FIFTH GENERATION

20. Christopher BEAM ^(7)(67) was born on 1 Sep 1761 in York Co., PA.^{(68) (69)} He served in the military between 1775 and 1783 in Lancaster Co., PA.^{(70) (71) (72)} He Federal Supply Tax in 1783 in Quemahoning Twp., Somerset Co., PA.⁽⁷³⁾ He was taxed in 1788 in Quemahoning Twp., Somerset Co., PA.⁽⁷⁴⁾ He owned Adjoining John WELLS 237 1/2 acres on 13 Sep 1790 in Quemahoning Twp., Somerset Co., PA.⁽⁷⁵⁾ He was taxed in 1796 in Quemahoning Twp., Somerset Co., PA.⁽⁷⁶⁾ He appeared on the census between 1796 and 1798 in Quemahoning Twp., Somerset Co., PA.^{(77) (78)(79)} He owned Somerset Township in 1800 in Elk Lick Twp., Somerset Co., PA. ⁽⁸⁰⁾ He died on 15 Jun 1828 in Elk Lick Twp., Somerset Co., PA. ⁽⁸¹⁾ He was buried on 17 Jun 1828 in Weller Cemetery, Husband Twp, Somerset Co, PA.^{(82) (83)} He has Ancestral File number AF89-101661.⁽⁸⁴⁾ He was married to Elisabeth CRISE about 1790.^{(85) (55)}

21. Elisabeth CRISE was born in 1763. She died in 1850 in Somerset, PA. She appeared on the census in 1850 in Elk Lick Twp., Somerset Co., PA. ⁽⁵³⁾ Children were:

i. Jacob BEAM was born about 1792 in PA.
ii. Christopher BEAM Jr. was born in 1795 in PA. He Justice of the Peace of District #2, Somerset Borough in 1830 in Somerset Borough, Conemaugh Twp., Somerset Co., PA.⁽⁵⁵⁾ He owned Adjoining property of Henry ASH in 1831.⁽⁸⁶⁾ He Justice of the Peace, District #1, Somerset Borough in 1836 in Somerset Co., PA. ⁽⁸⁷⁾ He appeared on the census in 1850 in Stoystown, Somerset Co., PA.⁽⁸⁸⁾
10 iii. Abraham (Abram) BEAM Sr..
iv. Crise BEAM was born in 1800 in PA.
v. Margaret BEAM was born in 1804 in PA.
vi. Elizabeth BEAM was born on 17 Mar 1806 in Somerset Co., PA. ⁽³⁷⁾ She died on 14 Oct 1887 in Jenner Twp., Somerset Co., PA. She was buried in Beam Reformed Church Cemetery, Jenner Twp., Somerset Co., PA.
vii. John BEAM was born in 1808 in PA.
viii. Hiram BEAM was born on 17 Mar 1810 in Elk Lick Twp., Somerset Co., PA. ⁽⁸⁹⁾ He was a member of on 2 Jan 1847 in Beam German Reformed Church, Jenner Twp., Somerset Co., PA. ⁽³⁹⁾ He appeared on the census in 1850 in Elk Lick Twp., Somerset Co., PA.⁽⁵³⁾ He appeared on the census in Jul 1860 in Somerset Twp., Somerset Co., PA. ⁽⁵¹⁾ He appeared on the census in 1880 in Elk Lick Twp., Somerset Co., PA.⁽⁹⁰⁾ He died on 29 Dec 1890 in Jenner Twp., Somerset Co., PA.
ix. Lida BEAM was born between 1815 and 1820 in PA.