Johan Adam BECKENBAUGH

                       1. Birth/chr: Cal by Heiligkreuzsteinach par conf, 1729-74. FHL Film #1189179.
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    5. Other: Names of German, Swiss and Other Immigrants in Pennsylvania from 1727 to 1776, By Prof I. Daniel Rupp, 1751, p 266-7, Ship Janet.
    FHL   Call #974.8 W2ra 1965.

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    1. Birth/chr extract: Johann Adam Beckenbach, confirmed 25 Mar 1731, age 14.
    Father: Joh. Adam Beckenbach of Eiterbach.
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    5. Names of German, Swiss and Other Immigrants in Pennsylvania extract: (p 266)
    Oct 7, 1751. Ship Janet, William Cunningham, Captain, from Rotterdam, last from
    Cowes-220 passengers. (p 267) Adam Beckebach.
                  

                       1. Birth/chr: Cal by Heiligkreuzsteinach par conf, 1729-74. FHL Film #1189179.
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    1. Birth/chr extract: Eva Maria Beckenbach, confirmed 25 Mar 1731, age 13.
    Father: Joh. Adam Beckenbach of Eiterbach.
                  

                       1. Birth/chr: Cal by Heiligkreuzsteinach par conf, 1729-74. FHL Film #1189179.
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    5. Other: Names of German, Swiss and Other Immigrants in Pennsylvania from 1727 to 1776, By Prof. I. Daniel Rupp, 1751, p 266-7, Ship Janet.
    FHL   Call #974.8 W2ra 1965.

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    1. Birth/chr extract: Joh. Caspar Beckenbach, confirmed 10 Apr 1735, age 13.
    Father: Joh. Adam Beckenbach of Eiterbach.
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    5. Names of German, Swiss and Other Immigrants in Pennsylvania extract: (p 266)
    Oct 7, 1751. Ship Janet, William Cunningham, Captain, from Rotterdam, last from
    Cowes-220 passengers. (p 267) Caspar Beckebach.
                  

                       1. Birth/chr: Cal by Heiligkreuzsteinach par conf, 1729-74. FHL Film #1189179.
    2. Marr:
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    5. Other: Names of German, Swiss and Other Immigrants in Pennsylvania from 1727 to 1776, By Prof. I. Daniel Rupp, 1751, p 266-7, Ship Janet.
    FHL   Call #974.8 W2ra 1965.

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    1. Birth/chr extract: Georg Adam Beckenbach, confirmed 21 Apr 1737. Father:
    Joh. Adam Beckenbach of Eiterbach.
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    5. Names of German, Swiss and Other Immigrants in Pennsylvania extract: (p 266)
    Oct 7, 1751. Ship Janet, William Cunningham, Captain, from Rotterdam, last from
    Cowes-220 passengers. (p 267) Adam Beckebach.
                  

                       1. Birth/chr: Cal by Heiligkreuzsteinach par conf, 1729-74. FHL Film #1189179.
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    1. Birth/chr extract: Joh. Georg, confirmed 1738, age 12. Father: Joh. Adam
    Beckenbach of Eiterbach.
                  

                       1. Birth/chr: Cal by Heiligkreuzsteinach par conf, 1729-74. FHL Film #1189179.
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    1. Birth/chr extract: Jeorg Leonard Beckenbach, confirmed 22 Mar 1742, age 12.
    Father: Hans Adam Beckenbach of Eiterbach.
                  

                       1. Birth/chr: Heiligkreuzsteinach birth/chr, 1729-75, p 12. FHL Film #1189178.
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    4. Indiv Ord: LA Temple Rec, Baden IGI-Batch #8700820 sheet 41.

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    1. Birth/chr extract: Anna Barbara, born 17 Nov 1732, chr 21 Nov 1732. Father:
    Johann Adam Beckenbach, citizen of Eiterbach. Mother: Anna Maria.
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    4. Indiv Ord extract: Anna Barbara Beckenbach, chr 21 Nov 1732; father Johann
    Adam Beckenbach. Bapt 26 Mar 1987 LA; Endow 3 Apr 1987 LA; Seal 8 May 1987 LA.
    Ref 8700820 41 S/N 00133-1 014 03.
                  

