William
H.
Beers
Born in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Son of William Beers
and Susanna (Gazey) Beere
Husband of
Mahetable Maria (Bennett) Beers
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 31
in California, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 5 Nov 2017
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Biography
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William Beers was a Latter Day Saint pioneer.
William became a member of the LDS Church between 1830 - 1848.
Private William Beers served with the Iowa Volunteers during the Mexican-American War
Service Started: Jul 1846
Unit(s): Company E, Mormon Battalion
Service Ended: Jul 16, 1847
Service Started: Jul 1846
Unit(s): Company E, Mormon Battalion
Service Ended: Jul 16, 1847
- Fact: Christening (9 June 1827) Banbury, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
- Fact: Immigration (10 October 1848) Utah, United States
- William was a Private, Company "E" of the Mormon Battalion.
- Fact: Residence (1850) Great Salt Lake county, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory
- Fact: Burial (1859)
Sources
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 02 November 2017, 06:13), entry for William H. Beers(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:99Q3-K39); contributed by various users.
- "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QK9B-ZF9K : 25 July 2017), William H. Beers, 10 Oct 1848; from "Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel: 1847-1868," database, > The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (https://history.lds.org/overlandtravels/ : 2004-).
- "William Beers in the Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-1848."
- Members of the Mormon Battalion, A Sesquicentennia1 Remembrance, compiled by Dr. Susan Ward Easton, p. 5. https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE5417209
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or 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 William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or 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 William:
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~3.12%
~6.25%
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The baptism record for this child, like his brothers and sisters born in Banbury, uses the surname "Beere". That was also the spelling his father used, in his autograph signature, when he married in 1826. I think one might well feel that his Last Name at Birth was "Beere".