One of the oldest settlers in Lancaster Co., Pa., and is mentioned as early  as 1709 in some sources. However, his great grandaughter, in her imperfect but informative ascendancy report wrote ì My great grandmother, the wife of Christian Barr, was Susan Breneman, the daughter of Melchoir Breneman (2nd), grandson of Melchoir Breneman, the pioneer, who came to America .
Early in the fall of 1717, with the Leamans, Swarrs, etc. On September 7, of this year, he took out a warrant for five-hundred acres of land due South from Lancaster, upon the banks of Mill Creek. He, also, was a clergyman. On December 3, 1728, he purchased seven hundred additional acres of land from Martha Bizaillon, situated on the Western boundary of the Lefort Logan tract.î7

His name was spelled Preniman if the father of the Christian Preniman of  the Naturalization record in which is also John Swope son of Yost[ along with sons christopher and Christian Preniman]

Spouse: Elizabeth** STEHMAN1
Birth: Switzerland8,9

Children: Adam (1700-1760)
 Melchior (1718-1794)
 Christian** (<1695-1757)
 Christopher Stephen (~1693-1736)
 John (<1698-1784)
 Catherine (<1708->1756)

1.1 Adam BRENNEMAN10,1
óóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóó
Birth: 1700, 1700 in Greisheim, Rhein-Hessen, Germany11
Death: 17 Oct 1760, 17 Oct 1760  Conestoga Township, LancasterCo., Penna11

Spouse: Mary [ wife of  Adam Brenneman]11

Children: Isaac (~1730-1804)
 Magadalena (~1732-)
 Henry (~1735-<1815)
 Adam (1740-)
 Eve (~1737-)
 Anna (<1742-)
 John (<1744-1818)
 Barbara (1747-)
 Maria (1749-1831)
 Elizabeth (>1753-<1786)

1.2 Melchior BRENNEMAN1,12,13,14
óóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóó
Birth: Aug 1718, Conestoga Township, LancasterCo., Penna12,15
Death: 19 Apr 1794, New Danville, Lancaster Co., Penna12,15
Burial: New Danville Mennonite Church Cemetery, Lancaster Co., Pa.13
Alias: also spelled Prenneman1

Children Sourced to Brenneman book, used for father in footnote above. All children mentioned appear in Melchiorís will, minus Rudolph and Abraham.  His will appears ìMarch 21, 1786      September 13, 1794
             BRENNEMAN, MELCHOIR
             Wife. Ann Brenneman. Children: Peter, Melchoir, Isaac, David, Jacob,
             John, Henry, Margaret wife of Peter Stouffer, Ann wife of John Horst,
             Elizabeth wife of Henry Road and Eve wife of John Bowman.
             Grandchildren: Melchoir, John and Barbara (children of Peter).
             Ex. Jacob Brenneman and Peter Stouffer. Conestoga Twp. ì16

ìMelchior BRENNEMAN: born in Aug 1718 in Lancaster Co., Pa.; died on 19 Apr 1794 in Lancaster Co., Pa. Died on 19 Apr 1794
in Lancaster Co., Pa. Melchior Brenneman Jr was born on the old homestead farm of his father near New Danville, Lancaster Co.,
Pa., in August 1718, and died at the same place, Apr. 19, 1794. He long survived his elder brothers, all of whom died thirty
years or more before him. He married Ann Good, b. in 1722, d. in 1800, aged 78 years 3 mos. and 10 days. She was a dtr. of
Jacob Good of Connestoga, who was a son of Peter Good, an immigrant to Lancaster County in 1715.

Melchior, Jr., and wife had 13 children, of whom eleven survived them: Peter, Melchior, Abraham, Isaac, Margaret, Rudolph,
David, Elizabeth, Jacob, Eve, Ann, John, and Henry. The parents are buried at New Danville Mennonite Church, their graves
marked by slate slabs, initialed and dated.î17 [sources The Brenneman History, by A.H.Gerberich, Mennonite Publishing House, Scottsdale, PA, 1938. Reprinted 1988 by Selby
Publishing, Kokomo, Indiana.]

