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Heinrich Barb

Also Known As: "Henry Barb"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Höchstenbach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Death: August 24, 1819 (60)
Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, United States
Place of Burial: Solomons Lutheran Church Cemetery, Forestville, Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA
Immediate Family:

Son of Johann Jacob Barb and Maria Catharina Von Nesselrodt
Husband of Mary Catherine Barb and Catherine (Caty) Barb
Father of Elizabeth Walker; Mary Margaret Fout; William Barb, III; Henry Barb, Jr.; Susanna Goodnight and 4 others
Brother of Eva Maria Barb; Johann Adam Barb; Abraham Barb; Anna Maria Barb; Mary Sager and 10 others

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About Heinrich “Henry” Barb

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Henry Barb was born 15 Aug 1759. (20) Henry Barb, Age 51, listed Father: Johann Jacob Barb, Mother: Maria Catharina Richter, Married 29 Dec 1810 Cathrine Miller. (23)

First Marriage and Children Henry Barb married first 1777 Loudoun County, Virginia, Mary Winegardner, daughter of Harbard and Catherine Winegardner, both b Germany. Mary (Winegardner) Barb died 5 Aug 1809 Mt. Clifton, Virginia. (20) Issue:

1. Elizabeth Barb, b Dec 1777 2 William Barb, b 1 Aug 1779 3 Catherine Barb, b c1783 4 Mary Margaret Barb, b 27 June 1787 Shenandoah County, Virginia. Died 22 Feb 1859 Union County, Ohio. Married about 1806 Shenandoah County, Virginia. Adam Fout. 5 Henry Barb, Jr., b 13 Aua 1788 6 Susanna Barb, b 18 Oct 1790 7 Lydia Barb, b 17 Sept 1793 8 Rachel Barb, b 30 Mar 1795 Second Marriage Henry Barb married second 1 Jan 1811 Shenandoah County, Virginia, Catherine (Poke) Miller, widow of Philip Jacob Miller and daughter of Adam and Barbara Poke. Catherine was the sister of Anna Poke [x2] and Elsa Catherine Poke [x3]. Catherine Barb died 23 Mar 1821 Mt. Clifton, Virginia. (20) Henry Barb, Age 51, Father: Johann Jacob Barb, Mother: Maria Catharina Richter, Married 29 Dec 1810 Cathrine Miller. (23)

Movement Henry Barb "had blue eves, reddish brown hair, rosy complexion." Mary Winegardner Barb "was tall and slim; very delicate. (20) They lived Loudoun County, Virginia (P.O. Leesburg) and Mill Creek, Shenandoah County, Virginia (P.O. Woodstock). (20) Death Henry Barb died 24 Aug 1819 in Shenandoah County, Virginia and is buried at the Solomon Lutheran Church Cemetery., Forestville, Shenandoah County, Virginia. (20) Henry Barb's funeral was performed by the Rev. Johann Nicholas Schmucker. The service was attended by four of his children, the other four having moved west within the preceding three years. Henry Barb's will was probated 13 Sept 1819 in Shenandoah County, Virginia court. At the sale of his father's inventory on 24 Sept. 1819, Henry Barb Jr., bought two bibles (one in German script and one in English), and one hymn book. (20)

20. "Barb-Barbe Genealogy" by Waverly W. Barbe and Alan L. Williams, 1993. 23. "Shenandoah County, Virginia, Marriages" index on GENWEB. Henry Barb was born 15 Aug 1759. (20) Henry Barb, Age 51, listed Father: Johann Jacob Barb, Mother: Maria Catharina Richter, Married 29 Dec 1810 Cathrine Miller. (23)

First Marriage and Children

Henry Barb married first 1777 Loudoun County, Virginia, Mary Winegardner, daughter of Harbard and Catherine Winegardner, both b Germany. Mary (Winegardner) Barb died 5 Aug 1809 Mt. Clifton, Virginia. (20) Issue:

1. Elizabeth Barb, b Dec 1777
2 William Barb, b 1 Aug 1779
3 Catherine Barb, b c1783
4 Mary Margaret Barb, b 27 June 1787 Shenandoah County, Virginia. Died 22 Feb 1859 Union County, Ohio. Married about 1806 Shenandoah County, Virginia. Adam Fout.
5 Henry Barb, Jr., b 13 Aua 1788
6 Susanna Barb, b 18 Oct 1790
7 Lydia Barb, b 17 Sept 1793
8 Rachel Barb, b 30 Mar 1795

Second Marriage
Henry Barb married second 1 Jan 1811 Shenandoah County, Virginia, Catherine (Poke) Miller, widow of Philip Jacob Miller and daughter of Adam and Barbara Poke. Catherine was the sister of Anna Poke [x2] and Elsa Catherine Poke [x3]. Catherine Barb died 23 Mar 1821 Mt. Clifton, Virginia. (20) Henry Barb, Age 51, Father: Johann Jacob Barb, Mother: Maria Catharina Richter, Married 29 Dec 1810 Cathrine Miller. (23)

Movement
Henry Barb "had blue eves, reddish brown hair, rosy complexion." Mary Winegardner Barb "was tall and slim; very delicate. (20) They lived Loudoun County, Virginia (P.O. Leesburg) and Mill Creek, Shenandoah County, Virginia (P.O. Woodstock). (20)

Death
Henry Barb died 24 Aug 1819 in Shenandoah County, Virginia and is buried at the Solomon Lutheran Church Cemetery., Forestville, Shenandoah County, Virginia. (20) Henry Barb's funeral was performed by the Rev. Johann Nicholas Schmucker. The service was attended by four of his children, the other four having moved west within the preceding three years. Henry Barb's will was probated 13 Sept 1819 in Shenandoah County, Virginia court. At the sale of his father's inventory on 24 Sept. 1819, Henry Barb Jr., bought two bibles (one in German script and one in English), and one hymn book. (20)

20. "Barb-Barbe Genealogy" by Waverly W. Barbe and Alan L. Williams, 1993.

23. "Shenandoah County, Virginia, Marriages" index on GENWEB.

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Heinrich “Henry” Barb's Timeline

1759
August 15, 1759
Höchstenbach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
1777
December 1777
Shenandoah, Page County, Virginia, United States
1779
August 1, 1779
Loudoun County, Virginia, USA
1779
Virginia, United States
1783
1783
1788
August 13, 1788
Shenandoah, Page County, Virginia, United States
1792
October 18, 1792
Shenandoah, Page County, VA, United States
1795
March 30, 1795
Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA