Deeds – A Pennsylvania Dutch Genealogy

Hans and Catharine Frantz of Manor Township

Kris Hocker on 18 Jul 2014

The Sons of Hans & Catharina Frantz

In my last post, I reported that based on deed research Michael Frantz of Londonderry and Lower Paxton townships was the son of Hans and Catharina Frantz of Manor Township. When Michael died two men—Jacob Frantz of Manor and Christian Frantz of Manheim—were the administrators of his estate and guardians of his underage children. Were they Michael’s brothers?

The last will and testament of John Frantz of Manor Township was proven 10 February 1787. It was a German will, recorded in Will Book Y2, so it is not available online at FamilySearch. Is there any other way to determine the names of Hans’ children?

On 18 April 1785, Hans and his wife sold 224 acres in Derry Township to his son Michael.¹ This could be part of a pattern I’ve seen fairly often in researching Lancaster County families and their land transactions—aged parents selling their land to their children in the years before their deaths. Land was wealth. So, selling to his children was a means for a father (most often) to disperse his estate exactly as he wanted while he was still alive. It also allowed him to generate an income to support himself, his wife, and possibly younger children who hadn’t yet moved out into the world.

It’s a pattern that I believe held true for Hans Frantz of Manor Township. In the years just prior to writing his will, Hans and Catharine sold several tracts of land to Christian, John, Michael and Jacob Frantz. At least three of the tracts were outside Manor Township, possibly indicating that they had been purchased specifically for their children.

Christian Frantz

On 27 December 1783, Hans and Catharine sold Christian Frantz 296 acres in Donegal Township, adjoining that of Ephraim Moore, Robert Allison, John Allison, Elizabeth Mitchell, William Bryan, and Samuel Fulton.² Hans had purchased this land from Simon Snyder on 23 August 1769.³ Christian and Mary Frantz, of Manheim Township, sold the land in Donegal on 14 May 1785 to Christian Nisle.⁴

John Frantz Jr.

On 12 March 1785, Hans and Catharina sold 175 acres in Donegal to John Frantz (the younger), of Donegal.⁵ They had purchased it from David and Grace Caldwell on 18 May 1761. This land had been patented to Patrick Allison, Grace’s father, on 20 May 1737.⁶ The following spring, on 3 May 1786, John and Elizabeth Frantz, of Warwick Township, sold this tract of land in Donegal to John Longenecker.⁷

Jacob Frantz

On 7 November 1785, Hans Frantz sold 166 acres of land in Manor Township to Jacob Frantz. This tract adjoined that of Rudy Herr, Henry Kilhover, and George Ziegler.⁸ Hans bought this land from Christian and Barbara Frantz in 1746/7.⁹ It was originally part of the Andrew Hamilton tract. It passed from Hamilton to Michael Baughman, then part of it to Christian Frantz. I believe this was likely the “mansion tract” or Manor land where Hans and Catharine resided.

While these land sales follow a pattern that seems to indicate a familial relationship between the parties, these deeds—unlike Michael’s land sale of 1790—do not specifically name Christian, John, or Jacob as the children of Hans Frantz.

However, when Jacob wrote his will on 16 April 1799, he directed that his “wife and children shall keep house together on my Plantation in Mannor township for the use of my Estate until my Eldest son John shall arrive to the age of twenty one years…”¹⁰ Furthermore, he nominated his brothers John and Christian to be his executors. On 22 January 1803, John Frantz and Christian Frantz, executors, and John Frantz, the eldest son of Jacob Frantz of Lampeter, appointed appraisers for the Manor Township property on Little Conestoga Creek, adjoining land of John Kilheffer and Rudy Herr.¹¹

In his will, Jacob left his Lampeter Township land, where he lived, to his sons Jacob and Christian. This land adjoined that of “Andrew Heller, Jacob Kreder, George Bards, Conestogo Creek and others.”¹² On 7 February 1807, Jacob Frantz of Lampeter received a mortgage on the Lampeter property from “John Frantz of Warwick Township and Christian Frantz of Manheim Township both of the county and state aforesaid,” executors of the last will and testament of Jacob Frantz, deceased.¹³

Jacob’s will and the related deeds indicate that his brothers John and Christian were of the same locations as the men who purchased land from Hans and Catharina Frantz. Additionally, Christian Frantz of Manheim was both the administrator of Michael Frantz’s estate and guardian of his daughters Mary and Elizabeth, and executor of Jacob Frantz’s will.

While there could have been multiple men of the same names in these locations, bit-by-bit I am building a case that Michael Frantz of Lower Paxton, Jacob Frantz of Manor and Lampeter, Christian Frantz of Manheim, and John Frantz of Warwick were the sons of Hans and Catharina Frantz of Manor Township.

A Father for Michael Frantz

Kris Hocker on 11 Jul 2014

I wrote about Michael Frantz of Lower Paxton Township in an earlier post, regarding his estate in 1797. Based on that research, I posited that Michael possibly had two brothers—Jacob Frantz of Manor Township and Christian Frantz of Manheim Township. They were the administrators of his estate and guardians of his minor children. So, I set out to learn more about Michael, Jacob and Christian to see if I could prove a family connection.

Michael Frantz

When he died, Michael was of Paxton Township. Working backward, I found a number of deed transactions for him. On 23 June 1793, Michael and Franey his wife sold seven acres and sixty-seven perches of land to Susanna Eaglea.¹ This was part of two tracts of land purchased by Michael Frantz and John Nissley on 15 April 1790 from Samuel and Joseph Hutchinson.² On 19 August 1790, Michael and John Nissley had divided the land they’d purchased from the Hutchinsons into two tracts of 187 acres.³ All of these deeds place Michael in Paxton Township.⁴

After Feronica’s father, John Nissly, died in 1789, the couple acknowledged the receipt of £300—£185 during his lifetime and £115 from his executor, Michael Nissley.⁵ At the time, the couple was recorded as being “of Londonderry in the County of dauphin.” Michael was taxed at Londonderry in 1787, 1786⁶, 1780⁷, and 1779.⁸

Deed records show that Michael Frantz purchased “Chestnut Hall,” a tract of 224 acres then located in Derry Township, on 18 April 1785 from Hans and Catharina Frantz of Manor Township.⁹ The deed does not specify any relationship between Michael and Hans and his wife.

