Nicholas Miller (Bieri) Beery II (1739 - 1811)

Born 16 Jun 1739 in Springettsbury Township, York, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Elizabeth Keller — married about 1762 in Pennsylvania

Husband of Mary (Grow) Beery — married 1789 in Virginia, USA

Descendants

Died 16 Feb 1811 at age 71 in Bremen, Rush Creek Township, Fairfield, Ohio, United States

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Biography

^[1] "Nicholas Beery, born in Pennsylvania, June 16, 1739; died near Bremen, Ohio. Feb. 16, 1811. The subject of this sketch was born in Adams Co.. Pa. (Some say in Berks Co.) Later in life he came to the Shenandoah Valley, near Harrisonburg, Rockingham Co., Va.. where he and his family lived many years, lie married Elisabeth Keller, by whom he had twelve children. Later, and in Virginia, in 1789, he married Mrs. Mary Good, nee Gro, who was born in Rockingham Co.. Va., in 1756, and died near Bremen, Fairfield Co., Ohio. Oct. 31, 1840. Four children by the second marriage; total 16. all married except one and had families. In those days the Beerys were stalwart and prolific. Nicholas Beery, No. 2. died Feb. 16, 1811 and is buried in the Miller cemetery, about one mile southeast of Berne Station, near Lancaster. Fairfield Co., Ohio. In 1805 he, with a portion of his family, emigrated from Virginia to the above named place, where some of his older children had previously settled. Some say that he entered a section of land: others claim that he entered from the government, in John Q. Adams' administration, sixteen sections of wild timber land, equal to 10,240 acres, on Raccoon Creek, in Fairfield Co., not far from Bremen, upon which he built a cabin, sawmill and flouring mill. These sixteen sections of land were equal to his sixteen children. Tradition has it that the old Beery generations were very prolific families, which can evidently be noticed by their history, and up to about the year 1800 Rockingham Co., Va., rocked the cradle for the large family of Nicholas Beery, No. 2. Besides those of his uncle. Abram Beery, children and grandchildren. (See Abe Beery History of 1905.) It seems that previous to the year 1800 and later. Rockingham Co., Va., was flooded with Beerys of the same names; preferably, Abraham, Nicholas, Daniel, George, John, etc., and for distinction they called them. Big, Little, Tall, Short, Black, Red. Old, Young, Fuller. Muddy Creek, Hog and Lazy, etc. As previously stated, in 1805 Nicholas, with his large family, besides some of his cousins, came as a flood to Bremen, Ohio, where the Beery cradle has been rocking for over a hundred years, and still continues, not only in Ohio, but all over the United Stales. Some of the descendants of Nicholas. No. 2, think that he was a member of the Dunkard Brethren or Mennonite church.

The following is the family of Nicholas Beery, No. 2. who are the ancestors of this vast lineage:

1. John Beery, b. Nov. 4, 1765.

2 Jacob Beery, h. 1766.

3. Barbara Beery, b. April 6. 1764.

4. Elizabeth Beery, b. April 11. 1771.

5. Abraham Beery, b. July 20. 1773.

6. Mary Beery, b. Sept. 4. 1775.

7. Israel Beery, b. June 10. 1777.

8. Nicholas Beery, b. 1780. Said to have died in infancy.

9. George Beery, b. 1783. .

10. Susan Beery, b. Oct. 4. 1785.

11 Martha Beery, b, 1787.

12. Henry Beery, b. 1788.

Children of the Second Wife.

13. Joseph Beery, b. Feb. 8, 1790.

14. Christian Beery, b. Aug. 1, 1792.

15. Margaret Beery, b. June 15. 1795.

16. Francis Beery, b. 1796. "

Spouse: Mary Grow Beery (1756–1840)

Children:

Barbara Beery Blosser 1764–1840

John Beery 1765–1850

Jacob Beery 1766–1842

Elizabeth Beery Geil 1771–1856

Abraham Beery 1772–1845

Mary Beery Stemen 1775–1844

Isaac Beery 1777–1851

George Beery 1783–1856

Susanah Beery Beery 1786–1839

Joseph Beery 1790–1848

Christian Beery 1792–1858

Rebecca Frances Beery Hite 1797–1834

Burial: Mount Zion Cemetery, Bremen, Fairfield County, Ohio, US

Sources

1. ↑ History of the Descendants of Nicholas Beery B. 1707 Emigrated from Switzerland to Pennsylvania in 1727: And a Complete Genealogical Family Register with Biographies of Many of His Descendants, from Earliest Available Records to 1911. pp. 15-17 https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/858633

• History of the descendants of Nicholas Beery, born in 1707] by Joseph H. Wenger, South English, Iowa, 1911. Page 15 [https://archive.org/stream/historyofdescend00weng#page/15/mode/1up
• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 19 February 2022), memorial page for Nicholas Miller Beery II (16 Jun 1739–16 Feb 1811), Find A Grave: Memorial #30420688, citing Mount Zion Cemetery, Bremen, Fairfield County, Ohio, USA.
• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Author: Yates Publishing Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.
• Ohio Census, 1790-1890 Author: Jackson, Ronald V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp. Publication: - Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes
• Heritage Consulting. The Millennium File. Salt Lake City, UT, USA: Heritage Consulting.Original
• History of Fairfield County, Ohio - A Complete History, 1795-1876], Hervey Scott, Siebert & Lilley, Printers and Binders, Columbus, Ohio, 1877 (Pages 173-175 -- Letter of George W Beery) [https://archive.org/stream/cu31924028848483/cu31924028848483_djvu.txt