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Notes for Joseph Horst and Magdalena Good

1772 On 18 January, Joseph Horst, son of Joseph and Margaret Horst, was born. [1]

1773 On May 5, Magdalena Good, daughter of Christian Good and Barbara Brandt, was born. [2] [3]

Magdalena Good married Joseph Horst. [4]

1813 On March 6, a deed named Joseph Horst and wife Magdalena (late Good); David Martin and wife Mary (late Good) of Salisbury Twp, Lancaster County; Peter Burket and wife Barbara (late Good) of Caernarvon Twp; John Burket and wife Elizabeth (late Good); Hesther Good and Catharine Good of Brecknock Twp; being the children and heirs named in the will of Christian Good late of Brecknoch Twp, Lancaster County. They acknowledged payment from the estate and released Christian Good and John Burket, executors, from further claims. [5]

1838 Esther Good, single woman, dated her will in Brecknock Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania on August 5, 1838. The will was proved on February 25, 1939. The will named widow Nancy Good, late Nancy Zerbe, and sister Catharine Good. Several parcels of land, owned as tenants in common by Esther Good and Catharine Good, purchased from brother Christian Good, were bequeathed to Catharine Good. After the decease of Catharine, the land was to be bequeathed to brother Christian Good; sister Magdalena Hurst, wife of Joseph Hurst; and Elizabeth Burkhart, wife of John Burkhart. Christian Burkhart (son of John) and Samuel Good (son-in-law of brother Christian) were named executors. [6] [7]

1840 On 30 November, Magdalena Horst died, at age 67y 6m 5d, and was buried at Lichty Cemetery, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. "Hier ruhet Magdelena Horst Eheweib von Joseph Horst" [8] [9]

1850 Joseph Horst Sr (age 78) and Joseph Horst Jr (age 42) and Elizabeth Horst (age 38) lived in Caernavon Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [10]

1852 On 15 January, Joseph Horst died and was buried at Lichty Cemetery, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [11] [12]


Footnotes:

[1] Jane Evans Best, "Six Good Families of Early Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 12 (July, 1989), 11-28, at 24, GC341.

[2] Jane Evans Best, "Six Good Families of Early Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 12 (July, 1989), 11-28, at 24, GC341.

[3] Find A Grave Memorial 93161187, [FindAGrave].

[4] Jane Evans Best, "Six Good Families of Early Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 12 (July, 1989), 11-28, at 24, GC341.

[5] Recorder of Deeds, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed Book 7, 427-428, [427], [428], [FHLCatalog].

[6] Pennsylvania, Will and Probate Records, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[7] Pennsylvania, Will and Probate Records, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[8] Find A Grave Memorial 93161187, [FindAGrave].

[9] Jane Evans Best, "Six Good Families of Early Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 12 (July, 1989), 11-28, at 24, GC341.

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

[11] Find A Grave Memorial 93161188, [FindAGrave].

[12] Jane Evans Best, "Six Good Families of Early Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 12 (July, 1989), 11-28, at 24, GC341.