SCOTLAND, Ontario area - incomplete line Some say b. 24 Dec 1763
Served with British supposedly married 3 times, names unknown except for a Miss Rozel 6 sons,
some names & order/wife unknown Oakland Twp.
Source: Bohmer Book, 1964

PETER BEEMER was born Dec. 24, 1765, in German Calley, New Jersey. He is said to have served
in the Continental Army before coming to the Long Point Settlement in 1794. ut in 1812, he served
with the British. Peter had 6 sons for which he took up land in 1804. There was Philip R., Henry R.,
and Joseph. Another may have been Jacob. The others are not known.

"HENRY R. (Roszel) BEEMER was born Dec. 22, 1801, in Oakland Township.
HATHAWAY, his son, a millwright by trade, lived in Simcoe. He is the one who changed spelling to
Beemer to avoid confusion with the many Beemers in Simcoe. He died in 1922 at the age of 92 years.
HENRY, son of Hathaway, lives in Tillsonburg. CHARLES A. son of Henry, lives in Flint,
Michigan." --src: Bohmer Book, 1964

Research Notes: The data concerning this pioneer is nearly all taken from "Pioneer sketches of the
Long Point Settlement," by E. A. Owen, published in t897, and from an article in "The Simcoe
Reformer of Feb. 17, 1927, on the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of the erection of the old
Beemer house at Colborne.

PETER BEEMER
Who came to the Niagara District in 1794, was born in New Jersey. It is said he was old enough to
serve in the Continental army during the American Revolution. In 1812 he fought on the side of the
British at Lundy's Lane. It has been stated that he had six sons for whom he took up land in Norfolk
Co., in 1804. Three of them were Philip R., Henry R. and Joseph. Possibly another was
Jacob, but the names of the other two have not been learned.

There is a tradition that the ordinal ancestor of this family was a millwright by trade, and a number
of his descendants claim there was some early connection between them and the Beamers of Lincoln
County. If this Peter was not the brother of Henry and /Philip of Norfolk, he might have been an older son of Henry of Louth there being one of his sons unaccounted for in the data preserved by the
descendants in Lincoln County but the proof is lacking.

Peter was married three times. One of his wives was Miss Roszel for whom his son, Henry R., was
named. Henry Roszel was born in Scotland, Oakland Twp., Dec. 22, 1801, and spent most of his life
there. His sun, Hathaway, a millwright by trade, resided for a time in Simcoe. While there he changed
the spelling or his name from ' ee" to "ea' to avoid confusion in mail, with several other Beemer
families living there at the same time. Thus we find all his descendants spelling with "ea," while all
the other progeny of Peter spell with "ee." Hathaway died in 1922, aged 92 years. His son Henry,
formerly of Tillsonburg, and grandson, Chas. A. now lives in Flint, Mich.

PHILIP R. BEEMER, another son of Peter, was twice married, first to Sophia Sovereign, second
to Amelia Chambers. His children were Abram, David, Peter (known as "Spunky"), Frank, William,
Levi, Priscilla, Amy, Sarah and Hannah.

Abram m. 1st Amy Smith; had issue: William, m. Mary Jane Easton; Peter A. (d. 1928), m. Allie
Wallace, Scotland, Ont.; Orson, m. Cynthia Buck, Canfield; Mary, m. Wm. Markle; Margaret Ann,
m. David Sovereign; Debby, m. Wm. Force; Emily, m. James Chrysler; Leticia, m. John Chrysler;
Amy, m. Mr. Malcolm; David, m.Erbbie

Abram m. 2nd Clarissa Cameron; had issue: Howard, Ida, Theodore.

ROZEL, Mary of Frankford. 1724 S - W. 23 Sept. 1815; Proved 17 Aug. 1822.
Sons: Thomas, Obadiah and Samuel.
Daughters: Ruth w/o John SIMMONS, Sarah (dec'd) w/o Peter BEEMER, and Elizabeth w/o Jacob
ARNOLD.

Others: Children of Sarah (not named), gr-dau. Mary LANNIN d/o Elizabeth and former husband
John LANNIN.

Executors: Son Samuel and Isaac DILLISTON.
Witnesses: Wm. A. RYERSON and Mary ADAMS.
ROZELL, Mary, of Frankford. Sussex Co., NJ. Book b, page 192. Written 23 Sept 1815; codicil April
1818; proved 17 Aug 1822. Sons: Thomas ROZELL, Obadiah ROZEL. Daughters: Ruth, wife of John
SIMMONS, Sarah, late the wife of Peter BEEMER, Elizabeth, now the wife of Jacob ARNOLD and
former wife of John LANNIN. Grandchildren: unnamed children of Sarah ROZELL and Peter
BEEMER, Mary Lannin, and children of Elizabeth Arnold. Codicil states daughter Elizabeth Arnold
is now a widow. Executors: Samuel ROZELL(son) and Israel DILLISTINE. Witnesses: Mary
BOCKOVER ( late ADAMS) and John DILLISTINE

Sarah married Peter BEEMER , son of Philip John BEEMER and
Anna Marie DEWITT . Peter was born on December 24, 1765 in German Valley, Morris
County, New Jersey, U.S.A.. They had seven children: Anne, Mary Polly, Philip N. Roszel, Joseph,
Jacob Benjamin, Henry Roszel, and Rebecca.

REBELLION OF 1837 Upper Canada (present day Ontario)
Names of those charged in the Short Hills Insurrection 1838
Morrow, Wait and Chandler were tried and sentenced to hang. Wait and Chandler were recommended for mercy by the jury but Morrow was executed on the 30 July 1837. Wait and Chandler were sentenced to banishment for life. Four men from the USA were tried and sentenced to hang, along with several men who were deemed British subjects by birth or naturalization. Petitions for clemency were signed by many from the communities and Sir George Arthur recommended that the worst offender of the British subjects be hung and the rest banished or jailed. Jacob Beemer was ordered executed, Samuel Chandler, Benjamin Wait and Alexander McLeod were ordered banished for life and others jailed.