Hans Bär, II

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“Hans Bär (I) was an Anabaptist who died before 1614 at Albis in the parish of Hausen about nine miles southwest of the city of Zurich, Switzerland (Maps). The youngest of his ten children, Hans Jakob Bär (1591), died childless in 1668. His heirs were the children of his deceased brothers and sisters, and they provide for us, together with parish records, a roster of the children and grandchildren of Hans Bär (I) of Albis.

Three of his grandsons – Hans Jakob Bär (1595), Osli Bär, and Hans Bär (III) – can be linked to most of the early Bear immigrants to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, from 1717 to 1732 as well as to the Bärentag families now headed by Friedrich H. Baer of Nürnberg, West Germany.”

“When Cathrina Huber was buried at Hausen on April 22, 1622, the pastor called her in the church books “deceased Hans Bär’s (I) widow of the Bruder Albis.” This place name was used for the three Hofs (farms) called Unter Albis, Mittel Albis, and Ober Albis – each a cluster of several farmhouses then and now located along the road to the top of the mountain above Hausen called Ratlisberg.

Two other Bärs were mentioned in the early Hausen records. Heinrich Bär was the father of Oswald, baptized July 19, 1578; of Mary, baptized February 10, 1581; and of Frantz, baptized February 14, 1582. Felix Bär was the father of Anna, baptized June 26, 1582; Jacob, baptized November 15, 1587; and Elsbeth, baptized July 27, 1589.

Were Hans (I), Heinrich, and Felix the original brothers of Albis? Where did Heinrich and Felix go when they left Albis after 1589?” The history of the Bär family in Albis is intimately tied up with the Anabaptist movement of the early 17th Century in Canton Zurich. The Anabaptists were one of many groups which arose during the Reformation in Central Europe and gave rise to modern groups including the Mennonites and Amish. Their beliefs included the rejection of infant baptism, pacifism, and conservative dress. Persecution of the Anabaptists by the majority Protestants of the Zurich area led to several members of the family being imprisoned during the 1630s and 40s for their beliefs.

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Hans Bär was born about 1545. Anabaptist leader. Lived at Bruder Albis/Ober Ratlisberg, Canton Zurich, Switzerland. He died before 1614 in Albis, Hausen Parish, Canton Zurich, Switzerland. Hans married Kathrina Huber. Kathrina was buried 22 April 1622 in Albis, Hausen Parish, Canton Zurich, Switzerland.

Hans and Kathrina had the following children:

Hans Bär (II) was born about 1570 in Albis, Hausen Parish, Canton Zurich, Switzerland. He died in Albis, Hausen Parish, Canton Zurich, Switzerland and was buried 20 July 1617. Hans married Anna Biedermann. Anna was buried 11 January 1618 in Hausen, Canton Zurich, Switzerland.

Barbara Bär died before 1668. Married Baumann of Horgen. Three children: Elisebetha, Rudli, and Barbeli Buman.

Osli Bär was born about 1574. Anabaptist. Lived at Langen Rueti in Ebertswil. Osli married Barbara Biedermann. Barbara was born about 1580. She was buried 9 January 1634. Osli died in 1648 and was buried 5 May 1648.

Verena Bär was born about 1578. Verena married Heinrich Rutsch. Heinrich was a butcher and died before 1640. They had two children: Anna and Catharina Rutsch. She died 22 November 1640.

Lorenz (Lenz) Bär was baptised 10 Jul 1580 in Hausen, Canton Zurich, Switzerland. He married Anna Strehler before 1612. They lived in Albis, Hausen Parish, Canton Zurich, Switzerland. They had four children. Lorenz died in 1617 and was buried 9 December 1617 in Hausen, Canton Zurich, Switzerland. Anna died before 1634. After her death their children were reared by Lorenz's younger brother, Hans Jakob Bär, who had no children of his own.

Adelheid Bär was baptised 10 October 1583 in Hausen, Canton Zurich, Switzerland. She married Hans Weber on 18 Oct 1618. She died in 1667 and was buried 31 Dec 1667 in Hausen, Canton Zurich, Switzerland.

Anna Bär was baptised 21 March 1585 in Hausen, Canton Zurich, Switzerland. Anna married Ludwig Naef on 14 December 1652. They lived in Hiesch. She died 1 November 1629.

Andreas Bär was baptised 21 March 1585 in Hausen, Canton Zurich, Switzerland. Twin to Anna Bär. Died young.

Katharina Bär was baptised 20 July 1588 in Hausen, Canton Zurich, Switzerland. She married Hans Hueber on 11 February 1610 in Altstetten, Canton Zurich, Switzerland. They had two children: Hans and Anna Hueber.

