Notebook - Pennsylvania No. 1

Egle, William. Pennsylvania Archives, Harrisburg, PA: State Printer.  The entire set is available online.

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Egle, William. Pennsylvania Genealogies; Scotch-Irish & German, Harrisburg, PA: Lane Hart Printer & Binder, 1886.

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Irish, Donna. Pennsylvania German Marriages, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing CO., Inc., 1982.

First Reformed Church, Philadelphia, 1748-1831 Baptisms
John Wolff & Anna Etter (Luth.) parents of John Jacob b. 5 Apr. 1749, bapt. 9 Apr. 1749, Jacob Loescher, sponsor.

First (Trinity) Reformed Church, 1744-1853
Daniel Dewalt & Susanna Grebil parents of Petrus b. 21 May 1762, bapt. 11 July 1762, Georg Meyer & wife sponsors

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Pennsylvania Vital Records, Vol. I, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1983.

Early Swedish Records - Extracts from Parish Records of Gloria Dei Church, Philadelphia. Mr. Rudman, anxious for a speedy and accurate knowledge of his congregation, formed in 1697 and 1698 a list of all the families, and classed them in local districts.  This was inserted in the book, still preserved, which also contains the records of baptisms, marriages, burials, etc. It is here translated from the Swedish. Many of the names being somewhat altered by time, they are written in the modern way, as follows: Baptism names:

• Andrew - Anders
• Benedict - Bengt
• Isaiah - Esaia
• John - Johan
• James - Joens
• Laurence - Lorenz
• Nicholas - Nils
• Stephen - Staphan
• Swan - Sven
• William - Olave

This last name has not, indeed, any corresponding in English, William being called Wilhlem in Swedish; but the offspring of these Olaves substituted William as in some degree similar, and of common use; the former is quite obsolete.  The female names are nearly the same in both languages. 

• Brigitta or Bridget - Britta
• Helena - Elanor

Surnames:

• Johnson - Janson
• Morton - Mortenson
• Swanson - Svenson
• Wheeler - Wieler
• Fish - Fisk 
• Bancson - Bengtson
• Cox - Cock
• Lycon - Laiken
• Jones - Jonason or Jonson
• Toy - Tay and Taw
• Culin - Van Coelen
• Hewlings - Haling then Huling
• King - COne then Koenig
• Boon - Bonde
• Justis - Gustafson then Justison
• Urian - Joergen
• Garret - Gertson 

The sons of Arian Johnson, at Tinnicum, took the name of Aretzon and this was afterwards changed into Archer which is yet preserved. 

Pennsylvania, this side of the river above the Church, Pacquessung [Pocquessung Creek]- 

Andre Bancson, Jr. (Bengtson). His wife Gertrud. Their children: Andrew, 2 years; Elizabeth, 3 months. The girl Magdalen, 10 ys. 

Nishammeni Creek - Clas Johnson aka Claus Jansen. His wife Walburg, daughter of Mathias Bancston (Bengtson). Their children: John 14; Laurence 9; Derick 6; Gertrude 3; Barbara. 

John Classon. His wife Margaret, dau. of Johnson. [possibly related to Clas above] Her [or his] sisters: Catharine 17 ys.; Elizabeth 19 ys. 

Michael Fredrics. His wife Anna, dau. of John Classon. Their daughter Frances, 20 yrs. 

From the church down the River, at the Hollander's Creek (near Moyamensing) - [Historic Philadelphia Watersheds] - Benedict Bancson. His wife Catharine. Their children: son Daniel, 3 ys. 

Andrew Bancson, b. 1640. His wife Gertrud. b. Oct. 19, 1650. Married Nov. 22, 1668. Their children: Peter, born March 6, 1677; Catharine b. Jan. 29, 1679; John b. March 31, 1681; Jacob, b. Octob. 19, 1684; Brigitta, b. April 10, 1687; Daniel b. Jan. 22, 1691; Joseph b. May 2, 1696. 

Tennicum Creek - Arian Johnson.  His wife Gertrud. Their children: Helene 17 years; Gunnar 12; John 10; Jacob 3; Adam 1.  His wife's sister's daughter Elizabeth 7 years

Henric Johnson. His son John Henricson. His wife Magdalen. Their children: Ann Mary 5 ys; Elizabeth 3; 2 children not baptized, Andrew, Sarah, twins b. Aug. 6, 1697. A hired girl Brigitta. A boy, Michael 12 ys.

