Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 02-03-2022.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.


Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom may be downloaded here.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


Individual Page

    Person Info
  • Name: John BEAR
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 23 Feb 1723 b
  • Death: 15 Apr 1778 in Cocalico Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Henry BEAR Birth: Abt 1695 Death: Before 18 Jul 1750
    • Mother:
  • Barbara WITMER Death: Before 1781

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Heinrich BEAR Birth: 18 Apr 1748 Death: 1778 in Windsor Twp, York Co, Pennsylvania
  2. Johannes BEAR Birth: 9 Jun 1750 Death: 5 Feb 1802
  3. Martin BEAR Birth: 26 Feb 1753
  4. Abraham BEAR Birth: 8 May 1755 Death: Tyrone Twp, Perry Co, Pennsylvania
  5. Benjamin BEAR Birth: Nov 1757
  6. Daniel BEAR Birth: 10 Feb 1759 Death: Feb 1762
  7. Barbara BEAR Birth: 1 Feb 1761 Death: 29 Nov 1832
  8. Daniel BEAR Birth: Jun 1763 Death: 1834
  9. Christian BEAR Birth: Feb 1766 Death: 18 Jan 1772
  10. Anna BEAR Birth: 15 May 1768 Death: 14 Jan 1772
  11. Elizabeth BEAR Birth: 28 Jun 1771 Death: 24 Mar 1778

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. Groff, Clyde L, Walter B Groff, Jane Evans Best, The Groff Book, Ronks, PA: Groff History Associates, 1985. NYPL APV (Groff) 86-1589 v1. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: GroffCL GROFF p[0-9]*].
  4. Slabaugh, John M, Henry Landis of Warwick and Manheim Townships, Lancaster Co, PA. In Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, vol 7 no 4, Oct 1984. NYPL APR (PA) 82-1017. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Slabaugh LANDIS p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Best BRUBAKER p24]
1723 [Ref: Best BEAR-Euro p33],
parents:
[Ref: Best BEAR-Euro p33, Best BRUBAKER p24]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Best BEAR-Euro p33, Best BRUBAKER p24]
1778 [Ref: GroffCL GROFF p52, Slabaugh LANDIS p22],
place:
[Ref: Best BRUBAKER p24]
Sources with Information about marriage to Ann ESHLEMAN
date:
[Ref: Best BEAR-Euro p34],
names:
[Ref: Best BRUBAKER p24],
child:
[Ref: Best BEAR-Euro p34, GroffCL GROFF p52, Slabaugh LANDIS p22]
Research Notes:
Mennonite minister [Ref: Best BRUBAKER p24]

died while nursing Revolutionary soldiers at the Ephrata Cloister [Ref: Best BEAR-Euro p33]



Pedigree of John BEAR
          /-----(Unk) BEAR
 /-----Henry BEAR
John BEAR
|                           /-----Heini WITMER
|                  /-----Jakob WITMER
|                 |         \-----Margareth BENTZ
|         /-----Benjamin WITMER
 \-----Barbara WITMER
          \-----Mary (WITMER)



Descendants of John BEAR
1. John BEAR m. Ann ESHLEMAN
m. Ann ESHLEMAN father: Daniel ESHLEMAN mother: Elizabeth BRUBAKER

2nd generation

3. Johannes BEAR m. Maria BRUBAKER
m. Maria BRUBAKER father: John Jr BRUBAKER mother: Maria DOWNER
8. Barbara BEAR m. Peter BECKER
m. Peter BECKER father: Arnold BECKER mother: Barbara LANDIS

3rd generation

14. Anna BAER m. Christian BURKHOLDER
m. Christian BURKHOLDER father: Christian BURKHOLDER mother: Anna Mary GROFF