From marriage of John Beet to Sarah Higgs supplied by Suki I googled John Beet Rowley Regis and found a National Archives entry for John Beet with numerous records about Rowley Hall and properties owned by Beet family and the Rev.William Abadiah Newman who married Elizabeth Beet . Higgs are connected to Jones and other families in this topic.
It appears these families owned most of area around Rowley in 18th
& 19th Century
e.g. from National Archive site :-
Settlement of Rowley Hall, 1705. Attested copies of deeds relating to a moiety or ½ part of Rowley Hall estate, incl. Rowley Hall, mess. called High Haden, Hocum Farm, Knowls Farm, 1755, all in Rowley Regis, printed copy of Rowley Regis Enclosure Act, 1799, and certificate of purchase of part of enclosed land by John Beet, 1807, incl. land at Whiteheath Gate.
Schedule of deeds relating to estates of the late John Beet, 1713-1841.