John William Young

BEAMER FAMILY

    JOHN BEAMER was born in Germany and died in Bethlehem Twp. Hunterdon County, N.J.  Feb 20, 1795.   According to Nancy Beamer in  Beamer Lore  he was the  only son of John Beamer of Heidelberg, Germany, ran away from school in that place and came to America about 1752, to avoid military service.  He settled in Bethlehem Twp. Hunterdon Co., N.J. and married on April 9, 1755, MARY ELIZABETH GLASSUER, born March 19, 1730, in Baden, Heidelberg, Germany.  Their only child was JOHN, born Nov. 1759,  in Greenwich, N. J. 

    Heidelberg was the capital of the Palatinate and on the Neckar River, which flows into the Rhine at Mannheim, it was later in the state of Baden.  Many of the palatine emigrants probably went to Heidleburg to start their journey to America, they may or may not have lived there.  In the shipping lists I have examined there are four John Beamers and two John William Youngs.  There are many other Beamers and Youngs listed with various first names.

    On Sept. 9, 1749, a Johannes Bohmer arrived at Philadelphia on the ship Saint Andrew, by list 111, persons 400 Palatines.  On Sept. 14, 1749, a Johannes Bohmer arrived at Philadelphia on the ship Two Brothers, by list 105, 312 persons, from the Electorate of Palatine and Triers.  On Aug. 28, 1750, a Johannes Bohmer arrived at Philadelphia on the ship Two Brothers, by list 98, persons 147.  On list 233A, undated, listed between 232C, Dec 13, 1754, and 234A, Oct. 7, 1755, a Johannes Bemer arrived at Philadelphia on the ship Two Brothers, from the Electorate of Palatine and Triers, Hapsburg.  On Sept. 14, 1749, a Johan Wilm Jung arrived on the ship Two Brothers.  On Sept. 29, 1753, a Johannes Wilhem Jung arrived at Philadelphia on the ship Rowland.  All the above ships sailed from Rotterdam, Holland.

    According to Minnie Buck Campbell, John William Young came from Erfurt on the Rhine and married Mary Oller, who also came from Erfurt.  A Simon Holler was on the ship Two Brothers when it arrived at Philadelphia on Sept. 14, 1749.  As only males over 16 were required to sign the oaths, this could very well be Mary Oller s father.  The dates of any of the above ships would fit with our ancestors, however, I think list 131C, Sept. 14, 1749, looks the most likely as three of the family names are included and as whole neighborhoods and communities removed to America at the same time, I would like to think that perhaps they were friends before sailing for America, at any rate that they knew each other before landing in America.  Mrs. Campbell also said John William Young settled on the Pequa (Pequest) River.  His will and later references to him all say he was from Oxford Furnace, which is a short distance from the Pequest River.  We do not know if he settled here immediately after arrival in America or not.

    We have a record of four children of John William Young and Mary Oller as follows: Anna Mary Young, born Jan. 1756, married John Beamer Jr. on April 7, 1782; Jacob Young, born in 1760, married Annie Francis Flumerfelt; Margaret Young married John Terryberry; Mary Catherine Young, married Philip Triller.  Philip Triller was one of the first settlers in Hope, N.J.  In 1804, when John Beamer Jr. was in Bethlehem Twp. to sell the farm and settle the estate, in a letter to his wife he asked her to write him at Bethlehem or at Philip Triller s.  Hope is some twenty miles from Jugtown (West Portal) and Oxford is between the two, so they all lived in the same general district of N.J

Insert: The will of John William Young. New Jersey Archives Vol. XXXVIII, wills 1796 - 1800.

      Dec. 28, 1799, Young, John Wm. of Oxford Twp., Sussex Co. Int.  Adm rs - John Young and Philip Triller.  Fellow - bondsmen - Christopher Swayze and John De Cou; all of said Co. 

     1799, Dec. 25, Inventory,   869.66; made by Amos Hogeland and John De Cou 

    (Oxford is now in Warren County.)

