This memorial is for a burial documented by George W. Andrews in the Mennonite Family History magazine, October 1995. In any case, it also qualifies as a cenotaph memorial because a monument was erected in 1949~
"IN MEMORY OF VALENTINE BECKER, HIS WIFE CHRISTIANNA, THEIR SON ARNOLD & HIS WIFE BARBARA, VALENTINE CAME FROM GERMANY IN 1737 [SIC], SAILING FROM ROTTERDAM ON THE SHIP SNOW BETSEY HE ACQUIRED THIS TRACE OF 142 ACRES HERE IN WARWICK TOWNSHIP FROM THOMAS AND RICHARD PENN GOVERNORS OF PENNSYLVANIA. PRESENTED 1949 BY ALICE, JOHN & ELAM BECKER.
[Hand written note in the cemetery book at the Lititz Public Library lists the following- "Date should be 1739, for this ship."] Thanks to Dana Dancy for this information that helps solve the dilemma of the two Valentine Beckers who immigrated to Pennsylvania in the early 18th century. This continues to be a work in progress. The descendants who erected the memorial found the wrong Becker immigrant. The Valentin Becker buried here was the one described below who immigrated with his wife in 1729.
~Christina was married to Valentine Becker (new birthdate Feb 3 1684). They immigrated to Philadelphia on the ship Allen from Rotterdam on September 15, 1729. Valentine is believed to be the son of Jacob and Anna Otilia Becker. Christina is now believed to be the daughter of Johanne Jacob Stumpf (Sept 21 1656 Marnheim Pfalz Germany) and Anna Margaretha Korger. Passenger records listed them as Feltee Beecher and Stinkee Becker. Her name was probably pronounced 'Christenchen' and hence they wrote Stinkee. Contributor Son of a Becker (50673018) notes that a "Stinkee Becker" also appears in the book "A History of the German Baptist Brethren in Europe and America" by Martin Grove Brumbaugh. Page 54 of that book shows that Valentine and his wife Stinkee joined the Church in Europe.*
Birth records were located for this Christina Stumpf as well as Valentin Becker in the Marnheim parish baptismal registry (presumably the place in Donnersbergkreis, not Mannheim). Traditional estimates of their birth years were about 1700-1705. However, it is perfectly reasonable that Christina was almost 40 when she gave birth to Arnold. Note that some family trees have listed Christina Hess as Valentine's wife. Others have also stated that Valentine and his three brothers immigrated to Philadelphia in 1737 (actual date was in 1739) on the ship 'Betsy'. A man named Velten Becker arrived in 1739 on the Snow Betsey. Feltee and Stinchee (Christina) arrived in 1729. The Becker family who resided for generations on Pine Hill Road in Lititz believed their progenitor was Velten Becker, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1737 on the ship Snow Betsey. The source of this incorrect date was 'A Biographical History of the Becker Family' by Leah Becker (1901). This date fit well with the original land warrant that was issued to Valentine Baker on March 25 1738. Actually, that Felten arrived in Philadelphia on August 27 1739. Descendants of son Peter Becker and Maria Groff generally state that he and his parents immigrated in 1729. This recent research corroborates the earlier arrival of this Valentine Becker.
A marriage record for Valentin Becker and Stintgen Frantzen has been found in the Evangelisch church records of Krefeld in the Rhineland. The date was October 23 1723, which fits well with the birth years of their known sons Arnold and Peter. Stintgen/ Christina appears to have been married twice, first to a Frantz and second to Valentine Becker. Krefeld was where Peter Bricker and his group departed from in 1719 in their migration to Germantown. This research by George W. Andrews was published in 'Mennonite Family History' in October 1995. According to extensive research by Dale Bricker, Valentine's daughter Elizabeth married Peter Bricker in Lancaster County.
Valentin and Christina were the parents of two known sons, and Valentin was apparently the father of Elizabeth Becker Lassle Bricker Wolfhardt, who was married to Peter Bricker
1-Peter Becker (Aug 10 1724) married Maria Groff
2-Arnold Becker (abt 1726) married Barbara Landis
Daughter Elizabeth first married Jacob Lassle. After she was left widowed and with at least one child, she married Peter Bricker. After he died she married George Wolfhardt.
