BAUGHMAN, Henry

Henry married AGLER, Mary 08 Apr 1812, , Franklin, Ohio. Mary (daughter of AGLER, Frederick and VAN GUNDY, Maria Margaret) was born 29 Aug 1793, Pennsylvania; died 11 Mar 1851, , Auglaize, Ohio; was buried St. Johns Lutheran Cemetery, Union Twp, Auglaize Co, Ohio. [Group Sheet]

1. BAUGHMAN, Elizabeth was born Abt 1812, , Franklin, Ohio.
2. BAUGHMAN, Catherine was born Abt 1812, , Franklin, Ohio.
3. BAUGHMAN, Mary Jane was born Abt 1812, , Franklin, Ohio.
4. BAUGHMAN, Samuel was born Abt 1812, , Franklin, Ohio.
5. BAUGHMAN, William was born 1813, , Franklin, Ohio; died 19 Sep 1874.
6. BAUGHMAN, David was born 03 Jul 1820, , Franklin, Ohio; died 28 Dec 1904, Roundhead, Hardin, Ohio.
7. BAUGHMAN, Jesiah was born Abt 1822.
8. BAUGHMAN, Henry L was born Abt 1823, , Franklin, Ohio.
9. BAUGHMAN, Lucinda was born 25 May 1826, , Franklin, Ohio; died 01 Apr 1897, St Johns, Clay Twp, Auglaize, Ohio.
10. BAUGHMAN, Barbara was born 17 Mar 1828, , Franklin, Ohio; died 29 Mar 1875, , Pusheta Twp, Auglaize, Ohio.
11. BAUGHMAN, Margaret was born 10 Apr 1830, , Franklin, Ohio; died 20 May 1863, , Auglaize County, Ohio.
12. BAUGHMAN, Susannah was born 13 Sep 1833, , Sandusky, Ohio; died 31 Jul 1920, Union Twp, Auglaize, Ohio.
13. BAUGHMAN, George W was born 10 Aug 1837; died 11 Nov 1837, , Auglaize County, Ohio.

Notes:

DAR Patriot Index: [206] Bowman, George, b 10-14-1755/6 d 4-13-1834 OH m Barbara Steele Pvt Wgn (wagon master) PA PNSR (pensioner)

1880 Biographical Sketch: [185] "George [Baughman] emigrated to Ohio in 1805 and settled in Mifflin Township, Franklin County, where he spent the remainder of his life; he died at a ripe old age, and is buried at Gahanna; he was the father of the late Hon. Jesse Baughman, founder of Gahanna, and one of the originators of the Franklin County Pioneer Association."

1880 Biographical Sketch: [198] "George Baughman and his wife, Barbara, came in 1807, and located on Big Lick, but in 1812, removed to Mifflin Township, and settled on Big Walnut, above the present village of Gahanna. Samuel Baughman, the oldest son of George, was married when he came to the township, to Elizabeth Hoffman. The other descendants of George and Barbara Baughman were: Elizabeth (Mrs. David Ridenour), Susan (Mrs. John Agler), Henry, David, Jesse, and Sarah (Mrs. Jonathan Swickard). All are deceased except for the last named. The Baughmans were an important family in the early history of the township."

1880 Biographical Sketch: [338] "George and Barbara Baughman, with their families, first settled in 1805, but subsequently removed to Mifflin, where they spent most of their pioneer life. They were from Washington County, Pennsylvania."

1904 Biographical Sketch: [474] "George Baughman and his wife Barbara, their oldest son Samuel, and his wife Elizabeth Huffman, came from Washington County, Pa., in 1807. The other Baughman children who came at the same time were: Elizabeth, m. David Ridenour; Susan, m. John Agler; Polly, m. George Dague; Henry, David, Jesse, and Sarah. She m. Jonathan Swickard, January 1, 1824. These families located along the southern boundary of the township the exact lines were then not generally known. George Baughman, in 1812, purchased a tract of land in Mifflin Township, west of Big Walnut Creek."