However, when Michael and his wife Feronica sold this land on 6 May 1790 to George Myer, the deed named Michael as “one of his [Hans’] sons and one of the parties hereto belonging.”¹⁰ Hans had purchased this tract from John and Catharine Chestnut on 8 May 1775.¹¹ The fact that Michael was taxed in Londonderry in 1779 and 1780—before he bought it—may indicate that he was living and working this land by then, even though his father still owned it.

According to a biography of Michael A. Frantz, Michael’s grandson, Michael was “born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and in early manhood removed to Dauphin County, where he purchased a tract of land… He was highly esteemed in the community and spent the remainder of his life there.”¹² This is consistent with the deed research.

Based on this deed research, Michael Frantz was most likely the son of Hans Frantz of Manor Township. Did Hans have sons named Jacob and Christian? Check in next week as the research continues.

Deed: 1745 Hans Hoober to Jacob Hoober in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Kris Hocker on 11 Mar 2014

On 21 September 1745, Hans Hoober sold 200 acres to his son Jacob in “Martick” Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He had warranted this property 15 May 1735¹ and patented it 8 August 1735.² One hundred and fifty acres had been surveyed 21 June 1721, the other fifty acres on 25 October (8th month) 1726.

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Hans Hoober & wife To Jacob Hoober }

This Indenture made the twenty first day of September in the
year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty-five
Between Hans Hoober of the Township of Martick in the county of
Lancaster yeoman and Margaret his wife on the one part and Jacob Hoober
of the same Township and County son of the said Hans Hoober of the other part Witnesseth
that the Hans Hoober and Margaret his wife for and in consideration of the sum of
three hundred pounds lawful money is hereby acknowledged have granted bargained sol aliened
enfeoffed and confirmed as by these presents Do grant bargain sell alien enfeoff ad
confirm unto the said Jacob Hoover his heirs and assigns All that certain plantation
and tract of land situate lying and being in the Township of Martock bounded as
follows viz. Beginning at a white oak in a line of Hans Mussleman’s land thence
by vacant land East one hundred and forty perches to a post thence near a marked black
oak thence by vacant land south two hundred and forty three perches to a post thence
by vacant land West one hundred and forty perches to a post thence by vacant
land and by land of Hans Mussleman North two hundred and forty three perches
to the place of Beginning, Containing two hundred acres and the allowance of six

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acres on each hundred for roads and highways which said tract or parcel of land was
granted to the said Hans Hoober his heirs and assigns by patent from the Proprietors
and Governors in Chief of of the said Province under the hands of the said John Penn
and Thomas Penn and the great seal of the said province bearing date the eighth day of August
in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and thirty five as by the said Patent Recor
ded in the office for recording of deeds for the city and county of Philadelphia in patent
Book A vol 7, page 222 &c. Relation being thereto had may appear Together with all
and singular the improvements rights members and appurtenances whatsoever to
the same belonging or in anywise appertaining and the reversions and remainders rents
issues and profits thereof and all the estate right title Interest claim and demand of them
the said Hans Hoober & Margaret his wife of in and to the premises hereby granted and here
unto of all deeds evidences and writings concerning the same to be had and made at the
proper costs and charges of the said Jacob Hoober his heirs and assigns To have and
to hold the said tract of two hundred acres of land hereditaments and premises hereby
granted with their and every of their appurtenances unto the said Jacob Hoober his heirs
to the only proper use and behood of the said Jacob Hoober his heirs and assigns forever.
Under the yearly quite rent hereforth growing due and payable to the Chief Lord or Lords of the
fee thereof. And the said Hans Hoober for himself his heirs executors administrators and
for the said Margaret his wife doth covenant promise and grant to and with the said
Jacob Hoober his heirs and assigns by these presents that he the said Hans Huber
and Margaret his wife and their heirs & all and every other person and persons whatsoever
having or lawfully claiming or to clam an estate right title or interest of in or to the
said premises hereby granted or any part thereof by from or under them or any of them shall
and will at any time or times hereafter at the reasonable request costs and charges in the
law of the said Jacob Hoober his heirs and assigns make execute and acknowledge or cause
so to be all and every such further and better assuring and confirming of the afore
said tract of two hundred acres hereditaments and premises hereby granted with
the appurtenances unto the Jacob Hoober his heirs and assigns as by him or them or by his heirs or
their councel learned in the law shall be reasonably devised advised or requested.
In witness whereof the parties to these presents have interchangeably set their hands and
seals the day and year first above written
Sealed and delivered in the presence of us           Hans Hoober (seal)
Michael Downer    Martin Grof

Received the twenty first day of September in the year of our Lord 1745 of the above named
Jacob Hoober the sum of three hundred pounds lawful money of pennsylvania being the
full consideration money above mentioned I say received by me
Witness present                       Hans Hoober

Before me the subscriber one of his Majesties Justices of the peace for the county of Lancaster
came Michael Downer one of the persons within named and on his solemn affirmation declared
he saw Hans Hoober and Margaret his wife the grantors within named sign seal
and deliver on their act and deed the within Jacob Hoober within named and
that the same Michael Downer is the proper hand writing of this affiant
and that he saw Martin Graf sign his name as a witness to the same time In
witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the 6th January (1746)
Thos Cookson
Recorded January 24th 1890           Edwin L Reinhold   Recorder³

While the deed specifies the land was in Martic Township, an examination of the Warrantee Township maps shows that the land was actually in Earl Township.

