Johan Phillipus Bohmer

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1. JOHAN PHILLIPUS BOHMER (JOHAN WILHELM) was born Feb 08, 1738/39 in Near Frankfort-Am-Main, Germany, and died Dec 07, 1811 in Waterford, Norfolk, Ontario. He married ANNA MARIE DEWITT Dec 18, 1761 in New Jersey, USA. She was born Mar 03, 1746/47 in New Jersey, USA, and died Oct 08, 1811 in Waterford, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada.

Notes For JOHAN PHILLIPUS BOHMER:

Following is a large passage from page 4 of the Beemer Book, 1964 by Vera Van LydeGraff:

"PHILLIP BOHMER, came to the Port of Philadelphia, on the sailing ship, NEPTUNE on September 23, 1751. The NEPTUNE, sailed from Rotterdam, last from Cowes, with 154 passengers, but only 83 names are given - men and boys above twelve. James Weir was the captain. This informaiton is taken from the book compiled by Prof. I. Daniel Rupp's - THIRTY THOUSAND NAMES OF IMMIGRANTS - a collection of upwards of 30,000 names of German-Swiss-French-and others. IMMIGRANTS in Pennsylvania - 1727 to 1776. In this list the names of JOHAN WILHELM BOHMER and JOHAN PHILLIPUS BOHMER appear.

"This same information is included in CHAMBERS GERMAN PIONEERS, Vol. 1, page 466: Present at Court House of Philadelphia, Monday the 23rd, Sept. 1751.

"From the fact that the FAMILY BIBLE was purchased from the HAUSSLARS, a book store, in FRANKFORT-AM-MAIN. It may be supposed that the BOHMERs came from that area.

"The name spelled with the two dots above the "O" is the German spelling. In New Jersey, and in Ontario, the spelling is either Beemer or Beamer; only the oldest son, John, used the Bemer spelling as fas as I can find out. His sons all used "BEEMER." The name came from baum - a tree. Not Bohemia, as was formerly supposed. A tree-log was used for the bar on the toll road. From that the keeper of the toll bar was first called the baumer, and later it became BOHMER (with unlaut), but pronounced Beemer.

"It is said that JEHAN WILHELM and his wife died in New Jersy. The likely had other children, but so far I can find no information on them, nor on Philip till his marriage. Philip was born in Germany on February 8, 1739, and was twelve years old when he came to Philadelphia. He married Anna (Marie ?) DeWitt on December 18, 1761. She was born on March 3rd, 1747. No data on her parents.

"They went to what is known as German Valley, in Morris County, New Jersey in 1763. There they raised their 13 children and lived there till they fled to the Long Point Settlement. They were the D.P.'S of our Revolutionary War, and were known with the many many thousands who went to Canada as UNITED EMPIRE LOYALISTS. Many were given homesteads of 200 acres by the crown.

"They both lived out their latter years with their son, Henry. in Waterford and are buried in the old Cemetary where the old Bowlby Stone House stands in Waterford.

"Miss Anna Turnbull gave me the names of their children and the dates.

"There are many other Beemer descendants in both the United States and also in Canada. I have not been able to connect them with this family. A small booklet - BEEMER LORE - was printed after a Society Meeting of Beemer Descendants in 1928. I am confident that the Peter Beemer, - as is Mrs. Violet Beemer Duncan on page 27, is the second son of Philip and Anna.

"Joseph, who was the seventh child of this family was my ancestor, along with his many ancestors and descendants. He must have very recently married Julia Smith from down on the Susquehannah River in Delaware, when they came to Canada.

"Julia Smith, had a sister, Dorcas..... or she may have been a Mrs. Darkis. The three brothers were - William - David - and Jesse. They went to Florida in 1804.

"So far I have not learned where they first settled, nor what Joseph did. They lived at Alymer, and the sons, Abram and John lived there. Not too much information on either family.

