There is a Christian (though not Christopher) Barr mentioned in William's "History of Washington County, Maryland." (Ca 1835) We the undersigned to this subscription promise to pay to Christian Shank, Jacob Miller and John Strite, ... to pay the cost of building a Mennonite meeting house, which shall be built on the ground of Jacob Miller, and to be the exclusive property of the above mentioned congregation." Signed by: Martin Bachtel Jacob BARR John Strite Henry Funk Christian Shank Abram Strite Jacob Miller John Byer John Eshelman John Snively Abram Stouffer George Poe Peter Newcomer Jacob Funk Andrew Shank Samuel Bachtel Andrew Newcomer Joseph Strite Jacob Newcomer Christian Strite Daniel Shank Daniel Scheetz Christian Stouffer Joseph Gabby Abram Stouffer, Jr. John Hoover John Newcomer Andrew Shank Christian Newcomer Christian Burkhart Benj. Garver Samuel Lantz Lewis Ziegler Jacob Bell Jonas Shank Garrett Woolf Samuel Strite Frederick Bell Henry Snively Frederick Byer John Nitly Henry Shriver Geo. H. Lambert Peter Hoover John Lesher Jacob Hoffman John Horst David Hoover Joseph Reiff, Sr. Jacob Lesher Christian BARR George Shiess The following have served in an official position:... Henry Baer, ordained minister in 1883, is still serving.... Adam Baer, ordained minister in 1876, died April 20, 1904. [Page 513] Mike > > Ruth, > > I could not find anything in my resources for Christian other than > the marriage entry, but found some Barbara information. > > In the Estate Distributions 1778-1805 (Morrow and Morrow) > There is an estate for > BARR, Martin. Adm. Barbara, John 2/15/1802' widow, Elizabeth > Stone, John, Jacob, Andrew, David, Mary, Otilla NEWCOMER. T. > 336.13.5 3/4 (pounds, shillings, pence). > Also: > The Maryland Herald > March 21, 1799 > "To sell cattle, horses, sheep, hogs, grain in the ground, > blacksmith's tools, shingles, 3 wagons, John BARR and Barbara BARR, > adm." > Nov. 21, 1799 > "To sell at the dwelling house of Martin BARR, late dec'd, quantity > of wheat, rye, sheep, gears, windmill and other -- Barbara BARR and > John BARR. adm" > > Hagerstown Gazette > Dec. 29, 1812 > "Died 28th inst. in the 70th year of her age, Mrs. Barbara BARR." > > In the marriage index there is a Barbara BARR/Christian NEWCOMER > 6/14/1808. Their newspaper item says he was from York County PA. > > I don't know how many Barbara BARRs you are dealing with (or Johns > for that matter). > > Lauren Brantner > > > > > > > Ruth Tysor wrote: > > > I have been searching for my 4th gr. grandfather and I have no > > information to give you. His name was Christopher Barr, no birth > > date or parents known. > > Married Barbara Toby 13 Apr 1809 in Washington Co. MD. One > > year later a son, John was born, also in Washington Co. MD. I > > have been able to trace John to present day but not Christopher. > > > > Was wondering if there was a Christopher Barr in your book. > > Thank you for checking. > > > > Ruth > > SW Iowa > > > > > > ==== MDWASHIN Mailing List ==== > > Many Washington County families are online at the FamilyHart > > Database. The url is: > > http://midatlantic.rootsweb.com/familyhart/ > > > > ============================== > > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > > > > > . > > > > > > > > > > ==== MDWASHIN Mailing List ==== > NO FLAMING ALLOWED HERE! Only friendly chat allowed...Thanks! > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx