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The below is (in)complete research done by Debra Bowman (initiator of this site). Steven Brower took over website in 2008 (passed to by Deb Bowman). Below is unfinished research by Deb.

From Steve: The Dutch settled New York in 1624 when they established a colony at Albany, NY then called Fort Orange.  In 1626 other settlers from Holland came to New York City, then Amsterdam.  New York named Albany capital in 1788.

Starting from here: Debra Bownan research (initiator of this site). Montgomery descendants.
 
Donegal Presbyterian Church Cemetery

Old burial's in the Old Pequea Churchyard, Salisbury Twp. Lancaster Co. PA Old St. John's Church Yard, Pequea:  
 http://files.usgwarchives.org/pa/lancaster/cemeteries/stjohns- pequea.txt
 Conestoga Twp. after its erection in 1718.

1737 now Sadsbury meetings, 1725, called Sadsbury. On 24 Seventh Month 1737 Sadsbury and  Leacock meetings requested permission from their parent meeting. ------------------------------------
  
 James Glasgo, guardianship for Ezekiel Vance, year 1774, Book C, Volume: 1, page 185.  
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 James Hammond recommended by Menallen Meeting as one worthy to be in Membership with us, he is  accepted accordingly, 3-19-1757 (Abstract of records of Warrington Monthly Meeting, p. 237)

James Hammond and Alice Wilson declare intentions of marriage 5-10 and 6-14-1760 (Abstract of records of Warrington Monthly Meeting, p. 237) MARRIAGE: James Hammond, son of Daniel Hammond, deceased, and Alice Wilson, daughter of George Wilson, both of Menalen Township in the County of York and Province of Pennsylvania married 7-2-1760 at Menalen Meeting (Marriage record, p. 39). Witnesses: Rachel Blackburn, Sarah Wilson, Jane Hannah, Elizabeth Hamond, Lydia Wilson, Mary Blackburn, Susanna Haley, Jane Mickle, Rachel Dinin, Sarah Mickle, Alice Wright, Sarah Hamond, Ann Megrew, Deborah Hutton, Elizabeth Sheperd, John Pope, Anthony Blackburn, John Morton, Joseph Blackburn, William Paterson, John Wright, John Powell, John Vance, William Griifith, Joseph Wright, John Mickle, Junr, William Pidgeon, Rebekah Blackburn, James Hammond (Groom), Alice Hamond (Bride), George Wilson, John Hamond, Deborah Hamond, John Wilson, William Cambell, Daniel Hamond, James Megrew, Jacob Elliot, John Blackburn, John Mickle.

James Hammond and Mary Blackburn declare intentions of marriage 5-11 And 6-8-1765 (Abstract of records of Warrington Monthly Meeting, p. 237) MARRIAGE: 19th of 6th mo 1765, James Hammond-Mary Blackburn
 Whereas James Hammond of menalen township County of york and Province Of Pennfylvania son of Daniel Hammond deceased & Mary Blackburn of the Township County & Province aforesd...on the nineteenth day of the sixth month in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & sixty five...at menalen. Witnesses: Benjamin Loan, Solomon Sheperd, Charles Pidgeon, William Griffith, Samuel Buyers, Jonathan Wright, Samuel Wright, Nathan McGrew, James McGrew juner, Thomas Blackburn, Elizabeth Griffith, Elizabeth Hammond, Margret Sheperd, Robert Graham, John Morton, William Hutton, William Veulon, Samuel Hutton, John Wilson, James Glasgow, John Wright, Ebenezer Harland, Alexander Underwood, John Least, William Delap, David Potts, James Hammond (Groom), Mary (X) Hammond (her mark), Jno Blackburn, Anthony Blackburn, Joseph Blackburn,William Camble, Jno Hammond, George Wilfon, Cornelius Campbel, Samuel Morton juner, James Griffey, Benjamin Wilson, Patrick Campbel, Mary McGrew, Rebecah Blackburn, Sarah Griffith, Ann McGrew

James Hammond complained of 6-1-1775 for selling liquor in small quantities (Menallen Mtg.) 7- 8-
 1775, Report - that he claims to have declined selling liquor disreputably and has parted with  his still: Case continued. Disowned 3-9-1776.

According to BLACKBURN AND ALLIED DESCENDANTS by Evelyn Gibson, page 33: "Mary and James farmed  in Tyrone Twp. and ran a tippling house where liquor was sold by the drink." It is interesting  that he refused to publicly condem himself, apparently considering the parting with his still  as adequate amends and, therefore, was disowned.

ESTATE: WILL signed 6 Aug 1793, recorded 17 Sep 1793. Names wife, Mary; sons: George; Thomas;  James; and John, under legal age; daughters: Mary and Margaret, both under legal age; son-in- law, Jesse Wright; Samuel Wright (under legal age), son of Jesse Wright. Son, Thomas, to have  home plantation; son James to have plantation in Tyrone Twp., next to Robert Maxfield.  Witnesses:

http://www.pal2pal.com/genealogy/PALslg/index.ged
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 Lancaster study: St. James Episcopal + Sadsbury Monthly Meeting (Quakers) Menallen York Co. PA study: Menallen Monthly Meeting was formed, in 1780. "The first location of Menallen Meeting was in what is now Butler Township, then a part of  Menallen Township. It was located three miles southeast of the present site in a woodland with  Opossum Creek westward.

"The early meetings were usually held in the homes of the members, but by 1758 a building had  been erected as proved by Nicholas Scull's map of the state of that year. It was in the  northwest section of the graveyard, now known as Friends' Grove Graveyard." This building was  replaced by a second nearly 80 years later.
 Menallen Meeting is at 1107 Carlisle Rd (rt 34) in Biglerville, 10 miles north of Gettysburg.  To find it, drive through Biglerville, 2.5 miles past the Biglerville traffic light. The  meeting house is on the right. Menallen is part of Warrington Quarter, which was transferred  from Philadelphia to Baltimore Yearly Meeting because it was easier to go down the Susquehanna  to the Chesapeake than across country to Philadelphia.
 The meeting was established in 1780 and celebrated its 225th anniversary in 2005.

Sadsbury Meeting house is on Simmontown Road between Route 41 and Route 30, near Gap, in  Lancaster County. As Friends spread west into what was then sparsely inhabited woods, they  needed places to worship, and in 1724 Samuel Miller and Andrew Moore and their families  requested permission to build a meeting house. "Liberty" was granted, and a log meeting house  was built in 1725, called Sadsbury. On 24 Seventh Month 1737 Sadsbury and Leacock meetings  requested permission from their parent meeting, New Garden, to become a monthly meeting so that  they would not have to travel all the way to New Garden each month for business meetings. New  Garden Monthly and Concord Quarterly Meetings agreed, and the two particular meetings were  joined as Sadsbury Monthly Meeting. It met for business on the first Second Day [Monday] each  month, beginning in Twelfth Month 1737. 
 Monthly Meetings were held alternately at Sadsbury and Leacock until 1751 when the latter  meeting and meeting house was physically moved to Lampeter.
 The present square stone meeting house was built in 1747. Originally it had wooden galleries or  balconies forming a second floor. They were burned during the Revolutionary War. When the  meeting 
 house was restored a ceiling was put in instead of rebuilding the balconies. (The ceiling is  visible in the photograph below to the right.) Sadsbury was part of Chester Quarter until 1756,  then of Western Quarter until 1800, and now of Caln Quarter. The meeting house was not used by  Friends between 1903 and 1974, because they had built a new meeting house in Christiana and  rented 
 this old one to Mennonites. But the meeting did not prosper and eventually Friends moved back  to 
 their old building, and sold the Christiana building to the Maple Grove Mennonites. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~paxson/graphics-pax/mtghse.html#Lancaster ---------------------------------------------
 Ezekiel Vance Survey, 
 Warrant location: Manallin
 Date of Warrant: Nov 14 1766
 Date of Return: Nov 11 1794
 Acres returned 102.66
 Name of Patenteee: William Vance
 Where recorded: Volume P, No:25266,  ?A1   Page 206  A47/186

Nathan Wright Date of Return Feb 2 1836, 100 acres returned, Vol: H, No 33561, ?A7, page 186

Lancaster PA Wills
 1734 – John Vance – Book A, Volume 1, page 13
 1734 - John Vance – Book L, Volume 1, page 384
 1748 – John Vance – Book L, Volume 1, page 384
 1751 - Alexander Vance – Book L, Volume 1, page 384
 1754 – John Vance – Book B, Volume 1, page 38

John Vance, York Co., date Jan 9 1773, Prove date Aug 20 1773,  Executor: William Griffin, York  Co. Legatees Brother and sisters – Jean, Elizabeth, Agness, and Samuel Vance.