Claes Johanson died December 1723, above 60, probably 65 years old.

Walborg Janson (Shaminy) died April 1732, aged about 68 or 70 years. 

Nils Johnson died January 1735, aged 79 years and 8 months

Register of Baptisms 1701-1746 First Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia 

• 1702 - April 12 Sarah daughter of John & Mary Spry 
• 1722/3 - Nov. 29 Katharine daughter of John & Mary Brooks
• 1724/5 - Feb. 24 Mary Christian daughter of John & Mary Brooks
• 1727 - Oct. 19 John son of John Brooks
• 1729 - Sep. 1 John son of John Brooks 
• 1741 - Aug. 19 Elias born 6th past, son of James Speer
• 1743 - Oct. 5 John, born 8 Aug. past, son of James & Jane Speer
• 1745 - Oct. 7, Elizabeth daughter of James Speer

Sachse, Julius. The Registers of the Ephrata Community

Probably no community, religious or secular, within the bounds of our state has excited more interest and speculation than the old Sabbatarian congregation on the banks of the Cocalico in Lancaster County, known as the "Ephrata Community."  This is not alone due to the peculiar organization and conventional form of life adopted shortly after their formation into a distinct religious body, nor to the unique buildings erected for their use, -- many of which are still standing, -- but mainly to the fact that more or less mystery has always surrounded the whole establishment, and that here in the wilderness a printing-press was set up, the third within the province, and the first to print with both English and German characters.  Here in their seclusion these religious recluses wrote their mystic speculations, made their own paper, printed the sheets, and bound them into books; one of their earlier works being the largest published in America, prior to the present century.  . . .

It is doubtful if anything like a systematic church record was ever kept in the Community, as they were divided up into three separate organizations which really had but little connection with one another, except as to the mode of baptism and the keeping of the seventh day holy.

In a systematic search, extending over a wide scope of country during the last four years, for any records, papers, or documents bearing on the daily or inner life of this Community, it was the good fortune of the writer to find in the possession of an aged descendant of one of the first settlers a copy of the death register of the Community.  This consists of three parts, the first, "Von die Bruder u: Sche: die in U: auser Ephratha Gemeinschaft gestorben sind," relates to the secular congregation at large, or it may be said the "German Seventh-Day Baptist Congregation." The second relates to the Brotherhood that lived in the monastery: "Die Bruderliche geselschaft in Bethania," the brother-house of the present day. The third part - "Register vor die Geselschaft der Schw: in Saron" -- relates to the Sisterhood of the order of "Spiritual Virgins." Their "Kloster," or Convent "Saron" with the adjoining "Saal," or chapel, is still in use by the Sabbatarian Community.  . . .

The lists here reproduced were copied about 1820, by an inmate of the Sisterhouse, from an old, torn book and a number of loose slips, who performed the task as a labor of love and duty, as the link with which the old records were written had in the course of years destroyed the fiber of the paper; and it is further stated that, after the task was completed, she burned the records. There is more or less irregularity in these lists, and to the personal knowledge of the writer there are not a few omissions; still, the record as here given may be accepted as authentic as far as it goes . . .

Register - for the Brothers & Sisters who in and without Ephrata Community died.

1748 #53 - Br. Johan Heinrich Kalkglaser [B. 10?]

Brother Joel (B10). - Did in the Lord fall asleep 1748: his age was 52 year. He led in his doings and Life, a lowly, retired fervent Course of Life; what he experienced, gave he never unto Day - his death was also as if he only his outer shell had Cast off.

Footnote - Johann Heinrich Kalckglaser was one of the important Brethren in the Community. He originally settled in Germantown, but came to Ephrata at an early day, and became one of the Zionitic Brotherhood.

1758 #109 - Old Schw. Kalckglasser [wife of #53]

Bern Church Records, 1739-1835 - Bern Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Apparently this is the register of the Reformed congregation during the time the church was the exclusive property of that denomination.   The book has been rebound and as the title page is missing it is impossible to decide whether the record is complete. There are about four hundred entries.

