Notes for Jacob Good and Elizabeth Bowman

Elizabeth Bowman married Jacob Good, a Mennonite farmer and cabinet maker. [1]

1785 On 20 November, Elizabeth Bowman was born in Alleghaney Valley, Berks County, Pennsylvania. [2]

1807 John Good (perhaps Jacob Good's older brother) was an administrator, and was named as son-in-law, for the estate of Elizabeth Bowman's father, Christian Bowman, in Cumru, Berks County, Pennsylvania. [3]

1810 Jacob Good, lived in Brecknock Twp, Lancaster Co, likely different from this one, since the male children do not match this family: 3 males under age 10 (?), 1 male 10-15 (?), 1 male 26-44 (Jacob), 1 female age 0-10 (Anna), and 1 female age 16-25 (wife Elizabeth). [4][5]

1820 Jacob Good, plausibly this one, lived in Brecknock Twp, Lancaster County with 2 males under age 10 (sons Beneville and Jacob), 1 male 26-45 (father Jacob), 4 females age 0-10 (Sarah, Mary, Elizabeth, Lydia), 1female age 10-16 (Anna), and 1 female age 26-45 (mother Elizabeth). [6][7]

1830 Jacob Good, age 40-50, lived in Brecknock Twp with wife age, 30-40, and males age 0-5 (?), 5-10 (John?), 10-15 (Solomon or Jacob?), 20-30 (Benjamin?) and female age 5-10 (Sarah) age 10-15 (Mary) and age 15-20 (Elizabeth). [8][9]

1840 I have not found an 1840 census listing for Jacob Good (age 59).

1840 Daughter Lydia and Christian Huber lived in Brecknock Twp, Berks County, Pennsylvania. [10]

1844 Jacob Good died in Brecknock Twp, Lancaster County and was buried in the Allegheny Mennonite Cemetery [11]. [12] Widow Elizabeth renounced administration of the estate to son John B Good, son-in-law. Witnessed by Peter Good.
Photocopy 1844 Administration of Jacob Good's estate.
Photocopy 1844 Inventory of Jacob Good's estate.
Photocopy 1844 Inventory of Jacob Good's estate.
Photocopy 1844 Account of Jacob Good's estate.

1850 Elizabeth Good lived in the household of Christian and Lydia (Elizabeth's daughter) Hoover in Brecknock Twp, Berks County, Pennsylvania. Elizabeth's son Jacob B Good lived with them. The families of daughters Elizabeth Musser and Sarah Musser lived in the same township in Lancaster County. [13]

1860 Elizabeth Good (age 75) lived in the household of her son Jacob B Good (age 52) and widowed daughter Lydia Hoover (age 50) in Brecknock Twp, Berks County, Pennsylvania. Mary A Dunhauer (age 23), house maid, lived with them. [14]

1866 On 6 June, Elizabeth Good died in Berks County. [15] "On the 6th of June 1866, in the Alleghany Valley, in Brecknock township, Berks Co., Pa., Elizabeth Good, aged 80 years, 7 mo. and 17 days. Her maiden name was Bowman. On Sunday the 8th she was buried at the neighboring churchyard, on which occasion Bish. Moseman preached an appropriate discourse from 2 Tim. 4:6-8." [16]

The following three entries summarize the estate settlement of Solomon Good, brother to this Jacob Good. That settlement named the two brothers of Solomon who had heirs: Jacob and John. Brother Christian was not named, since he had no heirs. The settlement named the seven sons and daughters of this Jacob Good and the heirs of heirs of John. 

1861 On 2 July, John B Good, administrator, filed his account on the estate of Samuel Good showing a balance of $4429.12. Samuel's brother John Good of Canada was an heir, as described below. The seven sons and daughters of Samuel's brother, Jacob Good of Brecknock Twp deceased, were also heirs to Samuel's estate. Five were present at the accounting and each received their share of $316.36: Anna Good wife of John Good (miller), Lydia Huber widow, Elizabeth Mosser wife of Benjamin Mosser, Jacob B Good, Sarah Mosser wife of Peter Mosser. [17] John B Good was the sixth heir, and Benneville B Good, listed below, was the seventh.

