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Notes for Peter Good and Mary Weber

Research Notes:

1787-91 Peter Good, perhaps a son of Peter Good, was taxed as a freeman in Brecknock Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He was not listed as a freeman in 1786. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

1792 Jacob and Peter Good, perhaps sons of Peter Good, were taxed as freemen in Brecknock Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [7]

1799 Peter Good Sr and Peter Good Jr (perhaps a son of Peter, Sr) were taxed in Brecknock Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [8] Joseph Good, perhaps a son of Peter, was taxed as a freeman. [9]

1800 Peter Good old and Peter Good yong were taxed in Brecknock Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [10]

1810 Peter Good lived in Earl Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in a household with males: 1 (under 10), 1 (10 thru 15), 1 (16 thru 25), and 1 (26 thru 44); and females: 3 (under 10), 1 (10 thru 15), and 1 (26 thru 44). [11]

1850 Peter Good died on July 4 and was buried at Allegheny Mennonite Cemetery, Berks County, Pennsylvania. Peter Good was born on May 1, 1778. [12] [13] [14]

1850 Maria Good (age 62, born in Pennsylvania) lived in Cumru Twp, Berks County, Pennsylvania, in a household with Jonathan Good (age 30), Lidia Good (age 27), Henry Good (age 4), Israel Good (age 3), Fanny Good (age 2), Mary Good (age 0), Martha Good (age 26), Jacob Good (age 38), and Mary Good (age 28). The census was dated in August. [15]

Research Notes:

Peter Good, "son of Christian Good [sic] was born near Muddy Creek Lancaster County Pennsylvania March 1st 1778 He was married to Mary Weber who was born September 15th 1788 They had a family of nine children". Names children, including Benjamin, born June 24, 1809 in West Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (this agrees with the 1810 census record, cited above). [16] [17]

"GC333 Peter Good born Mar. 1, 1778; died July 4, 1850 married Mary Weber, born Sept. 15, 1788; died Oct. 21, 1865; daughter of Henry Weber (WB1831.1, died 1827) and Maria Huber (HR153, died 1797)" [18]

"115.—Mary Weber 30. b. in Allegheny Valley, Sept. 15. 1788; d. Oct. 21. 1865; m. Peter Good: b. May 1. 1778; d. July 4. 1850. Mennonite: tanner; res.. Allegheny Valley; buried in the Allegheny Mennonite Cemetery." [19]

Mennonite Records [20]


Footnotes:

[1] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1786, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

[2] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1787, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

[3] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1788, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

[4] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1789, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

[5] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1790, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

[6] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1791, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

[7] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1792, Jacob & Peter, freemen, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

[8] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

[9] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1799, Joseph, freeman, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

[10] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1800, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

[11] United States Federal Census, 1810, [AncestryRecord].

[12] Find A Grave Memorial 60859647, [FindAGrave].

[13] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].

[14] U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885, [AncestryRecord].

[15] United States Federal Census, 1850, [AncestryRecord].

[16] Ezra E. Eby, A Biographical History of Waterloo Township, Vol. 1 (1895), 703, person 3229, [GoogleBooks].

[17] Ezra E. Eby, A Biographical History of Waterloo Township, Vol. 1 (1895), 00371, [AncestryImage].

[18] Jane Evans Best, "Six Good Families of Early Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 12 (July, 1989), 11-28, at 23, GC333.

[19] Harry M. Hoover, The Huber-Hoover Family History (1928), 57, family 115, [FamilySearch FSCatalog].

[20] Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Genealogical Card File (Lancaster, Pennsylvania), [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].