 1739 - 1814 (75 years)
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| Name |
Samuel Bachman [1] |
| Born |
14 Jan 1739 |
Upper Saucon Twp., Northhampton Co., PA  [1, 2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
15 Sep 1814 |
Sullivan County, TN [1, 2] |
| Buried |
Double Spring Meeting House (Baptist Church) |
| Person ID |
I198 |
Paul's Tree |
| Last Modified |
2 Jul 2018 |
| Father |
John George Bachman, b. 2 May 1686, Richterswil, Canton Zurich, Switzerland , d. 22 Nov 1753, Upper Saucon Twp, Lehigh, PA (Age 67 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Anna Maria Schnebelli, b. 12 Apr 1698, Ibersheim, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany , d. 4 Nov 1776, Upper Saucon Twp., Lehigh, PA (Age 78 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Married |
1715 |
Ibersheim, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany |
| Family ID |
F173 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Rachel Owen, b. 1744, Northhampton County, PA , d. 10 Aug 1823, Clover Bottom, Sullivan Co., TN (Age 79 years) |
| Married |
18 Jan 1763 |
St. Michael's and Zion Church, Philadelphia, PA [2, 3] |
| Children |
| | 1. Elizabeth Bachman, b. Oct 1763, Upper Saucon Twp, Lehigh, PA , d. 1858, Greene Co. TN (Age 94 years) [natural] |
| | 2. Sarah Bachman, b. 15 Jan 1768, Upper Saucon Twp, Lehigh, PA , d. 15 Apr 1849, Barnardsville, Roane, TN (Age 81 years) [natural] |
| | 3. Jonathan Bachman, b. 6 Aug 1769, Saucon TWP, Northampton Co., PA , d. 3 Jul 1861, Sullivan County, TN (Age 91 years) [natural] |
| | 4. Nathan Bachman, b. 13 Sep 1773, Upper Saucon Twp, Lehigh Co., PA , d. 4 Oct 1858, Clover Bottom, Sullivan Co., TN (Age 85 years) [natural] |
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| Last Modified |
2 Jul 2018 |
| Family ID |
F157 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- From http://www.phillipsplace.net/genealogy/ps01/ps01_079.html
2005 DNA Confirmation:2827 Philip Ritter details evidence found in the 2005 Bachman DNA study. "A descendant of the Samuel Bachman who went to Tennessee had joined the project and his test just came back. He had a perfect match with the Rev. John Bachman's descendant and the rest of the Richterswil crowd. This Samuel was the great-grandfather of the Rev. Jonathan Waverly Bachman, whose biography had repeated and spread the William Penn secretary story. So the biographer was correct in assuming that the two Rev. Bachmans were distant relatives (most likely 2nd cousins once-removed).
There was always the tiniest bit of doubt in my mind about whether the TN Samuel Bachman was the Samuel Bachman who was the son of Johann Georg. A 1970 book on the TN Samuel Bachman family by Cornelia Ellen Bachman Phelgar (Bachman, A Record of Some of the Descendants of Samuel Bachman [1739-1814] and his wife Rachel Owen [1744-1823]) included a discussion by a professional genealogist hired by Mrs. Phelgar. The discussion makes a case that Samuel (son of Johann Georg from the Bible records) was the same Samuel who married Rachel Owen and went to TN. For example, the marriage of Rachel Owen of Upper Saucon Twp to a Samuel Bachman in Philadelphia occurred in 1763, one year after Samuel Bachman was listed in Upper Saucon Township on the tax lists as a single man, and five years after the then 19 year old Samuel (son of Johann Georg of Saucon Township) received an inheritance of land there. However despite the circumstantial evidence, there had been some who believed that the TN Samuel was a Christian Samuel Bachman who came to America somewhat later. The DNA test pretty much confirms the link to Johan Georg. It's nice when things work out."
From Phlegar, Cornelia Ellen Bachman, Bachman, a Record of Some of the Descendants of Samuel Bachman (1739-1814) and his Wife Rachel Owen (1744-1823), Radford, Virginia, Commonwealth Press, 1970.
p. 9. "Samuel Bachman, the fifth son, received his portion of the Bachman land in 1758, but there is no indication that he took up residence there. He appears on the tax lists for 1762 of Upper Saucon Township as a single man. The following year, on January 18, 1763, he and Rachel Owen, daughter of David and Sarah Owen who lived not far from the Bachmans, were married at Saint Michael's and Zion Church (Lutheran) in Philadelphia. In those days there were not always ministers available in the local area. Ministers usually made periodic circuits of an area and therefore it was not uncommon for young people to travel to Philadelphia to be married. The young twenty-four year old Bachman and his bride apparently decided to remain in the Philadelphia area where he is listed as one of the owners of the Summerhausen Lot no. 1 in Germantown in 1768. In 1774 he was taxed £5 14s 8d for nine acres of land and one head of cattle in Germantown."