Christina Becker died on Pine Hill Road in Warwick Township. The farm was located northeast of downtown Lititz. The tract of land had been surveyed and deeded to Valentine by Thomas and Richard Penn.
[Burial information is from Mennonite Family History magazine- October 1995. This cemetery was located in Warwick Township. It should be almost across the street from the original Valentine Becker Homestead.]
New research notes~The 'Velten Becker' who immigrated in August 1739 on the ship Snow Betsey (not necessarily the Valentine buried here) was traveling with Conrad (1720-1793 York Co) who married Catharina Lambert, George Becker (cant trace), and also Michael Becker (who has not been traced further). No mention of a wife Christina as with the Valentine of 1729. Valentine was supposedly the father of at least Arnold according to all family trees, so Arnold (age 13) should probably have been listed, and he is not. His son Peter Becker, who would have been at least 15, was also not listed on the 1739 passenger list.
The land survey at the Pennsylavnia Archives shows the Becker Homestead was patented on March 23 1738, too early to have been the Velten Becker who immigrated in 1739.
*LINK to book given by Contributor Son of a Becker-
https://ia800509.us.archive.org/15/items/historyofgermanb00inbrum/historyofgermanb00inbrum_bw.pdf
"IN MEMORY OF VALENTINE BECKER, HIS WIFE CHRISTIANNA, THEIR SON ARNOLD & HIS WIFE BARBARA, VALENTINE CAME FROM GERMANY IN 1737 [SIC], SAILING FROM ROTTERDAM ON THE SHIP SNOW BETSEY HE ACQUIRED THIS TRACE OF 142 ACRES HERE IN WARWICK TOWNSHIP FROM THOMAS AND RICHARD PENN GOVERNORS OF PENNSYLVANIA. PRESENTED 1949 BY ALICE, JOHN & ELAM BECKER.
[Hand written note in the cemetery book at the Lititz Public Library lists the following- "Date should be 1739, for this ship."] Thanks to Dana Dancy for this information that helps solve the dilemma of the two Valentine Beckers who immigrated to Pennsylvania in the early 18th century. This continues to be a work in progress. The descendants who erected the memorial found the wrong Becker immigrant. The Valentin Becker buried here was the one described below who immigrated with his wife in 1729.
~Christina was married to Valentine Becker (new birthdate Feb 3 1684). They immigrated to Philadelphia on the ship Allen from Rotterdam on September 15, 1729. Valentine is believed to be the son of Jacob and Anna Otilia Becker. Christina is now believed to be the daughter of Johanne Jacob Stumpf (Sept 21 1656 Marnheim Pfalz Germany) and Anna Margaretha Korger. Passenger records listed them as Feltee Beecher and Stinkee Becker. Her name was probably pronounced 'Christenchen' and hence they wrote Stinkee. Contributor Son of a Becker (50673018) notes that a "Stinkee Becker" also appears in the book "A History of the German Baptist Brethren in Europe and America" by Martin Grove Brumbaugh. Page 54 of that book shows that Valentine and his wife Stinkee joined the Church in Europe.*
Birth records were located for this Christina Stumpf as well as Valentin Becker in the Marnheim parish baptismal registry (presumably the place in Donnersbergkreis, not Mannheim). Traditional estimates of their birth years were about 1700-1705. However, it is perfectly reasonable that Christina was almost 40 when she gave birth to Arnold. Note that some family trees have listed Christina Hess as Valentine's wife. Others have also stated that Valentine and his three brothers immigrated to Philadelphia in 1737 (actual date was in 1739) on the ship 'Betsy'. A man named Velten Becker arrived in 1739 on the Snow Betsey. Feltee and Stinchee (Christina) arrived in 1729. The Becker family who resided for generations on Pine Hill Road in Lititz believed their progenitor was Velten Becker, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1737 on the ship Snow Betsey. The source of this incorrect date was 'A Biographical History of the Becker Family' by Leah Becker (1901). This date fit well with the original land warrant that was issued to Valentine Baker on March 25 1738. Actually, that Felten arrived in Philadelphia on August 27 1739. Descendants of son Peter Becker and Maria Groff generally state that he and his parents immigrated in 1729. This recent research corroborates the earlier arrival of this Valentine Becker.