• Fuchs, Joh. Jacob. Jacob F. (& wf).  Jacob Embele (single person) June 22, 1746
• Mch. 1, 1760 Vollmer, Joh. Adam. Michael V. & wf. Caspar Hinkel & wf.
• July 24, 1774 Fuchs, Philip. Philp F. & wf. Jacob Stauch & wf.
• 1777, July 20 Freyberger, Anna Mary. John F. & wf. Annay Mary Fuchs.
• 1780 Apr. 9. Fuchs, Mary Elizabeth. Philip F. & wf. Anna Mary Fuchs.
• 1783, Feby. 10 Fuchs, Joh. Michael. Michael F. & Elizabeth. Michael Lauer & Margaret. 1782, Dec. 6
• 1785 Feby. 6 Freyberger, Philip (?) Jacob F. & wf. Philip Fuchs & wf. Elizabeth 1785 Jan. 1 - probably not ours
• 1786 Nov. 5 Hinkel, Valentine (?) Philip H. & wf. Valentine Spatz & wf. Margaret. Feby 14.

Genealogical Gleanings from Orphans Court Records of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Orphans Court held at Lancaster the fourth day of May 1744. Before Thomas Edwards, James Whitehill, David Jones & Andrew Galbraith, Esqrs. - Eleanor Hollebach (late Stout, widow) Administratrix of Charles Stout, now wife of John Hollebach, praying that Guardians may be appointed for Peter Stouth, three years of age, and Eleanor Stout, six years of age. Peter Stout and Robert Jones are appointed Guardians over the said Peter and Eleanor.

Orphans Court held at Lancaster the Eighth day of November 1745. Before Thomas Edwards, Andrew Galbraith, David Jones and James Whitehill, Esqrs. Justices.  Thomas WIllson, one of the children of Francis Willson, late of the Borough of Lancaster, deceased, Aged fourteen years, prays that James Smith and Alexander Gibbony might be appointed his Guardians. Also William Willson, son of the said Francis Willson, being of age to Chuse a Guardian, prays that James Smith and Alexander Gibbony might be appointed his Guardians. Likewise Mary Willson, another one of the children, prays that Alexander Gibbony and James Smith might be appointed her Guardian. The will of Francis Wilson of Manheim Twp., dated 25 Sept. 1740 and proved 16 Jan. 1741 named his wife Mary, but only Mary and Thomas Wilson as children. Executors were Samuel Jackson and Samuel Shaa [Shaw?]. Will Book  A-1, 40:1740

Orphans Court held at Lancaster the Eighth day of August 1751. Before Emanuel Carpenter, James Whithill, James Galbraith, Thomas Foster and James Smith, Esqrs. Justices.  Mary McDowell, Widow and Executrix of James McDowell exhibited an inventory and being about to remove with her family to the colony of Carolina and her children desirous she should have the Guardianship over them. It appears the said Mary is a discreet and prudent Woman and fit to be Intrusted with the Guardianship. It is adjudged she have the sole Guardianship over John, Margaret, Helen, Mary, Jane, Elizabeth, Abigail and Sarah McDowell, children by the said James McDowell, deceased. And that Thomas Black and David Shields discharge  her bail.   The will of James McDowell, dated 3 June 1746, proved 1 Sept. 1747, appointed as executors Andrew Morrison, John McDowell and the testator's wife Mary. Children named were Mary, John, Margaret, Jean, Elizabeth, Abigal and Sarah, Will Book I-1, 329-1747.

Orphans Court held at Lancaster for the County of Lancaster the 7th Day of December 1756. Before Adam Simon Kuhn, Robert Thompson and William Jevon, Esquires, Justices.  John Galbraith, an Orphan and Minor Son of Robert Galbraith, deceased (being above the age of fourteen years) chooses James Work as Guardian. The will of Robert Galbraith, dated 23 Feb. 1746 and proved 13 March 1746 named his wife Rebecca executrix and children Rebecca and John Galbraith. Will Book A-1, 129:1746.

