Bernhard
Jacob
(Jacob)
Rex
Born in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ancestors 
Husband of
Anna Elisabeth Orner
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at age 78
in Heidelberg Township, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States
Profile managers:
Michael Gallagher 
[send private message], Carroll Whaler [send private message], and Allan Rex [send private message]
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Biography
Jacob Rex served with Northampton County Militia, Pennsylvania Militia during the American Revolution.
Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed Jun 23, 2017), "Record of Bernard Jacob Rex", Ancestor # A209309.
- DAR recognizes Rex as Bernard Jacob Rex and the SAR recognized him as Bernhard Jacob Rex.
- Other names - Jacob Rieger
War Record
- REX, BERNARD JACOB
- Ancestor #: A209309
- Service: PENNSYLVANIA Rank(s): SOLDIER
- Birth: 4-5-1724
- Death: 4-24-1802 HEIDELBERG TWP-BUR NORTHAMPTON CO PENNSYLVANIA
- Service Source: PA ARCH, 5TH SER, VOL 8, PP 450, 451
- Service Description:
- 1) CAPT MATHIAS PROBST, NORTHAMPTON CO MILITIA[1]
Bernhard was born in 1724. He passed away in 1802.
Mother's maiden name is unproven.
Sources
- tombstone transcription
- military service supplemental headstone (listed as Bernard Jacob Rex)
- "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2J-BM7R : 13 December 2015), Bernard Jacob Rex, 1802; Burial, Slatington, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Heidelberg Union Cemetery (Heidelberg); citing record ID 66691906, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
- Doris Rex Schutte, Doris Rex Schutte, "George Rex (1682-1772) of Germantown, Pennsylvania," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 68, No. 4, December 1980: p. 243-258. All of the information on the first three generations came from this source. (National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 68, No. 4, December 1980: p. 243-258)
- Census
Family data collections Abstract graves of revolutionary patriots
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jacob:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jacob:
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~1.56%
Carroll Whaler
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~0.39%
Butch Smith :
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Thanks Allan Rex
Bernard Jacob Rex and Bernhard Jacob Rex are the same person, so I am proposing a merge of the 2 profiles. The DAR recognizes him as Bernard Jacob and the SAR as Bernhard Jacob. His tombstone (veteran marker) says Bernard Jacob Rex.
Thank you.