Since my post of "Wife of Jacob Burner, Jr.," there has been notes to the mailing list and to me dealing with the identification of the wife of Jacob Burner, Sr., and also concerning the 1750 Reconstructed Mennonite Census of the Shenandoah Valley including the Massanutten Area. As far as I can determine, the only primary reference that sheds any light on the identity on the wife of Jacob Burner, Sr., who was the mother of Jacob Burner, Jr., is found in John (Hans) Bumgardner's Augusta County Will. This will was written on March 22, 1751, and is recorded in Augusta County Will Book 1, pg. 332. John Bumgardner mentions his children: John, Christian, Mary, Elizabeth and Madley/Madlena. He also mentions Jacob Burner, his grandson, and nominates Jacob Burner, (Sr.) as an executor of his estate. It can thus be concluded that one of his daughters was the wife of Jacob Burner, Sr., and the mother of Jacob Burner, Jr., but the will does not identify which one. Since Jacob, Jr., was specifically mentioned as a legate in the will, perhaps his mother was no longer living. In 1999 Richard Warren Davis published Vol. III of "Emigrants, Refugees and Prisoners" containing a Reconstructed 1750 Mennonite Census for the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, including the Massanutten area. Jacob Borner's Family was designated as Household 37 and John Baumgartner as Household 38 (pg. 6). He places Madlena (Baumgartner) Borner in Jacob Borner's household, indicating she was Jacob's wife. He presented similar information in Vol. II, pg. 61. I wrote Mr. Davis and asked him for the source of his information proving Madlena was the wife of Jacob, Sr. He checked his notes and confirmed that Jacob Burner had married a daughter of John Bumgardner, but was unable to find the source of information that identified her as Madlena. He speculated that someone may have sent this information to him. Over the years a number of persons in addition to Davis have reported without proof that Madlena Burmgardner was the wife of Jacob Burner, Sr. I believe I have found the origin of this information in the publication/manuscript, "A Man of the Bullpasture, John Hiner, 1742-1814, " written by Amanda Arbogast Forbes for the dedication of the John Hiner marker on June 12, 1966, in a small family cemetery near Doe Run. Va. I contacted the author for the source of her information that Madlena was the wife of Jacob Burner, Sr.  She stated her proof was inadequate and was based on a false assumption. Unfortunately, the information in her publication has been accepted as fact by many and continues to be circulated as such since then. In conclusion, I think we can say with certainty that Jacob Burner, Sr., married one of the daughters of John Bumgardner, but we do not know for sure which one. There is a possibility that Jacob Burner, Sr., was married more than once, but we have no proof for this. I continue to search for a primary reference or solid proof that identifies the daughter of John Bumgardner who married Jacob Burner, Sr. If anyone has this proof or any ideas, please post them or contact me directly. Perhaps I have missed an important reference. Joe Baker