Johann Wilhelm LaBarre

14 Feb 1794, Party 1 Zacharias Rothrock, Borough of Easton. Party 2. Rosina, wife of Zacharias Rothrock. Party 3. Philip Shitz, truste.
Agreement 1. Abraham LaBar, former husband of Rosina Rothrock, by will, left her, with other things, a house and lot in Easton on Hamilton Street plus and outlot of 5 acres in the borough plus considerable housegoods and furniture.

Deed 4 April 1792, for 25 pounds (pages 27-29) Grantor Rosina LaBar, widow of Abraham LaBar, Borough of Easton, tailor, deceased. Grantee. Henry Shouse, Borough of Easton, house carpenter. History; 2 Nov 1789, the Penn's granted the tract to Abraham LaBar (Deed Book A-v2 p6)

Abraham left the tract to his widow by will.

Estate of William LaBar, died 1761, Mt. Bethel township, widow Dorothy, children by former wife, William the eldest, Esther, wife of Christoper Sizman, Elizabeth, wife of John Long, Mary, wife of Simon Hearsh, Charlles (Karl), Barbara, wife of Casper Rommage

Bio

Jesse LaBar, of Slatington, was born in Northmpton County, ov 29, 1835, son of George R. LaBar, who is now a resident of Northampton county, having attained the good old age of 90. During his active years he lived in Monroe Co., near Stroudsburg. His father, who bore the christian name of Henry, was also a native of this county, and passed from the scences of labor in 1862, having reached advanced years, being at the time of his death his 95th year. The LaBar family have for many generations been prominent in history and development of this region, having emigrated to the Keystone State from France, of which county they were originally natives. The mother of Jesse, also a native of this county, bore the maiden name of Mary Long, her father being Major Long.

Jesse, a Civil war vet, 28th PA Inf. In Jan 1856, he maried Permila Showeriskey, she was born in Reading.

Children

• Laura, wife of Dr. D.W. Stroup of Shenandoah, PA.,
• Emma, married Joseph Plaff, of Slatington,
• Howard,
• Lillian (eldest died in infancy),
• Robert, died as a baby)

Members of the Presbyterian Church.

Monroe County

Dr. Amzi LeBar, s/o J. Depue and Sarah (Bush) Le Bar. Born in Warren Co., NJ, Nov 16, 1842.

Civil war vet, Co G 142nd PV. Studied at Jefferson Medical College, Phila. In the fall 1867 located his practice at Elmer, South NJ, remained to Feb 1868. He then located in Ashley, PA (Luzerne Co). In 1871 he moved to East Stroudburg. Monroe Co

Co G. 142nd-Officers-Captains, William K. Haviland, Cicero H. Drake, 1st Lts. Charles P. Orvis, B.T. Huntsaman. 1st Sgts, Josiah Heckaman, Amzi Labar, Jacob F. William. Sgts. Aaron Smith, Levi C. Drake, John R. Miller. Corporals, Jackson Eberitt, Justus Benbie, Ed. Brancles, James Connelly, Theodore Feemer, Jervis Ney, John B. Lawrence (muc.) Silas Hanna (mus.)

In list of marriage performed by Squire Chambers, we find,George Nyce married Elizabeth Shoemaker, d/o Daniel; Joseph Shoemaker to Sarah Smith, d/o Dr. Francis, Feb 1, 1801, Henry Shoemaker to Margaret Chambers, d/o John, July 13, 1800, George LaBar to Sarah Jayne, d/o Isaac, no date, William Heft to Agnes Gonsalis, d/o James, Jan 14 1798, Michael Brown to Rebecca Johnson, d/o Joseph Dec 24,1799. John Van Etten, to Anna Labar, d/o Daniel, June 24, 1798.

Daniel Labar, above mentioned, and an elder brother named Abraham, were sons of Daniel, and grandsons of Abraham Labar, who with his brothers, Peter and Charles, came to this county about 1730. Abraham, the brother of Daniel, first above-named, entered the army of the Rev. He was a major before the date of July 25, 1776, and appointed Col. in the spring of 1777.

Daniel Labar, father of Col. Abraham and Daniel, owned the property where the Water Gap Station of the Delware, Lackawanna and Wester Railroad is located.

The late A. B. Burell, in his "Memoirs of George Labar, the Centenarian: says that Abram Labar walled up the spring near the present residence of Richard Wilson, and that he lived there in 1741. Mr. Burrell probably meant Daniel, the father of Col. Abraham and Daniel.

Daniel Labar, the last named, the younger brother of Col. Abraham, was born in 1763. He married Elizabeth Chambers in 1786. His brothers and sisters are as follows.

