Michael Beaver Sr. (1760 - aft. 1822)

Born 17 Jan 1760 in Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Magdalena (Mauck) Beaver — married 7 Jun 1799 (to 30 Jul 1822) in Frederick County, VA

Descendants

Died after 30 Jul 1822 after age 62 in Union Township, Ross, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Michael was born in Virginia on 17 January 1760. He was the son of Conrad Beaver and Mary or Maria Kneisley. He died between July 30 1822, when his will was signed, and the beginning of probate on 30 September 1822. He was married twice and had children by both wives. His wives were sisters.

According to a Ross Co. history, Michael was a veteran of the Revolutionary War. However, no record has been found to date (2019) to support this fact. His son Michael Jr., fought in the War of 1812 and some sources attribute this to the father instead of the son. At a point in time when membership applications to the Daughters of American Revolution were less detailed, a few descendants joined D.A.R. based on Michael Sr.'s presumed service.

Michael purchased 1,100 acres in Deer Creek township, part of the Chilton Survey, in about 1796. Portions were sold or given to several of his children. He built a brick home there about 1800, and a Flicker image showed the house as still standing in May 2014.

Michael Beaver is thought to buried on a portion of his original property, now named "Beaver Cemetery" on Pennyroyal Hill, near Clarksburg, Ross County, OH.

Sources

• The County of Ross, Henry Holcomb Bennett, Editor. Published by Selvyn A. Brant, Madison, Wis. 1902 : "History of Union Township, Rays Place"

• A standard history of Ross County, Ohio,

an authentic narrative of the past, with particular attention to the modern era in the commercial, industrial, civic and social development, Vol. II. Lyle S. Evans, Ed., Chicago, Lewis Pub. Co., 1917.

• Find a Grave [1]

• Descendants of Michael Beaver Sr. of Ross County, Ohio: Including Associated Families: Anderson, Fuller Gardner, Kirkendall, Mauck, Morris, Timmons, Wilson. Janice Bates Patterson, typed manuscript, 2006.

• https://www.flickr.com/photos/60869609@N04/14281610673. Photographed by Christopher Riley, May 24, 2014.

• The History and Genealogy of the Bieber, Beaver, Biever, Beeber Family, by the Reverend Irvin M. Beaver (Reading, Pennsylvania; 1939), page 527-528:

"In 1785 he is named in Shenandoah Co., Va., Census as married and one child. Michael Beaver, Sr., was m. twice: first, before 1785, to Susan Mauck, b. ----, d. before 1799. Issue 4 children, viz., Michael, Jr., Joseph, Eliza, Susan. He m. 2nd, June 7, 1799 (accord. to Shenandoah Co., marriage record, p. 56, "Michael Beaver and Molly Mauck, June 7, 1799---James Huffman.") to Mary (Molly) Mauck, a twin sister of his first wife. Mary or Molly was b. 1773, d. 1827, aged 54 years. She is bur. on the old Beaver homestead by the side of her son, Michael Beaver, Jr., on Pennyroyal Hill. Her stone reads: "Mary Beaver, born 1773, died 1827, aged 54 years." Issue 4 children, viz., Ellias, Nancy or Susanna, Levi, Lewis.

"Michael Beaver, Sr., moved from Pass Run, Page Co., Va., to Ross Co., O., in 1796, and after two years he went to Kentucky, but returned to Ross Co., O., near Chillicothe, in 1800, where he settled after buying a large farm of eleven hundred acres of land in the Chilton Survey on Deer Creek, Ohio, where he lived and reared his family, died there and buried in the private graveyard on the old homestead. No stone has been found marking his grave. His first wife died in Virginia; no stone has been found marking her grave. He served in the War of 1812 under Col. Clark, whose regiment was mustered out in 1813 on the farm of Michael Beaver. Michael and Susan Mauck Beaver: issue 4 children. Michael and Mary (Molly) Mauck Beaver: issue 4 children."