I was a little quick with the keys. In the second paragraph, the first sentence should read "George Graff was neighbor to Christopher Stump". Also, this property and the Zellers were in adjacent Heidelberg Township. Bill Thomas -----Original Message----- From: brethren-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:brethren-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of William Thomas Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 5:21 PM To: brethren@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BRE] Baer/Bear & Graff/Groff Brethren Re: Graff/Baer Brethren I have done some research regarding these families. I know that a Jacob Graff lived in Lebanon Township, and that his daughter married Jacob Thommen, a son of Durst Thommen II. A Jacob Graff and wife were on the Ephrata listing of 1770, and Durst Thommen II and his father and siblings were associated with Ephrata. Jacob died about 1782. 1750 Lebanon Township tax records show Jacob Graff, and he is listed as neighbors to Henry Kline, and George Myer in 1762 land records. 1749 land records for Michael Kline show neighbors Jacob Graff and Christopher Myer. George was a son of Christopher. Ephrata is a short distance to the Lebanon Township area where these people lived. Land records also show Jacob Graff was neighbor to Christian Stump (Brother of Brethren John Stump) and John Zeller and David Zeller. Emmert Bittinger wrote an article on the Brethren Bowman family and notes their connection to Jacob Zeller. He notes that the Bowman family came from the Quitophelia region of Lancaster County, which is Lebanon Township. A Jacob Bowman warranted property that was patented by Martin Light, another neighbor of Jacob Graff. Martin Light was the uncle of Elder Michael Meyer. Daniel Seiler and Henry Eller (both associated with the Beaver Dam Congregation) also lived in the same vicinity if Lebanon Township. I have looked at the Bare/Bar/Bear family, and found no connection to the Brethren names you list. There was a John Bear on the Bethel Township, Lancaster County non-associator list of 1777. Bill Thomas ------------------------ Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN ------------------------ Support Our Sponsoring Agency The Fellowship Of Brethren Genealogists (FOBG) For further information contact Ron McAdams mailto:McAdamsr@hotmail.com ------------------------ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRETHREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message