"Mary Ann Beemer, daughter of Joseph Beemer and Julia Smith, married Capt. Richard Howarth. His life story has been written by a grandson and will be given in full as he wrote it.

"Julia lost her husband, Joseph, on August 14, 1813. The minister of the Alymer Baptist Church, at about the same time, lost his wife. He was the noted Elder Crandall, who had established Baptist Churches in that area. Elder Crandall and Julia were married very soon after the deaths of their mates, and the church did not like it. And so, in my research, the Minister of the church who delivered the address on the early preachers at the 100th Centinniel, sent me his notes to include in this booklet. So it is an interesting side-light on the family and the thinking of that time.

"Many of the grandsons have been named for him in the Howarth families."

(http://www.ktb.net/~dwills/pubmat/johan-bohmer_anna-dewitt.htm)

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Beemer, Philip (1738-1811) immigrated with his parents from Germany in 1751 then married Anna Marie Dewitt and settled in the German Valley, Morris County, New Jersey in 1763. Their son John came to Upper Canada in 1787 and Philip followed with the rest of his family in 1794, settling in Townsend Township. Includes five generations of descendants in Norfolk, Elgin and Oxford Counties and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Lyon, Crosby, Hutchinson, Mitchener, Hughes, Carroll, Chrysler, Markle, Webster, Smith, Granger, Turnbull, Gage, Travis

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Last updated 02/17/02 1. JOHAN WILHELM BOHMER was born in Near Frankfort-Am-Main, Germany, and died in New Jersey, USA.

Child of JOHAN WILHELM BOHMER is:

[ i. ] JOHAN PHILLIPUS BOHMER, b. Feb 08, 1738/39, Near Frankfort-Am-Main, Germany; d. Dec 07, 1811, Waterford, Norfolk, Ontario; m. ANNA MARIE DEWITT, Dec 18, 1761, New Jersey, USA; b. Mar 03, 1746/47, New Jersey, USA; d. Oct 08, 1811, Waterford, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada. Notes For JOHAN PHILLIPUS BOHMER: Following is a large passage from page 4 of the Beemer Book, 1964 by Vera Van LydeGraff:

"PHILLIP BOHMER, came to the Port of Philadelphia, on the sailing ship, NEPTUNE on September 23, 1751. The NEPTUNE, sailed from Rotterdam, last from Cowes, with 154 passengers, but only 83 names are given - men and boys above twelve. James Weir was the captain. This informaiton is taken from the book compiled by Prof. I. Daniel Rupp's - THIRTY THOUSAND NAMES OF IMMIGRANTS - a collection of upwards of 30,000 names of German-Swiss-French-and others. IMMIGRANTS in Pennsylvania - 1727 to 1776. In this list the names of JOHAN WILHELM BOHMER and JOHAN PHILLIPUS BOHMER appear.

"This same information is included in CHAMBERS GERMAN PIONEERS, Vol. 1, page 466: Present at Court House of Philadelphia, Monday the 23rd, Sept. 1751.

"From the fact that the FAMILY BIBLE was purchased from the HAUSSLARS, a book store, in FRANKFORT-AM-MAIN. It may be supposed that the BOHMERs came from that area.

"The name spelled with the two dots above the "O" is the German spelling. In New Jersey, and in Ontario, the spelling is either Beemer or Beamer; only the oldest son, John, used the Bemer spelling as fas as I can find out. His sons all used "BEEMER." The name came from baum - a tree. Not Bohemia, as was formerly supposed. A tree-log was used for the bar on the toll road. From that the keeper of the toll bar was first called the baumer, and later it became BOHMER (with unlaut), but pronounced Beemer.

"It is said that JEHAN WILHELM and his wife died in New Jersy. The likely had other children, but so far I can find no information on them, nor on Philip till his marriage. Philip was born in Germany on February 8, 1739, and was twelve years old when he came to Philadelphia. He married Anna (Marie ?) DeWitt on December 18, 1761. She was born on March 3rd, 1747. No data on her parents.

