Jacob / James Baumgardner Jr (25 Oct 1787 - 20 Mar 1869) m. Magdalene / Lenah Kuntz 22 Aug 1810 in Frederick Co MD
Catharine Baumgardner (7 May 1789 in Lancaster, PA - )
John Baumgardner (23 Aug 1790 - 16 Jan 1853) m. Margaret Kuntz
Samuel Baumgardner (9 Jun 1793 - 6 Sep 1849) m. Barbara Kuntz 6 Oct 1820 at Conewago Chapel, Adams Co, PA
Mary Magdalene Baumgardner (1796 - 20 Aug 1820)
Elizabeth Baumgardner (10 Aug 1801 - ) m. Petrus Kass / Kaes on 7 Sep 1824 at Conewago Chapel
Josiah / Joseph Baumgardner (15 Feb 1807 - 16 Dec 1873) m. Elizabeth Maus / Mause

Discussion

Variations in the spelling of this surname (like many) contribute to confusion in tracing lines. While most of the early residents in America appear to have used Baumgardner, they did apparently also use Baumgartner. In the mid-1800's, several lines permanently adopted Baumgartner. Also, there is a possibility that some Bomgardner and Bumgardner individuals may be part of the family. A number of the various spelled Baumgardner clan originated in Switzerland (see other researchers below).

Jacob may have been a brother to John Baumgartin, husband of Catherine, of Warwick Twp, Lancaster Co. A John and Catherine Baumgarte were witnesses at the christening of Jacob's child Catherine at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Lancaster City in 1789.

Supporting Information

Census

• 1780 Census - PA, York Co. Age was 15. A Jacob listed in both Manhime Twp and Germany Twp but based on age they were certainly different Jacobs
• 1790 Census - PA two listed, but unlikely.
• 1790 Census - MD, Fred Co (p 60) {John Bumgardner} 334--
• 1800 Census - PA, Adams Co, Hamiltons Bann (p 465) {Jacob Bungartner} 31101-21011 unlikely
  Age was 35; no match. Two of three youngest males could be John & Samuel, next could be James; one youngest female could be Mary Magdalene, next could be Catherine.
• 1800 Census - MD, Fred. Co., Westminster District #6 (p 935) 12101-11110
  Age was 35; no match. Youngest could be Samuel, with Jacob and John being two of the next three males; third male unknown. Two youngest females could be Mary Magdalene and Catherine; third is unknown; and last would be wife. Match unclear.
• 1810 Census - MD, Fred. Co., Westminster (p 501/203) 10301-21020-00
  Age was 45. Youngest male would be Josiah, with other three being oldest sons. One of youngest females was Elizabeth, other or next youngest was Mary Magdalene; one of oldest females was wife Mary Magdalena while other is unknown. Likely match.
• 1820 Census - MD Fred Co., Taney Town (p 180) 010011-01201-0101.
  Listed as senior. Age was 55. Josiah (13) was youngest male; other male possibly Samuel since he married in October 1820. Youngest female unknown; next two would be Mary Magdalene and Elizabeth. Oldest female was wife Mary Magdalena. All match except youngest female. Almost certain match.
• 1820 Census - MD, Fred. Co., (001201-100110-3...0)
• 1830 Census - MD, Fred. Co., District #8 {Baumgartner}
• 1830 Census - MD, Fred. Co., District #6 1M 60-70; 1F 10-15; 1F 20-30, 1F 60-70
  Age was 65. Youngest female unknown; second female could be Mary Magdalene [she is listed alone on will, making it likely she did not marry and lived with her parents]; oldest female was wife Mary Magdalena. Likely match.
• 1840 Census - MD, Carroll Co., District No 1:
  1M 70-79; 1F 10-14, 1F 30-39, 1F 70-79.
  Age was 75. Youngest female unknown [will does mention a Matilda Sullivan]; next female possibly Mary Magdalene; oldest female was wife Mary Magdalene. Almost certain match. On same page as Josiah Baumgardner, Andrew Coons (son of Paul); close to Henry and John Baumgartner.

