BEAR, Charles Wesley

Charles married CONRAD, Mary Elizabeth 31 Jan 1839. Mary was born 11 May 1817; died 26 Jun 1841, Elkton, Rockingham County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

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In 1827 he sent the 3 youngest of his 7 children to live with a Jacob Bear, posting a $3,500 Guardian Bond for their welfare. The youngest of these was Rebecca who married Dr. Alfred L. Wolfe.
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In 1830 Henry owned 15 slaves.
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The 1850 Census show Henry living with his daughter Rebecca and her husband Alfred Wolfe in Rockingham Co., Virginia.
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Henry and Catherine are both buried in the Elk Run Cemetery.
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Children of Henry Bear and Catherine Runkle include:
Henry Bear (1798-02/01/1850), married on 09/28/1820 in Augusta County, VA, to Jane Kennerly (09/07/1800-02/14/1876), daughter of James Kennerly and Mary Bear. Henry Jr. died in Stockton, California; Jane died in Cooper County, Missouri.
John Bear
(?-?), Bishop of the Methodist Church
Col. Jacob Bear
(12/11/1801-02/27/1877), married Anna Moria Hall; Jacob is buried in Elk Run Cemetery
Charles Wesley Bear
(09/21/1808-04/14/1879), married 01/31/1839 to Mary Elizabeth Conrad (05/11/1817-06/26/1841), daughter of Henry Conrad & Sarah Harnsberger; Wesley is buried in Green Hill Cemetery at Luray, and Mary is buried at Elk Run Cemetery in Elkton, under the name Mary Bare.
Daughter Bear
(?-?, name unknown), married Dr. Alfred S. Wolfe
Elizabeth "Betsy" Bear
(01/15/1806-09/29/1881), married on 04/17/1827 to Jacob Brubaker (11/25/1803-07/22/1872), son of John Brubaker and Barbara Mauck
Rebecca (or Anna) "Becky" Bear
(06/12-or-28/1812-03/16/1869), married Mr. Hester, she is buried in Elk Run Cemetery
Alexander H. "Ellic" Bear
(?-09/14/1837)
Adam Clark Bear
(02/1820-08/1906), married on 02/15/1844 in Page County, VA, to Susan M. Long (09/13/1823-06/25/1898)

Henry married RUNKLE, Catherine 1788, Virginia. Catherine (daughter of RUNKLE, Peter and KOCH, Margaret) was born 9 Oct 1773, Elkton, Rockingham County, Virginia; died 9 Oct 1846, Augusta City, Virginia.. [Group Sheet]

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Grave marker states:
She died in the 74th year of her age; w/Henry Bear; d/____ Carn.

Notes:

Originally the Bear brothers lived at Brock's Gap, a mountain pass, about 20 miles west of Litha Springs in the Shenandoah Valley, from about 1750 to 1763.

In 1764 his Father-in-law, Adam Miller, offered him 280 acres and 200 pounds on the condition that he would be allowed to spend the rest of his life at the new house, now a building on said plantation, and that Jacob was to keep his in-laws supplied with two cows, a horse, meat, barley, wheat, and 33 gals. of whiskey.

Jacob then moved to Lithia Springs. The springs are now know as Bear Lithia Springs, they are about 2 Mi. north of Elkton, Rockingham Co., Virginia.

On January 18, 1775 Jacob presented a claim indicating his involvement in the Point Pleasant expidition during Lord Dunmore's War.

Jacob was a patriot during the Revolution, as he furnished supplies, and rendered services to the U.S. troops in 1780, 1781 & 1782, as shown in the minutes of the Rockingham Co., Court (Nat. No. 78953).

He and his brother John married sisters Ann and Elizabeth Miller (Mueller). Daughters of the immigrant Adam Mueller and his wife Anna Maria Barbara Koger.

1783--July 28th, Jacob Bear appointed administrator of Adam Miller.

Jacob's surname has been transcribed several ways, such as Bar, Bare, Bear and Baer. Jacob was called "Whiskey" because he kept his father in-law "warm with whiskey". Jacob was an elder at St. Peter's Reformed Church.
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Will of Jacob Bear May 2, 1787
In the name of God, Amen.
The second day of May, one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven.

I, Jacob Bear, of the County of Rockingham and the state of Virginia, being old and infirm tho perfect in mind and memory thanks be given unto God for the same therefore calling unto mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed unto all men once to die, do make and ordain this my last will and testament, that I be buried in a descent Christian burial at the direction of my Executors nothing doubting but at the general resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God, and as touching such worldly estate wherewith as it doth please God, and as the Almighty God to bless me in this life which give demise and dispose of in the following manner and form:

I give and bequeath to my well beloved wife Barbara Bear one Negro girl about 5 years old named Peggy for her use during life and divide and increase if any equally among all my children, except Catherine Shurley, and the use of two milk cows to have her choice. If they go dry to choose two more.

