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: Henry BEAR
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: Abt 1725 b
  • Death: Before 23 May 1794 in Hempfield 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:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Anna BEAR Birth: 1752 Death: 1804
  2. Elizabeth BEAR Birth: 1765 Death: 1849
  3. Barbara BEAR Death: 1806
  4. Martin BEAR Death: 1800
  5. John BEAR Death: 1785

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]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
abt 1725 [Ref: Best BRUBAKER p24],
parents:
[Ref: Best BEAR-Euro p34, Best BRUBAKER p24]
Sources for death Information
date:
1794 [Ref: Best BEAR-Euro p34]
will pro 23 May 1794 [Ref: Best BRUBAKER p24],
place:
[Ref: Best BRUBAKER p24]
Sources with Information about marriage to Margaret (BEAR)
date:
second marriage of Henry [Ref: Best BEAR-Euro p34],
names:
Henry BEAR & Margaret ___ [Ref: Best BEAR-Euro p34]
Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth ESHLEMAN
date:
by 1755 [Ref: Best BRUBAKER p24]
first marriage of Henry [Ref: Best BEAR-Euro p34],
child:
[Ref: Best BEAR-Euro p34]
Research Notes:



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



Descendants of Henry BEAR
1. Henry BEAR m1. Margaret (BEAR) m2. Elizabeth ESHLEMAN
m. Margaret (BEAR)
m. Elizabeth ESHLEMAN father: Daniel ESHLEMAN mother: Elizabeth BRUBAKER

2nd generation

3. Elizabeth BEAR m. Martin BEAR
m. Martin BEAR father: Benjamin BEAR mother: Maria MEYLIN
6. John BEAR m. Catherine (BEAR)
m. Catherine (BEAR)