Melchoir Bierly[1]

Male Abt 1720 -


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  • Name Melchoir Bierly 
    Born Abt 1720  Bavaria Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Person ID I631  Kreider Moyer
    Last Modified 29 Jul 2020 

    Children 
     1. Nicholas Bierly,   b. Abt 1740
     2. Anthony Bierly,   b. 22 Dec 1743, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 07 Apr 1825, Rebersburg, Centre County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
    Last Modified 17 May 2018 
    Family ID F279  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Notes 
    • Commemorative biographical record of central Pennsylvania, J.H. Beers & Co., (Name: Beers & Co, 1898;).

      Page 235

      BIERLY. The Bierly family has held for so many years a prominent place in this section, that the purpose of this work would not be fulfilled if the part which they have taken in local history were not given a place. Like most of the early settlers, they are of German extraction, the name having been formerly written Bherly. The founder of the line in this region, Melchoir Bierly, came from Bavaria, Prussia, with his wife, before the Revolutionary war, probably before the French and Indian war, and about the time of the Revolutionary war, located in Snyder county, near Mahantango creek. During that war they were obliged to flee from the Indians, probably at the time of the "Run away" in 1778, which has become a historical event, and they never returned, as Melchoir Bierly found employment in the iron works of Lancaster county, and made his home there. He met his death while crossing the mountains to visit friends. He had two sons, of whom the elder. Nicholas, settled in Ohio; and Anthony.

  • Sources 
    1. [S5] Commemorative biographical record of central Pennsylvania, J.H. Beers & Co., (Name: Beers & Co, 1898;).

    2. [S2] Genealogy of the Meyer Family, Meyer, Henry, (1890).