Henry

Notes:

Family Remembrance: [177] Henry born in Wurtemburg, Germany; the children of Henry and Elizabeth were: Catherine, Elizabeth (m. William Sager), Mary, Jacob, Abraham, unknown male, unknown female (m. Joseph Charles), John (b. 10/12/1756), John
George (b. 10/12/1756), Henry (b. 10/21/1759; m. Margaret Sager [sic; wife was Esther Bachman]) d. 2/?/1850 Stark Co. Ohio.

1784 Notice in The Pennsylvania Gazette: [178] August 4, 1784 notice in The Pennsylvania Gazette: "Easton, July 27, 1784. By virtue of a Writ of Venditioni Exponas to me directed, will be exposed to a public sale on the premises on Monday, the
23d day of August next, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, that much frequented tavern, stables, and tract of land situate in Upper Saucon Township, on the great road leading to Philadelphia, bounded by land of John Bachman, Henry Bachman, and
others, and containing about 30 acres, more or less, now in the tenure of Daniel Cooper, being part of the estate late of Michael Hillegas, deceased. Seized and taken in execution, by Robert Traill, Sheriff."

Henry — Elizabeth. Elizabeth was born Abt 1720; died Bef 1788, , Bucks, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Family Remembrance: [180] Elizabeth's name given as Elizabeth Dreisbach (Buchecker).
Genealogical Research: [181] "I could not find information about Elizabeth, other than the fact that she was the widow of Joseph Frye of Springfield Township prior to marrying Henry Bachman."

Notes:

Bachman in Richterswil, Canton Zrich, Switzerland

Origins: [222] "Hans Jrgli for many years in Kurpfalz, was an Anabaptist, moved to America in Pensilvania, living by a great swamp, according to various letters to his father, had sons."

Bachman-Schnebelli Bible (1536 Froschauer)

Bachman Family Bible: [1] "In the meantime, the [1536 Froschauer Schnebelli-Bachmann Family] Bible found its way into the possession of Hans George Bachmann (1686-1753) when he married Anna Maria Schnebelli in 1715, probably at the
Ibersheimerhof. In the 'Palatine Mennonite census' lists we find one Hans Bachman at the Ibersheimerhof in September 1685. [226]

According to Maria's gravestone, she was born in 1698 and died in 1776, and appears to have been the daughter of Hans Jacob Schnebelli.

George and Maria Bachmann's oldest child, Henrich, was born in 1717, according to their family record which we find in the Bible. They may have immigrated to Pennsylvania in that year, along with Dielman and Elizabeth Schnebeli Kolb and many
other Palatine Mennonites who came at the same time. We do know that they came by 1727 and settled in the Saucon area. [101] George and Maria's second son, Hans Jacob Bachmann (possibly named after his material grandfather), was born in 1720.

During the 1720s, the [1536 Froschauer Schnebelli-Bachmann Family] Bible settled with the Bachmann family in the Saucon Mennonite community in what is now Coopersburg, Lehigh County, where George acquired a tract of 300 acres by 1728. [101]

From 1717 to 1744, the births of George and Maria Bachmann's eleven children are recorded in the Bible [97] as follows:

Our Son Henrich Bachmann, born 1717
Our Son Hans Jacob Bachmann, born June 15, 1720
Our Daughter Catarina Bachmann, born August 25, 1722
Our Son Hans Georg Bachmann, born November 30, 1724
Our Son Christel [Christian] Bachmann, born May 19, 1727
Our Daughter Mary Bachmann, born January 28, 1729
Our Daughter Elisabeth Bachmann, born July 3, 1732
Our Son Johannes Bachmann, born August 1, 1735
Our Son Samuel Bachmann, born January 14, 1739
Our Daughter Susanna Bachmann, born April 17, 1742
Our Son Abraham Bachmann, born November 12, 1744

And one more birth, which must be a grandchild of Hans George Jr.:

Esther Oberholtzer, born September 30, 1782, at 7 o'clock p.m., in the sign of the Ram.