James Glasgo, guardianship for Ezekiel Vance, year 1774, Book C, Volume: 1, page 185.  
  
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 The Great Wagon Road to Philadelphia, also shown on the 1755 Frye and Jefferson Map, went from  Winchester through Conocacheague and Southern Pennsylvania to Philadelphia.

1794 Dennis Griffith Map of Maryland, shows the route of the road from Conestoga to Opequon.  The 
 road began at Conestoga, PA, near Lancaster. It passed through York, PA and Taneytown,  Woodsborough, Frederick Town, Middle town, Fox's Gap, and Sharpesburg in Maryland. It crossed  the 
 Potamac at Shepherdstown and went on to Opequon located about five miles Southwest of Winchester, Virginia. This route also was known as the German Monocacy Road.   Tracey 
 and Dern, page 51 of Pioneers of Old Monocacy are incorrect when they indicate the Road to  Opequon 
 went through Turner's Gap. The road actually went through Fox's Gap. The old Sharpsburg Road  was 
 part of the road from Conestoga to Opequon. 
 The road from Conestoga to opequon was the same road as the Great Philadelphia Wagon Road. The  Frye and Jerrerson Map identifies the Great Philadelphia Wagon Road in Virginia. The road  crossed 
 the Potomac at Shepherdstown.

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 Opequon Creek
 Opecquon Creek
 Conestoga

Vance/Colville
 Family tradition says that John Vance and his wife of Coagh, Ireland, had four sons and  daughters 
 to come to America and to settle first in Chester County, PA.  Accompanying them were the  Hogues  
 (Hoge, Hogg), Colvilles and Glasses.  As has been said of other Scotch/Irish, they settled on  land 
 that was unoccupied but not legally theirs.  The Quaker owners returned and had to sue to get  their land back, but won the suit, forcing the Vances and others to move on.  They decided to  accept Jost Hite’s invitation to the Shenandoah Valley and moved there in 1731/32. James and David Vance settled near Opequon Creek and helped William Hoge form the Opequon  Congregation in 1738, the first one in the Valley.  Andrew and James moved farther south about  9-
 10 miles and settled near the Zane Iron Works. Andrew married Jane Hoge and they had two sons,  Samuel and John.[57]
 http://www.popenoe.com/Shenandoah.htm
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VANCE, JACOB. Brandywine. March 8, 1815.Magdalen Vance, administrator.

VANCE, JOHN. New London
 July 3, 1775. October 3, 1785.Provides of wife Rebecca Vance, otherwise McNutt. To daughters  Ann, 
 Jane and Rebecca 5 shillings each. To son Robert's 2 sons John and Arthur Vance wearing apparel  and to his daughter, Ann, £5, etc. To son John's 2 sons Arthur and John 5 shillings each. To  son 
 George all cash, bonds, etc., also executor. Wit: George Campbell, Thomas Bines.

I found mentions of these, in Chester wills of others...
 Caleb Vance - 1770 - Londongrove
 mention of a Thomas Vance, son of Wm, a minor in 1747
 Jacob and Thomas Vance, 1788 East Nantmeal

The 1765 Chester Archives only list 1 Vance;
 Joseph, an inmate in West Nottingham (a married man who lived in the twp but owned no land)

I have submitted many transcribed tax records to both the Chester Co rootsweb site, and the  pagenweb..you might want to look through those for Vances...however, the name isn't a common  one 
 in Chester Co..only 3 mentioned in the index of THE HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY...

We appreciate your input Sandra, thank you. Fortunately, we have almost all of these references  and more. It is surprising how many Vances there were in Chester County starting with John  Vance 
 in 1722. There are 38 entries for Vances on the Chester County tax rolls from 1722 to 1785.  Three 
 Vances (William, Jacob, and Thomas) from Chester County served in the Pennsylvania Militia, one  in 
 the Continental Line (cf the Pennsylvania Archives). Most of the Vances settled in E & W  Nantmeal 
 Twps and E. Brandywine. Descendants of Jacob and Magdalene Vance still reside in Brandywine.  Some 
 ancestors moved to the southwestern part of PA in the late 1700s and early 1800s. I hope by way  of 
 this post on the Chester County PA forum to connect with family members who may be able to fill  the many gaps in the history of the Vances in PA, especially Chester County.