"They went to what is known as German Valley, in Morris County, New Jersey in 1763. There they raised their 13 children and lived there till they fled to the Long Point Settlement. They were the D.P.'S of our Revolutionary War, and were known with the many many thousands who went to Canada as UNITED EMPIRE LOYALISTS. Many were given homesteads of 200 acres by the crown.

"They both lived out their latter years with their son, Henry. in Waterford and are buried in the old Cemetary where the old Bowlby Stone House stands in Waterford.

"Miss Anna Turnbull gave me the names of their children and the dates.

"There are many other Beemer descendants in both the United States and also in Canada. I have not been able to connect them with this family. A small booklet - BEEMER LORE - was printed after a Society Meeting of Beemer Descendants in 1928. I am confident that the Peter Beemer, - as is Mrs. Violet Beemer Duncan on page 27, is the second son of Philip and Anna.

"Joseph, who was the seventh child of this family was my ancestor, along with his many ancestors and descendants. He must have very recently married Julia Smith from down on the Susquehannah River in Delaware, when they came to Canada.

"Julia Smith, had a sister, Dorcas..... or she may have been a Mrs. Darkis. The three brothers were - William - David - and Jesse. They went to Florida in 1804.

"So far I have not learned where they first settled, nor what Joseph did. They lived at Alymer, and the sons, Abram and John lived there. Not too much information on either family.

"Mary Ann Beemer, daughter of Joseph Beemer and Julia Smith, married Capt. Richard Howarth. His life story has been written by a grandson and will be given in full as he wrote it.

"Julia lost her husband, Joseph, on August 14, 1813. The minister of the Alymer Baptist Church, at about the same time, lost his wife. He was the noted Elder Crandall, who had established Baptist Churches in that area. Elder Crandall and Julia were married very soon after the deaths of their mates, and the church did not like it. And so, in my research, the Minister of the church who delivered the address on the early preachers at the 100th Centinniel, sent me his notes to include in this booklet. So it is an interesting side-light on the family and the thinking of that time.

"Many of the grandsons have been named for him in the Howarth families."

same source, page 6: "Johan Wilhelm Boehmer and wife, name unknown, and 12 year old son, Johan Phillipus Bohmer, cmae [sic] on the ship Neptune to Philadelphia, Spetember [sic] 23, 1751. 'ROUP' The family Bible was bought in Frankfort-am-Main, so it is likely that they came from the Rhine or Neccar River Valleys in that area. The name comes from baum... a log or tree and means a toll-gate keeper. Except that the parents died in New Jersey, it is not known where they first settled, nor is anything known of Philip till his marriage to Anna Marie Dewitt. The eldest son John, the old Squire of Colbourn, left for Canada about 1787, with his wife and two or three small children. The rest of the family left the farm in German Valley in 1794. Some of the older children were married. They went to the Long Point Settlement. Philip and Anna lived out their latter days in Waterford with son Henry."

same source, page 6: " Julia Smith came from Delaware. Her brothers, William, David and Jessie went to Florida in 1804. Her sister was DORCAS ? Julia married Elder Reuben Crandall after the death of JOSEPH BEEMER."

-- src: Beemer Book 1964

Endnotes: 1. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM), (July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996).

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In 1845 about a third of the potato crop in Ireland was wiped out by the potato blight. Potatoes were the main food for the poor. Over a million died of starvation, typhus, scurvy and dysentery. In 1846 to ease the food shortage, the British government repealed the Corn Law which had imposed heavy duty on the import of most grain products.

Many Irish moved to Scotland looking for work. However, the repeal of the Corn Law meant that farmers were getting a much lower price for their grains and could afford fewer labourers. In addition, the introduction of labour saving machinery such as a self-binding reaper and the potato digger reduced the number of labourers required at harvest time.

