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Johann Adam Bauer (later Adam Bower) was born 13 November 1724 in Hottenbach, Rheinland, Germany. His parents were Johann Heinrich Bauer and Maria Elizabeth. He married Maria Catharina Michels, daughter of Johann Conrad Michels, 3 October 1751 in Muelheim Bernkastel, Rheinland, Prussia. They emigrated in 1764 and settled in South Carolina. They moved to Nova Scotia in 1783. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Nova Scotia.