c 1704 Joseph Gochenour was born about this time. [1]
Frena Musselman married Abraham Herr, as his second wife. [2]
1726 Joseph Gochenour arrived in Pennsylvania about 1726.
1728 Joseph Gochenour was naturalized as a Mennonite in February in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [3]
c 1728 Joseph Gochenour married Frena Musselman, widow of Abraham Herr. Daughter Barbara was born about this time. [4] [5]
c 1731 Daughter Frena was born.
c 1735 Son Joseph was born.
1735 Joseph Cocanower received a warrant for 300 acres, in Hempfield Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, dated on May 8. Adjacent lands were held by John Coffman and Henry Bear. [6] [7] The land was surveyed on May 20 for Joseph Coghanour. [8]
C 1739 Daughter Elizabeth was born.
1740 A survey was made for Joseph Coughannour of 403 acres in Hempfield Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Joseph received a patent for the tract on April 15 or 16. [9] [10] The survey map indicated a survey date of May 20, 1735. [11] [12] The tract was next to tracts owned by Reynard Young, Peter Leman, Michael Segrist, Henry Heistant, and Christian Hoover.
1751 Joseph Cochenour was taxed 15 shillings in Hempfield Township, Lancaster County. [13]
1752 The will of Henry Musselman was dated April 20, with probate date on June 2, 1752. Wife was Elizabeth Musselman. Children were Henry, Peter, Elizabeth, and Maria. Executors were brother-in-law Joseph Gochenour and Jacob Shally. [14] [15]
1756 Joseph Goughannower was the tax collector in Manheim Twp, Lancaster County. [16]
c 1758 Joseph Gochenour married a second time to Elisabeth.
c 1763 Daughter Mary was born. [Some researchers have indicated that Mary was a twin of Joseph, born 1764]
1764 Joseph Goghenour wrote his will on January 7, 1764 in Hempfield Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The will was admitted for probate on January 24, 1764. Beloved wife, Elizabeth Gochenower, was to have everything she brought with her. Deceased sons children: Joseph and Henry Goghenour. Son-in-law John Newcomer (wife's name not stated). Other children not named. Deceased sons wife, Magdalena. Executors were John Kauffman and John Huber. Witnessed by Jacob Lentz and Jacob Immel. [17] [18] [19] [20] [21]
1764 Son Joseph was born on August 17, 1764, after Joseph Gochenour's death. His guardian in 1765 was John Hoover.
1765 The sheriff of Lancaster County, by order of the Orphan's court, reviewed a tract of 77 acres in Hempfield Twp from the estate of Joseph Gogenhour, on March 5, to determine if tract could be divided among the heirs without injury to the land. The sheriff determined the land should not be divided and valued the land at 435 pounds lawful money of Pennsylvania. John Hoover, the guardian of Joseph Gogenhour, the only son of Joesph Gogenhour, deceased, refused to purchase the shares of land from the other heirs. Barbara Kauffman, wife of Christian Kauffman and eldest daughter of Joseph Gochenour chose to buy the land. The sum of 71 pounds 13 shillings was due to each of: the representative of oldest son Joseph Gochenour (deceased), Abraham Kassel and Frena his wife, John Newcomer and Elizabeth his wife, Elizabeth Gogenhour, and Joseph Gogenhour youngest son of said Gogenhour deceased. There were three signatures on this release: Abraham Cassall, John Newcomer, and Elizabeth Newcomer. The next deed names heirs Barbara Kauffman, Joseph (deceased), Abraham Kassell and Frena, John Newcomer and Elizabeth, Mary Gochenour, and Joseph (youngest son). This release named Henry Knave as guardian of Joseph deceased and John Hoover as guardian of Joseph (youngest) and Mary Gogenhour. [22]
1765 The guardians of children of Joseph Gochenour made a deed for their shares of Joseph's estate to Christian Kauffman and Barbara his wife, on March 5. Henry Knave was the guardian of the children of Joseph Gogenhour deceased, eldest son of Joseph Gogehour the father, also deceased. John Hoover was the guardian of Joseph Gogenhour, the youngest son of the deceased and of Mary Gogenhour, one of the daughters of the deceased. Abraham Cassel and wife Frena were heirs. [23]
1765 Son-in-law John and Elizabeth Newcomer of Hempfield gave water rights to minor orphans Henry and Joseph Cochenour, sons of Joseph's deceased oldest son Joseph, on July 7. [24]
c 1766 A deed named Feronica [deceased?] as a sister of Peter Musselman. Peter Musselman died without issue. Samuel Herr, David Herr, Christian Kauffman (alias Coffman) and Barbara his wife, John Newcomer and Elizabeth his wife (the said Samuel, David, Barbara, and Elizabeth being the children of Frena one of the Sisters of the said Peter Musselman deceased) were named. Land from Peter Mussleman's estate was sold, on October 9, 1766, to Melchor Henneberger, by many of the heirs of his estate. [25]
1768 The inheritance of Mary Cochenour, deceased, minor daughter of Joseph Cougenhour senior deceased, was distributed among the mother, brothers, and sisters of Mary, on September 6. The family members were named as deceased sister Frena late wife of Abraham Cassell, deceased brother Joseph, sister Barbara wife of Christian Kauffman, sister Elizabeth wife of John Necomer, brother Joseph, mother Elizabeth. [26]
