c 1700 Cornelis Boumeester, View of Rotterdam.
A tile painting, composed of 33 Delft tiles (trimmed).
Courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston [8]
c 1700 Joseph Sherk has been reported born about this time. [1]
1705 Catharina Farni was baptized on November 16 at the church in Wattenwil, Bern, Switzerland. [2]
1727 Joseph Schurgh left Rotterdam Harbor, Holland in early July on the ship James Goodwill, commanded by David Crockatt, and arrived at Philadelphia via Falmouth, England, on September 27, 1727 with at least three other family members. His mark on his will matched the mark on the ship list of 1727. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Joseph Scherk married, perhaps, Catharine Forry. Joseph's oldest child, as named in his will, was born about 1734, so perhaps Joseph married after arriving in America. [11]
1735 A survey of 244 acres was made, on May 23, for Joseph Sherrock in Hempfield Twp, Lancaster County. Adjacent lots were owned by Casper Sherrock and Christian Carver [12]. [13] [14]
1740 Joseph Sherrick received a warrant for 100 acres on Chestnut Hill, in Hempfield Twp, Lancaster County, on July 24. [15] [16] Joseph received a patent for the land in 1741. [17] [18]
1741 Joseph Sherrock received a warrant for 255 acres, in Hempfield Twp, Lancaster County, on July 14. [20] A survey had been made on May 23, 1735. [21] Joseph received a patent for the land in 1741. [22] [23] This tract of land adjoined that of John Boghman, Christian Nisewonger, and Christian Carver and also of Casper Shirk [24] who also had his 217 acres surveyed on May 23, 1735. Casper may have been a brother of Joseph Sherk. [25]
1744 A survey map showed a tract adjacent to land of Joseph Sherrock. [26] Future son-in-law Martin Huber received a patent for the land in 1750.
1745 Joseph Sherck and John Forry purchased 365 acres with a mill in Rapho and Hempfield Townships as tenants in common [granted in 1769 to son Joseph Sherk]. [27] [28] [Photocopy] Survey of Hempfield Manor, Joseph Sherk owned Lot 3 at left middle and lot at upper right. [Photocopy] Survey of lot 3 in Hempfield Manor, perhaps where the mill was. Surveys in Hempfield Twp, Lancaster County. Joseph Sherk owned Lot 3 at top middle of Hempfield Manor, Lot 13 (Chestnut Hill) to right of Hans Furry in the middle, and the lot between 27 and 40 southeast of Hans Furry. Casper Sherk owned the lot marked for George Smith southeast of lot 27.
1750 Joseph Shirk received a warrant for 158 acres, in Hellam Twp, York County, Pennsylvania, on March 6. A warrant for 150 acres was adjoining Jacob Dorn and was about three miles from Andersons Ferry. The return date was May 14, 1761. Another tract of 50 acres, with return date 26 January, 1763, was adjoining Andrew Wybrecht about half a mile from land granted the same day above Andersons ferry. [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] Anderson's ferry was chartered in 1742 and was the primary crossing site of the Susquehanna River in colonial times.
