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Probate

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Collection
Renunciations
Title
Renunciations
Object ID
Ren 1870 F066
Date Range
1870
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Collection
Renunciations
Title
Renunciations
Description
Renunciations are papers filed in the Orphans' Court by executors of an estate who do not wish to administer that estate. They show the name of the decedent, the decedent's place of residence, the name of the person renouncing administration, the name of the replacement administrator to be appointed, and date. The relationship between the decedent, the executor, and the administrator is usually shown. Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
Date Range
1870
Date of Accumulation
1762-1820, 1821-1842, 1880-1906
Year
1870
Creator
Register of Wills
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Container
Box 0009
People
Watson, Joseph
Watson, Enoch
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Renunciation
Salisbury Twp.
Persons of color
Place
Salisbury Twp.
Extent
12 cubic feet
Object Name
Probate
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Ren 1870 F066
Box Number
009
Associated Material
Administrators Accounts
Miscellaneous Orphans' Court Papers
Additional Notes
African-American.
Caveat by Enoch Watson.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restricted use of original. A photocopy will be made for patron use.
Classification
RG 03-00 0115
Description Level
Item
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Record, Judicial

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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
NOV 1801 F012 QS
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1801
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Mencer, Michael
Mainzer, Michael
Woolf, Jacob
Brubaker, Abraham
Brubaker, John
Daugherty, George
Ox, George
Hole, Isaac
Zimmerman, Henry
Singer, John
Summy, Jacob
Primer, Henry
Diffenderfer, John
Diller, Isaac
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Charge: assault and battery
Warrants
Returns
Earl Twp.
Place
Earl Twp.
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1801 F012 QS
Additional Notes
Or Michael Mainzer.
Also: Jacob Woolf.
Recognizance, charged with assault and battery of Abraham Brubaker and John Brubaker.
Recognizance of George Daugherty, George Ox, Isaac Hole, Henry Zimmerman, John Singer, Jacob Summy, Henry Primer, John Diffenderfer.
Warrant.
Jury return.
Additional name: Isaac Diller.
12 items, 12 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
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Record, Judicial

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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
FEB 1802 F011 QS
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1802
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Koch, Jacob
Koch, Nancy
Cook, Nancy
Shroy, Nancy
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Earl Twp.
Occupations
Gunsmiths
Warrants
Examinations
Place
Earl Twp.
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
FEB 1802 F011 QS
Additional Notes
Occupation: gunsmith.
Warrant, based on examination of Nancy Koch.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
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Record, Judicial

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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
MAR 1801 F001 QS
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1801
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Showalter, John
Vogan, Jeane
Hinkle, Jonathan
McConnaghy, John
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Recognizance
Warrants
Charge: fornication and bastardy
Examinations
Earl Twp.
Place
Earl Twp.
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
MAR 1801 F001 QS
Additional Notes
Warrant, charged with fornication and bastardy by Jeane Vogan.
Examination of Jeane Vogan.
Recognizances.
Additional names: Jonathan Hinkle, John McConnaghy.
4 items, 4 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
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Petition

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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Petition for appointment of viewers; order and report of viewers
Object ID
Bridge F0205 I002
Date Range
1804
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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Petition for appointment of viewers; order and report of viewers
Description
Court term: May 1804.
Location: At remains of Carpenter's Bridge, on road from Mount Hope Ironworks to Newport, Delaware.
Document types: Petition for appointment of viewers.
Order and report of viewers.
System of Arrangement
Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.
Date Range
1804
Year
1804
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0003
People
Carpenter
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Bridges
Carpenter's Bridge
Conestoga Creek
Creeks
Earl Twp.
Forges
Mount Hope Ironworks
Newport, Delaware
Orders
Petitions
Reports
Place
Earl Twp.
Extent
2 items, 2 pieces
Object Name
Petition
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0205 I002
Box Number
003
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0324
Description Level
Item
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Record, Judicial