The population of Scotland had been increasing rapidly and former farm workers were moving into the urban areas in search of work; with the addition of the Irish immigrants, the cities were over-crowded. There was little housing available, food was expensive, factory wages were poor and the schools unable to cope.

Over two million Irish emigrated including Patric Carrol who settled in southern Ontario .

Also, in the early 1850’s Andrew Ross and his wife, Annie Murray Smith along with their five children left Aberdeenshire to set up farming near Port Perry Ontario .

In the early 1800, Canada was predominately French when the flood of immigrants from the British Isle and from the USA began. The population of Upper Canada ( Ontario ) was 952,000 in 1851, ten years later it was 1,396,000. In 1849 Canada’s right to self government was recognized and in 1867 the Dominion of Canada was founded.

Arriving from Ireland about 1860, Patrick Carrol settled in Norfolk county, Ontario and found work as a cooper. He married Anna Beemer, a widow with one child. Patrick and Anna had four children: William, Francis Beemer, Ellen, and Joseph.

Francis Beemer Carrol, also a cooper, married Rhoda Elizabeth Barker when they were 18 and 16 years old. They lived near Simcoe Ontario . They had two children, Annie May, and Francis Cyrus before Francis Beemer died at 33 from a compacted bowel.

Elizabeth Barker Carrol remarried to John Ebert. This was not a happy home for Francis Cyrus and he was to leave home for work in Western Canada when he was a young teenager.

Arriving from Scotland in 1853, Andrew Ross and his family settled near Port Perry, Ontario with their children. They had six more children including Robert Smith Ross. born March 5, 1860 at Greenbank , Ontario .

Robert Smith Ross married Jane Eliza Williams on January 9, 1883 . In 1885 they travelled with two young children to farm in southern Manitoba which had become a province of Canada in 1870. In 1901 after the birth of Winnifred Alexandria, the family moved again to homestead at Antler Saskatchewan . Saskatchewan would become a province of Canada in 1905.

The 1906 census for Manitoba , Saskatchewan and Alberta shows the family included a school teacher, a maid and another servant.

By 1916 they also had a farm hand by the name of Francis Cyrus Carol working for them.

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SKETCH XCV

THE SQUIRE OF COLBORNE—BEEMER FAMILY

It only lacks three years of being a century since John Beemer,[1] of Colborne, was made a Squire. It was on All Fools’ Day, in the year 1800, that the packet containing the first General Commission of the Peace was placed in the hands of Thomas Welch by Colonel Samuel Ryerse. By virtue of this commission, seventeen residents of London District were made squires, and John Beemer was one of them. In the beginning of the century the Colborne settlement had a John Beemer, Esquire, and now, in its closing years, the old village still boasts of a John Beemer, Esquire. But these latter day squires are not the figure-heads their old ancestors were. In the early years of the settlement a squire was a personage of great consequence. He was assigned to keep the district, and to “hear and determine divers felonies, trespasses and other misdemeanors” committed in the district. He sat upon the judicial bench and charged the juries. In session he and his associate justices granted licenses to keep public-houses, and preachers of the Gospel could not marry among their own congregations without having first obtained a permit from the “Squires” in session. The squire in those days was judge and reeve combined; for being assigned to “keep the district,” he had a voice in the management of pretty much all matters connected with the judicial and civil affairs of the district. The pioneer squire was a man of dignity, and the unlucky wight who was so thoughtless as to indulge in a little profanity in his presence was generally brought before the bar of justice and taxed for his indulgence at the rate of one shilling for each oath.

Squire John Beemer was a son of Philip and Maria Beemer, of New Jersey. The old family Bible is in possession of Mrs. Charles Beemer, of Simcoe, and from its time-stained register is learned the fact that this Philip was born in New Jersey, in 1739, and his wife, Maria, in 1747; that they were married in 1761, and that they both died in 1811.

