William Beer (abt. 1765 - abt. 1845)

Born about 1765 in Pennsylvania

Husband of Sarah (Bird) Beer — married 28 Jun 1798 in Biddenden, Kent, England

Descendants

Died about 1845 at about age 80 in St. Clair, Illinois, United States

Biography

William was born about 1765. He passed away about 1845.

RECORD ABSTRACTS

ENGLAND MARRIAGES, 1538–1973

Groom's Name:-----WILLIAM BEER

Bride's Name:----------SARAH BIRD

Event Date:-------------28 Jun 1798

Place:--Biddenden, Kent, England

THE FOLLOWING WAS POSTED TO THE FAMILYSEARCH PROFILE

Note--Posted by: CRAIG BEER

The BEER FAMILY Tree

Original material--By Craig Beer

"The present ancestral roots of the BEER Line date back to 1812 in St. Clair County, Illinois.

It is documented through Land Transfers and Census records that we are Descendants of

WILLIAM and SARAH BEER

On 24 August 1814, William Beer was listed in the preemption report as "did improve and cultivate on the said half section prior to 5th February 1813 and continues residence thereon ever since."

The legal description is given SE1/4, SW1/4, Sec 8, T1N,R8W."

Record was Last Changed: 26 August 2013

(PLEASE NOTE: Country of Origin for WILLIAM BEER & SARAH BIRD is referenced but almost 'in passing' and was viewed in another Posted work - also by the same Descendant: CRAIG BEER. That content will be here shared as well. HOWEVER in an equally compelling material some of Craig Beer's conclusions must be challenged)

The Beer Family Tree by Craig Beer

"According to his obituary, Jeff farmed until 1866 when he purchased a hostelry in Keosaqua. Sources say Jeff was a lover of horses and was involved in racing competitions at the county fair. Lucille Hookom remembers family stories about Jeff's daughters, who not only rode horses at the county fair, but also raced them. The comment was that this activity "raised some eyebrows." Assuming the girls would have been teenagers, the years around 1870-74 were when women usually had a more conservative role!"

Obit: Thomas Jefferson Beer

The funeral of the late Thomas Jefferson Beer was held from the late residence Friday afternoon. The services were conducted by Rev. T.S. O'Adams, the singing being by the Congregational church choir.

There was good attendance, the community thus testifying its sympathy with the bereaved family and friends and its respect for the dead.

Mr. Beer's parents were North Carolinians, going from that state to Tennessee and thence to Bellville, Illinois, and from there to Keosauqua, arriving here May 10, 1837, at which time the deceased was 12 years of age. Mr. Beer owned and lived on a farm about three miles south of here, which in 1886 he exchanged for the Sheperd house at this place, changing the name of that hostelry to the Jefferson house.

Mr. Beer was a great lover of horses, and will be remembered as a prominent figure in the speed ring of our county fair for many years.

In compliance with his request, his favorite team was used in conveying the hearse to the cemetery. Mr. Beer was one of our oldest settlers, and with his passing away a kind and hearted man, an active man, one interested in the advancement and progress of the community, disappears from among us." Last Changed: 26 August 2013 by

(NOTE HERE: there is every reason to hold this content authentic and accurate. Given that, there are two, maybe three issues that must be stated conflicted and with a satisfactory resolution will invalidate a large swath of the present accepted material of the Beers Family Tree...or there were two Family Groups living parallel lives.)

There are Three primary questions that must find resolution in the text:

1. Where was WILLIAM BEER and SARAH BIRD born? Was it North Carolina, or Britain?
2. What were the names of their children, and where were said children born. And the question probably carries with it more significance then Question 1.
3. While some questions will undoubtedly remain unanswered, one question cannot be resolved in any other manner - than totally and complete. And that is: Where and when did the Beer and Badgley Family's share enough of their timelines to facilitate two Family intermarriages:

• THOMAS BEER & ELIZABETH BADGLEY

  NANCY BADGLEY & JOHN BEER

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HISTORY OF ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS Pg 71

The orthography of those 183 names contained in the above list may guide us in determining the nationality of the said voters.

91 seem to have been French

90 American or English

3 German and

1 Irish.

A further analyzation of the vote shows that the nationality

question was wholly ignored. Bond receiving 54 American, 58 French and 1 German votes ; while Darneille, the defeated candidate, received 36 American, 33 French, 2 German and 1 Irish votes.