There is a Jacob Vance listed twice as a private in the PA Militia in 1780 and we have a copy  of 
 his pay/fine card (all found in the PA Archives). We would find it remarkable/surprising if he  became a captain. (The Capt. Jacob Vance we have found was b. 1761, but this is not certain.)  He 
 is not listed in the PA Archives as having participated in the War of 1812, so it is unlikely  he 
 served in that war as a captain. We thought he might be the Jacob Vance who appears on the tax  supply list for E. Nantmeal in 1774, but we believe this may be a different Jacob Vance who  also 
 appears on the 1780 rolls for E. Nantmeal as a "freeman." Our Jacob Vance is listed only in the  1810 Census for Brandywine, we do not see him in the 1800 Census, nor do we see any other  Vances 
 in the 1800 Census for Chester County (except Jacob Hinnace in E. Nantmeal). This has made it  difficult to get a fix on his age. The 1810 Census shows him as 26-44, the same age group as  his 
 brother Thomas.

I went looking for any Vances I could find, in Chester, and will include them, below,(plus  those 
 from Lanc. Co) in case there are any clues; Aside from those wills you mention having, these  are 
 all those found on the CD of PA wills, for Chester
 Andrew Vance, around LondonBritain in the 1730s
 Thomas, son of William E. Nantmel will of Philip David, 1742 Joseph Vance, 1768, E. Nottingham

VANCE, JOHN. New LondonJuly 3, 1775. October 3, 1785.
 Provides of wife Rebecca Vance, otherwise McNutt. To daughters Ann, Jane and Rebecca 5  shillings 
 each. To son Robert's 2 sons John and Arthur Vance wearing apparel and to his daughter, Ann,  £5, 
 etc. To son John's 2 sons Arthur and John 5 shillings each. To son George all cash, bonds,  etc., 
 also executor. Wit: George Campbell, Thomas Bines.

John Vance, witness to 1788 will of Jonathan Wynn, E. Nantmeal

Thomas Vance, 1788 witness to will of Thomas Brown, E. Nantmeal

MILLER, JAMES. E. Nantmeal.November 18, 1790. December 14, 1790.To my niece Bell Mattheson £50.  To 
 Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Cox, £25. To Caleb Millar, the son of Mary Green of E. Caln, £25. To  Eleanor Beatty, wife of Abraham, £25. To Elizabeth, wife of Adam Dampman, bay mare. To Samuel  Watts, horse. To Jacob Vance mare. To Adam Dampman remainder real and personal. Executors: Dan  Griffith, Esq., John Elliot. Letters to Griffith. Wit: Thomas Dalrymple, James Gaston.

1798 Jacob witnessed will of Wm. James East Nantmeal Lanc. Co;

July 4, 1734 July 25, 1734 VANCE, JOHN wife. Mary Vance. Children: Hugh, George and Jean. Ex.  Jared Graham. Twp. omitted.

February 15, 1754 March 25, 1754 VANCE, JOHN Bros. and sisters: Matthew, Naley wife of ---  Smith 
 and Margery Vance. Ex. Margery Vance. Sadsbury Twp.Pennsylvania Wills, 1682-1834

From the Village Record newspaper dated April 5, 1864
 Death Notice in East Brandywine Township on the 10th Mrs Magdaline Vance, relic of the late  Jacob 
 Vance in the 79th year of her age.
 Also, from the chester county archives websight, Jacob Vance died in 1815 in the poorhouse, age  70

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 We are researching the Vances of Chester County PA, primarily in E. Brandywine and E. Nantmeal  Townships for the periods 1750 - 1850. The family of Jacob (d. 1815) and Magdalene (d. 1864)  Vance 
 of E. Brandywine is of special interest. They had six children: Washington Vance (b. 1810 d.  1884 
 m. Rachel); William Vance (b. 1812 d. 1890 a single man); Thomas (b. 1814 d. 1891 m. Sarah);  Hannah (b. before 1810); Ann (b. before 1810); and Rachel (b. 1811-12). We believe that the  Thomas 
 listed in the 1810 Census for W. Nantmeal Twp Chester Co was Jacob's brother, as Jacob was the  administrator of Thomas' (d. 1810) estate. We would like to know if Jacob and Thomas had any  other 
 siblings and who their parents were. We have information on the descendants of the male  children 
 of Jacob and Magdalene Vance.

