The Bear Family Tree


- Anabaptist                       Hans Bär                     M:Kathrina Huber
- Bruder/Albis,                    b: 1545                      C:Hans           Adelhaid
  Canton Zurich                    d: before 1614                 Barbara        Anna   
- Farmer                               |                          Osli           Andreas
                                       |                          Verena         Katharina
                                       |                          Lorenzo/Lenz   Hans Jakob
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- Ober Alvis                       Lorenz/Lenz Bär              M:Anna Strehler
  Switzerland                      b: 1580 (bapt)                 before 1612
                                   d: 1617                      C:Hans           Hans Jagli
                                       |                          Katharina      Barbara
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- Hausen                           Hans Bär                     M:Verena Huber
  Switzerland                      b: 1612                        Nov 16, 1634
                                   d: 1659                      C:Jakob          Adelheid
                                       |                          Verena         Hans
                                       |                          Verena         Heinrich
                                       |                          Lorenz         Anna
                                       |                          Veronika       Felix
                                       |                          Ulrich         Elizabeth
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- Hausen                           Hans Bär                     M:Verena Huber
- Apparently emigrated             b: 1648 (bapt)               C:Ulrich         Hans Rudolf
  to America                       d: 1717, Lancaster, PA         Hans           Hans Heinrich
                                       |                          Hansely        Anna
                                       |                          Jagely         Elizabeth
                                       |                          Anna           Heinrich
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- Believed to have arr             Jacob Bär (Jagely Bär)       M:?
  America at Philadelphia          b: 1683 (bapt)               C:Abraham        Jacob
  aboard Laurel, Aug 29, 1720        Hausen, Switzerland          Henry          John
- Tavern Keeper                    d:                             David
- Warranted 600 acres                  |
  Lencock Twp.,                        |
  Lancaster, PA                        V
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- Leacock Twp.                     David Bear                   M:Anna Good
  Lancaster Co., PA                b: 1724                      C:David          Mary
                                   d: 1763                      Barbara          Jacob
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- Whitely Twp, Green Co., PA       Jacob Bear                   M:Catherine....
- Washington Co. Maryland          b: 1760, Leacock Twp.,       C:David          Catherine
- Cumberland Valley,               d: 1837                        Nancy          George
  Beford Co. Pa                        |                          Henry
- Revolutionary War Soldier            |

1815 -                             Henry Bear                   M:Mary Ann....
- Hartford TWP                     b: 1787                      C:Benjmen        Samuel
- Trumbull CO., Ohio               d: ?                           Benjamen Henry Lafayette
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- Cherry Hill                      (Benjamen) Henry Bear        M:Phoebe Foster
  Salem Township                   b: 1817                      C:David H.       John
  Mercer Co., PA                   D: 1887                        Saphrona       Elizabeth
                                       |                          Henry          Benjamen James
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- Cooperstown, PA                  John Bear                    M:Sara Rebecca Phillips
                                   b: 1860(?)                   C:Henry Alfred   Leona
                                   d: 1908                        Amanca
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- Franklin, PA                     Henry Alfred Bear            M: Sara Gertrude McGriff
                                   b: 1879, Franklin, PA        C: Charles McGriff
                                   d: 1922                         Mary Isabelle
                                                                   Robert Henry
                                                                   Arthur Donald
                                                                   Chester Phillips