1738 Mary Elizabeth Bortner, daughter of Balthaser Bortner and wife, was born on March 8. She was baptized on April 30, 1738 at Little Tulpehocken Church (Jefferson Twp, Berks County, Pennsylvania) with sponsors Wilhelm Leitner and wife. [1] [2] [3] [4] Recorded in the Lutheran register at Tulpehocken, not the Reformed. [5]
Research Notes:
A different Betsy Bordner (1774-1879) married Michael Lowe (1771-1852):
Betsy Bordner married Michael Lau. [6]
Elizabeth and Michael Low moved from Pennsylvania to North Carolina. [7]
1776 Elizabeth and Michael Low moved from North Carolina to Tennessee. [8]
1781-1789 Michael Low/Lau was taxed in Manchester and Codorus, York County, Pennsylvania.
1786-1800 Michael Low was listed on the Pennsylvania septennial census in Manchester, York County, Pennsylvania.
1791 Michael Low warranted land in Codorus Twp, York County. [9] The land was adjacent to his own land and land of Barnet Zeigler. [10] [11]
See also, [12]
[1] Pennsylvania Church Records, Adams, Berks and Lancaster Counties, 1729-1881, [AncestryRecord].
[2] Pennsylvania Church Records, Adams, Berks and Lancaster Counties, 1729-1881, [AncestryRecord].
[3] Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950, [FamilySearchRecord].
[4] "Tulpehocken Church Records, 1730-1800," Pennsylvania German Society Sources and Documents Series, Vol. 7 (1982), 10, names sponsors, [GoogleBooks].
[5] Charles Henry Glatfelter, George Bortner of Codorus Twp, York County, Pennsylvania and His Descendants (1949), 5, footnote 2, [HathiTrust].
[6] Harold Bordner, The Bordner and Burtner families: and their Bortner ancestors in America (1967), 10, [InternetArchive].
[7] Harold Bordner, The Bordner and Burtner families: and their Bortner ancestors in America (1967), 10, [InternetArchive].
[8] Harold Bordner, The Bordner and Burtner families: and their Bortner ancestors in America (1967), 10, [InternetArchive].
[9] Pennsylvania Land Warrant, York County, L-165, [PHMC Warrant].
[10] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, C115-18, [PA Survey Map], [PASurveyBooksIndex].
[11] Bureau of Land Records, Pennsylvania Land Patent Books, P20-36, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[12] Annette Kunselman Burgert, Palatinate Origins of Some Pennsylvania Pioneers (2000), 37.