James Biays, the son of Matthew Biays and Elizabeth Dimmit, was born in Philadelphia PA in 1760.
He is brother of Col. Joseph Biays who served in the American Revolution and War of 1812 with him. Joseph Biays of Southwark was apprenticed on 04 Mar 1772 to be taught the ship joiner's trade by William McMullan and his assigns Term: 2 yrs., 3 mo. 26 d.
He was a private during the American Revolution James Bias Rank: Pvt.
Number Acres: 100 Issue Date: 11 Jun 1790 Number Warrant: 10,976
MARRIAGE: James Bias m. Sarah Jackson on8 Jun 1784 in Baltimore County.
James & Joseph Biays 1799-1800, p. 45; Assessment Book 1800, p. 312; 1801-1803, p. 33; 1804-1808, p. 51 Baltimore, Maryland Tax Records Index, 1798-1808
He lived in Fells Point until about 1800 and then moved to his Mt. Jefferson estate in Waverly, (named for his deep attachment to President Jefferson and his party). He was a merchant and ship builder and served on the Baltimore City Council. In 1805, he managed to get the legislature to approve his building a road from Fells Point to York Road to facilitate getting county produce to market and reaching James' country estate. James and his brother Joseph began their careers as ship joiners, but made their fortunes in the commodity export and import trade that was centered at Fell's Point and was the major factor in the growth of the city following the American Revolution. During the War of 1812, he commanded the 5th Maryland cavalry at the Battle of North Point.
"Stricker's little army rested until morning at the meeting-house, not far from what was then called Long Log Lane (now the road to North Point), with the exception of a detachment of one hundred and forty horsemen under Lieutenant Colonel Biays, who were ordered forward, three miles, to Gorsuch's farm, and one hundred and fifty riflemen under Captain Dyer, who were directed to take position at a blacksmith's shop one mile in the rear of the cavalry. So they remained until the morning of the 12th, when information was received from the vedettes that the enemy had landed at North Point, when Stricker immediately sent back his baggage under a strong guard, and disposed his troops for battle in three lines, stretching from a branch of Bear Creek on his right, to a swamp on the margin of a branch of Back River on his left. The several corps were posted as follows: the Fifth Baltimore Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Sterett, five hundred and fifty strong, were placed on the right, extending from Long Log Lane to a branch of Bear Creek; the Twenty-seventh Maryland Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Long, numbering the same, were on the left of the Fifth, extending from the Lane to the swamp; and the Union Artillerymen of Baltimore, seventy-five in number, with six 4-pounders, under Captain Montgomery, then Attorney General of the State, were in the Lane. The Thirty-ninth Regiment, four hundred and fifty men, under Lieutenant Colonel Fowler, were posted three hundred yards in the rear of the Twenty-seventh and parallel with it; and on the right of the Thirty-ninth, at the same distance in the rear of the Fifth, were the Fifty-first Regiment, under Lieutenant Colonel Amey. These formed the second line. About half a mile in the rear of this line, near the site of the present (1867) Battle-ground House, was a reserve corps, consisting of the Sixth Regiment (six hundred and twenty men), under Lieutenant Colonel M'Donald. Thus judiciously posted, Stricker awaited the approach of Ross."
James and Joseph Biays even manage to secure an act of the legislature passed in 1805, permitting them to build a road from Bond street to York road (now Greenmount) in order to facilitate getting county produce to market and reaching James's country estate. The road was wiped out by the development of the city eastward of the Jones Falls and to the north of the Point, but it appears to be clearly marked in orange on Poppleton's 1822 map of the city.
One of the largest losers by the French Spoliation claims was James Biays, who was at that time one of the most extensive importing merchants in Baltimore. He lost two large vessels, the United States and the Rising Sun, with their valuable cargoes, and also the brig Bellona. His living representatives are the heirs of his five daughters, Mrs Fanny Hammond, Mrs Ann Hoke, Mrs Elizabeth Bowerman, Mrs Dr. Walter T. Allender and Mrs Sarah Stump, mother of Col. Herman Stump of Harford county. Those of his son, the late Philip G. Biays, of Montgomery county, are James P. Biays, clerk in the Court of Appeals; Frank S. Biays, Denver, Col.; Mrs R.T. Viers, Rockville, Md.; and Mrs Joseph H. Turner of Prince George's County, formerly Miss Maria Biays of Batimore City.