1757 It appearing that James Galbraith, Esqr. and Janet Galbraith, Executors of John Galbraith, deceased, have been duly served with a Citation to appear this Day to make up the Accounts of the Executorship and not appearing.  Ordered that an attachment do issue against them on Friday the fourth of November next.  The will of John Galbreath of Donegal Twp., dated 15 Sept. and proved 10 Oct. 1753, appointed his wife Janet and James Galbreath executors. Children named were Elizabeth, Margaret and Eleanor, grandchildren John and Bertram Galbreath. Legatees were John and Joseph McKinley, Will Book B-1, 98:1753.

Orphans Court held at Lancaster for the County of Lancaster the 7th day of December 1757. Before Emanuel Carpenter, James Smith, Thomas Holliday & James Whitehill, Esquires, Justices.  On motion of Mr. Ross the first Tuesday in march next is appointed for hearing the objections made by him in behalf of the Legatees of John Galbreath, deceased.

Hohn's Church Records, 1745-1805 - St. John's Reformed Commonly Called "Hain's Church," Heidelberg Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Book of Baptisms of the Congregation in Heidelberg In which are recorded the names of the children, who, according to the commandment of Christ, have been received into the congregation of the Lord (God) in the presence of Christian sponsors, whose names, together with the names of the parents, are here recorded by the regular pastor.

May God strike their names from the Records of sin and inscribe them in the Book of life - Amen.

Done April 26, 1746.

A free translation made by Rev. J.W. Early, Jan. 20, 1906.

1748 Aug. 14. Hinckel, a child. Henry H. & wf. Sp. John Hedrich & wf.

1790 Oct. 24 Hinckel (Kunckel?), M. Magdalene. Joh. Geo. H. & wf. A. Mary. Jonathan Muench & M. Magdel Kunckel 1 m. 2 d.

1792 Aug. 26 Henckel, Samuel. George H. & wf. ADa Wuertenberger. 1792 May 11

1794 July 20 Hinckel, John. George H. & wf. Samuel Gax & wf. Mary Cathar. 1794 Apr. 30

1795 Oct. 4 Hinckel, Mary Elizabeth. George H. & wf. Geo. Wuertenberger & wf. Mary Elizabeth. 1795 Aug. 18

1797 Oct. 7 Hinckel, George. Goorge [George?] H. & wf. Peter Metz & wf. Mary Elizabeth. 1797 Sept. 5

Pennsylvania Marriage Licenses, Issued by Governor James Hamilton, 1748-1752

• Brooks, George & Margaret Montgomery 1751, Feb. 9
• Brooks, Elizabeth & Thomas Bruch 1752, May 28
• Bruch, Thomas & Elizabeth Brooks, 1752 May 28
• Breading, Robert & Mary Cammell, 1749 July
• Bredin, Robert & Eleanor Roan, 1750 August
• Drapers, Elizabeth & Thomas Brown 1749 June
• Davis, Margaret & Foster Parks, 1749 September
• Edwards, John & Mary Newman, 1751, September 25
• Montgomery, Margaret & George Brooks, 1751 February 9
• Newman, Mary & John Edwards 1751, September 25
• Parkes, Alexander & Elizabeth McCammin, 1751 April 9
• Parks, Foster & Margaret Davis 1749 September
• Porter, James & Margaret Smith, 1751 September 7
• Rettenhouse, Jacob & Susannah Bartleston, 1749 July
• Wilson, Abraham & Martha Middleton, 1750 November
• Wilson, David & Mary WIley, 1752 July 27
• Wilson, Elizabeth & James McCoy, 1752 May 9
• Wilson, James & Prudence Doyle, 1752, February 1
• Wilson, Mary & Owen Thomas 1750 July
• Wilson, Thomas & Jane Linsay 1751, April 24
• Writtenhausen, Annie & John Peter Huysler, 1749 June 12

List of Marriage Licenses issued in the Secretary's Office from August 1755 through April 1759

These marriage licenses, entered in the manuscript cash book of Richard Peters, provincial secretary, in the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.  Licenses cost £1.5.0 each.

• March 1756 - George Brook & Sarah Herbert
• August 1756 - David Brooks & Mary Hunt
• August 1756 - Geo: Shoemaker & Ann Rettinhous
• August 1756 - Ezekiel Shepperd & Cat. Hill

History of  the Upper Germantown Burying-Ground - Germantown Avenue (Main Street) above Washington Avenue. by Peter D. Keyser, MD [GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 40.04400, Longitude: -75.18110]

At the time of the settlement of Germantwon (1683-1695) there were really but two religious bodies or sects among the people - the Mennonites and the Quakers.

