Born in Europe
Ancestors 
Son of Hans Heinrich Bar
and [mother unknown]
Husband of
Barbara Heistand
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Father of
Elisabeth (Bar) Whitmore and Mary Bear
Died before
before age 31
in Earl, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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Biography
Jacob Bär (or Ÿacob Berr, which is how his name is spelled in his family Bible) was born on January 28, 1705. His birthdate and father's and siblings' names (but not birthplace, mother, wife or death information) appear in a family Bible in possession of Muddy Creek Farm Library, Ephrata, Pennsylvania. [1]He was the son of Hans Heinrich Bar (1663-1731).
He passed before August 26,1736, the date of his probate inventory.[2]
Note: Jacob was not the son of Barbara (Hauser) Bär (abt.1654-1709), as previously indicated. His father was not married to Barbara (Hauser) Bär. Jacob's mother's name is not known at this time.
He probably arrived in Lancaster, Pennsylvania with his father, who was there by 1721 when his land in Earl was surveyed for him, and probably a few years earlier, based on there being a "Henry Berr" on the 1719 tax assessment for Lancaster County (along with "Henry Perr (Bear) who appears next to Michael Shenk, presumably Heinrich Baer (1695-abt.1750)).
On November 22, 1717, Martin Kendrick and Hans Heer warranted 5,000 acres of land on the Conestoga and Pequea Creeks, including land in today’s Earl Township, Lancaster County.
On June 22, 1721, 200 acres of this land was surveyed for Henry Bear. See Survey D82-47 at https://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/dam/rg/di/r17-114CopiedSurveyBooks/Books%20D1-D90/Book%20D82/Book%20D-82%20pg%2093.pdf and Earl Warrant Map at https://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/dam/rg/di/r17-522WarranteeTwpMaps/r017Map2816LancasterEarlWeb.pdf. The survey is labeled “Henry Bear 200 all-12 now his son Jacob Bear.”
On April 25, 1735 the son, this profiled Jacob Bear, patented this 200 acre parcel (See Patent A-7-150).
A memorandum of what appears to be Jacob’s will is dated September 1, 1736 and is recorded in Lancaster Will Book A, page 24. [3] Being written in High Dutch, it was not recorded. The executors were Hans Wietwer and Christian Wenger. But if that is his will, why does the deed from John Summy referenced below say that he died intestate?
His probate inventory is dated August 26, 1736, Earl Township, in which he is stated to have had 3 children. This information comes from Jane Evans Best in The Groff Book, page 30, where he is tentatively said to have been the son of "Old Henry" and that that Henry had a probate inventory dated March 11, 1731.:
[?BA5363 Jacob Bear (W15 and J, was BA 1142.9, b. ca. 1700; inv. Aug. 26, 1736, Earl Twp.: 3 ch.][4]
According to Best, on the inventory is written "Jacob Bare son of Old Henry Bare," perhaps the origin of her nickname for him. [5]
According to a deed from John Summy dated March 21, 1774 and recorded in Book S-437, Jacob Bear died intestate (date of his death not provided, but probably about 1736 based on ages of daughters and wife’s remarriage to Jacob Summi) leaving a widow named Barbara and issue three daughters; to wit, Elizabeth (now the wife of Peter Whitmore), Mary (now the wife of John Sensenick), and Barbara (now the wife of Christian Newcomer). By deed dated November 1, 1759, the three daughters, with their respective husbands, granted the entire 200-acre parcel to Jacob Summy, who had married the widow Barbara "long before". [6]
On “3rd day 4 mo, 1738” the 200 acre parcel was already possessed by Jacob Summi. See survey of his abutting land C182-166 at https://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/dam/rg/di/r17-114CopiedSurveyBooks/Books%20C1-C234/Book%20C182/Book%20C-182%20pg%20331.pdf. Based on that survey, Jacob Summi had probably remarried Barbara, widow of Jacob Bear, before that date.
Jacob Bear’s wife’s last name is thought to have been Hiestand. [7] [Primary source needed, but Ellis' and Evans' book is a generally reliable source.]
