Saturday, March 10, 2012

Jacob Bauman 1752 – 1829

Heather's 6th great grandfather, paternal line

If you are researching this line, you'll want to read "The Life Of Jonathan Bowman", written by Jonathan Bowman, son of Samuel Bauman, grandson of this Jacob Bauman, in 1908. http://notheathersgen.blogspot.com/2015/12/life-of-jonathan-bowman-1821-1908.html


Jacob Bauman
son of
Born: Feb 1 1752 in Germany
Died: Mar 16 1829 in Pennyslvania
married
Susanna Catharine Bruch 
Daughter Of
Born: Feb. 3, 1758
Died: Dec. 2, 1827

Children: 
Jacob Baumann, Jr 1777 – 1859 Hannah Klinger
Samuel Bowman 1779 – 1856 m. Magdalena Klinger
John Bowman 1780 – 1859 m. Mary Margaret Daniel
Elizabeth Bauman 1782 – 1829 m. Mathias Harter
Susanna Bowman 1787 – 1865 m. Jacob Clark
Maria Baumann 1788 – 1846 m. John Clark
Catherine Bowman 1790 – 1804
Sarah "Sally" Bowman 1795 – 1884 m. Peter Renninger
Henry Baumann 1798 – 1860 m. Catherine Troutman


Time Line:

1752- Jacob Bauman is born
Born in Germany

Benjamin Bowman, son of Samuel and Mary Magdalena Klinger Bowman, lived
In Eldora, Iowa. In his letter of 1929 to "my dear cousin", he declined returning to Canton, Ohio for the annual reunion "because I an now 94 years old". In other letters he wrote, he expressed a keen Interest In the search of the Bowman-Kllnger families. 

In one such letter, dated 14 November, with no year specified, Benjamin wrote of his grandfather, meaning Jacob Bauman, "My grandfather came from Germany before he was
married. My father was six months old when they moved from Schuylkill  County to Northumberland County- -". 

"My grandfather's father's first wife had died before my grandfather left Germany and had married his second wife, stepmother of my grandfather. They later came to America,
but did not settle very near their son, as I think they were not on very good terms ".

 "My father knew little about his grandparents, but did say they lived in Pennsylvania,"

 "My father's birthplace was within  twenty miles of Philadelphia, In Schuylkill County" (?),


1757 - Susanna Catharine Bruch is born
Susanna Catherine b: 4 Sept 1757
 d/o Matthias Bruck & Anna Barbara;
 bp: 2 Oct 1757; 
Sponsors Jacob BEST & wife. 
Tohickon Reform Records 1745-1784; Bucks Co, PA.
 p.25; Film:#0020354 - FHL


1772- Jacob Immigrated to America
Age 20

"My grandfather's father's (Jacob's father) first wife had died before my grandfather left Germany and had married his second wife, stepmother of my grandfather. They later came to America, but did not settle very near their son, as I think they were not on very good terms ". - Benjamin Bowman, son of Samuel Bowman

1775 Jacob Marries Susanna Catharine Bruch
Susanna Catharine Bruch (1757–1827)


Jacob Bauman, written by grandson Jonathan
"Now, about my grandfather Bowman, I know but very little. Don't know his first name or who he was married to, but I know some of the names of their children and who they married. I will commence with the boys first. There was a John, who I mentioned before, but I know not who he married, but I mind of seeing one of his boys about 65 years ago. He had come to my father's on a visit, and Jacob Bownan of Fike, who was married to Hannah Klinger, an older sister of my mother, mentioned before. Samuel, my father comes next. I did mention that before,he died when about 74 years old and my mother was about 77 years old when she died. Both are buried at Hapleton, on the hill. There was a Henry, the youngest of the boys, who lived on the old homestead, but that is all I know about him. 

One of the girls was married to a Harter. This Andrew Harter of Osnaburg, she was his great grandmother, and one was married to Jacob Clark, and the youngest was married to Peter Redinger (Hettinger), Both are buried at Osnaburg, and the Clarks are burled at Paris, The Clarks' family are all dead, and so are the Redingers, except one Mrs. Manda --- of Osnaburg. 

I forgot to mention that Jacob and Hannah Bowman are buried on their own land. There is a log church and a small cemetery on the farm. 

