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1765 Abraham Stoner, son of John Stoner and Elizabeth Herr, was born. [1]

1779 Abraham Stoner was taxed in Manor Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania for 112 acres, 3 horses and 3 cattle. [2]

1779 Abraham Stoner was listed on the septennial census for Manor Twp, Lancaster County. Christian Stoner was also listed. [3]

1779 Abraham Stoner, of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, purchased land from Daniel Arnold, of Frederick County, Maryland on November 22. The land was situate on the North West side of Shavern Creek and on both sides of a run emptying into the said creek neat below the place known by the name of the Globe in the county of Bedford formerly Cumberland containing three hundred and fifty acres, adjoining James Childs, William Robinson, and vacant land. Witnessed by David Stoner and Samuel Royer. The land had been warranted by Samuel Finley in 1762.[4]

1782 Abraham Stoner's father, John, had died intestate leaving his widow Elizabeth and Abraham (his oldest son), Christian, John, Jacob, and Elizabeth Stoner. On 26 March, the Orphans' Court ordered the sheriff of Lancaster County to appoint 12 men to appraise the land granted to John in 1762. The appraisal was returned on 4 June. The land inherited in 1762 by John (now deceased) was appraised in 1764 at 950 pounds gold or silver and John's oldest son Abraham and wife Ann paid the other heirs (Christian, John, Jacob and Elizabeth) for their shares. [5]

Abraham Stoner married, perhaps, Anna Kauffman, daughter of Christian Kaufman and Barbara (Gochenour?). [6] [7] Ann Houser has also been named as a possible spouse of Abraham Stoner. [8] See Research Notes below.

1783 Abraham Stoner was taxed in Manor Twp, Lancaster County, for 100 acres, 1 horses and 2 cattle and Christian Stoner [Steiner], perhaps John's son, was taxed for 200 acres 4 horses and 3 cattle. [9]

1784 Abraham Stoner, yeoman of Manor Twp Lancaster County, granted water rights to Christian Herr, on January 13. Christian's land was adjacent to that of Abraham Stoner. Abraham's right to the land was confirmed by the Orphans' Court. [10]

1784 The estate of Abraham's father, John Stoner, described in the 1782 transaction, was appraised, on May 8, at 950 pounds gold or silver and oldest son Abraham and wife Ann were to pay the other heirs for their shares. Abraham Stoner sold 83.5 acres of his father's112 acre estate to his brother, Christian Stoner. The land was adjacent to land of Abraham Hear [sic], John Funk (perhaps related to Rudolph Funk, who purchased the land in 1786), Abraham Stoner, Christian Hear, and Christian Hershee [sic]. Christian Herr and Christian Stauffer were guardians for the minor heirs Jacob and Elizabeth Stoner. [11]

Subsequent issues related to the estate of Abraham's father, John Stoner, were signed by Christian, suggesting that Abraham was no longer in Manor Twp. The listings below give no clear date for Abraham Stoner's move to Donegal Twp, Lancaster County, and then to Bedford County and suggest that he may have owned land in both Lancaster and Bedford counties simultaneously for some time. Or, perhaps, I have confused the notes for two different Abraham Stoners.

1784 Abraham Stoner applied for 200 acres in Frankstown Twp, Bedford County on July 1. The tract was on the waters of Piny Run bounded on the south by lands of Michael Cryder. Witnesses affirmed, on November 16, 1784, that the land had been improved in the month of July. [12]

1785 Abraham Stoner applied for 100 acres on the Susquehanna River in Donegal Twp, Lancaster County on January 22. The tract adjoined land of Peter Hess, Andrew Boggs, and Elizabeth Sharp. The warrant was issued on February 1 and was recorded on February 17. [13]

1785 A distribution was made on December 24, from the estate of Abraham's father, John Stoner. It was clarified that £316.13.4, or one third of the valuation of the estate made in 1784, had been intended for, and had been used to pay, annual interest to John's widow Elizabeth. Widow Elizabeth Stoner had recently died. Abraham's brother Christian divided the amount and paid shares of £63.6 to the other heirs Abraham, John, and Jacob Stoner and to Abraham Stauffer guardian of minor Elizabeth Stoner. [14]

1785 Abraham Stoner received a warrant for 200 acres of land on both sides of Morrison's Cove in Frankstown Twp, (Mifflin Twp) Bedford County on February 3, 1785. Abraham received a land patent for the tract called "Springfield" on March 2, 1797. The tract was on Pine Creek in Morrisons Cove. Adjacent landowners were Michael Kreider, John Should, and John Chopper. The land was next to Canoe Mountain [15] [16] [17]. The warrant application was affirmed by Daniel Paules, who reported the land was improved, for the first time, in July last (1783) [18]. Abraham Stoner reportedly moved to Woodbury Twp, Bedford County, Pennsylvania about this time. [19] [Photocopy, 1785 survey map of Abraham Stoner's warrant in Morrison's Cove, Bedford County.]

