c 1728 John Stoner was reportedly born about this time. [1]
1746 A land survey had been made for John Stoner, son of Abraham, in Manheim Twp, Lancaster County, perhaps. A land survey was made for Henry Coffman (relationship unknown) of a tract on a branch of Conestogoe Creek in Manheim Twp adjacent to a tract owned by John Steiner. [2] The tract owned by John Steiner had been previously surveyed for Abraham Steiner (perhaps John's father) in 1735 pursuant to a warrant dated 1734. [3]
1756-57 John Stoner was taxed in Manor Twp. [4] [5] [6] [7]
1758 John Stoner Sr and John Stoner Jr were taxed in Manor Twp. [8] [9]
1759 John Stoner (miller) was taxed with 10 acres, a sawmill, and gristmill. Yeomen John Stoner junior (100 acres by deed) and Christian Stoner (150 acres by possession) were taxed in Manor Twp. [10] [11]
1762 Abraham (perhaps John's brother) and Salome Stoner granted 112 acres of land in Manor Twp, Lancaster County to John Stoner on May 8. The land had been adjacent to land of Michael Baughman and Abraham Stoner and Abraham Herr. The land was part of a 200 acre tract patented in 1762 [12] and granted to Abraham Stoner and inherited by John Stoner [13] [14]. John Stoner became the owner of his father's farm in Manor Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [15]
1763 Abraham Steiner, eldest son of Abraham Steiner, received a new patent for three tracts of land from the estate of his father because the original land patents were issued when his father, Abraham, was an alien and was ineligible to hold land. The three tracts of land were described and the corresponding patents were cited as those issued dated 1736 (patent A8-95, mistakenly cited as A7-95), 1739 (patent A10-23), and 1740 (patent A10-140). [16]
1763-70 John Stoner (100 acres in 1770) and Christian Stoner (150 acres in 1770) were taxed in Manor Twp. [17] [18] [19] [20]
1771 John Stoner was taxed in Manor Twp for 100 acres, 3 horses and 4 cattle. [21] [22] [23]
1772 John Stoner was taxed £0.12.6 in Manor Twp for 50 acres cleared, 50 acres woodland, 3 horses and 3 cattle. [24] [25] [26]
1773 John Stoner was taxed in Manor Twp for 40 acres cleared, 60 acres woodland, 3 horses, 3 cattle, and 6 sheep. [27] [28]
1773 John Stoner died on June 30. [Photocopy] Bond signed by widow Elizabeth Stoner and Abraham and Christian Herr. [Photocopy, Inventory by widow Elizabeth Stoner, page 1.] [Photocopy, Inventory by widow Elizabeth Stoner, page 2.] [Photocopy, Inventory by widow Elizabeth Stoner, page 3.]
1773-77 Widow Stoner (Elizabeth in 1777) and Christian Stoner were taxed in Manor Twp. [29] [30] [31] [32]
1779 Christian Steiner and John's son Abram Stoner (112 acres, 3 horses and 3 cattle) were taxed in Manor Twp. [33] [34]
1782 Elizabeth Stoner, administrator, made a final account of the estate of John Stoner to the Lancaster County Orphans' Court on March 26, showing a balance of £5.16.10½. [Photocopy, Account by widow Elizabeth Stoner, page 1.] [Photocopy, Account by widow Elizabeth Stoner, page 2.] [35]
1782 Eldest son Abraham Stoner petitioned the Lancaster County Orphans' Court, on March 26, to partition land from the estate of John Stoner, late of Manor Twp, yeoman, who had died intestate. John Stoner had owned a tract in Manor Twp, of about 112 acres. John Stoner left widow Elizabeth and five children, two of whom were minors. Abraham declared his desire to hold the plantation and to pay the other heirs for the appraised value of the land. The sheriff of Lancaster County was ordered to appoint 12 men to appraise the land. [36] [37]
1782 A committee of 12, appointed on March 26, reported that the 112 acre tract of land in Manor Twp, from the estate of John Stoner, deceased, could not be divided without spoiling the whole; dated June 4, at the Lancaster County Orphans Court. The land was valued at £950. Eldest son Abraham Stoner asked the court for 1 year and 9 months in which to pay the widow and the other children; Christian, John, Jacob and Elizabeth; for their shares. [38] A subsequent deed clarified that the land had been inherited in 1762 by John Stoner (now deceased) and that John's oldest son, Abraham, and wife Ann, paid the other heirs for their shares. [39]
1783 Abram Stoner, perhaps John's son, was taxed in Manor Twp for 100 acres, 1 horses and 2 cattle and Christ Steiner, perhaps John's son, was taxed for 200 acres 4 horses and 3 cattle. [40]
1784 John's oldest son Abraham Stoner sold 83.5 acres of the 112 acre estate to John's son Christian Stoner on May 8. The land was adjacent to land of Abraham Hear, John Funk (perhaps related to Rudolph Funk, who purchased the land in 1786), Abraham Stoner, Christian Hear, and Christian Hershee. Christian Herr and Christian Stauffer were guardians for the minor heirs Jacob and Elizabeth Stoner. [41] Note that subsequent estate issues were signed by Christian, suggesting that Abraham was no longer in the area.
