Nathan Beers (1753 - 1848)

Born 14 Feb 1753 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Phelps) Beers — married 26 May 1781 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Descendants

Died 10 Feb 1848 at age 94 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Nathan was born in 1753. He was the son of Nathan Beers and Hannah Nichols. He passed away in 1848.

Note: Commemorative Biographical Record of New Haven County, Connecticut, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens, and of Many of the Early Settled Families, Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1902, Vol 1, pt 1, p. 150-1, "Deacon Nathan Beers, the father of Clement Beers, was born in Stratford, Feb. 24, 1753. In 1754, his parents removed to New Haven. He was a charter member of the Second company, Governors Foot Guards, and went with forty members of the company to Cambridge in April, 1775. On Jan. 13, 1777, he received a commission as ensign from Gov. Trumbull, of Connecticut, and on March 23, 1778, was commissioned a lieutenant in the army of the United States; in May, 1778 was made paymaster; and in July, 1788, the rank of captain by brevet was conferred upon him. He was one of the ofificers to whose care Major Andre was committed during the period from his capture to his execution, and he received from that unfortunate officer a sketch of himself drawn by his own pen after his sentence; this sketch is now in the possession of Yale College. On May 26, 1781, he married, at New Haven, Mary Phelps, daughter of John Phelps, Esq., of Stafford, Conn. After the war Mr. Beers engaged in mercantile business, and was for twenty years steward of Yale College. A man of strong religious principles, he was for many years deacon in the North (Congregational) Church. He died Feb. 10, 1849, lacking only fourteen days of ninety-five years of age."

[This death date in 1849 differs from that given in the New Haven Vital Records and on his tombstone, as referenced by Jacobus in the source below. Jacobus also does not list Clement Beers as a child of Deacon Nathan, but there is a gap between listed children where he would fit.]

Sources

• Jacobus, Donald Lines. Families of Ancient New Haven (Clarence D. Smith, Rome, NY, 1923) Vol. 1, Page 183.
• Manual of The North Church in New Haven (E. Hayes, New Haven, 1867) Page 24: d. 1849 age 96.
• Ferry, Robert A., Connecticut Military Pensioners in 1840, Part V New Haven County, Connecticut Ancestry (Connecticut Anc. Soc., Inc., Stamford, Conn., May 1996) Vol. 38, No. 4, WN 195, Page 179.