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1794 Jonas Good was born on March 25. [1] [2]

1799 Maria Bauman, daughter of Christian Bauman, was born on April 2, 1799. Her father wrote [3]:

Maria Baumann ist geborhen dinstag abens um sechs' uhr den 2ten tag april 1799 ihr zeichen ist der fisch.
Maria Baumann was born on Tuesday evening at the 6th hour on April 2, 1799, her sign is the fish.

1814 Jonas Good inherited his father's estate. [4]

1821 Mary Bowman and Jonas Good were married on March 20. [5] [6] [7] [8]

1847 Mary Bowman Good, wife of Jonas Good, died on February 17, at age 47y 10m 15d [9], and was buried at the Pinegrove Cemetery, Bowmansville, Pennsylvania. [10] [11] [12]

1850 Jonas Good (age 55) lived in Brechnock Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania with Jacob (age 23), Peter (age 25), Nancy Good (age 21), Solomon (age 19), Joseph (age 15), and Judith (age 8). [13] [14]

1860 Jones Good (age 65, born in Pennsylvania) lived in Brecknock Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in a household with Nancy Good (30), and Juda Good (17). Jones Good was a farmer. [15]

1870 Jonas Good (age 75), retired farmer, lived in Brechnock Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania with Nancy Good (age 41) and Susanna Steiner (age 15). [16] [17] Joseph Good was listed adjacent.

1870 Son Joseph Good (age 35, born in Pennsylvania) lived in Brecknock Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in a household with Anna Good (30), Lewis Good (9), Monroe Good (6), Esra Good (4), Hetty Good (), and Henry Harting (16). Joseph Good was a farmer. [18]

1881 Jonas Good died on September 15 and was buried at the Pinegrove Cemetery, Bowmansville, Pennsylvania. [19] [20] [21] [22] [23]

1914 Joseph B Good, son of Jonas Good and Mary Bouman, died on February 7, 1914, at age 79, in Brecknock Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Joseph B Good was born on August 21, 1834, in Pennsylvania. (Death certificate: 11648). [24]

1921 Judith Bowman, daughter of Jonas Good and Mary Bowman, died on November 15, 1921, at age 80, in Brecknock Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Judith Bowman was born on August 19, 1841, in Pennsylvania. (Death certificate: 103122). [25]

Research Notes:

See Mennonite records: [26]


Footnotes:

[1] Jane Evans Best, "Six Good Families of Early Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 12 (July, 1989), 11-28, at 21, GC2222.

[2] Mary Elizabeth Good, A lineage of Jacob Good and his brother Christian Good (c 1954), 2, [FHLCatalog].

[3] Jacob Huber (c 1700-1759), his personal copy, Martyr's Mirror, with notes about 3 generations of descendants (Ephrata, PA: Muddy Creek Farm Library, 1757, photographs by Mark Weitzel), [Photocopy], [Transcription], [CoverPage].

[4] USGenWeb Archives, Lancaster will abstracts, K1-472, [USGenWeb].

[5] Ezra E. Eby, A Biographical History of Waterloo Township, Vol. 1 (1895), 65, [GoogleBooks].

[6] Jane Evans Best, "Six Good Families of Early Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 12 (July, 1989), 11-28, at 21, GC2222.

[7] Augusta Dillman Thomas, The Bowmans : a history of Hans Dieterick Bauman, [HathiTrust].

[8] Mary Elizabeth Good, A lineage of Jacob Good and his brother Christian Good (c 1954), 2, Names and birth and death dates of 10 are reported, [FHLCatalog].

[9] Jacob Huber (c 1700-1759), his personal copy, Martyr's Mirror, with notes about 3 generations of descendants (Ephrata, PA: Muddy Creek Farm Library, 1757, photographs by Mark Weitzel), [Photocopy], [Transcription], [CoverPage].

[10] Find A Grave Memorial 40353496, [FindAGrave].

[11] Mary Elizabeth Good, A lineage of Jacob Good and his brother Christian Good (c 1954), 2, [FHLCatalog].

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

[13] United States Federal Census, 1850, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].

[14] United States Federal Census, 1850, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[15] United States Federal Census, 1860, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[16] United States Federal Census, 1870, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].

[17] United States Federal Census, 1870, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[18] United States Federal Census, 1870, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[19] Find A Grave Memorial 40353330, [FindAGrave].

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

[21] Ezra E. Eby, A Biographical History of Waterloo Township, Vol. 1 (1895), 65, [GoogleBooks].

[22] Jane Evans Best, "Six Good Families of Early Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 12 (July, 1989), 11-28, at 21, GC2222.

[23] Mary Elizabeth Good, A lineage of Jacob Good and his brother Christian Good (c 1954), 2, [FHLCatalog].

[24] Pennsylvania Death Certificates, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[25] Pennsylvania Death Certificates, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

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