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Notes for Johannes Oberholtzer and Elizabeth Brand

c 1739 Johannes/Hans Overholtzer, son of Jacob F Oberholtzer and Barbara Kilheffer, was born about this time. [1]

1763 Hans Overholser was taxed in Brecknock Twp, Lancaster County. Christian Oberholser was taxed as a freeman. [2]

1769 Hans Overholser was taxed in Brecknock Twp, Lancaster County. [3] [4] Christian Overholser was taxed as a single man. [5] [6]

1770 Hans Overholser was taxed in Brecknock Twp, Lancaster County. [7]

1772 Hans Overholser was taxed in Brecknock Twp, Lancaster County. Christian and Jacob were taxed as freemen. [8]

1773 Hans Overholser was taxed in Brecknock Twp, Lancaster County. [9] Christian and Jacob were taxed as freemen. [10]

1775 Hans Overholser was taxed in Brecknock Twp, Lancaster County. [11] Jacob was taxed as a freeman. [12]

1776 Hans and Jacob Overholser were taxed in Brecknock Twp, Lancaster County. [13]

1777 Hans and Jacob Overholser were taxed in Brecknock Twp, Lancaster County as non-associators. [14] [15]

1779 Hans Oberholtzer was listed on the Pennsylvania septennial census in Brecknock Twp, Lancaster County. [16]

Hans Overholtzer married Elizabeth Brand, daughter of Joseph and Anna Brand. [17]

1786 Johannes Oberholtzer and wife Elizabeth were named as heirs in the will of Joseph Brand. Anna Brand, widow of Joseph Brand, deceased, late of Paxton Twp, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and John Brand and Freny his wife & Joseph Brand & Samuel Brand all of the same state and John Oberholtser & Elizabeth his wife & John Gingery & Freny his wife both of the township of Lebanon & Christian Good & Barbara his wife and Samuel Good & Mary his wife and Abraham Brand all of the township of Brecknock in the county of Lancaster & John Roads & Catharina his wife and Magdalena Brand and Susanna Brand & Regina Brand, of one part and Christian Swartz of the township of Paxton, Dauphin County of the other part, were parties to a deed dated March 1. Joseph Brand, deceased, had purchased land from Samuel and Andrew Hannah in 1766. Joseph died intestate and the tract became property of the widow and children of Joseph, parties to the deed, to wit: Anna Brand the widow of the late Joseph Brand, John Brand, Joseph Brand, Samuel Brand, John Oberholser who married Elizabeth one of the daughters, John Gingery who married Freny another daughter, Christian Good who married Barbara another daughter, Abraham Brand, John Road who married Catharina another daughter, Magdalena Brand, Susanna Brand, and Regina Brand. Christian Swartz purchased the tract from the heirs. The tract was bounded by lands of Alexander McClure, John Neisly, Richard McClure, Henry McKinsey, James Harris, John Means?, James Lusk (now Patrick Lusk). Affirmed before the clerk by John Neisly and others and by several of the parties to the deed in in 1792. In 1795, John Eirely and Regina his wife, late Brand, appeared. [18]

1786 Hans Oberholtzer was listed on the Pennsylvania septennial census in Brecknock Twp, Lancaster County. [19]

1793 Hans Oberholtzer was listed on the Pennsylvania septennial census in Brecknock Twp, Lancaster County. [20]

1801 Hans Overholtzer died. [21]

1802 The heirs of John Oberholtzer, late of Brecknock Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, were parties to a deed, dated October 16. Barbara Oberholtzer, Elizabeth Oberholtzer, Joseph Oberholtzer, Jacob Oberholtzer, Anne Oberholtzer, and Abraham Oberholtzer settled accounts for their six-sevenths shares of the estate with eldest son John Oberholtzer, all heirs of John Oberholtzer, deceased. The inherited land was in Cocalico Twp, now Brecknock Twp, Lancaster County. The tract had been described in an indenture dated August 19, 1791, signed by Christian Oberholtzer, Abraham Martin and Maria his wife, Peter Good and Anna his wife, John Heiger and Barbara his wife, Jacob Good and Veronica his wife, and Jacob Weaver and Magdalene his wife. John Oberholtzer at the time of his death left issue seven children, the parties to the deed. [22]


Footnotes:

[1] Jerold A Stahly, "The Family of Jacob Oberholtzer (1704-1755) of Brecknock Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 12 (April, 1989), 13-26, at 24, person O3.

[2] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

[3] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

[4] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

[5] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

[6] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

[7] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

[8] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

[9] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

[10] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

[11] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

[12] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

[13] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

[14] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

[15] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

[16] Pennsylvania, Septennial Census, 1779-1863, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[17] Jerold A Stahly, "The Family of Jacob Oberholtzer (1704-1755) of Brecknock Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 12 (April, 1989), 13-26, at 24, person O3.

[18] Recorder of Deeds, Dauphin County, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Deed, Q-145, [FamilySearchImage].

[19] Pennsylvania, Septennial Census, 1779-1863, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[20] Pennsylvania, Septennial Census, 1779-1863, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[21] Jerold A Stahly, "The Family of Jacob Oberholtzer (1704-1755) of Brecknock Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 12 (April, 1989), 13-26, at 24, person O3.

[22] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed 3P-635, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].