1763 John Rorah sawmiller and John Rorah Little [perhaps 'Little' indicates either Junior or stature], were taxed in Lampeter Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. John Rorah was listed as a freeman. [1]
1769 John Rorea Sr (150 acres), Jacob Rorea (150 acres), Christian Rorea (100 acres), and John Rorea Littel (200 acres), were taxed in Lampeter Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [2] [3] John Rorer, Jacob Rorer, John Rorer, and Jacob Rorer were listed as freemen. [4]
1772 John Rohrer's father died. The will of father John Rohrer of Lampeter Twp was dated May 18, 1772 with probate June 17, 1772. Wife: Elizabeth Rohrer. Children: John, Isaac and Christian. Ex.: Jacob Hartman and John Witmer. [5]
1779 John Rorer was taxed in 1779 in West Lampeter Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [6] Isaac Rorer, Christian Rorer, Christian Rorer Sr, and Jacob Rorer were also listed.
1787 John Rohrer's mother died. The will of mother Elizabeth Rohrer of Lampeter Twp was dated May 29, 1787 with probate May 24, 1788. Children: Isaac, Christian, Henry, David, Magdalena and John. Ex.: John Stoffer. [7]
1786 John Rohrer was taxed in 1786 in West Lampeter Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [8] Isaac Rorer, Christian Rorer, Christian Rorer Sr, and Jacob Rorer were also listed.
1788 John Rohrer moved from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to Pittsylvania County, Virginia. [9]
In 1788, Harmon Cook, a Colonist, led a group of settlers from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania to Pittsylvania, Virginia … On that wagon train headed for Pittsylvania with Harmon Cook was Phillip DeBoe II, …, neighbor John Rohrer and his family were in that wagon train also.
Research Notes:
See Rorrers of Patrick County, Virginia for descendants of this family. [10]
We are researching John Rohrer, son of John Rohrer and Elizabeth Snaveley. [11]
There were several John Rohrer families living in Lampeter Twp, Lancaster County at about the same time. We have found DNA matches with John Rohrer (1740-1805), who died in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Other researchers suggest that he was a son of Johannes Rohrer and Elizabeth Snaveley. We show him as their son.
Other John Rohrer families living in Lampeter Twp, Lancaster County at about the same time:
1768 The will of John Rohrer of Lampeter Twp, Lancaster County, was dated December 1, 1768 with probate December 27, 1771. Wife: Mary Rohrer. Children: Jacob, Christian, John, Martin, Anna wife of Jacob Houser, Elizabeth wife of Frantz Smith, Mary wife of John Buckman and Susanna wife of Peter Miller. Ex.: Christian Hare and Jacob Carpenter. [12]
John Rohrer of Lampeter was the father of Susanna Rohrer Muller, wife of Peter Muller. She kept a midwife's record, published in The American ethnographical survey: Conestoga expedition, 1902. By Marion Dexter Learned, Benjamin Herr, George Daniel Luetscher. Published by D. Appleton & Company, publishing agents, 1911. vol. 12. (Google Books).
[1] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[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] USGenWeb, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Will Abstracts (Gateway website), [USGenWeb].
[6] Pennsylvania, Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[7] USGenWeb, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Will Abstracts (Gateway website), [USGenWeb].
[8] Pennsylvania, Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[9] Betty Hamby Gripentog, Days of Yore: The Ancestry of Wallace Pratt Hamby and Vesta Lancaster, [URL].
[10] Edward E. Rorrer, Thomas Wise Rorrer, Jr., John Rohrer of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania And his descendants The Rorrers of Patrick Counth, Virninia (1999), 2, [FHL Catalog].
[11] Cylde Rohrer Herr, "The Rohrer Farm in Upper Leacock Township," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 16 (April, 1993), 14-24, at 14, person E1.
[12] USGenWeb, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Will Abstracts (Gateway website), [USGenWeb].
[13] The family tree of a person who has a DNA match to Robert suggests a lineage to this sibling of Robert's ancestor. The lineage is through a descendant shown on our website, descent: Anna Marie Rohrer (spouse of Jacob Bowers), Elizabeth Bowers (spouse of John Lawson), Mary Ann Lawson (spouse of Taylor Britton), Freeman Britton (spouse of Isadore Britton), Delbert Allison Britton (spouse of Chrissie Lucretia Perkins), [Link].
[14] The family tree of a person who has a DNA match to Robert suggests a lineage to this sibling of Robert's ancestor. The lineage is through a descendant shown on our website, descent: Abraham Alexander Rohrer (spouse of Nancy Cook), Rudolph Rohrer (spouse of Millicent Lamb), Benjamin Cooke Rorer (spouse of Emma Robertson), Cordelia Celestia Rorer (spouse of Walter Smith Cooke), Benjamin David Cooke (spouse of Grace Eloise Riley), [Link].