Research Notes:
1710 "Benedicht Breckbuhl, of Trachselwald, teacher and elder at Mannheim", was one of 24 who were questioned at Amsterdam. [1]
1709 "Benedict Brechbuhl, von Trachelswald teacher and elder in Mannheim. He had been exiled previously from Bernese territory, and had gone to Germany. He returned to fetch his wife and children when he was again taken prisoner and condemned to be transported to America." [2]
1718 Benedictus Brackbill was named on the first assessment list for Conestoga, which included all of Lancaster County. [3]
1754 The estate of Benedict Brechtbill was administered in Lancaster County. [4]
1761 Benedict Breckbill received a patent for 200 acres of land in Lancaster County on May 21. The tract had been warranted by John Heer on September 25, 1728. [5] On May 23, Frances Breckbill, relationship unknown, patented 200 acres land in Lancaster County. [6]
[1] Henry Frank Eshleman, Historic Background and Annals of the Swiss and German pioneer Settlers of Southeastern Pennsylvania (Lancaster, PA: 1917), 156, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].
[2] F. R. Diffenderffer, "Letters of Mennonite Clergymen," Historical Papers and Addresses of the Lancaster County Historical Society 6 (1901), 41-42, at 41, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].
[3] Henry Frank Eshleman, Historic Background and Annals of the Swiss and German pioneer Settlers of Southeastern Pennsylvania (Lancaster, PA: 1917), 205, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].
[4] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Letters of Administration index, [FamilySearchImage].
[5] Pennsylvania Land Patent, AA1-323, [PAPatentBookLinks].
[6] Pennsylvania Land Patent, AA1-337, [PAPatentBookLinks].