Another election was held at Cahokia on the 7th of December, 1802, to elect three representatives to go to Vincennes, and there to meet the convention, " to be held there on the 20th of December, for the purpose of sending to congress our grievances." The officers of this election were John Hays, sheriff; Dumoulin and Atchison, judges; John Hay and L'OBval, clerks. The successful candidates were Shadrack Bjnd, Sr., Jean Frangois Perry and

John Mordock. Biggs, Darneille, Arundel and Lemen were defeated.

May 21, 1805, Shadrack Bond and William Biggs were elected representatives to the territorial legislature. Bond becoming a member of the legislative council in 1806, resigned, when his nephew, Shadrack Bond, Jr., was elected to fill his vacancy, and was reelected together with Biggs in 1807.

Oct. 10, 1812, William Biggs was elected to the legislative council, and Jacob Short and Joshua Oglesby were elected to the house of representatives of Illinois territory. Jacob Short resigned in 1813, and John Mordock was elected to fill said vacancy, Nov. 10, 1813. All these elections were held at Cahokia. In 1814, Belleville became the county seat, and subsequent elections were held at this place.

Poll list and return of the first election held in St Clair county, after the admission of Illinois as a state, Sept. 17, 1818.

Election polls begun and held at Belleville, for and within the county of St. elect the following members to organize and form the. Government of the State of Illinois, by virtue of the ConstitClair, in the Illinois territory, on Thursday, the 17th of September, 1818, to ution passed in August, 1818, and by virtue of a writ of election to me directed,, to elect one Governor, one Lieutenant-Governor, one Representative to Congress, one Senator to the General Assembly,three Representatives to the Assembly, one Sheriff, and one Coroner.

