Johann Peter Bender Jr. (1727 - abt. 1768)

Born 22 May 1727 in Dühren, Sinsheim, Baden, Germany

Ancestors

Died about 1768 at about age 40 in Frederick, Page County, Virginia [uncertain]

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Biography

Birth

This birth record is found on Family Search, taken from Lutheran Church records. URL: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP64-X9SL

Name Johann Peter Bender Event Type Baptism Event Date 22 May 1727 Event Place Dühren, Sinsheim, Baden, Deutschland Event Place (Original) Dühren, Dühren, , Baden, Preußen Birth Date 24 May 1727 Father's Name Hanß Peter Bender Mother's Name Anna Barba

Immigration

Johann Peter Bender traveled to the New World when he was only 14 years old. He arrived on 10 Oct 1741. Johan Peter Bender Jr. landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on the ship "MOLLY" sailed by Captain Thomas Olive. The ship departed from Rotterdam, Holland and last from Deal, England. He signed the ships lager; Joan Peter Bender.^[1]

• • • This information is from the book "Pennsylvania German Pioneers" by

Ralph B. Strassburger and William J.Hinke, published in 1934 by the Pennsylvania German Society, Norristown, PA.

• • • The original lists, with the pioneers’ signatures, are still in

the possession of the State of Pennsylvania, and these lists form the basis of the genealogical antecedents of the hundreds of thousands of Americans who have descended from the first arrivals. There were three lists: those kept by the captains of ships, the lists of the signers of the oath of allegiance and of the signers of the oath of abjuration.^[2]

Oath of Allegiance

Johann Peter Bender Jr. took the Oath of Allegiance in Philadelphia, PA on 17 Oct 1741. At this time he changed his name to Peter Painter.

Census

Johan Peter Bender in the Pennsylvania, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1772-1890 Record details Name Johan Peter Bender State PA County Philadelphia County Township Philadelphia Year 1741 Database PA Early Census Index^[3]

Marriage

Johann Peter Bender married Elizabeth Summers in Frederick, Virginia, on January 15, 1748, when he was 20 years old and Elizabeth was ?.

Timeline: 04 Mar 1761 Peter Painter bought land from Samuel Short; deed #6-177 Frederick County, VA

06 Aug 1765 Peter Painter bought land from JohannesSwarbach; deed #10-568 Frederick County, VA. Paid 5 Shillings for 3 acres. The land was used for the Mount Calvary Church also know as the Hoxbiehl Church. Peter Painter and Jacob Shaffer Trustees.

1768 Estate of Peter Painter inventoried in Frederick County, VA.

Estate of Peter Painter administered in Shenandoah County, VA.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Vicky Painter Sullivan, " Never Ending Trails II, The Early Years Of the Bender Painter Family', Retrieved from USGenWeb, Archives.com [1]; accessed 15 Jul 2021.
2. ↑ "Pennsylvania German pioneers; a publication of the original lists of arrivals in the port of Philadelphia from 1727 to 1808", Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2017 with funding from findmypast.com [2]; accessed 15 Jul 2021.
3. ↑ Pennsylvania, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1772-1890. Retrieved from Ancestry.com [3]; accessed 15 Jul 2021.