Jacob Bear was not survived by children named Samuel Bar, Jacob Bar, Margaretha Bar, Abraham Baer or Heinrich Bare, as previously indicated.
Research Notes
Jacob, born in 1705, could not possibly marry in 1702, as previously indicated.
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He was not the Jacob Baer/Bähr who immigrated to Pennsylvania on September 30, 1727 aboard the Molly with Samuel Bare/Behr. [8] Jacob's signature on that ship list matches the signature on the will of Jacob Bar (aft.1700-1769). Samuel's signature matches that on the will of Samuel (Bar) Bear (abt.1683-bef.1743). [9] A Martin Hosuer (Hauser?) also appear on the passenger list of the Molly.
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Another Jacob Bear, who has a profile at Jacob Bär (1724-1788), moved to Rockingham County, Virginia and was the husband of Anna Barbara (Miller) Bär (1726-1791). His father is thought to have been named Jacob or Jagely (profile at Jagley Jacob Bär (1683-aft.1749)) and is also thought to have moved to Virginia, but that may not be correct.
Sources
- ↑ Research Tips in Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage July, 2019, page 103, which also says that "a copy of the record was shared for Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society files."
- ↑ Best, Jane Evans.The Groff Book, Volume 2: A Continuing Saga", Groff History Associates, 1997, Ronks, Pennsylvania.
- ↑ Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Will Book A-24, Frame 15 of 514 at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L99B-VDDY?i=14&wc=9PM8-4WY%3A268493801%2C268514701&cc=1999196.
- ↑ Best, Jane Evans. The Groff Book, Volume 2, a Continuing Saga, 1997, at https://www.gengophers.com/bookreader/index.html?pages=286&bookurl=%2Fapi%2Fimages%2F1%2F20150503%2FIE86793%2F&bookid=60486&initialsearch=%7B%22given%22%3A%22Hans%22%2C%22surname%22%3A%22B%C3%A4r%22%2C%22exactGiven%22%3Afalse%2C%22exactSurname%22%3Afalse%2C%22exactRels%22%3Afalse%7D#/page/37/mode/1up. Citing Best, "3 Bears," PMH Oct. 1981, p. 21; Best "Lancaster Co. and Beyond PMH Jn. 1987, p. 23.
- ↑ Best, Jane Evans. A Bear Saga: Lanaster County and Beyond. Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage. January, 1987. Foonote 12, page 22.
- ↑ Profile for Jacob Bear (? – 1736) in South Central Pennsylvania Settlers website, at https://www.pennsylvaniasettlers.com/getperson.php?personID=I40787&tree=1.
- ↑ Ellis, Franklin and Evans, Samuel. History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, With Biographical Sketches of Many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. Everts & Peck. 1883. Page 870 at https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=WsQxAQAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PA870&hl=en.
- ↑ Strassburger, Ralph Beaver, LL.D., Pennsylvania German Pioneers, A Publication of the Original Lists of Arrivals in the Port of Philadelphia from 1727 to 1808, edited by William John Hinke, Ph.D., D.D., Pennsylvania German Society, Norristown, PA, 1934. Volume 1.
- ↑ Best, Jane Evans. Three Bears of Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and Other Early Bears. Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage. October, 1981. Page 13.
- Ancestry.com. Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002. Original data - The Virginia Genealogical Society. Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly and Magazine of Virginia Genealogy.
- Ancestry.com. Virginia Valley records : genealogical and historical materials of Rockingham County, Virginia, and related regions (with map). Online publication - Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data - Wayland, John Walter,. Virginia Valley records : genealogical and historical materials of Rockingham County, Virginia, and related regions (with map). Strasburg, Va.: Shena; p. 384. p. 384.
- Ancestry.com Title: A history of Rockingham County, Virginia Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data - Wayland, John Walter,. A history of Rockingham County, Virginia. Dayton, Va.: Ruebush-Elkins Co., 1912.
