Jonathan Orndorff (1771 - 1859)

Born 23 Feb 1771 in Coventry Township, Chester, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Husband of Priscilla (Fry) Orndorf — married 29 Apr 1799 in , Shenandoah, VA

Descendants

Died 15 Mar 1859 at age 88 in Center Village,Delaware,Ohio,USA

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Biography

Jonathan Orndorff was born in Pennsylvania.

Jonathan Orndorff was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania in 1771; the son of Johannes Orndorff and Eva Mentz.

On the 29 March 1799, he married Priscilla Frye in Shenandoah County, Virginia.^[1]

Jonathan and Priscilla had the following children:

1. Ann[a] Orndorff, ; m. 6 Apr 1830, Benjamin Brill.
2. Priscilla Orndorff; m. 12 May 1877, John Lineburg.
3. Joseph Orndorff, b. 8 Spe 1799, Mt. Williams, Frederick Co.; d. 21 Nov 1877.
4. Sallie Orndorff, b. Oct 1804.
5. Henry Orndorff, b. 8 Apr 1807, Frederick Co.; d. 1 Sep 1856, Delaware Co., OH.
6. John Orndorff, b. 27 Mar 1812, Frederick Co.; d. 1 Apr 1881.
7. Catherine Orndorff; m. 23 Feb 1830, Abraham Brill.

Just a year after their marriage, in a Frederick Co., Court, 1 Dec 1800 Jonathan is granted guardianship of his nine-year-old half-brother, Levi Orndorff; and his 11-year-old half-sister, Rebecca Orndorff. Their father had died in 1798 and they had been in the custody of their mother, Hannah McIlwee.^[2]

Jonathan was mentioned on a memorial in Hunt Cemetery, Harlem Township, Delaware County, Ohio, United States with a death date of 15 Mar 1859.^[3]

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Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2014. Original data: Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
2. ↑ Orndorff, John Barclay, comp. (1953) John Ordorff, Pennsylvania Pioneer, and his Ancestors. Waynesburg(?), PA. p. 10-11.
3. ↑ Memorial:Find a Grave (has image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #43757428 (accessed 24 February 2024)
   Memorial page for Jonathan Orndorff (23 Feb 1771-15 Mar 1859), citing Hunt Cemetery, Harlem Township, Delaware County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by Jean (contributor 46944240).

• Ancestry Family Trees (Source: S-1340485426, Repository: R-1560244829, accessed via http://www.Ancestry.com), Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members (http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=41827997&pid=293) Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.

• "Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR7D-2YG : accessed 4 August 2015), John Orendorfer and Priscilla Fry, 29 Apr 1799; citing Shenandoah, Virginia, reference pg 101; FHL microfilm 33,930.

Acknowledgements

• This profile was created by the merger of Orndorff-48 ( created by Kevin Brill through the import of Brill Family Tree.ged on February 13, 2014) and Orndorff-71 (created by Ashton Cavey on November 28, 2014)
• Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between David Roberds and Skip_lineberg his sixth cousin. Their most-recent common ancestors are their 5th-great grandparents, Johannes Peter Orndorff and Eva Barbara Mentz. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 5th-8th Cousins, based on sharing 14 cM across 1 segments.
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43757428/jonathan-orndorff
• WikiTree profile Orndorf-1 created through the import of Moody-Howell_2011-06-05.ged on Jun 11, 2011 by Robert Moody. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Robert and others.