c 1760 Conrad Bender's birthdate was inferred from his first appearance on the tax lists in 1781.
1764 Conrad Bender was confirmed (perhaps near birth or near age 21) at Weissenburg, Lehigh(?) County, Pennsylvania, by Rev. Daniel Schumacher. [1]
1778 Conrad Bener was taxed in Tyrone Twp, York County. [2]
1780 Conrad Bender was taxed £1.2.6 in Menallen Twp, York County, Pennsylvania for 2 horses and 2 cattle. [3]
1781 Conrad Bender [Bander] was taxed 9 pounds 9 shillings in Menallen Twp, York County, Pennsylvania for 2 horses and 2 cattle. [4]
Conrad Bender married in Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania and had sons Henry and Jacob and four daughters. [5]
1786 Conrad Bender was listed on the septennial census for Franklin Twp, York County, Pennsylvania. [6]
1787 Heinrich Bender, son of Conrad and Susanna Bender, was born on May 25. He was baptized on July 15, with sponsors Henrich [Conrad's brother] and Catharina Bender in Adams County, Pennsylvania. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
1790 Conrad Bender was listed in the census for York County, Pennsylvania. [13]
1791 Conrad Bender and Cathrine Bender, executors of the will of Jacob Bender deceased produced an account with balance £411.2. Dated March 24. [14]
1793 Conrad Bender was listed on the septennial census for Franklin Twp, York County, Pennsylvania. [15]
1793 Conrad Bender was a communicant at the Zion Church, Arendtsville, Adams County. Mary and Elisab. were also named with him. [16]
1799 Conrad Bender was taxed on a value of $624 in Butler (Menallen) Twp. [17]
1800 Conrad Bender lived in Menallen Twp, Adams County, Pennsylvania in a household with Males: one (age 10-15), two (age 16-25), one (age 25-45); and Females: one (age 0-10), one (age 10-15), one (age 16-25), and one (age 45+), perhaps his mother, widow Catherine Bender. [18]
1800 Conrad Bender was listed on the septennial census for Menallen Twp, Adams County, Pennsylvania. [19]
1810 Conrad Bender (age 26-45) lived at Liberty Town[ship?] District, Adams County, Pennsylvania with 4 younger persons and female (age 45+), perhaps his mother [20].
1820 Conrad Bender lived in Menallen Twp, Adams County, Pennsylvania in a household with males: 1 (45 and over); and females: 3 (45 and over). [21]
1823 The will of Conrad Bender was dated January 30, 1823 with probate on November 6, 1823, in Menallen Twp, Adams County. Children: Jacob, Henry, Elizabeth Walhey, Mary Wireman, Catharine, Susanna Schlosser, Sophia Baisore. Executors: sons Jacob and Henry. Witnesses: Christian Rice, Wiliam B and George Wilson. [22] [23]:
Whereas I Conrod Bender of Menalen Township in the County of Adams and State of Pennsylvania, being in weakness of Body but of sound mind memory and understanding (blessed be God) have made and appointed this my last Will & Testament, hereby revoking and disanulling all other Will or Wills heretofore by me made, this only to be and remain my last Will and Testament in manner and form following. First and principally I commit my soul to Almighty God who gave it me and my Body to be Decently Buried At the discretion of my Executors hereafter named, whom I direct to pay all my funeral Charges and all my just debts. I give bequeath and Devise unto my two sons namely Jacob Bender and Henry Bender the Plantation and Tract of land that I am now seized and in the possession of with all the appurtenanves thereunto Belonging to them my two sons Jacob Bender and Henry Bender their heirs and Assigns forever. Jacob to have the part he now lives on and Henry to have the part that we now live on agreeably with a division line already Run. they paying out of the same the full sums of one thousand pounds lawful Money in annual payments of fifty pounds apiece or each to commence one Year after my Decease, until the whole is paid, And I also allow my two sons as above named, each the one seventh part of all my personal property and also to have the use of what moneys they owe unto me for ten years from my decease, they allowing interest for the same, and at the end of ten years to commence the payment thereof in annual payments of one hundred pounds until the whole is paid, all which moneys as above mentioned, I order and direct to be paid and equally divided between my five daughters as the same becomes due, Namely Elizabeth Walhey, Mary Wireman?. Catharine Bender, Susannah Schlosser, and Sophia Baisore to them their heirs or Assigns. And it is my Will that my daughter Catherine shall have the use of the room that we now live in together with the stove as it stands, and Clock and corner cupboard and the room upstairs that she now occupies, and as much of the household and Kitchen furniture as she shall need, and a garden spot where she had her beds last year and room in the cellar springhouse and fruit as much as will be necessary for her own use and firewood, of Jacob & Henry land, as long as she lives single and at her death of Marriage, I allow the aforesaid goods to be equally divided between my two sond and five daughters before named. And lastly I nominate constitute and appoint th two sons Jacob Bender & Henry Bender my sole executors of this my last Will & Teatament to act and see the accomplishment thereof according to the true intent and meaning thereof. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the thirteenth day of January in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty three, 1823.