Their meetings for worship were for some years held in the houses of their members, and from what w can glean from the history of the place, the two sects are supposed to have at times worshiped together in the same house, until their separate meeting-houses were built.

During this time it is not known that any special plot of ground was laid out for the buiral of the dead; and no doubt the bodies of those who died were deposited in their own grounds.

On the erection of the Quaker or Friends' meeting-house in 1705, and the church of the Mennonites in 1706, each building had its graveyard attached for the burial of its members.

After the year 1700 people of other denominations, such as Dunkers, Lutherans, etc., began to settle in the town and vicinity, and as there was no place in the upper part of Germantown as an open ground for any one of different religious views who wished to be buried in a regular graveyard, Paul Wulff, in 1724, granted one-half of an acre of ground situated at the upper end of Germantown, on the Main Street, above the Road to Abington or Keyser's Lane, to the corporation for a burying-ground.

Having received the lot, it was deemed necessary to put a stone wall along the front of it, and to meet the expenses of the same a subscription was taken among the inhabitants in money, labor, stone, etc. It was conditioned that all subscribers were to receive the right to bury in the graveyard at any time.

It was called the "Upper Germantown Burying Ground."

The front wall, on the main road, was begun in May 1724, by Dirck Johnson and John Frederick Ax, and finished with the assistance in labor money, or stone by . . . Garret Rittinghausen . . . Wm. Delvess (Dewees) . . . Claus Rittinghausen . . .

The sum of all the charges for the work comes to £40 8s, 4d.

There is no account to be found of the burials in this ground from this time up to 1756, when a regular book was opened for the record of the same. Only seven tombstones are to be found of persons buried during this time . . .

• 1744 William Dewees
• 1749 Christiana, wife of Wm. Dewees

It seems that the plot of ground was given without survey or registered lines and boundaries, and as Dirck Keyser, who owned the land on either side above and below, had purchased the remaining Wulff tract behind that given by Paul Wulff for the burial ground, it was necessary to get the correct lines, so the 9th day of April 1753, by the consent and approbation of the Freeholders of Germantown, the ground was properly surveyed and laid out, to remain forever, by Christian Lehman, the Surveyor of the Corporation, in the presence of . . .  the committee of Freeholders appointed to witness the survey.

The back part of the lot was now enclosed by a post and rail fence, and the ground and accounts given in charge of John Frederick Ax as formerly, he having had the care thereof since the was was built in 1724. . . . John Frederick Ax becoming too old and feeble to attend to the ground and accounts any more, the subscribers at this meeting appointed Ludwig Engelhardt and Richard Robb to take charge and care of the same. It was during this time while under the care of Jno. Frederick Ax that the ground received the name of Ax's Burying Ground.

"Whereas necessity as well as saving a constant charge of supporting a wooden fence or Inclosure requires the entire closing in of the Upper Germantown Burying Ground with a stone wall round the back part thereof equal with the other was of the same, and as the said work is for the benefit of the Publick, and requires a sufficient sum of money for that prupose should be raised, We the subscribers do therefore hereby our subscriptions promise and bind ourselves severally to pay each of us on demand towards the said work each his subscription money or sum as is subscribed to our respective names when demanded by the collector of the same for the purpose aforesaid." - Dated, Germantown, April 11th, 1760.

At a meeting of the Freeholders and Inhabitants of Germantown, held at the house of George Schreiber the 4th day of Oct. 1760, the wall was viewed, accepted and accounts settled. The total cost of which was £33 4s 10d.

In the latter part of the eighteenth century a stone schoolhouse was built in a triangular  lot adjoining this ground on the southwest line, which was called the Concord Schoolhouse. From the proximity of this house to the ground it came to be called the Concord Burial Ground. Which name it popularly bore for many years.

In 1756 George Schreiber commenced a regular account of the names and dates of the burials as they took place thereafter. He was not particular to get the names of the wives and children, and entered them as so and so's wife or child as it may be.  For instance, June 20, 1756, the Catholic man's son.

