1740 Jacob Good was born. [1]
1792 Jacob Good and wife Veronica sold to Henry Mosser, all of Brecknock Twp, land in Brecknock Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania that was previously granted in 1764 to Jacob and Susanna Good, father of Jacob, and then granted to Peter (Jacob's brother) and Christiana Good in 1766 and then granted to Jacob (Junior) Good in 1790. Deed dated May 14. [2]
Jacob Good had six children by his first wife (Elizabeth Stoner) and five by his second wife (Francis Groh). [3] [4]
1795 Jacob Good and his second wife Veronica Groh/Groff moved to Shenandoah Valley, Virginia. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
1803 Jacob Good died near Harrisonburg, Rockingham County, Virginia. [10]
Research Notes:
Jacob Good married, first, Elizabeth Stoner, born c 1736 and died before 1777. Jacob Good married, second, Francis Groh. [11]
Elizabeth Stoner, born c 1721 married by 1756 Jacob Good, son of Peter and Margretha Good of Martic Twp, Lancaster County. [12]
The last name of Veronica Groh has also been recorded as Grott. Her father was Jacob Krey Groh. She was buried at Singers Glen Cemetery, Rockingham County, Virginia, and was the first person buried at the cemetery.
[1] Jane Evans Best, "Six Good Families of Early Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 12 (July, 1989), 11-28, at 20, GC22.
[2] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed RR-40, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[3] Jane Evans Best, "Six Good Families of Early Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 12 (July, 1989), 11-28, at 20, GC22.
[4] Ruth I. Good, The Good Family Record (1904), 3, [FHLCatalog].
[5] Jane Evans Best, "Six Good Families of Early Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 12 (July, 1989), 11-28, at 20, GC22.
[6] Mary Elizabeth Good, A lineage of Jacob Good and his brother Christian Good (c 1954), 2, [FHLCatalog].
[7] Jane Evans Best, "Six Good Families of Early Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 12 (July, 1989), 11-28, at 20, GC22.
[8] Goodspeed Brothers, publishers, Pictorial and biographical memoirs of Elkhart and St. Joseph counties (1893), 746, see biosketch of Isaac S. Good, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].
[9] Franklin Ellis and Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania with Biographical Sketches (1883), 674, right column, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].
[10] Jane Evans Best, "Six Good Families of Early Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 12 (July, 1989), 11-28, at 20, GC22.
[11] Jane Evans Best, "Six Good Families of Early Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 12 (July, 1989), 11-28, at 20, GC22.
[12] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Steiner, A07111, [Website].