Thomas Gillham and James Rose, sworn judges of the election, and John Hay, clerk. Wm. Scott, Sr , George Stout, Sr., Thomas W. Talbott, David Chance, James W. Whitney, Wm. Beer, Sr., John Hill, Henry Stout, James Kimberling, Moses Short, John Rider, James Marney, Edward Cecil. Peter Rittenhouse, Charles R. Matheney, David Lowe, Noah Matheney, Silas Mozee, Caleb Lacy, James Glass, Joseph Penn, Arthur Morgan, Jacob Stout, Daniel Stookey, Francis Swan, Wm. Calbreath, Laurant Schanberger, Joseph Boneau, Auguste Trottier, Baptiste Grondine, Thomas Chartrand, Joseph Pepin, Antoine La Coune, Denis Delorme, Reuben Samuel, E. Lemieux, Louis Pepin, Jos. Lepage, Gabriel Marleau, Julien Mercier, Pierre Gueirr, Joseph Gonville, N(3el Godin, Pierre Marleau, George Dixon, Shelton Allphin, Robert Lemen, William Padfield, Jr., Joseph Lemen, John Tetor, Baptiste Auny, James Watts, Evans Barnes, Archer Ballard, Meredith Cooper, Ezekiel Jones, Ichabod Allen, Louis Lepage, Frangois Trottier, Jacob Huffman, Wm. Moore, Stephen Ballard, Stephen Cooper, Clayton Tiffin, Jacob Young, Menan Mills, Joseph Primm, Benjamin Watts, Philip Smith, Wm. McMurray, Samuel Scott, John Steel, Alexander Cavines, Robert White, Wm. Payton, Wm. Scott, Jr., Tapley Young, Peter Right, Hugh Alexander, Levi Primm, Thos. Ray, Israel Robinson, Wm. Adair, Abel Tirke, John Melemore, Samuel McDonald, Robert Moore, Samuel Mitchell, Wm. Sample, Elward Mitchell, Joseph Pepin, Simon Bertrand, Louis Jervais, Wm. M.Brewer, Joseph Dixon, David Spark. James Moore, John Hancock,Thomas Quick, John Chaoman, Robert Abernathey, John Prentice,Joseph Chance, Mark Ward, Robert Thomas, Aaron Primm, Joseph Ogle, Jr., John D. Thomas, Abraham Badgley, DanielIman, Henry Inman, Abraham Iman, Wm. Short, Sam. Redman, Wm. Penn, Jacob Iman, Joshua Oglesby, Wm. T. Kincade, Le Tibigin, Matthew Cox, David Cox, Geo. W; Lott, Patrick Hogan,Tolly B. Wade, Robert Gooding, Bennett Million. Seth Crocker, Simon Stookey, Wm. Miller, Peter Grant, Benjamin Hale, Wm. Hilt, Philip A'inyard, Moses Stookey, Samuel Allen, James Babet, James Walker, James McCann, Thomas Coats, Wm. Atcheson, Upton, Thomas Beer, Daniel Beer, Joseph Beer, John Anderson, Jacob Can, James Black, Robert Stockton, Abram Duff, Martin Dial, John Lymmes, Benjamin Wm. Johnson, John Thompson, Philip Phillips, Patrick Huggins, Elvia Allen, Geo. Mitchell, Green Hill, Daniel Bonham, Joshua Woods, Redman Strickland, Henry Randleman, Rjbert L. Rankin, Anthony Badgley, Robert McClure, Johu Meekum, Wm. G. Brouen, Jonathan Sharp, Sam. Bonham, John Primm, Sr , John Stountz, Aaron Badgley, Abram Varner, Sylvester Merrill, John Russell, John Ward, John Leech, Benjamin Campbell, John Broom, Stephen Lacey, Samuel Steel, Paul Kingston, James Simpson, John L Whiteside, Wm. Stout, Patrick Johnson, Alphonso C. Stuart, David Knight, Isaac Baisey, Jacques Martin, Dazire Clouard, Wm. O. Watts, Wm. Bonham, Henry Funderburg, Richard Right, John B. Robinson, Solomon Teter, Thomas Moore, Rawby Rolls, Robert Huffman, Jarrard Buckey, Benjamin Million, Henry Null, James Brewer, Tobias Bright, Wm. Grignion, Wm. Hind, Joseph Riggs, John Arnett, Benjamin Wood, Wm. Barton, Johu Wilcox, Wm. Telford, Matthew Pate, Benj. Ogle, John Chamless, Wm. Rutherford, Alexander Scott, Jacob Ogle, Sr., Jacob Earnest, Joseph Trotter, E. Daout, Wra. Arnoure, A. Brisson, Samuel Webster, Pierre Godiu, Abram Bunker, Joseph Padfield, Marshal Hawkins, Thomas Skidmore, Smith Crane, B. Paradie, P. Godin, Joseph Nealy, Samuel Sharp, David Cohen, Jeseph Fry, Dausey Wilderman, Nathan Fike, John Castleberry, 72 HISTORY OF ST. CLAIM COUNTY, ILLINOIS. M. Farriere, Alexander George, Robert Chestney, JIarshal Duncan, Wm. Stallions, Thomas Chestney, AVm. Hill, Wni. Holcomb,David Badgley, Wyatt Strickland, Eli Ward, Moses Land, Aaron Shock, John Randleman, Martin Baker, Wm. Simpson, George Matthews, Thomas Cjx, Thomas Harrison, John Wells, Lee G.Jennings, Sam. C. Myers, Nathan Tatman, Robert Middleton, Joel Beaver, Washington West, Wm. Moore, James Estep, Levi Tider, John" Cotton, Daniel Pierce, Samuel Honny, James Philips, Wm. Fowler, Wm. Small, Samuel Crane, Louis Boismenu, James Honsong, John Cotton, Jr., Henry Nealy, Hugh MeClintoek, John Boucher, John Kingston, Zachariah