Research Notes:
c 1695 John Shank was born. [1]
c 1704 Mary Meyer, daughter of Hans Mier and Anna Brubaker, was born. [2] [3]
1718 John Shank was taxed. [4]
Mary Meyer married John Shenk of Lancaster Township, Lancaster County. [5] [6]
1734 John Shank patented 150 acres in Lancaster County. [7]
1739 On 25 December, John Shank, and other heirs, deeded his father-in-law's 300 acres on Conestoga Creek to Casper Loughman. [8]
1748 John Shank deeded to son Christian, the land patented in 1734. [9]
1752 John Shank died. [10]
Mary Meyer's birth has been reported at Derschen, Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Her death has been reported on September 11, 1744.
[1] Jane Evans Best, "Meyer Families Update," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 21 (April, 1998), 31-36, at 33, family MC136.
[2] Jane Evans Best, "Meyer Families Update," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 21 (April, 1998), 31-36, at 33, family MC136.
[3] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Meyer D 137, [Website].
[4] Jane Evans Best, "Meyer Families Update," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 21 (April, 1998), 31-36, at 33, family MC136.
[5] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Meyer D 137, [Website].
[6] Dorothy Adams, Myers History: some descendants of Hans Meier of Pequea, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (1987), 37, [GoogleBooks].
[7] Jane Evans Best, "Meyer Families Update," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 21 (April, 1998), 31-36, at 33, family MC136.
[8] Jane Evans Best, "Meyer Families Update," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 21 (April, 1998), 31-36, at 33, family MC136.
[9] Jane Evans Best, "Meyer Families Update," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 21 (April, 1998), 31-36, at 33, family MC136.
[10] Jane Evans Best, "Meyer Families Update," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 21 (April, 1998), 31-36, at 33, family MC136.