I likewise allow her the choice of a riding beast and if it dies, to be furnished by her two children that live with her with another, of my dwelling house for her life time or during her widowhood with plenty of fire wood brought to her door, with 20 bushels of wheat, with ten bushels of barely, and twenty gallons of whiskey, a one hundred weight of bacon and the same of beef, and if not used in the year, to be returned and to draw the same quantity for the next year, with salt sufficient for her use. And thirty shillings in money every year, and half score of flax every year like wise.

The above mentioned articles I order furnished by my sons, Jacob Bear Jr. and Henry Bear and I likewise order my son Adam Bear is to have the plantation I purchased of W.M. Nell WITHL) Acres of pine land lying between Henry Miller's 8 line and my old patented land and 5 pounds to begin wit

I likewise order that my three sons have out of my stock before exposed to sale 2 horses beasts and 2 cows each, and I likewise order that my son Adam pay 25 pounds for his part of dower towards his five sisters, three years after the sale of my moveables, and my other two sons Jacob and Henry pay 62 pounds 10 shillings each in like manner, and I further order that the remainder of my moveable estate to be sold and equally divided among my sons and daughters, excepting my daughter Catherine Shurley. I give and bequest her one shilling stirling (N.B.) That if I should not live to see my daughter Ann Bear married nor yet given her equal to the rest that she shall have eighty pounds hard money, two horses, two cows besides the equal part of my remainder of my movable when sold.

I further order that if one of my children die without issue that their estate shall fall back to my other children equally, and I likewise order that all and every particular of my estate now by me divided shall be good to each of them (and) their heirs forever.

I likewise order that my two sons Jacob Bear Jr. and Henry Bear be appointed my sole executors and administrators of this my last will and testament and I do hereby utterly disallow, revoke, and disannul all and every other former will or testament by me before, willed or bequeathed ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament.
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Jacob Bear Born about 1724 married Anna Barbara Miller (known as Barbara Bear) information on her family below.
Children:
Jacob Bear
Adam Bear, killed by indians
Henry Bear-married Catherine Runkle
Catherine Bear mentioned in the will above married to V. Shurley
Barbara Bear married Jacob Kislie
Mary (Polly) Bear married Henry Hamsberger
Christina Bear married Michael Marrow
Annie Bear married George Argenbright
Elizabeth Bear married George Koogler

Jacob married MILLER, Anna Barbara Between 1745 and 1750. Anna (daughter of MILLER, Adam and KOGER, Anna Maria Barbara) was born 1726; died 27 Nov 1791, Bear Lithia Springs, Rockingham County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

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Peter Runkle was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, serving in Captain Fraiser's Company, Augusta Co., Virginia.
(Register of Virginians in the Revolution, Alphabetical Register of Virginians in the Revolution, Page 683 ).
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Peter lived at East Point in Rockingham Co., Virginia. and may be buried at Rock Ridge City, Virginia.
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On May 19, 1768 Peter is cited as vice Constable in Augusta Co. court records.
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AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA - CHALKLEY'S CHRONICLES; Vol 3, PP 530 - 539.
Page 225.--16th November, 1772. Jacob Runkle and Annamarie ( )
to Peter Runkle, his son, part of 225 acres patented to Jacob, 30th August, 1763. part of which he conveyed to------
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Augusta County Court Records. Order Book No. 16, p.330.
May 21, 1778. ELLIOT RUTHERFORD, Peter Runkle, John Christler, William and Mary ELLIOTT, Adam Wise.--Suits transferred to Rockingham. --Lyman Chalkley, Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, Volume 1, Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County 1745-1800 (Baltimore, MD: 1912), 199.
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Peter Runkle and John Haynes and others petitioned the court for roads in Rockingham in September 1807.
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Peter Runkle found in: 1810 Census:
Harrisonburg, Rockingham Co., Virginia (Page #: 142)
Age ranges in household: 00002-0010109

Peter married KOCH, Margaret Bef Dec 1773, Probably Virginia. Margaret (daughter of KOCH, George and REINER, Maria Sara) was born 14 Dec 1753, Culpeper County, Virginia; died 1834, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

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Jacob came to the colonies with his parents and siblings in 1717+/- to Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania.

His name was originally spelled (Jagely Bare).

He moved to the Shenandoah Valley in about 1740 with son's Jacob and John. Jacob is said to have been a Tavern keeper.

Jacob — BARABARA. [Group Sheet]

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Adam (Mueller) Miller was born at Schersheim, Germany about 1703. The family name was spelled Mueller in Germany. His father lived and grew up in Lamsheim.