                       1. Birth/chr: Heiligkreuzsteinach birth/chr, 1729-75, p 25. FHL Film #1189178.
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    1. Birth/chr extract: Johann Peter, born 23 May 1735, chr 27 May 1735. Father:
    Johann Adam Beckenbech of Eiterbach. Mother: Anna Maria.
                  

                       1. Birth/chr: Heiligkreuzsteinach birth/chr, 1729-75, p 39. FHL Film #1189178. Descendants of Johann Adam & Anna Maria Beckenbaugh, p 22. FHL Call #929.273 B388c.
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    4. Indiv Ord: LA Temple Rec, Baden IGI-Batch #8700820 sheet 41.
    5. Other: Fayette Co, Penn, Wills, Vol 1, p 2. FHL Film #861065.
    6. Other: Descendants of Johann Adam & Anna Maria Beckenbach, p 18-19, 23-26. FHL Call #929.273 B388c.
    7. Remarks: Husband was born in Germany and emigrated to the US in 1751. The surname was originally Beckenbach, but over a period of time the name became Peckinpaugh, with many various spellings, including Peckinpaugh, Peckenpaugh, Packinpaugh, Peckenpaw, Peckenpah, Peckingpaugh, etc. The first two generations who resided in the
    US   may be listed under either Beckenbach or Peckinpaugh.

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    1. Birth/chr extract: Georg Peter, born 12 Sep 1738, chr 18 Sep 1738. Father:
    Joh. Adam Beckenbach, citizen & Einwohner of Eiterbach. Mother: Anna Maria.
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    1. Birth/chr extract: Church of Evangelists in Heiligkreuzsteinach. 1738 Birth
    Reg Book, Reg Nr 23, Page 39. Child Georg Peter Beckenbach, born 12 Oct 1738,
    in Eiterbach. Chr 18 Oct 1738. Father is Johann Adam Beckenbach, of Eiterbach.
    Religion: Reform. Mother is Anna Maria. Religion: Reform. Wit: Johann Peter
    Heub, des ehrsamen Johann Micael Burgerl. Einwohners in Vogelsbach ehel.
    Lediger Sohn. Reform.
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    4. Indiv Ord extract: Georg Peter Beckenbach, chr 18 Sep 1738; father Johann
    Adam Beckenbach. Bapt 26 Mar 1987 LA; Endow 3 Apr 1987 LA; Seal 8 May 1987 LA.
    Ref 8700820 41 S/N 00134-3 014 03.
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    5. Fayette Co, Penn Will extract: In the Name of God, Amen, I, Peter Pecken
    Bouch of Menallone township, Fayette County, in the State of Pennsylvania,
    Yeoman being very Sick and Weake in Body but of perfect Mind and Memory, thanks
    be given unto God Calling unto Mind the Mortality of My Body, Do make and
    ordain this My Last Will and testament in manner following. I recommend My Soul
    into Hands of Almighty God that gave it and My Body, I recommend to the Earth
    to be buried in Decent Christian Buriel at the Descretion of My Executors And
    as touching such Worldly Estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in
    this life I give, devise, and Dispose of the same in the following manner and
    form:
    First, I Will that all My Lawfull Debts and Final Charges be paid and then
    I give and bequeeth all my Real and personal Estate unto My Dearly beloved wife
    Caterin to gather with the benefits and in comes therunto belonging During her
    widowhood or as long as she remains my widow, but if in case she should
    Contract Matrimony then I will that my Estate Should be Equally divided amongst
    all my children. Then I give and bequeeth to my Dearly beloved Son Peter one
    pound of Good and lawfull Money of the State afore Said and no more but a
    Child's part as afore said. And I Constitute, make and ordain Marck Easter and
    Peter Brunner the sole executors of this my last will and testament and I do
    hereby utterly disallow and revoke all former testaments, wills, legacies, and
    executors ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and
    testament. In witness where of I have hereunto set my hand and seal this
    fourteenth day of July and in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred
    eighty four.
    Signed, sealed, published, pronounced and declared by the said Peter
    Peckenbouch as his last will and testament in the presence of:
    Charles Hickman
    Michal Cronnin                            Peter Peckenbouch
    Jacob Easter
    Marck

