Samuel Bevier was the son and oldest of the 11 children of Jacobus and Antje (Freer - of French Huguenot origin) Bevier. He married Rachel Auchmoody, daughter of Scottish immigrant James Auchmoody of New Paltz and Maria Deyo of French Huguenot origin. Samuel's great grandfather was the infamous "Louis Bevier", a French Huguenot and one of the original patentees and settlers of New Paltz (called Nieu Pfalz in their day).
Samuel and his wife moved west leaving their hometown of New Paltz and purchased a large amount of land along the Chenango River (now called Port Dickenson and/or Binghamton's north side) from Native American Indians. Samuel is one of the first white settlers (if not the first) to the Binghamton area. The area in the 1700s was known to the Indians as "Otseningo", but was called by the Anglicized version of the name, "Chenango" by white immigrants. The area in which the Chenango River empties into the Susquehanna River was called "Chenango Point" until 1836 when the area was renamed "Binghamton" after William Bingham, a wealthy Philadelphian who bought a patent for 10,000 acres who incidentally, never saw the land or set foot in the area.
Samuel ran a ferry service to cross the Chenango River at a spot where the current Bevier Street Bridge stands (now renamed as the VFW Memorial Bridge). It was a good business decision as hundreds of families were migrating westward from Connecticut and Massachusetts to pioneer untamed lands in New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio soon after the end of the Revolutionary War. Most of the land was granted to those pioneers as payment for their service in the Revolution.
"New York in the Revolution" (by Berthold Fernow - 1887) states that Samuel Bevier was in the Ulster County Militia, 3rd Regiment, as an Ensign and later (14 Feb 1780) promoted to 2nd Lieutenant ("New York State Archives - Guide to the Department of State Index to Council of Appointment Minutes" - folder 24, page 15). He also signed "Articles of Association" (DAR Index A009824)
Samuel and his wife moved west leaving their hometown of New Paltz and purchased a large amount of land along the Chenango River (now called Port Dickenson and/or Binghamton's north side) from Native American Indians. Samuel is one of the first white settlers (if not the first) to the Binghamton area. The area in the 1700s was known to the Indians as "Otseningo", but was called by the Anglicized version of the name, "Chenango" by white immigrants. The area in which the Chenango River empties into the Susquehanna River was called "Chenango Point" until 1836 when the area was renamed "Binghamton" after William Bingham, a wealthy Philadelphian who bought a patent for 10,000 acres who incidentally, never saw the land or set foot in the area.
Samuel ran a ferry service to cross the Chenango River at a spot where the current Bevier Street Bridge stands (now renamed as the VFW Memorial Bridge). It was a good business decision as hundreds of families were migrating westward from Connecticut and Massachusetts to pioneer untamed lands in New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio soon after the end of the Revolutionary War. Most of the land was granted to those pioneers as payment for their service in the Revolution.
"New York in the Revolution" (by Berthold Fernow - 1887) states that Samuel Bevier was in the Ulster County Militia, 3rd Regiment, as an Ensign and later (14 Feb 1780) promoted to 2nd Lieutenant ("New York State Archives - Guide to the Department of State Index to Council of Appointment Minutes" - folder 24, page 15). He also signed "Articles of Association" (DAR Index A009824)
Samuel Bevier was the son and oldest of the 11 children of Jacobus and Antje (Freer - of French Huguenot origin) Bevier. He married Rachel Auchmoody, daughter of Scottish immigrant James Auchmoody of New Paltz and Maria Deyo of French Huguenot origin. Samuel's great grandfather was the infamous "Louis Bevier", a French Huguenot and one of the original patentees and settlers of New Paltz (called Nieu Pfalz in their day).
Samuel and his wife moved west leaving their hometown of New Paltz and purchased a large amount of land along the Chenango River (now called Port Dickenson and/or Binghamton's north side) from Native American Indians. Samuel is one of the first white settlers (if not the first) to the Binghamton area. The area in the 1700s was known to the Indians as "Otseningo", but was called by the Anglicized version of the name, "Chenango" by white immigrants. The area in which the Chenango River empties into the Susquehanna River was called "Chenango Point" until 1836 when the area was renamed "Binghamton" after William Bingham, a wealthy Philadelphian who bought a patent for 10,000 acres who incidentally, never saw the land or set foot in the area.
Samuel ran a ferry service to cross the Chenango River at a spot where the current Bevier Street Bridge stands (now renamed as the VFW Memorial Bridge). It was a good business decision as hundreds of families were migrating westward from Connecticut and Massachusetts to pioneer untamed lands in New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio soon after the end of the Revolutionary War. Most of the land was granted to those pioneers as payment for their service in the Revolution.
"New York in the Revolution" (by Berthold Fernow - 1887) states that Samuel Bevier was in the Ulster County Militia, 3rd Regiment, as an Ensign and later (14 Feb 1780) promoted to 2nd Lieutenant ("New York State Archives - Guide to the Department of State Index to Council of Appointment Minutes" - folder 24, page 15). He also signed "Articles of Association" (DAR Index A009824)
Samuel and his wife moved west leaving their hometown of New Paltz and purchased a large amount of land along the Chenango River (now called Port Dickenson and/or Binghamton's north side) from Native American Indians. Samuel is one of the first white settlers (if not the first) to the Binghamton area. The area in the 1700s was known to the Indians as "Otseningo", but was called by the Anglicized version of the name, "Chenango" by white immigrants. The area in which the Chenango River empties into the Susquehanna River was called "Chenango Point" until 1836 when the area was renamed "Binghamton" after William Bingham, a wealthy Philadelphian who bought a patent for 10,000 acres who incidentally, never saw the land or set foot in the area.
Samuel ran a ferry service to cross the Chenango River at a spot where the current Bevier Street Bridge stands (now renamed as the VFW Memorial Bridge). It was a good business decision as hundreds of families were migrating westward from Connecticut and Massachusetts to pioneer untamed lands in New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio soon after the end of the Revolutionary War. Most of the land was granted to those pioneers as payment for their service in the Revolution.
"New York in the Revolution" (by Berthold Fernow - 1887) states that Samuel Bevier was in the Ulster County Militia, 3rd Regiment, as an Ensign and later (14 Feb 1780) promoted to 2nd Lieutenant ("New York State Archives - Guide to the Department of State Index to Council of Appointment Minutes" - folder 24, page 15). He also signed "Articles of Association" (DAR Index A009824)
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