Hi Sara
You'll find quite a bit of information on my website, http://www.hirab.co.uk. Click on the "Family History Pages" panel and then on Beer. After some years of searching, I am still at a loss to identify the "Reep" family from which our ancestor Joseph Reep Beer gor his middle name.

Your John Beer (b Exeter about 1841) was brother to my GGgrandfather Joseph Beer.

I look forward to hearing further from you.
Peter Jones