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Wilhelm (William) Lenhart

Born 22 Nov 1745 in Dover, York, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America

Ancestors

Son of Johan Peter Lenhart and Anna Maria Margaretha (Becker) Lenhard

Brother of Christena Magdalena (Lenhard) Dumboldt, Anna Margaret (Lenhart) Friedline, Johannes Phillip Lenhart, Johan Jacob Leonhardt, Johan Georg Lenhart, Jon Christoph Lenhart, Heinrich Lenhart, Johan Peter Lenhart, Frederick Lenhart, Anna Margaret (Lenhart) Bungard [half] and Gottfried Lenhart

Husband of Anna (Beitzel) Lenhart — married about 1770 in York, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Father of Susanna Lenhart, Frederick Lenhart, Wilhelm Lenhart, Catherine (Lenhart) Sharp, John Lenhart, Johan George Lenhart, Peter Lenhart, Elisabeth Lenhart and Heinrich L Lenhart

Died 9 Sep 1818 at age 72 in Dover, York, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Wilhelm was born 22 Nov 1745. ^[1] His parents were Johan Peter Lenhart and Anna Maria Margaretha (Becker) Lenhard.

He married Anna Maria. She was born 24 Sep 1751 and died 22 Oct 1822. ^[1]

William is mentioned in his father's will in 1774 ^[2].

Wilhelm died on 9 Sep 1818 in York County, Dover Township, Pennsylvania. They are buried in Strayer's Church cemetary. ^[1] His will mentioned his wife Anna Maria and the following children: Susanna (m. to Samuel Close), Catharine, Elizabeth (m. to Henry Miller), George, John, Peter and Henry. A son Wilhelm was born on Mar. 3, 1777 but evidently did not reach maturity. Wilhelm Lenhart was a farmer in Dover Twp., York County. ^[3]

Fact: Residence (1788) Shippensburg,, Pennsylvania, United States
Fact: Residence (1790) Unity, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States
Fact: census (1790) Chanceford Twp, York, Pennsylvania, United States
Fact: Residence (before 1790) Dover, York, Pennsylvania, United States
Fact: Residence (1805) Madison, Perry, Ohio, United States
Fact: will (19 July 1813)
Fact: Burial (Sep 1818) Dover Township, York, Pennsylvania, United States
Fact: probate (2 November 1819) Executors: John and Peter Lenhart

Sources

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Book: Early German Settlers of York County Pennsylvania - Revised Edition - Keith A. Dull - Pg. 142.
↑ http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~gkbopp/genealogy/LENHART/LENHART_SOURCES/RINKENBACH/RINK.LC.htm Pg 2
↑ http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~gkbopp/genealogy/LENHART/LENHART_SOURCES/RINKENBACH/RINK.LC.htm Pg 7

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This person was created through the import of Roberts-Bischoff Family Tree.ged on 31 August 2010.

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