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    Person Info
  • Name: Jacob BARR
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: Jan 1723 b
  • Death: Before 1 Nov 1803 in Bart Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania d


  • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Martin BARR Birth: Before 1690 in Ittlingen, Germany Death: Feb 1758 in Lampeter Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
  • Mother:
  • Anna Elisabeth GROFF Birth: Abt 1691 Death: After 1757

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Anna BARR
  2. John BARR Death: 1810
  3. Susanna BARR

Marriage: Children:
  1. Jacob BARE
  2. Elizabeth BARR
  3. Barbara BARR
  4. Martin BARR Birth: 1747 Death: 1815
  5. Christian BARR Birth: 11 Oct 1765 Death: 8 Sep 1816 in Camargo Mill
  6. Abraham BARR Birth: 1772 Death: 1848

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. Landis, Ira D, Hans Groffs Aplenty, in Mennonite Research Journal, vol 14 no 3, July 1973. Continued in Oct 73, Jan 74, Apr 74. 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 HansGroffs 7[34][01][0-9]p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Best BEAR-Euro p25, Landis HansGroffs 7307p28],
parents:
[Ref: Best BEAR-Euro p25],
father:
[Ref: Landis HansGroffs 7307p28]
Sources for death Information
date:
will pro 1 Nov 1803 [Ref: Best BEAR-Euro p25],
place:
[Ref: Best BEAR-Euro p25]
Sources with Information about marriage to Anna (BARR)
date:
second marriage of Jacob [Ref: Best BEAR-Euro p25],
names:
Jacob BARR & Anna ___ [Ref: Best BEAR-Euro p25],
child:
[Ref: Best BEAR-Euro p25]
Sources with Information about marriage to Ann GROFF
date:
[Ref: Landis HansGroffs 7307p28]
first marriage of Jacob [Ref: Best BEAR-Euro p25],
child:
[Ref: Best BEAR-Euro p25]
Research Notes:
miller in Bart Twp [Ref: Best BEAR-Euro p25]

will proved Nov 1 1803 [Ref: Best BEAR-Euro p25]



Pedigree of Jacob BARR
          /-----Martin BAR
 /-----Martin BARR
|        |         /-----Michael MAYER
|         \-----Anna Magdalena MAYER
Jacob BARR
|                                    /-----Hans GRAF
|                           /-----Jakob GRAF
|                          |         \-----Elsbeth PETER
|                  /-----Hans Heinrich GRAF
|                 |        |         /-----Jacob SPORRI
|                 |         \-----Anna SPORRI
|         /-----Hans GROFF
 \-----Anna Elisabeth GROFF
          \-----Anna LICHTI



Descendants of Jacob BARR
1. Jacob BARR m1. Anna (BARR) m2. Ann GROFF
m. Anna (BARR)
m. Ann GROFF father: Jacob GROFF mother: Barbara BRACKBILL

2nd generation

9. Christian BARR m. Susannah BRENNEMAN
m. Susannah BRENNEMAN father: Melchior BRENNEMAN mother: Ann SNAVELY

3rd generation

11. Anna BARR m. Samuel MUSSER
m. Samuel MUSSER father: Christian MUSSER mother: Elizabeth KENDIG