1740 Joseph Coghenouer, perhaps this one, received a patent for 403 acres of land in Hempfield Twp, Lancaster County, dated April 16. In his last will, Joseph Gochenour Senior had granted the land to sons Henry and Joseph Gochenour [Gochenower]. [1]
Joseph Gochenour married Magdalena Neff. [2] Magdalena, daughter of Henry Neff and Magdalena Bear, was born in 1736. [3] Joseph, son of Joseph Gochenour, was married to Mary Neff. [4]
1763 Joseph Gochenour Jr died. [5]
1783 Henry Gochenower and Joseph Gochenower and his wife Catharin sold land from the estate described in the 1740 entry, to John Kneisley. The deed was dated May 1. These might be children of this Joseph (no documentation) [6]. Henry and Joseph signed their names in German.
1787 Samuel Mackert granted land to John Newcomer and Joseph Goghenour, all of Hempfield Twp, Lancaster County, perhaps due to a default of a mortgage. The deed was dated October 8. [7]
Mennonite card file. Joseph K. Gochnauer Jr. died in December, 1763. [8]
[1] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed Z-3 to 5, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[2] Emily D. Phelan, "Descendants of Christian Musselman (d. 1734) of Lancaster Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 12 (January, 1989), 16-23, at 20, family M23.
[3] Philip Bedient, "Descendants of Benjamin Witmer of Lampeter," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 14 (April, 1991), 12-28, at 16, #1211.
[4] Charles Fahs Kauffman, A genealogy and history of the Kauffman-Coffman families of North America, 1584 to 1937 (1940), [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[5] Emily D. Phelan, "Descendants of Christian Musselman (d. 1734) of Lancaster Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 12 (January, 1989), 16-23, at 20.
[6] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed Z-3 to 5, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[7] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed HH-31 to 34, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[8] Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Genealogical Card File (Lancaster, Pennsylvania), [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].