My Grandfather Bowman must have lived close to the Susquehanna River, for my father used to talk so much about fishing in that river in the daytime, and after night, they would set their nets in the evening, and in the morning, get buckets full of fish, mostly shad, in the spring of the year, I cannot recollect anything of their names or of towns or post office. They used to write Henry, but of their post office address, I know nothing, except the County was Northumberland."  - http://notheathersgen.blogspot.com/2015/12/life-of-jonathan-bowman-1821-1908.html

Church Records/Membership/Attendance:
"While researching the BAUMAN-BOWMAN families of Pennsylvania, learned these families had, at one time, attended the Stone Valley Church, Lower Mahanoy Township; Himmel or Schwaben Creek Church, near Rebuck in Washington Townships and, David's
or Hartter's Church, Hebe, Jordan Township, all three Lutheran churches being located in Northumberland County.

 In addition to their attendance at these three churches, they also were members of KLINGER'S Lutheran Church  in Dauphin County. The fact that the Bowmans and related families weremembers of four churches may be the result of the period of time when each of these churches was founded, and secondly, the distance in miles to travel to attend the church of their choice may also have been an important factor. " -Records of the Klinger Church, Dauphin Co, PA, Including Bowman & Klinger Families" compiled by Mary Ellen Bowman, 1975


1777 - Birth of Son Jacob Bauman Jr
Jacob Bauman JR was born February 22 1777.  Jacob married Hanna Klinger in the Zion Lutheran Church, Dauphin County Pa.  In 1817 Jacob, Jr., Samuel, Jacob Clark and Peter Rettinger John Bauman, John Clark and Samuel Geise went to Stark County Ohio.  John Bauman, John Clark and Samuel Geise returned to PA, the others bought land and stayed in Ohio.  

Jacob and his wife donated the land for the Church (now gone) and this cemetery. He and his wife Hannah had  9 children.  John Bowman 1802-1888,  Mary Bowman, 1804-,   Henry owman, 1807-1892 , Samuel Bowman 1808-,  Catharine Bowman 1809-1888,
 Sara Bowman 1812-1888,  Lydia Bowman 1814-1894, Hannah Bowman 1816-1862, Jacob Bowman III 1823-1898

Later the spelling of the name Baumann was changed to Bowman.   Hannah and Jacob were buried on their own land in Stark County, Ohio, USA, near East Sparta. There is a log church and small cemetery on the farm.  

Bowman Cemetery, Pike Township, Stark County, Ohio, USa can be found as follows: From Interstate 77, take Route 800 (Cleveland Ave) South, approximately 5 to 8 miles. Just South of Howenstine, turn left on East Sparta Ave (Pike Township Garage will be on the right). This road winds parallel to Route 800 for some distance and crosses over several times. Go approximately 1 mile and turn left on either Elson St or Newmont St (the only roads to the left). Both of these roads intersect at the top of the hill and Bowman Cemetery is located at their juncture (on the left or right depending on which road you take). They are township roads and are very hilly and curvy. - 

Sources - http://www.lbandeddavis.com/gen10/getperson.php?personID=I13713&tree=TREE1 & Find A Grave

1777 - Moved to Northumberland County Pa

"My grandfather came from Germany before he was
married. My father was six months old when they moved from Schuylkill  County to Northumberland County- -".  Benjamin Bowman, son of Samuel Bowman


1779 - Birth of Son Samuel Bauman
Samuel Bauman was born in PA on February 11 1779. He was known as the "head of the red headed Bowmans".  

"Samuel Bowman, the fourth son of Jacob the original, was born about 1780 and was called "the head of the redheaded Bowmans."  He was married to Magdalena Klinger.  In the spring of 1817 they with several other families went to  Stark County Ohio.  The journey took about 4 weeks.  They slept in covered wagons, did their own cooking and each family brought a cow and a big dog with them.  They live for year in a log cabin  about 1 mile from the public square of Canton Ohio. They had 12 sons. The oldest four were born in Pennsylvania the other eight in Ohio about 10 miles east of Canton. His twelve sons were Daniel, Jacob. Joseph, Samuel, David, Jonathan, twins who died in infancy (names unknown), Abraham, John, Benjamin who lived to be 96 years old, and Isaac he was 86 at his death."Source - The Bowman Family by Mildred Bowman & Carolyn Stahl, 1968