- The Groff Book, European Groff History, p.5
Acknowledgments
- Thank you to Sandy Minder for creating WikiTree profile Bar-213 through the import of Delong gedcom.ged on Apr 27, 2013.
- WikiTree profile Bear-174 created through the import of BDM7-7-11.ged on Jul 8, 2011 by Brian McCullough. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Brian and others.
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Categories: Palatine Migrants
The LNAB is supposed to be "their conventions, not ours," particularly as it pertains to immigrant ancestors. I rarely find misspellings in original German/Swiss records. Variations are usually due to misreading by the folks indexing them. Later variations are Anglicized versions the emerged over time in America.
The search engine will pick the additional names up in addition to the spellings Bär and Baer. That being said, my concern going forward is that we should not create a lot of redirects by changing the last name at birth of multiple Baer profiles.
Original immigrants from Germany and Switzerland would never use Bear or Bare. Those are the invention of English clerks who recorded names as they sounded. The English equivalent of Bär is Baer...
edited by Kie (Entrikin) Zelms
As a genealogical researcher digging deeply into the European roots of my family, I have to emphatically state that LNAB is extremely important for research in the distant past! We need a standard for how we represent the names of the people we are representing via their profiles for now and also for future genealogical researchers.
edited by Julia Olsen
Fred Hebel
Samuel needs to be unlinked and merged with Samuel Bare-169 (son of Hans Jacob and Barbara Frederick).
Jacob needs to be unlinked and attached as a son of Hans Jacob and Barbara Frederick.
Margaretha needs to be unlinked and attached as a daughter of Hans Jacob and Barbara Frederick.
Abraham needs to be unlinked and merged with Abraham Bär-204 (son of Jägli Bär-204).
Heinrich needs to be unlinked, and more research needs to be done to work out who he belongs to.
I'm happy to do this if there are no objections.
edited by Ann Risso
What do others think about disconnecting them as children of Jacob (Baer) Bear (1695-1736) and connecting them (marked uncertain) as children of Hans Jacob (Bar) Bär (1677-1759)? I do think they should all be left together as siblings and not disconnected until they are given another father, so they don’t get lost. IF it is done, the disconnecting would need to be done by a manager of Palatine Migration project since Jacob (Baer) Bear (1695-1736) is project protected.
The Bear family is quite confused at the moment, so it’s hard to know where to start with moving profiles around. But this seems like it might be a discrete step that might help to sort things out. Or maybe more review needed first. See also Bear/Baer/Bar Family of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
edited by Ann Risso
Edit: Actually, it probably should be Hausen, Affoltern, Kt. Zürich, as it was pre 1911, but the lookup doesn't get that correct.
edited by Greg Vernon
I have read about Henry Baer with wife Anna Miller. (https://www.seekingmyroots.com/members/files/G000221.pdf) It is likely that Henry (and Jacob) were in Pennsylvania long before 1727. I'm commenting here, on Jacob, because it is part of Project, and I know there is Baer research interest here. The passenger list for Ship Molly 1727 has a Samuel and a Jacob Baer. There are also Felix, Peter and Samuel Good. Others on the list, Martin Kendig, and Hans Funk, also had presence in Leacock twp, Lancaster county before 1727. We know that Martin Kendig and Hans Funk were sent back to Germany to retrieve Mennonite relatives. There was a ship of 1717 which is attributed as the second arrival for Kendig. But, I can find no new Martin Kendig that would fit the 1727 arrrival in PA. I have researched Krehenbiel (Grable) https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Krahenbuhl-72 and find that Peter's brother, nephew and son were connected with Kendig (estate) and with orphans of the Baer family. All of these folks were near each other when they came to Earl and Leacock twp. I believe that Jacob of this profile was the jacob on Molly 1727 and I expect that we might have to call this, for Jacob, a second trip to America. May I mark Jacob with the WikiTree category of Molly 1727? (The Good passengers may need the same consideration as I try to put WikiTree profiles against the Molly passenger list.) I'd also like to know if the Mennonite literature has explored the story of so many second arrivals to America and perhaps has tied together some of the new arrivals they brought with them.