Spouse: Anna GOOD18,1,19
Birth: 21 Sep 172220,21
Death: abt 1800, Lancaster Co., Penna20,21
Father: Peter GOOD (~1685->1745)
Mother: Margaret GEETHA (-1770)
Marr: abt 1738

Children: Peter (~1739-1783)
 Melchior (~1741-1818)
 Abraham (1744-<1794)
 Isaac (1746-)
 Margaret (~1747-)
 Rudolph (~1749-<1794)
 Elizabeth (1751-)
 David (~1754-)
 Jacob (1753-)
 Ann (1755-1832)
 Eve (1757-)
 John (1763-)
 Henry (~1765-)

1.3 Christian** BRENNEMAN22,13
óóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóó
Birth: bef 1695, Switzerland23
Death: Jul 1757, Conestoga Township, LancasterCo., Penna24

 On the 24th day of December, 1785, John Haldeman and John Brenneman, the executors of John Stehman, deceased, sold three hundred and thirty-six acres of land to Herman Long, being the same land which Christian Breneman and Susannah conveyed to their son-in-law, John Stehman, May 7, 1751. This land extended along the Maytown and Bainbridge road. Herman Long died in 1810, and left the following children, viz.: John, Christian, Herman, Abraham, Joseph, Jacob, Benjamin, Ann, and Elizabeth.25

Spouse: Susanna** Wife Of Christian Brenneman23
Birth: 1699, Switzerland23,26
Death: 1777, Lancaster Co., Penna23

Children: Maria (1725-1814)
 Melchior (1726-1809)
 Ann(A) (1730-1781)
 Adam (1733-1785)
 Christian** (1735-1771)
 Veronica (~1738-1784)

1.4 Christopher Stephen BRENNEMAN
óóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóó
Birth: abt 1693, In Greisheim, Rhein-Hessen, Germany27,13,28
Death: 20 Jan 1736/37, Lancaster Co., Pa.13,28
Alias: not mentioned in J D Weaver pages1

Is this the Christopher Stephen BRENNEMAN born abt 1693  In Greisheim, Rhein-Hessen, Germany  died 20 Jan 1736/37  Lancaster Co., Pa.

Spouse: Margaret29

Children: Elizabeth (1727-1766)
 Abraham (<1730->1777)

1.5 John BRENNEMAN30
óóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóó
Birth: bef 1698, Source 17 Says IN 169813,31
Death: 178430
Alias: Not mentioned by J D Weaver1

Children: Catharine (<1738-1784)
 Ann (1738-)

1.6 Catherine BRENNEMAN32
óóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóó
Birth: bef 1708, in Rhein-Hessen, Germany32
Death: aft 1756, Lancaster Co., Penna32

Most of these children married and had kids, and can be accessed at http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=barbgeni&id=I04014
B.B Christieís Gedcom. The kids are sourced to another site, an email correspondant referring to a text.

Spouse: John STEINER (STONER)33,13
Birth: 1705, Switzerland
Death: 1750, Conestoga Township, LancasterCo., Penna34
Father: Johannes "Hans" STEINER (1673-)
Mother: Anna BRÖNNIMAN

Children: Ann
 Barbara (1732-)
 Magadalena
 Eve (1734-1822)
 Christian (<1735-)
 Jacob (1735-)
 Abraham
 Elizabeth
 Catherine (<1736-)
 One of the Daughters
 
 

