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Philip Beyer (abt. 1710 - abt. 1768)

Philip Beyer aka Boyer
Born about in Eppstein, Bayern, Heiliges Römisches Reichmap [uncertain]
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died about at about age 58 in Bern Township, Berks, Pennsylvania (today Centre Township)map [uncertain]
Profile last modified | Created 29 May 2011
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Biography

This profile is for Philip Beyer or Boyer, who lived in what was then Bern, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and today is Centre Township, Berks County. His parents and his birth place aren't yet known.

The first definite record found for him is his warrant, on July 23,1747 of 100 acres in Bern, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, adjoining land of William Ingles. On January 4, 1749 he warranted 20 more acres abutting his first parcel. [1] These parcels are shown on his survey in Book B11, Page 90. [2]

On May 14, 1749, he and his unnamed wife sponsored the son of their abutting neighbor George Arnholdt (or Arnold) at Bern Church. [3]

There is a section on him and his descendants in American Boyers, by Rev. Charles C. Boyer, where he is thought to be the son of Johann Andreas Beyer (1681-abt.1740) (it is not known if that is correct), and attended St. Michael's church in Hamburg, Berks County. According to Boyer:

The historian has not learned the name of his wife, because the old church records of St. Michael's have been lost and the inscriptions on the old gravestones of the cemetery are no longer decipherable. From tax lists at Reading, the historian learns that his children were Michael, Henry, John, and Christopher. There were no doubt others. [4]

He may be the father of Christopher Beyer (1745-1817), who was in the right place at the right time to be the Christopher referred to in American Boyers. He is presently shown with different parents, but without evidence.

Research Notes

As originally created, this profile conflated Johann Philip Beyer (1701-1753), the son of Samuel Beyer (1662-1732) and Maria (Kirschner) Beyer (1666-1718), who died in Amityville, Berks County in 1753, with a namesake in Tulpehocken. There was little information or sources on the profile, and the birth date (16 Feb 1710) and death date (27 May 1768) were not substantiated. No man named Philip Beyer or similar has been found in Tulpehocken, but there was a man by that name living in nearby Bern, Berks County (today Centre Township, Berks County) at the time. There is already a profile for Beyer-1 . For those reasons this profile is being updated to represent the Bern man.

Men named Philip Beyer or similar on ship lists in Pennsylvania before 1745:

There were men named Philip Beyer who arrived in the port of Philadelphia after ship lists started to be required in 1727 and before 1750. It is not known for sure which one, if any of them, was this profiled Philip.

  • One Philip Beyer arrived on the Pennyslvania Merchant in 1731 with Christophel, Andreas, Marguerite and Maria Beyer (adults), and Hendrik, Jerick and two girls named Catrina Beyer (children under 16). That man was likely to be related to the others on the ship, the men thought to be Johann Christoph Beyer (abt.1677-aft.1751) and his son Andreas (Beyer) Bayer (1709-1778), who settled in Upper Salford, Montgomery County. No information has been found in Pennsylvania that seems definitely related to him.
  • One Philip Beyer, age 20 on the Winter Galley in 1738, with Andreas Beyer, age 57, who appears to be his father, along with Martin Beyer, 18 and another Philip Beyer, 29. He has a profile at Johann Philip Beyer (1717-abt.1781) and is shown as the son of Johann Andreas Beyer (1681-abt.1740). The two men on the ship fit well with father Andreas and sons Philip and Martin from Eppstein.
  • One Philip Beyer, was age 29 on the same ship in 1738. That man might be this profiled man.
  • One Philip Beyer and Jacob Beyer arrived at Philadelphia, on Sept. 2, 1743, on the Loyal Judith.
  • One Philippus Bayer arrived at Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 30, 1743, on the ship Phoenix. [5]

There may have been more.

Sources

  1. Philip Boyer in the Pennsylvania, U.S., Land Warrants and Applications, 1733-1952, available on Ancestry.com.
  2. See survey at http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/dam/rg/di/r17-114CopiedSurveyBooks/Books%20B1-B23/Book%20B-11/Book%20B11%20182.pdf.
  3. Wright, F. Edward. Berks County, Pennsylvania Church Records of the 18th Century, Volume 3. p. 78.
  4. Boyer, Rev. Charles C. American Boyers. Press of the Kutztown Publishing Company. 1915. Page 224, at https://ia600301.us.archive.org/0/items/americanboyers00inboye/americanboyers00inboye.pdf.
  5. Strassburger, Ralph Beaver, LL.D., Pennsylvania German Pioneers, A Publication of the Original Lists of Arrivals In the Port of Philadelphia from 1727 to 1808, edited by William John Hinke, Ph.D., D.D., Pennsylvania German Society, Norristown, PA, 1934. Volume 1.




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