1816 The will of John Bender was dated May 29 and was probated on June 24, in Menallen Twp, Adams County, Pennsylvania. Wife Catharine. Jacob and John inherited the home plantation and two other tracts in Menallen Twp and the windmill. Polly, Hanah, Elizabeth wife of John Hewitt, Catharine Plank, Sarah Miller, Mary, Eve, Julian, Margaret were to be paid. Son John Bender and George Wigon were named executors. Witnesses were Conrad Bender, Daniel Rice, William Slaybaugh. [1] [2]
1850 John Hewitt (age 70, born in Pennsylvania) lived in Butler Twp, Adams County, Pennsylvania, in a household with Elizabeth Hewitt (age 63) and Louisa Hewitt (age 13). John Hewitt was a farmer. [3]
1860 John Hewitt (age 80, born in Pennsylvania) lived in Butler Twp, Adams County, Pennsylvania, in a household with Elizabeth Hewitt (age 74). [4]
1864 John Hewitt died at age 80. John Hewitt was buried in Friends Grove Dunkard Cemetery, Adams county, Pennsylvania. [5] [6]
1876 A FindaGrave memorial reports that Elizabeth Hewitt died on July 28 in Pennsylvania. Elizabeth Hewitt was buried at Butler Township Friends Cemetery, Butler Twp, Adams County, Pennsylvania. Elizabeth Hewitt was born on March 28, 1786 in Adams County, Pennsylvania. [7]
[1] Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994, Adams, Will B-482, [FamilySearchImage].
[2] Kevin Greenholt, Abstracts of Adams County Pennsylvania Wills 1800-1826 (1988), 17, [GoogleBooks].
[3] United States Federal Census, 1850, [AncestryRecord].
[4] United States Federal Census, 1860, [AncestryRecord].
[5] Pennsylvania, Veterans Burial Cards, 1777-2012, [AncestryRecord].
[6] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[7] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].