Deed: Samuel McAfee to John Funk Dec’d Executors (1833)

Kris Hocker on 19 Dec 2013

Trying to find the descendants of a target person can sometimes feel like a game of “six points of separation” when you have to widen your scope to research family and friends. However, the indirect path can yield results—as in a series of deeds I found for John Funk of Strasburg Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania which gave me the names of the grandchildren of his sister Anna Maria (Funk) Hoover. This deed is one example of what I found.¹

MC AFEE SAMUEL }

“TO }

JOHN FUNK DECD EXORS }

KNOW ALL MEN by these presents that I Samuel McAfee of Bertr township in Lincoln county in the province of Upper Canada intermarried with Sophia only child of Henry Hoover one of the seven children of Mary Hoover a sister of John Funk late of Strasburg in Lancaster county in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania deceased do hereby acknowledge that I have and received of and from Ann Funk Jacob Hoover and Jacob Newswanger executors of the last will and testament of the said John Funk deceased five hundred and seventy seven dollars and sixty eight cents lawful money in full satisfaction and payment of all monies legacies and bequests to which I am entitled in right of my said wife Sophia due and coming toher [sic] in right of her deceased father Henry Hoover aforesaid as one of the seven children of the said Mary Hoover deceased under and by the last will and testament of the said John Funk deceased of in and to / [the following written interline to be inserted:] all and singular his estate real and personal whatsoever and wheresoever according to [resume text] the said executors account filed in the Registers office at Lancaster. Therefore I the said Samuel McAfee in right of my said wife Sophia do by these presents release acquit and forever discharge the said Ann Funk Jacob Hoover & Jacob Newswanger executors aforesaid their heirs executors and administrators of and from all monies legacies bequests aforesaid and of and from all dividends shares and parts of and in all the estate of the said John Funk deceased and of and from all actions suits payments account reckonings claims and demands for or by reason thereof.

In Witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals the twenty ninth day of April Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.

Samuel McAfee (SEAL)

Sophia McAfee (SEAL)

Sealed and delivered in the presence of us:

‘and the said Sophia’ interlined before signing: Charles L. Hall Alex Mackie

Lincoln county

Province of Upper Canada to wit:

Personally appeared before me James Muirhead Esquire chairman and preciding Judge of the court of quarter sessions for said county the above named Samuel McAfee and Sophia his wife and acknowledged the above release to be their act deed and desired the same to be recorded as such according to law.

In Testimony whereof I havehereunto [sic] set my hand and seal the twenty ninth day of April Anno Domini 1833.

J. Muirhead Chairman (SEAL)

Upper Canada District of Niagara

Lincoln County to wit:

I Charles Richardson of the town of Niagara in the district of Niagara Esquire Clerk of the peace in and for the said district do hereby certify that the within names James Muirhead is chairman and presiding Judge of the court of Quarter Sessions in and for the said district and is authorized to Bar Down and within that there is no court of common pleas in the province of Upper Canada that the signatures of the witnesses to the release are known to me as well as the chairmans and that they are just and true. Given under my hand and seal of office this twenty ninth day of April Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.

Charles Richardson (SEAL)

Clerk of the Peace

Recorded June 25th 1833

Per

Jacob Peelor Rec.”

Ulrich and Anna Maria (Funk) Hoover had the following children:

Catharine married Christian Hershey
Jacob married Susanna Miller
Henry
Anna married Leonard Anwater/Awerter
Abraham
Christian
Mary married Nathaniel Dodge (also of Upper Canada)

The Jacob Hoover who served as one of John Funk’s executors was most likely the son of Jacob and Susanna (Miller) Hoover of Strasburg as all of Anna Maria (Funk) Hoover’s children were deceased before 1833.

Friday Find: Henry Hoover’s heirs to John Stauffer

Kris Hocker on 18 Oct 2013

I found a deed today that I believe relates to Henry Hoover of Strasburg Township who died before 18 Dec 1833, leaving heirs in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. According to one deed, Henry had eight brothers and sisters.¹ I was able to determine four of them:

Christian Hoover of Franklin County and children: John, Martin, Christian, Abraham, Samuel, Jeremiah, Catharine, and Martha
Feronica “Franey” (Hoover) Brand and sons Samuel and Christian
Elizabeth (Hoover) Zimmerman and son Jacob
Esther (Hoover) Beam

But I was still looking for the other four. I think I may have found three of them…

Know all men by these presents that whereas Henry Hoover late of the township of Leacock in the County of Lancaster in the state of Pennsylvania in the United States of America Carpenter and joiner deceased by his last will and testament in writing bearing the date the ____ day of ___ in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty did among other legacies therein contained give and bequeath unto us John Hoover, Martin Hoover and Daniel Hoover all of the township of Markham in the County of York in the Home District and province of Upper Canada yeomen the sum of four hundred and sixty one dollars and sixteen cents to be divided among us in three fair and equal proportions and of his said will made and constituted John Stouffer of the same township of Leacock miller executor, as in and by the said will may appear Now know ye that we the said John Hoover Martin Hoover and Daniel Hoover do and each of us does confess and acknowledge that we have had and received according to our respective shares of and from the said John Stauffer the legacy or sum of four hundred and sixty one dollars and sixteen cents as aforesaid given and bequeathed unto us by the said Henry Hoover and therefore do and each of us does by these presents aquit release and discharge the said John Stouffer of and from all legacies dues and demands whatsoever which we or any of us our or any of executors or administrators may have claim challenge or demand of or against the said John Stauffer his executors or administrators by virtue of the said last will and testament of or out of the estate of the said Henry Hoover deceased as aforesaid In witness whereof the said Legatees have hereunto respectively set their hands and seals at Markham aforesaid this first day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty six.

