Lancaster County

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Marticville Methodist Cemetery, Conestoga Township, Lancaster County

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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 Ground, Bart Township

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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

Seldomridge, Andrew

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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, Lancaster, PA 1755-1856.

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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

1790 Census, Elizabeth, Lancaster County

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Heads of Families, Census 1790, Elizabeth, Lancaster County, Penn. Breal, John Sheyer (widow) Welfly, John Brown, David Brown, Timothy McLaghlin, John Wade, John Krouse, Leonard Minick, George Peter, Christian Alspach, John Ricksecker (widGw) Shaffer, Peter Shaffer, Peter Herman (widow) Reading, John. Hergetrager, Henry Kissil, John Balmer, Jacob Bream, John McCarthy, Abraham Swartz, John, Jr. Naigly, … Read more

Marriage Licenses Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1791-1799

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Marriage Licenses Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1791-1799 By Samuel H. Flickinger. The following list is copied from a book in the quarter sessions office in Lancaster, Penn. There does not seem to have been a record prior to 1791 nor subsequent to December 17, 1799. Sept. 1791 12 David King — Jane Snodgrass. 20 Thos. Minshall — … Read more

Metzer Family Graveyard, West Cocalico Township, Lancaster County

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Lancaster Tombstone Inscriptions From the family graveyard on the Paul farm, along Indian creek, West Cocalieo Township, Lancaster County, Pa. George Boffenmeyer, born March 29, 1809, died May 5, 1865. Lilia Boffenmeyer (wife of George, nee Scherbe), born March 15, 1807, died December 13, 1851. Elenora Bohder (daughter of Wilhelm and Elizabeth), born February 21, … Read more