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: Johannes BEAR
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 9 Jun 1750 b
  • Death: 5 Feb 1802 d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • John BEAR Birth: 23 Feb 1723 Death: 15 Apr 1778 in Cocalico Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
    • Mother:
  • Ann ESHLEMAN Birth: 16 Jan 1729 Death: 20 Mar 1778

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. John BEAR Birth: 10 Dec 1776 Death: Jan 1822
  2. Anna BAER Birth: 28 Feb 1778 Death: 23 Feb 1867
  3. Benjamin BEAR Birth: 11 Oct 1779 Death: 29 Dec 1780
  4. David BEAR Birth: 11 Apr 1781 Death: 16 Oct 1831
  5. Maria BEAR Birth: 29 Oct 1782 Death: 28 Jun 1863
  6. Magdalena BEAR Birth: 16 Jul 1784 Death: 16 Jul 1855
  7. Susanna BEAR Birth: 22 Jul 1786 Death: 21 Mar 1842
  8. Samuel BEAR Birth: 14 Jul 1788 Death: 8 Apr 1828
  9. Gabriel BEAR Birth: 24 Mar 1791 Death: 3 Apr 1859

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. 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]*].
  3. 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]*].
  4. 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: Best BEAR-Euro p34, Landis EarliestDoner p14],
parents:
[Ref: Best BEAR-Euro p34]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
father:
Henry BAER (#96133) [Ref: Landis EarliestDoner p14]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Landis EarliestDoner p14]
Sources with Inaccurate death Information
date:
1775 [Ref: Best BEAR-Euro p34]
Sources with Information about marriage to Maria BRUBAKER
names:
[Ref: Ellis LancasterCoPA p867, LancasterCoPA Biog p353, Landis EarliestDoner p14],
child:
[Ref: Best BEAR-Euro p34]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of Johannes BEAR
                   /-----(Unk) BEAR
          /-----Henry BEAR
 /-----John BEAR
|        |                           /-----Heini WITMER
|        |                  /-----Jakob WITMER
|        |                 |         \-----Margareth BENTZ
|        |         /-----Benjamin WITMER
|         \-----Barbara WITMER
|                  \-----Mary (WITMER)
Johannes BEAR
|         /-----Daniel ESHLEMAN
 \-----Ann ESHLEMAN
         |                                                      /-----Rutschli BRUBACHER
         |                                             /-----Petter BRUBACHER
         |                                            |         \-----Anna WIS
         |                                    /-----Petter BRUPPACHER
         |                                   |         \-----Marg NEGELI
         |                           /-----Hans Jacob BRUBAKER
         |                          |         \-----Anna PFISTER
         |                  /-----Hans BRUBAKER
         |                 |        |         /-----Hans HEISTAND
         |                 |         \-----Klinann HEISTAND
         |         /-----John BRUBAKER
          \-----Elizabeth BRUBAKER



Descendants of Johannes BEAR
1. Johannes BEAR m. Maria BRUBAKER
m. Maria BRUBAKER father: John Jr BRUBAKER mother: Maria DOWNER

2nd generation

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