1786 Abraham Stoner was taxed in Woodbury Twp, Bedford County, Pennsylvania. Aspey and Stoner appeared on the same list. Michael Cryder [Kreider] owned land adjacent to Abraham's 1785 warrant and appeared on the same duplicate tax list. [20]

1786 Abraham Stoner received a warrant for 96 acres on the Susquehanna River in Donegal (now Conoy) Twp, Lancaster County, on February 17. Adjacent landowners were Andrew Boggs (deceased), Peter Hess, Samuel Wilson, and widow Elisabeth Sharp. [21] [22] [23] [24] [Photocopy, 1786 Survey map of Abraham Stoner's warrant in Donegal Twp, Lancaster County.] Jacob Ebersole's family owned large tracts north of Abraham Stoner's tract. Their daughter Mary Ebersole came to marry son Christian Stoner sometime before 1810. [Photocopy, Map of landowners near Abraham Stoner's warrant in Donegal (Conoy) County.]

1786 Abraham Stoner's brother, Christian Stoner, and Christian's wife Barbara, of Manor Twp, Lancaster County sold 83.5 acres of land in Manor Twp, Lancaster County, to Rudolph Funk on October 7. The land was part of the 112 acre tract from the estate of Abraham's father, John Stoner. Abraham Stoner, brother to John Stoner and uncle to this Abraham, and his wife Salome Stoner had previously sold the tract to Abraham's father, John Stoner. The land had been sold by this Abraham Stoner to his brother Christian in 1784, likely as part of the settlement of their father John Stoner's estate. [25]

1790 I have not found Abraham Stoner in the 1790 census for Donegal Twp, Lancaster County. Several neighbors (Jacob and Martin Eversole, Philip Hess, John Kauffman) in the 1800 census were listed in Donegal Twp, Lancaster County, but Abraham Stoner was not listed near them. [26]

1793 John Stoner (perhaps Abraham's brother) received a warrant for 100 acres in Ayr Twp, Bedford County on 5 February. Daniel Royer owned an adjacent plot, but most adjacent properties were vacant. [27] [28]

1793 Christian Stoner (perhaps Abraham's brother) received a warrant for 100 acres between Cove Mountain and Dickeys Mountain in Ayr Twp, Bedford County on 9 May. Henry Downs owned an adjacent plot. The land was patented 1871 to James Johnston. [29] [30] [31]

1793 John Stoner (perhaps Abraham's brother) received a warrant for two tracts of 50 and 150 acres in Londonderry Twp, Bedford County [now Somerset County] on 9 August. The land was on the opposite side of Greenville Road from the Rivir [River] tract. Adjacent land was owned by Peter Rivir, now William Rivir. The land was patented to Solomon Reiber on 30 Aug 1869. [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37]

1798 Abraham Stoner was listed on the US direct tax for Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He had a one story log house, 26 by 22 feet, with 2 windows and 12 lights on a 2 acre lot valued at $105. He had a log barn of 40 by 20 feet adjacent to Michael Bosler and John Kaufman, on 96 acres. [38] [39]

1800 Abraham Stoner (age 45+) lived in Maytown, Donegal Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania with male age 0-10 (son Jacob), 2 males age 10-15 (sons Abraham and John), 1 male age 16-25 (son Christian), 2 females age 0-10 (daughters Ann and Barbara), and 1 female age 26-46 (wife Ann Kauffman) [40] [41]. Nearby listings included John Kauffman, Michael Bossler, Jacob Bossler, Henry Kauffman, Philip Hess, John Dimiller, Jacob and Martin Ebersole. These neighbors suggest this is the same household listed in the 1810 census for Donegal Twp.