George Bachmann, Sr. died in 1753, was buried in the Saucon Mennonite Cemetery, and the Bible was passed on to his son Hans George, Jr. (1724-1806)

The elder Bachmann's gravestone, the oldest in the Saucon cemetery, refers to him as the 'honorable' (ehrsame) George Bachmann, tells us his age, that he was married for 38 years, and that they had eleven children. His 1753 estate inventory
lists: 'two Bibles & sundry other books,' valued at four pounds. [227] The Bible was rebound sometime in the 18th century. His widow, Maria, lived another twenty -three years."

Immigration to Pennsylvania

1717 Immigration: [228] "On 15 August 1717, a ship under the command of Captain Richmond arrived in Philadelphia with 150 Palatines aboard. Among them were more Mennonites from Ibersheim, including Hans Georg Bachman, his wife and their
one-year-old son Heinrich. Also aboard were Hans and Martin Br, Jacob Bhm, Hans Brubaker, a Brachbill, a Langenacker, and a Schnebelli."

1717 Immigration: [175] "After considering different areas of Europe for settlement, the Mennonite leaders decided in February 1717 that Pennsylvania would be the new gathering place for the Mennonites. Some started leaving in March of that
year to journey to London. By May, some had received certificates which allowed them to receive help from the Dutch brethren when they arrived in Holland.

It was reported that on August 24, 1717, three ships carrying 363 Mennonite passengers arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. We do not know the names of the ships and there are no ship lists which contain the names of the passengers. I have
used tax lists and warrants to determine who probably arrived on those ships.

According to Dielman Kolb's Bible record, Kolb arrived on August 10, 1717. This may mean that there was another ship full of Mennonites which left shortly before the three other ships which arrived on August 24, 1717, or Kolb's ship was
included with two others for a total of 353 arrivals. Another possibility is that Kolb wrote the wrong date.

After doing the research for this article, putting my list together and totaling the number of family members which I believe arrived in 1717, I was surprised to find that my total was approximately 363 passengers. There may have been other
Mennonite arrivals that summer, however, which I have not yet found. I believe that there were probably daughters in some of these families whom I have not been able to identify as yet, which would add to the number.

August 24, 1717 -- Arrivals on three ships: Hans Georg Bachman, age 31, Ibersheim, Germany, d. 1753, Lehigh Co., Pa.; wife: Anna Maria Schnebeli, age 19, Ibersheim, Germany, d. 1776, Lehigh Co., Pa.; child: Henrich Bachman, age 1, Ibersheim,
Germany"

1717 Immigration: [229] "The reasoning for putting Hans Georg Bachman as a 1717 immigrant is because he was naturalized with a number of settlers from Philadelphia, Chester, and Bucks counties in 1729 and the list was noted as solely for the
purpose of naturalizing those who arrived in the colonies previous to 1718. I am assuming that the 1729 list for the Philadelphia, Chester and Bucks counties was for the same purpose. It would appear that the others listed on the list with Hans
Georg all settled previous to 1718."

Bachman in Pennsylvania

1970 Biographical Sketch: [230] "George Bachman, the pioneer settler, was born in 1686 and acquired lands in the Coopersburg area of Bucks County (later Northampton) as early as 1735. Tract number 95 in Upper Saucon Township was warranted to
him about 1735, in pursuance of which warrant, there was patented to him on June 4, 1737, a tract of 334 1/2 acres. He established his residence here in what later became Coopersburg. On May 2, 1739, he took a warrant for 30 acres and on July
18, 1740 he received a patent on this warrant for more than 103 acres. One June 5, 1739, he filed a warrant for 80 acres and on July 18, 1740, he received a patent for 110 plus acres. About 1742, a warrant was issued to George Bachman, in
pursuance of which there was surveyed for him a tract (no. 34) of 40 acres. Bachman also drew the warrant for a tract of 38 acres. In other original titles, George Bachman received tracts nos. 11, 23, and 39. All of these tracts amounted to
about 1,000 acres of land.