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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
MAY 1800 F012 QS
Date Range
1800/05
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Date Range
1800/05
Year
1800
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Carpenter, Joel
Reyer, Christopher
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Supervisors of the Roads
Earl Twp.
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
MAY 1800 F012 QS
Additional Notes
Appointment as Supevisor of the Roads of Earl Twp., taking over for Christopher Reyer.
2 items, 2 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
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Archive

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Collection
Diffenderffer Family Papers
Title
Diffenderffer Family Papers
Object ID
MG0410
Date Range
1691-1963
Note: The Diffenderffer Family Papers collection contains items that have been passed down through generations of the Diffenderffer family. Deeds for tracts of land in New Holland date back to the creation of New Design, the village that preceded New Holland. Correspondence and some manuscripts pertain
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Collection
Diffenderffer Family Papers
Title
Diffenderffer Family Papers
Description
The Diffenderffer Family Papers collection contains items that have been passed down through generations of the Diffenderffer family. Deeds for tracts of land in New Holland date back to the creation of New Design, the village that preceded New Holland. Correspondence and some manuscripts pertain to J. P. McCaskey's life and accomplishments. F. R. Diffenderffer's manuscripts on Easter Day and Conrad Weiser are preserved with this collection, as well as poems, a program for the C. Elvin Haupt School, and a claim of F. R. Diffenderffer & Co. against the State of Texas.
Date Range
1691-1963
Year Range From
1691
Year Range To
1963
Date of Accumulation
1691-1963
Creator
Diffenderffer family
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 10
People
Brubaker, John
Brubaker, Margaret
Brubaker, Philip
Davis, Sarah
Diffenderfer, David
Diffenderfer, Elizabeth Shirk
Diffenderfer, John
Diffenderffer, Christina
Diffenderffer, David
Diffenderffer, David, Sr.
Diffenderffer, Fianna L. Lutz
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried
Diffenderffer, Harold F.
Diffenderffer, John, Jr.
Diffenderffer, John, Sr.
Diffenderffer, Margaretta Stein
Diffenderffer, Michael
Freymyer, Jacob
Grim, Henry
Haupt, Charles Elvin
Hoch, Herman E.
Holl, Wendel
Hubley, Bernard
Kennerly, John
Kinzer, John
Kinzer, Magdalena
Koch, Mary
Koch, Melchior
Law, James D.
Markley, Henry
McCaskey, Donald G.
McCaskey, John Piersol "Jack"
Nevin, Blanche
Painter, John
Penn, William
Rodman, John H.
Shirk, Henry
Smith, Oliver
Smith, William Evans
Sneider, Christian
Stone, David
Stone, George
Stone, Leonard
Stone, Mary
Sutton, Mary A. Diffenderffer
Thomson, Bill "Tommy"
Winter, John
Young, Matthias
Other Creators
Diffenderffer, Fianna L. Lutz, 1918-2009
Diffenderffer, David
Subjects
Deeds
Letters
Real property
Search Terms
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Conestoga River
Correspondence
Deeds
Drowning
Earl Twp.
England
Estate settlement
Finding aids
German Reformed Church of New Holland
Haupt Elementary School
Hutchings Printing House
King Street
Lancaster
Land drafts
Lemon Street School
Letters
Manuscript groups
Mortgages
New Design, Earl Twp.
New Holland
Newspaper clippings
Programs
Real estate
Real property surveys
Reigart's Landing
Susquehanna River
Texas
Texas Frontier Forces
Windsor Forge
Extent
1 box, 23 folders, .5 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0410
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
Deeds in folders 1-18 were a gift of Fianna Diffenderffer and the Diffenderffer family, 4 November 2006.
Items in folders 19-23 were a gift from her nephew, David Diffenderffer, 14 August 2006.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restrictions are noted at the item level--please use photocopies or transcriptions for those items. Other original documents may be used by researchers--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk.
Copyright
Collection items may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this collection must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Accession Number
2006.MG0410_NOV
Other Numbers
MG-410
Classification
MG0410
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Cataloged by HST, November 2008. Added to database 28 July 2021.
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Probate