1768 Executors John Kauffman and John Huber transferred land, on September 15, from Joseph's estate to grandsons Henry and Joseph. The tract in Hempfield Twp, Lancaster County had been patented to Joseph Coghanour on April 18, 1740. [27] Joseph Gochenour Senior had specified the inheritance to his grandsons in his will dated January 7, 1764. Other land had been granted to son-in-law John Newcomer. Executor John Huber was a guardian for Joseph's minor son Joseph. Surviving daughters Barbara, wife of Christian Kauffman, and Elizabeth, wife of John Newcomer, were named. Deceased daughter Frena, prior wife of Joseph Cassell of Rapho Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania was named with her children. [28]
Research Notes:
Christian Kauffman married Barbara, perhaps a daughter of this Joseph Gochenour. [29]
Mennonite card file. [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35]
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[2] Emily D. Phelan, "Descendants of Christian Musselman (d. 1734) of Lancaster Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 12 (January, 1989), 16-23, at 19, Family M2.
[3] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Gochenaur B51, [Website].
[4] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Musselman B42, [Website].
[5] Emily D. Phelan, "Descendants of Christian Musselman (d. 1734) of Lancaster Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 12 (January, 1989), 16-23, at 19, Family M2.
[6] Pennsylvania Land Warrant, Lancaster County, C-36, [PHMC Warrant].
[7] Pennsylvania, Land Warrants and Applications, 1733-1952, [AncestryRecord].
[8] Dwayne Coughenour, "The First Will - Joseph Gochenour," Mennonite Family History 3 (1984), 154.
[9] Pennsylvania Land Warrant, Lancaster County, C-138, [PHMC Warrant].
[10] Pennsylvania, Land Warrants and Applications, 1733-1952, [AncestryRecord].
[11] Bureau of Land Records, Pennsylvania Land Patent Books, A9-181, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[12] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, A-63-99, [PA Survey Map], [PASurveyBooksIndex].
[13] Albert H. Gerberich, "Lancaster County, Pa. Tax Lists," National Genealogical Society Quarterly 21 (1933), 1-13, at 2.
[14] F. Edward Wright, Abstracts of Lancaster County Pennsylvania Wills 1732-1785 (2008), 149.
[15] Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994, Lancaster, Will I-340, written in German and not copied, [FamilySearchImage].
[16] Albert H. Gerberich and Gaius Brumbaugh, "Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Tax Lists 1751, 1756, 1757, 1758," National Genealogical Society Quarterly 50 (1962), 19.
[17] Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994, Lancaster, Will, A-246, [FamilySearchImage].
[18] USGenWeb, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Will Abstracts, A1-246, Joseph Gochenower, [USGenWeb].
[19] Dwayne Coughenour, "The First Will - Joseph Gochenour," Mennonite Family History 3 (1984), 154.
[20] F. Edward Wright, Abstracts of Lancaster County Pennsylvania Wills 1732-1785 (2008), 79.
[21] Pennsylvania, Will and Probate Records, [AncestryRecord].
[22] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed L-203 to 204, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[23] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed L-204 to 206, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[24] Recorder of Deeds, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed Book FF, 403-404, [403], [404], [FHLCatalog].
[25] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed 3M-542 to 557, at 548, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[26] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Miscellaneous Book 1768-63, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[27] Pennsylvania Land Patent, A9-181, [PAPatentBookLinks].
[28] Recorder of Deeds, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed Book FF, 400-403, [400], [401], [402], [403], [FHLCatalog].
[29] Charles Fahs Kauffman, A genealogy and history of the Kauffman-Coffman families of North America, 1584 to 1937 (1940), 23, see person A3, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].
[30] Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Genealogical Card File (Lancaster, Pennsylvania), [AncestryRecord].
[31] Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Genealogical Card File (Lancaster, Pennsylvania), [AncestryRecord].
[32] Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Genealogical Card File (Lancaster, Pennsylvania), [AncestryRecord].
[33] Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Genealogical Card File (Lancaster, Pennsylvania), [AncestryRecord].
[34] Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Genealogical Card File (Lancaster, Pennsylvania), [AncestryRecord].
[35] Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Genealogical Card File (Lancaster, Pennsylvania), [AncestryRecord].