In 1742, George Bachman was one of the early settlers who petitioned that the area be made a township. It was to be called Saucon or Sak-unk, an Indian name meaning 'at the place of the creek's mouth.' Bachman was also one of those who
petitioned to erect Upper Saucon Township in March of 1743. About 1745, George Bachman opened a hotel in Coopersburg known as 'Der Siebenstern' (The Seven Stars). 'The Crown,' a resort in South Bethlehem, was visited by the Bachmans of Saucon
while they were in the area on business or simply to partake of the good cheer and camaraderie there.

George Bachman died in 1753 and was buried at the neighboring meeting house. His immediate descendants seem to have held sole possession of the original Bachman tract until the close of the 18th century. In 1758, claims were filed based on the
deeding of the property by Anna Maria Bachman to the sons as follows: George, Jr., A-1-113 and A-1-114, July 24 and 16, 1754 respectively; Jacob, A-1-116, March 17, 1755; John, A-1-119, April 7, 1758; and Samuel, A-1-123, April 7, 1758."

1997 Biographical Sketch: [231] "The Lenn-Lenape Indians kept a village knows as Skakunk or Sa-ku-wit, meaning 'mouth of the creek.' At first, the Swiss had named this general region 'Der Grosse Sumpf' after the many fingers of the Great Swamp
Creek where a larger community of Mennonites lived a few miles to the southwest. Eventually, the Bachman land became more specifically known as 'Saucon.'

Johannes Georg Bachman must have been among the earliest to stop since he staked claim to the best part of the gateway, a wide and deep section astride the trail, well-watered by Saucon Creek. The settlers interested in metalwork discovered
rich ores of zinc and iron around the limestone soil of Saucon. The Penn family did not officially buy the land from the Indians until a treaty was signed on 7 September 1732."

1997 Biographical Sketch: [232] "Georg received his patent to the first property on 4 June 1737, being tract No. 95 for 334 1/2 acres. Tract No. 34 was also warranted to him in 1742 for 40 acres; tract No. 24 was warranted eight years later to
Jacob Bachman for 71 1/4 acres, the future site of Philipsburg. [233] The Bachman family at Saucon held ten farmsteads during the early years, totally over 1,000 acres. [234] Along with their neighbors, the making of 145 tracts into an official
Upper Saucon Township began with a petition filed in March 1743."

1997 Biographical Sketch: [235] "Back in Saucon Township, the volume of traffic passing his front door persuaded Georg Bachman to open an inn and tavern by 1745. A considerable number were German Moravians heading for their new settlement. On a
Christmas Eve just a few years before, they founded the town of Bethlehem seven miles further north along the trail.

"The large squared logs were lathed and plastered on the outside, of a yellow tint with white lines drawn to imitate some blocks," recalled old timers who had seen 'Der Siebenstern,' meaning 'The Seven Stars,' before it was torn down after 96
years. "The sign, a moon and seven stars, stood in the middle of the public road. The squared, lathed logs distinguished the owner as wealthy and 'genteel.'" Their interior was completed "with large flat stones for a floor."

'The bar room was furnished with small crude tables arranged along the walls. On these tables was wine, which was cheap and served by half pints and pints. Later, whisky and other strong drink came into use and these were served by the
[four-ounce] gill.' [236]

Starting out in the German tradition, one big building sheltered both travelers and their animals. Under the same roof, better protection was insured against midnight horse thieves, and besides, the livestock could share their body heat with
the whole building.

The Siebenstern Inn faced north on the corner of present-day Main and State Street, the exact site of which was open ground in the late 20th century. The rectangular lot considered part of the tavern grounds ran along the east side of the
trail, bounded by the present-day streets of Oxford, to the north, Fourth on the east, Station on the south, and Main as the western edge. Across the lane from the tavern, a large stone barn was soon finished, right where the Coopersburg Town
Hall now stands. The huge barn could accommodate 30 to 40 teams of horses at one time. [237] Not too long after it opened in 1748, Georg Bachman patronized an elegant inn and resort founded at Bethlehem called 'The Crown,' and perhaps borrowed
ideas for his own place.