1751 Joseph Shirk was taxed in Hempfield Twp, Lancaster County. [38] [39]
1753 Joseph Sherrick received a land patent, dated May 30, for 159 acres in York County that had been warranted previously, on October 28, 1746, by Jacob Kyer. [40] [41]
1756 Joseph Shirck was taxed in Hempfield Township, Lancaster County for 200 acres, 16 acres grain, 3 horses, 1 mare, 6 cows, and 12 sheep. Joseph Sherck, perhaps Joseph's son, was taxed for 100 acres. [42]
1762 John Newcomer and wife Elizabeth sold 8 acres of land in Hempfield Twp, Lancaster County to Joseph Sherrick on January 13, for £8, all of Hempfield Twp. [43] [44] [45] [46]
1762 James and Hannah Webb sold 38 acres in Lancaster Twp, Lancaster County to Joseph Sherick of Hempfield Twp, on February 12, for £38. The land was bounded by lands of James Webb, Martin Huber, and this Joseph Sherick. [47] [48] [49] [50]
1762 Joseph Shirk, of Lancaster County, sold land to Christian Newcomer, on May 19. The land had been patented by Jacob Shirk in 1761 [51]. [52]
1763 Joseph Sherk purchased a lot and house, in Musser Town, Lancaster Twp, Lancaster County, from Eve Yeizer, on November 3. [53]
1764 Joseph Sherick received a warrant for 50 acres of land, in Hempfield Twp, Lancaster County, on September 10. [54] The survey was returned on January 12, 1765, with 49 acres. [55] [56]
1766 Joseph Sherk signed the appraisal for Ulrich Scherch's [relationship uncertain] property in 1766. [57]
1769 Joseph Sherrock granted land to his younger son, Joseph Sherrock, both yeoman of Hempfield Twp, Lancaster County, on December 14. The land [originally patented to James Rhoddy on January 16, 1738] was on Chickesalungo Creek and bordered lands of George Stewart and John Doak [58] [59] [60]. On April 20, 1745, James Rhoddy granted the land to John Furry and Joseph Sherrock. Joseph Sherrock purchased John Furry's share in 1754 after John Furry's will was executed in 1753. The land was described in John Furry's will as held in partnership with Joseph Shirk and as being in Rapho and Hempfield Townships and as having a mill. [61]
1770 Joseph Sherck wrote his will at Hempfield Township, Lancaster County on June 30, and it was proved on August 4, 1770. He made his mark "IOS" on his will (similar to his mark on the ship list of 1727). He died in Hempfield Twp and left a will which mentioned 8 children (three sons and five daughters). Children: Jacob inherited the plantation of 240 acres. Extensive arangements were made for the children of daughters Barbara, deceased wife of Christian Martin, and Magdalena, deceased wife of Jacob Strickler. Executors: Beloved son Joseph and son-in-law: Martin Huber (wife's name not stated). Eight acres of the plantation had been sold to Valentine Berenison. "The hundred acres ... on Chesnut Hill and the 36 acres land lying between my land and Martin Hoobers land and the house and lot lying and being in Mossers Town in the township County of Lancaster shall be sold." Executors and guardians of children of deceased daughters: Joseph Shirk and Martin Huber. [62] [63] [64]
1770 The inventory of Joseph Sherk's estate included 150 yards of hemp cloth, a parcel of Dutch books, 2 guns, and 256 gallons of liquor. [Inventory 2 Aug 1770 at the Lancaster County Historical Society][65]
1770 Joseph Schurgh-Sherck was buried at Sherk Cemetery, Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Joseph Schurgh-Sherck was born in 1712, reportedly at Sumiswald, Verwaltungskreis Emmental, Bern, Switzerland. [66] [67]
1771 Joseph Sherik and Martin Hoober; yeomen of Hempfield Twp and executors of the will of Joseph Sherick, deceased, of Hempfield Twp; granted land, on December 18, to Jacob Shirk of Hempfield as directed in the will of Joseph, deceased. The land included two parts, described in the 1740 [68] and 1762 transactions above and also described as the 100 acres on Chestnut Hill and the 36 acres near Martin Hoober's land. One tract bounded land of Christian Stoneman, Christian Nisewonger, Michael Bower, Jacob Miller. The land was offered for sale to the heirs and was sold to Jacob Sherick in the same deed. Signed by John [Joseph] Sherrick and Martin Hoober in German. [69]