    Fayette County
    The twenty first day of April 1785 before me Alexander McClean Register
    for the probate of wills and grantary letters of administration in and for said
    county personally owns two of the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing last
    will and testament, and on this solomn day declared that they saw the testator
    sign and authorize the foregoing writing as and for his last Will and
    Testament, that he was then in his right-mind, that no undue influence was
    used to their knowledge, neither do they know of any later will made by him.
    I witness my hand the same day, Alexander McClean, Register.
    Memorandum, that letters testamentary were granted unto Mark Easter (Peter
    Bruner being dead), inventory to be exhibited the 21st day of May next, and an
    account or reckoning on the 21st day of April 1786 or when thereunto lawfully
    required.
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    6. Descendants of Johann Adam & Anna Maria Beckenbach extract: (p 18-19) The
    three brothers Peter, John and George, who left Maryland in 1764, appear to
    have kept close contact with another Maryland family, the Bruners;
    particularly with the family of Michael and Barbara Bruner, the parents of
    of George Leonard, baptized 10 Jun 1753, in the German Reformed Church, Fred-
    erick, Md., witness Maria Peckinbaugh; and of George Peter, baptized 13 Jun
    1758, the witnesses George Peter Peckinbaugh and his mother, Maria Peckenbaugh.
    Our Bruner Ancestors in America, by Henry Lane Bruner and Elizabeth Bruner
    Taylor, gives the time at which this Bruner family moved into Frederick Co.,
    (later Berkeley Co.) Virginia, as 1761 and later, and the time of moving to
    Kentucky, as 1786. The years from 1783 to 1786 were spent in Menallen twp,
    Fayette Co, Pennsylvania.
    As nearly as can be determined, the 3 Peckinbaughs, Peter, John and
    George, left Maryland in 1764, settling in the general area of Morgantown, West
    Virginia. In 1783 they, too, moved to Menallen twp, Fayette Co, Penns.
    Peter's children are named in an article appearing in the Colorado
    Genealogist in April, 1940, Vol I, No 7:
    "PECKINPAUGH
    The family of George Peter and Catherine Peckenpaugh of Brownsville,
    Fayette Co, PA. George Beckenbach, with his father and several brothers, came
    to Penns from Germany in 1751. The name underwent various transformations until
    it finally became Peckinpaugh. (Frank Clay Cross, Denver)
    Children with Birth Dates:
    Peter       Oct 11, 1766                        Adam       Oct 31, 1777
    Frederick   May 20, 1768                        Mary       Feb 11, 1780
    George      May 22, 1770                        Henry      Feb 16, 1782
    Elizabeth   Mar 27, 1772                        John       Oct  4, 1783
    Barbara     May 25, 1774                        Susanna    Oct 25, 1785
    Catherine   Feb 25, 1776"
    This list of children, when it was published, was recognized by the
    descendants of several. Among them, a descendant of John, second youngest, who
    said her grandmother had a list in her Bible identical with the one in the
    Colorado Genealogist article. John was supposed to have been born near
    Granville, West Virginia.
    Peter's will was found in Uniontown, Penns. It was dated 14 Jul 1784 and
    admitted to probate 21 Apr 1785. In it, he is called Peter Pecken Bouch, and
    also, Peter Peckenbouch. The will is in the handwriting of Charles Hickman, an
    attorney, who was one of the witnesses. The other witnesses were Michael
    Cronnin and Jacob Easter. The executors were Marck Easter and Peter Brunner.
    When the will was presented, letters testamentary were granted to Mark Easter.
    ("Peter Bruner being dead").
