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Huber/Hoover Map of Lancaster County, PA

Kris Hocker on 21 Apr 2010

Lancaster County Huber/Hoover land warrant tracts

I’m in the middle project on the Huber/Hoover family, specifically looking at Lancaster County and Fayette County, Pennsylvania and Washington County, Maryland—with the likelihood of branching out to additional areas like Somerset County, Bedford County, Franklin County, Dauphin County… A big undertaking!

I’ve started by looking at deeds and land warrants for Lancaster County. Being a visual person, I wanted some way of seeing spatial relationship between the locations from these records. I tried combining data from the warrantee township maps, but decided to try a simpler approach.

I put together a map of the original townships of Lancaster County that were within its current boundaries. Lancaster originally included much more land, including parts of Dauphin, Lebanon, Berks, Cumberland, York, Adams and Franklin counties. For my purposes I wanted to focus on a smaller area. On this map I plotted the approximate locations of Huber/Hoover tracts from the land warrants prior to 1800.

I can’t guarantee that I’ve got everyone correct. John Jacob and Jacob Huber in Conestoga (now Pequea) could have been the same man. The two tracts adjoin. Since the patents were for John Jacob Huber (from Martin Kendig, 1736) and Jacob Huber (from John Smith, 1759), I indicated them separately.

Also, I haven’t determined if all the tracts in Warwick and Manheim Townships were to the same Jacob Huber. Jacob Huber (ca 1708-1767), the founder and ironmaster of Elizabeth Furnace, did own substantial amounts of property. So, it is likely the same man.

I must caution that proximity does NOT necessarily always indicate a relationship. According to Harry Hoover’s book on the descendants of Hans Hoober of Earl Township, Hans’ son Jacob owned property in Martic Township—he was likely the John Jacob Huber—quite a ways away from his father’s land. Hans and Martin of Earl Township are, however, grandfather and grandson.

Update: 3 Revised Hoover Family Pages

Kris Hocker on 4 Apr 2010

I’ve finally added the revised family pages for George Hoover (ca 1766-1847) of Fayette County, son of Andrew and Catharine (___) Hoover and George Hoover (ca 1735/40-1813) of Armstrong county, son of Michael Hoover. These pages—especially George Hoover of Armstrong County—include some substantial changes from their prior versions, so descendants of Christian Hoover, William Matthias Kern Jr., Johan Adam Waltenbaugh, Peter Kern, Peter Dedrow/Tedrow, Martin Kerbaugh, and Philip Weitzel/Whitesel please take note. I’ve also updated the Andrew Hoover Jr. of Fayette County page to include the new information regarding his wife.

I am currently expanding my research to include Hoovers in Frederick/Washington County, Maryland and Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. There are at least three Hoover families in the same area in Maryland at approximately the same time of interest to me—Johannes Huber of Necessity (the Hoover vacuum family line), Andreas Huber (later of Fayette County), and Michael Huber (later of Bedford County) and several of his sons. Although it is unknown if there was actually a familial relationship between these groups, I find the possibility intriguing. After all, Andreas Huber named his first land purchase in Maryland “Cousins Obligation.” It makes me wonder who was the cousin and what was the obligation?

Do you have ties to the Hoover families of Frederick and Washington counties? If so, please drop me a line.

Update: George Hoover of Fayette County

Kris Hocker on 22 Mar 2010

I’ve recently discovered that George Hoover, son of Andrew and Catharine (___) Hoover, of Fayette County lived in Union Township his whole life. Therefore, he can not be the George Hoover who owned property in Westmoreland County from 1779 through 1799 and died in Armstrong County in 1813.

How Did We Get Here?

Before I get to what I’ve learned about Andrew Hoover’s son, George, let’s review. How did we previously determine that George Hoover of Armstrong County was the son of Andrew and Catharine (___) Hoover? What evidence led to that conclusion?

A biography of George’s grandson, Samuel Hoover of Indiana County, stated that:

“George Hoover, the grandfather of our subject, was among the early settlers of Westmoreland county. He was of German descent and came to that county when only fourteen years of age, with two brothers.”¹

Looking at Westmoreland County records reveals the baptisms of two children—Maria Magdalina and Solomon—to George and Eva Elisabeth (__) Hoover at Good Hope Lutheran and Reformed Church that match two heirs named in George Hoover’s estate papers.²,³,⁴ Children of George’s son Christian and daughters Catharina and Julianna were also baptized at Good Hope Lutheran and Reformed Church.⁵ The couple were also sponsors at their grandson Samuel’s baptism.