1775 Joseph Sherk's goods were valued at £1,650 and the estate was valued at £5,144. [70]
1775 Joseph Sherk's children were listed in the orphan court records of Lancaster County, dated December 16: son Jacob, son Joseph, Christian Erb and wife Mary, Martin Huber and wife Catharine, son John, John Herr and wife Ann, Christian Martin and wife Barbara, Jacob Strickler and wife Magdalena, [daughters Barbara and Magdalena were deceased]. [71] [72]
1775 Joseph Sherch (son) and Martin Huber (son-in-law), executors of the last will and testament of Joseph Shirch, late of Hempfield Twp, sold land, on April 1, from the estate to Nickolaus Dellow (relation unknown). The land had been granted to Joseph Sherch, deceased, by Eve Yeizer on November 3, 1763. The land was in Mussers Town in Lancaster Borough on Church Street and Middle Street, bounded by land of George Eberly and John Geyer. [73]
1783 The executors of the estate of Joseph Sherich granted land from the estate to son Jacob Sherick, of Hempfield Twp, Lancaster County. The deed cited the land patent of 1741 and land purchased from John Newcomer in 1762. [74]
1783 Joseph Sherich (son), of Hempfield Twp, Lancaster County, and Martin Huber (son-in-law), of Helm Twp, York County, executors of the last will and testament of Joseph Shirch, late of Hempfield Twp, sold, on September 13, "my plantation of 244 acres instead of the 8 acres that I sold to Valentine Breneisen" from the estate to son Jacob Sherick. Recorded August 9, 1794. [75] [76]
Research Notes:
1727 One family tradition reports that wife Catherine died at sea, leaving Joseph Sherk with young sons. [77] [78] Another source [79] states that Joseph's wife, the mother of five sons, died in Switzerland. If these are correct, then Joseph may have remarried and Catherine Forney may not be the mother of some of the children shown here.
Joseph Sherk was an elder in the Mennonite congregation in Hempfield Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [80]
Research notes about Joseph Sherk's wife: The name Catherine seems to be based on oral tradition [81]. Both Forry and Forney have been proposed as surnames by various researchers for Catherine. Elizabeth Young may have been a second wife [82]. I show the Forney ancestry here, based on suggestions that a marriage record exists, although I have not seen it. Joseph has been reported to have married second (c 1710), Elizabeth Young [http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=meyers-nissly&id=I34251]. I know of no documented evidence about any of these spouses, but here are avenues to explore about the speculation:
Could wife Catherine be related to John Forry/Furry, who owned land in partnership with Joseph Sherk? See the 1769 deed to son Joseph Sherrock: On 20 April 1745, James Rhoddy granted the land to John Furry and Joseph Sherrock. John Furry's will in Hempfield Twp was dated 26 April 1753 with executors Christian Furry, Abraham Myer, and Henry Strickler. Probate June 30, 1753. Wife: Mary Furry. Children: John, David, Jacob, Abraham, Daniel and Henry. [83] [84]
1705 Catherine Fahrni, daughter of Abraham Fahrni and Anna Carli, was born on November 16 in Bern, Switzerland. [85]
c 1719 Catherine Forney and Joseph Sherk were married at Sumiswald, Bern, Switzerland.
Casper Schurch and Verena Burkhart have been named by other recearchers as the parents of Joseph, as we show here.
1713 Joseph, son of Peter Schürch and Anna Heß(?), was baptized on 3 herbstmonat at Sumiswald. Test: Joggi Maister, Isaac Sommer, Anna Aschliman. [86]
See [87] for immigration of Joseph Sherk on the ship James Goodwill and land holdings. Names 8 children based on will. Then follows son Joseph.
See Mennonite card file: [88] [89] [90] [91]
See Schürch Family Association Family Tree: [92]
Land patents and deeds from York county dated 1747-1752, listed below, might or might not relate to this Joseph Sherk. Joseph Sherk wrote his 1770 will in Hempfield Twp, Lancaster county, so if he moved to York County, it was a temporary move. No land in York County was mentioned in Jacob's will or estate settlement, to my knowledge.