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Collection
Renunciations
Title
Renunciations
Object ID
Ren 1898 F102
Date Range
1898
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Collection
Renunciations
Title
Renunciations
Description
Renunciations are papers filed in the Orphans' Court by executors of an estate who do not wish to administer that estate. They show the name of the decedent, the decedent's place of residence, the name of the person renouncing administration, the name of the replacement administrator to be appointed, and date. The relationship between the decedent, the executor, and the administrator is usually shown. Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
Date Range
1898
Date of Accumulation
1762-1820, 1821-1842, 1880-1906
Year
1898
Creator
Register of Wills
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Container
Box 0019
People
Shank, Aaron B.
Shank, B. S.
Shank, Lizzie
Shank, Ida
Snavely, B. H.
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Renunciation
Pequea Twp.
Place
Pequea Twp.
Extent
12 cubic feet
Object Name
Probate
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Ren 1898 F102
Box Number
019
Associated Material
Administrators Accounts
Miscellaneous Orphans' Court Papers
Additional Notes
Renouncers: Shank, B. S.; Shank, Lizzie; Shank, Ida.
Administrator: Snavely, B. H.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restricted use of original. A photocopy will be made for patron use.
Classification
RG 03-00 0115
Description Level
Item
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Probate

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Collection
Renunciations
Title
Renunciations
Object ID
Ren 1898 F103
Date Range
1898
More detail
Collection
Renunciations
Title
Renunciations
Description
Renunciations are papers filed in the Orphans' Court by executors of an estate who do not wish to administer that estate. They show the name of the decedent, the decedent's place of residence, the name of the person renouncing administration, the name of the replacement administrator to be appointed, and date. The relationship between the decedent, the executor, and the administrator is usually shown. Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
Date Range
1898
Date of Accumulation
1762-1820, 1821-1842, 1880-1906
Year
1898
Creator
Register of Wills
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Container
Box 0019
People
Sharp, Esther
Sharp, John L.
Sharp, Joseph
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Renunciation
Salisbury Twp.
Place
Salisbury Twp.
Extent
12 cubic feet
Object Name
Probate
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Ren 1898 F103
Box Number
019
Associated Material
Administrators Accounts
Miscellaneous Orphans' Court Papers
Additional Notes
Renouncer: Sharp, John L.
Administrator: Sharp, Joseph.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restricted use of original. A photocopy will be made for patron use.
Classification
RG 03-00 0115
Description Level
Item
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Probate

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/d5d10dd5-4bd1-4c7a-a529-024021535541
Collection
Renunciations
Title
Renunciations
Object ID
Ren 1898 F104
Date Range
1898
More detail
Collection
Renunciations
Title
Renunciations
Description
Renunciations are papers filed in the Orphans' Court by executors of an estate who do not wish to administer that estate. They show the name of the decedent, the decedent's place of residence, the name of the person renouncing administration, the name of the replacement administrator to be appointed, and date. The relationship between the decedent, the executor, and the administrator is usually shown. Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
Date Range
1898
Date of Accumulation
1762-1820, 1821-1842, 1880-1906
Year
1898
Creator
Register of Wills
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Container
Box 0019
People
Shirk, Henry L.
Shirk, Annie
Winters, B. M.
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Renunciation
East Earl Twp.
Place
East Earl Twp.
Extent
12 cubic feet
Object Name
Probate
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Ren 1898 F104
Box Number
019
Associated Material
Administrators Accounts
Miscellaneous Orphans' Court Papers
Additional Notes
Renouncer: Shirk, Annie.
Administrator: Winters, B. M.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restricted use of original. A photocopy will be made for patron use.
Classification
RG 03-00 0115
Description Level
Item
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