Jacob Beals - Revision history

Liz: Add parents names to vitals chart christening of Jacob Beals 1806; remove erroneous wording "Ziegels Cjurch, Weisenberg..." form Ref. 18; is from Ref. 19.

2025-06-09T19:06:59Z

Add parents names to vitals chart christening of Jacob Beals 1806; remove erroneous wording "Ziegels Cjurch, Weisenberg..." form Ref. 18; is from Ref. 19.

Liz: Corrections to Intro., add christening in Lehigh to Vitals per source 19

2025-05-27T23:33:31Z

Corrections to Intro., add christening in Lehigh to Vitals per source 19

Liz: page brackets Jacob Biehl, father of Jacob Beals

2025-05-27T22:12:00Z

page brackets Jacob Biehl, father of Jacob Beals

Liz: christening record Jacob Biehl 1806, father Jacob, mother Margaret, Ziegels Luth & Ref, Wiesenberg twp, Lehigh Co PA

2025-05-27T22:08:16Z

christening record Jacob Biehl 1806, father Jacob, mother Margaret, Ziegels Luth & Ref, Wiesenberg twp, Lehigh Co PA

Liz: Record 18: birth & baptismal record Floriana Biehl, parents Jacob & Elisabeth 1829

2025-05-27T21:27:41Z

Record 18: birth & baptismal record Floriana Biehl, parents Jacob & Elisabeth 1829

Liz: /* Sources */ #17 Moravian Church Records Ancestry.com's page #s have changed

2021-02-22T02:33:03Z

‎Sources: #17 Moravian Church Records Ancestry.com's page #s have changed

Liz: upload immage, bapt. record of William Biehl son of Jacob & Elisabeth, Emmaus Ch., Lehigh Co. PA; add date to children's chart

2012-08-26T20:24:05Z

upload immage, bapt. record of William Biehl son of Jacob & Elisabeth, Emmaus Ch., Lehigh Co. PA; add date to children's chart

Liz: /* Research Notes */ list of Biehl wills Berks Co PA 1818-1849

2012-08-18T15:46:26Z

‎Research Notes: list of Biehl wills Berks Co PA 1818-1849

Liz: source 17 bapt record Samuel Biehl son of Jacob & Elisabeth Brey Biehl, Emmaus Moravian Ch Lehigh Co PA

2012-08-18T15:02:23Z

source 17 bapt record Samuel Biehl son of Jacob & Elisabeth Brey Biehl, Emmaus Moravian Ch Lehigh Co PA

Liz: minor format source 6 gravestone transcription

2012-02-06T05:38:41Z

minor format source 6 gravestone transcription

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 | '''Birth'''  || 15 Apr 1806 || Berks County, Pennsylvania || || <sup class="reference">[6][9]</sup>
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-| '''Christening'''|| 1806|| Ziegels Lutheran & Reformed Ch.<br> Weisenberg Township, Lehigh Co. PA ||   || <sup class="reference">[19]</sup>
+| '''Christening'''|| 1806|| Ziegels Lutheran & Reformed Ch.<br> Weisenberg Township, Lehigh Co. PA ||Parents Jacob Biehl & wife Margaret   || <sup class="reference">[19]</sup>
 |-
 | '''Marriage''' || || || To [[Elizabeth Brey]] ||<sup class="reference">[7][9][11][12][17]</sup>
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 !'''18'''
 |'''Pennsylvania Births & Christenings 1769 - 1950''' Family Search, no image. Transcribed online Feb. 2025, [[Elizabeth Ann Wilson|E.W.W.]]<br>
-Name: Floriana Biehl, F(female), born 1829, christening 1829, father: Jacob Biehl, mother Elisabeth.  Place: Jordan  Lutheran or Evangelical Lutheran Church, Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.  Current(2025)name of location: Cementon, Lehigh County PA, Place Ziegels Lutheran & Reformed churcy, Wiesenberg township, Lehigh County Pennsylvania.
+Name: Floriana Biehl, F(female), born 1829, christening 1829, father: Jacob Biehl, mother Elisabeth.  Place: Jordan  Lutheran or Evangelical Lutheran Church, Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.  Current(2025)name of location: Cementon, Lehigh County PA.
 |-
 !'''19'''

