Barbara (Bieghley) Myers (1773 - abt. 1842)

Born 27 Oct 1773 in Cocalico Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania [uncertain]

Ancestors

Descendants

Died about 14 Mar 1842 at about age 68 in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Barbara Bieghley, daughter of Michael Buechly and Barbara Zug, was born on 27 Oct 1773.^[1]

By 1806, when her father wrote his will, she had married Christian Myers. (Her sister, Mary, had married Christian's brother, Michael.) ^[2][3]

The children of Christian and Mary are variously identified as :

1. John ^[3][4] d. bef. 1833 ^[5]
2. Christian d. bef. 1833 ^[5]
3. Elizabeth m. Peter Brenizer ^[5]
4. Michael ^[3][6]
5. Henry ^[3][7][5][6]
6. Christina m. Edward Clifford ^[5][6][8]
7. Abraham ^[3]
8. Joseph ^[3]
9. Jacob ^[3]
10. Peter ^[3]

Research Notes

An unsourced Findagrave record gives that Barbara died in 1842 and is buried in the Old Ligonier Cemetery, but the "plot details" notes "my mistake, wrong Barbara".^[9] It's unclear whether this refers simply to this plot or to the cemetery (and thus the burial record) generally.

Sources

1. ↑ "Michael Beeghley, Bible Records", contributed by user Leroy Roberts on 27 Jan 2020 to FamilySearch profile for John Michael Beeghly (ID LZZX-G6N), viewed 10 November 2022 at https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/memories/LZZX-G6N : handwritten sheet of paper "translated from a German family Bible and recorded by David Beeghley" records Barbara Buchele is born on the 27th day of October 1773 - Her sign is Thunder
2. ↑ Somerset Co., Pennsylvania. Probate Records. Register of Wills and Clerk of Orphans' Court, Somerset, Pennsylvania, images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-899B-RW9J?i=593&cc=1999196&cat=171348 : 10 November 2022), Will Book, 1, pages 484-485, FHL microfilm 558479. Will of Michael Beeghley (signed in German Michäl Büchele) of Brothers Valley Township written 8 April 1806 and proved 14 September 1812, naming "my daughter Barbara, intermarried with Christian Myer" and "Mary intermarried with Michael Moyer."
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7} Bittinger, E. F. (2000) "Brethren Meyer / Myer Families of York and Somerset Counties, Pennsylvania", in Mennonite Family History XIX no.1 (April 2000). Retrieved 15 May 2021 from https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/511653-mennonite-family-history-v-19-no-1-jan-2000
4. ↑ Best, J. E. (1998). "Meyer Families Update" in Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage (April 1998)
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4} "Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89S9-Z6Q7?cc=1999196&wc=9PMY-7M9%3A268494501%2C268565301 : 3 July 2014), Westmoreland > Wills 1839-1870 vol 3-5 > image 48 of 701; county courthouses, Pennsylvania. Will of Christian Myers of Westmoreland.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} The Somerset Herald 3 Nov 1846, p.2, viewed at https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112440778/christian-myers-of-ligonier-died-1846/
7. ↑ John N. Boucher. (1906) History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania p.550. New York : Lewis viewed at https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/217841-biographical-and-historical-cyclopedia-of-westmoreland-county-pennsylvania
8. ↑ Northwestern Historical Association. Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (Northwest Historical Association., Madison, Wisconsin, 1904, Vol. 2, p. 273-274)
9. ↑ UNSOURCED Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14938233/barbara-myers: accessed 10 November 2022), memorial page for Barbara Beighley Myers (27 Oct 1773–14 Mar 1842), Find A Grave: Memorial #14938233, citing Old Ligonier Cemetery, Ligonier, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Carl Steele (contributor 46846657). No details are provided of Barbara's grave, and record is virtual only.

See also :

• Maurice, H. J. (1936) History of the Church of the Brethren in Maryland p.224. Elgin, IL : Brethren. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89067481028&view=1up&seq=232&skin=2021&q1=myers : Note that this identifies Barbara as the wife of Michael Meyers, but is assumed to be in error since Barbara is named in her father's will as the wife of Christian.