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Notes for Barnet Hamschear and Anna Barbara Bailey

Research Notes:

These notes assume that Barbara Bailey (1766-1800?), daughter of Jacob and Eva Elisabeth Bailey, was the spouse of Barnet Hamschear (1761-1815), as do many other researchers. However, there are some aspects to this assumption that are unclear. Barbara would have been only age 14 at her marriage in 1780. The 1800 census suggests that Barnet was married at that time, so if Barbara died about 1800, then Barnet had perhaps remarried. Barnet's will names many young children. Did Barnet have children by Barbara and if so were they named in the will? How was Barnet Hamsher, Revolutionary Patriot, of Franklin County related?

1766 Anna Barbara, daughter of Jacob and Eva Elisabetha Baechli, was born on April 17. She was baptized on May 10, 1766, with sponsors Ludwig Fahnewel and Anna Barbara Gerbbrich (both single), at St. Jacobs Stone Lutheran and Reformed Church, Brodbecks, Codorus Twp, York County, Pennsylvania. [1] [2]

1780 Bernhard Hamscher and Barbara Balis were married on December 25 at the First Trinity Reformed Church in York, York County, Pennsylvania. [3] [4]

1787 Barnet Hamsher was taxed in Codorus Twp, York County, Pennsylvania. [5]

1789 Barnet Hamschear [Bernard Hamsher] received a land warrant for 60 acres in Codorus Twp, York County, Pennsylvania on April 29. [6] A prior warrant was granted in 1785 but the survey ran foul of adjoining lands and was resurveyed in 1787. Adjacent landowners included Jacob Bailey, Michael Kleinfelter, George Bortner, Theobald Schneider/Snyder, Andrew Rybolt, and Michael Shultz. [7] [8] [9] Ludwig Frazier patented the tract on 5 November 1795. [10] [11]

1790 Barnard Hamshire lived in Codorus Twp, York County, Pennsylvania, in a household with 2 males under age 16, 1 males age 16 and over, and 3 females. [12]

1800 Barny Hampshire lived in Green Twp, Franklin County, Pennsylvania in a household with males: 1 (Under 10), 1 (10 thru 15), and 1 (26 thru 44); and females: 4 (Under 10) and 1 (26 thru 44). [13]

1815 Barnet Hamsher's will was dated April 15. The will was in probate court in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, USA, on May 16. The will named Peter Hamsher (Son), John Hamsher (Son), Catharine Hamsher (Child), Margaret Hamsher (Child), Mary Hamsher (Child), Susanna Hamsher (Child), Adam Hamsher (Child), Jacob Hamsher (Child), Elizabeth Hamsher (Child), Martha Hamsher (Child), Lydia Hamsher (Child), Hannah Hamsher (Child), and Henry Clippinger (Friend). No wife was nmed. [14]

1815 Barnett Hamsher died on April 20 at Lurgan, Franklin County, Pennsylvania and was buried at Pleasant Hall Cemetery, Pleasant Hall, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. Barnett Hamsher was born on November 18, 1761. [15] [16]


Footnotes:

[1] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985, PA,York, Brodbecks, Lutheran and Reformed, St Jacobs (Stone), [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[2] York County, Pennsylvania Church Records, 1760-1800: Codorus Township, [AncestryRecords].

[3] Donna R. Irish, Pennsylvania German Marriages (1982), 475, [GoogleBooks].

[4] Henry James Young, Register of the First Reformed Church, York, Pennsylvania and of Trinity-First Reformed Church (FHL film 20356), Vol. 1 (1935), [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[5] Pennsylvania, Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[6] Pennsylvania Land Warrant, York County, H281, [PALandWarrantLinks].

[7] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, C95-118, date 1785, [PASurveyBookLinks].

[8] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, C95-119, date 1787, [PASurveyBookLinks].

[9] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, C95-128, [PASurveyBookLinks].

[10] Pennsylvania Land Patent, P26-182, [PAPatentBookLinks].

[11] Pennsylvania, Land Warrants and Applications, 1733-1952, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[12] United States Federal Census, 1790, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[13] United States Federal Census, 1800, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[14] Pennsylvania, Will and Probate Records, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[15] Find A Grave Memorial 67299626, [FindAGrave].

[16] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].