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 The name Beals is English, but many immigrant families Anglicized their names.   This particular Beals surname is seen as Biehl originally, of German origin. The family intermarried with other German families who migrated to western PA at about the same time from the Lehigh Co.-Berks Co. border area of Pennsylvania.  (See [[Michael Brey|Brey]], [[John Klein|Klein]]). In various records for this family the name is found spelled  Beal, Beals, Beels, and Biehl.
-Jacob Beals is the progenitor of our line, and although he was born in Pennsylvania, his place of birth has yet to be proven. What is known of Jacob Beals is that he was born in Pennsylvania in 1806. A biography of his son Hiram (''Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania'', 1898 by Beers, p. 1408) says that Jacob was "a native of Berks County, of German descent."  The same source says that his wife, Elizabeth Bry, was born in Lehigh County.
+Jacob Beals was christened in Wiesenberg township, Lehigh County Pennsylvania in 1806. A biography of his son Hiram (''Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania'', 1898 by Beers, p. 1408) says that Jacob was "a native of Berks County, of German descent."  The same source says that his wife, Elizabeth Bry, was born in Lehigh County.  If the Beers reference is correct, we might expect that either the parents, or the son Jacob, moved to Berks County sometime after the christening in 1806.  Or perhaps the mother, Margaret unknown Biehl, was from Lehigh County and the christening was in her home church.
 ([[Biography: Jacob Beals|click here to read the full biography of Jacob Beals]])
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 | '''Birth'''  || 15 Apr 1806 || Berks County, Pennsylvania || || <sup class="reference">[6][9]</sup>
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 | '''Marriage''' || || || To [[Elizabeth Brey]] ||<sup class="reference">[7][9][11][12][17]</sup>

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    ''Generation 4''              ''Generation 5''      ''Generation 6''
-                                           +-- Jacob Beals
+                                           +-- [[Jacob Biehl]]
                                            |   (????-????)
                          +-- [[Jacob Beals]] --+

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    ''Generation 4''              ''Generation 5''      ''Generation 6''
-                                           +-- Unknown Beals
+                                           +-- Jacob Beals
                                            |   (????-????)
                          +-- [[Jacob Beals]] --+
                          |   (1806-1890)   |
-   [[James Francis Beals]] --+                 +-- Unknown
+   [[James Francis Beals]] --+                 +-- Margaret Unknown
    (1846-1930)           |                     (????-????)
                          +-- [[Elizabeth Brey]]
                              (1808-1899)
 Sources:
-<sup class="reference">[6][9][12]</sup>
+<sup class="reference">[6][9][12][19]</sup>
 =Children=
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 !'''18'''
-|'''Pennsylvania Births & Christenings 1769 - 1950''' Transcribed online Feb. 2025, [[Elizabeth Ann Wilson|E.W.W.]]<br>
+|'''Pennsylvania Births & Christenings 1769 - 1950''' Family Search, no image. Transcribed online Feb. 2025, [[Elizabeth Ann Wilson|E.W.W.]]<br>
-Name: Floriana Biehl, F(female), born 1829, christening 1829, father: Jacob Biehl, mother Elisabeth.  Place: Jordan  Lutheran or Evangelical Lutheran Church, Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.
+Name: Floriana Biehl, F(female), born 1829, christening 1829, father: Jacob Biehl, mother Elisabeth.  Place: Jordan  Lutheran or Evangelical Lutheran Church, Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.  Current(2025)name of location: Cementon, Lehigh County PA, Place Ziegels Lutheran & Reformed churcy, Wiesenberg township, Lehigh County Pennsylvania.
 |}

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 ! Name || Gender || Date of Birth || Birthplace || Spouse || Notes || Sources
 |-
-| [[Flora Ann Beals]]    || F ||    Apr 1829 || Lehigh County, PA || Nathan S. Biery ||res. Richland Twp.Clarion Co. || <sup class="reference">[3][7][8][12]</sup>
+| [[Flora Ann Beals]]    || F ||    Apr 1829 || Lehigh County, PA || Nathan S. Biery ||res. Richland Twp.Clarion Co. || <sup class="reference">[3][7][8][12][18]</sup>
 |-
 | [[Samuel Beals]] || M ||  5 Sep 1831; <br>Bapt. 20 Oct. 1831 Emmaus Moravian Ch., Lehigh Co. PA|| Emmaus, Lehigh County, PA || 1) Catherine Marsh<br>2) Elizabeth Levy ||Catherine buried Emanuel Lutheran Cemetery; Samuel & Elizabeth buried Knox Cemetery || <sup class="reference">[3][7][11][12][17]</sup>
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 ! '''7'''
-|'''Cemetery Association Record: Jacob Beals''' from Salem Lutheran Cemetery Association lists ''Jacob Beals'', 1806-1899, as married to ''Elizabeth Brey'', 1808-1899.  It lists their descendants down as far as four generations in some places.  Some of those descendants are my anscestors, including son ''James Beals'', daughter-in-law ''Olive Bower'', grandson ''Elgie Beals'' and grandaughter-in-law ''Winnie Kline''.
+|'''Cemetery Association Record: Jacob Beals''' from Salem Lutheran Cemetery Association lists ''Jacob Beals'', 1806-1899, as married to ''Elizabeth Brey'', 1808-1899.  It lists their descendants down as far as four generations in some places.  Some of those descendants are my ancestors, including son ''James Beals'', daughter-in-law ''Olive Bower'', grandson ''Elgie Beals'' and grandaughter-in-law ''Winnie Kline''.
 |[[Cemetery Association Record: Jacob Beals|See transcript]]
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 * page 285 (pg. 138 Ancestry.com), line 213.  Born 29 Jan 1839; Bapt. 24 Feb. 1839; William Biehl to Jacob Biehl and his wife Elisabeth.  (Godparents?)  Joseph & Elis. (Motre, overwritten as Mobre). Entry signed G. F. Troeger.
 |[[Image:Emmaus, Lehigh Co PA Moravian bapt record Samuel Biehl ancestry p 129.jpg|50px|left]][[Image:Baptism William Biehl 1839 at Emmaus PA.jpg|50px|left]]
 |}