John Beemer, Esq., eldest son of Philip, of New Jersey, was born in 1762. He married Hannah Lewis, and came to Canada in 1787, settling at the Forty-mile Creek, in the Niagara District.[2] They lived there ten years, and just one hundred years ago they came up to Long Point settlement and settled on what is known as the Carpenter Farm, adjoining the village of Colborne, in Townsend. March 6th, 1804, he obtained a Government patent for Lot 1, 13th concession, upon which the Townsend portion of the village is located. When the Divisional Courts were instituted in 1800, as Courts of Requests, the townships of Rainham, Walpole, Woodhouse and Townsend were grouped under one Court of Requests, and Squire Beemer was appointed to act as one of the associate justices. In 1804, he officiated in a like position for Townsend, Windham and Burford, and in the following year he was acting Justice in the Court of Requests for Burford, Blenheim, Townsend and Windham. After war was declared in 1812, General Brock held a meeting at the house of William Culver, south of Simcoe, and it is said Squire Beemer attended this meeting and spoke rather disparagingly of a prospective war with the United States. The object of the meeting was to recruit volunteers for the Detroit expedition, and it is said the ultra-Loyalists were shocked by Mr. Beemer’s speech, and then and there made up their minds that the Squire of Colborne was hardly as patriotic as a Squire of King George III ought to be.

Squire Beemer was one of the first deacons of the first Presbyterian congregation organized in the county. He was a man of strong individuality, and his name will always be enrolled among Norfolk’s most prominent foundation builders. When the history of the public institutions of our county is written, the name of John Beemer will appear on its first page as one of the four Justices of the Peace who sat on the Judicial Bench of the first court held in Norfolk County.

John Beemer, Esq., had four sons—Levi, Philip, John and Frank; and five daughters—Anna, Maria, Mary, Hannah and Susanna. He died in 1828, in his 67th year.[3]

Levi Beemer, eldest son of John, married Elizabeth Culver in 1808, and died in 1812, leaving one son, George, and one or two daughters.[4]

Philip Beemer, second son of John, was born in 1789, at Grimsby. He was eight years old when his father came to Long Point settlement. In 1816 he married Mary Ann Bloomfield, of New York, and settled on Lot 1, 13th concession of Townsend. Philip Beemer was an officer in the militia during the war of 1812, as evidenced by the following copy of an old document:

“Isaac Brock, Esquire, President, administering the government of the Province of Upper Canada, and Major-General commanding His Majesty’s forces therein, etc., etc., etc., to Philip Beemer, Gentleman, Greeting: Reposing especial confidence in your loyalty, courage and good conduct, I do hereby appoint you to be ensign in the second Regiment of Norfolk militia, during pleasure, and of which Robert Nichol, Esq., is Lieutenant-Colonel. You are carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of ensign by exercising and well disciplining both the inferior officers and men of the said militia. And I do hereby command them to obey you as their ensign, and you are to observe and follow all such orders and directions as you shall from time to time receive from me or any other your superior officer, according to law.

“Given under my hand and seal at arms, at York, the Twelfth day of February, 1812, and in the Fifty-second year of His Majesty’s reign.

“Isaac Brock”

During the war Mr. Beemer “kept bach.” on his farm at Colborne, when not on duty. At the time of General McArthur’s raid he owned a span of valuable carriage horses and an old mare. Fearing that the “Yankees” might “take a shine” to his roadsters, he took them back into the woods and secreted them, leaving the old mare out in plain sight as a blind. When the Americans came up they caught the mare, and the hidden horses being separated from her, kept up such an incessant whinnying that the attention of the raiders was attracted to them and they captured all three, and took their owner prisoner, besides.

Philip Beemer, son of John, had five sons—William, Levi, James G., Hiram C. and John; and one daughter, Harriet. He died in 1846, in his 58th year. Of this family, William married Catherine Jane Westbrook, and settled in Colborne. The late Charles Beemer, of Simcoe, was a son of William. Levi married Eliza Gage, and settled in Hamilton. James G. studied medicine and died single, in his 24th year. Hiram C. settled in Lansing, Michigan. John married Mary A. Barber, and succeeded to the old Colborne homestead.[5] Subsequently he married Sarah Wood. He is the present Police Magistrate of Simcoe. Harriet was born in 1819, and married Jonathan Austin. Both are living , having reached a ripe old age.

