Ascendancy under research. Present
York County early 19th->York and Adams Counties
HERR,
Hans [Mennonite Bishop] and wife KUNDIG,
Barbel
Hans Herr and his wife
arrived 1709/10 and settled on the south side of Pequa Creek, Lancaster,
PA [then the western frontier] where he and other Palatines purchased
10,000 acres of land in a land deal in large part brokered by Martin Kundig,
Han's son in law known as the land agent for the Conestoga settlement.
At the time of his emmigration he was in his 7th decade, and his wife was
5 years his junior.
This famous Bishop
among mennonites is abundantly studied in history and geneology. He led
his beleaguered people , with their painful history of abuse, toruture
, exile, imprisonment and killings, first to England, and then to the new
world, and settled them on the far reaches of the frontier. The home ,
now a museaum, bearing the Herr name in Lancaster County in fact was built
by his son, also a bishop, in 1719, and it was used as a house of worship
as well. This home is the oldest remaining Mennonite church in America,
despite the precense of other Mennonites earlier on in Germantown, near
Philadelphia. See Relevant Webpages herein Our
Mennonites of Lancaster County
BAR,
Anna arrived 1717
[with her husband Abraham
Herr, son of Bishop Hans Herr] to Penna in 1709/10. See Relevant Webpages
herein Our Mennonites of Lancaster County
BRENNEMAN
Melchior [BROENNIMANN/]
arrived 24 Aug 1717
Via The Port Of Philadelphia, Pa. , died New Danville, Lancaster, Penna
Despite this Ship record
and year, some say "One of the oldest settlers in Lancaster Co., Pa., and
is mentioned as early as 1709." did he cross twice? He was Mennonite,
and strongly allied with the Herr family. Several Mennnites made the crossing
more than once in order to bring others of their faith to their new world.
See Relevant Webpages herein Our Mennonites
of Lancaster County
LEIN
, John [LINE/LYNE] .
Naturalized October 14,
1729. John Line was Elder of the earliest Reformed Church, which at first
was called The Hill Church and later Hellers, now officially called Salem.
Heller's Church had its origin in the year 1725.
SWOPE,Yost
[Schwab]
emmigrated 1720 with his
wife and children, one of whom was Johannes Swope, and Yost is long
regarded as the first of any Swope on American soil. This family settled
in Lancaster County.His daughter, Anna Elisabetha Schwab Riehm (Ream)
had emmigrated with her husband Johann Eberhard Riehm in 1717, and although
she had given up her Surname, this truly first Swope no doubt contributed
to her parent's decision to relocate here.
WOLFHARDT, Anna Katharine
[ Yost's wife as Identified in Swope Book of Remembrance] arrived
with her husband in 1720. See Yost Swope
for my lingering questions regarding her identification
DOTTERER,
Michael and his wife:
FISHER,
Maria . Present BY 1726 [no anscendancy known for her]
This husband and wife
team came from Germany to Penna. A child was born In philadelphia in 1726.
SPANGLER
[Spengler] Hans Kasper arrived on William and Sarah from Rotterdam
to Phily in Sept 1727. He and his new wife Judithforged into the wilderness
west of Penn's Susquehanna.
HOKE,
Johann Jacob [Hock] and his wife,
Anna
Margaretha (possibly last name MUELLER),
They arrived on the Mortonhouse
into Philadelphia from Rotterdam 24 August 1728, settling first Lancaster
City, Penna where he was a weaver and Minister.
EICHELBERGER
Johann Phillip Friederich arrived on Ship Albany from Rotterdam via
Cowes 1 sept 1729 with his first wife Anna Barbara Doerners.
She died Lancaster County. He remarried to
BECKER,
Mary Magdalena , our direct. His second wife married him 1738 at Trinity
Lutheran, Lancaster County, Penna. Her ascendancy is under research. They
both died York County, Penna
BENTZ,
Johannes
Arrived 1732 to Phila
Resided Manchester Twp. , now West Manchester Township, York County, Penna
TROXELL,
Peter [Trachsel] and his wife:
TRAUTHAGER, Juliana Catharina
They Arrived Phily
1733 and Settled first in Egypt, Bucks [now Lehigh] County [near
Allentown] but removed to Frederick County Maryland just south of
Adams County, Pennsylvania. Their son would live in Littlestown, and their
grandson be credited with building the first home in Gettysburg , Adams
County, Penna.