George Hoover purchased land in Donegal Township, Westmoreland County on 10 Apr 1779.⁶ Available county tax records put George there from 1783 through 1799 when he and Christian were marked as “gone from the county.”⁷,⁸,⁹ From these Armstrong and Westmoreland county records we know that the George Hoover in Westmoreland was, in fact, the same man as George Hoover of Armstrong County.

This George Hoover was in the Fayette/Westmoreland county area by 1779; but he could have been there earlier. From the 1800 U.S. census, we can estimate George’s birth date as circa 1755 or before.¹⁰ Going by Samuel’s biography, his grandfather, therefore, came to the Westmoreland area about 1769. Andrew Hoover’s son Jacob was in the Fayette County area by 1770 when he was living on land that today is part of Greene County, Pennsylvania.¹¹ Andrew’s son Andrew Jr. was also in Fayette County early. He and his brother-in-law were of “Manallin Township and county aforesaid [Westmoreland]” when they purchased land from John Waller in 1775.¹² We also know that Andrew Hoover had a son named George because he named him and left property to him in his last will & testament in 1784.¹³ George and wife Rosannah sold some of the land George inherited to John Hoover, presumably his brother.¹⁴

So, it seems perfectly reasonable that George Hoover of Armstrong County was the son of Andrew Hoover of Fayette County. Right? Is this conclusion supported by the other facts we know or do they sow doubt?

In my page on Andrew Hoover Sr., I wrote:

“I find some of the birth dates of Andrew’s grandchildren to be problematic—their parents having to have become parents as teenagers.”

Several of George’s children are good examples. Based on census records, an estimated birth date for George’s first daughter Catharine (Hoover) Kern puts her birth ca 1760—1770.¹⁵ Her eldest son Solomon was born 30 Nov 1781, which is consistent with a birth in the early 1760s for Catharine.¹⁶ Census records for George’s second daughter Rosanna (Hoover) Waltenbaugh place her birth date bef 1765.¹⁷ Judging by these two children alone, a 1755 birth date for George is not feasible. While census records are known to be inconsistent and sometimes incorrect regarding age and “guesstimates” complicate the analysis, the likelihood of both of George’s daughters being at least 10 years off AND their children’s ages being off… You see where this is going. While it’s possible, there are significant problems to address.¹⁸

Consider also that there are baptism records for both a Catharine and a Rosannah Hoover which place their births on 10 Apr 1761 and 27 Mar 1763.¹⁹ These dates fit perfectly with the estimated birth dates from the census records of George’s daughters. These church records name the girls’ parents as George and Eva Elisabeth Hoover.

But George’s wife was Rosannah. Right?

The only mention of Rosannah as George’s wife is in the deed where she and George sell land to John Hoover.²⁰ How do we know this deed refers to the son of Andrew Hoover Sr.? Although this deed is difficult to read, you can make out the following:

“…And whereas the said Andrew Hoover Senior in and by his last will and testament dated the twenty-fifth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty four In the third section thereof did [?] [?] give unto his three sons Jacob Hoover [John] Hoover and George Hoover his whole estate… And whereas the said divisions have been [?] made and the [?] [?] [?] content? Now this indenture witnesseth the said George Hoover and Rosannah his wife do grant in consideration of the sum of sixty eight [pounds?] to them paid by John Hoover the receipt thereof to him by [?] [?] [?] granted bargained and sold – And by these presents do grant bargain & sell unto the said John Hoover his heirs [?] assigns the following described part of these [?] [?] of the lands of Andrew Hoover Senr divided unto the said George by the above in part [?] last will and testament of the said deceased…”

Louella Schaumberg Hoover believed that George and Rosannah sold the land (and executed the deed) prior to leaving for Armstrong County, but that the deed was only recorded when John sold the land in 1811.²¹ The next deed in the county deed book is for John Hoover’s sale of the land to James Fletcher. So, her assertion is a possibility.

