Henry Biery or "Beary", as he wrote his name, the founder of Bearytown, Seneca county, New York, the second son. Of Henry Biery, was born at Longswamp, Berks county, Pa. Oct 1, 1768. In the deed of partition "between Henry Biery and his brother, Frederick Biery, for property in Hanover township, now in the borough of Catasauqua, bearing date, Oct 1, 1802, the names of both brothers are spelled "Beary" in the body of the deed, while they vary in the signatures; Henry signed himself "Beary", and Frederick spelling the name "Biery". The wives of the brothers, who also joined in the deed, signed their names in the Swiss form of "Bieri". Henry Biery was married on May 5, 1799, to Maria Catharine Ruch, born Oct 20, 1775, the daughter of Lorenz Ruch and sister of Brigadier General Peter Ruch, a soldier of the War of 1812. He and his younger brother, Federick, purchased on the 30th of July, 1801, from their kinsman, Jacob Newhard, the old grist-mill and saw-mill and one hundred acres of land on Catasauqua creek, now within the borough limits of Catasauqua.
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Date of death given as 1/22/1863.