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Hans Good (1672 - 1750)

Hans (John) Good aka Gut
Born in Zürich, Switzerlandmap
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died at age 78 in Leacock, Lancaster, Pennsylvaniamap
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Biography

Hans was born in 1672. He passed away in 1750.

Birth: Jan. 1, 1672, Zürich, Switzerland
Death: Mar., 1750, Leacock, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA[1]

Name: Hans * GUT 1
Name: John GOOD
Sex: M
Christening: 01 Jan 1672/73 Ottenbach, Zurich, Switzerland 2
Death: Abt Mar 1749/50 in Leacock Twp, Lancaster, Pennsylvania 3
Occupation: Constable
Will: 23 Jan 1747/48

Married:

Name: Kli Ann * SYDLER
Name: Kit
Name: Klein Anna SYDLER
Sex: F
Birth: 23 Mar 1683/84 in Ottenbach, Zurich, Switzerland

1750 Will
I Hans Good of Leacock Township, in the County of Lancaster, and Province of Pennsylvania...
Item--I give and bequeath to my son Jacob, the sum of ten pounds, and to my son Peter the sum of ten pounds, and to my daughter Anna the wife of John Landes the sum of thirty pounds, and to my daughter Christina the sum of ten pounds, and the remainder and residue of my estate, real and personal, shall be equally divided between my children namely-- Jacob, Fronica the wife of Abraham Bear, Catharine the wife of John Bear, "Ann" the wife of "David" Bear, Barbara the wife of Henry Bear, Christina and Peter, so that the division be equally made with what they received in my lifetime and what shall remain, and I do hereby constitute and depute my beloved sons-in-law Abraham Bear and John Bear to be my only and sole executors of this my last will and testament -- In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 23rd day of January 1747/8.
Witnesses: Andrew (Andreas) Bear, Emanuel Carpenter
(Memorial 20645360)
Affirmed to by witnesses: March 6, 1750
Probated: March 26, 1750
Pennsylvania Probate Records Will Book I - Vol. I - Page 157 - 1750 (found on page 88/786)

Note:

John (Hans Gut) Good is mentioned as the first constable of the newly formed Lancaster County (1729) which had formerly been a part of Chester County.
Hans (Gut) or (Guth) Good one of the first settlers settlers in the Weber Thal in or after 1723[2].

About 1719 or 1720 a Hans Goot, who may or maynot be Hans Good, was made a citizen of the province of Pennsylvania[3].


Books:

Six Good Families of Early Lancaster County, Pa.

Author: Jane Evans Best and Howard C. Francis

Publication: Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage - July 1989
Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage

Title: Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage Page: vol 12 no. 3

The Genealogy of Henry Baer

Author: Willis N. Baer Publication: Schlechter's, Allentown, Pa., 1955 Page: p. 9

Sources

  1. Find A Grave: Memorial #175145464
  2. Source: #S479 Page: 422 page: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t1gh9rt6r&view=1up&seq=442 Accessed 7 Sept., 2019 Text: some Swiss or Germans settled in Weber Thal... took up between two and three thousand acres of land in 1723 or 1724....Hans Guth settled in Brecknock Twp., Certainty of Data: 1.5
  3. Source: #S479 Page: 418 page: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t1gh9rt6r&view=1up&seq=438 Text: ...Hans Goot...Accessed 7 Sept., 2019 Certainty of Data: 1
  • Source: S479 Title: An authentic history of Lancaster County : in the state of Pennsylvania Author: J. I. Mombet Original Publisher: J. E. Barr & Co., Lancaster, PA 1869 Publisher: Haithi Trust Digital Library

From the files of:
  • The Cameron and Paige Report *

Children:

Fronice Good Bar (1715 - 1774)*
Catherine Good Bear (1721 - 1804)*
Ann Good Baer (1723 - 1790)*
Barbara Good Bar (1725 - 1812)*
  • Calculated relationship

Burial:

Unknown
Created by: AngelWings
Record added: Jan 09, 2017
Find A Grave Memorial# 175145464




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