Research Notes:
There are conflicting reports about John Forrer, son of John Forrer and Mary Meyer. Notes, some conflicting, are gathered below.
Mennonite Records report that John married Margaret Beery. [1]
c 1730 John Forrer was born. [2]
John Forry married Elizabeth.
1752 He was called "John Furry" of Hempfield Township, Lancaster County when he bought a lot in York Town, York County on 13 Jul 1752 from the Sheriff of York. [3]
1754 John Feire, perhaps this one, was taxed in Lancaster Borough. [4]
1758 John Forry was first taxed at Hempfield in 1758 and was taxed there until his death. [5] [6]
1765 John Forrer received 135 acres in Hempfield Township from his father's estate on 28 Oct 1765 [7].
1771 John Forrer was taxed at Hempfield Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania for 135 acres, 3 horses, and 5 cattle. [8]
1772 John Forrer was taxed at Hempfield Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania for 135 acres, 3 horses, and 5 cattle. [9]
1773 John Forrer was taxed at Hempfield Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania for 135 acres, 4 horses, and 5 cattle. [10]
c 1776 John Forrer was a resident in Hempfield Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [11]
1779 John Forrer was taxed at Hempfield Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania for 135 acres, 4 horses, and 3 cattle. [12]
1782 John Forrer was taxed at Hempfield Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania for 130 acres, 4 horses, and 5 cattle. [13]
1802 John Forrer died in Hempfield Township, Lancaster County, intestate. [14]
1812 Elizabeth Forry and John Forry were the administrators of his estate. He owned 135 acres in Hempfield next to Christian Gerber which his children wanted to dispose of in 1812. [15].
1812 Widow Elizabeth was still alive in 1812. [16]
[1] Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Genealogical Card File (Lancaster, Pennsylvania), [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[2] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Forrer923749_1288344 H11, [Website].
[3] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Forrer923749_1288344 H11, [Website].
[4] H. Frank Eshleman, "Early Taxables - 1754," Historical Papers and Addresses of the Lancaster County Historical Society 13 (1909), 263-277, at 271, [InternetArchive].
[5] Franklin Ellis and Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania with Biographical Sketches (1883), 870, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].
[6] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Forrer923749_1288344 H11, [Website].
[7] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed L-240 to 242, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[8] William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume 17 (Lancaster Taxables) (1897), 116, [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[9] William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume 17 (Lancaster Taxables) (1897), 242, [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[10] William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume 17 (Lancaster Taxables) (1897), 391, [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[11] Franklin Ellis and Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania with Biographical Sketches (1883), 991, left column, bottom, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].
[12] William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume 17 (Lancaster Taxables) (1897), 585, [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[13] William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume 17 (Lancaster Taxables) (1897), 807, [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[14] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Forrer923749_1288344 H11, [Website].
[15] Recorder of Deeds, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed Book 5, 281-283, [281], [282], [283], [FHLCatalog].
[16] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Forrer923749_1288344 H11, [Website].