Sources

1. Jay D Weaver, BEAUTIFULLY SOURCED SITE, ìData Base of J D Weaver Geneology,î http://www.jdweaver.com/weavfam/index.html, Viewed 050401, jay@jdweaver.com,  44 Black Oak Drive  Lancaster, PA 17602-3463.
2. ìThe Story of My Maternal Ancestors: Kendig, Barr, Herr, Breneman, Neff ì
by Adelaide Louise Ermentrout
Presented in Neff Times webpages. URL http://www.ocii.com/~fisher/neff/two.htm
part of the website ìHomepage of John & Melanie Fisherî
Transcriber states
ìThis document consists of excerpts from a book found in the Salt Lake City Genealogical
Society Library, microfilm 517,233, item 9. Brackets indicate where some material has been left out. Internal dating indicates that the original book was written in 1909. Although the book has some shaky facts and some problems with spelling names, it also quotes from some original sources. ì mentioned as immigrant to her line with descendancy minus son Christian to this entry given. No name for Christian given, though the generation is mentioned.
3. Barbara Bucknam Christie, ì online GEDcom/Homepage,î http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=barbgeni&id=I04014, 091000, Barbgeni@ix.netcom.com, http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/c/h/r/Barbara-E-Christie/, uncited at source; Canton Bern,  Switzerland.
4. Peggy McKenzie Mckenzie@t-online.de, http://genforum.genealogy.com/brenneman/messages/231.html,  Oberdreissbach, Canton Bern,  Switzerland.
5. Jay D Weaver, BEAUTIFULLY SOURCED SITE, ìData Base of J D Weaver Geneology,î http://www.jdweaver.com/weavfam/index.html, Viewed 050401, jay@jdweaver.com,  44 Black Oak Drive  Lancaster, PA 17602-3463, 20 jan 1737-cites:  Eshleman, Grace Nolt Rissler. Readers Ancestry. Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage.
6. Barbara Bucknam Christie, ì online GEDcom/Homepage,î http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=barbgeni&id=I04014, 091000, Barbgeni@ix.netcom.com, http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/c/h/r/Barbara-E-Christie/, Place.
7. ìThe Story of My Maternal Ancestors: Kendig, Barr, Herr, Breneman, Neff ì
by Adelaide Louise Ermentrout
Presented in Neff Times webpages. URL http://www.ocii.com/~fisher/neff/two.htm
part of the website ìHomepage of John & Melanie Fisherî
Transcriber states
ìThis document consists of excerpts from a book found in the Salt Lake City Genealogical
Society Library, microfilm 517,233, item 9. Brackets indicate where some material has been left out. Internal dating indicates that the original book was written in 1909. Although the book has some shaky facts and some problems with spelling names, it also quotes from some original sources. ì
8. Web Pages entitled Ancestors of Richard Alan Lebo, ìThe BRENNEMAN Line,î http://aqua.dev.uga.edu/~lebo/brenneman_geno.html#IB, Mary Sue Branaman  SandiWon@aol.com     Brent Rhodes blrodes@shentel.net, switzerland no date.
9. Peggy McKenzie Mckenzie@t-online.de, http://genforum.genealogy.com/brenneman/messages/231.html, 18 Dec 1636 no place-makes her 70 at time of melchiorís birth!
10. Albert H. Gerberich, Brenneman History, The, Copyright 1938, reprinted 1988 By Selby Publ., Selby Publishing and Printin 3405 Zartman Rd, Kokomo, Indiana 46902, cited by source Barbara Christie <barbgeni@ix.netcom.com> Via Rootsweb World Connect Tree Entry, URL for Web pages below:, http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=SHOW&db=barbgeni&surname=Alexander%2C+James+Herbert, 090900, pae 277.
11. Ibid. page 277.
12. Ibid. pg 399.
13. Web Pages entitled Ancestors of Richard Alan Lebo, ìThe BRENNEMAN Line,î http://aqua.dev.uga.edu/~lebo/brenneman_geno.html#IB, Mary Sue Branaman  SandiWon@aol.com     Brent Rhodes blrodes@shentel.net.
14. F. Edward Wright, Abstracts of Lancaster Co, PA Wills, 1786 - 1820, Abstracts of wills executed in Lancaster County, PA, between 1786 and 1820., Genforum.com Library subscription publication, p 7.
15. Jay D Weaver, BEAUTIFULLY SOURCED SITE, ìData Base of J D Weaver Geneology,î http://www.jdweaver.com/weavfam/index.html, Viewed 050401, jay@jdweaver.com,  44 Black Oak Drive  Lancaster, PA 17602-3463, Date only/Sites: Driver, Virginia Marie Weaver. Readers Ancestry. Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage July, 1985. 31.
16. F. Edward Wright, Abstracts of Lancaster Co, PA Wills, 1786 - 1820, Abstracts of wills executed in Lancaster County, PA, between 1786 and 1820., Genforum.com Library subscription publication.
