Oldest child of Caspar & Anna Barbara Schunck of Mutterstadt, Pfalz, Germany who migrated to America in 1717. Caspar was a wagon builder who moved his family to the area near Old Goshenhoppen Church in present-day Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
Francis was born sometime between 1707-1713, probably in or near Mutterstadt, Rheinland-Pfalz. His siblings were Christian b.Sep 16, 1714 & Elisabetha b.June 29, 1717, both in Mutterstadt.
Francis married Elisabetha Reimer sometime between 1735 & June 1736 in Montgomery County, possibly by Rev. John Casper Stoever.
Francis, by his son John Shunk and his wife Elisabeth Rawn, is the grandfather of the 10th Pennsylvania Governor Francis Rawn Shunk 1788-1848.
Pennsylvania Wills, 1682-1834 (Abstract)
SCHUNK, FRANCIS. Providence.
May 19, 1789. January 25, 1792. 1.271
To wife Elizabeth, bedstead, furniture, stock, maintenance. To son
Christian, 5 pds. To daughter Barbara, bible. To daughter Catharine
Seiver, 10 pds. Exrs. to sell farm, 174 acres. Money arising to
children: Christian, Barbara Sweitzer, wife of Simon Sweitzer, Francis,
Peter, Solomy Ashenfelder, wife of John Ashenfelder, Catharine Seiver,
wife of Frederick Seiver and John Schunk equally. Execs: Son Christian,
son in law Simon Sweitzer. Wit: Nicholas Cressman, Francis Hobson.
Francis was born sometime between 1707-1713, probably in or near Mutterstadt, Rheinland-Pfalz. His siblings were Christian b.Sep 16, 1714 & Elisabetha b.June 29, 1717, both in Mutterstadt.
Francis married Elisabetha Reimer sometime between 1735 & June 1736 in Montgomery County, possibly by Rev. John Casper Stoever.
Francis, by his son John Shunk and his wife Elisabeth Rawn, is the grandfather of the 10th Pennsylvania Governor Francis Rawn Shunk 1788-1848.
Pennsylvania Wills, 1682-1834 (Abstract)
SCHUNK, FRANCIS. Providence.
May 19, 1789. January 25, 1792. 1.271
To wife Elizabeth, bedstead, furniture, stock, maintenance. To son
Christian, 5 pds. To daughter Barbara, bible. To daughter Catharine
Seiver, 10 pds. Exrs. to sell farm, 174 acres. Money arising to
children: Christian, Barbara Sweitzer, wife of Simon Sweitzer, Francis,
Peter, Solomy Ashenfelder, wife of John Ashenfelder, Catharine Seiver,
wife of Frederick Seiver and John Schunk equally. Execs: Son Christian,
son in law Simon Sweitzer. Wit: Nicholas Cressman, Francis Hobson.
Oldest child of Caspar & Anna Barbara Schunck of Mutterstadt, Pfalz, Germany who migrated to America in 1717. Caspar was a wagon builder who moved his family to the area near Old Goshenhoppen Church in present-day Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
Francis was born sometime between 1707-1713, probably in or near Mutterstadt, Rheinland-Pfalz. His siblings were Christian b.Sep 16, 1714 & Elisabetha b.June 29, 1717, both in Mutterstadt.
Francis married Elisabetha Reimer sometime between 1735 & June 1736 in Montgomery County, possibly by Rev. John Casper Stoever.
Francis, by his son John Shunk and his wife Elisabeth Rawn, is the grandfather of the 10th Pennsylvania Governor Francis Rawn Shunk 1788-1848.
Pennsylvania Wills, 1682-1834 (Abstract)
SCHUNK, FRANCIS. Providence.
May 19, 1789. January 25, 1792. 1.271
To wife Elizabeth, bedstead, furniture, stock, maintenance. To son
Christian, 5 pds. To daughter Barbara, bible. To daughter Catharine
Seiver, 10 pds. Exrs. to sell farm, 174 acres. Money arising to
children: Christian, Barbara Sweitzer, wife of Simon Sweitzer, Francis,
Peter, Solomy Ashenfelder, wife of John Ashenfelder, Catharine Seiver,
wife of Frederick Seiver and John Schunk equally. Execs: Son Christian,
son in law Simon Sweitzer. Wit: Nicholas Cressman, Francis Hobson.
Francis was born sometime between 1707-1713, probably in or near Mutterstadt, Rheinland-Pfalz. His siblings were Christian b.Sep 16, 1714 & Elisabetha b.June 29, 1717, both in Mutterstadt.
Francis married Elisabetha Reimer sometime between 1735 & June 1736 in Montgomery County, possibly by Rev. John Casper Stoever.
Francis, by his son John Shunk and his wife Elisabeth Rawn, is the grandfather of the 10th Pennsylvania Governor Francis Rawn Shunk 1788-1848.
Pennsylvania Wills, 1682-1834 (Abstract)
SCHUNK, FRANCIS. Providence.
May 19, 1789. January 25, 1792. 1.271
To wife Elizabeth, bedstead, furniture, stock, maintenance. To son
Christian, 5 pds. To daughter Barbara, bible. To daughter Catharine
Seiver, 10 pds. Exrs. to sell farm, 174 acres. Money arising to
children: Christian, Barbara Sweitzer, wife of Simon Sweitzer, Francis,
Peter, Solomy Ashenfelder, wife of John Ashenfelder, Catharine Seiver,
wife of Frederick Seiver and John Schunk equally. Execs: Son Christian,
son in law Simon Sweitzer. Wit: Nicholas Cressman, Francis Hobson.
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