John Baehr Bricker (1769 - 1854)

Born 28 Dec 1769 in Warwick, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Husband of Anna (Erb) Bricker — married [date unknown] in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States

Descendants

Died 19 Feb 1854 at age 84 in Blair, Waterloo, Canada West

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Biography

[1221] III JOHN BRICKER, the second son of PETER, and MARY (BAEHR) BRICKER, was born December 28th, 1769, and died February 19th, 1854.

He was married to ANNA, daughter of CHRISTIAN and MARY (SCHERCH) ERB. She was born December 11th, 1774, and died October 13th, 1866.

In 1802 they, with others, moved to Canada and settled in Waterloo County, near the village of Blair where he died.

After his death the mother [ANNA] had her home with her son DAVID who resided near Roseville where she died.

They had a Family of twelve children, two of whom died in infancy and are buried at Blair.

There were [three] JOHNs, the first died, aged nearly nine years; the second JOHN was born a few weeks after the decease of the first; and after second's decease they named a third one JOHN.

1222 IV PETER BRICKER, the eldest son of John and Anna (Erb) Bricker, was born in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, November 26th, 1793.

In 1802 he came to Canada with his parents who settled near the present village of Blair. He was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Simon Cress, who settled in this county in 1806. She was born February 17th, 1792, and died November 14th, 1854. He died January 25th, 1856.

1252 IV JOHN BRICKER, the second son of John and Annie Bricker, was born October 19th, 1795, and died at Blair,t March 10th, 1804.

1253 IV POLLY BRICKER, the eldest daughter of John and Annie Bricker, was born September 1st, 1797. She was married to John S. Erb who was born September 4th, 1795, and died May 19th, 1873 -

She died August 4th, 1876. To them were born five children, namely: V Magdalena, V Joseph, V Eli, V Ephraim, and V Mary Ann. See John S. Erb's family.

1254 IV JACOB BRICKER, the third son of John and Annie Bricker, was born March 31st, 1800. He was a farmer and presided about one mile west of the town of Waterloo, on the farm now possessed by Amos Weber. He was married to Judith, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Bear) Baumann. She was born May 30th, 1803, and died July 30th, 1837.

He died of fever January 16th, 1834. To them were born three children, viz:

1258 IV NANCY BRICKER, the second daughter of John and Annie Bricker, was born November 21st, 1802.

She was married to Henry Clemens who was born November 24th, 1802, and died June 17th, 1876.

She died April 17th, 1846.

1259 IV JOHN BRICKER, the fourth son of John and Annie Bricker, was born March 20th, 1804, and died an infant, a few months old.

1260 IV JOHN E. BRICKER, the fifth son of John and Annie Bricker, was born February 15th, 1805. He was first married to Elizabeth, daughter of Jacob and Polly (Detweiler) Rosenberger. She was born April 7th, 1806. After their marriage they moved on a farm a little east of Roseville, Ontario, where she died of cholera, August 2nd, 1834. After her decease Mr. Bricker was married to Susannah, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth ( Wagner) Bergey. She was born December 14th, 1814, and died February 7th, 1888.

He died May 20th, 1871. His family consisted of eighteen children, five of which were born unto his first wife and thirteen to the second wife...

1292 IV SUSANNAH BRICKER, the third daughter of old John and Annie Bricker, was born August 12th, 1807.

She was married to Wendel Bowman who was born January 21st, 1800, and died July 7th, 1876. She died February 12th, 1890. To them were born ten children, namely: V Nancy, V Polly, V Lydia, V Susannah, V Ephraim, V Sallie, V Elizabeth, V Elijah, V Judith, and V Lena. See Wendel Bowman's family, Nos. 257 to 267.

1293 IV ABRAHAM BRICKER, the sixth son of old John and Annie Bricker, was born on the farm now possessed by Harry McNally, near Blair, December 25th, 1809. On June 10th, 1830, he was married to Catharine, daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Detweiler) Hallman. She was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, September 28th, 1810, and died at Mr. Isaac Nahrgang's, near New Hamburg, Ontario, January 19th, 1889.

After their marriage they moved on lot No. 3, Block A, in the township of Wilmot, near Manheim, Ontario, where they resided for fifty-one years.