In 1752, the permanent population of the Saucon Township reached 650 souls. Georg Bachman died around 22 November 1754, and was buried at the old meetinghouse next door to his original property. [234] Tombstones for the elder Bachman and the
preacher Jacob Meyer are among the oldest there. His third son, Hans George Jr., continued to run the tavern and inn.

The year after Georg Sr.'s death, workers completed the Old Bethlehem Pike, making the last section from Bachman's to Bethlehem into a proper wagon road. It can be traced from Philadelphia, roughly following the course of present-day Route 309,
onto Route 378, known north of Coopersburg as Wyandotte Street"

1735 Mennonite Meetinghouse: [238] "The original Mennonite meetinghouse was erected about 1735 on the northeast corner of Bachman's land."

1753 Tombstone: [224] "The English translation of the gravestone of George Bachman reveals that the word 'EHRSAME' means HONORABLE. No doubt the family and neighbors of George Bachman showed him a great respect when these words were carved on
his stone. The tombstone further reveals that he was married 38 years and had 7 sons and 4 daughters."

1753 Tombstone: [239] Saucon Mennonite Cemetery, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. (English translation of German words on George Bachman's tombstone.)
Age 67 years
All here rests
in God the respected
George Bachman (who)
from his marriage has
left behind his wife
after 38 years of
wedded life.

Together they produced
11 children, 7 sons and 4
daughters. (He) died
22 November 1753

1753 Bachman Will: [224] "The Will of Johann George Bachman can be found in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Will Book K, page 179. It was written on 15 Oct 1753 and presented to the court in Philadelphia on 29 May 1754. He leaves all his
remaining real and personal properties to his wife Anna Maria. He has already distributed land and monies to his married children. To his remaining minor sons, John, Samuel, and Abraham, he asks that his wife distribute land when they reach 21
years of age. Money is left to daughter Susannah upon her eighteenth birthday (as has gone to all his daughters). He states that should any of his children dispute his will that they be proclaimed disobedient and that the remaining estate be
sold. He further leaves money to the poor of his congregation. The will was signed George Bachman and witnessed by Jacob Musselman, George Acherman, and John Hooker. The will was undisputed. It should be noted that he named his wife as
Executrix and his son Henry, friend Abraham Clemens and friend John Joeder, Jr., as overseers."

George married SCHNEBELE, Anna Maria 1715, Ibersheim, Germany. Anna (daughter of SCHNEBELE, Hans Jacob) was born 12 Apr 1698, Ibersheim, Germany; died 04 Nov 1776, Coopersburg, Upper Saucon Township, Bucks (now Lehigh), PA; was buried Saucon Mennonite Cemetery, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Religion: [240] Mentioned as part of the Mennonite families of the Franconia Conference.

1992 Biographical Sketch: [1] "According to Maria's gravestone, she was born in 1698 and died in 1776, and appears to have been the daughter of Hans Jacob Schnebelli."

1995 Biographical Sketch: [67] "Anna Maria Schnebeli, b. 12 Apr 1698, Ibersheim. She married Johan Georg Bachman in 1715. They came to Pennsylvania in 1717. They named their second child Hans Jacob."

1776 Tombstone: [241] Saucon Mennonite Cemetery, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. [English translation of German words on Anna Maria Bachman's tombstone.]
In the year of our Lord
1776 on 4 November died
and is here buried
the Maria Bachman and
(who) was born 12 April
in the year of our Lord 1698

Notes:

Other Names: [221] "Also known as Jodocus and Oswald."

