This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/1gC.2ACEB/610.5 Message Board Post: I have also been working on sorting out all of the Bachman/Baughman's from Westmoreland County. It seems as if the list of children for Henry and Catharine and John and Maria Barbara published by Humphrey for Montgomery County is not complete. John and Maria Barbara had one additional son, Jacob, not listed by Humphrey. I have not yet found the baptismal record for Jacob, but when his son, Johannes, is baptized at Harrold Zion Lutheran Church, May 14, 1809, listed as his sponsors are Johannes Bachman & Barbara (Grandparents). Jacob would have been born about 1776 which is still the time the family attended St. Paul's Church. I don't know if there was a transciption error from the original church records or if he was baptized at another church for some odd reason. Jacob appears in the same church as his brother, John, when he and the other siblings are confirmed. (I am a descendant of Jacob.) I have also found that John Bachman owned 70 acres of land in Marlborough Twp., Montogomery County, on which he paid taxes August 15, 1785. This information comes from Bean's History of Montgomery County, PA, Chapter LXI, p 956. I have not attempted to get a copy of any land records at this point. In 1796, John purchased land from John Kunkle on which he built his homestead. John is the brother of Catherine Kunkle, wife of Henry. As far as the information regarding Henry Bachman's marriage to Catherine Kunkle, this is found in Samuel T. Wiley, Chief Asst., Biographical & Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvannia. John M Gresham & Co: Philadelphia, 1890, 287-288, Excerpt from biography on Henry Croushore. I have not had the opportunity to check other chuches in the Montgomery County area for a record of their marriage. According to James Erwin Kunkle's "Kunkel Families From Germany" Henry was born about 1742 in Germany and came to Pennsylvania about age four years old. I have recently done a DAR patriot search in which Henry Bowman (sic) is listed as being born in Germany, married to Catharine Kunkle and the birthdates being correct. I have not sent for the complete record yet. Henry and Catharine Bachman of North Huntingdon, Westmoreland Co, PA had a son referred to as Adam. He is named repeatedly in "The Will of Henry Baughman" (Abt. 1742-1816) Source: Will Book 1, #579, pp. 396-97, Register of Wills, Westmoreland Co, PA .... In the name of God Amen I Henry Baughman of North Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County & Commonwealth of Pennsylvania... *First I give and bequeath to Catharine, my dearly beloved wife... among my four Daughters to wit first Margaret now the wife of Peter Straw for her own use and support during her life and what shall remain after her decease the said Margaret shall be equally divided among her three Sisters hereafter mentioned their heirs or assigns forever. *As to my son John, he being already very well provided for & in good circumstances, I give unto him the sum of two dollars. *As to my Son Adam, he being already very well provided for and in good circumstances, I give unto him the sum of two dollars. *As to my Son Peter, he being very well provided for and in good circumstances, I give unto him the sum of two dollars. *Also I give and bequeath to my beloved Daughter Mary, now the wife of Peter Straw, the sum of two hundred and sixty eight dollars to be paid by my Son Adam, ... *Also I give to my well beloved Daughter Barbara, now the wife of Michael Isaman (sic), the sum of two hundred and sixty eight dollars to be paid by my son Adam, ... *Also I give my well beloved Daughter Sara, now the wife of Adam Leonhart (sic), the sum of two hundred & sixty eight dollars to be paid by my son Adam, ... *And I do hereby ordain and appoint Adam Baughman, my son, & Peter Baughman, my Son, the Executors of this my last will & testament ...In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this fifth day of October in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred & fourteen. In German Henry Baughman Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said Henry Baughman as his last will and testament in presents (sic) of us John Peter Miller, Peter Rauck [Rugh] Jacob Smith. Westmoreland County S.S. In addition, in the History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania by George Dallas Albert, 1882, there is family a biography on Jacob Baughman, p 668, that describes the family. It references Henry and Catharine's emigration and settling in the "Blue Ridge" region of Pa, thirty miles from Lancaster City. It goes on to state that Adam Baughman settled on a farm in Armstrong county until the death of his brother Henry at which time he returned to Westmoreland County. It states that 4 of his children were born in Armstrong County. As with the Jacob, John and Maria Barbara's son, I have not been able to definitively locate Adam's baptism. It seems odd that both would not have been baptised at the same location as their siblings. It would be invaluable to be able to check the original records for transcription errors or missing pages etc. John and Maria Barbara also had a daughter, Elisabeth Barbara, born after 1782, that is also not listed in the Montgomery County births. This is also documented by her child's baptism in the German Church Records by Paul Miller Ruff.