p. 21-22. "Samuel Bachman, b. 1739 Saucon Township, Pa.; d. 9-15-1814 Sullivan Co., Tenn.; m. 1-18-1763 at St. Michael's and Zion Church (Lutheran), Philadelphia, Pa., Rachel Owen, daughter of David and Sarah Owen, b, 1744, d. 8-10-1823 at 'Clover Bottom.' Both Samuel and Rachel are buried at Double Springs Meetings House churchyard, which is today attached to a thriving Baptist Church and is maintained in excellent condition. Many of the old graves are marked only be native stones; no names. The writer visited this cemetery and church more than once.
Issue: a. Jonathan, 1769-1861; b. Nathan, 1774-1859; c. Sarah, dates unknown; d. Betsy, dates unknown.
Tradition says that the older of the two sons, Jonathan, was kidnapped by Indians and ransomed, which fact may have influenced Samuel to leave Pennsylvania, but it is believed the chief reasons was his opposition to military service, being of Quaker (or Mennonite) faith. He is said to have brought the first wagon to Sullivan Co., Tenn., loaded with merchandise, some of which he traded for land. He then returned to Pennsylvania and brought his family to what is now Kingsport, probably about the year 1776."
Roach, Hannah Benner, “The Back Part of Germantown, a reconstruction,” Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine, 1955, v. 20, pp. 77-149.
p. 109. "In May 1763 [John Shepherd] sold for £1115 all his property on the hill to Samuel Bachman, a sadler from Northampton County who the first of that year had married Rachel Owen. There may have been some dissatisfaction current in the neighborhood when news of the sale came out, for Bachman went to considerable pains to establish his integrity, bringing with him a character certificate couched in the following terms: To whom it may concern, That the bearer Samuel Bachman son of George Bachman dec'd haveing till lately and ever since his infancy been an inhabitant of Upper Saucon in Northampton Co. and he haveing as we are informed lately purchased an Estate in Germantown in Philadelphia Co. and is there now settled has requested us the subscribers in his former neighborhood in North Co. to certify the truth as to his character and behavior amongst us. We do therefore hereby certify that he the said Samuel Bachman to the best of our knowledge either by personal acquaintance of undoubted performance to be a quiet, sober and honest and industrious person in his Life and behavior. 16 May 1763."
The Pennsylvania Gazette, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 20 September 1764.
"To be sold, the Tavern on Chestnut Hill, known by the Name of the Ship, together with the land belonging thereunto, opposite Mr. Bachman. Any person inclining to purchase the same may apply to the owner, Daniel Mackinet, living in the corner house of Second and Race streets in Philadelphia."
The Pennsylvania Gazette, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 18 April 1765,
"Good cyder to be sold on Chestnut Hill, three miles from Germantown, enquire of Samuel Bachman."
The Pennsylvania Gazette, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 25 June 1767,
"To be sold or let on reasonable terms; and may be entered upon immediately; a two story stone dwelling house, with a very good orchard of an acre and a half, situate on Chestnut Hill in Germantown Township, just below Samuel Bachman. It is the house which was lately occupied by Abraham Shoemaker, deceased; and is spacious enough for two families. It is an extraordinary fine and advantageous situation for any tradesman or public business. For further particulars apply to the owner, Henry Juncken."
The Pennsylvania Gazette, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 21 November 1771,
"By virtue of a writ to me directed, will be exposed to public sale on Tuesday, the 10th of December next, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon (and to be struck off precisely at two) at the house of Samuel Bachman, on Chestnut Hill, a certain messuage and tract of land, situate on Chestnut Hill in Germantown Township, containing three acres and a half, and 10 perches, or thereabouts; bounded by the Great Road leading to Plymouth, the Great Road leading to North Wales, and by lands late of Michael Eckard, deceased. And a certain other tract of land, situate in the said township, containing 21 acres and 100 perches, be the same more or less, bounded by lands of Wiggard Miller, and others; late the estate of John Bouss, deceased; seized and taken in execution by Joseph Redman, Esq., late Sheriff, and to be sold by Judah Foulke, Sheriff."
Descendant Information
Sarah:1441 "Sarah Bachman, daughter of Samuel Bachman and Rachel Owen, was born 15 January 1768, Upper Saucon Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, died 15 September 1849, Roane County, Tennessee. She married John Barnard about 1785."
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| Sources |
- [S392] Web: Tennessee, Find A Grave Index, 1777-2012, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Database online.
Record for Samuel Bachman
- [S239] Swart family site on rootsweb from Tracy Verba (nauvoo@interpath.com).
- [S213] Pennsylvania Marriages to 1790 on ancestry.com.
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