1997 Biographical Sketch: [222] "Oswald Bachmann [1657, also called Jos or Jodocus], the son of Hans Jagli. Note well: Lives at the Old Castle. Had four sons as heirs, Hans Jrgli [baptized 2 May 1686], Jrgli [8 March 1679], Hans Heinrich [14
February 1685] and Heinrich (nicknamed 'Oil Heinrich') [14 May 1682]."

Jos married TREICHLER, Regula 1687, Richterswil, Canton Zrich, Switzerland. Regula was born 1646, Richterswil, Canton Zrich, Switzerland; died 1706, Richterswil, Canton Zrich, Switzerland. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Origins: [221] "A widow from Horgen"

Notes:

Is this the same as Jacob Schnebeli, 1673-1714?

1995 Biographical Sketch: [67] "Hans Jacob Schnebeli, b. 25 Nov 1670, Affoltern. In 1695 it was reported at Affoltern that he was a 'Taufer.' He may have lived at Ibersheim, Pfalz. He wrote in his Bible in 1696, 'This Bible belongs to Hans
Jacob Schnebeli of the Ibersheimerhof and was received from my father-in-law.' The next inscription states that 'This Bible belongs to Wendelteiss Schnebelli and is in love so recorded in the year of our Lord 1708.' (This Wendelteiss (or
Matheiss) may have been a son of Hans Jacob born about 1697 and who died young.) Hans Jacob possibly received the Bible as a wedding present. The Bible was next in the possession of Anna Maria Schenebeli who married Hans Georg Bachman and left
from Ibersheim in 1717 for Pennsylvania. He may be the Hans Jacob Schnebeli who signed letters at Mannheim in 1706, 1717 and in 1727 as a Mennonite minister. In a letter dated 26 Jul 1710, Martin Egli, Hans Blimm and Christian Rupp of Alsace
asked Hans Jacob Schnebeli and Tillman Kolb (probably Sr.) in the Pfalz to assist 30 Anabaptists prisoners from Switzerland. He signed a letter at Ibersheim in 1709 and a letter at Mannheim in 1715 as a leader of the Mennonites there. In 1710
he received a letter as a Mennonite elder in the Pfalz."

1992 Biographical Sketch: [1] "This particular copy [the 1536 Froschauer Schnebelli-Bachmann Family Bible] came from an unknown ancestor of the Anabaptist Schnebelli family who lived in the Zurich area. In the 1640s or 1650s, it seems to have
moved with this family, first to the Alsace and from there down the Rhine River to the Ibersheimer Hof, just north of Worms in the Palatinate.

In 1696, the Bible was owned by a preacher Hans Jacob Schnebelli of the Ibersheimer Hof who signed it: 'This Bible belongs to the Hans Jacob Schnebelli at the Ibersheimer Hof and was received from my father-in-law. Anno 1696. Johann Jacob
Schnebely.'

This Hans Jacob Schnebelli appears to be the Preacher Hans Jacob Schenbelli who lived at Mannheim and the Ibersheimer Hof and who assisted in the 1710 flight of Swiss Anabaptist refugees on their way down the Rhine River to the Palatinate. [69]

In 1708, the Bible was owned by Matthias Schnebelli at the Ibersheimerhof, probably an unmarried son of Hans Jacob Schnebelli. [70]

Next to the title page of the second part is found a very rare 1708 Palatine frakture bookplate with the inscription: 'This Bible belongs to the Matthias Schnebly at the Ibersheimerhof, and it is in love so written in the year of Christ, 1708.' This made the piece even more unique, since this must be one of the earliest pieces of Mennonite fraktur that we have seen.

The father, preacher Hans Jacob Schnebelli, died by 1714."

1711 in Palatinate: [71] "Hans Jacob Schnebeli, a Mennonite deacon of Swiss ancestry, was living in the Palatinate in 1711; he may have been the same Hans Jacob Schnebeli of Ueberheimerhof in the Palatinate who, among others, signed a letter written by a number of Palatinate ministers in Holland in 1709, but again there is no indication he ever came to America."