    John Beamer first settled in Greenwich Twp, Sussex Co., N.J. and later removed to a farm on the Musconectong River, near present day West Portal, formerly Jugtown, Bethlehem Twp, N.J. where the ruins of Opdykes Mill can still be seen.  His will includes William Clasner, probably a relative of Mary Elizabeth Beamer, and Essema Beamer (Effemary ?) - there was a great variation in spelling in those days.  One of the executors was Daniel Feite, of Greenwich Twp.  The will is as follows, from the New Jersey Archives, Vol. XXXVII, Abstracts of will Vol. VIII, 1791-95:   Feb. 20, 1795, Beamer, John, of Bethlehem Twp., Hunterdon Co.;  will of. Wife, Mary Elizabeth, real and personal, while widow;  should she marry, 10 pounds only.  Son, John, 20 pounds and wearing apparel; also real and personal estate after wife s decease or marriage.  Grandson, John Dennis Beamer, 50 pounds when 21.  Grand-daughter Essema Beamer, 30 pounds, when 18.  To William Clasner, 10 pounds.  Executors - Daniel Feite, of Greenwich Twp., and Paul Cool, (Kuhl) of Amwell Twp. said Co.  Witnesses - Daniel Vliet, Peter Creveling and Alexander Wilson.  Proved May 7, 1795.  Lib. 36, p. 156.  1795, April 22, Inventory, pounds 515 - 16 - 6; made by Jacob Rulshizer and Daniel Vliet.  File 1700 J. 

    The deed from John Beamer Jr. to James Eckman of his father s farm is as follows.  Vol. 14, page 324, Deeds, Flemington, N.J.  John Beamer and Anna Beamer to James Eckman and David Covenhoven Consideration five thousand one hundred and twenty dollars lawful money, Twp. of Bethlehem, County of Hunterdon.  Beginning in the middle of the Muskenetkong river opposite to a small ash sapling marked for a corner standing close on the south side of said river, in a line of land belonging to David Vliet and from the said ash sapling it runs along the said Vliets line south twelve degrees east ninety three chains and twenty eight links to a heap of stones and white bush for a corner, in a line of Aaron Watsons land, thence along his line north eighty nine degrees and thirty minutes east, two chains and sixty links to a heap of stones, thence along another of the said Watsons lines, north three degrees west seven chains  and ninety links to a great rock for a corner, thence still along another of his lines north eighty eight degrees east, seventeen chains and ninety links to a heap of stone for a corner thence along a line of John Creveling s land north twelve degrees and thirty minutes west, ninety three chains and fifty links to the middle of said river, thence down the same several courses thereof to the place of beginning, containing one hundred and ninety two acres be the same more or less.  Which said described tract of land and premises, John Beamer, the elder deceased, by his last will and testament bearing date the twentieth day of February in the year of our lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety five, devised to his son John Beamer the grantor. Together with all buildings improvements etc. etc.

    I am including three letters from John Beamer Jr. and also the diary of his travels as far as Rochester on his way to Canada as they give an interesting impression of the time.  Yu will note that in both the will and the deed Daniel Vliet is spelled with a V yet John Beamer Jr. in a letter to his mother says,  I desire to be remembered to all my old Neighbors and Aquaintances Especially My old friend Daniel fliet and family .  There was a great variation in spelling and the use of capitals.

         See letters here.

    John Beamer Jr s diary of his travels from New Jersey stops at Irondequoit Bay, which is on the lake a short distance from Rochester N.Y.  He had traveled from Oswego by boat to this point on Lake Ontario.

    According to the story handed down in the family he traveled by wagon (which he must have purchased there) from Rochester to Grimsby.  He is supposed to have built a raft and poled the Wagon and horses, one at a time, across the Niagara River.  From Niagara to what is now Grimsby, there were no roads, so he had to cut his trail through the woods.  (There should have been a pretty good trail as quite a number of settlers had traveled from Niagara to The Forty in the previous three years).  At any rate the story is interesting.

    In the letter of Dec. 1, 1804, to his wife Anna, John Beamer Jr. said,  I just visited our brothers and sisters but so short is two days among them they were intolerable then and I expect to see some of them again shortly.   We do not know how many brothers and sisters there were or if they were all Youngs.  Perhaps there were Beamer brothers and sisters as well.  Philip Triller is the only one we know by name who was living in N.J. at that time, and John asked Anna to write him there.

    The old Beamer Bible was in the possession of A. B. Book of Grimsby.  It contains the record of the marriage of John Jr., and Anna Young and the birth dates of all their children.  In the front it says,  John Beamer his book God give him grace to look thereon not only to look but to understand for learning is worth house and land when house and land and all is spent then learning is most excellent. 

