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Notes for Michael Kitch and Maria Catharina Wise

1732 Son John Michael was born 30 October and baptized 3 December, Records of the Warwick Ev Lutheran congregation. [1]

1734 Daughter Maria Elizabetha was born 19 April and baptized 12 May, with Zeug (witnesses?) Jacob Weiss and Maria Elizabeth Wolfin (Maria Catharina's parents). [2]

1750 Michael Ketch, son of Michael Ketch deceased, being upwards of seventeen years, comes into (Lancaster Orphan's ) court and chuses George Michael Weis to be his guardian. Elizabeth Ketch, one of the daughters of Michael Ketch, chuses Jacob Weis (brother to Michael's wife, Maria Catharina) guardian. George Michael Weis and Jacob Weis appointed guardians over Sophia and Martin Ketch, minor and orphan children of Michael Ketch. [3]

1756 Michael Citsh (no land) was taxed in Cocalico Twp, Lancaster County. [4]

1758 Michael Kitch, shoemaker, was taxed in Cocalico Twp, Lancaster County. Michael Weis was taxed for 100 acres in Cocalico Twp, Lancaster County. [5]


Footnotes:

[1] J. H. Schantz, "History of the Brickerville Congregation in Lancaster County," Historical Papers and Addresses of the Lancaster County Historical Society 3 (1899), 57-99, at 60, [InternetArchive], [GoogleBooks].

[2] J. H. Schantz, "History of the Brickerville Congregation in Lancaster County," Historical Papers and Addresses of the Lancaster County Historical Society 3 (1899), 57-99, at 60, [InternetArchive], [GoogleBooks].

[3] Pennsylvania Vital Records From the Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine and the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 1 (1983), 339.

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

[5] Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, Tax List, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].