1747 Joseph Sherk warranted 327 acres on the Little Conewago Creek west of the Susquehanna River, York County (Warranted May 27, 1746 in York, but indexed in Lancaster County) [93] A survey, dated April 11, 1747, showed the tract on the Little Conewago adjacent to land ot John Keagie. [94] Joseph was granted a patent for the land on April 11, 1750. [95].
1752-53 Joseph Shirk warranted 100 acres in Springetsbury Manor, Hellam Twp, York County, on March 9, 1752. [96] A survey, dated November 14, 1753, was to Jost Cobel in right of Joseph Shirick. Christian Musser and John Leedy owned adjacent tracts. [97] [98] [99]
Ulrich Schurch [immigrant code E][100] and Barbara Grundbacher have been named as the parents of this Joseph, but this Joseph, code C, is no longer believed to be the son of Ulrich code E, reason not given [101] [102]. The children of this Ulrich Schurch appear to have settled in Cocalico Twp, rather than Hempfield Twp, Lancaster County.
1735 Ulrich Sherrick, relationship unknown, received a warrant for 200 acres near Chestnut Level at Bernville, on September 16. No survey or land patent was reported. [103]
[1] Thomas A. Sherk and James W Sherrick, "Joseph Scherch, Immigrant of 1727, and His Descendants," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 13 (July, 1990), 17-29, at 21, person C.
[2] Gottfried Fahrni, The Descendants Of Christanus Von Farne, page 94, [InternetArchive].
[3] Ralph B. Strassburger, William J. Hinke, ed., Pennsylvania German Pioneers, Vol. 2 (1934, Pennsylvania German Society), 2, signature, right column, [HathiTrust].
[4] I. Daniel Rupp, A Collection of Upwards of Thirty Thousand Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and other Immigrants in Pennsylvania from 1727 to 1776, 2nd ed. (1875), 51, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].
[5] John B. Linn and William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Volume 17. (Oath of Allegiance 1727-1775) (1890), 8, lower left, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[6] Thomas A. Sherk and James W Sherrick, "Joseph Scherch, Immigrant of 1727, and His Descendants," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 13 (July, 1990), 17-29, at 17.
[7] Morris N. Sherk, Christian Strickler Sherk His Ancestry and Descendants (1994), 7.
[8] Cornelis Boumeester, View of Rotterdam, A tile painting, composed of 33 Delft tiles. (about 1700–20, Courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston), [MFA], [MFA terms of use].
[9] Pendennis Castle, Falmouth Harbor, England, English Heritage, [URL].
[10] Courtesy of Library Company of Philadelphia, [URL].
[11] Thomas A. Sherk and James W Sherrick, "Joseph Scherch, Immigrant of 1727, and His Descendants," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 13 (July, 1990), 17-29, at 21, person C.
[12] Could this be Christian Garver, father of Andrew Gerber, who married grand-daughter Susanna Sherk?.
[13] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, A-89-296, patented 1741, [PA Survey Map], [PASurveyBooksIndex].
[14] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed O-536 to 538, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[15] Pennsylvania Land Warrant, Lancaster County, S206, Chestnut Hill, [PALandWarrantLinks].
[16] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, C182-168, [PA Survey Map], [PASurveyBooksIndex].
[17] Bureau of Land Records, Pennsylvania Land Patent Books, A9-387, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[18] Joseph Sherk's will of 1770 refers to "the hundred acres of land lying on Chestnut Hill". The plantation was west of Mountville, Pennsylvania on PA Route 462.
[19] Pennsylvania Archives, Township Warrant Map (large download), [PATownshipWarrantMaps].
[20] Pennsylvania Land Warrant, Lancaster County, S166, [PALandWarrantLinks].
[21] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, A-89-296, [PA Survey Map], [PASurveyBooksIndex].
[22] Bureau of Land Records, Pennsylvania Land Patent Books, A9-370, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[23] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed O-536 to 538, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[24] Recorder of Deeds, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed Book UU, 22-31, [22], [23], [24], [25], [26], [27], [28], [29], [30], [31], [FHLCatalog].