1862 On 10 January, John B Good, administrator, made an accounting of Samuel Good's estate with Benneville B Good of Elkhart County, Indiana; one of the sons of Samuel's brother, Jacob Good of Brecknock Twp, Lancaster County. Benneville B Good received $316.36. [18]

1862 On 4 April, John B Good, administrator, made an accounting of Samuel Good's estate with the administrators of the will of Samuel's brother John Good of Canada West, who had died since the death of Samuel Good. Solomon Gehman and Joseph Good were the executors of the will of John Good of Canada and received the share due to John Good. [19]

1866 On 6 July, Elizabeth Bowman Good died. [20]

Research notes:

The seven heirs of Jacob Good named above in the estate settlement of Samuel Good have been listed by other researchers identifying them as children of this Jacob Good, who is assigned the number GC353 [21]. Solomon Good, also born May 12 1820, the same day as Sarah Good (GC3536), has also been listed by many researchers as a child of this Jacob Good. However, Solomon is not a child of this Jacob Good, as shown by documents from the estate settlement of Solomon Good and his wife Isabella Good, who died childless. 

Some notes for Solomon Good are shown at GenealogyPage for Solomon Good at this website.

1891 On 5 October, the estate of Solomon Good was settled by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. [22][23] The auditor's report for the settlement documents the events of the case, including the petition made in 1889 by the surviving brothers of the said Solomon Good, deceased, who were named as Benjamin Good and Isaac Good. [24] Neither Benjamin nor Isaac are among surviving sons of Jacob Good, so Solomon Good, husband of Isabella, is not a descendant of this Jacob Good. 

Footnotes
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[1] Harry M Hoover. The Huber-Hoover Family History, (1928), 56
[2] Harry M Hoover. The Huber-Hoover Family History, (1928), 56
[3] US Genweb Archives Berks County will abstracts, http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/berks/wills/willabs09.txt
[4] US census, 1820, Pennsylvania, Lancaster, Brecknock, p 313
[5] Nearby listings included John Fry, John Meier, and Baltzer Hoffman; compare to 1820 census
[6] US census, 1820, Pennsylvania, Lancaster, Brecknock, p 8
[7] Nearby listings included Daniel Bowman, age 16-24, Samuel Bowman, age 26-45, and Christian Bowman age 45+, perhaps brothers and father of Elizabeth; John Overholtzer, perhaps an uncle; John Fry age 45+, and Joseph Good compare to 1830 census; John Moyer and Baltzer Hoffman compare to 1810 census
[8] US census, 1830, Pennsylvania, Lancaster, Brecknock, p 170
[9] Nearby listings included John Fry age 50-60, Jacob Smith age 70-80, Joseph Good compare to 1820 census; Balser Snyder, age 60-70, compare to neighbors of father Jacob in 1810 census
[10] US census, 1840, Pennsylvania, Berks, Brecknock, p 403A
[11] findagrave.com Memorial 51113668, [Link]
[12] Intestate will indexed in Book L vol 1 for Brecknock Twp, Lancaster County
[13] US census, 1850 (Reel.Page): 0754.413, family 119, [Link]
[14] US census, 1860 (Reel.Page): 1075.121, family 212, [Link]
[15] findagrave.com Memorial 87444098, [Link]
[16] Herald of Truth, August 1866 - Vol. III, No. 8
[17] Lancaster County Pennsylvania Deed Y8-571
[18] Lancaster County Pennsylvania Deed Y8-645
[19] Lancaster County Pennsylvania Deed B9-385
[20] Harry M Hoover. The Huber-Hoover Family History, (1928), 56
[21] Jane Evans Best, "Six Good Families," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, 12 (July, 1989), 24
[22] Henry Clay Brubaker, Charles Israel Landis, George Ross Eshleman, Issac Clinton Arnold, ed. The Lancaster law review, 8(9 Nov 1891):393-397, Good versus Miller
[23] Boyd Crumrine. Pennsylvania state reports Volume 144, containing cases adjudged in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Vol 29, (1892):287-293, Good versus Fichthorn
[24] Lancaster County Archives, Miscellaneous Book 8, 1890-1891, page 146