1800 Abram Stoner was listed on the septennial census for Donegal Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [42]

1802 Abraham Stoner; of Donegal Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; purchased land in Donegal Twp, Lancaster County from the heirs of John Shaub on April 12. The tract of 150/156 acres was next to land of Abraham Stoner, Laughlin Free, Jacob Eversole, Christopher Weaver, John Horst, Daniel Smith, Jacob Bosler, Michael Bosler. The land had been patented to Andrew Boggs on May 31, 1756 [43] [44] [45] and sold to Johannes Shaub on 15 May 1762. [46] [47](See the map of neighbors in the 1786 note)

1805 Christian Kauffman's will in Manor Twp, Lancaster County with date December 3 and probate February 4, 1806 named children Andrew, Michael, Christian, John, Elizabeth wife of Henry Lighty, and Anna wife of Abraham Stoner. Executor Andrew Shenk. [48] [49] [50] [51]

1807 Three acres of land sold to Terrah Jones was described as near the island of Bartram Galbreath (deceased) and opposite the land of Abraham Stoner, on the Lancaster County shore of the Susquehanna River, in Donegal Twp, Lancaster County. [52]

1807 An account of daughter Ann's husband John Nicodemus states that Abraham Stoner moved to Bedford County about 1807. However, note that Abraham was of Donegal Twp, Lancaster County when he sold land to son Christian in 1815.

1810 Abraham Stoner (age 45+) lived in Donegal Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania with male age 10-15 (Jacob), 2 males age 16-25 (Abraham and John), females age 0-10 (Barbara), 10-15 (Ann), and 1 female age 26-46 (wife Ann Kauffman) [53]. Nearby listings included Christian Stoner (age 16-25, perhaps Abraham's son), Jacob and Michael Bassler, John Kauffman, Philip Hess, and John Dimiller.

1812 John Brumbaugh, a member of the Dunkard sect from Conococheague, Frederick County, Maryland, applied for a patent for 1500 acres of land in the Martinsburg area on 14 March, 1785 and received a warrant on September 7, 1792, and eventually divided it between his two sons-in-law: Mr. Camerer and Mr. Stoner. In 1815 Daniel Camerer plotted the land east of South Market Street. Abraham Stoner laid out a competitive plot west of the same thoroughfare about 1820. Abraham Stoner and Daniel Camerer settled on the present site of Martinsburg, Bedford County, Pennsylvania. Abraham Stoner owned the land west of Market Street, and Camerer owned the land to the east. Christian Winebrenner built several houses there. [54] [55] [56]

1814 Abraham Stoner, farmer, was on the tax list in Woodberry Twp, Bedford County, Pennsylvania. [57]

1814 Abraham, yeoman, and Ann Stoner of Donegal Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania sold land to son Christian Stoner, of Donegal, on April 1, for 827 pounds. The land had been granted to Abraham in two parts. One tract of 96 acres was patented on June 17, 1786 [58] [59]. The other 156 acre tract was sold by the heirs of John Shaub dated April 12, 1802 [60]. The land was adjacent to land of Jacob Weaver, George Redsecker, said Abraham Stoner, heirs of Christian Bowman, and Christian Stoner. [61]

1814 Abraham Stoner, of Donegal Twp, Lancaster County, purchased land from Jacob Snowberger, of Woodberry Twp, Bedford County on April 18. The land was bounded by lands of Paul Road, Daniel Cammerer, John Brumbaugh, and John and Abraham Stoner. [62]

1816 Abraham Stoner and Abraham Stoner Jr were named on the tax list for Woodberry Twp, Bedford County. [63]

1817 Abraham Stoner and Abraham Stoner Jr were named on the tax list for Woodberry Twp, Bedford County. [64]

1820 The section of Martinsburg, Bedford County owned by Abraham Stoner was laid out in town lots. [65]

1820 Abraham Stoner and all of his children except Christian lived in Woodbury Twp, Bedford County, Pennsylvania. There were adjacent or nearby listings for son Jacob and his wife both age 16-26 and for John age 26-44 and wife 16-25 and for Abraham Jr. (listed with wrong age) and wife age 16-25 and for Barbara (Stoner) Bassler and for Anna (Stoner) Nichodemus. [66]

1816 Abraham Stoner and Abraham Stoner Jr were named on the tax list for Woodberry Twp, Bedford County. [67]

1823 Abraham Stoner and wife Ann sold land to John Garber on May 31. [68]

1824 Abraham Stoner and his wife Ann sold a lot in Martinsburg to Christian Winebrenner on April 10. This was described in a deed, dated May 28, 1830, whereby Christian Winebrenner and wife Abigail sold a lot, adjacent to Stoners Alley in the town of Martinsburg, to John Getty. The lot had been sold by Abraham Stoner, deceased in 1830, and his wife Ann, to Christian Winebrenner Junior and wife Margaret, who sold it to Christian Winebrenner Senior, by deed dated January 22, 1825. [69]

