I am collecting information on four possible wives for Jacob BARR / BEAR 1723-1803. Any help appreciated. Please don't cite this posting as a source because I am sure there are errors here. These wives are mentioned in various publications, in various combinations and orders. I have found citation of some primary records to support these relationships, but not many. Looking at the dates, almost all of them conflict in some way with another date. The numbers preceded by a letter are from the Groff Book. HB stands for the Herr book. ANNA GROFF N5 HB#180?? [sorry, I don't have the number with me] m 18 Dec 1761 B. 20 Jul 1740 d. 30 Aug 1777 dates from HB, perhaps based on Bible records Mentioned in HB as mother of children Martin and John, both born before 1761, and Barbara, b. Sept. 1761; Another daughter, Elizabeth, seems to have been born in 1751. This means that four of the seven children usually ascribed to Anna Groff N5 appear to have been born before the December 1761 wedding. Two children, Christian and Abraham, seem to have been born after the 1761 wedding and before her death. [Anna? Elizabeth?] BRUBAKER m. ? No birth or death dates (but RW Davis suggests this is the first wife, d. 1761) Two possible children, whose estimated birth dates vary from 1768 to 1784. Mentioned in HB in listing for daughter Susanna, who married Jacob Graff/Groff #663 P7. Another possible daughter is Anna. Sources say Anna appears in marriage records of Trinity New Holland Lutheran church as m. 1794 John Shenk, but I have no copy of the record. ANNA SOUDER GB B113 m. aft 1777? b. c. 1741 d. 1795 (will) will dated 7 Dec 1795 probated 19 Dec 1795, says Jacob was lame and needed a caregiver; leaves some bequests, none to children. Susanna and Anna are usually listed as children of Anna, but they are not in her will. Estimated birth dates for both vary widely ANNA GROFF wid. KENDIG O4 and HB #93 m aft 1787 or 1795? b. 6 Dec 1735 per Herr Bible; b. 12-1735 wp1771 (or 1740-1811? Online listing) m. 1756 Henry Kendig per GB; Henry d. 1787 (online listings) 6 children by Henry; probably none with Jacob Jacob had a wife named Anna in 1803 when he wrote his will, and both Anna Groff and Anna Souder were dead by then. Either Anna/Elizabeth Brubaker or Anna Groff Kendig seem like candidates, but if Anna Groff died in 1771, she couldn't even have married Jacob Barr because he was married to Anna Groff N5 between 1761 and 1777. I need a copy of the 1771 will mentioned in the Groff Book as hers. Jacob's will divides his children into two groups: the children of his unnamed first wife: Martin, Jacob, Elizabeth, John, Barbara, Christian, and Abraham; and the children of his present wife Anna: Susanna and Anna. John was deceased by 1803 and is mentioned in such a way that it is not entirely clear which group he belongs with. He is sometimes listed with the second group. Also mentioned are his wife Veronica (who is sometimes mistakenly considered another daughter) and their two children, Jacob and Mary. Thank you for your patience through this long, confusing query. Susan