1930 Biographical Sketch: [377] "The first settler in Mifflin is believed to have been William Read, who arrived on the ground in the last year of the eighteenth century. He was quite prominent, being a member of the Legislature and afterward a judge of the Common Pleas court. Ebenezer Dean followed him and soon built a mill. He and his family took up a thousand acres in the western part of the township. It is told that on this land there stood a sycamore tree so large that, after it was cut down, a horse and rider passed through the hollow trunk. Other early settlers were Frederick Adler, Daniel Turney, George Baughman . . ."

1990 Biographical Sketch: [475] "Baughman, George, BLW #9062-100-11 Feb 1791, srv as Pvt. in arty unit in PA Line. George Baughman or George Bachman, Barbara, W4632, PA Line, sol appl 26 Sep 1832 Franklin Cty OH a res of Miflin OH, b 14 Oct 1755 at Upper Socken Twnshp in Northampton Cty PA, sol mentions a bro Henry of Canton in Stark Cty OH, enl Morristown NJ, wid appl 6 Sep 1844 Franklin Cty OH aged 82, m in Jun 1781 at Springfield or Quakertown in Northampton Cty PA, sol d 13 Apr 1834, sol was b 14 Oct 1756 & his godfather was George Treysbach & his godmother was Mariele Buchedren, sol's children were: George b 15 Nov 1779, Samuel b 10 Oct 1781, Henry b 5 Nov 1787, Elizabeth b 27 Jun 1789, Amalie b 24 Jan 1792, Susana b 27 Mar 1795, & Johanneh b 27 Jan 17??"

1756 Birth: [467], [176], [476] John George Bachman born 14 October 1756; baptized 28 December 1756 at the Tohickon Reformed Church, Bedminster Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Witnesses: George Freysbach and Maria Elizabeth Bucheckern.

1776/77 Military Service: [477] George Baughman's Revolutionary War service.

1781 Marriage: [212] George and Barbara Baughman's marriage near Springfield, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.

1785 Payments for Military Service: [471] On Feb. 10, 1785, George Baughman received three payments for service in the 4th Regiment Artillery, Continental Troops: $32.20 for service through January 1, 1873; $50.75 for service through Nov. 3, 1873; and $80.00 for service through the end of the war.

1794 Land Purchase: [478] George Baughman purchased land in Toboyne Townships, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.

1800 Land Warrant: [479] On 16 January 1800 Andrew Porter used warrant #9062 issued to George Baughman, Private, on 11 February 1791 for 100 acres, along with other warrants to receive a total of 4,000 acres.

1802 Birth of Son Jesse: [480] Birth of son Jesse in Washington County, Pennsylvania on June 11, 1802.

1805 Franklin County Resident: [374] George Baughman listed as a settler of Mifflin Township in 1805 on the marble tablets in the walls of the memorial room of the Franklin County, Ohio, Soldiers', Sailors', and Pioneers Memorial Building in Columbus Ohio.

1805 Relocation to Plain Township: [480] "In 1805 [Jesse's] parents removed to the county near New Albany, Plain Township, Franklin County."

1807/08 Barn Raising: [201] "The first barn raised in the [Plain] township belonged to George Baughman. It was built in the season of 1807-8, and his neighbors form Plain, Blendon, Mifflin, Jefferson, and Truro townships assisted at the raising. Those who belong in Plain, were Adam and Samuel Baughman, Joseph and James Scott, and Henry Hoffman. From Blendon there came Simeon Moore Sr., Simeon Moore Jr., and some of the Phelps family; from Jefferson, Matthais Dague and sons; from Truro, the Edgars and others; and from Mifflin, Frederick and John Agler, John Scott, Isaac Johnson and A. Anderson."

1810 U.S. Census: [333] Franklin County, Ohio census lost.

1810 Tax List, Pleasant Township, Franklin County, Ohio: [379] George Baughman in 1810 tax list for Pleasant Township, Franklin County, Ohio.

1812 Relocation to Mifflin Township: [480] "When Jesse was in his eleventh year, in 1812, they again removed, this time going to Mifflin Township, where they lived upon a farm, and where both died in the fullness of years."

1815 Township Supervisor: [481] George Baughman, along with Asa Roberson, elected Township Supervisors in the first fall election of Mifflin Township. The election took place in the home of Frederick Agler.

1819 Lutheran Church Members: [451] A Lutheran Church was established in Mifflin Township. George and Jesse Baughman were early members of the church.

