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Early Settlers of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania By S. H. Flickinger. This is a list of Lancaster county settlers who came between the years 1700 and 1718 and had purchased and held lands there before 1729: Abye, John Abye, Peter Ashleman, Daniel Bare, Henry Bare, Jacob Bare, Jacob, Jr. Bare, Jno. Henry Bheme, Jacob Biere, Jacob … Read more
From a Pennsylvania Family Graveyard [Contributed to Genealogy.] By S. H. Flickinger. These tombstone inscriptions are from the Eby family graveyard, one mile west of the town of Stevens, Lancaster county, Penn., on the Mentzer farm, formerly the farm of John Herman. Most of the inscriptions are in German: Jonas Eby. Born November 12, 1802, … Read more
Early Wills of Fayette County, Pennsylvania 1784, February 6. William Harrison of the county of Westmoreland. To wife Sarah, brother Benjamin, daughter Martha. 1783, December 6. Thomas Lawson. To wife and eight children, and to son John particularly. 1783, November 14. William Smith of the colony of Virginia. To son William Augustus, son Amos, daughter … Read more
A Pennsylvania Family Graveyard By S. H. Flickixger The following inscriptions are from tombstones in the Becker family graveyard on the Martin Becker farm in Clay township, Lancaster county, Penn. Joseph Heaffly, born, Sept. 20, 1816, died, Oct. 30, 1863, aged, 47-1-10. Jacob Heaffley, born, Dec. 26, 1773, died, Oct. 11, 1850, aged, 77-9-16.Elizabeth Haffly, … Read more
Pennsylvania Pensioners The following statement gives the names, rank, and other details concerning the persons residing in the state of Pennsylvania who were inscribed on the pension list under the act of Congress passed March 18, 1818: Adams County. Allison, Fobt., It. O. Con. L., June 30, 1818. Allison, John, ser. maj. Jan. 20, 1819; … Read more
United States Census for 1790 Following is a complete list of heads of families in the town of Easton, Northampton county, Penn., according to the United States Census of 1790. Miksel, ChristopherRichard, AbrahamLidy, LeonardKnouse, LewisMush, CatharinUpp, JacobBeriine, AbrahamNunamaker, JacobBarnthouse, WilliamShuke, JohnSnyder, HenryHester, JohnIhoe, AdamUpp, MichelWilkins, GeorgeBackman, AbrahamHertsel, ChristopherTatelme, WilliamHay, AdamHane, HenryBarton, FrederickSwele, GeorgeShipard, MarySedman, IsaacSailor, … Read more
Pennsylvania Revolutionary Soldiers The following names are not included in the regular muster rolls. Allen, William; lieutenant in Colonel Timothy Green’s battalion, 1776; wounded at White Plains. Brinkerhoff, Jacob; ensign, Captain Williams’ company, Colonel Michael Swope’s battalion of the flying camp; in service, 1776. Barnett, Joseph; second lieutenant in Colonel Timothy Green’s battalion, 1776. Bell, … Read more
ZWEYER: Marriage records from Berks Co., Penn.: John Zweyer and Eva Becker, 23 April, 1770 ; Anthony Zweyer and Maria Dreis, 6 May, 1777; Joseph Zweyer and Catherine Scharg, 11 April, 1779; Adam Zweyer and Barbara Sigfried, 10 Jan., 1785. SOURCE: Vol, X, No 9, October 1922 Genealogy: a journal of American ancestry
THE DUNLAP FAMILY Robert Dunlap was born in Scotland and came to America in 1769. He settled in West Virginia. Robert Dunlap, Sr., served in the Revolutionary War as follows: Associator and Militia, County of Lancaster, State of Pennsylvania. The list of men between the age. of 18 and 53 years appears the name of … Read more
PENNSYLVANIA TAXABLES. (Lower Saucon Township, Northampton County, in the Year 1812.) Apple, Ajndrew Ache, Ludwig Anglemier, Henry Adamy, Henry Aliens, Jacob Bachman, George Bachman, Christian Berger, Christian Bachman, John Butz, Peter Bosh, John Bader, Frederick Baehm, Philip Boihm, Philip Junr. Barns, John Boehm, Anthony Braun, Henry Bitelman, John Bivery John Beiver, Jacob Beidelman, Daniel Beidelman, … Read more