Where did George and Rosannah live at the time of the deed? The deed provides no location information for George and Rosannah. If they were of Saltlick or Donegal townships, one would expect that information to be included in the deed. Because it is not, the evidence connecting this deed to the George Hoover of Westmoreland is slim.²² The logical presumption in this case is that George and Rosannah were of the same township and county as the land that they were selling—Union Township, Fayette County. Further proof of this assertion comes at the end of the deed where there is the following:

“Fayette County Pa—The [seventh?] day of November Anno Domini 1811 Before me [?] [?] one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County Personally came George Hoover and Rosannah his wife…”

This means that this George and Rosannah (___) Hoover were both alive and presumably living in Fayette County in 1811, most likely in Union Township. However, from the baptismal record of Maria Magdaline, daughter of George Hoover of Armstrong County, we know that George was married to Eva Elisabeth before 1787. We also know from deed, tax and census records that this couple had left the Westmoreland/Fayette County area by 1800.

Therefore, we must be dealing with two George Hoovers—one George of Fayette County, who was married to a woman named Rosannah and another George Hoover of Westmoreland and Armstrong counties, who was married to a woman named Eva Elisabeth. Furthermore, the deed records pertaining to the sale of land that Andrew Hoover left to his son George make it clear that the George Hoover of Fayette County, who married Rosannah, was the son of Andrew and Catharine (___) Hoover.

Look for more information on each of these men when I post their family group pages. In the meantime, if you have any questions, just drop me a line. And, as always, if you have more information, please shoot it my way…

Update: Andrew Hoover Jr. of Fayette County

Kris Hocker on 10 Mar 2010

One of the pieces of data I have for Andrew Hoover Jr. has intrigued and perplexed me. During her research in this Hoover family, Luella Schuamburg Hoover was sent a deed from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in which Andrew named Yost Herbaugh as his attorney to receive from Catherine Liebrich, relict of Nicholas Liebrich, late of Raffow Township (Rapho Township), Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, “three bonds due from John John [Hans] of Menallen Township… unto me two of which are for the sum of Twenty-five pounds.”¹ I’ve always wondered who was Catherine Liebrich and what was her relationship to Andrew?

Today, I decided to poke around and see if I could discover more about the Liebrich family. I got lucky and found a site put together by David Hartzell Leebrick. From it I learned that Nicholas Liebrich, Andrew Hoover, and Philip Brown purchased land from John Hans in 1784, adjoining property of Christian Frederick, Ulrich Gingrich, Matthias Hoffart, Jacob Hoober, John Painter, and Andrew Hype.² I also discovered that my speculation regarding Catharine Liebrich being the mother or mother-in-law of Andrew Hoover was NOT true. Both Nicholas and Catharina were contemporaries of Andrew and the marriages of all their daughters have been accounted for. So, if she wasn’t his mother remarried or his mother-in-law, who was she? Why did Andrew Hoover from Wharton Township, Fayette County purchase land with Nicholas Liebrich of Manheim Township, Lancaster County and Philip Brown? The mystery deepened.

Although the Liebrich site included source data for the birth dates of the Liebrich children—John, Philip, Daniel, George, Elizabeth, Catharine, Mary, and Salome (also called Sarah)—I decided to check John Humphrey’s “Pennsylvania Births: Lancaster County 1723-1777” and “Pennsylvania Births: Lancaster County 1778-1800” for their birth/baptism information. Instead I found Catharine’s maiden name. The listing for Nicholas and Catharine’s daughter Maria includes the names of her parents as “Nichol. Liebrich and Catharina Hansin,” the “in” being a suffix indicative of a female.³

Thinking that John Hans was perhaps, then, Catharina’s father, I searched for additional deeds for John Hans, hoping he died intestate and thus deeds might reflect the settling of his estate and name his heirs. Instead, I found a deed from John Hans in which he sold land that he had inherited from his father Henry Hans, that by its boundary definition, looked to be the exact piece of land that was sold to Nicholas Liebrich, Andrew Hoover and Philip Brown in 1784.⁴

So, I went looking for deeds granted by Henry Hans and got lucky. I found a deed from Henry Hans’ heirs to John Hans in which “Catharine Hans wife of Nicholas Liebrich of the Town of Manheim and the County of Lancaster, Maria Hans wife of Andrew Hoover in Fayat [sic] County, Mansion [sic] Township, Barbara Hans wife of Philip Brown in Paxton Township, Elizabeth daughters and Sons in Laws all of the deceased Henry Hans and Province of Pennsylvania” released their rights in the property to John Hans the “son of the deceased Henry Hans.”⁵ Additionally, there was another quitclaim for this property from Maria Huber to John Hans dated 1788, because although Andrew and Maria were included in the prior deed and Andrew signed it, “yet by Neglect or otherwise she [Maria] did not sign and execute the same.” ⁶ This quitclaim was witnessed by Alexander McClean and Silvester Gruber. McClean was a neighbor of the Hoovers in Fayette County.