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 Barnabas Curry + F listed on the 1747 Tax List for Sadsbury Twp Chester Co Pa tax list. John  Vance 
 on 1737 Tax list Chester, PA. Ezekiel married Barnabas’s daughter. http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/print.cgi?patton::4606.html http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/print.cgi?patton::4606.html

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 Col. William Thompson rifle Battallion 1775-1776 for Barnabus Curry ------------------
 James Hammond recommended by Menallen Meeting as one worthy to be in Membership with us, he is accepted accordingly, 3-19-1757 (Abstract of records of Warrington  Monthly Meeting, p. 237)

James Hammond and Alice Wilson declare intentions of marriage 5-10 and 6-14-1760 (Abstract of records of Warrington Monthly Meeting, p. 237) MARRIAGE: James Hammond, son of Daniel Hammond, deceased, and Alice Wilson, daughter of George Wilson, both of Menalen Township in the County of York and Province of Pennsylvania married 7-2-1760 at Menalen Meeting (Marriage record, p. 39). Witnesses: Rachel Blackburn, Sarah Wilson, Jane Hannah, Elizabeth Hamond, Lydia Wilson, Mary Blackburn, Susanna Haley, Jane Mickle, Rachel Dinin, Sarah Mickle, Alice Wright, Sarah Hamond, Ann Megrew, Deborah Hutton, Elizabeth Sheperd, John Pope, Anthony Blackburn, John Morton, Joseph Blackburn, William Paterson, John Wright, John Powell, John Vance, William Griifith, Joseph Wright, John Mickle Jr., William Pidgeon, Rebekah Blackburn, James Hammond (Groom), Alice Hamond (Bride), George Wilson, John Hamond, Deborah Hamond, John Wilson, William Cambell, Daniel Hamond, James Megrew, Jacob Elliot, John Blackburn, John Mickle.

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 Robert and John Mickle [brothers] , from Dublin, Ireland, 
 dated 4 Mo. 2, 1730, received 7 Mo. 26, 1730. 
 Robert Mickle, m. 10 Mo. 19, 1733, at London Grove Meeting,  Chester County, Mary, daughter of Samuel and Jane Beverly, of  Marlborough. Children : Ann, b 8. Mo. 7, 1734, m. Mc- 
 Farlan ; John, b. 8 Mo. 12, 1736; Sarah, b. 3 Mo. 12, 1739;  Jane, b. 9 Mo. 9, 1741.

John Mickle, brother of Robert, m., "by a priest," about 1736,  to Jane . They removed to Menallen Township, Adams 
 County, about 1747. Children : Sarah, b. 10 Mo. 29, 1737, m.  ' In 1894 the original certificate was in possession of Hannah W. Lovell,  of Philadelphia.

358 Immigration of the Irish Quakers

about 1760, to John Mickle, her first cousin, for which she was  disowned; Elijah, b. 2 Mo. 8, 1740 (at Warrington Mo. Mtg.,  II Mo. 18, 1758, Menallen Meeting reported that Ehjah Mickle  and John Shepperd " hath both left the parts unknown to their par-  ents "); Mary, b. 10 Mo. 4, 1741, m. " out," about 1761, to  Sheppard ; Hannah, b. 10 Mo. 14, 1745, m. " out," about 1765,  to Rail ; Jane, b. i Mo. 16, 1747-48 ; John, b. 12 Mo. 4, 1753,  m., 6 Mo. 17, 1772, at Menallen Meeting, Rebecca, daughter of  Thomas Griffith; Samuel, b. 2 Mo. 26, 1756, m. about 1778, 
 Eve, d. of Thomas Griffiith, and d. March 26, 1819.

