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Johannes Gottfried THOMAS
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Johannes Gottfried THOMAS 1
- Born: 30 Dec 1769, Bethel Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania 2
- Baptized: 3rd. S. after Epiphany, Altalaha (Atolheo) Lutheran Church, Rehrersburg, Berks County, Pennsylvania 2
- Died: Abt Jul 1832, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania about age 62 3
 Other names for Johannes were Joh. Gottfried TOMAS, Godfrey THOMAS and Gottfried TOMMAS.
Baptism Notes:
Sponsored by Gottfried Röhrer and wife
Noted events in his life were:
• Baptismal Sponsor: Gottfried Rehbock, son of Adam and Maria, at Himmel's Church, 31 Mar 1799. 6
• Baptismal Sponsor: the daughter of Baniel and Maria Barbara Doffy?, at Himmel's Church, 20 Apr 1800. 7
• Probate, 28 Jul 1832, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. 3 8 Letters of Administration were granted to Peter Thomas [son] and John Bush [son-in-law] in the Estate of Godfred Thomas, late of Mahanoy township (the widow having first denounced). Michale Brosious and Abraham Snyder provided the securties in the sum of six hundred dollars.
• Property, 1830, Upper Augusta Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. 9 10 Before Gottfried's death, he lived on a farm of about 300 acres in Upper Mahoney Township. It consisted of several tracts and was adjacent to land owned by Jacob Thomas, Michael Brosious, Peter Snyder, John Adam Rebock, John Rebock, George Delp, Conrad Rebock and Jonah Repler/Resler (Rebock?). After his death, a group of twelve men determined that the land could be divided into three tracts. The first tract of about 114 acres was valued at $8 per acre, and was puchased by Jacob Thomas. The second tract of about 45 acres was valued at $4 per acre, and was purchased by Peter Thomas. The remaining tract of about 135 acres was valued at $5 per acre, and agreed to be sold. All proceeds of the land purchases were divided among the widow and children.
Johannes married Anna Maria, daughter of Unknown and Unknown.
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Sources
1
Paul H Noll, Translater, Bobbyetta Ganunis, Transcriber, "Baptismal Records Himmel's Church," downloaded from ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/northumberland/church/himmbapt.txt on 8 Jun 1999; also Himmel's Church Records (Paul Knoll), Item 3, film 1486675, Salt Lake City: Family History Library, 62.
2
F. Edward Wright, Berks County, Vol 4, Family Archives CD #166 (Church Records: Selected Areas of Pennsylvania 1600s-1800s), CD-ROM, Version 2.0, (Brøderbund Software, Inc., Novato, CA, 1997), based on Berks County, Pennsylvania Church Records of the 18th Century, Vol. 4, (Westminster, Maryland: Family Line Publications, 1994), Atolheo Lutheran Church, 119.
3
Pennsylvania. Northumberland County, "Will Book 3, 1832-1845," Family History Library microfilm 961022, , (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974)
, 115.
4
Peter Thomas Estate, Probate File, Berks County, Pennsylvania, Berks County Services Center, Register of Wills and Clerk of the Orphans' Court, Reading, Pennsylvania.
5
Paul H Noll, Translater, Bobbyetta Ganunis, Transcriber, "Baptismal Records Himmel's Church," downloaded from ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/northumberland/church/himmbapt.txt on 8 Jun 1999; also Himmel's Church Records (Paul Knoll), Item 3, film 1486675, Salt Lake City: Family History Library, 35.
6
Ibid, 38.
7
Ibid, 44.
8
Godfrey Thomas Estate, Probate File, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, Northumberland County Courthouse, Register of Wills, Sunbury, Pennsylvania.
9
Pennsylvania. Northumberland County, "Orphan Court Docket 8," Family History Library microfilm 961033, (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974), April, 1834, p. 2.
10
Pennsylvania. Northumberland County, "Orphan Court Docket 7," Family History Library microfilm 961033, (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974), November, 1833, pp. 362-363, January, 1834, p. 377 & January 6, 1834, pp. 380-381.