1820 U.S. Census: [334] Census for Franklin County, Ohio lost.

1830 U.S. Census: [482]
Ohio, Franklin County, Mifflin Township
Head of family""George Baughman
male 70-80""1 << George, age 74
female 60-70""1 << Barbara, age 68
(Adjacent to Jesse Baughman and David Baughman)

1830 Declaration of Military Service: [471] "George Baughman, Pvt. 4th Artillery, appears in a book* under the following heading: 'Return of the Pennsylvania Line, entitled to Donation Lands, reported by the late Comptroller General.' *This book bears the following certificate: 'I do certify that the aforegoing is a list of the names of the Officers and Soldiers of the Pennsylvania line entitled to Donation lands, as furnished by the Comptroller General, and also of those admitted by the Board of Property agreeably to the several acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, which lists are now remaining in the Office of the Secretary of the Land Office of Pennsylvania. In Witness whereof I have
hereunto Set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Office of Harrisburg this 20th day of February, 1830. Joshua Dickerson, Sec. Ld. office."

1831 Will: [483] Written 15 October 1831, George Baughman stated, "I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife all the money now in my hands or possession and all that is due me . . . all the money arising therefore should be put into the hands of my beloved wife and to be at her disposal during her life and at her death the money to be equably divided among my children excepting for my son George, to whom I give and bequeath five dollars to be paid out of the money aforesaid to bar him for any further claims on the estate foresaid. Third, I give and bequeath unto my son Samuel fifty dollars to be paid against the first day of Oct. 1833. Fourth, I give and bequeath unto my son Henry fifty to be paid against the first day of Oct. 1834. Fifth, I give and bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth fifty dollars to be paid against the first day of October 1835. Sixth, I give and bequeath unto my daughter Mary fifty dollars to be paid against the first day of Oct. 1836. Seventh, I give and bequeath unto my daughter Susanah fifty dollars to be paid against the first day of October 1837. Eighth, I give and bequeath unto my daughter Sarah fifty dollars to be paid against the first day of Oct. 1838. Furthermore it is to be remembered and is my will that the said Jesse my youngest son is to keep all the above bequests with the exception of the six [! five] dollar bequest as they become due . . . It is to be understood that the said David Baughman obtained a deed of conveyance from George Baughman and wife for fifty acres of land, the farm on which the said David Baughman now lives."

1832 Pension Declaration: [466] 26 September 1832. In his pension declaration, George Baughman states, "That I was born the 14 Oct 1755 at Upper Socken Township in the County Northampton, Pennsylvania. There is a record of his age in his father's old Bible in the possession of his brother Henry in Canton, Stark County, Ohio.

Enlisted about two weeks before the flying Camp was destroyed at Long Island, thinks in 1776. In the Flying Camp for nine months under Capt. Weigner. Was ordered to meet the company at Morris Court House, Morristown, in New Jersey. He, with others, being enlisted to fill up the company, the company not being filled, and the flying camp destroyed at Long Island, the Company did not meet at Morristown and no further orders were received. In the same year and soon after said flying Camp was destroyed declarant was disabled [?] in the militia for three months at Upper Socken in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. Capt. John Robert, Col. Krueger (Dutch), Ensign Jacob Rumell, Lewt. John Stall, Adjt. Stephen Polgaar - Stationed 6 or 7 miles from New York and between Brunswick and the City of New York where continued until time expired. Snow fell about Christmas the night before discharged. The British were in New York. Got hay on Rariton river and whilst doing so the British light horse came and fired upon them but being in a hollow was not hurt - about 500 of Americans soon after came up and British went off. Rec'd no written discharge.

The next year in the summer volunteered three months at Upper Socken, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, for the purpose of guarding the British prisoners then at Easton in New Jersey under Capt. Shous (when took prisoners away from Easton).
Commanded stay at Easton with the prisoners and guarded them when prisoners were exchanged at Elizabethtown. There was no regular officers in command at Easton. Capt. Ornd who belonged to flying Camp was at Easton and wounded in arm when escaping from enemy when flying camp was taken. When time expired returned to his native town.