John Beemer, third son of the old Squire, was born in 1800. He married Mary Ann Freeman, and settled on the homestead. He died young, leaving one son, Daniel, and one daughter, Phoebe.

Frank Beemer, youngest son of the original John, died in childhood in his 13th year.

Anna Beemer, eldest daughter of the original John, died single in her 22nd year.

Maria Beemer, the second daughter, was born in Niagara District in 1793, married Eliakim Crosby, and settled on what was subsequently known as the Kent Farm. During the war in 1812 Mr. Crosby was unable to stand the pressure, and he abandoned his farm and returned to the land of his birth, settling in the State of Ohio.[6]

Mary Beemer, third daughter of John, was the baby when the family came to the settlement.[7] She married Nathan Lyon in 1818, and settled on the lake front in the township of Malahide. She had two sons—Nathan and Calvin; and one daughter, Hannah. Calvin succeeded to the homestead. Mr. Lyon had a family by a former marriage, and Mahlon E. Lyon, ex-Warden of Elgin County, is a grandson of the first wife.

Hannah Beemer, fourth daughter of John, married Axford Bowlby. Her children are enumerated in the Bowlby genealogy.

Susanna Beemer, fifth and youngest daughter of John, the old pioneer, was born in 1805, married Peter O’Carr, and settled in the home neighborhood. She had four sons—John, George, Lewis and James; and three daughters—Calista, Eliza and Melinda. Mr. O’Carr died in 1856, in his 63rd year.[8]

Henry Beemer, the old pioneer who settled near Waterford at the beginning of the century, was a cousin of the old Squire of Colborne.[9] He was born in New Jersey in 1780, and was eighteen years younger than John. He came single, and married Catherine Sovereign. He had four sons—Philip, Peter, Abraham and Henry.

Philip Beemer, eldest son of Henry, married Abigail Parney, and settled in Waterford. The “Beemer House,” of Waterford, was one of the best known and best kept homes for the accommodation of travellers, in the county. For over a quarter of a century Philip Beemer kept this old land-mark. He had two sons—Lewis and Elias; and two daughters—Sylvia A. and Roxey.

Peter Beemer, second son of Henry, married Elizabeth Culver, and settled near Waterford. He had two sons—William and Hiram; and two daughters—Mary and Martha.

Abraham Beemer, third son of Henry, married Eunice Culver, and settled near Waterford. He had four sons—John, Levi, Wesley and Charles; and four daughters—Sarah Ann, Lizanna, Mary and Charity.[10]

Henry Beemer, youngest son of Henry, married Esther, daughter of Robert Shearer, of Charlotteville, and settled in Townsend. He had four sons—Daniel, Leamon, Oliver and Nelson; and one daughter, Mary, who married Alexander Turnbull, of the American Baptist Pub. Society. Daniel married Mary, daughter of Simpson McCall, of Vittoria; Leamon married Jennie, daughter of Rev. Shook McConnell, of Malahide; Oliver married Mary McMichael, and Nelson settled in Wyoming.

The grand ancestor of the Waterford Beemer family died in 1848, in his 68th year, and his wife Catherine died in 1851, in her 75th year.

Henry Beemer had two brothers—Philip and Peter—who came to Canada in an early day; and it is said Philip settled in Norfolk and Peter in Oakland. It is also said that Peter kept a pioneer tavern in that township. No data was received pertaining to the history of either of their families.

[1] John signed his surname “Bemer” during the early period. He then adopted “Beemer.”