A marriage record for Valentin Becker and Stintgen Frantzen has been found in the Evangelisch church records of Krefeld in the Rhineland. The date was October 23 1723, which fits well with the birth years of their known sons Arnold and Peter. Stintgen/ Christina appears to have been married twice, first to a Frantz and second to Valentine Becker. Krefeld was where Peter Bricker and his group departed from in 1719 in their migration to Germantown. This research by George W. Andrews was published in 'Mennonite Family History' in October 1995. According to extensive research by Dale Bricker, Valentine's daughter Elizabeth married Peter Bricker in Lancaster County.
Valentin and Christina were the parents of two known sons, and Valentin was apparently the father of Elizabeth Becker Lassle Bricker Wolfhardt, who was married to Peter Bricker
1-Peter Becker (Aug 10 1724) married Maria Groff
2-Arnold Becker (abt 1726) married Barbara Landis
Daughter Elizabeth first married Jacob Lassle. After she was left widowed and with at least one child, she married Peter Bricker. After he died she married George Wolfhardt.
Christina Becker died on Pine Hill Road in Warwick Township. The farm was located northeast of downtown Lititz. The tract of land had been surveyed and deeded to Valentine by Thomas and Richard Penn.
[Burial information is from Mennonite Family History magazine- October 1995. This cemetery was located in Warwick Township. It should be almost across the street from the original Valentine Becker Homestead.]
New research notes~The 'Velten Becker' who immigrated in August 1739 on the ship Snow Betsey (not necessarily the Valentine buried here) was traveling with Conrad (1720-1793 York Co) who married Catharina Lambert, George Becker (cant trace), and also Michael Becker (who has not been traced further). No mention of a wife Christina as with the Valentine of 1729. Valentine was supposedly the father of at least Arnold according to all family trees, so Arnold (age 13) should probably have been listed, and he is not. His son Peter Becker, who would have been at least 15, was also not listed on the 1739 passenger list.
The land survey at the Pennsylavnia Archives shows the Becker Homestead was patented on March 23 1738, too early to have been the Velten Becker who immigrated in 1739.
*LINK to book given by Contributor Son of a Becker-
https://ia800509.us.archive.org/15/items/historyofgermanb00inbrum/historyofgermanb00inbrum_bw.pdf
This memorial is for a burial documented by George W. Andrews in the Mennonite Family History magazine, October 1995. In any case, it also qualifies as a cenotaph memorial because a monument was erected in 1949~
"IN MEMORY OF VALENTINE BECKER, HIS WIFE CHRISTIANNA, THEIR SON ARNOLD & HIS WIFE BARBARA, VALENTINE CAME FROM GERMANY IN 1737 [SIC], SAILING FROM ROTTERDAM ON THE SHIP SNOW BETSEY HE ACQUIRED THIS TRACE OF 142 ACRES HERE IN WARWICK TOWNSHIP FROM THOMAS AND RICHARD PENN GOVERNORS OF PENNSYLVANIA. PRESENTED 1949 BY ALICE, JOHN & ELAM BECKER.
[Hand written note in the cemetery book at the Lititz Public Library lists the following- "Date should be 1739, for this ship."] Thanks to Dana Dancy for this information that helps solve the dilemma of the two Valentine Beckers who immigrated to Pennsylvania in the early 18th century. This continues to be a work in progress. The descendants who erected the memorial found the wrong Becker immigrant. The Valentin Becker buried here was the one described below who immigrated with his wife in 1729.
