An American Family History

Bernard Bauman was born in Marlborough Township, Montgomery (was Philadelphia) County, Pennsylvania. His parents were John Deitrich Bauman and Eva Elizabeth Beil. Some researchers have combined Bernard and Henry Bauman, however he is listed as a separate child in the histories of Carbon and Lehigh Counties.

In Deed Book 2G, Northampton County, eight of Jost Dreisbach's children released their claim on some property to their brother Adam. It was recorded on May 14, 1802. (The heirs signed the deed on 15 October 1799.) It indicates that Catherine Dreisbach married Bernard.

"To all People to whom these presents shall come, We John Dreisbach of Moore Township...Catharine Dreisbach who intermarried Bernard Bowman of Towamensing Township...aforesaid Heirs and Legatees of the Real and
Personal Estate of Jost Dreisbach late of Lehigh Township...."

About 1755 he moved with his family to Northampton County, Pennsylvania which is now Lower Towamensing Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania.

The Magazine of American Genealogy listed his children as Joseph, George, Abraham, Adam, Bernhard, Daniel, John D. and Eve ...

On the 22nd of May, 1788, Bernard took a warrant for one hundred acres at Lehigh Gap. 

In 1790 "Barnet Bowman" was in "Towamensink" Northampton County, Pennsylvania. The household included three men over 16, three boys under 16, and three females.

In 1800 "Bernhart Bauman was in Towamensing, Northampton, Pennsylvania. The household consisted of a man and a woman over 45 (born before 1755), a man and a woman between 16 and 25, a boy between 10 and 15, and 2 boys and a girl under 10.

On the November 18, 1808, he sold thirty acres of his tract to Joseph Bauman, who built the stone tavern at the Gap.

In 1810 "Barnard Bowman" was at Chestnut Hill, Northampton, Pennsylvania. The household included a man and a woman older than 45, 2 men between 16 and 25, and a girl between 10 and 15.

In 1820 the Bernard Bauman household was in "Toamensing" township in Northampton, Pennsylvania. The household consisted of a man and a woman older than 45 and a boy and a girl under ten.

The date of settlement of the Baumans is unknown. Honstetter Bauman is a name found in an old draft as owning land that in 1791 belonged to Bernard Bauman. In 1781 the name of Henry Bauman appears. On the 22nd of May, 1788, Bernard Barman took a warrant for one hundred acres of land at Lehigh Gap. On the 18th of November, 1808, he sold thirty acres of the tract to Joseph Bauman, who built the stone tavern at the Gap, and lived there until 1814, and on the 15th of March in that year he sold it to Thomas Craig, in whose possession and that of his descendants it has been retained to the present.