Jacob Beery1,2

M, b. October 1766, d. 12 February 1842
FatherNicholas Beery II b. 16 Jun 1739, d. 16 Feb 1811
MotherMary Elizabeth Keller b. c 1742, d. 1788
     Jacob was born in October 1766 in Springettsbury Manor, Manchester Township, York County, Pennsylvania. Jacob married Nancy Geil, daughter of Jacob Geil and Anna Clymer, circa 1795 in Rockingham County, Virginia. Around 1803, Jacob & his family resided at Berne, Fairfield County, Ohio. In 1832, the family resided at McCutchinsville, Wyandot Co., Ohio. The 1820 U.S. Federal Census enumerates at Pleasant Township, Fairfield County, Ohio, the family of Jacob Bery [111301:21201].3 The 1840 U.S. Federal Census enumerates at Tymochtee Township, Wyandot County, Ohio, the family of Jacob Beery [1100100001:100010001].4 Jacob departed this life on Saturday, 12 February 1842 in McCutchinsville, Tymochtee Township at age 75 years and 4 months. He was buried there in Bibler Cemetery.5

Family

Nancy Geil b. 31 Mar 1775, d. 9 Nov 1850
Children

Citations

  1. [S51] Joseph H. Wenger, History of the Descendants of Nicholas Beery Born 1707. Immigrated from Switzerland to Pennsylvania in 1727, pages 20-21 - Jacpb Beery was born in Rockingham Co., Va., late in the year 1766, and died near McCutchenville, Wyandot County, Ohio, Feb. 12, 1842. He married Nancy Geil of German ancestry, in 1795. She was born in Pennsylvania in April, 1775, and died Nov. 9, 1850. Both are buried in the Bibler cemetery near McCutchenville, Wyandot County, Ohio. In a few years after their marriage in Virginia they emigrated to Fairfield, Co., Ohio, in 1803, and settled in the woods near Berne Station, just east of Lancaster, where they opened a fine farm, now owned by Frank Beery (son of Lewis, Sr. See Abe Beery History Nos. 47 and 158.) In 1832 this worthy family moved to near McCutchenville, Wyandot Co., were these early pioneers invested largely in government lands and accumulated a large fortune. They were a hearty, robust couple as evidenced by their posterity, who were a matter of fact people. Children: Nicholas [1796]; Abraham D [July 29,1798]; Henry [January 1800]; Mary [August 10, 1803]; Jacob [April 2, 1806]; Nancy [July 7, 1808]; Catharine [February 6, 1810]; Jonathan [January 21, 1813]; William J. [April 30, 1815]; Elizabeth [July 17, 1818].
  2. [S591] William Beery & Judith Beery Garver, A Beery Family History, pages 20-21 - Jacob Beery was born in Rockingham Co., Va., late in the year 1766, and died near McCutchenville, Wyandot county, Ohio, Feb. 12, 1842. He married Nancy *Geil (not Kyle), of German ancestry, in 1795. She was born in Pennsylvania in April, 1775, and died Nov. 9, 1850, Both are buried in the Bibler cemetery near McCutchenville, Wyandot Co., Ohio. In a few years after their marriage in Virginia they emigrated to Fairfield Co., Ohio, in 1803, and settled in the woods near Berne Station, just east of Lancaster, where they opened a tine farm, now owned by. Frank Beery (son of Lewis, Sr. See Abe Beery History, Nos. 47 and 158).
    In 1832 this worthy family moved to near McCutchenvine, Wyandot Co., where these early pioneers invested largely in government lands and accumulated a large fortune. They were a hearty, robust couple, as evidenced by 'their posterity, who were a matter of fact people.
    Children: Nicholas [1796]; Abraham D. [July 29, 1798; Henry [Jan. 1800]; Mary [Aug. 10, 1803]; Jacob [April 2, 1806]; Nancy [July 7, 1808]; Catharine [Feb. 6, 1810]; Jonathan [Jan. 21, 1813]; William J. [April 30, 1815];Elizabeth [July 17, 1818];
    Notice: ... Some of the names, dates, and points of information of the Jacob Beery descendants arc copied from the report of the Jacob Beery reunion, and some of them do not correspond with the points f get from individual families; hence, perhaps some discords.—Joseph H. Wenger.
  3. [S671] 1820 United States Federal Census: Pleasant Township, Fairfield County, Ohio - page 175 - transcribed by Larry & Kathy McCurdy.
  4. [S673] 1840 United States Federal Census: Crawford County, Ohio - Sheet 21 - transcribed by Larry & Kathy McCurdy.
  5. [S588] Bibler Cemetery, Tymochtee Township, Wyandot County, Ohio - coillection of information noted on tombstone: Jacob Beery 15 February 1856 age 77 years - Jacob, John C., Sarah Beery in a group [Note: this info does not match our original data - we have 12 February 1842, if 1842 then 1766 works for his birth. he doesnot appear on the 1850 census - klm] - transcribed by Sandy McGee - www.rootsweb.com/~ohwyan2/w/bibler2.htm.