In 1882 the aged couple made their home with their daughter, Catharine (Mrs. L Nahrgang), where she died. Some time after her decease he made his home with his youngest daughter, Polly, who is married to Mr. N. Cressman, where he still resides. He is yet quite strong and active for a man of his age. Their family consisted of thirteen children...

1307 IV MAGDALENA BRICKER, the fourth daughter of John and Annie Bricker, was born February 21st, 1812. She was married to Jesse Schwartz who was born July 12th, 1807, and died January 14th, 1886. She died March 20th, 1867. To them were born four children, namely: V Lydia, V Sarah, V John, and V Nancy. See Jesse Schwartz's family.

1308 IV DAVID BRICKER, the seventh and youngest son of John and Annie Bricker, was born near Blair, March 30th, 1814.

On September 12th, 1837, he was married to Hannah, the youngest daughter of Jacob and Catharine (Clemens) Kolb. She was born September 25th, 1818, and died April 10th, 1870. Soon after their marriage they moved on his father's farm near Blair where they resided for five years, then they moved on a beautiful farm about one mile east of Roseville where they resided until 1862, when he sold the farm and moved to Breslau where he purchased from Mr. Joseph Erb, the mills, and farm of 160 acres in connection, for $17000. He continued in business until 1870 when he retired and since then has taken the world easy. On February 6th, 1871, he was married again to Caroline, daughter of James and Salome (Roos) Devitt. She was born January 28th, 1843. They reside in Breslau, Ontario, where they are both enjoying good health. To him and his first wife were born ten children, and to him and his second wife was born one child...

1320 IV LYDIA BRICKER, the fifth and youngest daughter of John and Annie Bricker, was born November 24th, 1816. She was married to Henry Kraft who was born March 2nd, 1813, and died in Berlin, April 11th, 1846. A year or so after Mr. Kraft's decease the widow was married to Herman Bendler, a shoemaker. She died September 22nd1852, leaving a family of seven children, of whom five were of first husband and two were born unto her with second husband. Their names are as follows:

V MAGDALENA was born November 19th, 1834, and died August 21st, 1874. V JOHN was born August 30th, 1836, and died September 2nd, 1864. V DAVID was born August 10th, 1838. V MARY ANN was born April 7th, 1840. V HENRY was bora January 24th, 1845. V ANGELINE was born August 16th, 1848. V WILLIAM HENRY was born January 19th, 1850, and died March 1st, 1853.

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From FAMILYSEARCH Family Tree Profile JOHN (BAEHR) BRICKER 1769–1854-LCCZ-23B​​]

Spouse and Children

ANNA ERB (1774–1866)-LC84-TQG​​

The Children of Anna Erb and John Baehr Bricker

PETER BRICKER (1793–1856)-LCCZ-2QH​​

JOHN BRICKER (1795–1804)-KHR1-2Z3​​

MARIA 'Polly' BRICKER ERB (1797–1876)-GMLT-WVX​​

JACOB ERB BRICKER (1800–1834)-L4JL-RRS​​

NANCY ERB BRICKER CLEMENS (1802–1846)-LHG2-G7S​​

JOHN BRICKER (1804–1804)-LHNR-DFP​​

JOHN E. BRICKER (1805–1871)-LCJP-4Y4​​

SUSANNAH BRICKER BAUMANN (1807–1890)-LHNR-DL3​​

ABRAHAM BRICKER (1809–1897)-K2X5-XD5​​

MAGDALENA MAGDL BRICKER SCHWARTZ (1812–1867)-K233-C7Z​​

DAVID ERB BRICKER (1814–1897)-LZM1-RCW​​

LYDIA BRICKER KRAFT BENTLER (1816–1852)-K6Q3-WV1​​

Burial

Blair Cemetery, Blair, Waterloo Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada

Plot: Row "Q" #3

The cemetery is behind the house at 2 Ashton.

The original entrance is a steep single lane that comes in from Old Mill Road. There are a pair of stone pillars where you turn in but it is easy to drive right by the road because of the overgrowth of shrubs. Most people follow Old Mill further along and go in via Meadow Lane, to JOHN BRICKER Road and then turn onto Ashton. It's a longer route but less intimidating than the original entrance.

