1792 Susanna, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Balsly was born on December 22. She was baptized on February 10, 1793 with witnesses George Michael and Elizabeth Bittinger at the Abbottstown Reformed Church, Adams County, Pennsylvania. [1]
1815 Jacob Balsley, oldest son of Joseph Balsley, deceased late of Adams County, petitioned the Orphans Court on December 26 that Joseph had died intestate leaving widow Elisabeth and children Jacob, Joseph, and Elisabeth of full age, and minor children Susanna married to Stephen Kepner, and Sally, Mary, and Charlotte, under age. Joseph died with 214 acres of land in Berwick Twp, Adams County adjacent to land of Samuel Baugher, Nicholas Marshall, and others. [2]
1815 Jesse Kepner of Berwick Twp, Adams County purchased a lot in Abbotstown from the estate of Jacob Noels. [3]
1840 Susan Kepner lived in Berwick Twp, Adams County, Pennsylvania in a household with females: 1 (15 thru 19) and 1 (70 thru 79). Perhaps Susanna was living with her widowed mother. Charles Grant (named in the 1844 will of Elisabeth Bolsly) and several Baltzly families were listed nearby. [4]
1844 The will of Elisabeth Bolsly of Berwick Twp, Adams County, Pennsylvania was administered. The administration took place on September 13 in Adams County, Pennsylvania. The will named son Jacob and daughters Susanna spouse of Jesse Kepner, Elisabeth spouse of Peter Fose, Polly, Sally, and Charlotte spouse of Charles Grant. [5] [6]
Research Notes:
1875 A FindaGrave memorial reports that Susanna Kepner died on July 25. Susanna Kepner was buried at Prospect Hill Cemetery, York, York County, Pennsylvania. She was born on December 22, 1792. [7]
[1] F. Edward Wright, Adams County Church Records of the 18th Century (2000), 97, [GoogleBooks].
[2] Adams County, Pennsylvania, Orphans Court, B-181, [FamilySearchImage].
[3] Pennsylvania. County Court (Adams County), Pennsylvania. Orphans' Court (Adams County), Adams. Court Records 1800–1827, page 160, DGS 5533967, image 348, [FamilySearchImage].
[4] United States Federal Census, 1840, [AncestryRecord].
[5] Pennsylvania, Will and Probate Records, [AncestryRecord].
[6] Pennsylvania. County Court (Adams County), Adams County (Pennsylvania). Register of Wills, Adams. Wills 1817–1851, Will E-134, DGS 5533970, image 665, [FamilySearchImage].
[7] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].