Thus, after some sleuthing for the Liebrich and Hans families in Lancaster County, I now know that Andrew Hoover Jr. (Andrew¹) of Fayette County married Maria Hans, daughter of Henry Hans of Warwick Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Next Steps? Andrew Hoover Jr. was allegedly in Fayette County, Pennsylvania by 1770 when his brother Jacob Hoover settled on land in Monongalia County, Virginia (now part of Greene County, Pennsylvania). He purchased land in Westmoreland County in 1775 with his brother-in-law John Hunsaker from John Waller. However, an estimated birth date for Andrew’s son George of 1775-1778 means that Andrew married about 1774. So, when and where did Andrew meet Maria Hans of Warwick Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania?

As far as I know, Andreas Huber Sr. and family never lived in Lancaster County. Did he perhaps move his family there between his sale of his old Frederick County, Maryland property in 1763 and his purchase of other property in 1772? ⁷ If, as I postulate in “Andreas Huber Origins: Trippstadt, Ellerstadt, or Ittlingen?,” Andreas’ brother was Johannes Huber of Manheim Township, did Andreas’ family, perhaps, spend time with him in Lancaster County? What other connections exist between the Fayette County Hoovers and the Lancaster County Hoovers?

All good questions for which I need to find answers. What answers, I wonder, can be found in documents I have yet to find?

Pennsylvania Genealogical County Map

Kris Hocker on 17 Feb 2010

If you do genealogy, then you’ve got to love maps. Maps can help get you oriented, organized and straightened out when the research—and all the little bits of data you’ve collected—gets confusing. Say you find records under the same name, but in different townships. A map can help you to decide whether the records are likely to be for one man or more than one man.

What always trips me up, however, is that maps don’t stay the same over time. Records for one location may be in a different township or county—or even state—years or decades earlier or later. For instance, John² Hoover’s (Andrew¹) property in Greene County was originally part of land claimed by Virginia, so documentation can be found in Monongalia County, now West Virginia. But after Virginia and Pennsylvania settled their claims, part of John’s land was in Westmoreland County then Washington County, where the copied survey can be found, and finally Greene County.

Genealogical Map of the Pennsylvania Counties

What I love about the Genealogical Map of the Pennsylvania Counties from the Pennsylvania Land Office is that it shows the counties over time. You can see when certain parts of the Commonwealth were purchased. It also tells you when each county was created. For instance, the Fayette County area was part of land purchased in 1768. But Fayette County wasn’t created until 1783. It also shows you that Fayette was originally part of Cumberland County (#6), then Westmoreland County (#11).

The full map also includes little vignettes that show the counties for specific years. You can see how the jurisdictional landscape changed through the years. It also includes information on each of the 33 land purchases from 1682 through 1792 that established the boundaries of the state of Pennsylvania.

You should check out this valuable resource at the Pennsylvania State Archives website. And while you’re there, check out their other fantastic map resources!

Update 11/2012: If you would like a copy of this map, you can purchase it at the Pennsylvania State Bookstore – shoppaheritage.com. It’s a bargain at $2.00 for an 11×17 poster. The downloadable PDF is NOT printable.

Census Checklist

Kris Hocker on 13 Feb 2010

If you’re a fan of Ancestry.com on FaceBook, you may have seen the postings about creating a census checklist to track your ancestors through the census records. Since people have been sharing theirs, I thought I’d share, too.

I don’t know if you’ve found this to be true in your family (bet you have!), but it seems my ancestors and their brothers used the same given names for their children over and over and… This can create problems when you’re looking in source records—how to do know which John or George or Adam the record pertains to? It’s particularly confusing in early census records—pre 1850—when you only have the location, head of household, and an age range with which to work. Tax records were giving me headaches, too.

So, I used a spreadsheet to make a chart that shows me what years to expect to see records for a given individual.

Tracking record availability by year and age

Tracking expected record availability by year and age

As you can see, this chart includes more than just the years for US Federal census enumerations. I’ve also included years in which I’ve found records for tax assessments and returns across the top. Names for the people I’m researching appear down the left side. It’s a two-generation chart, so the name in bold is the father of those indented beneath.

