Anna Magdalena (Meyer) Bär (abt. 1662 - abt. 1730)

Born about 1662 in Steinsfurt, Sinsheim, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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Died about 1730 at about age 68 in Ittlingen, Heidelberg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany [uncertain]

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Anna Magdalena Meyer is generally agreed to be the daughter of Vincenz Meyer and Elizabeth Hasler of Steinsfurt, and to have married the Mennonite Martin Bär of Ittlingen. However, details of her birth and marriage are unclear.

Note: In 1997, Jane E. Best listed Anna Magdalena Meyer as a possible daughter of Samuel Meyer. ^[1] A year later, in 1998, she listed Anna Magdalena Meyer as a possible daughter of Vincenz Meyer, putting a question mark next to the relationship to indicate that she didn't have evidence to back it up. ^[2]

Best^[2] states that Anna Magdalena Meyer was born c.1660 and married c.1680. Davis^[3] states that she was born c.1664 and married c.1683.

Best^[2] notes that Anna Magdalena's husband, Martin, was called "Alt" in Ittlingen in 1715, and suggests that he was probably Martin Bär, son of Felix Bär and Berchold Staehl, who, on 27 March 1669, paid his departure money in Oberdorf, Baselland, and was recorded as a servant to Oswald Bär in Ittlingen in 1679.

Notes

The original profile stated that she died 1730 in Ittlingen, but no evidence is provided.

Evidence is needed to confirm the births of the three children currently (Oct 2021) identified as hers : Elizabeth b.1675 Zurich, Martin b.1686 Conestoga, and Jacob b.1688 Ittlingen. There are numerous conflicts in the dates and locations of their birth.

Sources

1. ↑ Best, Jane Evans. The Groff Book, Volume 2: A Continuing Saga (Groff History Associates, 1997), page 44, person MC21.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Best, Jane Evans (1998). "Meyer Families Update". Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage April 1998, p.35
3. ↑ Davis, Richard Warren (1995) Emigrants, Refugees and Prisoners Vol.2 p.287