"My father's name was Samuel Bowman, but he spelled his name Bauman. He was born in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania and resided there till he moved to Ohio In the spring of 1817. I am not able to tell just when he was born, but I presume In about 1780. The records were all burned when Isaac's house was burned, but he got married when he was about 27 years old. Mother was about five years younger, that I mind from hearsay. They had four children in Pennsylvania, Daniel, Jacob, Joseph and Samuel, Samuel was only a few months old when they moved to Ohio, Jacob died in Pennsylvania when about two years old." The Life Of Jonathan Bowman 1821-1908 http://notheathersgen.blogspot.com/2015/12/life-of-jonathan-bowman-1821-1908.html

 In 1817 Jacob, Jr., Samuel, Jacob Clark and Peter Rettinger John Bauman, John (Jacob) Clark and Samuel Geise went to Stark County Ohio.  John Bauman, John (Jacob) Clark and Samuel Geise returned to PA, the others bought land and stayed in Ohio.   He died on April 10 1856 and is buried in Mapleton Cemetery, Stark County Ohio.


1780 - Birth of John Bauman
 In 1817 Jacob, Jr., Samuel, Jacob Clark and Peter Rettinger John Bauman, John Clark and Samuel Geise went to Stark County Ohio.  John Bauman, John Clark and Samuel Geise returned to PA, the others bought land and stayed in Ohio.  

John married Mary Margaret Daniel.

1782 - Birth of Elizabeth Bauman
Elizabeth married Matthias Harter, they lived in Dauphin County Pa. Matthias died in 1824, Elizabeth died October 2 1862.  She is buried in Simeon United Lutheran Church Cemetery Gratz, Dauphin County Pa.
Mathias & Catherine (Bauman) Harter

"Mathias Harter, Deceased
Be it remembered that on the 10th day of April AD 1824 Letters of Administration in due and common form of law were granted to John Clark and Andrew Harter Of all and singular the goods and chattels right and credits to which were of Matthias Harter deceased.  We have put in surety Samuel Geise and Peter Dreiblebeis for the sun of five hundred dollars the widow having renounced"


1787 - Birth of Susanna Bauman
 Jacob & Susan (Bauman) Clark had 7 children, 2 born in PA and 5 born in Ohio.  Abraham was born in 1814, Henry in 1816, the two would have been age 3 and age 1 when their parents traveled by covered wagon to Ohio.  In Ohio was born Hetty 1822-1888, Elizabeth 1823-, Hannah 1824-, Eliza 1827-, John 1829-

Sisters Susanna & Maria Bauman married brothers, Jacob & John Clark, sons of Robert & Susanna (Kauffman) Clark.  Susanna Married Jacob, Maria married John.  Floyd's history mistakenly lists John Clarks family as traveling to Ohio and staying there, but it was clearly, by census records, Jacob & Susanna who went to Ohio. Maria and John stayed in Pennsylvania.

1788 - Birth of Maria Bauman
Maria "Polly" Bauman was born December 10 1788 and Married John Clark. She died August 13th 1846 .  Johannes Clark was born in 1791 and died in 1855.  They are buried  in St John Lutheran Reformed Church Cemetery, Hebe, Northumberland County Pa.

Sisters Susanna & Maria Bauman married brothers, Jacob & John Clark, sons of Robert & Susanna (Kauffman) Clark.  Susanna Married Jacob, Maria married John.  Floyd's history mistakenly lists John Clarks family as traveling to Ohio and staying there, but it was clearly, by census records, Jacob & Susanna who went to Ohio. Maria and John stayed in Pennsylvania.

1790 - Birth of Catherine Bauman
Catherine was born April 9th 170, as shown in a baptismal record.She was baptized at age 4, and died 10 years later at age 14.

There was a story somewhere about one of Jacob's children slipping on a log while crossing  the creek on the way to church, and dying. I can't remember where I read this. Need to see if I can find the story.

John Brady Bowman, who began the Bowman family research in the 1920's,tells that Catharina was drowned in the Mahantango creek on a Sunday morning.