In same year of the battle of Brandywine volunteer for three months in Capt. Wagoners rifle company -- lay about two weeks at Allanstown in Northampton County and from thence went to Philadelphia, from thence to Chester, from thence to Willmington. There we were out a scouting. There being great alarm about the British being in neighborhood, about 25 of us were chased by the British 4 or 5 miles whilst we were scouting. Orders came late in one afternoon for us to go up the Brandywine. Started the same evening and arrived at dusk near where the British were and the American force. The next morning early the Battle of Brandywine commenced. Declarant and others of riflemen lay in a hollow between two fences and the enemy. And American cannon were fired over them. The riflemen were, as declarant supposes, placed there to prevent the British from advancing and they not advancing was the reason why as declarant supposes the Riflemen had no orders to fire and did not fire. After the battle went to Valley Forge and lay about two miles from Valley Forge until time expired -- officers Capt. Wagoner, Col. ___ Dunlap (a very smart man), Genl. ___ Potter, Sargeant --the declarant was so called. Capt.
Wagoner after time expired purchased a team for 500 $ and went south saying when he returned he would pay us but never returned. Saw him afterwards in North Carolina.

Returned home to Upper Socken after time expired. Resided in Upper Socken and in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, until about 1785 when he moved Shearmans Valley, Cumberland County, where he resided about 6 years, from thence went to Washington County, Pennsylvania on ten mile creek and stayed there about 4 years and then came to Ohio where he settled in Franklin County and hath ever since resided in Mifflin Township in said county -- about nineteen years. In Wagoner's company
recollected Geo. Baughman (first cousin of declarant), Geo. Countsman, ___ Oas, Geo. Garner, John ? Garner, Philip Agler, Jacob Wise."

1834 Tombstone: [484] Gahanna Cemetery, Gahanna, Franklin County, Ohio.
Baughman, George
b. Oct. 14, 1757
d. Sept. 13, 1834

1834 Estate: [485] George Baughman is case 969-A, 1834.

George married STEELE, Barbara Jun 1781, Quakertown, Northampton, Pennsylvania. Barbara (daughter of STEELE, Christopher and SCHLEIFFER, Mary) was born 03 Jun 1762, Upper Saucon Twp, Northampton Co, Pennsylvania; died 22 Sep 1850, Mifflin Township, Franklin County, Ohio. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Baughman Family Records from German Hymn and Prayer Book (Translation) [486]
" 1756 on the 14th of October is born to us into this world George Bachman, and his godfather was George Freysback, and his godmother Mariele Buchedren
" not legible
" A boy is born to us into this world October 10th 1781 Samuel Bachman
" A boy is born to us into this world on the 5th of November 1787 named Henry Bachman
" 1789 - A daughter is born to us into this world January 27th named Johanneh Bachman, died on the 5th day of March 1783
" 1779 on the 15th of November is born to us George Baughman and his godfather was Jacob Freysbach and his godmother (name not legible)
" 1789 and the 27th of June is born to us into this world a little daughter named Elizabeth Bachman
" 1792 on the 24th of January is born to us into this world a little daughter named Amalie Bachman (Mollie)
" 1795 on the 27th of March is born to us into this world a little daughter named Susana Bachman
Fred J. Braendle, translator, July 25, 1919.

1844 Widow's Pension Declaration: [473] 6 September 6 1844. In her widow's pension declaration, Barbara Baughman states "that she was lawfully married to said George Baughman in June in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty one (the day of the month not recollected) by George Weigart, Esq., a Justice of the Peace, at a Tavern House (keeper's name not recollected) in or near Springfield or Quaker Town in Northampton County Pennsylvania. It was near the corner of three other counties and she is not sure in which county. She further states that her husband the said George Baughman died on the 13th of April 1834. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, that the marriage took place previous to the first of January 1794 at the time above stated.

That she has no documentary or written evidence of her marriage, only the two leaves of family record hereto attached which was kept by her husband in his own hand writing and written near the times of the births and deaths of her several children on the blank leaves in an old family German Prayer and hymn book and now taken out to forward to the Pension Department, the date of the marriage was not set down. And she knows of no other written evidence or living evidence of her marriage."