QUICKEL,
Johann Michael [Some branches took the spelling QUICKLE]
arriving Perth-Amboy,
19 October 1736, in company of his two brothers. He died in York County.
BENDER,
Jacob [Senior] [Penter]
appears to have arrived
in Philadelphia in 1738. He was a cordwaine in Philadelphia.
SCHNEIDER,
Catharine/Anna, Jacob Bender Junior's wife, born York, Penna
date unknown but ca 1726. She married him in 1746 in York, York County,
Penna
MEALS
, Johann Samuel [MUHL / MIEHLS]
arrived Sept.26,1741
on the ship St. Mark. He died in what is now Adams County, Penna [Bendersville
area. His wife:
GYLOY,
Maria Charlottha [wife of Johann Samuel MUHLis said to have accompanied
him
KINDIGEN
[probably the female form of Kindig] Maria [Mary (Catharine)] ; on her
tombstone it says MARIA STINIA SPENGLER
Present in the region
of York County now pertaining to Adams by 1743/4 when she married her husband
Jonas Spangler. Her father was Martin Kindigen or Kindig
HUMICKHAUSEN/
HUMRICKHOUSE, John
Arrived 1748 on SHip Judith
to Penna. Initially residing in and around York county, Penna., John Humrickhouse
moved his family to Germantown, Pa., in 1771. Two sons and one son in law
fought in the Revolution.
MOHLER,
Elizabeth
born 1758 /9 [based on
obit stating she was 64 years old] in place unknown and of unknown ascendancy,
she married John TROXELL of Adams County, penna and raised children in
Adams Countyand in Gettysburg there once that town was established. Her
husband is credited with building the first home in that town.
SNAVELY, Barbara
Present by 1761
Lancaster Penna. Ascendancy Unknown. 2nd Wife to Johann Michael QUICKEL
, she married him 1761 at the Reformed Church in Lancaster County, Penna]
Her ascendancy is unknown.
MOOR/MOORE
, Martha , born Md 1787 [Possibly MOHR]
There is a VERY UNLIKELY
possibility this name is an Americanization of the German MOHR and is included
in these pages in deference to that remote possibility. [this grandmother
to Judge Samuel McCurdy Swope, was born circa 1787 in Maryland according
to Census. Her family is under research. I suspect her to be part of the
Scotch Irish Settlement in the southern portion of Adams, in lands disputed
by the mason dixon survey, and closely associated with the Manor of Maske
. She was married at Piney Creek, near Emmitsburg, Md. to James McCurdy,
grandson of the James McCurdy immigrant. He inherited his portion
of the McCurdyfarm that is out Route 15 near marsh creek and in southern
Adams County, Penna. The church was further south and over the Penna/Md
border. See Relevant Page herein "The
Manor of Maske"
BAUGHMAN,
Christian Arrived 1791 and
He was born 1755 Baden
Baden, died 1802 in Adams county, Penna.
SCHNEBELE,
Elizabeth [wife to Christian Baughman]
born about 1762 Germany,
she died 1861 at 99 years in Adams County, Penna and is buried in Evergreen
Cemetery.
SLENTZ,
John
Born 1792 in Penna. Settted
Gettysburg and built first home there, on site of present courthouse. Despite
this importance in the history of Gettysburg, his ascendancy is elusive
to the extreme.
STAIR,
Henry Born3 Jan 1830, presumably in Penna. His name may be an Americanized
form of the German STOEHR, or STARR, but conversely he may be of British
Isle ancestry. This ancestor is frustratingly hard to get hold of. He died
too young to be head of household for any census, and no Stair family yields
him.
REINECKE
Otto Charles Louis
Arrived Baltimore from
Germany 1868 .
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