Signed in the presence of Christian Rice, George Wilson, Christian Wilson.
Conrad Bender
1835 Henry Bender and Jacob Bender, executors for Conrad Bender, produced the estate account, with balance $410. [24]
Research Notes:
Notes from rootsweb datafile "Eddy family" report:
Conrad Bender evidently came to Menallen Twp from Dover, York Co, in 1791 with his family after the death of his first wife. His first wife was an English Quaker lady of the orthodox faith. She was noted for her devout christain life which left a lasting impression on her children who were old enough to remember her. She died shortly after the birth of her 7th child in 1791. He then married Margaret (LastNameUnknown) who survived him and is named in his will to be cared for the balance of her life by his sons, Jacob and Henry. At the time of his will, his son Jacob had already received half the property and was living and farming same. Henry would receive the remaining half (the half Conrad was living on) after Conrad's and Margaret's death. The sons were charged with providing 1000 pounds to be given to their five sisters starting one year after the the deaths of Conrad and Margaret in yearly payments of 50 pounds each. Payments to be made to Elizabeth, Wife to John Walley, Mary, Wife to Nicholas Wierman, Catherine Bender, Susanna, wife of John Schloser and Sophia Bender.
DNA [25]
[1] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, Personal Register of the Rev Daniel Schumacher, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[2] York County, Pennsylvania, Township assessment lists, 1762-1849, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[3] Pennsylvania, Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[4] Pennsylvania, Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[5] Samuel P. Bates, P. A. Durant, and J. Fraise Richard, History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania [Cumberland] (Warner, Beers:1886), 368, [GoogleBooks].
[6] Pennsylvania, Septennial Census, 1779-1863, 1786, Franklin Twp, York County, page 52, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[7] F. Edward Wright, Adams County Church Records of the 18th Century (2000), 103, [GoogleBooks].
[8] Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950, [FamilySearchRecord].
[9] Trinity Lutheran Church (Arendtsville, Pennsylvania); Zion Reformed Church (Arendtsville, Pennsylvania), Adams County, Pennsylvania, 1785-1874: Lutheran and Reformed Congregations, citing FHL film 20702, [AncestryRecord].
[10] Trinity Lutheran Church (Arendtsville, Pennsylvania); Zion Reformed Church (Arendtsville, Pennsylvania), Adams County, Pennsylvania, 1785-1874: Lutheran and Reformed Congregations, citing FHL film 20702, [AncestryRecord].
[11] Trinity Lutheran Church (Arendtsville, Pennsylvania); Zion Reformed Church (Arendtsville, Pennsylvania), Adams County, Pennsylvania, 1785-1874: Lutheran and Reformed Congregations, citing FHL film 20702, [AncestryRecord].
[12] Trinity Lutheran Church (Arendtsville, Pennsylvania); Zion Reformed Church (Arendtsville, Pennsylvania), Adams County, Pennsylvania, 1785-1874: Lutheran and Reformed Congregations, citing FHL film 20702, [AncestryRecord].
[13] United States Federal Census, 1790, page 439, left column, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[14] Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994, York, Orphans Court Docket F-289, [FamilySearchImage].
[15] Pennsylvania, Septennial Census, 1779-1863, 1793, Franklin Twp, York County, person 10, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[16] Family History Library microfilm, 0020702, Union Register of Zion Church, Arendtsville, PA 1784-84, [FHLFilmCatalog].
[17] H. C. Bradsby, Aaron Sheely, M. A. Leeson, History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania [Adams] (Warner, Beers:1886), 305, [GoogleBooks].
[18] United States Federal Census, 1800, PA, Adams, Menallen, p 490, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[19] Pennsylvania, Septennial Census, 1779-1863, 1800, Menallen Twp, Adams County, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[20] United States Federal Census, 1810, page 61, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[21] United States Federal Census, 1820, [AncestryRecord].
[22] Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994, Adams, Will C-336, number 1144, [FamilySearchImage].
[23] Kevin Greenholt, Abstracts of Adams County Pennsylvania Wills 1800-1826 (1988), 39, [GoogleBooks].
[24] Adams County, Pennsylvania, Orphans Court, D-405, [FamilySearchImage].
[25] 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, [Link].