1845 Widow's Pension Declaration: [487] 23 May 1845. In her widow's pension declaration, Barbara Baughman states "that she was raised from a child in the same neighborhood with said George Baughman and they lived within three miles of each other and saw him frequently during the Revolutionary War. And she knew of his being at several different times in actual service in the Army of the Revolution . . . And that she now has hanging in her room the cartridge box or pouch which he
carried in the Army."

1850 Tombstone: [484] Gahanna Cemetery, Gahanna, Franklin County, Ohio.
Baughman, Barbary [sic]
b. June 3, 1872 [sic]
d. Sept. 22, 1850
age 88y 2m 22d

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:

1985 Biographical Sketch: [491] "A second proof of Barbara Steele's ancestry was found in a document which George Baughman and his wife, Barbara Steele, made in 1785. In this document they gave power of attorney to George's brother, Jacob Bachman. The document, called a 'Letter of Money, George Bachman to Jacob Bachman,' was made in Northampton County. It is on file in the Courthouse in Easton. [492] Unfortunately the document had been filmed so that the available copy has white
lettering on a black background. It was impossible to get a photocopy. Two of us who are interested in the Bachman family have tried to obtain the original book with the original copy. Both of us have been unsuccessful. The document reads as follows:

"Know all men by these presents that George Bachman of Springfield Township in the County of Bucks in the state of Pennsylvania, Carpenter, and Barbara his wife late Barbara Stiehl being a daughter of Christopher Stiehl some time of the same place but late of Frederick County in the State of Maryland Farmer (or Tanner) deceased Have made and examined Constituted and appointed their trusty friend and brother, Jacob Bachman of the same county of Northampton in the state aforesaid Gentm. their true and lawful attorney for them and in their name and for their own proper use and benefit to ask demand recover and receive of and from the presenters of administrators of the said Christopher Stiehl deceased all such legacies, share, or shares divident or divident given or bequeathed unto them the said George Bachman and Barbara his wife of late Barbara Stiehl." Signed by George Bachman, X Barbara (her mark) 8 January 1785.

Barbara's father, Christopher Stiehl, evidently had left her in Springfield Township with her grandparents. He died in Frederick County, Maryland, but when he went there I was unable to ascertain. Christopher Stiehl made a will 2 October 1782. It was recorded in Frederick County, Maryland, following his death on 16 October 1782. [488]

From his will I learned the following about Christopher Stiehl. He was a farmer and a turner. A turner was a person who either worked in a sawmill, or in carpentry work - e.g. turning a lathe. He had married a second time to a woman named Catherine. By his second wife he had a son Abraham to whom he willed ' . . . all my Turning Tools and such other tools as am I obliged to make use of in my Turning Trade . . . ' He owned a Plantation on Spring Plains. His ten children, all by his second wife, were Elizabeth, Abraham, Catherine, Mary, Hannah, Susanna, Sarah, Eve, Solome, and Christopher.

In his will he did not provide for Barbara Stiehl, the only child by his first wife. At the time of her father's death, Barbara was twenty years old and had been married for one year. Whether or not Jacob Bachman, Barbara's designated attorney, was ever able to acquire any money or property for her from Christopher Stiehl's estate is not known."

1997 Biographical Sketch: [489] "Christopher Stahl / Steele, once a staunch Lutheran, married into Dunker families. . . . Christopher Steele who had purchased his land Spring Plains from Dunker minister, Jacob Danner, of the Beaver Dam Brethren settlement (Bk. K:811) in 1766, apparently became a member of the Brethren, for he was fined by the Committee of Observation as a 'non-associator' on Apr. 12, 1776, but was reduced from ?6.10 to ?4.10 on June 18, 1776, because of hardship. (See Maryland Historical Magazine, v. XI, no. 3, Sept. 1916, p. 257). He was deceased by 1782. His will, written Oct. 2, 1782 was probated in Frederick County on Oct. 16, 1782. (Bk. GM:275). Steele's second wife, Catharine Wine Steele, was one of three designated executors. Named children were: Elizabeth, Abraham, Catharine, Mary Hannah, Susanna, Sarah, Eva, Solome, Christopher. Several of the Steele children moved to Rockingham County, some descendants marrying into the Bowman family."