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 upper fork of the Conewago Creek, in Menallen Township,

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 The first location of Menallen^ Meeting was Menaiien 
 Meeting about seven miles west of Huntmgton, 
 on the east side of Opossum Creek, 
 in Menaiien, now Butler, Township, Adams County. 
 6 Mo. 4, 1 746, 
 Sadsbury Monthly Meeting " tolerates the Friend

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 of Monalin to have Meetings of Worship to be 
 kept on First Day and Fifth Day until Further 
 Orders." 2 Mo. i6, 1748, "friends of Minallen 
 requsts to have their meeting settled," and later 
 in the year the meeting was regularly established.^ 
 The Meeting land, consisting of 20 acres and 153 
 perches, was not granted until May 26, 1788.- It 
 is not known when the first edifice was built, but 
 Nicholas Scull's map of the State shows that one 
 had been erected as early as 1758.^ 
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 In its early years Menallen Meeting was dis- 
 tinctively an Irish meeting, the majority of its 
 members being from Ireland. Among them were 
 John Blackburn,* Judge of the York County Court 
 in 1764, County Treasurer in 1759 and 1766,^ and

the tract tc the Dunkers or German Baptists, at the rate of one dollar  annually for a term of fifty years. Upon this plot the Dunkers erected a  wooden meeting house and laid out a burial ground. The Friends con-  tinued to make their interments in the original graveyard until 1853, when  a piece of land adjoining the new site was purchased and another graveyard  opened {Land Title Papers, in possession of Menallen Meeting).

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 I have James Vance married to an Abigail Milson (acc. to his 1812 pension file which lists him  in 
 Guernsey County and being stationed at Ft. Meigs with his brother William). Maybe Anthony was  his 
 middle name? (named after "Mad" Anthony Wayne poss.?) I believe that this would be the James  Vance 
 whose land is being divided among his heirs about 1840 acc. to Guernsey Co. land records.  Thomas 
 buys the land from his various siblings and lives there about 40 years until he moves to Vinton  County, OH where I assume he dies.
 Btw, it lists James and Abigail being married in Brownsville, Washington County, PA October 1,  1804 the same year James' dad, William dies in Fayette County, PA. Does this mean then that  there 
 IS a connection to the Washington County, PA Vances who I believe migrate to another part of  Guernsey County? The plot thickens. . .

I am looking for information on the Samuel and Elinor (Vance) Gilliland family. They lived in  Menallen Township, Adams County, PA. He was a lieutenant in the War of Independence. She was  the 
 youngest child of Ezekiel and Elinor (Curry) Vance of York County, PA. They are both buried in  the 
 Great Conewago Cemetery in Hunterstown, PA. Thank you for the help to those who reply. Has anybody researched the Jacob Baylor Family??? Jacob Baylor was born 13 January 1755 in York  County, Pennsylvania. Married Maria Crunkle. Died 23 January 1815 in Fairfield; Guernsey  County, 
 Ohio. Their son, Alexander A. Baylor born 1791 was also born in Dordorus; York County.

I think Maria Crunkle is Maria Catherina Runkle, the daughter of Jacob and Anna Maria Runkle.  And 
 Jacob was born 5March1755. as Jacob Behler. He had known siblings Johannes b. 2Dec 1760,  Catherina 
 b. Sept 8, 1763, Andreas b. 1767 and Michael b. 24 Nov, 1782. Jacob and Catherine had John Jacob 1780, Elizabeth 1784, Anna Maria 1787, Christina 1789 and  Samuel in 1791. Jacob and Samuel appear to be in Fairfield Co. Ohio in 1820. The father of Jacob b.1755 is Michel Bohler who came to America 2Oct1741 on the ship St. Andrew  and married Catherine Jones(Jonas) dau of Johan Johan Jones
 Dordorus is Codorus