    The will leaves all estate, both real and personal to his beloved wife,
    Caterin, during her widowhood, to be divided equally among all his children in
    the event that Catherine should remarry. There was a special legacy to "my
    dearly beloved and first to born son, Peter," of one pound of good and lawful
    money, but he was to have otherwise, no more than a child's part. The will was
    signed in German script, undecipherable to those familiar only with English,
    Peter Beckenbach.
    There is a record of a deed, dated March 9, 1786, in Fayett Co, Penns,
    which must be in settlement of this estate. It is from Peter Pickenbaugh to
    wife, Caterin, and son, Peter. This deed can not be found. The records of
    Fayette and adjoining counties were checked. A note on the will said inventory
    was to be exhibited the 21st day of May next, and an account or reckoning on
    the 21st of April 1786, or when thereunto lawfully required.
    Since the will mentions real estate, and no record can be found, it seems
    possible that Peter may have had a claim which his widow and son sold to some
    one who later patented the land. The maps show that most of the patents were
    issued after Peter's death. A history of the region notes that the settlers
    invariably respected one another's claims.
    No proof has been found that George Peter's wife, Caterine, was Catherine
    Tullis, but family tradition says they were married about 1765, in Virginia. A
    Tullis family moved from New Jersey to Berkeley Co, Va, in 1760. Revolutionary
    War records show two brothers, Aaron, born 25 Sep 1753, and Michael, born Feb
    1756, enrolled at Shepherdstown to serve as riflemen in the company of Captain
    Hugh Stephenson in 1775 and 1776. In the last year of his service, in the 8th
    Continental Regiment, Michael served in the very famous Lifeguard of Gen.
    Washington. This special corps, commanded by Captain Livingston, was made up of
    56 men, 4 selected from each regiment. After his service, Aaron Tullis went to
    Redstone, Penns, for 6 or 7 years, and then to Kentucky.
    No record has been found that Catherine was related to these two. However,
    the name, Aaron, was used by descendants. The name, Michael, had been
    previously used, but not Aaron. George Peter was probably in Berkeley Co, Va,
    in 1765. The Bruners were there at that time. However, all efforts to identify
    Catherine as a member of a Tullis family have been unsuccessful.
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    6. Descendants of Johann Adam & Anna Maria Beckenbach extract: (p 23-26) It is
    in this family that the tradition is found that tells of three brothers who
    came into the wilderness at about the time of the Revolution. The names of
    George, John and Peter Peckinpaugh are found on a petition which circulated
    between the years 1776 and 1780, and finally came to rest in the court house in
    Washington Co, Penns.
    The Colorado Genealogist article states that George Peter Beckenbach, with
    his father and several brothers, came from Germany in 1751. George Peter's
    birth certificate shows him to have been born 12 Oct 1738, in Eiterbach,
    Germany. We assume that John, George, and Adam were the brothers referred to.
    It seems likely that Catherine and Mary, also, were born in Germany, but data
    is lacking on the birthplaces of the two daughters.
    The 3 brothers made homes in Western Virginia and Pennsylvania, and a
    generation of 15-20 children can be attributed to them. Sorting them out,
    however, is a real problem. We have the names of Peter's 11 children, but many
    of the names were born by 2, about the same age and living in the same area.
    All three brothers were dead by 1790, but some information has been found about
    their widows.