Up to about 1800 the erection of tombs was not frequent; only a few families who seemed to care or deemed it proper to mark the last resting places of their departed ones.  Many have been buried whose place has become obliterated, and at present no one can say where they rest.

From this list in the book I find the following record of burials each year, and the names of those over whom no stone is found to mark the grave.  In 1781 the names are entered in English and the spelling of the old German names changes.

1781 - Sept. 12 Henry Dewees, Jr.'s wife.

Inscriptions in the Upper Germantown Burying-Ground by Peter D. Keyser, M.D.

Dewees - Henry Dewees, Jr., d. Feby. 20, 1802, aet. 45; henry Dewees, d. May 25, 1801 aet. 85. Rachel Dewees, d. Aug. 2, 1805 aet. 84. Christiana, wife of Wm. Dewees, d. --- 1749. Wm. Dewees, d. Mar. 3, 1744, aet. 67. Wm. Dewees, d. Sept. 3, 1815 aet. 63.

Rittenhouse - Mary Rittenhouse, d. July 12, 1835 aet. 70. Joseph Rittenhouse, M.D., d. Dec. 26, 1832 aet. 36.

Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1761-1800

• Galbreath - Hendricks - March 27, 1762, Robert Galbreath to Mary Hendricks. Bondsmen: Wm. Davenport, Robert Callendar. Wit: William Maclay
• Galbreath-Moore - Jan. 9, 1798, by Rev. Robert Davidson, Samuel Galbreath to Nancy Moore
• Gilbreath-Smith - Nov. 1, 1763, by Rev. J.C. Bucher, Andrew Gilbreath to Catherine Smith, alias Robinson
• Gilbreath-Decker - Feb. 27, 1789 by Rev. Robert Davidson, Samuel Gilbreath to Mary Decker
• Herron-Galbreath - July 18, 1793, by Rev. Robert Davidson, David Herron to Rebecca Galbreath
• Miller-Galbraith - April 11, 1799, Matthew Miller, of Middleton Twp., to Miss Jane Galbraith, dau. of Andrew Galbraith, Esq., of East Pennsboro.

Pennsylvania Marriage Licenses, 1762-1768

• July 1762 - 21 - John Brooks - Hannah Craven
• October 1762 - 23 David Evans - Anna Brooks
• January 1763 - 31 William Murdock - Jane Brooks
• June 1763 - 4 - Joseph Brooks - Anna Mashawn
• Aug. 1765 - 28 - Sam'l. Galbraith - Marg't Miloy
• July 1766 - 9 - Chas. Tennant - Catherine Galbraith
• Oct. 1767 - 28 - John Fling - Phebe Fitzgerald
• Nov. 1767 - 12 Jonathan Biles - Laetitia Galbraith
• March 1768 - 17 - James Willson - Ann Harbert
• Oct. 1768 - 21 - William Brooks - Rachel King

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Pennsylvania Vital Records, Vol. II, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1983.

Pennsylvania Marriage Licenses, 1769-1776

• Oct. 1769 - 10 - Gasper Polumbo - Susannah Ogle
• Nov. 1771 - 16 - Edward Lawrence - Jane Galbreath
• Aug. 1773 - 16 - Robert Galbraith - Mary Brannon
• Sep. 1773 - 4 - Godfrey Hawker - Catharine Fitzgerald

Genealogical Gleanings from Dr. Rush's Ledger A by Hannah Benner Roach.

Since the first Philadelphia City Directory was not published until 1785, residents in the city prior to that time must have had a hard time remembering where all the people lived with whom journals of some merchants and physicians of the period sometime had notations of location, marital status or relationship added alongside the entry of the client's name. Whatever the reason for the notations, they now provide a useful tool for the genealogist when they were entered in the years for which no tax returns have survived.

When twenty-four year old Benjamin Rush opened his Ledger A in the summer of 1769, he had just returned from a three-year stay in Europe during which time he had been graduated from the University of Edinburgh as Doctor of Medicine. Prior to that sojourn, when he had bee apprenticed in Philadelphia to Dr. John Redman for nearly six years, he had become familiar with Philadelphia's streets and alleys and many of their residents. But now he found that new people had come to town, while many of the native-born had married or moved to new locations. It was therefor helpful, when he entered a patient's name in his books, to add some identifying remark as an assist for his memory.

