Joseph Bach
Joseph was residing at The Gannow in 1690, when the poll tax was taken, in 1705, when his son William was baptized, and in 1746, when he made his will.
Events
Date of Birth: 3 April 1666.
Joseph gives his date of birth in his will.
Date of Burial: 5 November 1757.
Place of Burial: Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England (St John the Baptist).
The burial is given in the parish register.
Relationships
Father: Richard Bach (1633 - 1693).
Richard names his son, Joseph Bach, in his will.
Mother: Sarah Payton (1643 - 1699).
Richard names in his will his wife, Sara, and his brother-in-law, John Payton. Sarah is also named in her marriage record.
Spouse: Elizabeth Cole (1666 - 1732).
Joseph names his wife’s brother, William Cole, in his will. William Cole names his sister, Elizabeth Bach, and her son Benjamin Bach, in his will. Elizabeth’s father, William Cole senior, names his son-in-law Joseph Bach and Joseph’s wife Elizabeth in his will.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
Benjamin Bach (about 1697 - 1792) married Sarah Foley 30 November 1716 in Ribbesford, Worcestershire.
William Bach (baptized 17 July 1705 in Bromsgrove).
Lydia Bach (buried 16 July 1772 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, St Peter’s) married (1) someone surnamed Fellows; married (2) John Corson 30 April 1733 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire (St Peter’s).
Mary Bach married Richard Pritchard.
Phoebe Bach married Joseph Mason.
Evidence
Apprenticeship records:
Bromsgrove, 1694.
Apprentice: Lawrence Hunt
Master: Joseph Bach, yeoman
Newtown Bromsgrove, 1711.
Apprentice: William Pendrise (for good husbandry)
Master: Joseph Bach (farmer)
Bromsgrove, 1738
Apprentice: Simon Harcutt (for good husbandry)
Master: William Bach
from the Bromsgrove parish register:
[1705] July 17th Bap William S of Joseph & Elizabeth Bach of the Gannow.
1714 (actually 1715?) Poll Book (Bromsgrove)
Joseph Bach of Bromsgrove voted for the Whig, Thomas Vernon.
A 1714 Fine:
Inter Johannem Spilsbury generosum querentem et Josephum Bach et uxorem Cole defendentes in parochia de Bromsgrove et aliis.
from the Bromsgrove Lowne of 1723:
Chadwich Yeild
Will Deeley for Bach 2d
Jos. Bach 5d
& for the Gannow house 3d A place - Gannow House
A transcription of Joseph Bach’s will
By the [per]mission of Almighty God I Joseph Bach of Gannow in the p[a]rish of Bromsgrove in the County of Worcester do make this my last will & testament in manner following that is to say in the first place I give & devise to my son Benjamin Bach & his heirs all those my Lands & premisses att the gannow which came by descent to my wife att the death of her brother William Cole in case he shall nott interupt disturb or hinder any of my other children their heirs or assigns in the quiet possession and enjoyment of the messuages Lands and premisses devised or given to them or any one of them Butt if my son Benjamin his heirs or assigns shall att any time interrupt or disturb any of my other children their heirs or assigns in the possession & enjoyment of the messuages Lands tenemts & premisses herein after to any of them devised or of any part there of then & in such case I revoke the devise hereby made to my son Benjamin Bach and his heirs And I give & devise the said Lands tenemts & premisses to any one or more of my other children the said Benjamin shall in Law or equity so disturb or putt to trouble And in such case I give to my son Benjamin Bach one shilling only Item I give and devise to my Daughter Lydia Corson to her & her heirs forever those three Closes I purchased of Richard Bratt Item the brandways & the Close on the southeast side of the brandway I give and devise to my Loving sister Hannah White to her & her heirs intrust that she will dispose thereoff to my Daughters Mary Pritchard & Phebe Mason & Lydia Corson & her Children Benjamin & William & Elizabeth & Mary And to William & Elizabeth the Children of Wm Bach as my said sister shall think by their good Conversation they shall best deserve & as my sister shall think to be most proper Item all of the Lands and buildings with their appurtenances which I purchased of William Hunt (Except the brandways and the close on the southeast side above devised in trust) I give and Devise to my Loving Daughter Mary Pritchard to her & her heirs for ever which said Lands and premisses are enclosed in part by the gannow Land & the Land from frankley Item all my personal Estate goods & Chattels I give and bequeath to my said sister And desire she will please to take satisfaction to her own content for all the Loving care & pains & trouble she has taken uppon her for me Item I bequeath to my sons in law Richard Pritchard John Corson & Joseph Mason twenty shillings a peece And to Sarah Wife of Benjamin Bach and their son William and to Benjamin & William & Elizabeth & Mary Children of my Daughter Lydia And to William & Elizabeth Children of William Bach I give and bequeath five shillings a piece Item I give & devise to my Daughter Mary Pritchard to her & her heirs all of buildings[?] Lands & tenements & premisses with their appertenances which were my Wifes settlement[?] or Joynture out of the same she shall pay her brother William two shillings every week during his life or more if she thinks he deserves it by behaving well And my will is she shall maintain William Bachs two Children William & Elizabeth [until?] they are able to maintain themselves if their father is not able to maintain them And out of the same premisses she her heirs or assigns shall pay one annuity or yearly [illegible] of five pounds unto my daughter Phebe Mason During her natural life and twenty pounds of money att the end of three years after my decease the said Mary shall pay half my [illegible] out of the issues and profits of the said joynture or devised premisses I name and Constitute my sister Hannah White and my Daughter Mary Pritchard Joynt Executors of this my Last Will & Testament and revoke all former Wills written in past with my own hand in my in the Eightyeth year of my age (I was born aprill 3.1666) on one sheet of paper I sign seal & declare this to be my Last Will & testament June the Eighteenth in the year 1746 in the presence of us as Wittnesses Roger Wilkes Thomas Wilkes Mary Knight
Joseph [seal] Bach
1st May 1758 The Executors named in this will appd personally & were then sworn in comon form of Law before me
Thomas Miles Surrogate
References
Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, St John the Baptist parish registers, FHL films 321124, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
The Bromsgrove Lowne of 1723 (David Nokes and Jenny Townshend transcribers) (BMSGH, 2014).
An Index to Worcestershire Fines, 1649-1714. (Worcestershire Historical Society, 1896).