Jacob 'Whiskey' Baer, Jr.

Note about place of birth:

See discussion for project "Passengers of the Princess Augusta", for a discussion as to why, with the parents given, Jacob would have to have been born in Switzerland, not Virginia. Wikitree is not sufficient documentation to the contrary.

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A Patriot of the American Revolution for VIRGINIA. DAR Ancestor # A004514

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There is wide disagreement about whether this Jacob Baer is instead the son of Blastius Beare (Geni profile) from Germany.

WikiTree profile of Jacob Baer

WikiTree supports that this Jacob Bear is the same one who married Anna Barbara Miller (Geni profile)

So much more work is needed to properly sort these two families.

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Jacob "Whiskey" Baer, Jr

• Birth: Nov. 15, 1724
• Pennsylvania, USA
• Death: Feb. 12, 1783
• Elkton
• Rockingham County
• Virginia, USA

He came to Brock's Gap area of Rockingham (then Orange) County Va.with father Jacob and brother John around 1740, but earliest known record of him was dated 4 Feb. 1752 when he bought 400 acres at the Gap. He was elder of St. Peter's Reformed Church. 5 Miles NE of Elkton VA in 1767.
Title: Groff Book II
Author: Jane Evans Best
 Publication: Masthof Press, Rt 1, Box 20, Mill rd, Morgantown, PA 19543 


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Originally Brothers lived At Brock's Gap, a mountain pass, about 20 miles west of Lithia Springs from about 1750 to 1763. In 1764 his Father-in-law, Adam Miller, offered him 280 acres and 200 pounds on the condition that he would be allowed to spend the rest of his life at "the new house now a building on said plantation", and that Jacob was to keep his in-laws supplied with two cows, a horse, meet, barley, wheat, and 33 gals. of whiskey. Jacob then moved to Lithia Springs. The springs are now know as "Bear Lithia Springs" They are about 2 mi. north of Elkton, Va. Jacob was a Lt. in the Militia during Revolution, record Feb. 23, 1780. He and brother John married sisters Ann and Elizabeth Miller. Spelled Bare and Baer was called "Whiskey" because he's kept his father in law warm with whiskey 😇

From the files of:

• The Cameron and Paige Report *

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Marriage 1 Anna Barbara MILLER b: 1726

• Married: Bef 1750 in , , Virginia

Children

1. Catherine BEAR b: Abt 1750

2. Elizabeth BEAR b: Aft 1750

3. Anna Maria BEAR b: Aft 1750

4. Christina BEAR b: Aft 1750

5. Anna BEAR b: Aft 1750

6. Anna Barbara BEAR b: 14 Feb 1750/51 in Elkton, Rockingham, Virginia

7. Henry BEAR b: 1756 in , , Virginia

8. Adam BEAR b: 1756

9. Jacob BEAR b: 13 Dec 1765

10. John BEAR b: 22 Jun 1774

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Books:

1. Title: The Bear Saga

• Author: Jane Evans Best
• Publication: Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage - July or Oct. 1998

2. Title: The Genealogy of Henry Baer

• Author: Willis N. Baer
• Publication: Schlechter's, Allentown, Pa., 1955

3. Title: The Groff Book

• Author: Jane Evans Best
• Publication: Masthof Press, Rt 1, Box 20, Mill Rd, Morgantown PA

4. Title: Groff Book II

• Author: Jane Evans Best
• Publication: Masthof Press, Rt 1, Box 20, Mill Rd, Morgantown, PA 19543

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Deed dated Jan. 28, 1746, including the names of Bears Bear family cemetery, now "Kurtz's cemetery", Lancaster Co., PA Other Descendants of Jacob Jagely Bar (b. 1683) One of the most well-documented Bar historical events is that Jacob Jagely Bar and two of his sons, Jacob, Jr and John, moved from Pennsylvania to Rockingham County, VA sometime before 1740. In fact, Jacob Jagley died there, and I believe his two sons did also. Abraham Bar (1720-1783) was another of Jacob Jagley's sons but he did not go to Virginia, nor are his other brothers or sisters mentioned. Jacob Jagely Bar and his two sons "Whiskey"Jacob Bare, Jr and John "The Barron" Bare were very well-known settlers of the Shenandoah River Valley and have a rich history there. The two sons married two sisters, daughters of pioneer Adam Miller (Mueller) known as the "first white settler" of that area of Virginia. They have many Bare/Bear/Baer descendants in Virginia and beyond...

(bio by: AngelWings) 

=== Parents:===

 Jagley Jacob Bär (1683 - 1740)

=== Spouse:===

 Anna Barbara Miller Bear (1726 - 1791)*

=== Children:===

• Barbary Baer Kisling (____ - 1827)*
• Anna Barbara Bear Kisling (1742 - 1828)*
• Catherine Baer Shirley (1750 - 1834)*
• Henry Bear (1756 - 1851)*
• Adam Baer (1756 - 1847)*
• Elizabeth Bear Koogler (1756 - 1820)*
• Mary Ann Bear Harnsberger (1757 - 1824)*
• Jacob Bear (1766 - 1827)*
• Henry Bear (1769 - 1851)*

Siblings:

• Abraham Bar (1712 - 1783)*
• David Baer (1723 - 1763)*
• Jacob Baer (1724 - 1783)
• John Baer (Barr) (1729 - 1791)*
• Calculated relationship

Inscription: Transcription 1724 on Nov 15 was Jacob Baer born. "But the righteous (man), even if he dies Too early, is after all at rest, for his soul pleases God . . Therefore he hastens with him out of this even life." Wisdom 4:7:14 Died Feb. 12, 1783.

Note: Bear Cemetery at Bear Lithia Spring, Elkton, Rockingham Co., VA

Burial: Bear Cemetery, Elkton, Rockingham County, Virginia, USA

• Created by: Jan Hensley
• Record added: Jan 15, 2010
• Find A Grave Memorial# 46705054

References

• Adam Muller (Miller), First White Settler in the Valley of Virginia. (1902). The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, 10(1), 84–86. http://www.jstor.org/stable/4242487
• https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=46705054
• DAR# A004514