17. B.Brenneman's Web Page; http://www.bbrenneman.com/genealogy.html
18. Albert H. Gerberich, Brenneman History, The, Copyright 1938, reprinted 1988 By Selby Publ., Selby Publishing and Printin 3405 Zartman Rd, Kokomo, Indiana 46902, cited by source Barbara Christie <barbgeni@ix.netcom.com> Via Rootsweb World Connect Tree Entry, URL for Web pages below:, http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=SHOW&db=barbgeni&surname=Alexander%2C+James+Herbert, 090900, page 399.
19. F. Edward Wright, Abstracts of Lancaster Co, PA Wills, 1786 - 1820, Abstracts of wills executed in Lancaster County, PA, between 1786 and 1820., Genforum.com Library subscription publication, page 7.
20. Jay D Weaver, BEAUTIFULLY SOURCED SITE, ìData Base of J D Weaver Geneology,î http://www.jdweaver.com/weavfam/index.html, Viewed 050401, jay@jdweaver.com,  44 Black Oak Drive  Lancaster, PA 17602-3463, Sites: Driver, Virginia Marie Weaver. Readers Ancestry. Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage July, 1985. 31.
21. Scott Breneman, http://gargantua.stanford.edu/~breneman/brenemans/, 091000.
22. Barbara Bucknam Christie, ì online GEDcom/Homepage,î http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=barbgeni&id=I04014, 091000, Barbgeni@ix.netcom.com, http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/c/h/r/Barbara-E-Christie/, Unsourced at location.
23. Ibid. unsourced at location.
24. Albert H. Gerberich, Brenneman History, The, Copyright 1938, reprinted 1988 By Selby Publ., Selby Publishing and Printin 3405 Zartman Rd, Kokomo, Indiana 46902, cited by source Barbara Christie <barbgeni@ix.netcom.com> Via Rootsweb World Connect Tree Entry, URL for Web pages below:, http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=SHOW&db=barbgeni&surname=Alexander%2C+James+Herbert, 090900, page 32.
25. History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, with Biographical Sketches of Many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men, Ancestry.com Lancaster County, Pennsylvania History. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000. Electronic reproduction of History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania,  originally published in Philadelphia by Everts and Peck in 1883., Chapter XLVII. East Donegal Township., Ancestry.com Lancaster County, Pennsylvania History. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000. Electronic reproduction of History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Chapter XLVII. East Donegal Township., Chapter XLVII. East Donegal Township.
26. Albert H. Gerberich, Brenneman History, The, Copyright 1938, reprinted 1988 By Selby Publ., Selby Publishing and Printin 3405 Zartman Rd, Kokomo, Indiana 46902, cited by source Barbara Christie <barbgeni@ix.netcom.com> Via Rootsweb World Connect Tree Entry, URL for Web pages below:, http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=SHOW&db=barbgeni&surname=Alexander%2C+James+Herbert, 090900, page 254.
27. Ibid. page 7.
28.  Gerberich, ìThe Brenneman History,î http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-genforum/email.cgi?802741483, Cited by Barb (barbgeni@ix.netcom.com in Genforum post.
29. Barbara Bucknam Christie, ì online GEDcom/Homepage,î http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=barbgeni&id=I04014, 091000, Barbgeni@ix.netcom.com, http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/c/h/r/Barbara-E-Christie/, uncited source.
30. Albert H. Gerberich, Brenneman History, The, Copyright 1938, reprinted 1988 By Selby Publ., Selby Publishing and Printin 3405 Zartman Rd, Kokomo, Indiana 46902, cited by source Barbara Christie <barbgeni@ix.netcom.com> Via Rootsweb World Connect Tree Entry, URL for Web pages below:, http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=SHOW&db=barbgeni&surname=Alexander%2C+James+Herbert, 090900, page 267.
31. Ibid.
32. Ibid. page 396.
33. Barbara Bucknam Christie, ì online GEDcom/Homepage,î http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=barbgeni&id=I04014, 091000, Barbgeni@ix.netcom.com, http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/c/h/r/Barbara-E-Christie/, Cites entity providing as: RGAC55A@aol.com.
34. Ibid. Sourced to RGAC55Q@aol.com.
 
 

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