1826 Abraham Stoner and wife Ann sold land in Bedford County to George Fore, all of Woodbury Twp, on May 20. Abraham Stoner had purchased the land from Jacob Snoberger and wife Catherine in 1814. Witnessed by Conrad Nicodemus and Jacob Shirley. [70]

1826 Abraham Stoner and wife Ann sold land in Bedford County to Conrad Nicodemus, all of Woodbury Twp. The tract was on the road to Spring Mile Gap and on the road to Williamsburg. The deed was dated April 29. [71]

1827 Andrew Stoner, likely the son of brother John, received a warrant for land in Ayr Twp, Bedford County. Andrew received a patent for the land in 1836. Charles Steuart and John Sloan were adjacent landowners. Andrew owned adjacent land, as did Stoner's heirs, which was next to Scrub Mountain. [72]

1827 Abraham Stoner Sr and wife Ann sold land in Bedford County to Abraham Stoner Jr, all of Woodbury Twp, on April 2, for $1. Abraham Stoner Sr had purchased the land from Jacob Snoberger in 1814. Witnessed by John Stoner and James Shirley. [73]

1827 Abraham Stoner Sr and wife Ann sold land in Bedford County to Jacob Stoner, all of Woodbury Twp, on April 3, for $1. Witnessed by John Stoner and James Shirley. [74]

1829 Abraham Stoner, of Woodbury Twp, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, dated his will on November 15, 1828. The will named wife Ann, sons John, Abraham, Jacob; son-in-law Emanuel Bawsler;grandchildren Jacob and Elizabeth Nicodemus; grand-daughter Elizabeth Stoner; son Christian Stoner. [75]. A transcription of Abraham's Stoner's will follows. His son Christian, of Donegal Twp in Lancaster County is identified after the first paragraph [76]:

In the name of God amen I, Abraham Stoner of Woodbury township, Bedford County, in the state of Pennsylvania, Yeoman being weak in body and of sound mind memory and understanding considering the uncertainty of this transitory life do make and publish this my last will and testament in manner and form following to wit: First it my will and I do order that all my just debts and funeral expenses be duly paid and satisfied as soon as conveniently can be after my decease. I give and bequeath unto my dear wife Ann two beds, two cows together with such of my household furniture and kitchen utensils as she may choose to keep for her own use, I give and bequeath unto my said wife the use and occupation of my mansion House where I now reside so long as she lives. I bequeath and give unto my Sons to wit, John, Abraham & Jacob one hundred acres of land where they now reside on valued at sixteen hundred Dollars each. I also bequeath and give unto Emanuel Bawsler my son in law, sixteen hundred Dollars I also give and bequeath unto my two grand children to wit Jacob Nichodemus and Elizabeth Nichodemus sixteen hundred Dollars that is eight hundred Dollars each and if either of those two grand children should not live to the age of twenty one the surviving one to get the whole amount of the sixteen hundred Dollars. One year after my decease, my executors are to pay my two said Grand children one hundred Dollars each and Emanuel Bowsler two hundred Dollars annually until the amount is paid. I also give and bequeath unto my grand Daughter Elizabeth Stoner one good bed, milk cow and Spinning wheel.

I further observe that my son Christian Stoner who lives in Donegal township Lancaster County has got his full shear (share) of my estate as will appear by a release in my possesion, and after my estate is divided as above mentioned at sixteen hundred each then the overplus Is to be divided in five equal shears if any there be to wit, John, Abraham, Jacob and Emanuel Basler and the two grand Children Jacob and Elizabeth Nichodemus to have equal Shares.

And lastly I nominate constitute and appoint my son Abraham Stoner and my son-in-law Emanuel Bawsler to be the Executors of this my last will hereby revoking all other wills legacies and bequests by me heretofore made and declaring this and no other to be my last will and testament.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this fifteenth day of November one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight.

Signed Sealed and declared by the said testator as his last will and testament un the presence of us. Geo, Fockler, Alex. M. Kenny
Abraham Stoner (seal) (written in German script).