• Catharine, married Wm. Steward, a British soldier,
• George maried Sarah Jayne, in 1800.
• Abram married __ Casebeer,
• Jacob married Rachel Smith,
• John married Rachel Brown,
• Elzizabeth[sic] married Aaron Deui,
• Sophia married George Spragle,
• Ann married John Van Etten

Daniel LaBAr, was the father of John Chambers LaBar, and grandfather of Judge J. Depui La Bar and Daniel La Bar, of Shawnee

Jacob La Bar, who married Rachel Smith, d/o Dr. Francis Joseph Smith., is the father of Mrs. Jeanette Hollinshead, widow of Stroud J. Hollinshead.

George La Bar, brother of Daniel and Jacob, above named, was the father of the late Judge Henry M. La Bar, George La Bar and Mrs. Dr. P.M Bush

J. Depue La Bar, The family represented by the subject, was one of the earliest to settle in Monroe Co. The name is of French origin and has been variously spelled La Barre, Le Barre and La Bar.

1796 Tax List-Middle Smithfield, William Jayne, Sara Jayne, George Labar. Single men, John LaBar

1840-Charles LaBar, Depue LaBar. George W. LaBar, George LaBar, George LaBar, David LaBar

Stroud township- Charles Miller located at an early date upon a farm now owned by Lewis Drake. His children;

• Thomas,
• Abel,
• Amos,
• James,
• Nancy (Mrs. LaBar) and
• Katy, married Conrad Evans.

Lewis Draker was the grandson of Charles Miller.

Peter and James Hollinshead, both physicians came from North Carolina, and settled in Stroud.

James married Sarah, d/o Jacob Stroud, and had several children;

• Salley married Anthony McCoy.
• Edwin A.,
• Stroud J., married Jeanette La Bar,
• Daniell,
• Elizabeth,
• James and
• Ann.

Dr. Peter married another daughter of Jacob Stroud.

Josephus Jacob Aerts came with Lafayette from France and joined the partriots during the Rev. He changed his name to Francis Joseph Smith. He married Elizabeth Brodhead. Children;

• Jane (Dimmock),
• Elizabeth (Mrs. Wallace)
• Sally (Mrs. Shoemaker),
• Rachel, (Mrs. LaBar),
• Jullia Ann (Mrs. Cross) and a son
• Francis Joseph. The latter settled in East Stroudsburg, in the residence now occupied by his Jese.

Mrs. Stroud Hollinshead, the daughter of Mr. LaBar, now resides in Stroudsburg.

Assessmet roll for Stroud-1820, Peter LaBar, David LaBar

Stroudsburg- Dr. Peter Hollinshead, born Feb 13, 1777, died May 15, 1827, read medicine in Phila. , and came with his brother, Dr. James, to Stroudsburg, where he married Ann Stroud, a d/o Col. Jacob Stroud.

Stroud Jacob Holllinshead, son of Dr. James. He married Feb 2, 1819 to Jeanette De Le Barre, born at Elmira, NY., May 3, 1808, d/o Jacob De Le Barre and Rachel Smith. Her maternal grandfather was Dr. Francis J. Smith, native of Brussels, whose true name was Josephus Jacobus Aertz, son of J. B. Aerts, Lord of Opdorp and Zimmerseele., and who changed his name for political resons in 1777. Dr Smith maried Elizabeth, d/o Garret and Jane (Davis) Brodhead, a representative of another old families of the Minisink.

Mrs. Jeanete Hollinshead is still one of the old resident of Strousburg, where she lived from over 60 years. Owing to the death of her mother when she was an infant, she was reared in Monroe Co by her great-grandmother Brodhead, and as at the present time she had great-grandchildren of her own, has had living communication with 7 generations of her maternal lineage. In the absence of a portrait of her husband, her own engraving will be found. Her children were:

• Harriet, who married Dr. A. Reeves Jackson, and died Jan 19, 1869;
• Sarah, wife of the Hon. John D. Morris, and died Jan 27, 1854,
• Dr. Frank, married Jane Malve, and died Dec 24, 1856,
• William married Cecilia Kenecht, died Nov 11, 1876 and
• Caroline died young in 1842

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ID: P8059
Birth: May 1704 in Loraine, Alsace, France
Death: 6 Jan 1761 in Mount Bethel, Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States
Name: Johann Wilhelm "William" LABARRE Sex: M 1

Marriage 1 Dorothy b: 1704 Married: 1729

Children

• Has Children William L. LABARRE b: 30 May 1730 in Northampton, Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States
• Has No Children Johanna Elizabetha "Elizabeth" LABARRE b: 6 Jun 1731 in Upper Hanover, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
• Has No Children Anna Maria LABARRE b: 1 Aug 1733 in Upper Hanover, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
• Has No Children Esther LABARRE b: 1735
• Has No Children Charles LABARRE b: 1737 in Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States
• Has No Children Maria Barbara LABAR b: 1739 in Pennsylvania, USA

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