Hays, Christopher Fowkes, Silas Crane, Louis W. Myers, Samuel Beedle, Moses Quick, Jas. AV. Davidson, Daniel Thompson, James Kuight, John Reynolds, John Ham, Joseph Kerr, James Rose, Daniel Murray, Z. Holcomb, Antoine Poupart, B. Lapambere, B. Cheionard, Pascal Poupart, Joseph Celine, Paul Poupart, Charles Beinier, Joseph Ruelle, Joseph Poupart, Jr., M. St. Yve, Joseph Grandmaison, Wm. Ratcliff, Joseph Chinei, James Lemen, Louis 'Lo Compte, Calvin Day, Joseph Gueret, Joseph St. Jean, M. Pinconneau, Louis Gregoire, Joseph Gravelle, P. Gramlin, P. Lavaniere, Jean Boisnenieu, Baptiste Le Compte, Vachel Hinton, Baptiste Manegle, Paul Tremble, Michel Berneshe, Louis St. Jean, Louisabuxiere, Joseph Derloge, George Blair, Jean Beaulieu, Philip L Laplamme, Israel Strait, Charles Beaugenon, Charles Biron, John Newcom, Daniel Murphy, Jonas Shook, Hosea Rigg, Curtis Moore, Baptiste La Coune, Zachariah Stephenson, John Stanley, Nicholas Boneau, George W. Wilky, Joseph Langlois, Louis Godiu, John Burns, Auguste Chartrand, J. Lamotte, Jacqties Vanier, Henry Taylor, Atlas Moore, Whitfield Touenshend, Daniel Million, P. Laperche, Ett Pinconneau, Wm; Griffin, H. Davis, Henry Hutton, Charles Leathers, Bird Estes, George Scott, Ed. D. Summers, John Enochs, Lewis Hening, John Crocker, Nicholas Turgeon, Nathaniel McGomerry, Baptist Dubuc, Edward Bradley,' James Buck, Henry Crowl, Wm. Lunceferd, James Brown, Franklin Jarvis, John Scott, James Read, Aaron Quick, Joseph Scott, Thomas Padfield, James Nichols, Larkin Norris, Jonathan Roskin, George Wilderman, James Padfield, John Thomas, Wm. McGomerry, Henry Walker, Louis Pinconneau, Wm. Walker, Major Heireng, Pleasant Randolph, Samuel Piles, Wm. Piles, Henry Wilderman, L. Pennington, John Simmons, John Jarvis, John Atkemon, John Walker, Joseph Cornelius, Middleton Crane, iJames Wilderman, Richard Dogget, Francis Wilderman, Thomas Smith, James W. Bradsby, James Foster, Isaac Quick, Charles B. Walker, Wm. Rittenhouse, Wm. Hendricks, Ransom Caudle, Louis Petit, Joseph Young, Clement Rigg, Joseph Wilderman, Peter Hill, Joseph Land, Lewis Land, Ephraim Perkins, Davis Whiteside, Hiram Virgin, Jesse Perkins, Enoch Hale, Samuel HuflT, Michael Ratcliff, John W. Johnson, Anthony M. Thomas, Joseph Holcomb, Wm. Prian, Hugh Cunningham, Thomas Primm, John Crane, Wm. Rittenhouse, Francis Crop, Stephen McGhehou, Wm. Bledsoe, Gaven Bledsoe, Pleasant Goings, John McCully, ^Vm. Higgins, Joseph Bonham, Elijah Rittenhouse, Wm. Journey, 'Jacob Lunceford, John Manna, John E. Horn, George Snaggart, Malcolm Johnson, Seth Hodges, Thomas Stubblefield, Daniel E. Bailess, James Anderson, James Taunehill, Henry Allen, Joshua Perkins, James Jenkins, Stephen Whiteside, Joseph Cavenah, Thos. Welsh, A. Johnson, N. Hill, Julius Nichols, Solomon Miller, Wm. L. Whiteside, Wm. Philips, Robt. Harrison, Thomas Knighton, William Right, Thomas Nichols, Davis Whiteside, Joel Jackson, M. Bonham, Jabus Liquor, Daniel Wise, Wm. Baker, N. Hornet, Charles Hiraes, John Lowe, George Slayton, John C. Potter, Wm. Padfield, Sr., Henry I. Goode, Solomon AUen^ A. Tremble, John J. Whiteside, Robert Duncan, J. Manville, John Ryan, Jesse B. Thomas, John Rutherford, AVilliam Vinyard, Wm. Warnduflf", Green W. Short, F. K. Wise, Hugh Smiley, B. Cotton, R. Pullham, Louis Duvall, D. Davis, Timothy Bennett, James Woods, Neal Kennedy, Daniel Philip, Lemon Abbe, Samuel Tozer, Wm. Alexander, Jacob Whiteside, Elijah Rittenhouse, Risdon Moore, Robert K. McLaughlin, David Hill, Henry Mace, Isaac Hickman, B. Virgin, John Allen, Miner Allen, David Matthews, Stephen Brewer, Joshua Clark, Levi Day, Nathan Morgan, Jacob Ellis, Levi Ellis, Wm. C. Purdy, Joseph Ogle, Jacob Ogle, Elihu Reynolds, David Emert, John Scott, Robert Ranson, Wm. Virgin, Job Badgley, A. McMurty, James Pullham, Andrew McCrae, Jeremiah Philips, Edmon Kennedy, John Lacey, John Whiteside, Alexander Nash, James Carlin, Asa Stroud, William Mean, Henry Talbot, Richard Chapman, Wm. A. Beand, James D. Thomas, John Messinger, Wm. Kinney, Wm. Biggs, Thomas Gillham, John Hays, John Hay, Stephen Wilcox, John Gibbon, John Bud. The following are the names of the candidates, and the number of votes each received from the above named voters :

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