Wills

Church Records

Death and birth date from York Co. Historical Society record of St. Aloysius Roman Catholic Church burial record book.

Name	Burial Record Book #/Page
Baumgardner, Samuel	C-S4RI
Baumgardner, Barabara	C-S4RM

• Conewago Chapel, McSherrystown, PA: Baptism of some children noted.
• St. Mary's Church, Lancaster City, Lancaster County, PA:
  7 May 1789 - Catharine Baumgartner, baptised on 10 Aug. 1789; mother: Baumgartner, Magdealena Kraft; father: Baumgartner, James; sponsors: John and Catharine Baumgarte
• Emanuel Reformed Church in Hanover, PA:
  30 Jul 1797 - Marie Magdalena Kraft, child of Conrad Kraft and wife Esther, witnessed by Jacob Baumgartner and wife Mary Magdalene.
• St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Taneytown, MD:
  20 Aug 1820 - Mary Bomgarden, daughter of Jacob, SR; 24 years old.

Cemetery

Mary Magdalene Krafft Baumgardner is buried in St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery in Germany Township, Adams Co., PA.

Obituaries

• 21 Sep 1846, The Star Sentinel, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania - Jacob BAUMGARDNER, Sen., near Piney Run, Carroll county, MD, on the 9th inst. from injury received by a fall from his horse; aged about 80 years and 9 months.
• Aug 1846, Baltimore Sun - At Emmitsburg, 11th instant, MARY MAGDALEN, aged 80 years, consort of Jacob Baumgarter.

Military

• 8 Jan 1808 - Baumgardner, Jacob; Frederick Co., Militia Appointments ff56, 149
• 23 Jun 1808 - Baumgardner, Jacob, Jr.; Frederick Co., Militia Appointments ff56, 149

Land Records

• 1779 to 1782 York Co PA Tax records - Manhime Twp, single. Based on age, this is probably another Jacob.
• 1779 to 1783 York Co PA Tax records - Germany Twp: blacksmith (1781), 2 lots, 1 house, 2 outhouses, 2 cattle, 4 sheep, 4 inhabitants. 100.12.0 (1783 values). Based on age and the discussion below that he was a farmer, it is unlikely that this is the correct Jacob.

Frederick Co., MD records -

• 05 Aug 1815 - bought from Adam Long & James Storm, executors for Joseph Storm, parts of Troublesome Job and Owings Second Chance in Fred. Co. - sold to Peter Storm, Jacob Adams; sold to Margaret Storm

Secondary References

From "Let's Meet the Old Folks" by J. Hampton Baumgartner

Jacob Baumgardner, Sr. is believed to have been the first member of the family to come here. He was not one of the so-called Pennsylvania "Dutch" who settled in large numbers in the southern portion of the colony of Penn. He, or possibly his father, came to the United States from the town of Baden, in the Dutchy [sic] of Baden, in the Black Forest section of Germany. Like others who immigrated from that region, he was a Catholic who sought sanctuary here because of religious disturbances in his native land, during the reign of Frederick the Great. He originally settled in Berk's County, Pennsylvania, later moving to Piney Run, now in Carroll County, Maryland, before that section of the colonies had been intersected by the Mason's and Dixon's Line. Rearing his family in that region, his descendants settled in the adjacent communities on both sides of the boundary between the colonies. At the time he settled along Piney Run his new home was within the borders of Maryland. Early records indicate that he came from cultured ancestors. Conforming to conditions of the times, he became a farmer and a merchant. The literal translation of Baumgardner is Tree Grower - Arboriculturist. Jacob Baumgardner, Sr., was born November 15, 1765, and he died September 9, 1846, in his eighty-first year. He married Mary Magdalene Kraft, born February 6, 1766, died August 11, 1846. The family were parishioners of old Conewago Chapel, near Hanover, Pa., where their children were baptized... Jacob Baumgardner was a member of the group of Catholics which subsequently established St. Aloysious' Parish, Littlestown, Pa., in 1791, when the residence of Joseph Flauth was purchased for that purpose. He was one of the Trustees who erected, in 1840, the first church in Littlestown, as set forth in the History of St. Aloysious' Church, by William McSherry, Jr., A.M. Father Michael Dougherty was the Pastor. The other Trustees were Dr. Joseph A. Shorb, Henry Spalding, Joseph Fink, John Shorb, Joseph Riddlemoser and Andrew Little. The History also states that the three sons, namely , Jacob Jr., John and Samuel, then heads of families, were members of the original parish. Samuel was the organist and choirmaster of the church.