Name: Catharina Baumann
Birth Date: 9 Apr 1790
Event Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 2 Nov 1794
Baptism Place: Rebuck, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA
Baptism Age: 4
Father Name: Jacob Baumann
Mother Name: Susanna
Denomination: Lutheran
Organization Name: Evangelical Lutheran and Reformed Congregations

1790 - Residence

"There were many Jacob Bauman's in Pennsylvania in the 1800's.  In 1790 Jacob had three sons under the age of 16, and 3 daughters in the family.  These would be Jacob, Samuel, John, Elizabeth and Maria.  The 1800 census of Northumberland county had two Jacob Bauman's with similar households. It appears THIS Jacob Bauman is the one listed on page 159 of the census index for Montgomery County Pa."

1793 - Birth of daughter Hannah Bauman
Jacob Age 41

Hannah Bauman was my 5th great grandmother, paternal line. She married Samuel Geise. You can read more about them here  - http://heathersgen.blogspot.com/2012/03/samuel-geise-1792-1876.html


Daughter Hannah was baptized at Himmel's Church in Washington Twp. Nor. Co.

 In 1817 Jacob, Jr., Samuel, Jacob Clark and Peter Rettinger John Bauman, John Clark and Samuel Geise went to Stark County Ohio.  John Bauman, John Clark and Samuel Geise (husband of Hannah Bauman) returned to PA, the others bought land and stayed in Ohio.   

Floyd's History Of Northumberland County
 Sections of pages 811 & 812
  
Samuel Geise, son of Heinrich and brother of George (above), was born in either Berks or Northumberland county, and died at Kratzerville, Snyder Co., Pa., in the seventies; he is buried there. He was a butcher by trade, and owned a small tract of land in Monroe township, Snyder county, where he lived. He was well known at Northumberland where he sold his meat. In religion he was a Lutheran. To him and his wife Hannah (Bowman) were born seven children: Hannah, Mrs. Walter; Henry; Polly, who died unmarried; Samuel, who lived in Dry Valley, Union Co., Pa.; Sarah, who died unmarried; Moses, who owned the homestead and who died unmarried (he had very weak eyes); and Eliza, who never married.

1795 - Birth of  daughter Sarah "Sally" Bauman
Sarah and her husband Peter Renninger were one of the families that traveled to,and remained in, Ohio.

1797 - Land Warrant
Age 45
On 24 Jan 1797 Jacob Bauman, farmer of Mahanoy Twp. Nor, Co. Pa. purchased 164 acres of land from William Reaser of Bethel Twp. Dauphin Co. He paid 75 pounds. Witnesses were John Bickel and Louis Kreider. The tract was named "Friendship". It had originally been warranted on 01 Mar 1774 to Jacob Albert. It was "over the Blue Mountains on a a branch of Mahantonga Creek" and it abuted the lands of Jacob Stauch and John Herter. The deed was recorded 28 Feb 1811.

1798 - Birth of son Henry Bauman
Henry Bowman was born August 16 1798. He married Catherine Troutman. He died March6 1860 and is buried in Saint Davids Lutheran Church Cemetery in Hebe, Northumberland County PA.

1800 - Residence
Age 48
1800 Census Jacob Bauman Northumberland Co. Pa. 703 10301-42110

"There were many Jacob Bauman's in Pennsylvania in the 1800's.  In 1790 Jacob had three sons under the age of 16, and 3 daughters in the family.  These would be Jacob, Samuel, John, Elizabeth and Maria.  The 1800 census of Northumberland county had two Jacob Bauman's with similar households. It appears THIS Jacob Bauman is the one listed on page 159 of the census index for Montgomery County Pa."

1805 - Witness to the will of John Harter
Age 53
In 1805 when Conrad Weiser, descendant of the first Conrad Weiser, died, his son, Frederick, was appointed executor of his will and Jacob Bauman gave bond with Peter Weiser. In 1800 Jacob Bauman was a witness to the will of John Harter, a neighbor.

1811 - Land Warrant
 Jacob Bauman,Senior, warranted, surveyed and patented land in Upper Mahanoy Twp. Nor. Co. Pa. Warranted 30 Oct 1810. 160 acres/ Surveyed 26 Dec 1810 and 157 acres and 69 perches were patented to Jacob Bauman on 20 May 1811. The tract was called "Wheatfield". Warrant #1234 


1817 - Several of the Bauman Children go to Ohio
Age 65
About 1817 several of Jacob's children and their families went to Stark Co. Ohio. Jacob, Jr., Samuel, Jacob Clark and Peter Rettinger bought land there and stayed. John Bauman, John Clark and Samuel Geise went to Ohio but later returned to Pennsylvania. A Jacob Bauman was on the tax list of Stark Co. Ohio in 1810.

