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Samuel BOYD Born June 1, 1756 Died Dec 19, 1839 age 83 Isabella R. BOYD Born Nov 2, 1761 Died Aug 14, 1827 age 65 wife of Samuel Samuel Ramsey BOYD Born Dec 19, 1795 Died March 9, 1859 age 63 Mary E. (PATTERSON) BOYD Born Oct 12, 1810 Died Feb 21, 1885 age 75 … Read more
This cemetery located on what was the Park-Shank farm which he owned after the Boyds, Park being my GGGrandfather, There is a nice stone there said to have been purchased by William BROWN from Miller’s and taken up the hill by yoke of oxen by my great uncle William Shank. The old Park Shank farm is located in … Read more
Brenneman Engle Cemetery Located about 1 mile west of Rowenna on the north side of River Road (PA Rte 441). Gerberick collection done in the early 1930s on film #212 31A2 pages 132 and 133. This cemetery is shown on the 1864 Lancaster County map. Many stones from this site were moved to the Bainbridge … Read more
Marticville Methodist Cemetery Conestoga Township Lancaster County PA This listing is an alphabetical listing of the information contained in From Receding Shadows of Time by Larry E. Hess I hope that this is helpful to other researchers By Glen Heiney 1-Aug-1989 Seq Row Last Name First Name Date of Birth Date of Death Notes … Read more
Baughman Burying GroundBart TownshipLancaster County Pennsylvania Indexed from the original document ( original arranged by grave location ) produced by the Baughman Burying Ground Association. Indexed Jan 2000 by Robert L. Ballantyne, 4th-Great Grandson of Jacob Baughman ( 1764 – 1800 ) This cemetery is located near a hill top about 250 yards northeast of … Read more
ANDREW SELDOMRIDGE Sometime before May 16, 1717 (Lancaster County was formed out of Chester in 1729) On this date a survey of land in Conestoga was completed by a London land company. The title of the survey reads: “J. Estaugh and Company’s Land Situate on Conestogoo and the Mill Creek in the County of Chester … Read more
MARRIAGES. St. James Church at Lancaster, PA 1755-1856. [When location is not mentioned Lancaster is understood.] 1755. July 6. Stephen and Margaret Carson. July 7. John Scott and Margaret Erwin. July 28. James Roarty and Catharine Lenshaghan. Aug. 19. James Reed and Elizabeth Thompson. Aug. 19. John Montgomery and Sidney Smith. Sept. 2. George Rose … Read more
THE SCOTCH-IRISH IN NORTHAMPTON CO., PENN. In the year 1728, ante-dating many years the settlement of Easton, Bethlehem, Nazareth and. Allentown, a colony of Scotch Presbyterians, founded what was known as the Craig settlement, in the Monoquasy Valley, eleven miles northwest from Easton. The territory was named Allen Township in honor of Chief Justice, William … Read more
Inscriptions From Gravestones in Cemetery at Lawrenceville, Tioga Co. Pa. By Carlos Parsons Darling. Â Dr. Lewis Darling, Surgeon 161st N. Y. Vol. Inf. Born March 5th, 1804, Woodstock, Vt. Died July 23rd, 1882. Lawrenceville, Pa. Lucy Mason Parsons, wife of Dr. Lewis Darling (no stone). Born Aug. 5th, 1803, Weathersfield, Vt. Married Oct. 16, … Read more
Tioga County, Penn., Settlers In 1816, the settlers at Lawrenceville, Tioga CO. Pa., consisted of Hon. James Ford, Judge Ira Kilbum, Jacob Geer, Dt. Curtis Parkhurst, Micajah Seeley, Daniel Walker, Hiram Beebe, Dr. Simeon Power, John Ryon, Esq., Eleazar Baldwin and William Holden. In 1834, the business men of Lawrenceville, Pa., were Hon. James Ford, … Read more