[2] This settlement on Forty Mile Creek was Lot 18 in the first and second concessions of Grimsby Township, Lincoln County recorded in the Abstracts of Deeds Register of the township. John Beemer may have maintained dual residencies for a while. He developed some land in Lot 19, Concession 1, Flamborough Township, Wentworth County which he mentioned in his petition dated July 1, 1794 (Upper Canada Land Petition “B” Bundle 1, Doc. No. 5). In his petition of May 17, 1796, he included a certificate of purchase from Gideon Cooley dated November 13, 1795 for Lots 1 and 2, Concession 14, Townsend Township, Norfolk County (Upper Canada Land petition “B” Bundle 2, Doc. No. 103). John Beemer sold his Grimsby Township farm in 1797 and was a resident of Townsend Township at the time of filing his petition dated April 8, 1797 (Upper Canada Land Petition “B” Bundle Leases 1802-18, doc. No. 23). To his Townsend holdings, he added a government grant of the adjoining Lot 1, Concession 13, the patent dated March 6, 1804 and recorded in the Abstracts of Deeds Register of the Township. He made that lot his subsequent residence.

[3] According to their respective gravestones, the older daughters of John Beemer were born in a different order. Elizabeth was born on May 13, 1784 and buried in Old Windham Cemetery, Windham Twp. Mary was born about 1786 and buried in Grovesend Methodist Churchyard then removed to Aylmer Cemetery, Elgin County. Anna was born on May 5, 1891 and buried in Old Windham Cemetery. Marcia, mentioned by Owen as “Maria” was born c. 1793, calculated from the 1812 Census of Woodhouse Twp.

[4] Levi Beemer married Martha Culver, a daughter of Aaron Culver. Levi’s will dated on October 24, 1812, mentioned his wife Martha (Norfolk County Deeds, Doc. No. 2313). Following Levi’s death, Martha remarried to Joseph Woolley, noted on her gravestone in Old Windham Cemetery, Windham Twp. On January 3, 1835, Levi’s property in Lots 1 and 2, Concession 14 was divided by a deed of partition among his children Elizabeth wife of Isaac Pettit, Emily wife of Daniel McIntosh and George L. Beemer.

[5] John Beemer, son of Philip, married Nancy Amelia Barber on November 2, 1850, recorded in the Talbot district Marriage Register. Nancy died soon after and John married second at Detroit, Michigan on February 10, 1856 to Sarah Wood, this reported in the Canadian Baptist newspaper. John then married third to Melinda _____ who was listed with him in later censuses.

[6] Eliakim Crosby purchased Lot 16, Concession 6, Woodhouse Township. This transaction was not recorded in the township Abstracts of Deeds Register, but his sale of the lot on April 3, 1813 was noted on the page for the lot.

[7] Mary Beemer, born c. 1786 was a baby when the family originally came to Upper Canada, but about ten years older when they settled in Townsend Township.

[8] Peter and Susanna (Beemer) O’Carr had two additional children recorded with them in the 1852 Census of Townsend Township. They were Peter, born c. 1830 and Mary Eliza, born c. 1842. In addition they had a son William, daughters Everilda and Hannah, and four unnamed sons who all died in infancy and were buried in Old Windham Cemetery.

[9] Henry Beemer was apparently a son of Philip Beemer from whom he purchased Lot 6, Concession 6, Townsend Twp. and brother of Abraham Beemer for whose estate Henry Beemer served as Executor. This would also make him a brother of John Beemer, the Squire of Colborne.

[10] According to a copy of the register page from the Timothy Collver Family Bible at the Norfolk Historical Society Archives, this Abraham Beemer, born on August 2, 1808 married on May 25, 1829, Catharine Jane Collver not Eunice Collver. His uncle Abraham Beemer who died on December 10, 1813, married Eunice Collver who was born on February 2, 1784, according to her gravestone in Old Windham Cemetery. The children mentioned were born to Abraham and Catharine Jane Beemer and listed with them in the 1852 Census of Townsend Twp. with the addition of a daughter Esther. https://sites.google.com/site/longpointsettlers/owen-chapter-95