Herr, Neff and Kauffman Family (Manor Twp.) Papers
Description
This collection contains mostly deeds and releases for property in Manor Township between the Herr, Kauffman, and Neff families. The dates for the deeds and releases are 1791-1792, 1804-1808, and 1841-1865. It seems that there are three main properties that all of the documents are mentioning within Manor Township. There are also nine bonds between Tobias H. Herr and Henry Herr Sr. that were all made in 1864. There are two Cyrus Neff's mentioned in this collection, Cyrus Neff and Cyrus L. Neff. One of the documents is Cyrus Neff's Certificate of Election for the Lancaster County Auditor in 1887. The documents pertaining to Cyrus L. Neff are his policy with the Pennsylvania Threshermen & Farmers' Mutual Casualty Insurance Company in the early 1920's. Towards the end of the collection there are two newspapers from 1929 and 1947, pertaining to the Herr family farm and house as well as what seems to be instructions on how to make animal feed.
Admin/Biographical History
John Herr came to Pennsylvania in 1710 with four of his five sons. His oldest son, Abraham Herr came with his father in 1710, and was the only one to settle west of the Conestoga River in Manor Township.
Francis Neff came to America from Switzerland in the early 1700's. One of his sons, Henry Neff, was the first to live in Manor Township. One of Henry Neff's four sons, Henry Neff Jr., was the only child that stayed at the homestead in Manor Township. He and his wife, Susannah Neff, had a son named Benjamin Neff who, in turn, married Anna Hostetter, daughter of Ulrich Hostetter and had two sons, Cyrus and Benjamin H. Neff. Cyrus Neff attended common schools till he was 18 years old then farmed for 11 years, after which he taught in schools for three terms. He was very active in the school board for six years and then was elected as Lancaster County Auditor in 1887. He married Kate Lehman, a daughter of Reverend Benjamin Lehman, of Manor Township, and together they had eight children. Cyrus died in 1890 at the age of thirty-eight years.
The donor, Ethel Huber, is related to the Neff and the Herr families on her mother's side and may be a descendent of Abraham Herr, the brother of Christian Herr.
Signers of Petition: Martin C. Weaver, Thomas B. Jacobs, Thomas J. McMichael, James H. Jacobs, Samuel McKrauser, Jacob Axe, Reubin Ringwalt, William Williamson, Hiram Evans, John Ringwalt, David Styer, Levi Coffroad, James Simpson.
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Signers of petition: Benjamin B. Herr, Henry B. Metzler, Henry G. Herr, Jacob Bair, George Lefever, Adam Longenacher, Adam Esbenshade, Christian H. Miller, John B. Mellinger, Landis Longenecker, Benjamin Hoover, George Wiker, Henry Leaman.
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Located on the New Holland turnpike, nine miles fro Lancaster, four miles from New Holland, and four and half miles from Enterprise, at the railroad where a new laid out public road in the direction of Enterprise comes to or on said turnpike.
Petition not granted.
April term.
Signers of petition: William Weidman, Reuben Weidler, A. S. Bare, Benjamin Landis, Jacob Johns, Henry Garber, Samuel J. Johns, Henry Weidman, Jacob Holl, Mark Connell Jr., Michael Roland, Isaac C. Weidler, Jacob Weidman, N. F. Sheaffer.
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Signers of petition: [ ] Garber, Joseph Wenger, [signature in German], Henry Good, Henry Burckhart, Emanuel L. Landis, Samuel S. Rutter, George Murr, B. Owen, Daniel [Slur], Abraham Martin, Absolom Mellinger, [signature in German], [signature in German], Samuel Martin, Hugh Montgomery.
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Located on the road leading from Vogansville to the Bird-in-Hand, on the railroad.
April term.
Signers of petition: John Bushong, George Yound, Jacob G. Reiff, Allen Yundt, George Bear, [Grabill] Bare, Daniel Swope, Michael Bard, John Brubaker, Samuel Miller, Mark Connell Sr., Samuel Johns, Simpson Ruth, [J. Braff], Daniel Werntz, Samuel Holson, Henry Myers, Lears Harbill, John Conner, Diller Bare, Moore Connell.
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Signers of petition: Samuel Binkley, [signature in German], [signature in German], [signature in German], Jacob M. Shirk, Peter Miller, [signature in German], [signature in German], Jones Shoupp, Jacob Brunner, Reuben Bucher, [signature in German], Michael Keith, John Reinhold.
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Signers of petition: Reuben Bucher, Samuel Baker, [signature in German], Samuel Royer, Phillip Royer, Joel Shirk, Charles Steinmetz, Samuel H. Slabach, Jacob Royer, John Shirk, George Bingeman, Adam Sharp, Joseph Landes.
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Signers of petition: James [Kerling], Samuel Wiest, Samuel Royer, John Hagy, Charles Steinmetz, Christian Wiest, Daniel Hagy, Christian Burkholder, Samuel Hagy, [signature in German], [signature in German], Peter Shirk.
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Signers of petition: Jacob Redsecker, Jacob [Foltz], B. F. Baer, A. Greenawalt, John Shank, Charles Ebbecke, John Keller, [signature in German], Joseph Buchanan, Christian Hoffman, John Lynch, Jacob D. Keller, Jacob Rhoades, John [Gempshorn], Adam Musser, John Crowley.
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Signers of petition: Jacob Redsecker, Jacob Reem, John Eckinger, John Gross, John [Kamerer], Daniel Weaver, Jacob Funk, Joseph Buchanan, B. F. Baer, Solomon Mohr, Philip Fisher, Henry [Shippler].
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Signers of petition: Isaac W. Zwally, George Kafroth, Abraham Kachel, Emanuel Carpenter, John Graver, Peter Kafroth, Abraham Martin, Emanuel Duck, Benjamin Garner, Joshua Balmer, Samuel Hull, George Caruthers, John K. Reed.
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Signers of petition: John Miller, Charles Adams, George Buch, John V. Deshong, Reuben Kachel, Abraham Martin, Abram Kapp Jr., Levi Forney, Paul D. Brown, John Forney, Christian Carpenter, Joshua Balmer.
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