1779 Jacob Bassler [Bosler], perhaps this one, was taxed in Donegal Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania for 130 acres [1].
1782 Jacob Bassler [Bossler], perhaps this one, was taxed in Donegal Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania for 160 acres [2].
1817 Jacob Bassler [Bawsler] Jr and Sr were listed in Woodberry Twp, Bedford County, Pennsylvania (tax list?). [3]
A biosketch of grandson Jacob S. Bassler reports [4]:
Rev. Jacob S. Bassler, pastor
of the Children of Zion church, of Martinsburg, and a member of the foundry and machine shop ?rm of Snoeberger Bros. & Bassler, is a son of Rev. Andrew and Barbara (Stern) Bassler, native of Washington county, Maryland, and was born in Middle Woodbury township, Bedford county, Pennsylvania, May 14, 1829. His paternal great-grandfather, Valentine Bassler, was a native of Basle, Germany, born August 25, 1738, who came to Pennsylvania, and settled in Lancaster county, where he died in 1806, when in the sixty-eighth year of his age. His son, Jacob Bassler (grandfather), was born in 1765, and in 1812 went to Bedford county, in which he died on March 12, 1837, aged seventy-two years. Jacob Bassler followed blacksmithing, farming and distilling. He was a federalist and whig in politics, and a member of the Mennonite church, and married Mary Shank, by whom he had seven children, three sous and four daughters. One of these sons, Rev. Andrew Bassler (father), was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, November 29, 1804, and went with his father to Bedford county, this State, from which, in 1870, he came to Martinsburg, where he has since resided. He was an active and efficient minister of the River Brethren church for over forty years, and only retired from regular ministerial work when disqualified by advanced age. He is a republican in political views, has served as overseer of the poor and school director, and now resides upon his farm. He married Barbara Stern, who is a native of Washington county, Maryland, and to this union were born seven children, three sons and four daughters.
1837 The widow and five children of Jacob Bassler petitioned the Orphans Court in August to partition the estate. The 5 children were Emanuel Bassler, Andrew Bassley, Barbara spouse of Jacob Stoner, Mary spouse of Peter Sterner, and Elizabeth Bassler (incompetent), all of Bedford County. [5] [6]
1849 A deed dated April 21 named the heirs of Jacob Bassler. [7]
Bosslers heirs to Emanuel Bassler
Whereas the real estate of Jacob Bassler formerly of the Township of South Woodbery in the county of Bedford deceased was valued and app(?) under and by virtue of writ of Partition issued out of the Orphans Court of said county a portion of which said estate, to wit the Barrens containing one hundred and eleve acres and fifty three perches and alowances the part (?) "B" in the inquisition annexed to said writ of partition, was by the same court (?) Emanuel Bassler at the valuation on the 27th day of November A.D. 1837 (?) response to the Orhans Court No 5 (?) 326 and whereas Elizabeth Bassler (?) and hairs at law of the said Jacob Bassler deceased hath (?) issue, leaving hir brothers and sisters as the heirs of her (?) to the said Emanuel Bassler. Now therefore know all men (?) and Barbara his wife late Barbara Bassler, Andrew Bassler (?) garden of the minor children of Mary Starn(?) late Mary Bossler deceased, daughter and hair of the above named Jacob Bassler deceased and now hairs of Elizabeth Bassler deceased and Elizabeth Starn hair at law of hir Mother Mary Starn late Mary Bassler deceased, do acknowledge to have received of and from the said Emanuel Bassler our full shears parts and di(?) of and in the share and interest of the Elizabeth Bassler deceased of in and to the real estate so decreed to the said Emanuel Bassler as aforesaid and we the said Jacob Stoner and Barbara his wife Andrew Bassler and Elizabeth Starn, Joseph Kagy, Gardean of the minor children of the aforesaid Mary Starn deceased namely Jacob Starn, John Starn, Samuel Starn, Andrew Starn, Peter Starn, Rebecka Starn mnors of Mary Starn deceased for and in consideration of the sums of three hundred and ten dollars that is to us we the said Jacob Stoner and Barbara Stoner his wife and Andrew Bassler for and in consideration of the moneys to us heretofore pait and of the further sum of one doller ech to us in hand paid andto me Elizabeth Starn the sum of eight dollars and eighty cents and to me Joseph Kagy Gardian of the above sic minor children of Mary Starn deceased, the sum of fifty three dollers and thirty cents to us in hand paid by the said Emanuel Bassler the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged bo by these presents remise release quit clame and forever discharge the said Emanuel Bassler his hairs executors and administrators of and from all accounts demands clames and actions of reckonings whatsoever in law or equity or otherwise for or on account our intereswt of in and to the share of the said Elizabeth Bassler deceased in the real estate above mentioned and we do hereby authorize and direct the clerk of the Orphans Court of said County to enter satisfaction of the recognizance of the said Emasnuel Bassler for the shair of the said Elizabeth Bassler deceased in the said land so decreed to him. In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this 21st day of April A.D. 1849.
[1] William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume 17 (Lancaster Taxables) (1897), 517, [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[2] William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume 17 (Lancaster Taxables) (1897), 856, [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[3] James B. Whisker, The Bedford County Archives, Vol. 1 (Closson Press, 1985), 45, [GoogleBooks].
[4] Samuel T. Wiley and W. Scott Garner, eds., Biographical and portrait cyclopedia of Blair County, Pennsylvania, [HathiTrust].
[5] Pennsylvania. Orphans' Court (Bedford County), Orphans court dockets, records of requests and appointments of guardians for minors, 1772-1900, page 305: Bedford. Orphan Records 1824–1834, 1834–1839, image 489, [FamilySearchImage].
[6] Pennsylvania. Orphans' Court (Bedford County), Orphans court dockets, records of requests and appointments of guardians for minors, 1772-1900, page 325: Bedford. Orphan Records 1824–1834, 1834–1839, image 499, [FamilySearchImage].
[7] Deed book, 1771-1905: Bedford. Deeds 1854–1857, AC-219, IGN=008035203, image 114, [FamilySearchImage].