c 1732 Peter Good was born, son of Jacob Good and Susannah Scherer. [1]
1769 Christina Good was named as a minor daughter (guardian not named) of Christian Good in a deed between her mother, Magdalena, and her oldest brother, John. [2]
1771 Two Peter Goods were taxed in Brecknock Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. One for 300 acres, 5 horses, and 5 cattle, and 1 servant. Another for 150 acres, 2 horses and 3 cattle.
1777 Peter Guth and Christine Guth, daughter of Christian, were married on December 15, at Cocalico Reformed Church in Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [3] [4] [5] [6]
1778-1780 The names of several son and sons-in-law of Christian Good appeared on a list of fines (cash received of delinguents for non-performance of militia duty and exercise) in Lancaster County [7] in Col. David Jenkin's Battalion [8]: Michael Wenger; Henry, Jacob, and Peter Good; Christian Swartz [9]; Henry Good; Samuel, Peter, Jacob, Christian Good; and George Klopper [10].
aft 1783 Peter Good later moved to Cumberland County. [11] [12] [13]
1789 Christina Good, wife of Peter Good, was listed as an heir of Christian Good, deceased, in Lancaster County Orphans Court records dated August 5. [14]
1807 The will of Peter Good of West Pennsboro Twp, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania was dated on September 5. The will named wife Christine, daughter Christine, son John, children of deceased son Henry, son-in-law Abraham Diller. The probate date was October 7, 1807. [15]
Peter Good had several children. [16] [17]
Research Notes:
Various researchers have named various parents and spouses for the Peter Good who died in 1807. We do not know which, if any, is correct.
"From the list it appears that at that time Peter Good was the proprietor of a saw-mill and hemp-mill. This latter was a machine for preparing the fibre of hemp for spinning. A large stone, in the shape of the frustrum of a cone, was made to roll by machinery propelled by water-power on the hemp spread out on a circular floor prepared for the purpose. At that time all the grist-mills spoken of had special machinery adapted to the hulling of spelt (Triticum Spelta, a cereal resembling wheat, but covered with thick husks), which had been brought by the early immigrants from their old homes across the water. It was also called "German wheat." But the cultivation of hemp and spelt has long since been abandoned, and mills of that kind are no longer in use." [There were several men named Peter Good, I am uncertain about which one this quote refers to.][18]
Peter was characterized as a Yeoman (farmer). "Came on hard times". [19]
[1] Jane Evans Best, "Six Good Families of Early Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 12 (July, 1989), 11-28, at 19, GC21.
[2] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed LL-252 to 256, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[3] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985, Bethany United Church of Christ, Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[4] Donna R. Irish, Pennsylvania German Marriages (1982), 60, Cocalico Reformed Church, [GoogleBooks].
[5] Jane Evans Best, "Six Good Families of Early Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 12 (July, 1989), 11-28, at 19, GC21.
[6] Jane Evans Best, "Six Good Families of Early Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 12 (July, 1989), 11-28, at 26, GC3g.
[7] William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume 6 (Revolution 1777-1789, Lieutenants) (1896), 360, [InternetArchive], [GoogleBooks].
[8] William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume 6 (Revolution 1777-1789, Lieutenants) (1896), 361-366, [InternetArchive], [GoogleBooks].
[9] William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume 6 (Revolution 1777-1789, Lieutenants) (1896), 364, [InternetArchive], [GoogleBooks].
[10] William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume 6 (Revolution 1777-1789, Lieutenants) (1896), 366, [InternetArchive], [GoogleBooks].
[11] Mary Elizabeth Good, A lineage of Jacob Good and his brother Christian Good (c 1954), 2, [FHLCatalog].
[12] Goodspeed Brothers, publishers, Pictorial and biographical memoirs of Elkhart and St. Joseph counties (1893), 741, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].
[13] Jane Evans Best, "Six Good Families of Early Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 12 (July, 1989), 11-28, at 19, GC21.
[14] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Miscellaneous Book 1789-157, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[15] Pennsylvania, Will and Probate Records, G-264, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[16] Jane Evans Best, "Six Good Families of Early Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 12 (July, 1989), 11-28, at 19-20, GC21.
[17] Ruth I. Good, The Good Family Record (1904), 3, [FHLCatalog].
[18] Franklin Ellis and Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania with Biographical Sketches (1883), 676, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].
[19] Jane Evans Best, "Six Good Families of Early Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 12 (July, 1989), 11-28, at 19, GC21.