Bachmann/Baughman
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Catherine
Bachman married Christian Wahl in about 1803 in Lowhill Township, Northampton
County, Pennsylvania. Christian Wahl is our immigrant ancestor who came
to America from Germany sometime shortly after the American Revolution.
Catherine was the granddaughter of the Bachman immigrant father, Jacob
Bachman. The spelling of the name changed when members of the family migrated
to Ohio. It is a mystery to me why the spelling changed from the rather
simple Bachman to Baughman, but in Ohio it did. Another version found
in the records is Bachmann.
The Bachman
family came to Pennsylvania from Germany. Some of the earliest accompanied
William Penn to Pennsylvania and a Mr. Bachman was Penn’s personal secretary.
Penn granted to his secretary a large tract of land encompassing two townships.
Most of the descendants of the original Bachman immigrants remained in
eastern Pennsylvania where many are still found today. However,
a sizeable number of the third generation descendants of immigrant Jacob
Bachman removed to Wayne and Medina County, Ohio. As I mentioned
above, for some reason, members of the generation who removed from Pennsylvania
to Wayne and Medina County, Ohio universally changed the spelling
of their surname to Baughman. They were early settlers in Wayne County,
Ohio and Baughman Township in Wayne County was named for them.
Jacob Bachman, Sr.
Our immigrant ancestor of the Baughman family was Jacob Bachman who was born
on July 25, 1704 in Germany and died in Pennsylvania in 1788. He was buried
at the Lowhill church in Lowhill township, Northampton County (what is
now Lehigh County), near Allentown, Pennsylvania. Jacob arrived
at Philadelphia on the ship Edinburgh, on September 14, 1753, with his
family. His two eldest sons, Johan Jacob and Lorentz, are also listed
on the ship’s passenger list. He settled in Lowhill Township, which, in
those days was part of Northampton County. Conrad Bachman, a kinsman,
possibly a brother, settled in Lehigh Township, Northampton County about
the same time as Jacob established himself in Lowhill.
Jacob helped to organize the Lowhill Reformed (Lutheran) church on January 27,
1769 and his name appears on the church’s constitution. Charles
R. Roberts states in his HISTORY OF LEHIGH COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA (1914)
that Jacob Sr. served in the American Revolution in Captain Andrew Dapper’s
company of Northampton County Militia. Since Jacob Sr. was 72 years old
in 1776, I believe that this was probably Jacob, Jr. (Johan Jacob); although,
militia units often consisted of able bodied men of all ages. These militia
units were more or less home guard units and anyone capable of carrying
a musket was welcome in their ranks.
Jacob, Sr. was married twice. His second wife was Catharine, widow of William
Schmetter, of Albany Township, Berks County. Jacob had nine children
that we know of, four sons and five daughters. Most of them were probably
born in Germany and were the offspring of Jacob and his first wife.
Children of Jacob Bachman, Sr.
1. Johan Jacob Bachman, (Jacob, Jr.), born November 20, 1731
in Germany; died March 28, 1796 in Pennsylvania.
2. Lorentz Bachman (born probably between 1733 and 1740 in Germany); he farmed
a tract of 150 acres in Lynn Township; he died before 1804 since
his wife Susanna is listed as a widow when she died that year. Lorentz and Susanna had eight children.
3. Nicholas
Bachman (born probably between 1735 and 1740 in Germany). Nicholas
is the ancestor of the majority of Bachmans who lived in Lehigh
and Northampton Counties up until the twentieth century. He and
his wife, Maria Magdalena had ten children. Nicholas married a
second time on December 23, 1800, to Margaretha Hauptman who bore
Nicholas a child after his death in 1802. Nicholas had a son
Peter, (born on April 18, 1787) who removed to Ohio.
4. Paul Bachman, was probably born in German between 1740-1745; he married
Margaret Hantz. She was born August 30, 1744 and died April 12,
1791; Paul and Margaret had seven children; one son, Daniel, born
in 1787, removed to Ohio.
5. Christina Bachman
6. Maria Bachman
7. Elizabeth Bachman
8. Susanna Bachman
9. Ottilia Bachman
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Johan Jacob Bachman
Johan Jacob Bachman was born in Germany on November 20, 1731. He came
to Philadelphia at the age of 22 aboard the ship Edinburgh in 1753 along
with his parents and siblings. Except for the passenger list, his name
is given as Jacob in Pennsylvania records. He settled on a farm in Lowhill
Township, (Lehigh County) Pennsylvania, probably not far from his father’s
farm. In 1769 he donated three acres of land to the Lowhill Reformed (Lutheran)
church that his father helped to organize. The congregation erected a
church building and established a cemetery on the land. The original church
was constructed of logs and was dedicated on September 3, 1769.
It was in the Lowhill church in 1803 that Christian Wahl married Jacob’s
granddaughter, Anna Catherine Bachman. Christian and Catherine baptized
several of their children in the Lowhill church. By that time, the log
church had probably been replaced by a more modern building.
Jacob Jr. married Elizabeth Reichlin probably after arriving in America. Elizabeth
was born June 22, 1740 and died October 21, 1800. Jacob preceded her in
death by four years, dying on March 28, 1796. I believe that it
was probably Jacob, Jr. who served in Andrew Dapper’s company of Northampton
County Militia during the American Revolution.