The following entries are all from Rush's Ledger A. When Dr. Rush began this first ledger, he entered on the left hand page the names of only three or four patients, leaving plenty of room over the years, when there proved to be few or no additional professional visits to or by a patient, he would insert the name of a new patient in the blank space between the names of former patients. Thus, in the subjoined list entries dated from 1769 to 1782  may appear on a single page.  In each case these dates indicate only the year when the patient was first treated by the doctor, the month and day being omitted in this transcript.

1775 Mr. Galbraith - Mr. Branon son-in-law - Lettitia Co't  - notes: Robert Galbraith was granted a license to marry Mary Brannon on 16 August 1773

1771 Widow March - Second Street

Records of Upper West Conococheague Presbyterian Church, Mercersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania - Baptisms

• 1769 - Sept. 10 - Joseph, son of James Galbraith
• 1789 - Oct. 16 - Thomas, son of James Parks
• 1791 - May 3 - (--?--), child of James Parks

Marriages:

• 1785, Aug. 31 - John Galbreath & Anne White
• 1798, Jan. 16 - Robert Galbreath, esq. & Ruth McClelland

Marriage Bonds of Bucks County, 1772-1785

• 1773, Oct. 12, David Parks of Lower Makefield, miller, and Rachel Conrad of Newtown, single woman. Surety, Enoch Edwards of Newtown, Practtitioner in Physick. (James Tate, Thos. Ross, Jr.)

Genealogical Gleanings from the Lancaster Journal, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

The Lancaster Journal was first published on 17 June 1794. In 1839 it merged with the Intelligencer & Weekly Advertiser, founded in 1799 to become the progenitor of the Intelligencer-Journal. The excerpts that follow have been taken from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania newspapers held by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. The reports of marriages and deaths are by no means limited to Lancaster county; there are many references to the city of Philadelphia, as well as to the counties of Chester, Dauphin, Lebanon, York, Adams and Cumberland. Baltimore, and the states of Maryland and Virginia also receive notice. The "public notices" include reports of runaway indentured servants and slaves. Of particular interest are the death notices of many Revolutionary War officers.

9 May 1801 issue. Died on Wednesday, the 29th of April last, Margaret Galbreath, wife of Samuel S. Galbraith, esq. of Donegal Twp. Lancaster County. Interred in the Donegal Presbyterian burial ground.

14 March 1804 issue Lancaster Journal-Extra. Died a few days ago Bartram Galbraith, Esq. an old and respectable inhabitant of Lancaster county.

14 March 1806 issue - Died after a short illness, on the 7th inst. at his farm in Cumberland County in the 55th year of his age, Andrew Galbraith, Esq. an old revolutionary officer of much merit. He left a widow and 8 children. [He was born in 1751].

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Pennsylvania Vital Records, Vol. III, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1983.

Here follow the Interments Reported to the Board of Health, with Locality of Death, Parents, Name of Decedent, Age, Date & Burial Ground. The dates given are found on Certificates enclosed in the printed returns from the various Burial Grounds. Whether they are dates of death, of interment or issue of the certificates there are no present means of determining in many cases - Jany, Feby, March & April have no Return.

• 1807 - William Brooke, 74 years of age, Feb. 25, 1807, burial ground - Friends
• 1807 - Andrew Galbreath of Northern Liberties, unnamed daughter age 3, Feb. 12, buried Kensington

Pennsylvanians who Died in Kentucky. From Vital Statistics in Archives Department of the Kentucky State Historical Society, Frankfort.