He died at his Mt. Jefferson estate in 1822.
Sources
↑ James Biays Obituary. Baltimore American. 31 July 1822.
↑ Edward Papenfuse. Remembering Baltimore.
↑ LOCAL MATTERS. The Sun (1837-1985); Apr 18, 1885
John Blatter Mahool. A Genealogy and Biography of the Descendants of Abraham Jackson of Fell's Point. Washington DC. 1961. P. 18.
Joe Stewart. Waverly 1812.
On what was referred to in a deed from Sam Smith to James Biays as "Ensors Inspection" and would later become the "Brady Mansion" James Biays fashioned his "Mt. Jefferson" from which he could climb to a copula to watch his ships come into port at Baltimore Harbor. One gets a sense of the rustic nature of the area from this 1813 public notice in the American and Commercial Daily Advertiser, "reported (to a Justice of the peace) a trespassing stay Cow, on the farms of James Biays, a short distance from Baltimore, on the York Turnpike road, he being Farmer & Manager there, represents the back and sides of the Cow to be black, her belly and legs white. The owner is desired to come prove property, pay charges and take her away." P
He is brother of Col. Joseph Biays who served in the American Revolution and War of 1812 with him. Joseph Biays of Southwark was apprenticed on 04 Mar 1772 to be taught the ship joiner's trade by William McMullan and his assigns Term: 2 yrs., 3 mo. 26 d.
He was a private during the American Revolution James Bias Rank: Pvt.
Number Acres: 100 Issue Date: 11 Jun 1790 Number Warrant: 10,976
MARRIAGE: James Bias m. Sarah Jackson on8 Jun 1784 in Baltimore County.
James & Joseph Biays 1799-1800, p. 45; Assessment Book 1800, p. 312; 1801-1803, p. 33; 1804-1808, p. 51 Baltimore, Maryland Tax Records Index, 1798-1808
He lived in Fells Point until about 1800 and then moved to his Mt. Jefferson estate in Waverly, (named for his deep attachment to President Jefferson and his party). He was a merchant and ship builder and served on the Baltimore City Council. In 1805, he managed to get the legislature to approve his building a road from Fells Point to York Road to facilitate getting county produce to market and reaching James' country estate. James and his brother Joseph began their careers as ship joiners, but made their fortunes in the commodity export and import trade that was centered at Fell's Point and was the major factor in the growth of the city following the American Revolution. During the War of 1812, he commanded the 5th Maryland cavalry at the Battle of North Point.
"Stricker's little army rested until morning at the meeting-house, not far from what was then called Long Log Lane (now the road to North Point), with the exception of a detachment of one hundred and forty horsemen under Lieutenant Colonel Biays, who were ordered forward, three miles, to Gorsuch's farm, and one hundred and fifty riflemen under Captain Dyer, who were directed to take position at a blacksmith's shop one mile in the rear of the cavalry. So they remained until the morning of the 12th, when information was received from the vedettes that the enemy had landed at North Point, when Stricker immediately sent back his baggage under a strong guard, and disposed his troops for battle in three lines, stretching from a branch of Bear Creek on his right, to a swamp on the margin of a branch of Back River on his left. The several corps were posted as follows: the Fifth Baltimore Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Sterett, five hundred and fifty strong, were placed on the right, extending from Long Log Lane to a branch of Bear Creek; the Twenty-seventh Maryland Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Long, numbering the same, were on the left of the Fifth, extending from the Lane to the swamp; and the Union Artillerymen of Baltimore, seventy-five in number, with six 4-pounders, under Captain Montgomery, then Attorney General of the State, were in the Lane. The Thirty-ninth Regiment, four hundred and fifty men, under Lieutenant Colonel Fowler, were posted three hundred yards in the rear of the Twenty-seventh and parallel with it; and on the right of the Thirty-ninth, at the same distance in the rear of the Fifth, were the Fifty-first Regiment, under Lieutenant Colonel Amey. These formed the second line. About half a mile in the rear of this line, near the site of the present (1867) Battle-ground House, was a reserve corps, consisting of the Sixth Regiment (six hundred and twenty men), under Lieutenant Colonel M'Donald. Thus judiciously posted, Stricker awaited the approach of Ross."