Adam came to America in 1720 to Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania. He and his wife and an unmarried sister moved to Williamsburg, Virginia in 1724.

In 1726 -1727 he visited the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and settled there with his family at Hawksbill Creek, in present day Page Co. They were the first European settlers in the valley.

In 1733 Adam's name appears on a list of petitioners who were trying to obtain land from Jacob Stover.

Adam was naturalized in 1741. Later the family settled in what would become Rockingham Co.

In 1742 Adam purchased 820 Acres including the Lithia Springs near present day Elkton, Rockingham Co., Virginia, where he built his first cabin. The house still stands.

Adam became the guardian of Michael (Cogar) Koger, his nephew, November 19, 1755, 2 years after Nicholas, Michael's father, was killed by indians.

Adam was a soldier in the French and Indian War, as indicated on a military schedule for 1758, in Hennings Statutes.

Adam was of the Lutheran denomination, and was probably buried at St.. Peters Church, 4 miles north of Elkton.

From the Moravian Diaries (December 3, 1749):
"Towards evening a man from another district, Adam Mueller, passed. I told him that I would like to come to his house and preach there. He asked me if I were sent by God. I answered, yes. He said, if I were sent by God I would be welcome, but he said, there are at present so many kinds of people, that often one does not know where they come from. I requested him to notify his neighbors that I would preach on the 5th, which he did."...

"On December 4th, we left Schaub's house, commending the whole family to God. We traveled through the rain across the South Shenandoah to Adam Mueller, who received us with much love. We stayed over night with him."...

"On December 5th, I preached at Adam Mueller's house on John 7: "Whosoever thirsteth let him come to the water and drink." A number of thirsty souls were present. Especially Adam Mueller took in every word, and after the sermon declared himself well pleased. In the afternoon we traveled a short distance, staying over night with a Swiss. The conversation was very dry and the word of Christ's sufferings found no hearing."

Adam married KOGER, Anna Maria Barbara Germany. Anna (daughter of KOGER, Joss and LOWENBERGER, Anna) was born 1716, Auggen, Loerrach, Baden, Germany; died , Near Elkton, Rockingham County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

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Jacob Runkle sailed from Rotterdam, Holland aboard the "Hampshire" when he was 27 years old.
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He took the oath of allegiance on September 7, 1748 (Pensylvania Pioneers, by Straussberger, vol. 1, pp. 373-375).
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By 1758 Jacob and his family are located in Augusta Co., Virginia, among the German Swiss in that part of eastern Virginia, he was being paid for his service in the county militia during the French and Indian War (Virginia Gleanings, p. 40).
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In 1763 Jacob purchased 225 acres of land near what is now Antelope Post-Office, in Rockingham County, Virginia, where he spent the remainder of his days. (Chalkey's Augusta County Records, vol. 3, p. 537).
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NOTE: Portions of Augusta co. were distributed to Rockingham co. in 1778.
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CHRONICLES OF THE Scotch-Irish Settlement IN VIRGINIA EXTRACTED FROM THE ORIGINAL COURT RECORDS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY 1745-1800, DEED BOOK NO. 19.
ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
page 530
Page 225.--16th November, 1772. Jacob Runkle and Annamarie ( ) to Peter Runkle, his son, part of 225 acres patented to Jacob, 30th August, 1763. part of which he conveyed to----
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AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA - CHALKLEY'S CHRONICLES; Vol 3, PP 530 - 539.
Page 172.--Patent to Jacob Runkle, 13th August, 1763. Teste:
Archibald Dickison, John Lowry.
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AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA - CHALKLEY'S CHRONICLES; Vol 3, PP 540 - 549.
Page 365.---16th November, 1776. John Kisling to Martin Finder, part
of 225 acres patented to Jacob Runkle 30th August, 1773 (1763?), west
of land where said Runkle lives. Teste: Peter Runkle, George Hoffman.
Lewis Rinehart.
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Jacob's Will was dated April 24, 1789 and Recorded October 24, 1791. Wife Mary and children Peter, Lewis, Elizabeth Cislin, Catherine Harris, and Mary Amon. Grandson Jacob, son of Peter is also cited.
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CHRONICLES OF THE SCOTCH-IRISH SETTLEMENT OF VIRGINIA; Vol 2, pp 180 - 189, by Lyman Chalkley
Ammon vs. Runkle--O. S. 243; N. S. 85--
Will of Jacob Runkle of Rockingham dated 24th April, 1789.
Wife, Mary. Sons and daughters.
Sons, Peter, Lewis;
grandson, Jacob, son of Peter;
daughter, Elizabeth Cislin;
daughter, Catherine Harris;
daughter, Mary Amon.
Recorded in Rockingham 24th October, 1791.