Be it remembered that on the fourteenth day of January Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine Letters Testamentary were granted Abraham Stoner and Emanuel Bawsler Executors in the foregoing Will named they having been first duly affirmed according to Law. ? Mann Register

1829 Abraham Stoner died, in Woodbury Twp, Bedford County, Pennsylvania. A memorial marker for Abraham Stoner is at Fairview Cemetery, Martinsburg, Blair County, Pennsylvania [77] [78]

1829 The heirs of Abraham Stoner settled the estate and released Emanuel Bossler and Abraham Stoner, the administrators in a deed dated May 25. The heirs were John Stoner, John Nicodemus, Jacob Stoner, Abraham Stoner, and Emanuel Bassler. [79]

1830 Widow Ann Stoner (age 60-70) lived in Woodbury Twp, Bedford County, Pennsylvania [80]. In the household was a male age 30-40 and female age 20-30, likely her son Jacob and his wife. Their children (Ann's grand-children) included a boy age 5-10, a girl age 5-10, and a girl age 0-5. The adjacent listing was for the household of Ann's son Abraham (age 40-50) and his wife (age 30-40) and their seven children. Ann's son John age 40-50 and his wife age 30-40 lived with a younger couple age 20-30 and 4 boys and 4 girls, some in their teenage years and some under age 5. Ann's daughter Barbara lived with her husband Emanuel Bossler both age 30-40 nearby in Wodbury Twp with 4 girls and 1 boy. Daughter Ann had died and her widowed husband lived nearby, likely with his father and grand-father and two sisters (one could be a new wife) and 2 boys and a girl. Son Christian continued to live back in Donegal in Lancaster county. [81]

Research Notes:

Mennonite card file Records suggest a marriage date of June 17, 1783 and daughter Susanna, born about 1792. [82] [83] [84] [85] [86]

1834 Ann Kauffman Stoner reportedly died, likely in Woodbury Twp, near many of her children and was buried in Fairview Cemetery at Martinsburg.

Anna Kauffman married Abraham Stoner, as shown by the 1805 will of Christian Kauffman, cited above [87]. It is not certain which Abraham Stoner married Anna Kauffman. One source names two different men named Abraham Stoner as possible spouses of Anna Kauffman, daughter of Christian Kaufman and Barbara (Gochenour?). This Abraham Stoner, son of John Stoner and Elizabeth Herr was named as a possible spouse [88]. Abraham Stoner, son of John Stoner and Lydia Ann Brumbaugh was also named as the possible husband [89]. We do not know which, if either, is correct. Since this Abraham Stoner and Christian Kauffman both lived in Manor Twp, while Abraham Stoner, son of Lydia Brumbaugh, lived in Manheim Twp, we suspect that this Abraham Stoner, son of Elizabeth Herr, married Anna Kauffman. See our notes for Abraham Stoner [90], son of John Stoner and Catherine Brenneman.

Why was Abraham Stoner named as a son-in-law of Mr. Brumbaugh, circa 1812? Perhaps because Lydia Ann Brumbaugh married John A[braham?] Stoner, whom we show as a son of this Abraham Stoner.

1790 Abraham Stoner was listed on the muster roll of Captain James Cook's company, second battalion, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [91]

"Stoner Ancestors Prominent Cove Pioneers" names children and gives story of son John. "Early Woodbury Conditions" names sons Abraham and John as being members of the River Brothers Church. [92]


Footnotes:

[1] Samuel S. Wenger, "An Essay on the Stoner/Steiner Families of Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 11 (January, 1988), 16-36, at 18, person S131.

[2] William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume 17 (Lancaster Taxables) (1897), 538, [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].

[3] Pennsylvania, Septennial Census, 1779-1863, 1779, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[4] Bedford County, Pennsylvania, Deed A-367, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

[5] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed Z-133 to 136, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

[6] Samuel S. Wenger, "An Essay on the Stoner/Steiner Families of Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 11 (January, 1988), 16-36, at 18, person S131.

[7] Samuel S. Wenger, "An Essay on the Stoner/Steiner Families of Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 11 (January, 1988), 16-36, at 28, person S53 is also named as her possible husband.

[8] Betty Stoner Griffin, The Steiner - Stoner Legacy (1983), 7, [FHL Book].

[9] William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume 17 (Lancaster Taxables) (1897), 745, [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].

[10] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed MM-60 to 62, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

[11] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed Z-133 to 136, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

[12] Pennsylvania, Land Warrants and Applications, 1733-1952, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[13] Pennsylvania, Land Warrants and Applications, 1733-1952, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[14] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed S3-656 to 660, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

[15] Pennsylvania, Land Warrants and Applications, 1733-1952, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

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[17] Bureau of Land Records, Pennsylvania Land Patent Books, P23-281, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

[18] Pennsylvania Land Warrant, Bedford County, 142, [PHMC Warrant].