John his X mark Hoover
Martin Hoover
Daniel Hoover

In presence
Benjamin Oberholser
Johannes [in German]

Recorded April 1st Anno Domini 1837John Warfel, Recorder²

I need to follow-up to verify this information, but John Stauffer was the executor listed in all the deeds. Additionally, I found Daniel Hoover, Christian Hoover, and Martin Hoover in Peters Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania in the 1800 census.³ Only Christian is there in 1810 and 1820.

If you have information on this family, please leave a comment below or drop me a line.

Follow-up: From Deed to Land Warrant and Back Again

Kris Hocker on 28 Oct 2012

John Hoover 1752 Conestoga Township land patent

John Hoover 1752 Conestoga twp land patent

In my last post, “From Deed to Land Warrant and Back Again,” I found that John Huber had patented 25 acres in Conestoga in right of Michael Hess and surveyed a 110-acre tract that he had purchased from Jacob Eshleman. My next step was to determine what happened to this tract. Did John sell it or perhaps leave it to his heirs?

I was unable to locate a deed of sale from John Hoover. However, I found two deeds documenting the later sale of these tracts. One deed was from Leonard May for a mortgage on the property from Joseph Cauffman.¹ May had purchased the land from Daniel Keeports of Lampeter Township in 1765. The second was from Daniel Keenports, selling the land to David Hess.² Leonard May and his wife Christina had sold the land back to Keeports/Keenports on 23 August 1768.

Jacob Eshleman Conestoga Twp tract

While there is no explicit mention of John Hoover in these documents, the description of the properties is a match to those previously owned by John Hoover. He had apparently either sold the tracts to Daniel Keeports—or someone who then sold it to Daniel Keeports—sometime before 10 January 1765 when Keeports sold it to Leonard May.

John—presumably this one—had inherited his father’s land up the Pequea in Conestoga Township in 1757.³ He, then, sold this property on 10 Oct 1767 to Melchoir and Anna (Good) Brenneman.⁴ It is believed he left the county soon after.

John Hoover of “Timber Hill”

Kris Hocker on 26 Oct 2012

In reviewing some information on John Hoover (Ulrich¹), I came across the following: “May also be the John [Hoover] who had 50 acres surveyed on May 10, 1768, in York Co. called “Timber Hill.”¹ It sounded familiar, so I looked it up. The tract was warranted to Andrew Hershey on 24 October 1738 and patented to John Hoover on 17 August 1772 for 146 acres and 80 perches, Patent AA13:193.²

I recalled seeing land transactions between Andrew Hershey and John Hoover—although in connection to another Hoover family—and decided to dig a little deeper. John is a very common name. Which John Hoover patented Timber Hill?

John Hoover’s Timber Hill tract in Manheim Township

John Hoover had 140 acres known as “Timber Hill” in Manheim township surveyed on 10 May 1768.³ This land was adjacent other lands of Andrew Hershey, Jacob Bollinger, Thomas Wilson and Mark Furney. Ownership of this land must have been contested at one point, because there were multiple surveys, including several in the name of Jacob Gotshalk.

Jacob Gotshalk had applied for a patent on this land in 1767, but apparently never lived on it according to several later surveys.⁴ In any case, John Hoover purchased the rights to the land from Gotshalk in 1771 for £35.⁵ In this deed John Hoover was of Hempfield Township, Lancaster County. John Hoover, Miller, of Hempfield and his wife Ann sold this tract and another that they’d inherited from her father Andrew Hershey to Jacob Burkhard in 1775.⁶

Andrew Hershey made his will on 9 December 1754, it was probated on 19 February 1755 and left his property—except for one tract left by name to his grandson Christian Hershey—to be divided equally amongst his heirs.⁷ In 1766, Andrew’s heirs—including John and Anna Hoober—quitclaimed a tract in Hempfield Township to Benjamin Hershey.⁸

While I don’t know for certain where John Hoover (Ulrich¹) was after he sold his father’s tract in Conestoga Township on 10 Oct 1767, I do know that at that time his wife’s name as Mary.⁹ Furthermore, John Hoover of Hempfield and wife Anna bought and sold property in Hempfield and Manheim Townships, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania from the 1760s through the 1780s—a period that overlaps John Hoover’s (Ulrich¹) life in and eventual disappearance from Conestoga Township.

From these records, I would conclude that John Hoover (Ulrich¹) was not the man who patented Timber Hill. Instead, it appears to me that John Huber of Hempfield Township was. This John Hoover was most likely the son of Christian Hoover of Hempfield Township who died prior to 27 November 1757. John lived his entire life in Hempfield Township. He wrote his will on 30 August 1798 and it was probated in Lancaster County on 17 September 1803.¹⁰

Mortgage: Henry Snyder, 1830

Kris Hocker on 17 Jun 2011

1830 Mortgage of Henry Snyder

Among my grandfather’s papers, I found the original document of a mortgage between Henry Snyder and George Hillegas for 62 acres 40 perches in Upper Hanover Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The document was dated 17 Aug 1830! Here’s what it says:

“This Indenture made the third day of April in the year of our LORD One Thousand Eight Hundred and thirty Between Henry Snyder of Upper Hanover township in the County of Montgomery and State of Pennsylvania Cordwainer ~ of the first part, and George Hillegas Seneor [sic] of the same township county and state~ aforesaid Storekeeper ~ of the second part.

