born in Eisenach / Thurengia as son of Johann Ambrosius Bach (1645 - 1695)

Organist in Arnstadt

Organist in Mühlhausen, married his cousin Maria Barbara Bach (1684 - 1720)

Court-Organist for the count of Saxony-Weimar

Court-Concertmaster in Köthen

After the death of his wife marriage with Anna Magdalena Wilcken (1701 - 1760)

Director musices and Kantor of the Thomas church in Leipzig

Died in Leipzig