    1790 Census, Menallen twp, Fayette Co, Penns:
    Catherine Beckimbaugh                            Widow Peckimpaugh
    1 male over 16                                   2 males under 16
    2 males under 16                                 5 females
    4 females

    The two Peckinpaugh widows in Pennsylvania in 1790, presumably, are the
    widows of Peter and John. The tax records show the Widow Peckimpaugh, George
    Pickembough and Catherine Baughenbaugh paying taxes in 1785 and 1786 in Fayette
    Co, Penns.

    Pennsylvania Archives, 3rd Series, Vol XXII:
    p 557, Menallen twp:
    The Widow Pickimpaugh paid 9.0 tax (1785)
    George Pickembough paid 7.6 tax (1785)
    p 614, Menallen twp:
    Catherine Baughenbaugh paid 10.07 tax (1786)
    p 622, Luzerne twp:
    George Pickenbough paid 1.9 tax (1786)

    The Bruner Genealogy, already referred to, tells that George Peckinbaugh
    went to Kentucky in 1786 with Michael Bruner, wife Barbara, and Leonard, their
    son, and George Bruner, who was related to them, and had joined them in
    Pennsylvania in 1783. (This may be the John George Brenner, wife Anna Maria,
    who were sponsors in 1786 in Zion Lutheran Church, Greensburg, Pa, for George
    Peter, son of George Peter and Barbra Beckenbach.)
    In 1791, George Peter's widow, Catherine, with the younger children, Mary,
    Henry, John, and Susanna, and with the oldest son, Peter, his wife Barbara and
    their children, went to Kentucky.
    She seems not to have remarried, at least not before 1802, when she gave
    permission for Susanna to marry:

    "Oct 13th day 1802
    Sir I will be obliged to you if Mr. Jacob Rice calls on you for license
    for him and my daughter Susanna Peckenpaugh you will be so kind as to give then
    to him and you will oblige your friend.
    Att: Wm Kelso, Clk, B.C.                       Catherine Peckenpaugh
    Henry Peckenpaugh"

    The copy is dated 9 Sep 1955, and signed Roy McCoy, Clerk Breckinridge
    County Court, Hardinsburg, Ky; by Signa Board.
    There is no question but that this is Peter's widow Catherine, mother of
    Susanna, born 1785, in Penns.
    However, there was another Peckenpaugh widow there, by 1796. Hardin Co, Ky
    Marriages 1792-1812 records the marriage of Caty Peckenpaugh, the daughter of
    Caty Huckleberry; bond Dec 2, 1796; married Oct 3, 1796 by Josiah Dodge. It is
    not known whether Caty Huckleberry was the Widow of the George Peckinbaugh who
    accompanied the Bruners to Kentucky in 1786, or whether she was the widow of
    John, counted in the 1790 census of Fayette Co, Pa and came after that date to
    Kentucky, perhaps on 1791.
    Others beside Catherine, Peter and Barbara, and the children of both
    families were in that 1791 migration. A Christiana Pickenpaugh who married
    Joseph Bartholomew in 1787, in Penns, moved with her family, to the Louisville
    area in 1791, or perhaps, a year or two earlier.
    Until further information is found, the descendants of the three brothers
    who left Maryland in 1764 might be placed in two categories: those belonging to
    Peter and Catherine, and those belonging to John or George.

    Peter and Catherine                            John or George

    1. Peter, born 11 Oct 1766,                    1. George, born about 1765
    married Barbara Ridenour in                    married Susannah, patented
    1785, went to Kentucky 1791.                   land in Green Co, Pa, 1793.

    2. Frederick, born 20 May                      2. Christiana, born about
    1768, married Elizabeth,                       1767, married Joseph Bart-
    went to Ohio in 1801.                          holomew about 1787, went to
    Kentucky, before 1791.
    3. George, born 22 May 1770
    married Charlotte Barrick-                     3. Jacob Frederick, born Pa
    man; and went to West Va.                      1769, died Pa, 5 Apr 1814,
    soon after 1800.                               married Elizabeth Verner;
    only known child, daughter
    4. Elizabeth, born 27 March                    Mary, who married John Bell
    1772, is probably the Eliza-                   (Nat'l Soc. U.S. Daughters
    beth who married John Kern.                    of 1812, lists Jacob as an
    ancestor; Penns Archi
                  

                       1. Birth/chr: Heiligkreuzsteinach birth/chr, 1729-75, p 57. FHL Film #1189178.
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    1. Birth/chr extract: Anna Elisabetha, born 9 Apr 1742, chr 15 Apr 1742.
    Father: Johann Adam Beckenbach, citizen and Einwohner. Mother: Anna Maria.
    Residence: Eiterbach.