Johann Michael Lau Jr. (1771 - 1839)

Born 20 Feb 1771 in Manchester Twp, York County, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Son of Johann Michael Lau and Anna Maria Catherina (Ness) Lau

Descendants

Died 16 Jul 1839 at age 68 in West Manchester Twp, York, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Johann Michael Lau, Jr. was born February 24, 1771.^[1] He was christened March 7, 1771, at Wolf's Church in West Manchester Township, York, Pennsylvania. ^[2]

He was a resident of West Manchester Township. He and his wife, Margaret Eyster, were the parents of the following children:^[3]

1. John
2. Rebecca, wife of Samuel Bowman;
3. Michael, 3rd
4. George,
5. Jonas,
6. Jacob
7. Susanna, wife of Solomon Weigel;
8. Elizabeth, wife of John Sleder;
9. Joshua
10. Anna Maria, wife of William Lau.

Michael Lau is also noted in the Assessment of 1800, West Manchester Twp, York Co. PA. He is listed amongst the prominent “distillers” of the township, along with Martin Ebert, Welrick Bentz, George Eyster,Mathias Smyser, Adam Wolf, and George Philip Ziegler, Esq. This record also asserts that “much of the grain then raised in the township was manufactured into spirits, and sold in Baltimore.”^[4]

He died 16 Jan 1839^[5] and was buried at Wolf's Church in West Manchester Township, York, Pennsylvania.^[1][6] A new stone gives his birth as August 8, 1770.^[7] This new stone is at variance with previously establish dates for John Michael, especially the baptismal records of Wolf’s St Paul’s Church.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Lau, Michael W. The descendants of Christian Lau. Mennonite Family History (1991), p. 570.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Wolf’s St Paul’s Church Record of the baptism of John Michael Lau took place on 7 Mar 1771; parents listed are Michael Lau and Anna Maria; birth date of child was 20 Feb 1771; witnesses were Elias Eyster [sic] and Anna Maria; found on page 8 of the register.
3. ↑ 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
4. ↑ Assessment of 1800, West Manchester Twp, York, PA. [http:/files.usgwararchives.net/pa/york/history/gibson/w-manch-assent-1800.txt]
5. ↑ "BillionGraves Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDL-RXP1 : 27 June 2019), Michael Lau, died 16 Jan 1839; citing BillionGraves (http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012), Burial at Saint Paul Wolf Evangelical Covenant Cemetery,
6. ↑ https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDL-RXP1 Saint Paul Wolf Evangelical Covenant Cemetery
7. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #24026513

• Paternal relationship is confirmed through Y-chromosome DNA testing on Family Tree DNA. Stephen Law, FTDNA kit # 964065, and half his 7th cousin, Raymond Lowe, FTDNA kit # 412396, match at a Genetic Distance of 9 on 111 markers, thereby confirming their direct paternal lines back to their most-recent common ancestor who is Johann Christian Lau, the 6x great grandfather of both Stephen Law and Raymond Lowe.

See also:

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:SG6J-H3L : accessed 2017-07-04), entry for Johan Michael /Lau/.