" In the spring of 1817 they with several other families went to  Stark County Ohio.  The journey took about 4 weeks.  They slept in covered wagons, did their own cooking and each family brought a cow and a big dog with them.  They live for year in a log cabin  about 1 mile from the public square of Canton Ohio." Source - The Bowman Family by Mildred Bowman & Carolyn Stahl, 1968

When they moved to Ohio in the spring of 1817, there were quite a lot of them. It took about four weeks to make the trip. They all slept In their covered wagons and done their own cooking. Each family had a cow and a big dog, I will give you their names, as far as I can remember, Samuel Bowman and family, Jacob Bowman and family, John Bowman and family, Jacob Clark and family, (John) Daniel Clark and family, and there was a Geise and family (Samuel Geise), John Bowman and the Geise families lived one year where we live, and then moved back to Pennsylvania, Samuel Bowman lived one year southwest of Canton (Ohio), about one mile from the public square on the west side of Nimeshillin Creek, in a log cabin, then moved in the woods where my brother Isaac lives now. Jacob Bowman moved to Pike Township, where my cousin, Samuel Bowman lives. Jacob Clark was married to a sister of Samuel Bowman, and lived east of them till his death.   Of Daniel Clark, I know but very little , I mind of seeing him, and that is all . At one time , he lived where Mr. Tinkler now lives, but what became of him, I do not know. - Jonathan Bowman, son of Samuel Bowman, grandson of Jacob http://notheathersgen.blogspot.com/2015/12/life-of-jonathan-bowman-1821-1908.html

1829 -  Jacob wrote his will
Age 77

 02 Jan 1829
He wrote his will, which was proved 30 Mar 1829.
 Abraham Trautman and Jacob Trautman were witnesses.
 His sons, John and Henry, and his son-in-law Peter Rettinger were appointed executors. John renounced his right to serve by signing with an X. 
The will was written in German.



WILL OF JACOB BAUMAN
Northumberland CO. PA.
January 1, 1829

IN THE NAME OF GOD, Amen. 1, Jacob Bauman of Upper Mahony Township,
Northumberland County, in the State of Pennsylvania, am weak and sick,
but still retain my memory and reason, but when I contemplated the uncertainty of life
and the certainity of death, I concluded I would make my Last Will and Testament
as follows, viz:

In the first place, I commit my soul into the hands of my God, who gave it and
my body to the earth, which I wish to have buried in a Christian manner.
And as regards my worldly possessions which God has been pleased to give me,
I bequeath as follows:
I give and grant unto my son Henry,
the plantation upon which I now reside which contains
one hundred and thirty-one (13I) and ninety-eight (98) rods,
with allowances with all that is thereon erected and building and the
two young horses,
one cow,
one heifer that is with calf,
the two calfs,
one new chest,
one bed and bedstead,
he can take his choice;
the rifle,
two sheep,
he can take his choice;
the grain, all that is in the ground at the time of my death,
the above-named property shall all be his for four hundred and sixty
dollars and sixty-eight cents ($460.68), for which I have made a deed.
He shall pay on the first of April next, one hundred dollars, and from three years after
the same date, he shall pay forty dollars and after that, every year on the same
date, pay forty dollars, until all is paid, the above-named property and deed I
keep in my possession, as long as I live. N.B.
The use of the house and farming utensils he shall also have three years after my death,
after which it shall come into the hands of my executors.
Secondly, the land that I do not sell, my Executors shall sell and give a deed
for it for the highest that they can get and as regards my movable property,
I give my children,
Jacob,
*John,
Samuel,
Henry,
Elizabeth, the widow of Mathias Herter,
Susanna, wife of Jacob Clark,
Polly, wife of John Clark,
Hannah, the wife of Samuel Geise,
Sally the wife of Peter Rettinger or to the children of the above-named persons,
it may be delt out equally and out of my property shall my funeral,
a tombstone for me and for my wife be paid. N.B. And if one or the
other charges yearle wages, it shall be deducted from their inheritance.

And finally I appoint my two sons, John and Henry,
and my son-in-law Peter Rettinger
as the executors of this my last will and testament.,
which is made by me and I declare this to be my last will and testament.