Whereas, the said party of the first part, in and by A certain obligation or writing obligatory bearing the date herewith, standeth bound unto the party of the second part, in the sum of fourteen hundred Dollars Lawful Money of Pennsylvania conditioned for the payment of the sum of seven hundred Dollars of lawful Gold of Silver Money current in the State of Pennsylvania, on the first day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty one, with the Lawful Interest for the same, as in and by the said Recited Obligation, and Condition thereof ~

as by the said obligation and the condition thereto, will fully appear: Now this Indenture witnesseth, that the said party of the first part, for and in consideration of the aforesaid obligation, and of the debt therein mentioned, and for the better securing the payment of the same at the times and in the manner in the said obligation specified, and for further consideration of one Dollar him in hand paid by the party of the second part, at and before the sealing and delivery of those presents, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, HATH granted, bargained, sold, released, and confirmed, and by these presents, DOTH, grant, bargain, sell, release and confirm unto the said party of the second part, his heirs and assigns, all that certain Messuage tenement and tract of land situate in Upper Hanover township in the County of Montgomery and State of Pennsylvania Beginning at a stone a corner of George Hillegas land by the same North thirty five degrees west one hundred fourteen perches and seven tenth of a perch to a stone a corner of the Reformed Congregation land by the same north forty one and one half degrees East forty perches six tenth of a perch to a stone a corner in said line of Jacob [?]oyers land, by the same south forty five degrees East twenty one perches and three tenth of a perch to a stone by the same North twenty seven degrees East nineteen perches to a stone by the same South fifty one degrees East seventeen perches and seven tenth of a perch to a stone by the same South thirty eight degrees West thirteen perches and [one?] tenth of a perch to a stone [?] the same South forty two degrees East twenty two perches to a stone by the same north forty eight and one half degrees East forty two perches to a stone in a line of Henry [?] land by the same South forty one & one half East twenty five perches and nine tenth of a perch to a stone by the same North fifty four degrees fifty minutes East eighty three perches and seven tenth of a perch to a stone by the same South forty seven degrees East eight perches to a line of James Ashmead land by the same South forty two and one quarter degrees west one hundred eighty eight perches and seven tenth to the place of Beginning Containing sixty two Acres forty perches of land (It being the same which Jacob Stoyer[?] Administrator to the will annexed of Godfreyd Wissler yeoman deceased by his Indenture dated the day previous the date hereof duly Acknowledged have granted and Confirmed unto the said Henry Snyder (party hereto) to hold the same to him his heirs and Assigns in fee as in and by said Recited Indenture, intended to be Recorded, Relation being thereunto had appears)

Together with all and singular the hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging, and the remainders and reversions, rents, issues and the profits thereof; and all the estate, right, title and interest of him the said party of the first part, his heirs and assigns, of, in and to the same: To have and to hold the premises hereby granted, with the appurtenances, unto the said party of the second part, his heirs and assigns; to the use of the said party of the second part, his heirs and assigns forever. Provided always nevertheless, that if the said party of the first part, his heirs, executors or administrators, do and shall pay or cause to be paid to the said party of the second part, his executors, administrators or assigns, the aforesaid debt or sum of money in the said obligation and condition mentioned, at the times and in the manner therein specified and provided, then and thenceforth as well this Indenture as the estate hereby granted, shall determine and become void, any thing herein before contained to the contrary notwithstanding. In Witness whereof the said parties to these presents have hereunto interchangeably set their hands and seals the day and year first above written.

Henry Snyder (seal)

Sealed and delivered in the presence of
[written in German, can’t read]
Jacob Gerhard

Montgomery County Ss

On the third day of April Anno Domini 1830 before me Jacob Gerhard Esquire one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County personally appeared Henry Snyder the grantor above named and acknowledged the foregoing Indenture to be his act and deed. Witness my hand and seal the day and year just above written.

Jacob Gerhard (seal)

I haven’t done much primary research into this family, but I can’t imagine this document being saved and passed down unless either Henry Snyder was a relative or the document pertained to the farm of my great-great grandfather Henry D. Snyder. Additional research is needed to determine the truth of either hypothesis.

Lancaster County Deeds, Hoover Grantor Index, Part V

Kris Hocker on 7 Feb 2010

This is the final part of the Lancaster County Deeds, Huber/Hoover Grantor Index post series that I’ll be publishing. Since the list contains almost 1000 rows, I’m breaking it down into smaller chunks by first name groups.

This lists Huber/Hoover grantors from 1729-1893 with first names starting with R through W. The list has been sorted by first name, surname, then by book. The date is the date the deed (release, etc.) was written. In some cases, they were recorded many years later.

Also available: Part I (A—D), Part II (E—H), Part III (I—L), and Part IV (M—P).

