Rudolph Boehm (1693 - 1773)

Born 1693 in Zweibrucken, Kurfürstentum Pfalz, Heiliges Römisches Reich

Ancestors

Died 30 Apr 1773 at about age 80 in Warwick, Lebanon, Pennsylvania

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Biography

The will of Rudolph Behm, yeoman of Warwick Twp, was made on 10 Apr 1764, witnessed by Philip Farnsler and Samuel Maÿli, and proven on 30 April 1773.^[1] He names as his heirs his wife Elizabeth and his six children :

1. Rudolph Behm (to receive 212-acre plantation in Warwick Twp, and his blacksmith's tools)
2. Anna, wife of Samuel Meyer
3. Barbara, wife of Henry Sherrer
4. Jacob (executor)
5. Christian (executor)
6. Michael

Research Notes

Land deeds record Rudolph Beam and Elizabeth (i) in Lebanon Twp with oldest son Jacob and (ii) in Warwick Twp with oldest son Michael :

• 1756 : Rudolph Beam and Elizabeth his wife grant to their oldest son Jacob a 360-acre tract of land in Lebanon Township (it being a tract which they had purchased from John Henry Kemper in 1749) ^[2]
• 1758 : Rudolph Behme and Elizabeth his wife grant to their oldest son Michael a 212-acre tract of land on Checasalungo Creek (being part of a 400-acre tract received by them in 1743 from Michael Boughman and his wife Catherine, that being part of a 1,002-acre tract granted to Michael Boughman and Catherine his wife in 1742) ^[3]
• 1770 : Rudolph Behm of Warwick Twp and Elizabeth his wife grant to their son Rudolph a 53-acre tract of land (which had been granted to Rudolph (Sr) in 1765) ^[4]
• 1770 : Rudolph Behm of Warwick Twp and Elizabeth his wife grant to their son Rudolph a 200-acre tract of land on Checasalungo Creek (being part of a 400-acre tract received by them in 1743 from Michael Boughman and his wife Catherine, that being part of a 1,002-acre tract granted to Michael Boughman and Catherine his wife in 1742) ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L99B-VC5X?cc=1999196&wc=9PM8-4WY%3A268493801%2C268514701 : 3 July 2014), Lancaster > Wills 1730-1773 vol A-B > image 464 of 514; county courthouses, Pennsylvania.
2. ↑ Lancaster County Recorder of Deeds Book D p.392
3. ↑ Lancaster County Recorder of Deeds Book E p.277
4. ↑ Lancaster County Recorder of Deeds Book P p.507 (recorded Jun 1773)
5. ↑ Lancaster County Recorder of Deeds Book P p.509 (recorded Jun 1773)