Subscribed with my own hand and seal on the second day of January, one thousand
eight hundred and twenty-nine

Jacob Bauman (seal)


Burial
Gravemarkers of Susanna Bruch and husband Jacob Bauman are located in cemetery of former "David's or Harter's" Church in the village of Hebe [heh'bee] in Northumberland county PA. Visited last year...stones fairly legible...also located grave of youngest child Henry who died 1860 same location. 

Name: Jacob Bowman
Birth Date: 1 Feb 1752
Death Date: 16 Mar 1829
Cemetery: Saint Davids Lutheran and Reformed Church Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Hebe, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
Spouse: Susannah Bowman

 



Research:

"The cover page of "The History of the Jacob Bowman Family", written by John Brady Bowman, contains much the same information as he outlined on the "The Samuel Bowman Family", This information Includes the names of  the children of Jacob Bauman and his wife, Susanna Bruch, the names of the persons they married, the names of the married children who migrated to Stark County, Ohio, the names of the married children who remained in
Pennsylvania, and other pertinent facts on the lives of these people"

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These pages are posted all over ancestry, with no source or description as to who wrote them.  Page 4 appears to be missing  - or perhaps page 5 was misnumbered?







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I have Jacob BOWMAN(1752-1829) m Susanna BRUCH (1758-1827) with ch: Jacob, Jr, Samuel (1779-1856), John, Elizabeth, Mary , Catharine, Hannah, Sarah (m Peter RETTINGER), Henry & Susanna. This is from "Records of the Klinger Church, Dauphin Co, PA, Including Bowman & Klinger Families" compiled by Mary Ellen Bowman, 1975. Have you seen it? It contains a piece - "Life of Jonathan Bowman" - written by Jonathan, s/o Samuel, which also indicates that Susanna was the youngest. It seems that my Peter & family moved to OH later that Samuel & Jacob, Jr. His son, Benjamin was bp at Klinger's Ch in 1822, so it was aft. that. Jonathan indicates that John BOWMAN, Susanna & husb Jacob CLARK, Mary & husb John Daniel CLARK, & Hannah & husb Samuel GEISE all went together c1817, with John BOWMAN & Hannah (BOWMAN) GEISE & fams returning to Pa. He mentions his brother, Daniel, as the oldest, m to Susanna LOVELL.

The book mentioned above is online here:
https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE220986

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From Ancestry.com
The history of DeKalb County, Indiana says that Jacob BAUMAN came to America from Germany in 1772 and that he fought in the American Revolution. There is no known proof which would substantiate this information. An old letter indicates that he was not a citizen at the time of the Revolution so it unlikely that he fought in that war (Source: Mary Ellen BOWMAN) 

A Jacob Bauman with this household composition was listed in Dauphin Co. Pa. and in Montgomery Co. Pa.The Dauphin Co. Baumans were still there in 1800 after "our" Jacob had moved to Nor. Co. The one listed on Page 159 of the census index in Montgomery Co. Is a likely candidate for "our' Jacob Bauman for the following reasons:

1. A Jacob Bauman, son of Jacob and Susanna, was baptized at the New Hanover Church Phila. (Later became Montgomery Co. ) Pa. in 1777. The date corresponds with the birth date of "our" Jacob's son. Grandparents were Jacob And Susannah Bauman.

2. A Jacob Bauman was taxed in New Hanover Twp in 1782.

3. A birth record for Susanna Bruch was found at the Tohican Reformed Church in Bucks Co. Pa. 04 Sep 1757 daughter of Mathias Bruch and Anna Barbara.
This is relatively close to New Hanover Twp. This varies by 6 months from the date on her tombstone, but it is close enough to be considerd "our" Susannah.

4. A death record for Anna Catherine Bruch was recorded at New Hanover Church 23 Sep. 1784. She died at age 80 years, 19days.

5 The grandmother recorded at the birth of Jacob Bauman in 1777 may be the Susannah LEFFINGER (Lessinger, Leisinger) that family tradition gives as a name of Jacob's wife.


1 comment:

  1. Hi, Heather. I'm glad I found you. I have been researching this family for my nephews. I have done extensive research in the Northumberland County area since 1974. It may take me a while to get through all your data but I would like to help with the line I know. You can contact me at josgen1@gmail.com. Thanks.

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