         John

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JOHN BEAMER, died Feb. 20, 1795, in Hunterdon County, Bethlehem Twp., N.J., Married on April 9, 1755, Mary Elizabeth Glasuer, who was born Mar. 19, 1730, died Oct. 13, 180?. They lived along the Musconectong river, near present day West Portal, formerly Jugtown.
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Children of John Beamer and Mary Elizabeth Glasuer:

    JOHN, born at Greenwich N.J., Nov. 27, 1759, died at Grimsby, Ontario, Feb 9, 1854; married on April 7, 1782, Anna Young,  who was born in Jan.  1756, died Dec. 28, 1851.  She was the daughter of John William Young and Mary Oller.  They are both buried in St. Andrew s Church Cemetery, Grimsby, Ontario.

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Children of John Beamer and Anna Young

    1.  EFFEMARY,   (EVE) born in Bethlehem Twp.  Hunterdon County, N.J.  on Sunday, Jan 26, 1783, died May 19, 1806.

    2.  ANNA MARY, born in Bethlehem Twp. N.J., on Thursday, Jan 13, 1785, died at Palermo, Trafalgar Twp. Ontario; married at the home of her father in Grimsby on Oct. 17, 1809, to Absalom Smith, who was born in Grimsby on Feb. 3, 1788, died at Palermo, Trafalgar Twp. on Feb. 5, 1861.  He was the son of John Smith and Hannah Wilcox.   Absalom and Mary are both buried in Palermo cemetery.

    (Note: Their daughter , Hannah Priscilla Smith, married Johathan Johnson Book.)

    (Their son was Dr. Jason Burgess Book of Detroit, whose son Herbert Book of Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, compiled this.)

    3.   CATHERINE, born in Bethlehem Twp, N.J., Tuesday, Dec 26, 1786, died Dec. 28, 1857; married on April 3, 1806 to Johnathan A. Pettit, who was born Oct. 26, 1782, and died June 15, 1859.  He was the son of Andrew Pettit and Sarah Smith.  Their children, all born at Grimsby, were: 

 a) Isaac Smith Pettit, born Nov 1, 1806, died Feb. 7, 1813.  

 b) Andrew Freeman Pettit, born Feb. 21, 1808, died Sept. 1, 1898, buried at St. Luke s, Burlington, Ont.; married Mary Muir and lived at Burlington. 

 c) John Beamer Pettit, born June 3, 1810, died Jan 21, 1885, buried at Paris, Ontario; married Mary Carpenter of Winona, lived at Paris, Ontario.

 d) Anna Young Pettit, born June 13, 1812, died Jan (or June ?) 26, 1881, buried at St. Andrew s; married Alexander Carpenter of Winona.

 e) Sarah Pettit, born July 10, 1816, died Jan. 27, 1821.

 f) Mary Catherine Pettit, born Sept 15, 1822, died Sept. 10, 1886, buried at St. Andrew s, married Dennis Dixon.

 g) Jonathan Robbins Pettit, born May 3, 1825, died Mar. 26, 1895, buried at St. Andrew s; married on April 24, 1849 to Martha Jane Smith, born May 30, 1829, granddaughter of Silas Smith and Esther Smith, and daughter of Ananias Smith and Elizabeth Smith.

    4.  ANNA MARGARET,  born in Bethlehem Twp., N.J., Monday evening Nov. 17, 1788, married Daniel Smith, who was born at Grimsby, June 11, 1790, died Feb. 28, 1850.  He was the son of John Smith and Hannah Wilcox.  Their children under Smith Family A.

    5.  ELIZABETH, born at Niagara, Saturday afternoon, Nov. 13, 1790, married Israel Smith, according to Nancy Beamer.

    6.  JOHN DENNIS, born at Grimsby, Saturday morning, Mar. 23, 1793, was married three times.  First to Elizabeth Ensley, who was born Jan. 15, 1797; 2nd Sarah Wiers; 3rd Mary Lemond.

    7.  WILLIAM, born at Grimsby, Tuesday evening, July 25, 1797, married Mary Wilson on April 25, 1822.

    8.  ANNA, born at Grimsby, Monday evening, Dec. 30, 1799; married William (Jacob ?) Bouslough.

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Children of John Dennis Beamer and Elizabeth Ensley.