Grantor		Grantee		Deed Information
Surname	First name	First name	Surname	Bk	Vol	Pg	Dated	Location
Hoober	Rachel heirs Shrff	Rachel	Hoober Exrs	X	8	81	16 May 1850	Release
Hoover	Rebecca	Samuel D.	Hoover	B	mis	603	19 Aug 1869	Articles of Separation
Hoover	Samuel	Rebecca	Hoover	B	mis	603	19 Aug 1869	Articles of Separation
Huber	Samuel	John	Strohm	C	9	401	15 May 1861	Providence
Hoover	Samuel	Downingtown & Lanc RR Co		G	13	307	2 Apr 1889	U Leacock Twp
Huber	Samuel	John	Kendig GRDN	I	8	50	7 Oct 1854	Release
Hoover	Samuel	John	Beaner	K	9	156	30 Mar 1865	Paradise Twp
Huber	Samuel	John	Frank	K	7	269	30 Mar 1818	Warwick
Hoover	Samuel	Abraham	Hoover	L		186	20 Jan 1763	Warwick Twp
Huber	Samuel	John	Grossman	L	11	398	23 Jan 1880	Warwick Twp
Hoober	Samuel	George	Baghart	MM		373	5 Mar 1781	Transfer
Hoover	Samuel	Isaac	Brubaker	N	10	158	16 Feb 1876	Earl
Hoover	Samuel	Benjamin	Gerhart	Q	9	60	27 Mar 1867	W. Cocalico
Huber	Samuel	Ann Margaret	Shitz	Q	12	179	12 May 1856	City
Huber	Samuel	Margaret Ann	Sheetz	Q	12	180	2 Apr 1866	City
Huber	Samuel	John	Bender	S		329	2 Oct 1775	Warwick
Huber	Samuel	August	Rolt	T	9	225	15 Apr 1867	Lancaster
Huber	Samuel	Samuel	Shrantz	Z	5	339	13 Aug 1825	Warwick Twp
Huber	Samuel Admrs	Franklin	Poff	T	11	542	1 Apr 1882	Providence
Huber	Samuel GRDN	John	Kreider GRDN	M	7	519	22 Aug 1849	Release
Huber	Samuel heir	Christian	Riser	1		649	14 Dec 1811	Transfer
Huber	Samuel heirs	Samuel	Huber Admr	C	14	121	18 Jul 1892
Huber	Samuel heirs	Samuel	Huber Exrs	D	13	467	1887	Release
Hoover	Samuel heirs	Samuel	Hoover Exrs	K	9	103	14 Mar 1865	Release
Huber	Samuel heirs	Samuel	Holl	Z	5	344	31 Mar 1827	Release
Huber	Samuel Jr. heirs	Samuel	Huber Admr	Z	13	239	19 Apr 1892	Release
Hoover	Samuel S.	John	Shimp	G	10	178	29 Mar 1872	Salisbury
Hoover	Samuel S.	Elias	Lynch	K	11	89	31 Mar 1879	Salisbury
Hoover	Samuel S.	Luther S.	Kurtz	K	11	254	31 Mar 1879	Salisbury
Huber	Samuel Sr. heirs	Samuel	Huber Exrs	C	8	457	14 May 1853	Release
Huber	Samuel Sr. heirs	Samuel	Huber Jr. trustee	C	14	120	18 Jul 1892	Release
Huber	Samuel Sr. heirs	Samuel	Huber Jr. trustee	Z	13	237	19 Apr 1892	Release
Huber	Samuel trustee	Henry	Burkhart Exrs	Q	11	179	11 Apr 1881	Release
Hoover	Sarah & hus	Thomas	Cox	P	8	509	11 Apr 1857	N Prince St City
Huber	Sarah & Hus	William	Gast	Y	10	449	17 Sep 1864	Lafayette St
Hoover	Sarah Ann	Amanda	Bryson	E	13	554	11 Mar 1889	Paradise
Hoover	Sarah heirs	David	Markley	C	13	196	5 Feb 1883	Walnut St
Hoover	Sarah heirs	John B.	Hoover trustee	U	12	376	30 Mar 1887	Release
Hoover	Solomon	Peter	Orth	C	13	331	21 Mar 1877	E Donegal
Hoover	Solomon	Henry S.	Trout	O	10	273	1 Apr 1873	Transfer
Huber	Solomon	Jacob	Myer	U	9	408	16 May 1868	West Earl
Huber	Solomon	Amos	Horst	W	9	129	2 Apr 1869	Voganville
Huber	Susan	Charles E.	Huber	I	14	63	4 May 1893	823 N. Queen St.
Huber	Susan & Hus	Henry	Charles	W	11	309	23 Mar 1876	Pequea Twp
Huber	Susan heirs	Susan	Huber Admr	Q	12	302	22 Jun 1886	Release
Huber	Susana heirs	Susanna	Huber Exrs	T	10	161	24 Mar 1875	Release
Huber	Susana heirs	Susanna	Huber Exrs	U	10	383	4 Jan 1876	Release
Huber	Susana heirs	Susanna	Huber Exrs	U	10	383	21 Jan 1876	Release
Huber	Susana heirs	Susanna	Huber Exrs	U	10	384	4 Jan 1876	Release
Huber	Susanna	Mennonite Society		H	9	232	17 Dec 1864	Providence
Huber	Susanna	Jacob	Lantz	N	11	377	20 Sep 1850	Martic
Huber	susanna	John	Oberholtzer	S	13	572	1 Apr 1891	Release
Huber	Susanna	Abraham	Herr GRDN	T	7	625	30 Jan 1852	Release
Huber	Susanna Admrs	Catherine L.	Huber	C	13	489	14 Feb 1889	Strasburg Twp
Huber	Susanna Exrs	Benjamin	Seigle	T	10	25	14 Apr 1875	Providence
Huber	Susanna Exrs	Witmer J	Barge	T	10	35	14 Apr 1875	Providence
Huber	Susanna Exrs	John F.	Meck	T	10	43	14 Apr 1875	Providence
Huber	Susanna legatee	Susanna	Huber Exrs	Y	9	628	26 Mar 1870	Release
Huber	Susannah	Philip	Ranck	PP		553	19 Oct 1792	Warwick
Hoover	Tobias	Nathaniel	Watson	L	8	205	9 Aug 1855	Transfer
Hoover	Tobias heirs	Mary	Hoover	A	9	474	29 Nov 1858	E. Donegal
Hoover	Tobias heirs	Tobias	Hoover Admr	X	8	136	30 Jul 1859	Release
Hoover	Ulrich	John	Bare	M	3	480	28 Mar 1772	Water right
Hoover	Ulrich heirs	Jacob	Huber	II		358	23 Sep 1786	Martick
Huber	Ulrich heirs	John	Huber	II		358	23 Feb 1786	Martick Twp
Huber	Ulrick	Jacob	Bare	H		251	12 Jun 1764	Strasburg Twp
Hoover	Ulrick	Jacob	Hoover	K		133	12 Jun 1764	Strasburg
Huber	Wendel	Stephen	Houser	W	12	87	17 Feb 1871	Strawberry St Lanc
Huber	Wilhelmina	Ann	Huber	T	9	126	5 Aug 1868	Conestoga St Lanc
Huber	William	James A.	Huber	L	13	69	6 Nov 1889	Freiberg St
Huber	William	Catharine	Huber	R	9	580	10 Jun 1867	City
Huber	William	Henry	Lossner	T	9	274	1 Apr 1869	Conestoga St Lanc
Huber	William R.	Jacob S.	Trout GRDN	A	12	42	26 Mar 1883	Release
Huber	Winfield H.	James H.	Doebler	B	14	393	29 Apr 1892	Christian St Lanc
Hover	Woolrich heirs	John	Hover	H		92	23 Jun 1759	Conestoga Twp

