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Notes for Daniel Forrey and Ann Elizabeth Newcomer

1771 Daniel Forrer was taxed at Hempfield Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania for 1 horses, and 1 cattle. [1]

1772 Daniel Forrer was taxed at Hempfield Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania for 130 acres, 4 horses, and 5 cattle. [2]

1773 Daniel Forrer was taxed at Hempfield Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania for 130 acres, 3 horses, and 5 cattle. [3]

1779 Daniel Forrer was taxed at Hempfield Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania for 130 acres, 4 horses, and 4 cattle. [4]

1782 Daniel Furry was taxed at Hempfield Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania for 135 acres, 4 horses, and 5 cattle. [5]

1793 The will of Daniel Forrey, of Hempield Twp, Lancaster County, was written in German. The will was affirmed by Jacob Holtz and John Forrer, the subscribing witnesses. The will of Daniel Forrey was proved on March 6, 1793 and letters of administration were issued for John Newcomer Jr, John Hertzler, his wife Ann Elizabeth, and his son John Forry, the executors named in the will. [6]

1794 Land from the estate of Daniel Forrey was transferred to son John on June 20. The deed recounted facts from the will of Daniel, dated February 4, 1793, from the will of Daniel's father, John Forry, dated April 26, 1853, and from a land patent granted to John Forree, dated July 6, 1741. Daniel Forry left a widow Ann Elizabeth and six children: John Forry, Mary Forry, Elizabeth the wife of John Shallenberger, Barbara Forry, Susanna Forry, and Ann Forry. Barbara, Susanna, and Ann Forry were under age 21, with guardians Christian Newcomer, Joseph Carle, and Andrew Gerber, respectively. [7]

1794 there was a quit claim made on his 135 acres in Hempfield Township by his children to his son John. [8]


Footnotes:

[1] William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume 17 (Lancaster Taxables) (1897), 116, [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].

[2] William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume 17 (Lancaster Taxables) (1897), 242, [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].

[3] William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume 17 (Lancaster Taxables) (1897), 391, [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].

[4] William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume 17 (Lancaster Taxables) (1897), 585, [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].

[5] William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume 17 (Lancaster Taxables) (1897), 807, [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].

[6] USGenWeb, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Will Abstracts (Gateway website), F-433, [USGenWeb].

[7] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed TT-86 to 91, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

[8] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed TT-81 to 86, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].