1777 Christian Good, son of Peter Good and Anna Oberholtzer, was born about this time. [1]
1802-05 Christian Guth, perhaps a son of Peter, was taxed as a freeman in Brecknock Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. This suggests that Christian was born before 1781. [2] [3] [4] [5]
1850 Christian Good of Brecknock Twp, Lancaster County, dated his will on April 6. The will named Mary, an unmarried daughter. The plantation and land tracts were bequeathed to son Jonas. Son Isaac Good was named executor. Prove date: 30 April 1850. [6] [7] [8]
1850 Christian Good died in April at age 71 (born 1779) in Brecknock Twp, Lancaster County. [9]
1850 Christian Good died on April 8 and was buried at Pine Grove Mennonite Cemetery, Bowmansville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Christian Good was born on March 22, 1779. [10] [11]
1851 Isaac Good of Brecknock Twp and executor of the last will and testament of Christian Good deceased, transferred land in Brecknock Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania to Jonas Good, yeoman and son of Christian. Dated March 14. Part of the land had been granted in 1810 to Christian Good by Matthias and Magdalena Musselman. Another part was granted to Christian Good by Christian and Julia Musselman in 1818. Part of the land was then sold to John Kepler, perhaps in 1849. Christian's will, dated 6 April 1850, appointed the land to son Jonas and named son Isaac as executor. [12]
1858 Yeoman Jonas and wife Catharine Good of Brecknock Twp, Lancaster County sold land to Benjamin Musser by deed dated April 1. The land was adjacent to land of John and Levi Steffy and Elias Good. The land had been part of a tract of Christian Good, deceased, granted to Jonas in his last will and testament, dated March 10, 1851, executed by Isaac Good. [13]
The research of Romaine Stauffer identifies Christian (c 1777-April 15, 1846) spouse of Margaret Schneder and son of Peter Good and Anna Oberhltzer with these documents. [14]
Lancaster deed 9A-202 (not seen)
1819 Christian Schnider of Earl Twp dated his will on August 20. The will named wife Elizabeth, sons Daniel and George, daughter Barbara, sons Christian, John, Jacob, and Samuel, sons-in-law John Beam, George Davis, Christian Good, and daughters Ann and Barbara. Also son-in-law John Keefer. Son Daniel Schneder and friend John Wallace were named executors. The will was proved on November 4, 1824. [15]
1867 The will of Margaret Good of Mahoning County, Ohio was submitted to the court by Samuel Warner and William Bowman on July 12. The will named children Joseph, Daniel, and Nancy Good, Samuel Good, Elizabeth Anglemeyer, Moses, Christian, Barbara Boyer, and Peter Good. [16]
A biosketch of grandson David Good reports [17]:
David Good, who is prominently identified with the North Lima Gilt Edge Butter Company, and was one of the organizers of the Beaver Township Telephone Company, being a stockholder at the present time, resides on his farm in section 11, Beaver township. He was born on what is now the Tilman Weaver farm, in Beaver township, Mahoning County, Ohio, December 30, 1850, and is a son of Samuel and Anna (Weaver) Good.
Samuel Good, father of David, was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and was a son of Christian and Mary (Sneder) Good, who were early settlers in Beaver township. David Good remembers his grandmother as a venerable lady of 92 years, residing on a farm opposite to that of Lewis Obenauf. Samuel Good had preceded his parents to Beaver township by one year. He was a carpenter by trade, but after his marriage he settled on a small place in the southwestern part of Beaver township. Later he moved to his father-in-law's place, which is now the Tilman Weaver farm, where he lived until he moved to the present home of David Good, when the latter was about six years old. His death occurred while he was on a visit to Wayne County, at the age of 73 years. He married Anna Weaver, who was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, and was a daughter of Samuel and Anna (Bauman) Weaver, concerning whom may be found in the sketch of Tilman Weaver. …
[1] Jane Evans Best, "Six Good Families of Early Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 12 (July, 1989), 11-28, at 23, GC335, sugggests 1777.
[2] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1802, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[3] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1803, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[4] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1805, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[5] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, 1805, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[6] Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994, Lancaster County, Will U-861, [FamilySearchImage].
[7] Pennsylvania, Will and Probate Records, Lancaster County, Will U-861, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[8] Pennsylvania, Will and Probate Records, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[9] U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[10] Find A Grave Memorial 86894329, [FindAGrave].
[11] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[12] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed S8-618 to 620, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[13] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed S8-626 to 627, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[14] Romaine Stauffer, "The Children of Christian Good," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 39.2 (2016), 58-61, at 60.
[15] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Probate Records, O-243, [FamilySearchImage].
[16] Ohio Probate Records, 1789-1996, [FamilySearchImage].
[17] Thomas Sanderson, 20th Century History of Youngstown and Mahoning County (Chicago, 1907), 450, [HathiTrust].