James and Joseph Biays even manage to secure an act of the legislature passed in 1805, permitting them to build a road from Bond street to York road (now Greenmount) in order to facilitate getting county produce to market and reaching James's country estate. The road was wiped out by the development of the city eastward of the Jones Falls and to the north of the Point, but it appears to be clearly marked in orange on Poppleton's 1822 map of the city.
One of the largest losers by the French Spoliation claims was James Biays, who was at that time one of the most extensive importing merchants in Baltimore. He lost two large vessels, the United States and the Rising Sun, with their valuable cargoes, and also the brig Bellona. His living representatives are the heirs of his five daughters, Mrs Fanny Hammond, Mrs Ann Hoke, Mrs Elizabeth Bowerman, Mrs Dr. Walter T. Allender and Mrs Sarah Stump, mother of Col. Herman Stump of Harford county. Those of his son, the late Philip G. Biays, of Montgomery county, are James P. Biays, clerk in the Court of Appeals; Frank S. Biays, Denver, Col.; Mrs R.T. Viers, Rockville, Md.; and Mrs Joseph H. Turner of Prince George's County, formerly Miss Maria Biays of Batimore City.
He died at his Mt. Jefferson estate in 1822.
Sources
↑ James Biays Obituary. Baltimore American. 31 July 1822.
↑ Edward Papenfuse. Remembering Baltimore.
↑ LOCAL MATTERS. The Sun (1837-1985); Apr 18, 1885
John Blatter Mahool. A Genealogy and Biography of the Descendants of Abraham Jackson of Fell's Point. Washington DC. 1961. P. 18.
Joe Stewart. Waverly 1812.
On what was referred to in a deed from Sam Smith to James Biays as "Ensors Inspection" and would later become the "Brady Mansion" James Biays fashioned his "Mt. Jefferson" from which he could climb to a copula to watch his ships come into port at Baltimore Harbor. One gets a sense of the rustic nature of the area from this 1813 public notice in the American and Commercial Daily Advertiser, "reported (to a Justice of the peace) a trespassing stay Cow, on the farms of James Biays, a short distance from Baltimore, on the York Turnpike road, he being Farmer & Manager there, represents the back and sides of the Cow to be black, her belly and legs white. The owner is desired to come prove property, pay charges and take her away." P
James Biays, the son of Matthew Biays and Elizabeth Dimmit, was born in Philadelphia PA in 1760.
He is brother of Col. Joseph Biays who served in the American Revolution and War of 1812 with him. Joseph Biays of Southwark was apprenticed on 04 Mar 1772 to be taught the ship joiner's trade by William McMullan and his assigns Term: 2 yrs., 3 mo. 26 d.
He was a private during the American Revolution James Bias Rank: Pvt.
Number Acres: 100 Issue Date: 11 Jun 1790 Number Warrant: 10,976
MARRIAGE: James Bias m. Sarah Jackson on8 Jun 1784 in Baltimore County.
James & Joseph Biays 1799-1800, p. 45; Assessment Book 1800, p. 312; 1801-1803, p. 33; 1804-1808, p. 51 Baltimore, Maryland Tax Records Index, 1798-1808
He lived in Fells Point until about 1800 and then moved to his Mt. Jefferson estate in Waverly, (named for his deep attachment to President Jefferson and his party). He was a merchant and ship builder and served on the Baltimore City Council. In 1805, he managed to get the legislature to approve his building a road from Fells Point to York Road to facilitate getting county produce to market and reaching James' country estate. James and his brother Joseph began their careers as ship joiners, but made their fortunes in the commodity export and import trade that was centered at Fell's Point and was the major factor in the growth of the city following the American Revolution. During the War of 1812, he commanded the 5th Maryland cavalry at the Battle of North Point.
