He sold his properties to George Scahll of Earl Township, Berks County, the deed for which bears the date April 6, 1785. The Schalls were relatives of the wife of Henry Biery, and were frequently, sponsors at the Biery baptisms. Soon after disposing of his Long Swamp properties, he removed to the neighborhood of the old Egypt Church, in Whitehall Township, where he had purchased several hundred acres of land, much of which at the present day is owned by the great cement companies, for it is underlaid with the Portland cement rock.

He was married in 1764, to Maria Salome, the daughter of Michael Newhard, a wealthy landowner of the Coplay Valley. She was born November 28, 1745. Michael Newhard was a native of Zweibrucken (Deux Ponts), in the Rhineland, Germany, where he was born February 9, 1713. He came to America in 1737 taking the oath of allegiance September 24, of that year. He was an elder of the First Reformed Church.

Henry Biery on his removal to Whitehall Township where he settled on a farm located along the Coplay Creek, between what is now Eberhard Road and Lehigh Street. Soon he took a commanding part in the affairs of the community and of the Reformed Church of Egypt, for the Bierys came of a long line of Swiss Reformed. His children intermarried with the leading families in the township, forming a very influential relationship. He died May 1st, 1804, leaving a large estate which was divided among his children, of whom he had thirteen. His widow, Maria Salome, survived him twenty-five years, dying January 12, 1829. Their remains are buried in the Egypt Church graveyard.

Joseph, born November 5, 1766, died in infancy.

Henry, born October 1, 1768, married March 5, 1799, Catherine Ruch, daughter of Lorenzo Ruch, and sister of Brigadier General Peter Ruch, soldier of the War of 1812. Removed to Seneca County, New York, and founded Bearytown. Their grandson, Colonel Charles Biery Gambee, was a soldier during the Civil War. He was Colonel of the 55th Ohio Volunteers, and was killed at the battle of Resaca, Georgia, May 15, 1864, while in command of the brigade repelling the assault of the Confederate forces. Henry Biery died January 8, 1836.

Frederick, the third son of Henry Biery, and founder of Biery's Port, was born at Long Swamp, Berks County, was born April 22, 1770.

David, born February 19, 1772, married Susanna Mickley daughter of John Martin Mickley, died January 7, 1827.

Their grandson, William S. Marx, Esq., a graduate of Princeton University, was elected District Attorney of Lehigh County in 1856. His son, Henry F. Marx, was Librarian of the Easton Public Library in 1914.

Major Frank D. Beary, Deputy Adjutant General of Pennsylvania (1914), was great-grandson of David Biery. Major Biery's mother was a daughter of the Rev. Jeremiah Schindel, and a sister of the Rev. Jacob Schindel. She was also a first cousin of General Jacob Peter Schindel Gobin, Lieutenant-Governor of Pennsylvania.

Maria Salome, born January 30, 1773, married Peter Mickley, son of John Jacob Mickley, of Liberty Bell fame, died October 29, 1868.

Their grandson, the Hon. John O. Sheatz, was State Treasurer and in 1914 was State Senator from Philadelphia. Another grandson was Captain Charles Mickley of the 47th Pennsylvaina Regiment, and was killed in battle in South Carolina.

Maria Magdalena, born March 25, 1776, married Peter Mickley, son of John Martin Mickley. Died March 13, 1859.

Anna Margarheta, born June 2, 1778, married John Mickley, son of John Martin Mickley. Died February 15, 1852.

John Peter, born July 12, 1780, died in infancy.

Peter, born July 5, 1782. Died in infancy.

Barbara, born June 5, 1782, married August 7, 1796, Henry Burkhalter, grandson of the Hon. Peter Burkhalter, member of the Constitutional Convention of 1776, and also a member of the Assembly in that year, as also in 1777, 1784, 1785 and 1786.

Maria Magdalena, the sister of Peter Burkhalter, was the wife of Colonel Stephen Balliet, who served under Washington at the Battle of Brandywine, and who was also a member of the Supreme Executive Council of the State, serving from 1783 to 1786.

Charles Burkhalter, the son of Barbara Biery and Henry Burkhalter, was an eminent merchant in New York City, where he married Anna M. Havemeyer, sister of the Hon. William F. Havemeyer, Mayor of the city for two terms. He endowed a Professorship in the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Mt. Airy, Germantown, Philadelphia. Their daughter, Susan H., married the Hon. Jacob Geissenheimer, member of Congress from New Jersey, a son of the Rev. Dr. F. W. Geissenheimer, the inventor of the hot air blast process for smelting iron ore with anthracite coal.

A grandson of Barbara Biery was the Rev. Edward R. Burkhalter, D.D., of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, a graduate of Princeton University, Class 1862, and also a matriculate of the Universities of Berlin and Heidelberg, Germany, 1864-65. His brothers, Stephen and John, were members of the 7th N. Y. Regiment and served during the Civil War. Dr.Burkhalter was ordained to the ministry of the Presbyterian Church at New Rochelle, N. Y., October 26, 1870. He received the Degree of Doctor of Divinity from Princeton College in 1865. Another grandson was the Hon. Robert Steckel of Allentown. Barbara Biery Burkhalter died September 23, 1834.

Abraham, born April 21, 1784, married Salome Burkhalter, daughter of Lieutenant John Peter Burkhalter and granddaughter of Colonel Peter Burkhalter. Died March 14, 1853.

Maria Catherine, born June 28, 1786, married Peter Burkhalter, son of the Hon. Peter Burkhalter. Removed to Indiana.

John Jacob, born November 9, 1787, married Salome Steckel, March 27, 1808. Died January 15, 1864. Settled in Seneca County, N. Y. Soldier of the War of 1812.

Elizabeth, born April 8, 1791, married Peter Steckel. Died August 25, 1835.

The above information was taken from the History of the Public Schools of Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, by James B. Laux and Charles R. Horn, Published by the Alumni Association of the Catasauqua High School, 1914.