    1.  ANNA MARIA, born Dec 3, 1820, died Jan 1, 1843; married Peter Beamer, of Louth, who was born April 30, 1814, died Oct 20, 1841.  He was the son of Adam Beemer and Ann Bowman.  One child Peter, died Jan 11, 1842, age three months and 11 days.

    2.  JOHN, born Feb 18, 1822, died Feb 26, 1887; married on Nov 3, 1846 to Elizabeth Caroline Frank.

    3.  JACOB HENRY, born Oct. 26, 1824, married Prudence E. House on Nov. 10, 1847.

    4.  SARAH ELIZABETH, born Sept. 19, 1827, died Jan 1, 1908, married Frederick A. House on June 9, 1846.  They had two children  Delilah and Albert.

    5.  LEVI ENSLEY, born June 28, 1829, died June 8, 1895,  married Mary Cline on May 19, 1852.

    6.  WILLIAM DENNIS, born Oct. 21, 1831,   died Nov. 16, 1839.

    7.  MARY JANE, born Nov. 6, 1833, died Feb. 11, 1860,   married on Mar. 23, 1853, to Cyrus S. Cline.   They had one daughter, Jane (Jenny) Cline who married Frank Walker.

    8.  ANDREW CLINE, born Jan. 26, 1836, died June 25, 1907, married Susan Muir on Dec. 5, 1860.

    9.  AMANDA CATHERINE, born at Grimsby, April 27, 1838, died at North Grimsby, May 9, 1919; married on May 2, 1866 to Robert Omri Book, who was born in Trafalgar Twp., Halton County, on Sept. 14, 1839, died in Nov. 1899 at Grimsby.  He was the son of Jonathan Johnson Book and Hannah Priscilla Smith.  Their children were: a) Nellie Book, born at Grimsby, Mar. 31, 1867, died there Jan 15, 1938; married on Feb. 25, 1914 to James Allen, no issue.   b) Solon Dennis Book, born at Grimsby, Feb. 11, 1868,   died there in 1894, unmarried.  c) Anson Burgess Book, born at Grimsby, Nov 22, 1870, died there Oct. 22, 1946; married on Mar. 11, 1914 to Jane Isobel McLaughlin, who died July 7, 1932, no issue.   d) Johathan Lorne  Book, born at Grimsby, July 22, 1872, died there Nov 20, 1942, unmarried.

Children of John Dennis Beamer and Sarah Wiers.

    1.  WILLIAM BRAZILLIA, born Jan 21, 1849, died Mar 12, 1916; married on June 5,1873 to Melissa A. Lee.

    2.  MARGARET ELIZA, born Mar 30, 1851, died Mar 18, 1883; married Walter Paterson Palmer.  Two children: Jessie Lazell Palmer and Thirza Catherine Palmer, who married Gordon Carpenter.

    3.  WILLIAM WIERS, born May 24, 1853, died at Grimsby, in March 1939; married Anne Thompson.

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Children of William Beamer and Mary Wilson.

    1.  MARSHIA (MARCIA) CATHERINE, married 1st  John Disher, 2nd William Russ.

    2.  HANNAH PRISCILLA, married James Russ.

    3.  ELIZA ANN, married Ira F. Calder.  (According to Nancy Beamer, Eliza died age 19 and it was Margaret Matilda who married Ira F. Calder.) Their children were: Newman Fletcher Calder; Ada May Calder; William Beamer Calder; Ella Belle Calder; Roberty Morley Calder;   Clara May and Louisa Marion Calder, twins who died young.

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Children of John Beamer and Elizabeth Caroline Frank.

    1.  JOHN FRANKLIN, married 1st Jane or Annie Rossel; 2nd Eliza Mainland.

    2.  OSCAR ROBERT, married Augusta Thomas.

    3.  ANNIE, married Ed. Doran.

    4.  ELIZA, married Erastus Thomas. One son, Harry Walter Thomas.

    5.  ARCHIE, married Sarah Nash; one daughter Lilly Belle, died young.

    6.  ALBIE, married Augusta Tice, no issue.

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Children of Jacob Henry Beamer and Prudence E. House.