Lancaster County Deeds, Hoover Grantor Index, Part IV

Kris Hocker on 6 Feb 2010

This is the fourth part of the Lancaster County Deeds, Huber/Hoover Grantor Index post series that I’ll be publishing. Since the list contains almost 1000 rows, I’m breaking it down into smaller chunks.

This list Huber/Hoover grantors from 1729-1893 with first names starting with M through P. The list has been sorted by first name, surname, then by book. The date is the date the deed (release, etc.) was written. In many cases, they were recorded many years later.

Also available: Part I (A—D), Part II (E—H), and Part III (I—L).

Grantor		Grantee		Deed Information
Surname	First name	First name	Surname	Bk	Vol	Pg	Dated	Location
Hoover	M D	George S	Benz	D	12	167	31 Mar 1884	Ephrata
Hoover	M D	C S	Hoffman	S	11	251	25 Nov 1881	Earl
Huber	M. Lizzie heirs	M. Lizzie	Huber	H	14	208	15 Apr 1893	Release
Huber	Magdalena & husband	Christian	Hershey	C	8	45	15 Mar 1853	Manor Twp
Huber	Magdalena & husband	Benjamin	Hershey	T	6	254	25 Jan 1841	Manor
Hoover	Margaret	John	Stouffer GRDN	D	7	283	7 Sep 1846	Release
Hoover	Maria Exrs	Henry	Trout	D	10	249	1 Apr 1861	Strasburg Twp
Hoover	Maria heirs	Maria	Hoover Exrs	A	9	681	8 Jul 1861	Release
Huber	Martha	John	Kendig GRDN	T	8	144	19 Jun 1858	Release
Hoover	Martha Admr	John	Kreider Admr	Y	9	573	19 Jul 1870	Release
Hoover	Martha heirs	Martha	Hoover Admr	A	10	378	6 Feb 1871	Release
Huber	Martin	John	Lintner	23		475	24 Jan 1820	Millersburg
Huber	Martin	William	Miller	E	9	417	1 Apr 1864	West Lampeter
Huber	Martin	Martin	Huber	F	5	436	19 Aug 1815	Appt of Appraisers
Huber	Martin	Martin	Huber	F	5	436	19 Aug 1815	Report of Appraisers
Huber	Martin	Feronica	Huber	H	5	338	31 Mar 1827	Earl Twp
Huber	Martin	Philip P.	Huber	H	8	439	19 Mar 1855	East Cocalico Twp
Huber	Martin	Peter	Heestand	MM		701	16 Jun 1791	Hempfield
Hoover	Martin	Andrew	Dunlap	N	6	390	2 Apr 1838	Bond
Hovver	Martin	Michael	Grebill Exr	RR		70	28 Sep 1784	Earl
Huber	Martin	Peter	Herr	T	9	272	29 Mar 1869	West Lampeter
Huber	Martin	Joseph	Huber	X	5	379	7 Aug	Hempfield
Huber	Martin Exrs	Peter	Tangert	S	8	110	25 Nov 1857	Transfer
Huber	Martin heirs	John	Strohm	C	9	401	15 May 1861	Providence
Huber	Martin heirs	Christian	Huber	F	5	438	1 Apr 1826	Release
Huber	Martin heirs	Martin	Huber	H	5	336	30 Mar 1827	Release
Huber	Martin heirs	Levi	Huber	I	8	102	7 Sep 1854	Earl Twp
Huber	Mary	B.F.	Rowe GRDN	W	10	481	18 Aug 1876	Release
Huber	Mary Admrs	Henry	Herr	T	8	431	2 Apr 1859	Release
Hueubner	Mary C.	Mathias T.	Huebner	E	10	617	14 Jun 1867	Lititz
Huver	Mary E.	Henry S.	Musser	D	11	142	19 Jan 1878	Marietta
Huber	Mary Emma & Hus	Jacob	Witmer	C	14	11	18 Apr 1892	Transfer
Hoover	Mary heirs	Mary	Hoover admrs	A	9	693	21 Jul 1861	Release
Hoover	Mary heirs	Mary	Hoover admrs	B	9	173	4 Apr 1861	Release
Hoover	Mary heirs	Mary	Hoover trustee	Q	10	490	4 Jan 1875	Release
Huber	Mary heirs	Mary	Huber Admr	W	8	115	1 Apr 1859	Release
Hoover	Mary heirs	Mary	Hoover Exrs	X	9	284	20 Jul 1869	Release
Huber	Mary M.	John	Kendig GRDN	L	8	628	5 Apr 1856	Release
Hoover	Mathias	Marcus	Young	P		370	4 Jan 1773	Martick
Hoover	Mathias	Henry	Rush	PP		497	12 Jun 1796	Martick
Huber	Mathias	Valentine	Hummel	Q		346	15 Oct 1778	Derry Twp
Hoover	Mathias	John	Hart	R		143	10 Aug 1776	Martick
Hoover	Mathias	Adam	Ulrich	T		209	30 Jul 1776	Derry Twp
Hoober	Matilda	Abraham B	Huber	U	11	117	3 Apr 1882	Manheim
Hoover	Michael	John	Hawbaker	C	mis	257	31 Dec 1821	Release
Hoover	Michael	Isaac H	Hoover	G	13	521	22 May 1889	E Donegal