"Stricker's little army rested until morning at the meeting-house, not far from what was then called Long Log Lane (now the road to North Point), with the exception of a detachment of one hundred and forty horsemen under Lieutenant Colonel Biays, who were ordered forward, three miles, to Gorsuch's farm, and one hundred and fifty riflemen under Captain Dyer, who were directed to take position at a blacksmith's shop one mile in the rear of the cavalry. So they remained until the morning of the 12th, when information was received from the vedettes that the enemy had landed at North Point, when Stricker immediately sent back his baggage under a strong guard, and disposed his troops for battle in three lines, stretching from a branch of Bear Creek on his right, to a swamp on the margin of a branch of Back River on his left. The several corps were posted as follows: the Fifth Baltimore Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Sterett, five hundred and fifty strong, were placed on the right, extending from Long Log Lane to a branch of Bear Creek; the Twenty-seventh Maryland Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Long, numbering the same, were on the left of the Fifth, extending from the Lane to the swamp; and the Union Artillerymen of Baltimore, seventy-five in number, with six 4-pounders, under Captain Montgomery, then Attorney General of the State, were in the Lane. The Thirty-ninth Regiment, four hundred and fifty men, under Lieutenant Colonel Fowler, were posted three hundred yards in the rear of the Twenty-seventh and parallel with it; and on the right of the Thirty-ninth, at the same distance in the rear of the Fifth, were the Fifty-first Regiment, under Lieutenant Colonel Amey. These formed the second line. About half a mile in the rear of this line, near the site of the present (1867) Battle-ground House, was a reserve corps, consisting of the Sixth Regiment (six hundred and twenty men), under Lieutenant Colonel M'Donald. Thus judiciously posted, Stricker awaited the approach of Ross."
James and Joseph Biays even manage to secure an act of the legislature passed in 1805, permitting them to build a road from Bond street to York road (now Greenmount) in order to facilitate getting county produce to market and reaching James's country estate. The road was wiped out by the development of the city eastward of the Jones Falls and to the north of the Point, but it appears to be clearly marked in orange on Poppleton's 1822 map of the city.
One of the largest losers by the French Spoliation claims was James Biays, who was at that time one of the most extensive importing merchants in Baltimore. He lost two large vessels, the United States and the Rising Sun, with their valuable cargoes, and also the brig Bellona. His living representatives are the heirs of his five daughters, Mrs Fanny Hammond, Mrs Ann Hoke, Mrs Elizabeth Bowerman, Mrs Dr. Walter T. Allender and Mrs Sarah Stump, mother of Col. Herman Stump of Harford county. Those of his son, the late Philip G. Biays, of Montgomery county, are James P. Biays, clerk in the Court of Appeals; Frank S. Biays, Denver, Col.; Mrs R.T. Viers, Rockville, Md.; and Mrs Joseph H. Turner of Prince George's County, formerly Miss Maria Biays of Batimore City.
He died at his Mt. Jefferson estate in 1822.
Sources
↑ James Biays Obituary. Baltimore American. 31 July 1822.
↑ Edward Papenfuse. Remembering Baltimore.
↑ LOCAL MATTERS. The Sun (1837-1985); Apr 18, 1885
John Blatter Mahool. A Genealogy and Biography of the Descendants of Abraham Jackson of Fell's Point. Washington DC. 1961. P. 18.
Joe Stewart. Waverly 1812.
On what was referred to in a deed from Sam Smith to James Biays as "Ensors Inspection" and would later become the "Brady Mansion" James Biays fashioned his "Mt. Jefferson" from which he could climb to a copula to watch his ships come into port at Baltimore Harbor. One gets a sense of the rustic nature of the area from this 1813 public notice in the American and Commercial Daily Advertiser, "reported (to a Justice of the peace) a trespassing stay Cow, on the farms of James Biays, a short distance from Baltimore, on the York Turnpike road, he being Farmer & Manager there, represents the back and sides of the Cow to be black, her belly and legs white. The owner is desired to come prove property, pay charges and take her away." P
He is brother of Col. Joseph Biays who served in the American Revolution and War of 1812 with him. Joseph Biays of Southwark was apprenticed on 04 Mar 1772 to be taught the ship joiner's trade by William McMullan and his assigns Term: 2 yrs., 3 mo. 26 d.
He was a private during the American Revolution James Bias Rank: Pvt.
Number Acres: 100 Issue Date: 11 Jun 1790 Number Warrant: 10,976
MARRIAGE: James Bias m. Sarah Jackson on8 Jun 1784 in Baltimore County.
James & Joseph Biays 1799-1800, p. 45; Assessment Book 1800, p. 312; 1801-1803, p. 33; 1804-1808, p. 51 Baltimore, Maryland Tax Records Index, 1798-1808
He lived in Fells Point until about 1800 and then moved to his Mt. Jefferson estate in Waverly, (named for his deep attachment to President Jefferson and his party). He was a merchant and ship builder and served on the Baltimore City Council. In 1805, he managed to get the legislature to approve his building a road from Fells Point to York Road to facilitate getting county produce to market and reaching James' country estate. James and his brother Joseph began their careers as ship joiners, but made their fortunes in the commodity export and import trade that was centered at Fell's Point and was the major factor in the growth of the city following the American Revolution. During the War of 1812, he commanded the 5th Maryland cavalry at the Battle of North Point.