    1.  EMMA, married Henry House.

    2.  ELIZA, married Walter Tallman.

    3.  JERRID, Charlotte .........

    4.  MINNIE, married Wlliam Record.

    5.  ORILLIA, married Frank Secord.

    6.  JEUETTA, maried Joseph Moyer.

V Children of Levi Ensley Beamer and Mary Cline.

    1.  AUGUSTA (GUSSIE), married John Duval, two children: Earl Duval, married Nora Miller; Ella Duval, married Herbert Glover.

    2.  ALONZO, married Elgiva Lee, no issue.

    3.  ELLA, married Al. Russ, no issue.

V Children of Andrew Cline Beamer and Susan Muir.

    1.  LORA (LAURA), married Wellington Van Dyke.

    2.  MURRAY, married Jessie Gow.

    3.  EDITH, married William Alexander.

    4.  HARRY, married Jessie Budge.

V Children of William Brazillia Beamer and Melissa A. Lee.

    1.  CYNTHIA GERTRUDE, born Jan 9, 1877, married on June 23, 1897 to Arthur Metcalfe.  Their ten children were:

  a) Harold Beamer Metcalfe, born April 1, 1898.

  b) James Gordon Metcalfe, Nov 24, 1899.

  c) Leigh Wilkenson Metcalfe, born April 17, 1901, died Oct 17, 1927.

  d) Margaret Gertrude Metcalfe, born July 25, 1902.

  e) Henry Moore Metcalfe, born Feb 9, 1905

  f)  Ralph Arthur Metcalfe, born May 9, 1908

  g) Isabel Alevia Metcalfe, born March 1, 1910 m.  Inglehart.

  h) Blanche Loraine Metcalfe and Bertha Eleanor Metcalfe (m. McMillan), twins, born June 17,

1914.

  i)William Edward Metcalfe, born June 14, 1816.

    2.  BERTHA GAY, born July 25, 1882, married on Dec 11, 1908 to Bethel Pickett.   Their children were Brazillia Stewart Pickett, Llewellyn Elmer Pickett, Arthur Daved Pickett, and Ellen Gay Pickett who married a Benson.

    3.  Son died an infant.

V Children of Willis Wiers Beamer and Anne Thompson.

    1.  ELIZABETH FRANCES, married Hershal Smith; one son Lorne.

VI Children of John Franklin Beamer and Eliza Mainland.

    1.  ALETHA, died in 1940.

    2.  JOHN FRANKLIN Jr., (Frank) lives in Calgary, Alberta.Two children: Maud & Ruby.

    3.  MARGARET, married Harry Anderson; two children Isobel Anderson and Hugh John Anderson.

    4.  AMANDA, died young.

    5.  OLIVE, married Charles Donnely.

    6.  WILLA, married Morris Udell; two children George Udell, Douglas Udell.

    7.  EARLE

    8.  ARCHIE, killed in World War I.

    9.  LENA, married John O Riley; one daughter.

VI Children of Oscar Robert Beamer and Augusta Thomas.

    1.  HERBERT, married Laura Southward.  Six children: John, James m. Dorothy Fairweather, Aubry, Loran, Cecil, Walter.

    2.  CARRIE, died young.

    3.  ROBERT OSCAR, married Vera Whitwell. Two children: Ella & Robert.

VI Children of Eliza Beamer and Erastus Thomas:

    1.  HARRY WALTER THOMAS, married Eva Belle Appleford.

VII Children of Harry W. Thomas and Eva B. Appleford:

  a)  Margaret Rachel Thomas, m. John Frederick Ure; 

  b)  Gordon Douglas Thomas, m. Joyce Arlene Dale.

VIII Children of Margaret R. Thomas and John F. Ure

  a) Barbara Lynn Ure m. Raymond Arthur Drouillard

  b) Patricia Louise Ure m. Brian Faulkner Children of Gordon D. Thomas and Joyce A. Dale:

  a) Janice Ann Thomas m. Timothy Purcell Holden

  b) Douglas David Thomas

  c) Susan Elizabeth Thomas

IX Children of Barbara Lynn Ure and Raymond Arthur Drouillard

  a) Andrew Jonathan Victor Drouillard  

  b) Christopher William Thomas Drouillard Children of Patricia L Ure and Brian Faulkner

   a) Kimberley Anne Faulkner

   b) Emily Nicole Faulkner

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