Johan Peter MANGES
Early German Settlers of York County, PA (pg 235)
Will in West Manchester, PA., probated 7 Jun 1806.
Could be Manges. Birth from a family tree in Ancestry .com. There is a Jacob Menges in Paradise in 1800. He is on the same census page as Henry Graff. In the household, there is a male under 10, a male 26 - 44, and a female over 45. 1808 - Jacob and Christina were sponsors for Johanes and Magdalena's child - Rebecca Menges.. 1810 - in Hellam, york there is a JAcob Menges, who has 3 males in the first column, one older male. there is one female. 1830 - Washington, York 1840 - North codorus, York Pennsylvania Church Records - Adams, Berks, and Lancaster Counties, 1729-1881 Name: Jacob Menges Date: 11 Jun 1780 Event: Baptism Relation: Father Location: At The Allegheny Congr. Where The Lord's Supper Was Held. Church: Records of Rev. Waldschmidt Record_ID: 274228 1801 - 1853, Jacob Menges married a Catherine Neukomet at Trinity Reformed Church, York County.- date was 5 Jun 1808. Could not have been the Jacob Menges who was born in 1896. This could not be our jacob Menges, since he and Christina were sponsors for a child's baptism on 9 Oct 1808. There is a Jacob Menges born Feb 1796, christened Mar 1796. Mother is Maria Magdalena, father in Johannes Menges. Sponsors were Catharina Menges and Peter Menges. Must be Jacob's nephew.
From The History of York County, PA: "John Menges (son of John Peter), born March 16, 1766, died Dec. 12, 1839. His wife Magdalena Lau, born Oct. 16, 1773, died Aug. 24, 1858. They had thirteen children: Jacob, Anna Maria, John, Daniel, Peter, George, Rebecca, Solomon, Sarah, elizabeth, Leah, Andrew and Samuel. --- All lived to be old, the last to die being Samuel, the youngest, who passed away in 1900, at Oxford, Adams Co., Pa."
He married Maria Catharina Miller . Maria Catharina Miller was born at 1740 .
They were the parents of 7
children:
Jacob Menges
born 28 Jul 1778.
Margaret Manges
born 1764.
John Manges
born 16 Dec 1766.
Elizabeth Manges
born Abt 1768.
Eve Manges
born Abt 1770.
Catharine Manges
born Abt 1773.
Peter Manges
born 1778.
Johan Peter Manges died 30 May 1806 at Manchester Twp, York, Pennsylvania .
Maria Catharina Miller died 1806 at of Pennsylvania .