c 1758 Johannes Rohrbach, son of Christian Rohrbach and Susanna Hause, was born in Vincent Twp, Chester County, Pennsylvania. [1]
1773 Johannes Rohrbach, son of Lorenz and Anna Catharina Rohrbach, was born on January 2, 1773. He was baptized, with sponsors Johannes Rohrbach and Magdalena Grokin (both single), on February 14, 1773 at St. Jacob's (Stone) Church. [2]
1775 Joh. Friderich Rohrbach, son of Henrich and Veronica Rohrbach, was born on January 31 and was baptized on April 16, at St. Jacob's (Stone) Church. Johannes Rohrbach and Elisabetha Rothermel (both single) were sponsors. [3]
1779 John Roarbough was listed as a single man on a preliminary tax list in Codorus Twp, York County. [4]
1780 John Rohrbaugh was a private in Captain John Shearer's company in the Fifth Battalion of York County, Pennsylvania. [5]
c 1784 Johannes Rohrbach married Susanna Hoover, daughter of Ulrich and Susanna Hoover. [6]
1796 Magdalena Rohrbach, child of Johannes Rohrbach and Susana Rohrbach, was born on January 8, 1796 and was baptised on April 3, 1796 at St Jacobs (Stone), Lutheran and Reformed church, Brodbecks, York County, Pennsylvania. Johannes and Christina Huber were sponsors. [7]
1818 John Rohrbach of Manheim Twp, York County, dated his will on November 5, 1817; affirmed August 20, 1818. The will named wife Susannah and four children named as eldest son Christian and three daughters Susannah, Magdalena, and Elizabeth. Brother-in-law George Cokely and friend John Epply were executors. John and Henry Rohrbach were witnesses. [8]
[1] Lewis Bunker Rohrbaugh, Rohrbach Genealogy (1970), 25.
[2] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985, PA,York, Brodbecks, Lutheran and Reformed, St Jacobs (Stone), [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[3] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985, PA,York, Brodbecks, Lutheran and Reformed, St Jacobs (Stone), [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[4] York County, Pennsylvania, Township assessment lists, 1762-1849, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[5] George R. Prowell, Continental Congress at York, Pennsylvania and York County in the Revolution (1914), 275, [GoogleBooks].
[6] Lewis Bunker Rohrbaugh, Rohrbach Genealogy (1970), 25.
[7] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[8] Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994, York, Will O-53, [FamilySearchImage].