Christopher — SCHLEIFFER, Mary. Mary (daughter of SCHLEIFFER, Johannes and Barbara) was born Abt 1740; died 1763. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

1997 Biographical Sketch: [489] "His first wife was Mary (d. 1763), daughter of Johannes Schleifer, immigrant of 1739 and descendant of an ancient Anabaptist family, whose ancestors Hans Schleifer was martyred in the sixteenth century. Johannes was baptized by Elder Peter Becker into the Great Swamp Brethren Congregation. His son, John Schleifer, was the first resident minister at Broad Run, Middletown Valley, Frederick County, Maryland. Johannes was a brother of Mary Steele."
1767 Death: [493] Mary Schleiffer was deceased at the time her father Johannes made his will in 1767.

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:

1954 Biographical Sketch: [2522] "Stiehl, Abraham - of Steinbach (Kreis Simmern), 'has made up his mind to go to Pennsylvania;' is, with wife and four children, freed from vassalage on payment of 32 florins for manumission and 29 florins for tithe. (Johann Abraham Stiehl, Ship Patience, August 11, 1750)."

Undated Biographical Sketch: [2521] "My research on the Steel family suggests that Christopher was the son of Abraham Stihl who arrived in Philadelphia 11 Aug 1750 aboard the Patience. Abraham was dead by 12 Dec 1751 when his widow, Anna Margaretha (then married to a second husband) filed proceedings on his estate. You state that Christopher was 'once a staunch Lutheran.' In my research I have never found him in any church records in Bucks Co. I do find other Stihls (Steeles) in the Reformed Church in Bucks County who I think are related to Christopher - brothers perhaps. There was a George Steele who settled in Frederick County, Maryland, "west of the Catoctin Mountains," by 1784 who was also from Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where some of his children were baptized in a Reformed Church as were some of the children of one Abraham Steele, his brother. I am inclined to think that Christopher, Abraham, and George were brothers. Coincidentally, each named his first born son, Abraham."

1750 Immigration: [2523] Johann Abraham Stiehl arrived in Philadelphia from Rotterdam, but last from Cowes, on August 11, 1750, on the ship Patience, with Captain Hugh Steel. Of the 266 passengers, Johann Abraham Stiehl and 123 others took the oath of abjuration.

1750 Notice in The Pennsylvania Gazette: [2524] 16 August 1750, "For Charles Town, South Carolina, directly, the ship Patience, Hugh Steel, commander; will certainly sail by the middle of September. For freight or passage, apply to Charles and Alexander Stedman, or said master, N. B. She has good accommodations for passengers."

Notes:

1985 Biographical Sketch: [494] "A source of proof of Barbara Steele's ancestry is found in the will of Johannes Schlieffer. Johannes was the immigrant ancestor who was naturalized in Philadelphia in 1729. [495] His will was written: . . . the fifth day of May in the seventh year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the third by the Grace of God King of Great Britain France Ireland King Defender of the Faith Anno Domini One thousand seven hundred and sixty seven. [493]

At the time he made this will he lived in Springfield township in Bucks County. However, in his will he asked that after his death the Executors ' . . . shall sell my land and grist mill situate and lying and being in the Township of upper Saccon in the County of Northampton . . . " He must have been a neighbor of the John George Bachmans.

In his will Johannes named his wife, Barbara Schlieffer and his children: namely, John, Jacob, Abraham, David, Henry, Samuel, Barbara, Elizabeth, and Catherine. The information of value to this study was that he also named '. . . Barbara Steele the only daughter and child of my eldest daughter Mary deceased ... '

From this will of Johannes Schlieffer we have determined that Barbara Steele's mother's name was Mary Schlieffer; grandmother, Barbara Schlieffer; and her grandfather, Johannes Schlieffer."

1738 Possible Immigration: [496] A Johannis Sleipher arrived in Philadelphia on 11 Sep 1738 on the ship Robert and Alice; Johannis signed the oaths of allegiance and abjuration with his mark (O). [Note: The Robert and Alice carried 106 men and 53 women for a total of 159 persons. [497]]

1739 Possible Immigration: [498] A Johannis Schleipffer, age 21, arrived in Philadelphia on 11 Dec 1739 on the ship Lydia; Joahnnis signed the oaths of allegiance and abjuration.

Johannes — Barbara. Barbara was born Abt 1710. [Group Sheet]