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    Person Info
  • Name: John Jr BRUBAKER
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 9 Sep 1719 in Hempfield Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania b
  • Death: 9 Apr 1804 in Elizabeth Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania d
  • Burial: Brubaker Cemetery u


  • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Hans BRUBAKER Birth: Before 1685 in Ibersheim, Germany Death: 1748 in East Hempfield Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
  • Mother:
  • Anna ERNST

Family:
Marriage:
Marriage:
  • Maria DOWNER on 30 Apr 1751 .m2
  • Maria DOWNER Birth: 11 Feb 1729 in Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania Death: 21 Jun 1802 in Elizabeth Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
Children:
  1. John BRUBAKER Birth: 19 Feb 1752 in Elizabeth Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania Death: 30 Mar 1783
  2. Anna BRUBAKER Birth: 28 Aug 1753 Death: 17 Sep 1830
  3. Maria BRUBAKER Birth: 6 Jul 1756 Death: 12 Jul 1827
  4. Jacob BRUBAKER Birth: 11 Jun 1758 Death: 31 Aug 1793
  5. Abraham BRUBAKER Birth: 22 Feb 1760 Death: 1762
  6. Magdalena BRUBAKER Birth: 12 Dec 1761 Death: 2 Jun 1832
  7. Elizabeth BRUBAKER Birth: 16 Nov 1764 Death: 17 Jan 1803
  8. Veronica BRUBAKER Birth: 29 Mar 1766 Death: 6 Mar 1824
  9. Barbara BRUBAKER Birth: 18 Oct 1768 Death: 15 Sep 1846
  10. Christian BRUBAKER Birth: Abt 1770

Bibliography
  1. Best, Jane E, European Roots of the Bear Families of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania: An Update, in Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, Jan 1984. LMHS. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Best BEAR-Euro p[0-9]*].
  2. Best, Jane Evans, Swiss Bruppachers in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, July 1993. LMHS. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Best BRUBAKER p[0-9]*].
  3. Davis, Richard Warren, Emigrants Refugees and Prisoners, Vol II. Provo, UT: author, 1997. LMHS Ref E184.M45.D3 1995 v2. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Davis Emigrants v2p[0-9]*].
  4. Davis, Richard Warren, Emigrants Refugees and Prisoners, Vol III. Provo, UT: author, 1999. NYPL APK 01-2370v3. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Davis Emigrants v3p[0-9]*].
  5. Dohner, Dudley, Dohner Family Cemeteries, in Dohner Family Newsletter, Feb 1986. LDS Fiche#6055123. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Dohner FamCemeteries2].
  6. Dohner, Harry H., The Dohners of America: History and Genealogical Record, Cour D'Alene, Idaho: Mrs. Ruth Rodkey Barnard, 1984?. LDS Film#1033987#18. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/235364. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: DohnerHH DOHNER [pP][0-9]*].
  7. Ellis, Franklin, History of Lancaster County. Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, 1883. M-LH UMI LH571. Available at http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/012288388. Volume 2 available at http://archive.org/details/historyoflancast02elli Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Ellis LancasterCoPA p[0-9]*].
  8. Gibble, Phares Brubaker, History and Genealogy of the Brubaker-Brubacher-Brewbaker Family in America. Lititz, PA: Eastern PA Brubaker Assoc, 1951. LMHS CS71.B8864 1951. Available at https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005730003. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Gibble BRUBAKER p[0-9]*].
  9. Biographical Annals of Lancaster County Pennsylvania. Spartonburg, SC: Reprint Publishers, 1985. Orig pub 1903. LMHS rF157.L2B6 1985. Available at http://archive.org/details/biographicalanna00megi and at http://archive.org/details/cu31924028852998 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: LancasterCoPA Biog p[0-9]*].
  10. Landis, Ira D, The Earliest Doner Family in America, in Mennonite Research Journal, vol 18 no 2, April 1977. NYPL ISD (Lancaster Co) 75-1114. Available (for purchase) at https://www.lmhs.org/research/lmhs-publications/research-journal/. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Landis EarliestDoner p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Landis EarliestDoner p14]
1719 [Ref: Best BRUBAKER p23, Davis Emigrants v3p324, DohnerHH DOHNER p36, Gibble BRUBAKER p51]
abt 1719 [Ref: Davis Emigrants v2p95]
eldest son [Ref: DohnerHH DOHNER p7],
place:
[Ref: LancasterCoPA Biog p352],
parents:
[Ref: Best BRUBAKER p23, Davis Emigrants v2p95]
Hans BRUBAKER & Anna ___ [Ref: Gibble BRUBAKER p51, Landis EarliestDoner p14]
John BRUBAKER & Anna ___ [Ref: LancasterCoPA Biog p352],
father:
[Ref: Davis Emigrants v3p324, Ellis LancasterCoPA p867]
John BRUBAKER of Dauphin Co [Ref: DohnerHH DOHNER p36, DohnerHH DOHNER p7]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Best BRUBAKER p23, Davis Emigrants v2p95, LancasterCoPA Biog p353, Landis EarliestDoner p14]
1804 [Ref: Best BEAR-Euro p34, Davis Emigrants v3p324, Dohner FamCemeteries2, Gibble BRUBAKER p51],
place:
[Ref: Best BRUBAKER p23, Davis Emigrants v2p95, LancasterCoPA Biog p353]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: Best BRUBAKER p23]
Sources with Information about marriage to Maria NEWCOMER
date:
1749 [Ref: Davis Emigrants v2p95]
8 days before Whitsunday, 1750 [Ref: LancasterCoPA Biog p353]
abt 1749 [Ref: Best BRUBAKER p23]
first marriage of John [Ref: Ellis LancasterCoPA p867, Gibble BRUBAKER p51],
place:
[Ref: Best BRUBAKER p23, LancasterCoPA Biog p353]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
child:
John (#77845), Anna (#77847), Maria (#77849), Jacob (#77852), Magdalena (#77857), Elizabeth (#77859), Veronica(#77861), Barbara (#77863) [Ref: Ellis LancasterCoPA p867]
Sources with Information about marriage to Maria DOWNER
date:
[Ref: Davis Emigrants v3p324, LancasterCoPA Biog p353, Landis EarliestDoner p14]
Apr 1751 [Ref: Best BRUBAKER p23]
second marriage of John [Ref: Davis Emigrants v2p95, Ellis LancasterCoPA p867, Gibble BRUBAKER p51],
names:
[Ref: DohnerHH DOHNER Part-I-p1],
child:
[Ref: Best BEAR-Euro p34, Davis Emigrants v2p95, Gibble BRUBAKER p51, LancasterCoPA Biog p353, Landis EarliestDoner p14]
Research Notes:
desired to go to Switzerland to seek a wife, but parents dissuaded him. But after his father's death, he went anyway [Ref: LancasterCoPA Biog p353]