Children of Jacob Bachman, Jr. and Elizabeth Reichlin
1. Nicholas Bachman born 1763 probably in Nothampton County, Pennsylvania.
2. Jacob Bachman, born about 1765 in Lowhill township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
3. Adam Bachman, born October 21, 1768 in Lowhill township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania; died 1838 in Medina County, Ohio.
4. John Bachman, born January 28, 1771, Lowhill township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania; died December 18, 1829
probably in Pennsylvania.
5. Lorentz Bachman, born
in 1773 in Lowhill township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania; died
March 8, 1843 in Wadsworth, Medina County, Ohio
6. Eva Elizabeth Bachman, born in 1780.
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Nicholas Bachman
Nicholas
Bachman, eldest son of Jacob, Jr. was born on September 5, 1763 in Lowhill
township of Northampton County, Pennsylvania. He married Catharine
Kindt probably in Northampton County in about 1784. Nicholas and Catharine
were the sponsors of the baptism of Carl (Charles) Wahl, Christian and
Catharine Bachman Wahl’s third child. Sponsors of a child’s baptism were
usually close relatives. Nicholas died on June 16, 1832. Nicholas
and Catharine had four children.
Children of Nicholas Bachman and Catharine Kindt
1. Anna Catharine Baughman, born in 1785; married Christian Wahl in 1803
2. Magdalena Baughman, born in 1788 in Lowhill Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania;
married first Jacob Feller and second her widower brother-in-law Christian Wahl in Wayne County,
Ohio in 1837 in Medina County, Ohio. She died March 28, 1865 in Wadsworth, Medina County, Ohio.
3. Solomon Bachman, born in 1790 in Lowhill Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
4. John Adam Baughman, born 1792, Lowhill Township, Northampton County.
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Anna Catharine Baughman
Anna Catharine
Bachman/Baughman’s given name in most of
the records we have of her. It was not an uncommon practice for German
people of that era to use their middle names almost exclusively. Catharine
was born in Lowhill Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
It is likely that she met Christian Wahl through the church at Lowhill
although the Wahls were associated with another church in present day
Carbon County. Catharine and Christian were married about 1803 probably
in the Lowhill church since several of their children were baptized there. Christian
and Catharine moved from Northampton County west to Carbon County, Pennsylvania
sometime before the 1820 census was taken. In 1824 Christian purchased
land in Wayne County, Ohio a bit south of Wadsworth in Medina
County. Catharine died in 1837 and is buried in the historic Emanuel United Church of Christ cemetery
just south of Wadsworth on Eastern Rd (Rt 150) near the S. Medina County Line Rd. Later that same year, Christian married
Magdalena Baughman Feller, Catharine’s younger sister and widow of Jacob
Feller. Christian died in Wadsworth in 1850 and Magadalena signed a "quit claim" document renouncing all claims to his estate.
Magdalena died on March 28, 1865 and is also buried in the Chruch of Christ cemetery. No children were born to this union.
Children of Catharine Baughman and Christian Wall
1. John Wall, born
December 24, 1804, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania; died after 1880,
Wadsworth, Medina Co., Ohio; married (1) Mary W. Baughman, daughter
of Paul and Anna Barbara Baughman; Mary died about 1875 and John
married (2) Catherine about 1880.
2. Maria Magdalena
Wall, born Nov. 22, 1806, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania; died
about 1827, Wayne Co., Ohio; married Jonathan Everhard, Aug. 15,
1826, Wooster, Wayne Co., Ohio.
3. Charles Wall, born September 14, 1808, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania; died January
10, 1893, Sharon Center, Medina Co., Ohio; married (1) Sophia
Frederick, (2) Harriet Luke.
4. Rebecca Margaret
Wall, born January 21, 1810, Pennsylvania; died about 1864, Indiana;
married Curtis Brouse.
5. Catherine Wall,
born about 1811, Pennsylvania; died after 1870, Sharon Center,
Medina Co., Ohio; married Jonathan Everhard.
6. Isaac D. Wall, born
April 18, 1813, Pennsylvania; died September 11, 1870, Sharon
Center, Medina County, Ohio; married Susannah Brouse.
7. Judith Wall, born
December 1814, Pennsylvania; died May 1, 1835, Sharon Center,
Medina Co., Ohio; married Joshua Hartman.
8. Abigail Wall, born
1817 Pennsylvania; died October 29, 1840 Wayne County, Ohio; married
Joel Baughman, son of Paul and Anna Barbara Baughman and brother
of Mary W. Baughman who married John Wall.
9. Peter Wall, born
February 1819, Pennsylvania; died after 1900, probably Medina
Co., Ohio; married Sybella Everhard.
10. Sarah Wall, born
about 1821, Pennsylvania; died in Sharon Township, Medina Co.,
Ohio; married Abraham Keller.
11. Daniel Wall, born
November 3, 1823, Pennsylvania; died after 1900 Wadsworth, Medina
Co., Ohio; married (1) Lydia Fry, (2) Sarah Neff.
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