Johan Peter Lau (1728 - 1806)

Ancestors Descendants

Biography

One of the locations earlier Pioneers came from when they arrived in Pennsylvania and went by the Lau name.

Johan Peter Lau was born March 19, 1728, eldest son of Christian Lau and Anna Frey.

He married 1748 Codorus, York, Pennsylvania Susanna (Nehs) Lau and together they had the following known children:^[1]

1. Maria Magdalena Lau;
2. Andreas Or Andrew Lau;
3. Anna Maria (Lau) Ault;
4. John George Lau;
5. Anna Eva Lau;
6. Susanna Lau;
7. Peter Lau;
8. Eve Lau;
9. Catherine Lau;

There was surveyed for him a tract of 281 acres in Codorus Township on account of a warrant dated May 11, 1752, for 150 acres, secured from the proprietaries of Pennsylvania. This tract adjoined his father, Christian Lau’s, land and parts of this tract have been held by Laus and their descendants since 1752.^[2]

He devised this tract of 281 acres to his two sons, Andrew Lau and George Lau, and a tract of 44 ¼ acres in the same township to his son-in-law, Valentine Bergheimer. Peter Lau and his wife, Susanna Lau, left to survive them, two sons, namely, Andrew and George; and five daughters, namely, Magdalena, wife of George Philip Gentzler; Anna Maria, wife of Daniel Rynold,; Catharina, wife of Valentine Alt; Eve, wife of Rynold, and Susanna, wife of Valentine Bergheimer. The remains of Peter Lau and his wife Susanna Lau are buried in the graveyard at this place.

Peter Law served as a private in the American Revolution under Capt. Thomas Orbison, 1781. He was with Captain Reinhart Botts' Company, Manchester Township Officers. He remained with the company on 20 November 1782.^[3][4]

He was buried in Saint Paul's Wolf's Evangelical Covenant Cemetery in West Manchester Township, York County, Pennsylvania, USA.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.geni.com/people/Johann-Lau/6000000000424717332
2. ↑ History of the Lau Family, 1732 to 1799, as read at Wolfe's Church, July 24th, 1932 Originally acquired from https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/collection/1030/tree/86266442/person/202157632199/media/3ae4e563-8bd0-43d4-bed0-c8221631f755?_phsrc=slh2945&usePUBJs=true
3. ↑ Montgomery, Thomas Lynch] (1862–1930). "Associators and Militia: County of York." Pennsylvania archives. Sixth series, Vol. 2, pp. 496-499, 663.
4. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 17 February 2022), "Record of Johann Peter Low", Ancestor # A072059.
5. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #32785265 accessed on 05 Dec 2020 for Peter Lau

See Also:

• Hassler Dempsey, Helen. Hasler Families, page 183.

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Lau-40 created through the import of O'Bryan Family tree.ged on Sep 6, 2011 by Tim Tropeck.