ibid [here are the descendants of Jacob Bar] [?BA5174.4 Jacob Bar, b. Nov. 15, 1724; d. Feb. 12, 1788, Bear Lithia Springs, north of Elkton, VA; about 1740 moved to Brock's Gap areea of present Rockingham Co., Va., with father Jacob and brother John; on Feb. 4, 1752, purchased 400 acres at Brock's Gap; in 1764 pruchased 280 acres from Adam Miller; in 1767 elder of St. Peter's Reformed Church, Elkton, Va.; nathuralized 1770/1774. m. Anna Barbara Miller, b. 1726, d. Nov. 27, 1791; bap. May 1, 1739, Elkton; dau. of Adam Miller (d. 1783) and Barbara ____. source: Wilbur Hanson Kalb, "Descendants of Jagely "Jacob" Bar, 1683-after 1740", mss. phoebie Cox, 2530 Kings Vly-Dallas Hwy, Dallas, OR 97338, to Baer Newsletter 7:4 (June 1985): 33-38, Will dat. May 2, 1787, Rockingham Co., Va., pr. Apr. 27, 1788. BA5174.41 Catherine Bear, b. ca. 1750; d. 1831, Paoli Twp., Orange Co., Ind; 8 ch. m. Valentine Shirley, b. ca. 1750, Pa.; d. Sept. 1811, Augusta Co., Va. source: Henry Shirley rothrock, Genealogy of Valentine and Catherine Shirley and Related Families (1983). BA5174.42 Anna Barbara Bear, b. Feb. 14, 1751; d. Mar. 12, 1828. m.(1) Philip Lingel, bap. Apr. 28, 1750; d. July/Aug. 1777; wagonmaker; son of Jacob Lingel and Anna Ursula ____; 3 ch. m.(2) ca. 1782, Jacob Kisling, b. Jan. 18, 1760; d. May 23, 1835; son of Christopher Kilsing and Christina Lingle; 5 ch. source: Richard Mauzy, Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Henry Mauzy, a Huguenot Refugee (Harrisonburg, Va.: Press of the Daily News, 1911), pp. 108, 110, 113, 117, 120, 121. BA5174.43 Adam Bear, b. 156; d. before 1831, Va.; d. without ch. BA5174.44 Elizabeth Bear, d. by 1831; 7 ch. m. by 1786, George Coogler, d. by 1831 BA5174.45 Mary Anna Bear, b. Mar. 27, 1757, Elkton; d. June 25, 1824, Bridgewater, Va.; 7 ch. m. Mar 7, 1780, Henry Harnsberger, b. Oct. 16, 1752; son of Stephen Harnsberger and Ursula Scheitle. BA5174.46 Jacob Bear, b. Dec. 31, 1765; d. May 17, 1827; single. BA5174.47 Christina Bear, d. after 1831 m. Between 1783 and 1789, Michael Mallow, d. after 1831; son of George Mallow, Sr. BA5174.48 Henry Bear, b. 1769; wp. July 1852, bu. elk Run Cem., Elkton; called "Black Henry." m. ca. 1793, Catherine Runkle, b. 1773; d. Oct. 9, 1846, bu. elk run Cem.; dau. of Peter Runkle and Margaret Cook. BA5174.481 John Bear, b. 1794 Rockingham Co.; d. 1878, Methodist minister in western Pa. source: James E. Armstrong, History of the Old Baltimore Conference from the Planting of Methodism in 1773...(Baltimore: Author, 1907), pp. 213, 331, 332. BA5174.482 Henry Bear, b. 1798, Rockingham Co.; d. Feb. 1, 1850, Stockton, Calif.; farmer, blacksmith; in 1836 moved to Ky., then Mo.; joined gold rush of 1849. m. Sept. 38, 1820, Jane Kennerly (BA5174.526), b. Sept. 7, 1800, Augusta Co.; d. Feb. 14, 1876, Cooper Co., Mo.; dau. of James Kennerly and Mary Bear Harpine. BA5174.4821 James Franklin Bear, b. 1822, d. 1858; 1 ch. m. Apr. 14, 1842, Sophia E. Rochester BA5174.4822 Samuel Kennerly Bear, b. May 10, 1825 Va.; d. Nov. 30, 1882, Nodaway Co.; Mo.; 10 ch. m. Apr. 3 1849, Cooper Co., Mo., Nancy Susannah Wood (L9644), b. Jan. 14, 1829, Shenandoah Co., Va.; d. Sept. 12, 1887, Howell Co., Mo; dau. of William Fallis Wood and Barbara Brumbach (L964). BA5174.4823 Cornelia ann Bear, b. Apr. 6, 1830; d. Oct. 6, 1902. m. George A. T. Shirley, b. Aug. 25, 1828; d. July 26, 1890. BA5174.4824 Henrietta Virginia Bear, b. 1833; d. without ch. BA5174.4825 Jacob Miller Bear, b. 1834; d. 1851; single. BA5174.4826 John Henry Bear, b. 1838 m. Mary ____ BA5174.4829 Alfred Wesley Bear, b. Mar. 13, 1841, Cooper Co., Mo.; d. Jan. 21, 1911; teacher, later physician in Grant Twp., Nodaway Co., Mo. m. Feb. 9, 1879, Mary Hester Bradley