Hoover	Michael	Solomon	Hoover	G	13	522	22 May 1889	E Donegal
Huver	Michael	Henry	Hackman Jr.	H	11	180	29 Mar 1879	Pequea Twp
Huber	Michael	Martin	Shank	II		493	26 Mar 1774	Cocalico Twp
Hoover	Michael	Lanc & Reading RR Co		Q	10	637	11 Jun 1875
Huver	Michael	Michael K.	Shenk	T	9	289	31 Mar 1869	Martic Twp
Hoover	Michael	Christian	Snyder	U	11	327	7 Jan 1882	E Donegal
Huber	Michael	Christian	Garber	Y	7	418	6 Sep 1852	East Donegal Twp
Hoover	Michael Exr	Henry W	Hess	A	8	116	1 Apr 1848	W King St Lanc
Hoover	Michael Exr	Tobias	Hoover	R	8	455	5 Sep 1857
Hoover	Michael Exr	Michael	Hoover	R	8	457	5 Sep 1857	E Donegal
Huber	Michael GRDN	Jacob	Johns former GRDN	UU		229	10 Aug 1795	Release
Hoover	Michael heirs	Michael	Hoover Exrs	U	8	55	31 Mar 1858	Release
Huver	Michael L	Martin S.	Harnish	C	9	186	17 Mar 1862	Martic
Hoover	Michael L Trust	Jeremiah	Landis	M	13	137	29 Mar 1890	E Hempfield Twp
Huver	Michael L.	Adam	Wier	D	11	357	25 Mar 1878	Pequea Twp
Huver	Michael L.	James	Rice	G	11	200	1 Nov 1860	Martic
Huver	Michael L.	Andrew	Mehaffy	H	11	35	1 Apr 1878	Pequea Twp
Huver	Michael L.	Joseph	Walton	S	9	466	26 Dec 1863	Martic Twp
Huver	Michael S. heirs	Andrew H.	Shenk	A	10	337	9 Apr 1870	Lancaster Twp
Huber	Michael widow	Michael	Huber heirs	T	7	331	26 Dec 1850	Release
Huber	Milton G.	David	Huber GRDN	X	13	514	5 Nov 1891	Release
Hoover	Moyer D	Christian	Garst or Gerstenlaur	M	13	479	3 Apr 1883	Ephrata
Hoover	Moyer D	J Milton	Sheaffer	W	12	123	30 Mar 1887	Ephrata Twp
Hoover	Nancy heirs	Nancy	Hoover Exrs	C	12	112	16 Feb 1883	Release
Huber	Nancy heirs	Bernard	Huber	S	13	325	25 Mar 1891	South Prince St
Huber	Nancy heirs	James	Huber	S	13	436	25 Mar 1891	Columbia Ave
Huber	Nancy heirs	Nancy	Huber Admr	W	13	259	18 Aug 1891	Release
Huebner	Obadiah T.	Mathias	Huebner	E	10	617	14 Jun 1867	Lititz
Huber	Peter	Martin	Manderbach	23		266	18 Mar 1822	Bill of sale
Hoover	Peter	R	Moderwell	B	7	236	14 Jul 1845	Agreement
Huber	Peter	John	Royer	B	7	511	18 Feb 1846	Transfer
Huber	Peter	Christian	Huber	H	7	266	11 May 1792	Martick Twp
Huber	Peter	Abraham	Huber	L	6	107	27 Mar 1838	Martick
Huber	Peter	John	Baker	L	10	603	24 Apr 1874	Alley Right
Huber	Peter	Joseph	Detwiler	N	9	554	4 Apr 1867	Mt. Joy
Hoover	Peter	Thomas	Cox	P	8	509	11 Apr 1857	N Prince St City
Huber	Peter	Martin	Kempf	T	9	144	24 Feb 1869	Lancaster
Huber	Peter	Joseph	Detwiler	W	9	566	30 Mar 1870	Mt. Joy Boro
Huber	Peter Admrs	Bernard	Huber	T	8	167	30 Jul 1858	N. Queen St City
Huber	Peter assignees	Henry	Dietrich	25		457	3 Apr 1822	Warwick
Hoover	Peter D	John B.	Barbour	W	11	62	7 Jan 1882	Earl R of W
Hoover	Peter D	Southern Pipe Line Co		X	13	366	25 Oct 1890	Earl R of W
Huber	Peter heirs	Peter	Huber Exrs	R	5	126	12 Mar 1831	Release
Huber	Peter heirs	Peter	Huber Exrs	T	6	283	1 Nov 1841	Release
Huber	Peter heirs	Peter	Huber Exrs	Y	5	293	21 Mar 1833	Release
Huber	Peter Jr.	Joseph	Musser	20		320	27 Mar 1821	Deed of assignment
Hoover	Peter S Trustee	John B.	Barbour	W	11	62	7 Jan 1882	Earl R of W
Huber	Peter Sr.	Peter	Huber Jr.	LL		238	28 Mar 1789	Warwick
Hoover	Peter Sr.	Robert	Moderwell	S	8	418	15 Jul 1845	Agreement
Hoover	Philip	Mary K	Groff	A	mis	127	30 Mar 1858	Leacock Twp
Hoover	Philip	Henry W	Bair	E	6	228	22 Feb 1851	Leacock Twp
Hoover	Philip heirs	Philip	Hoover Admr	H	10	174	12 Apr 1872	Release
Hoover	Philip heirs	Philip	Hoover Admr	H	10	175	24 Apr 1872	Release
Huebner	Philip heirs	Wilhelmina	Huebner	P	13	350	13 Jun 1890	Columbia

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