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Notes for David Musselman

c 1708 David Musselman was born about this time. [1]

David Musselman married Maria. [2] [3]

1734 David Musselman arrived at the port of Baltimore from Germany on June 30. [4]

1744 David Mussleman received a warrant for land on November 23 in Hempfield Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [5] [6]

1751 David Mussleman was taxed in Hempfield Township, Lancaster County in 1751. [7]

1766 A deed named David Mussleman both as one of many heirs of the estate of, and as a brother of, Peter Musselman. Peter Musselman died without issue. Land from Peter Mussleman's estate was sold in 1766 to Melchor Henneberger, by many of the heirs of his estate. [8]

1755-1766 David Musselman died at Hempfield Township, Lancaster County. [9] [10]

A biosketch is given in [11]

Plausible Descent. The descent from David Musselman born 1799 seems is fairly well documented.

1786 Son Christian petitioned the orphans court of Huntingdon County concerning the estate of his father David (perhaps a son of David in the notes above). David Musselman died in Washington Twp, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania leaving widow Barbara Musselman (now intermarried with Doctor Koinig(?) of Petersburg) and six minor children: Mary, Christian (oldest son, now age 23), David, Daniel, Jacob, and John. David (deceased) owned land which was partitioned. [12]

1799 David Musselman was born on April 18, 1799, son of Christian and Magdalena Musselman. John, born November 15, 1835 was named among his children. [13]

1870 David Musselman, spouse of Esther Z Musselman, died on October 25 in Woolwich Twp, Waterloo Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada. He was born on April 18, 1799 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [14] [15]

1918 John M. Musselman, spouse of Amanda Musselman, died on September 11. He was born on November 15, 1836, son of David Musselman and Esther Z Musselman. [16]

1900 [Sarah Hanst] (born in Canada in Jun 1864, married for 14 years), wife, lived in Akron Twp, Tuscola County, Michigan, in a household with Jacob Horst (36), Martha Horst (13), Susannah Horst (11), John D Horst (10), Emanda Horst (8), Arthur Horst (6), Lincoln Horst (4), and Milton Horst (6/12). [Sarah Hanst]'s parents were both born in Canada. [Sarah Hanst] had had 7 children, 7 still living. [17]

1930 Sarah Horst, married, died on May 28 in Akron Twp, Tuscola County, Michigan. She was born on June 19, 1862 in Canada, daughter of John Musselman and Mandy Lichty. [18]

1930 Sarah Horst, spouse of Jacob Good Horst, died on May 28. Sarah Horst was born on June 19, 1863 in Woolwich Township, Waterloo Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada. [19]

1918 Emmett Guy Black and [Amanda Horst] were married on October 29 in Flint Twp, Genesee County, Michigan. [Amanda Horst], child of Jacob Horst and Sarah Musselman, was born about 1892. [20]

1952 Amanda E Black, spouse of Emmett Guy Black, died on January 31. Amanda E Black was born on May 21, 1892. [21]


Footnotes:

[1] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Musselman B44, [Website].

[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 21, Family M4.

[3] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Musselman B44, [Website].

[4] Passenger Arrivals at the Port of Baltimore, 1820-1834, [AncestryImage].

[5] Pennsylvania, Land Warrants and Applications, 1733-1952, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[6] Pennsylvania, Land Warrants, 1733-1987, [AncestryRecord].

[7] Albert H. Gerberich, "Lancaster County, Pa. Tax Lists," National Genealogical Society Quarterly 21 (1933), 1-13, at 2.

[8] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed 3M-542 to 557, at 548, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

[9] Emily D. Phelan, "Descendants of Christian Musselman (d. 1734) of Lancaster Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 12 (January, 1989), 16-23, at 21, Family M4.

[10] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Musselman B44, [Website].

[11] Emily D. Phelan, "Descendants of Christian Musselman (d. 1734) of Lancaster Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 12 (January, 1989), 16-23, at 21, Family M4.

[12] Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, Orphans' Court dockets 1788-1816 vol A-B, 119, [FamilySearchImage], [FSCatalog].

[13] Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Genealogical Card File (Lancaster, Pennsylvania), [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[14] Canada, Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].

[15] Ontario, Canada, Deaths, 1869-1938 and Deaths Overseas, 1939-1947, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[16] Canada, Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].

[17] United States Federal Census, 1900, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[18] Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1950, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[19] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].

[20] Michigan, U.S., Marriage Records, 1867-1952, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[21] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].