after first marriage, returned to America and settled on part of a tract of land which his father had bought of Lewis Lewis, situated in what is now Elizabeth Twp, Lancaster Co [Ref: LancasterCoPA Biog p353]



Pedigree of John Jr BRUBAKER
                                              /-----Rutschli BRUBACHER
                                     /-----Petter BRUBACHER
                                    |         \-----Anna WIS
                            /-----Petter BRUPPACHER
                           |         \-----Marg NEGELI
                   /-----Hans Heinrich BRUPPACHER
                  |         \-----Anna PFISTER
          /-----Hans BRUPPACHER
         |        |         /-----Jacob RUSTERHOLZ
         |         \-----Elisabeth RUSTERHOLZ
         |                  \-----Susanna VORSTER
 /-----Hans BRUBAKER
John Jr BRUBAKER
 \-----Anna ERNST



Descendants of John Jr BRUBAKER
1. John Jr BRUBAKER m1. Maria NEWCOMER m2. Maria DOWNER
m. Maria NEWCOMER
m. Maria DOWNER father: Michael DOWNER mother: Magdalena (DOWNER)

2nd generation

4. Maria BRUBAKER m. Johannes BEAR
m. Johannes BEAR father: John BEAR mother: Ann ESHLEMAN
5. Jacob BRUBAKER m. Susan ERB
m. Susan ERB father: Christian ERB mother: Maria SHIRK

3rd generation

13. Anna BAER m. Christian BURKHOLDER
m. Christian BURKHOLDER father: Christian BURKHOLDER mother: Anna Mary GROFF
21. Jacob BRUBAKER m. Maria EBY
m. Maria EBY

4th generation

27. Sem BRUBAKER m. Magealena NISSLEY
m. Magealena NISSLEY

5th generation

28. Jacob N BRUBAKER m. Barbara H STAUFFER
m. Barbara H STAUFFER father: David K STAUFFER mother: Anna (STAUFFER)