Hans Jakob Bär (II) was baptised 22 August 1591 in Hausen, Canton Zurich, Switzerland. In the 1641 census he lived in lower house at Ober Albis. No children. Reared the children of his brother (Lorenz) after Lorenz' death in 1617. Hans Jakob died in 1668 and was buried 20 September 1668 in Hausen, Canton Zurich, Switzerland. Will dated 26 April 1652 bequeathed the Hausen Church 25 Florins. His estate records defined the Bär family in 1668.

Hans BAR

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   * Birth: ABT 1545, Bruder Albis, Ober Ratlisberg, Hausen, Zurich, Switzerland

* Death: BEF 1614, Albis, Hausen, Canton Zurich, Switzerland
* Sources: Marriage Hans BAR and Katherina HUBER
* Partnership with: Katherina HUBER
Marriage: 1569, Hausen, Canton Zurich, Switzerland
o Child: Hans BAR Birth: ABT 1570, Albis, Hausen, Zurich, Switzerland
o Child: Barbara BAR Birth: 1572, Albis Hausen, Zurich, Switzerland
o Child: Osli BAR Birth: ABT 1574, Albis, Hausen, Zurich, Switzerland
o Child: Verena BAR Birth: ABT 1578, Albis, Hausen, Zurich, Switzerland
o Child: Lorenz BÄR Birth: 10 JUL 1580, Albis Hausen, Zurich, Switzerland
o Child: Adelheid BAR Birth: 10 OCT 1583, Hausen, Zurich, Switzerland
o Child: Anna BAR Birth: 21 MAR 1584/85, Hausen, Zurich, Switzerland
o Child: Andreas BAR Birth: 21 MAR 1584/85, Hausen, Zurich, Switzerland
o Child: Catharina BAR Birth: 20 JUL 1588, Hausen, Zurich, Switzerland
o Child: Hans Jakob BAR Birth: BEF 22 AUG 1591, Hausen, Albis, Zurich, Switzerland
Notes for Hans BAR:

Relationship Notes For Hans BAR and Katherina HUBER

Notes from Janet and Robert Wolfe Genealogy Gateway, 2009/09/20

The Bär family history in Albis is intimately linked to the Anabaptist movement

during the early 17th Century in Canton Zurich. The Anabaptists emerged during

the Reformation in Central Europe and gave rise to the Mennonites and Amish.

Their beliefs included the rejection of infant baptism, pacifism, and

conservative dress. The Protestants of the Zurich area persecuted the

Anabaptists, and several members of the Bär family were imprisoned during the

1630s and 40s for their beliefs.

“Lorenz Bär was thirty-seven years old in 1617, when he died before the birth

of his fourth child. His wife died before 1634, and their children were reared

by Hans Jakob Bär (1591) [Lorenz%E2%80%99s brother]. On November 13, 1649, Oswald Bär

sold his dairy farm on Ober Albis to his uncle, Hans Jakob Bär (1591) (who

lived in the lower house) and his cousins [the sons of Lorenz], Hans Bär (III)

and Hans Jagli Bär (who lived in the upper house). The total price of two

thousand florins was to be paid in installments on St. Martin’s Day (November

11) until 1662. It was the first of many complicated land transactions between

Bear brothers and cousins that have delighted and frustrated family historians

ever since.”

“This was the time of a tax revolt in the area, and in 1646 the Zurich

government advanced by force of arms and occupied Wäldenswil, the town north

of Richterswil on Lake Zurich. In February 1647 the Anabaptists left the

Zurich area in the direction of the Rhine River (Map of the Kraichgau). This

was near the end of the 30 Years' War (1618-1648) which had left much of

Germany depopulated. A map of deaths due to war and desease has been created.

Pfalz, in particular, had suffered population losses exceeding 50%. Because

Oswald Bär sold his farm in Albis in 1649 and his family is not on the 1650

census of Richterswil, they probably joined the older children.”

“Felix Bär [the son of Hans Bär (III)], baptized on April 23, 1654, left Ober

Albis by 1678. He is recorded in Dammhof near Eppingen in 1682, and in 1686 he

moved to Ittlingen, where he was a Hofbauer (estate farmer with 95 morgens of

land) (Map). He and his sister Elisabeth died in 1689 – he in early July in

‘Itingen’ and Elisabeth ‘in der Curfurstl. Pfalz.’ This was the year of the

invasion of the Kraichgau by the armies of King Louis XIV of France. … The

prodigious work of Annette Burgert showed that immigrant Ulrich Bär was the

son of this Felix.”

