Ellmaker Homestead farm. General view - dwelling house in the grove on the left, barn in center, old family graveyard of John Leonard Ellmaker on the right in the distance.
Ellmaker Homestead farm. The front garden, old spinning wheels used by previous generations - the wheel on the porch was brought from the Palatinate, Frankenthal, in May 1726, by Mrs. John Leonard Ellmaker (born Hornberger) when she came to Lancaster County, PA.
Ellmaker Homestead farm. All that now remains of the old apple tree, originally brought from the Palatinate by Mrs. Anna Margaretha Ellmaker (Hornberger) when she and her husband, John Leonard Ellmaker, came to Lancaster County in 1726. It flourshed for 160 years until about 1886. The farm was sold in 1887, the life of the old tree may therefore be said to have been coexisted with that of the farm itself in the Ellmaker Family.
Ellmaker Homestead farm. The dwelling house, erected 1788. Levi Ellmaker, third son of Nathaniel Ellmaker, was born 10 November 1788, the first night after the family moved into this new dwelling. John watson Ellmaker is in foreground.
Ellmaker Homestead farm. Grave of John Leonard Ellmaker, progenitor of the American branch of the German Family of that name. In his own family burying ground, upon his farm - the apple boughs are from his own orchard, planted by himself. His descendants, now numbering several thousand, are scattered throughout the United States, in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Missouri, Iowa, Oregon, California, etc.
