Boyers Family

Casper Beyer, or Boyers, was born on June 17, 1732 near Cannstat, Wurttemberg, Germany. He married Elizabeth Lambert in 1752. She was born in Wurttemberg in 1733. They had a family, all of whom emigrated to this country on the ship Tiger, arriving in the port of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 19, 1771, according to American Boyers, 1940. Casper Boyers served in the American Revolution as a lieutenant under Colonel Miller of Pennsylvania, according to Pennsylvania Archives, Volume 5, Fifth Series, pp. 41-42. Elizabeth died in 1780, and Casper died May 23, 1793. Of the eleven children of Casper and Elizabeth Lambert Boyers, four are said to have moved to Kentucky before 1795:

1. John, the oldest, was later a large landowner in Harrison County and served in the War of 1812. He was never married.

2. Jacob, born May 12, 170, died May 11, 1843 in Harrison County, Kentucky, married Dorothy Lemmon, daughter of Jacob Lemmon on July 1, 1795 in Harrison County, kentucky. The first purchase of land is shown in a deed issued September 28, 1798 to "...Jacob Boyers of the County of Harrison...a parcel of land lying in the County of harrison on the waters of Twin Creek...", recorded Deed Book 1, p. 384, at the October 1798 term of the Harrison County Court. Survived by two sons, the heirs of a third son, and four daughters.

3. Elizabeth, born May 1, 1775, died May 4, 1857 in Harrison County, Kentucky; married David Lemmon, son of Jacob Lemmon, before coming to Kentucky. Survived by three sons and three daughters, and the heirs of two other daughters.

4. Catherine, born March 17, 1778, married John Arter of Harrison County, Kentucky. This family moved to Ohio in 1806.

Children of Jacob and Dorothy Lemmon Boyers, all born in Harrison County, Kentucky.

1. Rachel, born January 23, 1797, died in Harrison County, Kentucky, November 17, 1850; married her first cousin, Samuel Eckler, son of Jacob and Hannah Lemmon Eckler, February 17, 1814; survived by four sons and four daughters.

2. Elizabeth, born January 27, 1799, died in Grant County, Kentucky, October 27, 1882. She married her first cousin, William Conrad, son of Isaac and Margaret Lemmon Conrad, September 11, 1817; survived by two sons and heirs of three other sons.

3. Catherine, born May 26, 1801, died in Harrison County, Kentucky, September 1, 1866. She married Paul Renaker, February 21, 1828; survived by four sons.

4. Esau, born December 20, 1802, died in Grant County, Kentucky, May 10, 1869. He married Mary Azley, daughter of Lindsay Azley; survived by heirs of two daughters.

5. Jacob, born 1804, died in Harrison County, Kentucky, July 21, 1864. He married Eliza Smith, daughter of Martin and Sarah Spears Smith, October 23, 1827; survived by one son and two daughters.

6. John, born December 1, 1808, died in Harrison County, Kentucky, August 8, 1839. He married Emma A. Pock, daughter of Adam and Polly Hiten Pock; survived by two sons and one daughter.

7. Milly, born in 1812, died in Harrison County, Kentucky, March 3, 1890. She married William Gossett, son of Abraham and Mary Fightmaster Gossett, and her first cousin, Paul Renaker, in 1868; survived by one son and one daughter.

Descendants of Elder William
and Elizabeth Boyers Conrad
Compiled by John B. Conrad, 1980
Used with permission.

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