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 !'''17'''
 |'''Baptismal Records, Emmaus Moravian Church, Lehigh Co PA'''
-*  page 276 (pg.129 Ancestry.com), line 34. Born 5 Sept. 1831; Bapt. 20 Oct 1831; Samuel Biehl to parents Jacob Biehl and wife Elisabeth nee Brey. (Godparents?) Samuel Brey and wife Elisabeth Shafer.
+*  page 276 (pg.134 Ancestry.com), line 34. Born 5 Sept. 1831; Bapt. 20 Oct 1831; Samuel Biehl to parents Jacob Biehl and wife Elisabeth nee Brey. (Godparents?) Samuel Brey and wife Elisabeth Shafer.
-* page 285 (pg. 133 Ancestry.com), line 213.  Born 29 Jan 1839; Bapt. 24 Feb. 1839; William Biehl to Jacob Biehl and his wife Elisabeth.  (Godparents?)  Joseph & Elis. (Motre, overwritten as Mobre). Entry signed G. F. Troeger.
+* page 285 (pg. 138 Ancestry.com), line 213.  Born 29 Jan 1839; Bapt. 24 Feb. 1839; William Biehl to Jacob Biehl and his wife Elisabeth.  (Godparents?)  Joseph & Elis. (Motre, overwritten as Mobre). Entry signed G. F. Troeger.
 |[[Image:Emmaus, Lehigh Co PA Moravian bapt record Samuel Biehl ancestry p 129.jpg|50px|left]][[Image:Baptism William Biehl 1839 at Emmaus PA.jpg|50px|left]]
 |}

