Hans Jakob Bär

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Hans Jakob Bär (Baer)

Also Known As: "Jacob"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Hausen, Canton Zurich, Switzerland
Death: July 03, 1759 (82)
Leacock Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
Place of Burial: Leacock Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Hans Heinrich Bär, II and Verena Verenli Bär
Husband of Anna Barbara Frederick
Father of Anna Margaretha Groff; Samuel "Black Bear" Bar; Veronika Hess; Margaretha Bar; Barbara "Barbery" Leyonberger and 6 others
Brother of Ulrich Bär/Baer/Bear
Half brother of Hansley Bar/Baer; Johann Georg Bär; (Reverend) Martin Bar/Baer; Jagely Jacob Bär; Abraham Bar/Baer and 12 others

Managed by: Stephanie Loeffert Albright
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About Hans Jakob Bär

Mennonite, Farmer, emigrated in 1719 to Lancaster Co., PA


According to the Bear Saga Update: Part Two by Jane Evans Best

Hans Jakob Bar bap. Mar. 18 1677, Hausen; d. 1759 intestate, Lancaster Co.; in 1709 servant at Bocken in Horgen; between 1715 and 1718 moved from Sinsheim to Duhren, Germany; in 1719 sold Haus und Hof inDuhren, emigrated with wife Anna Barbara and 8 Children; in 1721 on tax list of present Lancaster County, in 1740 sold Leacock Twp. tract to John Leonberger; on Dec 9, 1752, sold 169 acres in present Clay Twp. to Gerog Blaze Rener. m. ca. 1701 . Barbara Frederick. d/ after 1759 dau. of Isaac Frederick.


  • Naturalization: United States - 1719
  • Residence: Horgen, Horgen, Zürich, Switzerland - 1709
  • Residence: Sinsheim, Baden, Germany - 1715
  • Residence: Dühren, Sinsheim, Sinsheim, Baden, Germany - from 1715 to 1718
  • Residence: Dühren, Sinsheim, Baden, Germany - from 1715 to 1719
  • Residence: Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America - 1721
  • Residence: Upper Leacock Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States - 1721
  • Residence: Conestoga Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States - from 1721 to 1727
  • Residence: Cocalico Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States - 7 April 1735
  • Residence: Leacock Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States - 6 March 1738
  • Residence: Upper Leacock Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States - 1742
  • Residence: Clay Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States - 9 December 1752

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Hans Jakob Bär's Timeline

1677
February 5, 1677
Hausen, Canton Zurich, Switzerland
March 18, 1677
Hausen, Hausen am Albis, Zürich, Switzerland
March 18, 1677
Oberalbis, Zurich, Switzerland
1703
July 19, 1703
Ratlisberg, Zurich, Switzerland
1705
1705
Hausen Am Albis, Affoltern District, ZH, Switzerland
1707
1707
Hausen, Kanton Zürich, Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft (Switzerland)
1709
1709
Horgen, Zürich, Switzerland
1713
1713
Lancaster County, PA, United States
1713
Ratlisberg, Zurich, Switzerland