Gailbreath, Rebecca, aged 89; widow; born in Westmoreland County, PA, d/o Joseph & Jane Miller of said Co., died in Jefferson, KY; 1854, no month given. [b. 1765]

Galbreth, W. aged 56; s/o W. & Mary Galbreth; Henry Co., KY 8/20/1853 [b. 1797]

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Map of the County of Philadelphia, 1843

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Record of Pennsylvania Marriages, Prior to 1810, Vol. I, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1986

• 1712, Sept. 9 Brook, Charles & Ann Stroud
• 1772, Oct. 15 Brook, Owen & Eliz. Hanimer
• 1767, Aug. 23, Brooke, Bowyer & Hannah Reese
• 1767, Jul 22 Brookes, Elizabeth & William Murphin
• 1780, Oct. 19 Brooks, Benjamin & Eliz. Davis
• 1741 Nov. 12 Brooks, Catherine & Andrew Anderson
• 1741 Sept. 30 Brooks, Catherine & John Murrey
• 1786 Aug. 3 Brooks, Cath., & William Tomlinson
• 1730 July 12 Brooks, Charles & Anne Carty
• 1767 Jan. 11 Brooks, Francis & Elizabeth Sighing
• 1776 May 12 Brooks, John & Catherine Roberts
• 1765 Apr. 10 Brooks, Mary & John Bern
• 1712 May 18 Brooks, Matthew & Ann Evans
• 1804 Oct. 11 Brooks, Nathan & Mary Jones
• 1779 Nov. 11 Brooks, Nicholas & Edith Matthews
• 1721 May 16 Brooks, Olivia & Edward Molley
• 1775 Nov. 19 Brooks, William & Susannah Murphy
• 1796 July 21 Coy, Ann & Robert Mercer
• 1761 June 22 Coy, Mary & John Kidd
• 1728 June 29 Fox, Marg't. & H. Fitzakerlin
• 1720 Jan. 1, Fox, Mary & Benjamin Rhodes
• 1765 Aug. 28 Galbreath, Samuel & Margaret Miloy
• 1749 Sept. 23 Parks, Foster & Mary Davis
• 1754 Jul 17 Broock, Elizabeth & William Moars
• 1775 Aug. 19 Brook, Frances & Thomas Ellison
• 1777, Jan. 1 Brook, Martha & James Erwin
• 1773 Aug. 8 Brooks, Alice & John Warner
• 1762 Nov. 21 Brooks, Ann & Israel Motts
• 1756 Aug. 11 Brooks, David & Mary Hunt
• 1779 March 11 Brooks, Edward & Mary Mackey
• 1779 March 1 Brooks, Eleanor & Daniel Driscall
• 1781 Feb. 19 Brooks, Francis & Catharine Adare
• 1774 May 3, Brooks, Hannah & Jesse Sturges
• 1757 May 15 Brooks, Isaac & Hannah Thomas
• 1767 July 25 Brooks, Joseph & Mary Wood
• 1779 July 2 Brooks, Lawrence & Christiana Hall
• 1781 Jan. 25 Brooks, Lowes & Ruben Odell
• 1755 April 21 Brooks, Margaret & William McMullin
• 1777 May 30, Brooks, Mary & Francis Jones
• 1759 Nov. 25 Broocks, Nicholas & Ann Cadmore
• 1781 Dec. 4 Brooks, Rachel & Andrew Edwards
• 1781 Sep. 6 Brooks, Rebecca & Antony Fannan
• 1789 July 9 Brooks, Rebecca & Samuel Coats
• 1781 Nov. 5, Brooks, Sarah & Andrew Clark
• 1757 April 28 Brooks, Thomas & Hannah Anderson
• 1783 Jan. 30 Brooks, William & Elizabeth Shanen
• 1778 Dec. 13 Brooks, William & Rosanna Dwyer
• 1774 Jun 16 Galbreath, Archibald & Margaret Galbreath
• 1766 July 9 Galbraith, Catharine & Charles Tenant
• 1771 Nov. 16 Galbreath, Jane & Edwards Lawrence
• 1767 Nov. 12 Galbreath, Latitia & Jonathan Biles
• 1761 Apr. 6 March, Catharine & Jacob Baker
• 1789 Feb. 27 Galbreath, Sam'l & Mary Decker
• 1746, Nov. 25 Fuchs, John Christopher & Rosina Eliz. Linking
• 1750 Sep. 29 Newton, Daniel & Elizabeth Brooks
• 1771, Dec. 12 Galbraith, Benjamin & (--?--)

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Record of Pennsylvania Marriages Prior to 1810, Vol. II, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1968

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Strassburger, Ralph. Pennsylvania German Pioneers, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1975.

Henckel, Grove and Fuchs/Fox families