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 [[Jacob Beals]]
-The name Beals is English, but many immigrant families Anglicized their names.   We expect that this particular Beals surname may have been Biehl originally, of German origin. The family intermarried with other German families who migrated to western PA at about the same time from the Lehigh-Berks County area of Pennsylvania.  (See Brey, Klein). In various records for this family the name is found spelled  Beal, Beals, Beels, and Biehl.
+The name Beals is English, but many immigrant families Anglicized their names.   This particular Beals surname is seen as Biehl originally, of German origin. The family intermarried with other German families who migrated to western PA at about the same time from the Lehigh Co.-Berks Co. border area of Pennsylvania.  (See [[Michael Brey|Brey]], [[John Klein|Klein]]). In various records for this family the name is found spelled  Beal, Beals, Beels, and Biehl.
 Jacob Beals is the progenitor of our line, and although he was born in Pennsylvania, his place of birth has yet to be proven. What is known of Jacob Beals is that he was born in Pennsylvania in 1806. A biography of his son Hiram (''Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania'', 1898 by Beers, p. 1408) says that Jacob was "a native of Berks County, of German descent."  The same source says that his wife, Elizabeth Bry, was born in Lehigh County.
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 | [[Flora Ann Beals]]    || F ||    Apr 1829 || Lehigh County, PA || Nathan S. Biery ||res. Richland Twp.Clarion Co. || <sup class="reference">[3][7][8][12]</sup>
 |-
-| [[Samuel Beals]] || M ||  5 Sep 1831 || Lehigh County, PA || 1) Catherine Marsh<br>2) Elizabeth Levy ||Catherine buried Emanuel Lutheran Cemetery; Samuel & Elizabeth buried Knox Cemetery || <sup class="reference">[3][7][11][12][17]</sup>
+| [[Samuel Beals]] || M ||  5 Sep 1831; <br>Bapt. 20 Oct. 1831 Emmaus Moravian Ch., Lehigh Co. PA|| Emmaus, Lehigh County, PA || 1) Catherine Marsh<br>2) Elizabeth Levy ||Catherine buried Emanuel Lutheran Cemetery; Samuel & Elizabeth buried Knox Cemetery || <sup class="reference">[3][7][11][12][17]</sup>
 |-
 | [[Benjamin Beals]]     || M || 15 Feb 1833 || Lehigh County, PA || 1) Sarah Shirey<br>2) Elizabeth Shirey<br>3)Mary Himes ||Benjamin & Mary buried Knox cemetery || <sup class="reference">[3][7][8][11][12]</sup>
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 | [[Jacob Beals, Jr.]]   || M || 13 Feb 1836 || PA || Clara A. Miller|| || <sup class="reference">[3][7][8][12]</sup>
 |-
-| [[William Beals]]      || M ||        1839 || Clarion County, PA || [[Susan Kline]] ||res. Richland Twp.Clarion Co. || <sup class="reference">[3][7][8][12]]</sup>
+| [[William Beals]]      || M ||   29 Jan 1839;<br>Bapt. 24 Feb. 1839, Emmaus Moravian Ch., Lehigh Co. PA || Emmaus, Lehigh Co. PA || [[Susan Kline]] ||res. Richland Twp.Clarion Co. || <sup class="reference">[3][7][8][12][17]</sup>
 |-
 | [[Hiram Beals]]       || M || 31 Jul 1840 || Venango County, PA || Sarah Edinger ||res. St. Petersburg PA || <sup class="reference">[3][7][8][12]</sup>
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 ! Location || Dates || Notes || Sources
 |-
-| Lehigh County, PA || <Apr.1829 - >Feb.1833 ||from Flora & Ben birthdates || <sup class="reference">[11]</sup>
+|  Lehigh County, PA (Emmaus in Oct. 1831& Feb. 1839) || before Apr.1829 - after Feb.1839 ||from Flora's & William's birth dates || <sup class="reference">[11][17]</sup>
 |-
 | Richland Twp., Venango Co., PA || 1839 - 1841 || || <sup class="reference">[2][9]</sup>
 |-
-| Clarion County, PA || arrived 1841|| ||<sup class="reference">[14]</sup>
+| Clarion County, PA || arrived 1841|| ||<sup class="reference">[11]</sup>
 |-
 | Beaver Twp., Clarion Co., PA || 1850 || ||<sup class="reference"> [3]</sup>
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 !'''17'''
-|'''1831 Baptismal Records, Emmaus Moravian Church, Lehigh Co PA'''; page 276 (pg.129 Ancestry.com), line 34. Born 5 Sept. 1831; Bapt. 20 Oct 1831; Samuel Biehl to parents Jacob Biehl and wife Elisabeth nee Brey. (Godparents?) Samuel Brey and wife Elisabeth Shafer.
+|'''Baptismal Records, Emmaus Moravian Church, Lehigh Co PA'''
-|[[Image:Emmaus, Lehigh Co PA Moravian bapt record Samuel Biehl ancestry p 129.jpg|50px|left]]
+*  page 276 (pg.129 Ancestry.com), line 34. Born 5 Sept. 1831; Bapt. 20 Oct 1831; Samuel Biehl to parents Jacob Biehl and wife Elisabeth nee Brey. (Godparents?) Samuel Brey and wife Elisabeth Shafer.
 |}

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 =Research Notes=
 {{Template:Research}}
+* Index of Wills, Berks Co. PA<br>1818 BIEHL Abraham…John Kutz ….Will   D 339<br>1813 BIEHL, Christian…Elizabeth Biehl…Adm.  7	300 <br>1849  BIEHL, Daniel….Abraham Y. & Isaac Y. Biehl   Adm. 18	23<br>1847 BIEHL	, David ….John H. Backenstose….Adm.  17	84<br>1839 BIEHL ,  Elizabeth….Jacob Biehl, Jr.    Adm.   14	37<br>1846  BIEHL,  Jacob…..Benjamin Hottenstein…Will    9	90<br>1832   BIEHL,  Peter…Samuel Peter,  Gideon Biehl<br>1827   BIEHL, 	John G. …..Jacob Graeff….Adm.  10	     211<br>1829  BIEHL, 	Susanna….John Kutz…..Will   6	340<br>1840  ERNST,  Catharine…John Kutz,  Jacob Biehl…Will    8	215
 *[[David Beels|DAVID BEELS]], IMMIGRANT BEFORE 1806
 <br>The homestead of German immigrant [[David Beels]]  lies adjacent to the farm of James F. Beals. A relationship to this family is expected but not established. In the Beels family records, the spelling "Biehl" is also seen.<br>[[David Beels|(Click here to see research regarding David Beels)]]

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 ! '''6'''
-| '''[[Source: Gravestones|Gravestone]]''' at Salem Lutheran Cemetery, Salem Twp., Clarion Co., PA.  Reads: "Jacob Beals, Born Apr. 15, 1806, Died Oct. 20, 1890, Elizabeth, his wife, Born Mar. 1808, Died Jan 15[?] 1889"
+|'''Gravestone transcriptions, [[Cemetery Index|Salem Lutheran Cemetery]]''', Salem Twp., Clarion Co., PA.
+|