Runkle is an early name in York Co

In York co. records Baylor is Behler, Bealer, Beeler, Boehler ,Begler, Bohler, Beller. etc ---------------------------
 In the 1762 tax records for York County Ezekiel and John vance were taxed and Menallen Twp and  Nicholas Vance was taxed in Reading Township. These townships are now in Adams Co. in 1762  William 
 Vance was taxes in Shrewsbury Twp which is still in York Co. -------------------------
 We have found the Blackburn name very strong in the Quaker history. I am very interested in  finding descendence of John Blackburn.(listed in father to son oder) -John Blackburn Jr. died  1767 
 in Menallen, York, PA -Moses Blackburn 1746-1828 in Richmond, Jefferson, OH marries Mary McGrew  1767 in Menallen -James Blackburn 1778-1844 in Jefferson, OH -Thomas Blackburn 1812-1868  married 
 Margaret Wiser-Veach -Ross Mansfield Blackburn married Rose McGuire -----------------------------------
 Cemeteries in Menallen, York now Adams PA
 Beamer's Private Cemetery
 Bendersville Cemetery aka Bethlehem Haven of Rest Mountainview in City/Town:  Bendersville(within 
 town on Potato Road)
 Cline's Cemetery
 Friends Cemetery aka Menallen's
 Mt. Tabor in city/town Mt. Tabor
 Wenksville
 No longer in existence:
 Beamer's Burial Ground aka Mosley's   
 Bendersville Evangelical Churchyard aka Bendersville Albright Cemetery, Stones removed to  Bendersville Cem. 
 TWP unknown, Strickler Cemetery located on Route 462 south-west of Wrightsville. Route 462 is  just 
 south of Route 30.
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 The Adams Centinel, Gettysburg, PA
 October 5, 1802 
 Notice
 All persons indebted to the estate of John Greer, late of Menallen township, Adams county,  deceased, are requested to come forward and pay off their respective balances on or before the  27th instant. Those who have demands against the said estate are required to present the same,  property authenticated, for settlement on or before the time above mentioned.  John Bender, Adm'r
 October 5, 1802 
 http://genealogytrails.com/penn/adams/wills.html
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1790 Census Menallen, Fayette Co. PA
 Henry Grier 1, 1, 3, 0, 0
 John Grier 2, 2, 1, 0, 0

1790 Fayette Co. PA
 David Vance Tyronne, Fayette Co. PA
 Margaret Vance Tyronne, Fayette Co. PA
 Patrick Vance German, Fayette Co. PA



1790 Census Mixed Townships, York Co. PA

Issabella  Maxwell
 Wm Speer
 Matthias Taughinbaugh
 Thomas Williams
 Elijah Mickle
 Conrod Lammerson
 John Smith
 John, Morton Snr
 John, Morton Jnr 
 Jesse 	Morton
 Reynold McDonald
 Thos Brady
 Herman Uptigrave
 James Glasgow
 Hannah Wright
 Wm Coulter
 Anthony Cling
 George Dumm
 Jacob 	Weaver
 Joseph Griffin
 Frederick Woolf
 Thos Oldim
 Elizabeth McRail
 Lydia McRail
 Thos Brown
 Joseph Davis
 Henry 	Babley
 Moses 	Blackburn
 Frederick Warrant
 Abraham Kackler
 Peter Kackler
 James 	Bleckley
 Andrew Knowel
 Peter Trasbaugh
 Nicholas Trasbaugh
 Danl Knowel
 Philip Simon
 John Simmon
 Valentine Burger
 Wm Boyd
 Matthias Smuck
 Wm Hamilton
 Alexander Macklin
 Charles Good
 Valentine Fail
 Wm Speace
 Adam 	Ryhart
 Richard McCormick
 Wm Young
 Wm Patterson
 Wm Patterson
 Andrew Hickenloover
 James 	Aires
 James 	Patterson
 Jacob 	Ailer
 Moris 	Bryan
 George Nunn
 John Thompson
 David Johnston
 Andrew Hickenlocver
 John Jones
 Francis Knous
 George Ryhart
 Frederick Stanhous
 John Kouser
 John Groce
 Elizabeth McClurey
 Abraham Byers
 Robert Grahms
 Joseph Taylor
 James 	Stewart
 Robert Stewart
 Wm Poke
 Lawrence McCune
 Wm Gilleland
 George Blankney
 Peter Tarr
 Martha Grahms
 Samuel Mays
 Adam Walter
 Frederick Bitinger
 Abel John
 John Pittar
 Robert McConaughey
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David McConaughey
 Joseph Shepherd
 Joseph John
 Jacob Bysel
 Samuel McConaughy
 Francis McNutt
 Michael Cleery
 James 	McKnight
 William  Russel
 William  Biggart
 Thomas Trembel
 Samuel Mickle
 Jacob Bowers
 William Vance  1,5,5,0 0  or 1, 1, 1, 0, 0  (page 4 of 34) 
 James 	Moore 1,0,0,0,0
 Samuel Rusk
 George Gilbert
 David Shull
 Simon 	Essex
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