1779 Henry Greenwald purchased land from Elizabeth Beltzner, widow of Michael Beltzner. The tract might be lot 21 in Frey's Town on the South Side of the Great Road leading from York Town to Wright's Ferry now called Kings Street. [1]
1798 Henry Greenewalt was taxed in Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. [2]
1810 Henry Grenawalt lived in Franklin, Franklin County, Pennsylvania in a household with males: 1 (26 thru 44) and 1 (45 and over); and females: 1 (Under 10), 2 (16 thru 25), and 1 (45 and over). [3]
1816 John Heinrich Greenawalt died in 1816. He was born in 1732. [4]
Mennnonite card file. Johan Henrich Greenawalt was born on January 10, 1732. He reportedly died in 1811. [5]
The Greenawalt family of Franklin county traces its ancestry to Johann Heinrich Greenawalt (born in 1732 -died Jan. 10, 1811), who with his wife, Eve (born Aug. 30, 1745-died Aug. 12, 1831), settled near Hanover, York county, but moved to Chambersburg during the Revolution. There is some evidence that the famcame from Wurtemberg, Germany, in an indenture executed in 1720, and still in the possession of a member of the family. In this deed is the name of John Greenawalt, who was probably the father of Johann Heinrich. Hans Greenewalt emigrated to Pennsylvania on the galley "Ann" from Rotterdam, landing at Philadelphia, Sept. 27, 1746, and Johannes Grünwald, on the bilander "Vernon," landing Aug. 1, 1747. Other Greenawalts who emigrated later were Hieronomus and Nicholas, the latter a soldier in the Revolution. Johann Heinrich and Eve Greenawalt are known to have had two sons:
1. Henry, born 1772, died Sept. 15, 1816.
2. Godfrey (II).
(II) Godfrey Greenawalt (born Dec. 21m, 1778 - died Dec. 1, 1847) was a resident of Chambersburg and a farmer of Hamilton township. In 1818 he was a member of the Chambersburg town council. He married Anna Mary Rothbaust (born May 8, 1787-died Dec. 21, 1855), daughter of John and Barbara Rothbaust. Mrs. Greenawalt's father was a prominent citizen of Chambersburg, and county commissioner of Franklin county, 1809-12. Godfrey and Anna Mary Greenawalt had issue:
I. ELIZA married, May 27, 1827, Nicholas Snider (born in 1803-died Jan. 2, 1883), son of Nicholas and Catharine (Stantz) Snider. They had issue: Godfrey, John, Mary M. and Emma.
2. SUSAN (born Dec. 30, 1809-died Aug. 5, 1892) married, June 12, 1833, Samuel Etter (born March 22, 1803-died Feb. 28, 1871), son of Christian and Mary Elizabeth Etter. They had issue: Anna Mary, Edward G., William H. and Charlotte S.
3. HENRY (III).
4. JOHN married June 21, 1836, Mary McClintock.
5. DANIEL married Rebecca Bickley and they had issue: Susan, who married Capt. James T. Long; Godfrey; John; Edward; Daniel; Sophia; Kate, and Mary.
6. MARY.
7. SOPHIA (born Sept. 13, 1821-died Nov. 11, 1893) married (first) Nov. 28, 1837, Dr. Henry R. Botiler; (second) Aug. I, 1848, Maj. Henry R. Hershberger. No issue.
8. CHARLOTTE married Hiram M. White [White Family].
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10. SAMUEL F. (V).
(III) HENRY GREENAWALT (born in Chambersburg in 1811 - died Jan. 7, 1892), until 1843, when he moved to the farm formerly owned by his father, on the turnpike in Hamilton township, where he remained until his death. He never aspired to public office, but gave his whole attention to his farm. He was a member of the Reformed Church. Mr. Greenawalt married July 19, 1843, Catherine S. Shaubel (living with her son, Davison, in Hamilton township, 1903), daughter of John and Magdalena Shaubel, of Lancaster, Pa. They had issue:
1. MARY (born May 27, 1844) married H. C. Orth, of Harrisburg, and died without issue.
2. CHARLOTTE, born March 12, 1846, died June 23, 1851 [other documents suggest death in 1908, see notes for son Godfrey].
3. ELIZABETH (born Jan. 1, 1848died Nov. 1, 1875) married Dec. 26, 1869, William B. Metzgar, of Harrisburg, and they had one son, La Rue.
4. LA RUE married Jenny Whitmer, and they had issue: Bertha, Gail, William and Forrest.
5. SAMUEL, born Oct. 19, 1850, died May 23, 1851.
6. DAVISON (IV).
7. ELEANORA (born Aug. 25, 1854) lives in Hagerstown, Maryland.
8. HENRY (born Sept. 19, 1856) is printer in Philadelphia.
9. Bella (born Oct. 15, 1862) married George W. Benchoff, of Hagerstown, Md., formerly of Monterey. They have one daughter, Marguerite.
[1] York County (Pennsylvania). Recorder of Deeds, York. Deeds 1777–1785, Deed 2A-158, DGS 8035119, image 89, [FamilySearchImage].
[2] Pennsylvania, U.S. Direct Tax Lists, 1798, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[3] United States Federal Census, 1810, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[4] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[5] Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Genealogical Card File (Lancaster, Pennsylvania), [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[6] Seilhamer and George Overcash, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1905), 452, [InternetArchive].
[7] George Oberkirsh Seilhamer, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (1905), 452, [GoogleBooks].