[25] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Sherk A835, [Website].
[26] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, C067-240, [PA Survey Map], [PASurveyBooksIndex].
[27] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed N-160 to 162, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[28] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, B-23-81, [PA Survey Map], [PASurveyBooksIndex].
[29] Pennsylvania Land Warrant, York County, S57, [PALandWarrantLinks].
[30] Pennsylvania Land Warrant, York County, S58, [PALandWarrantLinks].
[31] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, C200-88, [PA Survey Map], [PASurveyBooksIndex].
[32] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, C200-89, [PA Survey Map], [PASurveyBooksIndex].
[33] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, A-03-49, [PA Survey Map], [PASurveyBooksIndex].
[34] Pennsylvania Land Patent, AA4-242, for 110 acres to Christian Newcomer on 24 February 1763, [PAPatentBookLinks].
[35] Pennsylvania Land Patent, AA2-305, for 146 acres to Joseph Shirk on 15 May 1761, [PAPatentBookLinks].
[36] York County, Pennsylvania, Deed B-85, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[37] Neal Otto Hively, The Manor of Springettsbury, York County, Pennsylvania, Vol. 6 (1993), 170.
[38] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1751 Hempfield, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[39] Albert H. Gerberich, "Lancaster County, Pa. Tax Lists," National Genealogical Society Quarterly 21 (1933), 1-13, at 1.
[40] Pennsylvania Land Warrant, Lancaster County, K152, [PALandWarrantLinks].
[41] Pennsylvania Land Patent, A17-321, [PAPatentBookLinks].
[42] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1756, Hempfield, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[43] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed K-179 to 180, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[44] Recorder of Deeds, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed Book UU, 22-31, [22], [23], [24], [25], [26], [27], [28], [29], [30], [31], [FHLCatalog].
[45] Pennsylvania Land Patent, AA1-503, originally to James Webb, [PAPatentBookLinks].
[46] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, C234-241, [PA Survey Map], [PASurveyBooksIndex].
[47] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed L-32 to 33, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[48] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed O-536 to 538, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[49] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, C234-244, [PA Survey Map], [PASurveyBooksIndex].
[50] Pennsylvania Land Patent, AA3-17, to James Webb, [PAPatentBookLinks].
[51] Pennsylvania Land Patent, AA2-305, [PAPatentBookLinks].
[52] York County, Pennsylvania, Deed B-85, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[53] Recorder of Deeds, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed Book S, 74-75, part of the settlement of Joseph's estate by Joseph Sherch and Martin Huber, sold to Nicholas Dellow, [74], [75], [FHLCatalog].
[54] Pennsylvania Land Warrant, Lancaster County, S870, [PALandWarrantLinks].
[55] Pennsylvania Land Patent, AA6-69, [PAPatentBookLinks].
[56] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, C200-156, [PA Survey Map], [PASurveyBooksIndex].
[57] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Sherk A835, [Website].
[58] Pennsylvania Land Warrant, Lancaster County, R84, [PALandWarrantLinks].
[59] Pennsylvania Land Patent, A9-83, [PAPatentBookLinks].
[60] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, B-07-156, [PA Survey Map], [PASurveyBooksIndex].
[61] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed N-160 to 162, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[62] Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994, Lancaster, Will C-89, the will is after page 88: the two successive pages of the will are labeled 93 and 88, pagination is not consecutive, [FamilySearchImage].
[63] USGenWeb Archives, Lancaster will abstracts, [USGenWeb].
[64] F. Edward Wright, Abstracts of Lancaster County Pennsylvania Wills 1732-1785 (2008), 213.
[65] Thomas A. Sherk and James W Sherrick, "Joseph Scherch, Immigrant of 1727, and His Descendants," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 13 (July, 1990), 17-29, at 19.
[66] Find A Grave Memorial 137059827, [FindAGrave].
