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Greathouse of Lancaster County, PA

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Greathouse kith and kin records found in the county:

1729, May 10 - LANCASTER created from CHESTER and Non-County Area 1. (Pa. Stat., ch. 306, sec. 1/4:131-132)

1731, Aug 7 - Will Index: Jacob Kobel, Witness: Henry Groathouse

Name: Jacob Kobel
Residence: Tulpahako
Description: Decedent
Date: 7 Aug 1731
Prove Date: 16 Mar 1731
BookPage: E:184
Remarks: Jacob Kobel. Tulpahako. August 7, 1731/2. March 16, 1731. E.184. Wife: Anna Mary. Child: Henry. Exec: Anna Mary Kobel. Guardians: Gotfrea Fidler, Nicklas Sharer. Witness: Henry Groathouse.

Article: 1731 - Will: Jacob Kobel, Witness: Henry Groathouse

1743, Jun 11 - Land: Page to Weiser, Surveyed for Henry Groethonson

lately surv. for Henry Groethonsen

Article: 1743 - Land: Page to Weiser, Surveyed for Henry Groethonson

1744/5, Jan 3 - Will Index: Henry Groothouse, Heidlebergh

Name: Henry Groothouse
Residence: Heidlebergh, Lancaster CO., PA
Description: Decedent
Date: 3 Jan 1744
Prove Date: 23 Feb 1744
Title: Yeoman
BookPage: G:170
Remarks: Groothouse, Henry. Heidlebergh, Lancaster County. Yeoman. January 3, 1744/5. February 23, 1744. G.170. Wife: Ann. Children: Hermand, Magdalene, Jacob, Peter, Mary, Christiana, Katherine, Elizabeth, Susanna and John. Exec: John Orts, Michael Showers, John Van Housen, John Groothouse and Wiccard Miller.

Article: 1744 - Will: Henry Greathouse, Philadelphia County, PA

1745-1757 - Church Records: St. John's (Hain's) Reformed Church

Article: 1745-1757 - Church Records: St. John's (Hain's) Reformed Church

1746, Jul 8 - Military: Peter Goodhouse, Captain Deimer's Company

Article: 1746 - Military: Peter Goodhouse, Captain Deimer's Company

1746, Oct 30 - Military Desertion: Capt. John Diemer's Company at Albany, N.Y.

Peter Grodhouse, age 19 [born 1727], who lived in Telpahoken.

1749, Aug 12 - Marriage: Jacob Groethaus and Christianity Van Housen

Article: 1749 - Marriage: Jacob Greathouse to Christian Vanhousen

1750, Jun 7 - Land Warrant: Peter Greathouse, 45 acres

By Virtue of a Warrant granted to Peter Greathouse dated the 7th of Jun 1750 there was resurveyed on the 22nd day May 1807 (by Henry M. Richards then Deputy Surveyor) unto George Ege, Esquire, in right of Peter Greathouse the above described tract of land situate in Heidelberg township Berks County containing forty five acres fifty four perches and the allowance of six per cent &c.

H. M. Richards D. S.
Novr. 25, 1822

To Saml Cochran Esqr.
Surveyor General

1750, Jun 7 - Land Warrant: Peter Greathouse, 94 1/2 acres

By Virtue of a Warrant granted to Peter Greathouse dated the 7th of Jun 1750 there was resurveyed on the 22nd day May 1807 (by Henry M. Richards then Deputy Surveyor) unto George Ege, Esquire, in right of Peter Greathouse the above described tract of land situate in Heidelberg township Berks County containing ninety four and a half acre and the allowance of six per Cent &.

H. M. Richards D. S.
Novr. 25, 1822

To Saml Cochran Esqr.
Surveyor General

1750, Dec 9 - Baptism: Son of Peter Grothauser, Lower Heidelberg Township

A Son of Peter Grothauser (Greathouse). Sponsor, Henry Hain.

1751, May - Land: Arts, Lauck and Shower to Heidelberg Lutheran Church

Article: 1751 - Land: Arts, Lauck and Shower to Heidelberg Lutheran Church

1752, Mar 11 - BERKS created from CUMBERLAND, LANCASTER, PHILADELPHIA, and Non-County Area 1. (Pa. Stat., ch. 392, sec. 1/5:133-134)

Greathouse or associated ancestors who were residing in Heidelberg and Tulpehocken became residents of BERKS after the new county was created in 1752.

1785, Mar 4 - DAUPHIN created from LANCASTER. (Pa. Stat., ch. 1136, sec. 1/11:450) [Dauphin became adjacent to Berks]

Sources:

The Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries, Chicago, IL. Northampton County Chronology. Online: http://www.newberry.org/ahcbp

Philadelphia County Wills, 1682-1819. Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1900. 1731, Aug 7 - Will of Jacob Kobel, Tulpehocken, Lancaster County, PA, Witness: Henry Groathouse.

Philadelphia County Wills, 1682-1819. Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1900. 1744, Jan 3 - Will of Henry Groothouse, Heidlebergh, Lancaster County, PA.

Philadelphia County, PA, Will Book G, No. 140, Page 170-172, Will of Henry Groothouse, 1744.

Pennsylvania Archives, Series 2, Vol. 2, Officers and Soldiers in the Service of the Province of Pennsylvania. 1744-1764. Page: 419d - 420. Peter Goodhouse. Online: http://www.footnote.com/image/3245299

Pennsylvania Archives, Series 5, Vol. 1, Officers and Soldiers in the Service of the Province of Pennsylvania. 1744-1765. Page: 6. Peter Goodhouse. Online: http://www.footnote.com/image/3196260. Page 7 - Online: http://www.footnote.com/image/3196260.

Abstract's from Ben Franklin's "PA Gazette", Page 587. Desertion of Peter Grodhouse from Albany, NY.

Debra D. Smith and Frederick S. Weiser, translator and editor, Trinity Lutheran Church Records, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Volume 1, 1730-1767, Page 231.

Land Warrant: Peter Greathouse, 45 acres.

Land Warrant: Peter Greathouse, 94 1/2 acres.

Source: Rev. W. J. Kershner, Pastor and Adam G. Lerch, History of St. John's (Hain's) Reformed Church in Lower Heidelberg Township, Berks County, PA, Reading, PA: I. M. Beaver, Publisher, 1916. Baptism: Son of Peter Grothauser, Lower Heidelberg Township. Cover - View @ Fold3 , Page 29 - View @ Fold3 .

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