Bill by Christopher Amon and Mary, his wife.

Jacob Runkle died September, 1791, leaving a widow, Mary and four children besides oratrix. Elizabeth Ammon, niece of Peter Runkle, deposes. John Haines, grandson of Jacob, deposes. Jacob Rinehart was Peter Runkle's son-in-law. Mary Ammon, granddaughter of Jacob Runkle, deposes.

Jacob married HAMMER, Anna Marie 1/01 Feb 1739/1740, Wackernheim, Germany. Anna (daughter of HAMMER, Nicholas and MARIA, Anna) was born 20 Sep 1720, Wackernheim, Germany; died Nov 1813, Rockingham County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Descendants of Lorenz KOCH

Generation No. 1

1. LORENZ1 KOCH was born 1610 in Schwaigern, Wurtemburg, Germany, and died Unknown in Schwaigern, Wurtemburg, Germany. He married BARBARA (LNU) Abt. 1640 in Schwaigern, Wurtemburg, Germany. She was born Abt. 1620 in Schwaigern, Wurtemburg, Germany, and died Unknown in Schwaigern, Wurtemburg, Germany.

More About LORENZ KOCH and BARBARA (LNU):
Marriage: Abt. 1640, Schwaigern, Wurtemburg, Germany

Child of LORENZ KOCH and BARBARA (LNU) is:
2. i. MIKEL (MICHAEL)2 KOCH, b. 1650, Schwaigern, Wurtemburg, Germany; d. Aft. 1688, Schwaigern, Wurtemburg, Germany.


Generation No. 2

2. MIKEL (MICHAEL)2 KOCH (LORENZ1) was born 1650 in Schwaigern, urtemburg, Germany, and died Aft. 1688 in Schwaigern, Wurtemburg, Germany. He married ANNA HOLTZMANN Abt. 1682 in Schwaigern, Wurtemburg, Germany. She was born Bet. 1650 - 1660 in Schwaigern, Wurtemburg, Germany, and died Aft. 1688 in Schwaigern, Wurtemburg, Germany.

More About MIKEL KOCH and ANNA HOLTZMANN:
Marriage: Abt. 1682, Schwaigern, Wurtemburg, Germany

Children of MIKEL KOCH and ANNA HOLTZMANN are:
i. URSULA3 KOCH, b. 1685, Schwaigern, Wurtemburg, Germany.
ii. LUDTVICH (LUDWIG) KOCH, b. 1687, Schwaigern, Wurtemburg, Germany.
3. iii. JOHANN MICHAEL KOCH/COOK, b. August 5, 1688, Schwaigern, Wurtemburg, Germany; d. January 3, 1775, Culpeper Co., VA.


Generation No. 3

3. JOHANN MICHAEL3 KOCH/COOK (MIKEL (MICHAEL)2 KOCH, LORENZ1) was born August 5, 1688 in Schwaigern, Wurtemburg, Germany, and died January 3, 1775 in Culpeper Co., VA. He married MARY BARBARA REINER February 12, 1715/16 in Schwaigern, Wurtemburg, Germany, daughter of FREDRICH REINER and ANNA (LNU). She was born September 10, 1686 in Schwaigern, Wurtemburg, Germany, and died Unknown in Culpeper Co., VA.

More About JOHANN KOCH/COOK and MARY REINER:
Marriage: February 12, 1715/16, Schwaigern, Wurtemburg, Germany

Children of JOHANN KOCH/COOK and MARY REINER are:
i. MARGARET4 COOK, b. 1717; m. PHILLIP SNYDER; b. Abt. 1717.
4. ii. DOROTEA COOK, b. 1718.
5. iii. ADAM COOK, b. 1720, Germanna Colony, Culpeper Co., VA; d. Bef. 1772, Germanna Colony, Culpeper Co., VA.
iv. GEORGE COOK, b. 1720, VA; d. Abt. 1802, Culpeper Co., VA; m. (1) MARIA SARA REINER, Abt. 1744; b. May 21, 1724, Germany; d. Unknown, Culpeper Co., VA; m. (2) ANNA MARIE HOFFMAN, Aft. 1744; b. Abt. 1720.

More About GEORGE COOK and MARIA REINER:
Marriage: Abt. 1744

More About GEORGE COOK and ANNA HOFFMAN:
Marriage: Aft. 1744

v. SARA EVA COOK, b. 1722.

George married REINER, Maria Sara 1751, Culpeper County, Virginia. Maria was born 21 May 1724, Schwaigern; died Aft 1768, Virginia. [Group Sheet]