Elizabeth Kauffman married Henry Lichty. [1]
1786 Henry Lichty was listed in the septennial census for Conestoga, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [2]
1790 Henry Lichtie lived in Conestogoe Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in a household with 1 male (age 16+) and 4 females. [3] [4]
1792 Henry Lichty and wife Elizabeth, of Conestogoe, Lancaster County, sold 137 acres of land to Daniel Sterneman, of Manor Twp. The land had been patented to Michael Quickle. After several transactions, Daniel Brenneman sold the land to Henry Lighty [5]. [6]
1805 Elizabeth, wife of Henry Lighty, was named as a daughter in the will of Christian Kauffman. [7] [8]
1812 Heinrich Lichti signed his will in Markham Twp, county of York, Canada. The will named wife Elizabeth. The will was dated May 18, 1812 and was registered on June 21, 1817. [9]:
In the name of God amen this Eighteenth Day of May in the Year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and twelve I Henry Lighty of Markham township and County of York and province of Upper Canada yeoman being at present unwell and weak in body nevertheless of sound and disposing mind memory and understanding thanks be unto God Calling unto mind the mortality of my body and knowing that is appointed for all men once to die Do make and ordain this my Last Will and testament that is to day principally and first of all I Recommend my soul unto the hands of Almighty God who gave it me and my Body I Recommend to the Earth to be buried in a Christian like and decent manner and as touching such Worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to Bless me thus in this life I give devise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form.
Imprimis[?] this is my will and I do hereby order in the first place that all my just Debts and funeral expenses should be paid of out of my estate as soon as conveniently may be after my decease. Item this is my will and I do hereby order that my beloved wife Elizabeth shall have the full right and liberty to live and abide in my house that we live in now during her natural life or as long as she remains my widow. She shall also have two cows and four sheep and one hog of two hundred weight and fifty weight of good beef and eighteen bushels of good Merchanable Wheat ([inserted between lines] pork and beef and wheat - yearly) and two beds and bedsteads and one chest and all the house and kitchen fornertor [furniture] and three hundred Dollars in Money. It is also my further will and I do hereby order if my said wife Elizabeth should give her into another marriage then she shall immediately quit claim all the possession of all my said house land and lands and produce and shall then have only two hundred Dollars in money and the one half of the house and kitchen fornertor and the lot in Uxbridge Number Seventeen in the third Concession, the airs is to sell it or Divide it and it is my Will further that all the airs is to Receive Equal Share of Every payment of the whole estate.
And lastly I do hereby Nominate constitute and appoint these three men Joseph Reesor Jacob Widman and Jacob Stover all of the township of Markham and County of York aforesaid to be the executors of this my last will and testament hereby revoking disannulling and making void all former and other will and wills and executors by me heretofore made ratifying and confirming this and no others to be my Last Will and Testament in witness to these of I have here unto set my hands and seal the Day and year first within written.
Signed sealed published announced and declared by the above signed Henry Lighty the testator for his last will and testament.
Peter Reesor [signed] Abraham Reamer [X] his mark
Heinrich Lichti [signed]
Research Notes:
Henry Lichty of Conestogo was married to Elizabeth. Henry Lichty of Manor Twp was married to Barbara.
Henry Lichty of Lebanon Twp:
1759 The heirs of Johannes Light released their shares, on November 19, of the estate to Henry Light, all of Lebanon Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [10]
1771 Henry Light, of Lancaster County, gave a mortgage for land in Lebanon Town to Abraham Rouland, on February 27. Henry Light appointed Philip Greenewalt, of Lebanon Town innholder, to receive payment for the payment due to Henry Light from Abraham Rouland. [11]
Henry Lichty of Manor Twp:
1776 On May 20, Henry Light and wife Barbara, of Manor Twp, Lancaster County, sold 1.25 acres of land to Sebastian Graff. The land was in the Borough of Lancaster, adjacent to land of Marcus Younga, the Graffs Mill, and Sebastian Graff. The land was part of a 94 acre tract Henry had purchased from the heirs of Peter Leman. [12]
1790 Henry Lechtie lived in Manor Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in a household with 2 males (age 16+) and 3 females. Widow Kaufman was in a nearby listing. [13] [14]
1800 Henry Lichty lived in Manor Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in a household with 1 male (age 16-25), 1 male (age 26-44), 1 male (age 45+), 1 female (age 10-15), and 1 female (age 45+). Joseph Kaufman, two widow Kauffmans, and Christin Stoner were in nearby listings. [15] [16]
1810 Henry Lichty lived in Manor Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in a household with 1 male (age 10-15), 3 males (age 16-25), 1 male (age 26-44), 1 male (age 45+), 1 female (age 0-10), 1 female (age 10-15), 1 female (age 16-25), and 1 female (age 45+). [17] [18]
1813 Henry Lichti, of Manor Twp, Lancaster County, dated a will naming sons Henry and John and wife Barbara. Oldest son John had received his share on July 2, 1796. Son Henry was to receive the plantation of 166 acres in Manor Twp. Witnessed by Henry Brenneman, John Mellinger, Benjamin Mosser, and Jacob Manning. Dated 15 October, 1803. Probate on March 20, 1813. [19]
1820 Henry Lichty (age 45+) lived in Manor Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in a household with 4 females. [20]
[1] Charles Fahs Kauffman, A genealogy and history of the Kauffman-Coffman families of North America, 1584 to 1937 (1940), 65, person A35, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].
[2] Pennsylvania, Septennial Census, 1779-1863, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[3] United States Federal Census, 1790, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].
[4] United States Federal Census, 1790, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[5] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed Y-384 to 387, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[6] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed PP-6 to 13, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[7] Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994, Lancaster, Will H-654, [FamilySearchImage].
[8] USGenWeb, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Will Abstracts (Gateway website), H-654, [USGenWeb].
[9] Will of Henry Lighty, transcription, [URL].
[10] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed M-239 to 240, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[11] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed N-446, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[12] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed R-34 to 36, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[13] United States Federal Census, 1790, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].
[14] United States Federal Census, 1790, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[15] United States Federal Census, 1800, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].
[16] United States Federal Census, 1800, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[17] United States Federal Census, 1810, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].
[18] United States Federal Census, 1810, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[19] Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Will R-128, [FamilySearchImage].
[20] United States Federal Census, 1820, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].