"Stricker's little army rested until morning at the meeting-house, not far from what was then called Long Log Lane (now the road to North Point), with the exception of a detachment of one hundred and forty horsemen under Lieutenant Colonel Biays, who were ordered forward, three miles, to Gorsuch's farm, and one hundred and fifty riflemen under Captain Dyer, who were directed to take position at a blacksmith's shop one mile in the rear of the cavalry. So they remained until the morning of the 12th, when information was received from the vedettes that the enemy had landed at North Point, when Stricker immediately sent back his baggage under a strong guard, and disposed his troops for battle in three lines, stretching from a branch of Bear Creek on his right, to a swamp on the margin of a branch of Back River on his left. The several corps were posted as follows: the Fifth Baltimore Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Sterett, five hundred and fifty strong, were placed on the right, extending from Long Log Lane to a branch of Bear Creek; the Twenty-seventh Maryland Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Long, numbering the same, were on the left of the Fifth, extending from the Lane to the swamp; and the Union Artillerymen of Baltimore, seventy-five in number, with six 4-pounders, under Captain Montgomery, then Attorney General of the State, were in the Lane. The Thirty-ninth Regiment, four hundred and fifty men, under Lieutenant Colonel Fowler, were posted three hundred yards in the rear of the Twenty-seventh and parallel with it; and on the right of the Thirty-ninth, at the same distance in the rear of the Fifth, were the Fifty-first Regiment, under Lieutenant Colonel Amey. These formed the second line. About half a mile in the rear of this line, near the site of the present (1867) Battle-ground House, was a reserve corps, consisting of the Sixth Regiment (six hundred and twenty men), under Lieutenant Colonel M'Donald. Thus judiciously posted, Stricker awaited the approach of Ross."
James and Joseph Biays even manage to secure an act of the legislature passed in 1805, permitting them to build a road from Bond street to York road (now Greenmount) in order to facilitate getting county produce to market and reaching James's country estate. The road was wiped out by the development of the city eastward of the Jones Falls and to the north of the Point, but it appears to be clearly marked in orange on Poppleton's 1822 map of the city.
One of the largest losers by the French Spoliation claims was James Biays, who was at that time one of the most extensive importing merchants in Baltimore. He lost two large vessels, the United States and the Rising Sun, with their valuable cargoes, and also the brig Bellona. His living representatives are the heirs of his five daughters, Mrs Fanny Hammond, Mrs Ann Hoke, Mrs Elizabeth Bowerman, Mrs Dr. Walter T. Allender and Mrs Sarah Stump, mother of Col. Herman Stump of Harford county. Those of his son, the late Philip G. Biays, of Montgomery county, are James P. Biays, clerk in the Court of Appeals; Frank S. Biays, Denver, Col.; Mrs R.T. Viers, Rockville, Md.; and Mrs Joseph H. Turner of Prince George's County, formerly Miss Maria Biays of Batimore City.
He died at his Mt. Jefferson estate in 1822.
Sources
↑ James Biays Obituary. Baltimore American. 31 July 1822.
↑ Edward Papenfuse. Remembering Baltimore.
↑ LOCAL MATTERS. The Sun (1837-1985); Apr 18, 1885
John Blatter Mahool. A Genealogy and Biography of the Descendants of Abraham Jackson of Fell's Point. Washington DC. 1961. P. 18.
Joe Stewart. Waverly 1812.
On what was referred to in a deed from Sam Smith to James Biays as "Ensors Inspection" and would later become the "Brady Mansion" James Biays fashioned his "Mt. Jefferson" from which he could climb to a copula to watch his ships come into port at Baltimore Harbor. One gets a sense of the rustic nature of the area from this 1813 public notice in the American and Commercial Daily Advertiser, "reported (to a Justice of the peace) a trespassing stay Cow, on the farms of James Biays, a short distance from Baltimore, on the York Turnpike road, he being Farmer & Manager there, represents the back and sides of the Cow to be black, her belly and legs white. The owner is desired to come prove property, pay charges and take her away." P
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