Christian
Bumgardner
aka Bumgarner
Born about in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Ancestors 
Brother of
Magdalena (Bumgarner) Burner, Elizabeth (Bumgarner) Rogers, Mary Madli Bumgarner and Johannes Bumgarner
Husband of
Mary Alice (Gabbert) Bumgardner
— married
about 1760 in Frederick, Virginia Colony
Descendants 
Father of
Dolly (Bumgardner) Moneymaker and Hans Jacob Bumgardner
Died about
at about age 59
in Augusta County, Virginia, USA
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Biography
Christian Bumgardner was a Virginia colonist.
Christian was born about 1736, probably in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Johannes Bumgarner and Catherine Unknown. He passed away in 1795 in Augusta County, Virginia and is buried in Saint John's Reformed United Church of Christ Cemetery, Middlebrook, Augusta County, Virginia.[1]
- St. John's Churchyard
- Christian Bumgardner
- 17 – – 1795
- with Washington, Braddock's Expedition
- 1754, Valley Forge 1778
- Lieutenant 1757
- Mary Gabbert, his wife[2]
Note on Birth Place
If Christian was born about 1736, he must have been born in Pennsylvania. His father Hanns Bumgarner arrived in Philadelphia on August 11, 1732, aboard the ship "Samuel." Hanns and family did not settle in Virginia until about 1741, probably in what is now Rockingham County along the Shenandoah River. The family was known to be in Augusta County, Virginia, by 1745. (Rockingham County was formed from Augusta in 1778.)
Children
- Dolly Bumgardner, b 1763, either Frederick or Augusta County, Virginia; d c 1805
- Jacob Bumgardner, b 1767, either Frederick or Augusta County, Virginia; d 25 August 1857, Back Creek, Augusta, Virginia; wife, Mary
Notes
Note: served with George Washington with the campaign of 1754 and at Braddocks Defeat, qualified Lieutenant of Foot on 17 Nov 1756, also served in revolution, died the day following his return from the war.
"On the 18th of December, 1773, a number of the Inhabitants of Boston, disguised as Indians, boarded the English tea ships in the harbor, broke open the chest, and emptied the contents into the sea. A boy from Virginia participated in that famous adventure. Christian Bumgardner, who lived in what is now Shenandoah County, Virginia, was then in Boston with his wagon and team, accompanied by his son, Jacob. The youth was drawn into the scheme and helped to throw the Tea overboard."[3]
Buried St. John's Church yard, Bethel, Augusta Co., Virginia; b: 1736/1739, Shenandoah Valley, Augusta County, Virginia; d: 1795, Bethel, Augusta County, Virginia
CHILDREN:
- Michael BUMGARDNER (293)
- Peter BUMGARDNER (292)
- James BUMGARDNER (290) m Cecilia GLENN (291)
- m: Luray, Page County, Virginia
Note: Founder of "Bethel Green", Staunton, Augusta Co., Virginia
Sources
- ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 50690059 includes photo of grave stone placed at a later date.
- ↑ King, Fannie Bayley. Partial list of early settlers, Revolutionary soldiers and the graves of Augusta County soldiers located to date. Staunton, Virginia: 1935. p 31
- ↑ Waddell, Jos. A. Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, From 1726 to 1871. Staunton, VA.: C. Russell Caldwell, Publisher. 1902. p 218
- "Virginia, Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5RK-T2V : accessed 20 December 2015), Christian Bumgardner in entry for Jacob Bumgardner, 25 Aug 1857; citing Back Creek, Augusta, Virginia, reference ln 1173; FHL microfilm 30,416.
See Also:
- http://www.sproulfamily.net/ref%20bum/memoranda_of_the-bumgardner_family_edited.pdf Memoranda of the Bumgardner Family by James Bumgardner, Jr.
- http://www.sproulfamily.net/ref%20bum/bumgardner_antecedents_1929_transcribed.pdf Sketch of the Bumgardner Family by Rudolph Bumgardner
- Annals of Augusta County
- The McClure Family Text
- Source: Repository: #R-1274706077 Virginia Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc
Acknowledgments
- WikiTree profile Bumgarner-94 created through the import of GerkeFam.ged on Jun 14, 2012 by Matthew Gerke.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Christian by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Christian:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Christian by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Christian:
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~1.56%
Amy (Bumgardner) McAndrews
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A891501 [compare], Ancestry member amyb1055
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~0.78%
Dan Burner :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member danburner
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~0.39%
Johnny Hankins :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch Mc2522003 [compare]
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Shirley Ann (Strutton) Dalton (1943-2023)
Alice Murphy
You have jumbled several Christian Bumgardners here. The first four sources you list were all misled by General Roller's "History of Shenandoah County" which mentions a Christian Bumgardner, son of Hans/John who settled in the Hawkbill settlement near modern Luray in Page County. That family stayed there for generations, the Christian listed in Hans/John's will did learn to write as it stipulated, and they were Mennonites. The Christian Bumgardner who fought with Washington at Fort Necessity, lived in Strasburg, VA in the 1760s-70s and then moved to Augusta County in 1784 and died in 1795 was illiterate and a Lutheran. His wife was Anna Maria Gabbert. His children were Dorothea (Dolly) who married Ludwig Geldmacher; Anna Athalia (died young); Elizabeth who married Jacob Morrell; and Jacob who married Mary Magdalena Waddle (NOT Waddell!!) Her parents, Johannes and Mary Magdalena Waddle sold the land to Christian and Ludwig in 1784 which is now Bethel Green Farm. The Waddles then moved on to Tennessee. Just to quash one more myth, Christian and Jacob did not go to the Boston Tea Party!!! Oh, and the Chalkley reference to Christian being made "Lieutenant of Foot" is a mistranscription. Christian Bingamen was a lieutenant in the Augusta County Militia. I hope this helps! (I am a direct descendant of illiterate Christian)
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Shirley Ann (Strutton) Dalton (1943-2023)
Bumgardner-225 and Bumgardner-90 appear to represent the same person because: same birth/death dates & places; same wife and parents
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by Shirley Ann (Strutton) Dalton (1943-2023)
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