Jacob Baumgardner's children were given exceptional educations, excelling those afforded by the rural schools of the times. They attended private schools and academies, studied the arts and music and became educators, painters and professional persons. That record, begun in colonial times, has been continued as tradition by the descendants of the family. My earliest association with the family annals occurred in 1904, when Father permitted me to accompany him upon a visit, while we were in St. Louis, to Mrs. Margaret Baumgardner Storm, a first cousin of his father and nearly ninety years of age. I made a stenographic report of the interview which discussed the history of the family at great length. I still retina my report of the interview. Mrs. Storm was a granddaughter of Jacob Baumgardner, Sr., and the daughter of Samuel Baumgardner....

One of the earlier Catholic groups of the new nation, the Baumgardner Family had been established as parishioners of old Conewago Chapel several years prior to the appointment of Bishop John Carroll to the first Catholic See of Baltimore. Old Conewago was the Mother Church of the family in America. The family was among the earlier settlers brought together by the German Jesuit Missionaries, who established Conewago Chapel as one of the chain of Jesuit missions between French Quebec and French Louisiana.

Originally the family was buried in the cemetery at Conewago Chapel, but many years later the group was removed to a family plot in the cemetery of St. Aloysius, in Littlestown. They had settled in the nearby communities of Hanover, Gettysburg and Littlestown, PA., and at Emmitsburg, Taneytown and Westminster, Md. Members of the family resided in and near Emmitsburg at the time Mother Elizabeth Ann Seton founded the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, in St. Joseph's Valley....

Abstracts of Carroll Co. Newspapers 1831-1846 by Bates &l Reamy:

• 21 Oct 1842 - John Baumgardner and Joseph Orndorff, executors for Peter Orndorff, late of Adams Co., selling 176 acre farm in Carroll. Co.
• 21 Oct 1842 - George Reifsnider, agent for heirs of David Reifsnider, dec'd, offer farm in Taneytown District, 4 miles from Taneytown, adjoining lands of Lewis and Jacob Peters, Jacob Baumgardner, others.

Other Researchers

• Cliff McCarthy
• Robert Bumgardner e-mail: [email protected]. Data base of over 12,000 allied names tracing this surname back to Switzerland in the 1500's.
• Peter Baumgardner (ca 1760 - 1840, Gettysburg, PA) - Mrs. Nevin Dutterer, 2 James St. Westminster, MD 21157
• Heinrich/Henry Baumgardner (b. 1695 in Switzerland then to PA) - Mrs. Edna Miller, POB 614, Cedaredge, CO 81413
• Benedict Baumgartner (ca. 1807 in Switzerland)

Other References

• The Baumgardner Family by Beatty (1972), FHL 929.273 B327a; FHC film 1036279 #5. Peter Baumgardner settled in 1719 in Lancaster Co, PA.
• A Baumgardner Family in America: An Historical Genealogy by J. T. Baumgardner (1970), FHL 929.273 B327bm. Henry Baumgardner (ca. 1695-1763) to America in 1743, settled in PA.
• Evidences of the Baumgardner Families of York County before the Year 1850 by Henry James Young, FHL 974.841 D28g v. 26 pt. 1; FHC film 1036095 #1. Info mostly from York Co. PA court and county records, cemeteries, churches, newspapers, etc.