1785 The children of John Stoner sold a parcel of their inheritance in Manor Twp to a Christian Kauffman on December 24. A deed summarizes John Stoner's inheritance of the land, the Orphans' Court proceedings, and names heirs widow Elizabeth, oldest son Abraham and wife Anna, and sons John and Jacob, and Christian Stauffer guardian of minor Elizabeth Stoner all of Manor Twp. [42] [Photocopy, Lancaster deed WW-559, typed, page 1.] [Photocopy, Lancaster deed WW-559, typed, page 2.]
1785 A distribution was made from John Stoner's estate on December 24. It was clarified that 316 pounds, thirteen shillings, and 4 pence, or one third of the valuation of the estate made in 1784, had been intended and had been used to pay annual interest to John's widow Elizabeth. Widow Elizabeth Stoner had recently died. Son Christian divided the amount and paid shares of 63 pounds, six shillings to the other heirs Abraham, John, and Jacob Stoner and to Abraham Stauffer guardian of minor Elizabeth Stoner. [43]
1786 Christian and wife Barbara Stoner of Manor Twp, Lancaster County sold 83.5 acres of land in Manor Twp to Rudolph Funk on October 7. The land was adjacent to lands of Abraham Hear, John Funck, and Abraham Stoner. The land was part of a 112 acre tract that Abraham and wife Salome Stoner had sold to John Stoner on May 8, 1862. John Stoner then died. John's oldest son, Abraham, purchased the land from the other heirs of John (the names in the deed match the children named as heirs in the 1773 will of this John Stoner). John's son, Abraham and wife Ann, sold the land to Christian on May 18, 1784. [44]
Research Notes:
There were at least two men named John Stoner/Steiner cited in the documents above. The land records and will cited above clarify that John Stoner, son of Abraham, was the same John Stoner whose estate was settled in 1773. John Stoner, son of Abraham, was perhaps referred to as John Stoner junior in several tax documents cited above. John Stoner, son of Abraham, was perhaps the John Stoner named in tax records with Christian Stoner. The tax records of 1773-77 clarify that widow Steiner was the widow of John, not Christian. John's relationship to Christian Steiner, if any, is of interest. The 1763 land patent granted to Abraham, son of Abraham, clarifies that the land in Manor township where John lived had been previously owned by Abraham, suggesting that this John was indeed a son of Abraham.
It appears that John Stoner, miller, was a different person from John Stoner, son of Abraham. The 1759 tax record documents that John Steiner (miller) and John Steiner junior were different persons. Several deeds dated 1755-60, below, perhaps refer to John Steiner, miller.
1755 John Newcomer and wife Elizabeth, Jacob Brubaker and wife Susanna, and Christian Hershey and wife Maria), the wives being daughters of Christian Stoneman, deceased, and his first wife Elizabeth, sold 150 acres of land to John Stoner of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; dated January 9. The land was on the Little Conestogoe adjacent to lands of Melchoir Erisman, Isaac Coffman, and John Mires and had been sold to Christian Stoneman by Hans Brubaker and wife Ann. [45]
1755 John Stoner of Lancaster County, miller, purchased 217 acres of land from Jacob Immell. The deed was dated March 20. The land was in the Manor of Conestoga adjacent to land of Andrew Hamilton. [46]
1760 John Stoner purchased a grist mill on little Connestogoe Creek, from the heirs of Christian Stoneman, late of Hempfield Twp, deceased; dated July 12. The tract was on the little Conestogoe Creek adjacent to lands of Melchor Wrishman, Isaac Coffman, and John MIres. [47]
See also [48]
The documents above suggest that Abraham Stoner (born c 1700) and Mary Leib were the parents of John Stoner, who died in 1773. The 1786 deed shows that the John Stoner who purchased land from Abraham and Salome Stoner in 1763 was the same as John Stoner who dated his will in 1773. We suspect that Abraham and John Stoner were both sons of Abraham Stoner and Mary Leib. Abraham Stoner and Mary Leib were named as the parents of John Stoner in an article by Sam Wenger [49]. Richard Davis [50] shows different parents.
