New information requires that I update my Bear family as follows:
My Bear Ancestors
Jane Evans Best
May 30, 2015
BA Hans Bär, b. ca. 1545; d. before 1614; Anabaptist; 10 ch. (JEB-PMH July 1998, p. 12 (Richard Warren Davis, Emigrants, Refugees, and Prisoners, Vol. III, p. 9)
m. ca. 1568, Katherina Huber, b. ca. 1549; bur. Apr. 22, 1622.
BA1 Hans Bar, b. ca. 1570; bur. July 20, 1617; Anabaptist; 3 ch.
m. Anna Biedermann, b. ca. 1575; bur. Jan. 11, 1618.
BA12 Oswald Bar, b ca. 1613; d. after 1679 (JEB p. 13; RWD III, p. 9); Anabaptist.
m. May 30, 1638, Elisabeth Lamprecht, b. ca. 1617; d. between Mar. 2, 1661 and Apr. 23, 1662
BA122 Heinrich Bar, bap. 1640 (RWD III, pp. 10, 12, 26, 27); Anabaptist; 8 ch.
BA1221 Hans Heinrich Ber, b. Dec. 5, 1663 (B Bible-PMH July 2014, p. 108);”Old” Henry Bare, d. 1731;
(JEB-PMH Oct.1981, pps. 12-27); signed “Hans Heinrich Bar” in 1687 in the Kraichgau (RWD III,
pps. 9-12, 26-32); Mennonite; 6 ch.
(BA1222 Anna Bar, b. 1666; d. July 24,1702; m. June 10, 1687, Hans Nussli (RWD III p. 12)
BA1221.2 Heinrich Berr, b. Nov. 24, 1694 (B2-Bible); John Henry Bear (H), d. 1738, called John Henry
Bear in 1721 on Conestoga tax list; 9 ch.
m. 1717, Barbara Eby (EY4), b. ca. 1695; d. ca. 1744.
BA1221.23 George Bear, b. Feb. 1, 1723 (B23 Bible); H2 George Bear, d. 1811 (PMH Oct. 1981, p. 17;
PMH Jan. 1999, pp. 26-32; RWD III, p 28); Mennonite. 6 ch.
m.(1) Magdalena ______, b. ca. 1723; d. after 1755.
m.(2) by 1774, Christina ____, widow of Samuel Groff.
BA1221.236 George Eby Bear, b. ca. 1750; d. 1833; bu Bair Cem.; 7 ch. (PMH Jan. 1999, pp. 29-30)
m. Feb. 27, 1781, Mary Eby (EY212), b. ca. 1759; d. 1824.
BA1221.2361 Joel Bear, b. Dec. 8, 1784; d. Jan. 3, 1829, bur Bair Cem; 11 ch.
m. Feb. 1, 1807, Mary Wolf (WP11), b. Oct. 30, 1788; d. Jan. 22, 1836.
BA1221.23614 Joel Bear, b. Dec. 5, 1812; d. July 4, 1893; bur. Zeltenreich Ref. Cem.; 8 ch.
m. Dec. 19, 1839, Leah Bushong (BN2171), b. Nov. 12, 1818; d. Nov. 18, 1884.
BA1221.23614.3 Israel Bair, b. May 27, 1844; d. May 15, 1922, bur. Trinity Lutheran Cem., 9 ch.
m. Rachel Elizabeth Diller (DL3132.1), b. Mar. 17, 1843; d. May 15, 1922; 9 ch.
BA1221.23614.39 Anna Leah Bair, b. Aug. 29, 1885; d. Dec. 4, 1977; 1 ch.
m. Dec. 26, 1907, David Hillard Styer (SY4221), b. July 29, 1882; d. Jan. 25, 1952.
BA1221.23614.391 Florence Elizabeth Styer, b. Apr. 2, 1904; d. May 19, 1998; 2 ch.
m. Sept. 20, 1924, James Herbert Evans, b. Nov. 14, 1904; d. Sept. 4, 1965.
BA1221.23614.3912 Florence Jane Evans (EA2631.1332), b. Jan. 18, 1926; 4 ch.
m. June 15, 1946, Albert M. Best (BW1178.272), b. Sept. 20, 1919