Barbara Beery1

F, b. 5 April 1764, d. 3 June 1840
FatherNicholas Beery II b. 16 Jun 1739, d. 16 Feb 1811
MotherMary Elizabeth Keller b. c 1742, d. 1788
     Barbara was born on Thursday, 5 April 1764 in Springettsbury Manor, Manchester Township, York County, Pennsylvania. Barbara married Jacob Blosser on 12 February 1788 in Springettsbury Manor, Manchester Township. Jacob & Barbara had children: Elizabeth [11/12/1788], Daniel [3/05/1790]. Mary [10/28/1791], Jacob [5/05/1793], Joseph [3/02/1795], Barbara [2/08/1797], Anna [1/27/1799], Samuel [5/06/1801-1802], John [4/22/1802], Magdalene [4/02/1804-1804] & Susanna [9.18.1805]. In 1789, Jacob & his family resided in Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, and then by 1825, the family had removed to Mahoning County, Ohio. There, they belonged to the Mennonite Church. Barbara departed this life on Wednesday, 3 June 1840 in Mahoning County at age 76 years, 1 month and 29 days.

Citations

  1. [S51] Joseph H. Wenger, History of the Descendants of Nicholas Beery Born 1707. Immigrated from Switzerland to Pennsylvania in 1727, pages 21-22 - Barbara Beery, born near York, York Co., Pa., April 6, 1764; died in Mahoning Co., Ohio, June 3, 1840. *Jacob Blosser, born as above in Pennsylvania, Jan. 13, 1758; died in Mahoning Co., Ohio, Oct. 6, 1842, at which place both are buried; married Feb. 12, 1788. They were Mennonites, and soon after marriage they settled among the pioneers of Shenandoah Co., Va., now Luray, Page Co., Va., which was taken from Shenandoah Co., in the Shenandoah Valley. Here they lived many years, and some of their children had settled in Mahoning Co., Ohio. The parents, in old age, about the year 1825, emigrated to that place, where they died and are buried. Mr. Blosser was a miller by occupation, as also were many of his descendants. His father, Peter Blosser, in the Swiss language was Maser, who came from Switzerland to York Co., Pa., on the ship "Snow Betsy," landing at Philadelphia Aug. 27, 1739. Peter had six sons and four daughters, who settled in Shenandoah, Rockingham and Page counties, Va. He was a Mennonite minister and is buried at North Garden, now in Albemarle Co., Va.
    Peter Blosser, the Ancestor.
    After the death of his first wife his six sons, being full of " Young America," became rather unmanageable. He told them that he would marry a cross stepmother who would correct them. He married Miss Knicely, Who sure enough was rather cross for himself to live with . . , and on which account he had to dismiss his ministry. But fortunately these bad boys reformed and came to be pious people, some of them having become ministers . . .
    Children: Elizabeth [Nov. 12, 1788]; Daniel [March 5, 1790]; Mary [Oct. 28, 1791; Jacob [May 5, 1793]; Joseph [March 2, 1795]; Barbara [Feb. 8, 1797]; Anna [Jan. 27, 1799; Samuel [May 6, 1801-1802]; John [April 22, 1802; Magdalene [April 2, 1804-1804]; & Susanna [Sept. 18, 1805].
    *He was the progenitor of the entire Blosser lineage, whose descendants were mostly Mennonites, and by occupation many If them were millers, and are now scattered over the United States.