It was Mrs. BRICKER who originally decided the location and then gave the land to create a public cemetery. She and her husband JOHN BRICKER (whose name appears on the plaque in the photo) were among the earliest settlers in the area, arriving from Pennsylvania in 1802. An infant son died March 10, 1804, while her husband was out of the country, and it was at that point that the Blair Cemetery was founded.

The caretaker is Betty Chislett, tel: 519-653-3292.

Find A Grave Memorial# 19302637

Religion

Mennonite

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Last Will and Testament

A-1-29 JOHN BRICKER Senior:

Last Will and Testament of JOHN BRICKER, Senior. of North Dumfries, deceased.

…I, JOHN BRICKER, Senior, of the Township of Dumfries,.…make and publish this my Last Will and Testament.

(First) I will that my funeral expenses and all my other debts, if there shall be any, be paid out of my estate as soon as can be after my decease.

I will that my beloved wife NANCY (ERB) BRICKER shall have to live in the house which we now occupy during her natural life, and my son DAVID (ERB) BRICKER shall keep a cow for my wife NANCY during her life, which cow he shall in every respect keep in the same manner as he keeps his own cows.

I also give and bequeath unto my wife during her life, all my household furniture which I may be possessed of at my decease and that my beloved wife NANCY BRICKER, shall yearly and every year as long as she lives, have Twenty five pounds, and if my wife NANCY shall through sickness or otherwise happen to need more than twenty five pounds, then my Executors shall give her so much more as will suffice to keep her comfortable..

I will that all the above-mentioned bequests to my said wife shall be instead of her lawful Dower. And it is my will that the real and person property together with the five hundred dollars, together with all I have heretofore given and paid to my eldest son PETER BRICKER, shall be taken, and the same really is, the whole share of my said son PETER BRICKER's heirship by me bequeathed to him out of my real and personal estate.

And it shall be considered, and it is so truly, that my said son PETER BRICKER is, by his having receiv'd from me as before said, amply remunerated for which time he has worked for me, after he was twenty-one years of age.

And I consider that my son DAVID BRICKER and my daughters NANCY and SUSANNA have their full share of heirship out of my real estate, in the land and their property which they have already received from me, for which reason I exclude them from any further share out of the same.

I will that after the decease of myself and my wife, all the household furniture then belonging to my estate shall be equally divided between my three daughters, MARIA MARY Polly, MAGDALENA and LYDIA, except my Clock, which I have already given to my son DAVID BRICKER.

I will that they residue of my real property of whatever kind or nature it may be, shall after the demise of myself and my wife be equally divided between my sons JOHN and ABRAHAM, and my daughters MARY, MAGDALENA and LYDIA, share and share alike.

Nevertheless I give, devise and bequeath all that legacy left to me by my brother PETER BRICKER of Cumberland County, State of Pennsylvania, deceased, to be equally divided between my children now living likewise including my son PETER, and likewise the share that would have come to my daughter NANCY, if living shall be equally divided amongst all her children, share and share alike.

I will that for the above legacy of my brother PETER BRICKER, as said before, I have executed a power of Attorney to WENDELL BOWMAN, Esq., and my son JOHN BRICKER to settle that part of my estate.

And lastly I do hereby nominate, constitute and appoint my son JOHN BRICKER and SAMUEL B. BOWMAN to be the lawful executors.

Witnessed by BENJAMIN D. ROSENBERGER and

JACOB W. DETWEILER.

Will dated: 10 January 1852

Proved and insinuated 1 March 1854

Inventory £550/-

Surrogate Court Records Copybook Register A 1853-1871 Transcript to 1863. Frances Hoffman transcriber. John Bricker

Sources

• "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMF5-BXS : 11 March 2018), John Bricker in entry for David Bricker and Caroline Devitt, 06 Feb 1871; citing registration , Niagara New York, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,862,696.
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVN-LW1H : 13 December 2015), John Bricker, 1854; Burial, Blair, Waterloo Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada, Blair Cemetery; citing record ID 19302637, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
• Eby, Ezra. E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin : as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.],pg 305 entry for Jacob Bricker