~Christina was married to Valentine Becker (new birthdate Feb 3 1684). They immigrated to Philadelphia on the ship Allen from Rotterdam on September 15, 1729. Valentine is believed to be the son of Jacob and Anna Otilia Becker. Christina is now believed to be the daughter of Johanne Jacob Stumpf (Sept 21 1656 Marnheim Pfalz Germany) and Anna Margaretha Korger. Passenger records listed them as Feltee Beecher and Stinkee Becker. Her name was probably pronounced 'Christenchen' and hence they wrote Stinkee. Contributor Son of a Becker (50673018) notes that a "Stinkee Becker" also appears in the book "A History of the German Baptist Brethren in Europe and America" by Martin Grove Brumbaugh. Page 54 of that book shows that Valentine and his wife Stinkee joined the Church in Europe.*
Birth records were located for this Christina Stumpf as well as Valentin Becker in the Marnheim parish baptismal registry (presumably the place in Donnersbergkreis, not Mannheim). Traditional estimates of their birth years were about 1700-1705. However, it is perfectly reasonable that Christina was almost 40 when she gave birth to Arnold. Note that some family trees have listed Christina Hess as Valentine's wife. Others have also stated that Valentine and his three brothers immigrated to Philadelphia in 1737 (actual date was in 1739) on the ship 'Betsy'. A man named Velten Becker arrived in 1739 on the Snow Betsey. Feltee and Stinchee (Christina) arrived in 1729. The Becker family who resided for generations on Pine Hill Road in Lititz believed their progenitor was Velten Becker, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1737 on the ship Snow Betsey. The source of this incorrect date was 'A Biographical History of the Becker Family' by Leah Becker (1901). This date fit well with the original land warrant that was issued to Valentine Baker on March 25 1738. Actually, that Felten arrived in Philadelphia on August 27 1739. Descendants of son Peter Becker and Maria Groff generally state that he and his parents immigrated in 1729. This recent research corroborates the earlier arrival of this Valentine Becker.
A marriage record for Valentin Becker and Stintgen Frantzen has been found in the Evangelisch church records of Krefeld in the Rhineland. The date was October 23 1723, which fits well with the birth years of their known sons Arnold and Peter. Stintgen/ Christina appears to have been married twice, first to a Frantz and second to Valentine Becker. Krefeld was where Peter Bricker and his group departed from in 1719 in their migration to Germantown. This research by George W. Andrews was published in 'Mennonite Family History' in October 1995. According to extensive research by Dale Bricker, Valentine's daughter Elizabeth married Peter Bricker in Lancaster County.
Valentin and Christina were the parents of two known sons, and Valentin was apparently the father of Elizabeth Becker Lassle Bricker Wolfhardt, who was married to Peter Bricker
1-Peter Becker (Aug 10 1724) married Maria Groff
2-Arnold Becker (abt 1726) married Barbara Landis
Daughter Elizabeth first married Jacob Lassle. After she was left widowed and with at least one child, she married Peter Bricker. After he died she married George Wolfhardt.
Christina Becker died on Pine Hill Road in Warwick Township. The farm was located northeast of downtown Lititz. The tract of land had been surveyed and deeded to Valentine by Thomas and Richard Penn.
[Burial information is from Mennonite Family History magazine- October 1995. This cemetery was located in Warwick Township. It should be almost across the street from the original Valentine Becker Homestead.]
New research notes~The 'Velten Becker' who immigrated in August 1739 on the ship Snow Betsey (not necessarily the Valentine buried here) was traveling with Conrad (1720-1793 York Co) who married Catharina Lambert, George Becker (cant trace), and also Michael Becker (who has not been traced further). No mention of a wife Christina as with the Valentine of 1729. Valentine was supposedly the father of at least Arnold according to all family trees, so Arnold (age 13) should probably have been listed, and he is not. His son Peter Becker, who would have been at least 15, was also not listed on the 1739 passenger list.
The land survey at the Pennsylavnia Archives shows the Becker Homestead was patented on March 23 1738, too early to have been the Velten Becker who immigrated in 1739.
