John
Lewis
Beard
Born about in Heiliges Römisches Reich
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Christina (Schnepp) Beard
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Lewis Beard, Mary (Beard) Utzman, Catharina Beard, Soloma Beard, Margaret (Beard) Hoover, Michael Beard, John Lewis Beard Sr. and Christina Beard
Died
at about age 73
in Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, United States
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Biography
John Lewis Beard, baptized Johann Ludwig Barth, was born around 1715 in Germany, probably the Palatinate, a region in southwest Germany. In 1749 he joined the waves of Germans, both Lutheran and Catholic, who left their ancestral lands to emigrate to British North America in the early decades of the 18th century. In Rotterdam John took passage on the ship "Patience," which arrived in Philadelphia on Sept. 19, 1749.[1]
Sometime around 1753 John married Christina Snapp (1737-1799), whose family had arrived from Alsace in 1733. John and Christina reportedly had nine children. Not long after their marriage the couple joined the migration of many Germans from Pennsylvania to the western piedmont of North Carolina. They settled in Rowan Co., NC where John was naturalized by oath on Apr. 18, 1755. He and his family were among the earliest settlers in Salisbury. By trade John was as butcher, but he also kept a tavern and owned a farm outside of Salisbury. In time John became one of Salisbury's most prominent citizens.[2]
"Becoming one of the first residents of Salisbury, he built a house on the lot that is now the site of the Rowan County courthouse and his home was used as British headquarters during the American Revolution. He served as a member of the Committee of Safety for Rowan County and when General Washington visited Salisbury he was met at Charlotte by Captain John Beard, son of John Lewis Beard, and who was in command of the Rowan Light Horse Infantry, which conducted the General to Salisbury and on his departure acted as his escort to Salem."[3]
A devout man, John donated the land for St. John's Lutheran Church as well as St. Luke's Episcopal Church, both in Salisbury.[4]
Children:
- Lewis Beard (1755-1820), married Susana Dunn in 1785
- Mary (Beard) Utzman (1756-1844), married John Jacob Utzman (1750-1801) in 1774
- Catharina Beard (about 1760-?)
- Soloma Beard (about 1760-?)
- Margaret (Beard) Hoover (1761-1829), married George Hoover (1761-1829)
- Michael Beard (1765-?), died in Mississippi
- John Lewis Beard Sr. (1767-1843), married Mary Faust
- Christina Beard (1769-1848)
The eight children listed above were probably all born in Rowan County, North Carolina after they moved from Pennsylvania to North Carolina.
Sources
- Find A Grave: Memorial #144394258
- North Carolina: The Old North State and the New, Vol. 4 (Chicago, Lewis Publishing Co., 1941), 350.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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~0.78%
Rob Beard
:
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member rob_b72
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~0.78%
Eugene Hoover :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Stephanie (Hamilton) Dwyer :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A217241 [compare], Ancestry member StephanieHamiltonDwyer
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Dave Rutherford
Laurie Tompkins
I am looking to verify parents of Elizabeth Beard - born in Philadelphia in 1741? or 1761 as Father Johannes Peter Beard b. 1730 in Palatinate Germany. Mother Maria Katherine Linck b,1728 in Wuttenburg. Both died in USA.
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by Laurie Tompkins
Dave Rutherford
I found duplicate profiles for Johannes Peter Beard and his wife. I will set up the merges. But I don't think they are the parents of your Elizabeth. I don't think this John Lewis Beard is either. Your Elizabeth was born in Philadelphia in 1761 according to the Loyalist newspaper and her parents were British, not Palatine.
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by Dave Rutherford
Featured National Park champion connections: John is 15 degrees from Theodore Roosevelt, 21 degrees from Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger, 16 degrees from George Catlin, 15 degrees from Marjory Douglas, 19 degrees from Sueko Embrey, 16 degrees from George Grinnell, 24 degrees from Anton Kröller, 16 degrees from Stephen Mather, 23 degrees from Kara McKean, 12 degrees from John Muir, 17 degrees from Victoria Hanover and 24 degrees from Charles Young on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.