p. 263. Owned the land that formed the lower part of Catasauqua. The Crane purchased the land from him.

Was the founder of Biery’s Port. He purchased the old grist mill from his kinsman Jacob Neuhard on Catasauqua Creek.

Frederick Biery, the third son of Henry Beiry, was born at Longswamp, Berks county, Pa., April 2, 1770. He married (first) in 1795, Salome Knauss, daughter of Captain Godfrey Knauss, a soldier of the Revolution and granddaughter of Judge John Griesemer, a patriot and soldier of the Revolution and member of the Northampton County Committee of Safety. Frederick Biery became a resident of what is now known as Catasauqua in 1801. The Beiry homestead, a dwelling-house on Race Street, located near the ancient dam, a great stone building with massive walls two feet thick, was built as early as 1760, and probably earlier by the owners of the mill. It was remodeled by Frederick Biery in 1803 or 1804. Frederick Biery was a man of unusual business ability and soon established a thirving business, adding to his grist and saw-mills, a fulling-mill. He also carried on farming, but his chief concern was to build up Biery's Port as a business center. The beautiful stone buildings he erected at various times near his mills are lasting monuments to his good taste. He also established a ferry across the Lehigh river and in 1824, he built one of the first chain bridges in the United States, which less than ten years, afterwards was swept away by the flood of 1841. Frederick Biery took an active part in the affairs of Hanover township and frequently held office. He was a staunch adherent of the Reformed Church and in politcs was a Federalist and Whig. He was married for a second time, April 26, 1827, to the widow Catherine Dorney, nee Frederick. He died Aug 31, 1846, and was buried in the graveyard at the Shoenersville church.