[67] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[68] Pennsylvania Land Patent, A9-387, [PAPatentBookLinks].
[69] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed O-536 to 538, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[70] Thomas A. Sherk and James W Sherrick, "Joseph Scherch, Immigrant of 1727, and His Descendants," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 13 (July, 1990), 17-29, at 19, citing Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Administration account, Lancaster County Historical Society.
[71] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Miscellaneous Book 1775-322, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[72] [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[73] Recorder of Deeds, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed Book S, 74-75, [74], [75], [FHLCatalog].
[74] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed UU-22 to 25, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[75] Recorder of Deeds, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed Book UU, 23-31, [23], [24], [25], [26], [27], [28], [29], [30], [31], [FHLCatalog].
[76] Pennsylvania Land Patent, A9-370, originally, adjacent to land of Casper Sherick, with 8 acres bought of John Newcomer by Lancaster deed K-179 which apparently substituted for the 8 acres sold to Brenneisen, [PAPatentBookLinks].
[77] Thomas A. Sherk and James W Sherrick, "Joseph Scherch, Immigrant of 1727, and His Descendants," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 13 (July, 1990), 17-29, at 17, C, doubts the evidence for this tradition.
[78] Edward Yoder, "The Mennonites of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania," The Mennonite Quarterly Review 15 (1941), 160.
[79] Harvey O. Sherrick, Short History of Sherrick Families (1928), 4.
[80] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Sherk A835, [Website].
[81] Morris N. Sherk, Christian Strickler Sherk His Ancestry and Descendants (1994), 9.
[82] Morris N. Sherk, Christian Strickler Sherk His Ancestry and Descendants (1994), 12.
[83] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed N-160 to 162, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[84] USGenWeb, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Will Abstracts (Gateway website), [USGenWeb].
[85] Personal Communication, Gottfried Fahrni.
[86] Staatsarchivs des Kantons Bern, Sumiswald, K Sumiswald 4, Taufrodel 1699-1726, 196, person 43, [BernStateArchivesImage], [BernStateArchivesCatalog].
[87] Morris N. Sherk, Christian Strickler Sherk His Ancestry and Descendants (1994), 7-16.
[88] Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Genealogical Card File (Lancaster, Pennsylvania), [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[89] Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Genealogical Card File (Lancaster, Pennsylvania), [AncestryRecord].
[90] Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Genealogical Card File (Lancaster, Pennsylvania), [AncestryRecord].
[91] Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Genealogical Card File (Lancaster, Pennsylvania), [AncestryRecord].
[92] Schürch Family Association Family Tree: Caspar Schürch descendants, [URL].
[93] Pennsylvania Land Warrant, Lancaster County, S-476, [PHMC Warrant].
[94] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, C185-242, [PA Survey Map], [PASurveyBooksIndex].
[95] Bureau of Land Records, Pennsylvania Land Patent Books, A14-406, dated April 11, 1750, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[96] Pennsylvania Land Warrant, York County, S101, [PHMC Warrant].
[97] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, A-322, [PA Survey Map], [PASurveyBooksIndex].
[98] Thomas A. Sherk and James W Sherrick, "Joseph Scherch, Immigrant of 1727, and His Descendants," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 13 (July, 1990), 17-29, at 19.
[99] York County, Pennsylvania, Deed 2O-560, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[100] Janet and Robert Wolfe, Genealogy Page for Ulrich Schurch married to Barbara Grundbacher, [JRWolfeGenealogy].
[101] John S. Shirk, "Queries Lead to New Shirk Family Information," Mennonite Family History 25 (2006), 73.
[102] Thomas A. Sherk and James W Sherrick, "Joseph Scherch, Immigrant of 1727, and His Descendants," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 13 (July, 1990), 17-29, at 17, C, suggests that Ulrich and Joseph were likely related, but perhaps not as father and son.
[103] Pennsylvania Land Warrant, Lancaster County, S107, [PHMC Warrant].