“Johann Ulrich Bär arrived [in America] on September 30, 1732, and warranted a

113-acre tract called Springfield near Henry Steigle/Stiegel and Ulrich

Statchley/Steadey in a part of Warwick Township that is now Clay Township

[Lancaster Co.]. He died intestate in 1749. The Orphans’ Court on December 2,

1767, allotted the tract to his oldest son, Adam Bear. Frederick Stoner took

the land to satisfy a debt of Adam Bear and on August 6, 1773, conveyed the

land to Martin Bear [Adam%E2%80%99s youngest brother]. The settlement of the estate of

Anna Elizabeth Bär [sister of Adam], childless widow of Samuel Wolf, provided

records, including some from the Ittlingen church book, which show without any

doubt that all of these people are from the same family. By 1771 Maria Agatha

Bär [elder sister of Adam], who was married before 1750 to Johann Conradt

Gysi/Geesey, lived in York County.”

     Descendants of Hans BAR

1 Hans BAR
=Katherina HUBER Marriage: 1569, Hausen, Canton Zurich, Switzerland
2 Hans BAR
=Anna BIEDERMAN
3 Hans Jacob BAR
=Barbara RUDOLPH
3 Oswald BAR
=Anna RINGGER
=Elisabeth LAMPRECHT
2 Barbara BAR
=Leonhart BUMAN Marriage: ABT 1590, Switzerland
3 Daniel BAUMAN
=Anna KEGI
4 Heinrich BAUMAN
4 Hans Jacob BAUMAN
=(Unknown)
3 Rudolph BUMAN
=Margreth LANDIS Marriage: BEF 1633
4 Annali BAUMAN
=Hans MEYER Marriage: 1645
4 Hans Rudolph BAUMAN
=Anna FUNCK
=Anna SANTAMANN
=(Unknown)
3 Elisbetha BAUMANN
3 Rudli BAUMANN
3 Barbeli BAUMANN
2 Osli BAR
=Barbara BIEDERMANN
3 Jakob BAR
3 Barbara BAR
3 Anna Barbara BAR
=Martin MEILI Marriage: 1635, Switzerland
4 Elsbeth MEILI
=Hans Jagli KUNDIG Marriage: 1666, Zurich, Switzerland
4 Verena MEILI
4 Jakob MEILI
4 Hans Peter MEILI
2 Verena BAR
=Heinrich RUTSCH
2 Lorenz BÄR
=Anna STREHLER Marriage: ABT 1610, Hausen, Zurich, Switzerland
3 Hans Heinrich BÄR
=Verena HUBER Marriage: 16 NOV 1634, Hausen, Zurich, Switzerland
4 Hans BÄR
=Verenli HUBER Marriage: 27 AUG 1673, Hausen, Switzerland
=Barbara HAUSER
=Anna GREFIN
3 Katharina BÄR
3 Hans Jakob BÄR
=Elizabeth FRICK Marriage: 27 FEB 1636/37
3 Barbara BÄR
2 Adelheid BAR
=Hans WABER
2 Anna BAR
=Ludwig NAF
2 Andreas BAR
2 Catharina BAR
=Hans HUBER Marriage: 11 FEB 1609/10
2 Hans Jakob BAR
=Adelheid FUNK
=Verena VOLLENWEIDER
Notes for Hans BAR

Notes from Janet and Robert Wolfe Genealogy Gateway, 2005/01/27

Hans was born in Hausen, Switzerland. on the northern side of the present day

city of Zurich, Switzerland. Hans was of the Anabaptist religion, and lived

at Bruder Albis/ Ober Ratlisberg, Canton Zurich, Switzerland.

“Hans Bär (I) was an Anabaptist who died before 1614 at Albis in the parish of

Hausen about nine miles southwest of the city of Zurich, Switzerland (Maps).

The youngest of his ten children, Hans Jakob Bär (1591), died childless in

1668. His heirs were the children of his deceased brothers and sisters, and

they provide for us, together with parish records, a roster of the children

and grandchildren of Hans Bär (I) of Albis. Granddaughter Anna married Martin

Meyli, who in 1658 wrote an account of the persecution of the Anabaptists

which was included in the Martyrs’ Mirror. Three of his grandsons – Hans Jakob

Bär (1595), Osli Bär, and Hans Bär (III) – can be linked to most of the early

Bear immigrants to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, from 1717 to 1732 as well

as to the Bärentag families now headed by Friedrich H. Baer of Nürnberg, West

Germany.” (Jane Evans Best)

Notes from Janet and Robert Wolfe Genealogy Gateway, 2005/01/27

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