1734-36 Henry Bahn [Bann], Nicholas Kann [Kuns] and Jacob Welshover and John Hendricks were neighbors involved in the land dispute around Kreutz Creek. [1]
1736 Nicholas Cohn was listed as a German settler in Springetsbury Manor, York County. [2]
1748 "Anna Maria Barbara, oldest daughter of Balser Bortner, married Henry Kann 'from beyond the Susquehanna' on February 17, 1748 in Christ Lutheran Church, Tulpehocken, according to its records ["Maria Barbara Bortner" in church records near the present village of Stouchsburg in Berks County, not far from Myerstown][3]
c 1750 Henry Kann and his wife, "Anna Barbara", lived on a farm in Codorus Township, York County. In the early 1750's, the Kann's apparently took Mrs. Kann's sister, Philippina Bortner, into their home." [4]
1751 Maria Elisabeth Kann, daughter of Heinrich Kann and Anna Barbara Kann, was baptized in December with sponsors Adam and Maria Elisabeth Fischborn. [5]
1753 Johannes, son of Henry and Anna Barbara Kan[n], was baptized on December 9 with sponsors Johannes Kan and Phillipine Bordnerin. [6] [7]
1755 Heinrich and Maria Barbara Kann were sponsors at the baptism in March of Heinrich Kann, son of Gorg Michel Kann and Anna Barbara Kann. [8]
1756 Anna Barbara Kann, daughter of Heinrich Kann and Anna Barbara Kann, was baptized in June with sponsors Gorg Michel Kann and Anna Barbara Kann. [9]
1756 Henry, son of Charles and Phillipina Schaffer, was baptized on July 25 with sponsors Henry and Anna Barbara Kann. [10] [11]
1762 Henry Kann was listed as a Kreutz Creek Reformed member as early as 1762. [12]
1768 Henry Kann received a warrant dated April 13 and patented 250 acres in Manor Springetsbury, Hellam Twp, York County (previously Lancaster County). The survey, dated 1736 was to Nicholas Kahn [Conn] granted on October 20, 1736 by Thomas Penn in Lancaster County. Adjacent landowners included Henry Bahn, Daniel Harman, Ulrich Strickler, Michael Kuntz, Henry Stance, and Adam Bayard. [13] [14] [15] [16]
1778 Henry Kann [Cann] was fined (Captain Copenheffer's company, first class) £30.0.0 in York County. [17]
1786 Henry Cann was listed on the septennial census for Hellam Twp, York County, Pennsylvania. [18]
1790 Henry Conn lived in Hellam Twp, York County, Pennsylvania, in a household with 3 males age 16 and over, and 1 females.[19]
1793 Henry Kann was listed on the septennial census in 1793 in Hellam Twp, York County, Pennsylvania.[20]
1796 The will of Henry Kann [Kaun] was dated June 4, 1796 and was proved April 24, 1798 in Manchester Twp, York County, Pennsylvania. The estate was divided into 11 equal shares. Children: Michael (now in Virginia); John (now in Virginia); Philip; Henry; Daniel; John Jacob; Susanna wife of Michael Dersteen; Barbara previously wife of Heyer, and now married to Jacob Stohly; Catharine deceased wife of Frederick Ruhl; Mary Elizabeth wife of Philip Decker; and Magdalena deceased wife of John Kauffman. Grandchildren: John and Barbara Heyer, children of daughter Barbara, now wife of Jacob Stokly; and four children of Catharine Ruhl, deceased, late the wife of Frederick Ruhl, whose names were not given. On 19 March, Henry Kann wrote a codicil to his will to address the death of son John Jacob Kann. Executors: George and Adam Berd, Hellam Township. [21]
Research Notes:
The book by Budd about the Ruhl family indicates that child Catherine Eva Kann had maiden name Bortner with parents Henry Bortner and Anna Barbara with a prior marriage to Kann.
See also [22]
[1] Abdel Ross Wentz, The beginnings of the German element in York County, Pennsylvania (Lancaster, PA: 1916), 160, of 160-62, [InternetArchive], [GoogleBooks].
[2] Neal Otto Hively, The Manor of Springettsbury, York County, Pennsylvania, Vol. 6 (1993), 27.
[3] Harold Bordner, The Bordner and Burtner families: and their Bortner ancestors in America (1967), 9, [InternetArchive].
[4] Harold Bordner, The Bordner and Burtner families: and their Bortner ancestors in America (1967), 9, [InternetArchive].
[5] York County, Pennsylvania Church Records, 1744-69: Jacob Lischy's Private Pastoral Record abstracts of Henry James Young, The private record of Jacob Lischy, V.D.M., 1743-1769, [AncestryRecords].
[6] York County, Pennsylvania Church Records, 1744-69: Jacob Lischy's Private Pastoral Record abstracts of Henry James Young, The private record of Jacob Lischy, V.D.M., 1743-1769, [AncestryRecords].
[7] Charles Henry Glatfelter, George Bortner of Codorus Twp, York County, Pennsylvania and His Descendants (1949), 5, of 5-6, [HathiTrust].
[8] York County, Pennsylvania Church Records, 1744-69: Jacob Lischy's Private Pastoral Record abstracts of Henry James Young, The private record of Jacob Lischy, V.D.M., 1743-1769, [AncestryRecords].
[9] York County, Pennsylvania Church Records, 1744-69: Jacob Lischy's Private Pastoral Record abstracts of Henry James Young, The private record of Jacob Lischy, V.D.M., 1743-1769, [AncestryRecords].
[10] York County, Pennsylvania Church Records, 1744-69: Jacob Lischy's Private Pastoral Record abstracts of Henry James Young, The private record of Jacob Lischy, V.D.M., 1743-1769, [AncestryRecords].
[11] Charles Henry Glatfelter, George Bortner of Codorus Twp, York County, Pennsylvania and His Descendants (1949), 5, of 5-6, speculates that Anna Barbara was Anna Barbara Bortner, [HathiTrust].
[12] Neal Otto Hively, The Manor of Springettsbury, York County, Pennsylvania, Vol. 6 (1993), 63.
[13] Pennsylvania Land Warrant, York County, K83, [PALandWarrantLinks].
[14] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, L-368, [PASurveyBookLinks].
[15] Pennsylvania Land Patent, AA10-308, [PAPatentBookLinks].
[16] Neal Otto Hively, The Manor of Springettsbury, York County, Pennsylvania, Vol. 6 (1993), 31-35.
[17] Jacob Barnitz and others, State of the accounts of the collectors of Excise for York County (Philadelphia: Printed by Robert Aitken, 1777), 6, [GoogleBooks].
[18] Pennsylvania, Septennial Census, 1779-1863, person 11, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[19] United States Federal Census, 1790, [AncestryRecord].
[20] Pennsylvania, Septennial Census, 1779-1863, [AncestryRecord].
[21] Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994, York, Will IJ-423, FHL film 22133, image 514, [FamilySearchImage].
[22] Annette Kunselman Burgert, Palatinate Origins of Some Pennsylvania Pioneers (2000), 37.