[19] Samuel S. Wenger, "An Essay on the Stoner/Steiner Families of Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 11 (January, 1988), 16-36, at 18, S131, Reports he moved about 1787.

[20] Bedford County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1786, Woodbury, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

[21] Pennsylvania Land Patent, P6-303, named Stoner's Beetle, [PAPatentBookLinks].

[22] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, C192-167, [PASurveyBookLinks].

[23] Pennsylvania, Land Warrants and Applications, 1733-1952, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[24] Pennsylvania, Land Warrants and Applications, 1733-1952, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[25] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed S3-661 to 663, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

[26] United States Federal Census, 1790, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

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[28] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, I-510, [PASurveyBookLinks].

[29] Pennsylvania Land Warrant, Bedford County, 401, [PHMC Warrant].

[30] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, O-102, [PASurveyBookLinks].

[31] Pennsylvania Land Patent, H70-78, [PAPatentBookLinks].

[32] Pennsylvania Land Warrant, Bedford County, 430, [PHMC Warrant].

[33] Pennsylvania Land Warrant, Bedford County, 431, [PHMC Warrant].

[34] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, D5-158, [PASurveyBookLinks].

[35] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, D5-159, [PASurveyBookLinks].

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[37] Pennsylvania Land Patent, H65-220, [PAPatentBookLinks].

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[40] United States Federal Census, 1800, [AncestryRecord].

[41] United States Federal Census, 1800, page 12, line 5 from bottom, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].

[42] Pennsylvania, Septennial Census, 1779-1863, 1800, Donegal Twp, Lancaster County, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[43] Pennsylvania Land Warrant, Lancaster County, B492, [PALandWarrantLinks].

[44] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, A88-113, [PASurveyBookLinks].

[45] Pennsylvania Land Patent, A19-210, [PAPatentBookLinks].

[46] Recorder of Deeds, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed Book H, 37-38, [37], [38], [FHLCatalog].

[47] Recorder of Deeds, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed Book 6, 646-651, [646], [647], [648], [649], [650], [651], [FHLCatalog].

[48] F. Edward Wright, Abstracts of Lancaster County Pennsylvania Wills 1786-1820 (2008), 117.

[49] Charles Fahs Kauffman, A genealogy and history of the Kauffman-Coffman families of North America, 1584 to 1937 (1940), 23, 65, see Christian Kauffman, person A3, citing Lancaster County will H1-654, and Anna Stoner, person 36, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].

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[61] Recorder of Deeds, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed Book 11, 74-74, [74], [FHLCatalog].

[62] Bedford County, Pennsylvania, Deed I-314, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

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[64] Bedford County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1817, Woodberry, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

[65] Tarring S Davis, A History of Blair County Pennsylvania, Vol. 1 (1931), 121, [GoogleBooks].

[66] United States Federal Census, 1820, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].

[67] Bedford County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1822, Woodberry, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

[68] Bedford County, Pennsylvania, Deed P-180, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

[69] Bedford County, Pennsylvania, Deed P-727, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

[70] Bedford County, Pennsylvania, Deed P-598, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

[71] Bedford County, Pennsylvania, Deed V-172, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

[72] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, C222-128, [PASurveyBookLinks].

[73] Bedford County, Pennsylvania, Deed P-118, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

[74] Bedford County, Pennsylvania, Deed P-347, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

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[78] Samuel S. Wenger, "An Essay on the Stoner/Steiner Families of Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 11 (January, 1988), 16-36, at 18, person S131.

[79] Bedford County, Pennsylvania, Deed P-762, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

[80] US census, 1830, Reel 0152, Image 293, line 8 from bottom, [InternetArchive].

[81] United States Federal Census, 1830, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].

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[83] Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Genealogical Card File (Lancaster, Pennsylvania), [AncestryRecord].

[84] Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Genealogical Card File (Lancaster, Pennsylvania), [AncestryRecord].

[85] Pennsylvania, Church Records - Adams, Berks, and Lancaster Counties, 1729-1881, [AncestryRecord].

[86] Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Genealogical Card File (Lancaster, Pennsylvania), [AncestryRecord].

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[89] Samuel S. Wenger, "An Essay on the Stoner/Steiner Families of Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 11 (January, 1988), 16-36, at 28, person S53.

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