The identity of John Stoner's wife is unclear. John Stoner's will, dated 1773, named wife Elizabeth, as did a 1777 tax record. Elizabeth Herr is shown here as the wife of John Stoner. Note that Abraham and Christian Herr, perhaps Elizabeth's brothers, were co-signers with widow Elizabeth Stoner for the bond on John Stoner's estate. We seek further evidence about this potential relationship.
1766 John Stoner and wife Barbara sold land to Stephen Hornberger on October 22. The land was in Hempfield Twp, adjacent to land of Andrew Cauffman North and had been sold by Andrew and Magdalina Cauffman to John Stoner on March 10, 1762. [51] [52] Richard Davis has suggested that John Stoner was married to Barbara Neff.
[1] Samuel S. Wenger, "An Essay on the Stoner/Steiner Families of Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 11 (January, 1988), 16-36, at 18, person S13.
[2] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, A-64-200, [PA Survey Map], [PASurveyBooksIndex].
[3] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, B-17-195, [PA Survey Map], [PASurveyBooksIndex].
[4] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1756, bottom left, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[5] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1757, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[6] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1757, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[7] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1757, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[8] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1758, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[9] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1758, John Senior crossed out, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[10] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1759, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[11] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1759, John miller was not listed, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[12] Bureau of Land Records, Pennsylvania Land Patent Books, AA3-201, Patent dated April 14, 1762 to Abraham Steiner, warrant dated 1738 to Michael Baughman, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[13] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed WW-559 to 565, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[14] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed Z-133 to 136, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[15] Samuel S. Wenger, "An Essay on the Stoner/Steiner Families of Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 11 (January, 1988), 16-36, at 18, person S13.
[16] Bureau of Land Records, Pennsylvania Land Patent Books, AA3-197, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[17] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1763, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[18] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1765, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[19] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1769, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[20] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1770, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[21] William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume 17 (Lancaster Taxables) (1897), 113, 1771, [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[22] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1771, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[23] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1771, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[24] Pennsylvania, Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[25] William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume 17 (Lancaster Taxables) (1897), 175, [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[26] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[27] Pennsylvania, Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[28] William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume 17 (Lancaster Taxables) (1897), 402, [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[29] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1773, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[30] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1775, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[31] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1777, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[32] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1777, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[33] William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume 17 (Lancaster Taxables) (1897), 538, [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[34] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1779, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[35] Pennsylvania, Will and Probate Records Lancaster County, Miscellaneous Books (Orphans Court) 1782-1791, 1, [AncestryImage].
[36] Pennsylvania, Will and Probate Records Lancaster County, Miscellaneous Books (Orphans Court) 1782-1791, 2, [AncestryImage].
[37] Recorder of Deeds, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed Book Z, 133-136, [133], [134], [135], [136], [FHLCatalog].
[38] Pennsylvania, Will and Probate Records Lancaster County, Miscellaneous Books (Orphans Court) 1782-1791, 20, [AncestryImage].
[39] Recorder of Deeds, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed Book Z, 133-136, [133], [134], [135], [136], [FHLCatalog].
[40] William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume 17 (Lancaster Taxables) (1897), 745, of 745-746, [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[41] Recorder of Deeds, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed Book Z, 133-136, [133], [134], [135], [136], [FHLCatalog].
[42] Recorder of Deeds, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed Book WW, 559-565, [559], [560], [561], [562], [563], [564], [565], [FHLCatalog].
[43] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed S3-656 to 660, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[44] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed S3-661 to 663, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[45] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed D-240 to 243, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[46] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed D-248 to 250, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[47] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed F-112 to 118, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[48] Charles Fahs Kauffman, A genealogy and history of the Kauffman-Coffman families of North America, 1584 to 1937 (1940), 62, person A34, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].
[49] Samuel S. Wenger, "An Essay on the Stoner/Steiner Families of Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 11 (January, 1988), 16-36, at 18, person S131.
[50] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Herr 2115, [Website].
[51] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed L-335 to 336, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[52] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed L-333 to 335, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].