1751 Jacob Bowman, son of Christian and Elizabeth Bowman, was born on February 20. [1] [2] [3]
1777-78 Christian, Wendle, and Jacob Bauman were listed for exercise fines (not appearing for military exercises) in Captain Rheim's company, Berks County. [4]
1785 Jacob Bowman [Bauman] was listed as 5 class on a class roll of Capt. Weidner's Company of April and May 1765 of the First Battalion of Berks County, commanded by Col. Lutz. [5]
Jacob Bowman married Maria Schantz [6] or Maria Fohantzer [7]
1790 Jacob Bowman (of Chrn) lived in Cumru Twp, Berks County, Pennsylvania. [8] [9]
1802 Jacob Bowman entered the [Mennonite] ministry. [10]
1814 Mary Schantz Bowman, spouse of Jacob Oberholtzer Bowman, died on March 24 in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. She was born on January 10, 1751 in Germany. [11]
1816 Jacob Bowman left Lancaster for Ontario. [12]
1820 Jacob Oberholtzer Bowman died on July 4 at Pennsylvania and was buried at Diller Mennonite Church Cemetery, West Pennsboro Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Jacob Oberholtzer Bowman was born on March 20, 1751. [13] [14] [15] [16] [17]
1846 Son Abraham Bowman, spouse of Martha Bowman, died on April 21 in West Pennsboro Twp, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. He was born on December 11, 1788, son of Jacob Oberholtzer Bowman and Mary Schantz Bowman. [18]
Research Notes:
Jacob's wife has been reported by some researchers to be Mary Fohanzer (10 Jan 1752-24 Mar 1814). [19] We seek evidence to clarify the identity of the wife of Jacob Bowman.
[1] "Genealogical Tips Baumann/Bowman," [cites a bible assumed printed in 1720 and assumed to have belonged to Wendel Bowman (1681-1735), but which was actually printed in 1753, and belonged to Christian Bowman (1724-1790) and his son Wendel] Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 9 (April, 1986), 46.
[2] Ezra E. Eby, A Biographical History of Waterloo Township, Vol. 1 (1895), 64, [GoogleBooks].
[3] Jerold A Stahly, "The Family of Jacob Oberholtzer (1704-1755) of Brecknock Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 12 (April, 1989), 13-26, at 23, person O12.
[4] William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume 6 (Revolution 1777-1789, Lieutenants) (1896), 286, right, and 274, for description of the list, [InternetArchive], [GoogleBooks].
[5] Thomas Lynch Montgomery, Pennsylvania Archives, Sixth Series, Volume 3 (Muster Rolls Bedford-York) (1907), 56, of 55-6, [GoogleBooks].
[6] Barbara B. Ford, The Oberholtzer Book (1995), 116, [GoogleBooks].
[7] Jerold A Stahly, "The Family of Jacob Oberholtzer (1704-1755) of Brecknock Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 12 (April, 1989), 13-26, at 23, person O12.
[8] United States Federal Census, 1790, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].
[9] United States Federal Census, 1790, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[10] Leo Schelbert, Swiss Migration to America: the Swiss Mennonites (1966), 194, [GoogleBooks].
[11] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[12] Leo Schelbert, Swiss Migration to America: the Swiss Mennonites (1966), 194, [GoogleBooks].
[13] Find A Grave Memorial 61227462, [FindAGrave].
[14] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[15] "Genealogical Tips Baumann/Bowman," [cites a bible assumed printed in 1720 and assumed to have belonged to Wendel Bowman (1681-1735), but which was actually printed in 1753, and belonged to Christian Bowman (1724-1790) and his son Wendel] Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 9 (April, 1986), 46.
[16] Ezra E. Eby, A Biographical History of Waterloo Township, Vol. 1 (1895), 64, [GoogleBooks].
[17] Jerold A Stahly, "The Family of Jacob Oberholtzer (1704-1755) of Brecknock Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 12 (April, 1989), 13-26, at 23, person O12.
[18] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[19] Jerold A Stahly, "The Family of Jacob Oberholtzer (1704-1755) of Brecknock Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 12 (April, 1989), 13-26, at 23, person O12.