I included the year in which each individual turned 18. I’ve never been sure when they became eligible to be taxed—at age 18 or 21—so, to be safe, I’ve used 18. If I know the year that an individual married, I will put an “M” in that cell. This helps because sometimes, unlike today, a person won’t be found as a head of household if they haven’t married and set-up their own household. Instead, they would have continued on as a member of their parents’ or other relatives’ household, or if they got work with another family, as part of that household. I also try to include the year each person died, with a “D”, so that I know when I can expect them to stop appearing in the records. The dark blue shows the years I expected to locate records for the fathers, starting at eighteen. The bright blue shows the childhood of the sons with the years after the age of 18 in a lighter, grey-purple.

Adam and Martin Hocker both lived in Derry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. They both had sons they named John, George and Jacob. Frederick Hacker’s son, George (1808), also lived in the same area in Dauphin County for a time, creating more confusion. Additionally, there were an Adam and John Hocker in Derry Township that I’m sure are members of the family, but I haven’t been able to tie them in, yet. This document—plus marriage information—helped me to straighten out some of my confusion regarding tax and census records and attribute them to the appropriate person.

What tools have you found or created to help you during your family research?

Pennsylvania Warrant Township Maps

Kris Hocker on 12 Feb 2010

I’m always looking for new ways to research my family. Living in New England, I’m a long way away from sources of Pennsylvania information. So, I especially love to find FREE sources of information ONLINE. The Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission and State Archives usually have something good.

Jacob Hoover’s German Township property

In the past I’ve used the online Pennsylvania Warrant records and Patent indexes and the Copied Survey books to find surveys for land my ancestor settled. On my most recent visit to the site, I noticed that they’ve added PDF files of the Warrantee Township Maps.

These show the all the original land purchases within the context of the present-day townships. You can see your ancestor’s property in and amongst their neighbors. The map also provides the name of warrantee, name of patentee, number of acres, name of tract, and dates of warrant, survey and patent. It makes a nice summary and geographical index of the warrant/patent information of each township.

Please remember that the townships are shown by present-day boundaries. I spent some time looking in the townships referred to in the surveys I’ve obtained. Several townships later, I finally found what I was looking for. So, make sure you look in the current township.

While you can download these file to view, you can’t print them. However, if you’re interested in getting a paper copy, you can purchase one from the archives.

Drop me a reply and let me know what you find!

John Hoover of Licking County, Ohio

Kris Hocker on 8 Feb 2010

If you recall from my post Hoover Families in Licking County, Ohio I was especially interested in John and Barbara Hoover of Franklin and Newark Townships. John was of interest to me because the census information indicated that he was of the appropriate age to be my John2 Hoover (Andrew1). A review of the Revolutionary Pension files revealed, unfortunately, that this is not the case. The following is a summary of the information I found on John Hoover in his pension file.

John Hoover, a.k.a Johan George Huber, of Licking County, Ohio was born possibly in 1752 in Germany. He claimed in his pension deposition on 28 Apr 1834 that he emigrated from Germany, arriving in Philadelphia in 1775 (he thinks) and was for a short time indentured to Jacob Huber of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in order to pay off his travel expenses. In the fall of 1775 or 1776, he enlisted in the army at Lancaster. He did not speak English and could not—at the time of his deposition—clearly remember the details of his service or his command, except that he was in the battles of Germantown, White Plains in New Jersey, Brandywine, Princeton and Monmouth. He claimed that he was injured by a musketball in the neck, lost one of his eyes, and was taken prisoner in Philadelphia then transported to New York where he spent the rest of the war. ¹

Barbara Hoover’s deposition for his pension in 1838 states that they were married about 1784 in Chester County, Pennsylvania about 29 miles west of Philadelphia near the Red Lion. She states that her marriage information was written down in a Bible her husband owned—alongside the ages of his brothers and sisters, but that it was destroyed by “a little puppy dog when she was out of the house having given it to one of her children to keep it quiet while she was out.” ² John Hoover died in Newark Township on 8 Oct 1834. John and Barbara had fourteen children, the eldest of whom was “fifty-three years of age on the 27th of March [1838].”³

Charles Hoover also appeared and made a deposition. He states that John and Barbara Hoover were husband and wife, and also his father and mother. He also states that he has one older brother and sister, and eleven other brothers and sisters.⁴

Footnotes:

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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