*LINK to book given by Contributor Son of a Becker-
https://ia800509.us.archive.org/15/items/historyofgermanb00inbrum/historyofgermanb00inbrum_bw.pdf
"IN MEMORY OF VALENTINE BECKER, HIS WIFE CHRISTIANNA, THEIR SON ARNOLD & HIS WIFE BARBARA, VALENTINE CAME FROM GERMANY IN 1737 [SIC], SAILING FROM ROTTERDAM ON THE SHIP SNOW BETSEY HE ACQUIRED THIS TRACE OF 142 ACRES HERE IN WARWICK TOWNSHIP FROM THOMAS AND RICHARD PENN GOVERNORS OF PENNSYLVANIA. PRESENTED 1949 BY ALICE, JOHN & ELAM BECKER.
[Hand written note in the cemetery book at the Lititz Public Library lists the following- "Date should be 1739, for this ship."] Thanks to Dana Dancy for this information that helps solve the dilemma of the two Valentine Beckers who immigrated to Pennsylvania in the early 18th century. This continues to be a work in progress. The descendants who erected the memorial found the wrong Becker immigrant. The Valentin Becker buried here was the one described below who immigrated with his wife in 1729.
~Christina was married to Valentine Becker (new birthdate Feb 3 1684). They immigrated to Philadelphia on the ship Allen from Rotterdam on September 15, 1729. Valentine is believed to be the son of Jacob and Anna Otilia Becker. Christina is now believed to be the daughter of Johanne Jacob Stumpf (Sept 21 1656 Marnheim Pfalz Germany) and Anna Margaretha Korger. Passenger records listed them as Feltee Beecher and Stinkee Becker. Her name was probably pronounced 'Christenchen' and hence they wrote Stinkee. Contributor Son of a Becker (50673018) notes that a "Stinkee Becker" also appears in the book "A History of the German Baptist Brethren in Europe and America" by Martin Grove Brumbaugh. Page 54 of that book shows that Valentine and his wife Stinkee joined the Church in Europe.*
Birth records were located for this Christina Stumpf as well as Valentin Becker in the Marnheim parish baptismal registry (presumably the place in Donnersbergkreis, not Mannheim). Traditional estimates of their birth years were about 1700-1705. However, it is perfectly reasonable that Christina was almost 40 when she gave birth to Arnold. Note that some family trees have listed Christina Hess as Valentine's wife. Others have also stated that Valentine and his three brothers immigrated to Philadelphia in 1737 (actual date was in 1739) on the ship 'Betsy'. A man named Velten Becker arrived in 1739 on the Snow Betsey. Feltee and Stinchee (Christina) arrived in 1729. The Becker family who resided for generations on Pine Hill Road in Lititz believed their progenitor was Velten Becker, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1737 on the ship Snow Betsey. The source of this incorrect date was 'A Biographical History of the Becker Family' by Leah Becker (1901). This date fit well with the original land warrant that was issued to Valentine Baker on March 25 1738. Actually, that Felten arrived in Philadelphia on August 27 1739. Descendants of son Peter Becker and Maria Groff generally state that he and his parents immigrated in 1729. This recent research corroborates the earlier arrival of this Valentine Becker.
A marriage record for Valentin Becker and Stintgen Frantzen has been found in the Evangelisch church records of Krefeld in the Rhineland. The date was October 23 1723, which fits well with the birth years of their known sons Arnold and Peter. Stintgen/ Christina appears to have been married twice, first to a Frantz and second to Valentine Becker. Krefeld was where Peter Bricker and his group departed from in 1719 in their migration to Germantown. This research by George W. Andrews was published in 'Mennonite Family History' in October 1995. According to extensive research by Dale Bricker, Valentine's daughter Elizabeth married Peter Bricker in Lancaster County.
Valentin and Christina were the parents of two known sons, and Valentin was apparently the father of Elizabeth Becker Lassle Bricker Wolfhardt, who was married to Peter Bricker
1-Peter Becker (Aug 10 1724) married Maria Groff
2-Arnold Becker (abt 1726) married Barbara Landis
Daughter Elizabeth first married Jacob Lassle. After she was left widowed and with at least one child, she married Peter Bricker. After he died she married George Wolfhardt.
Christina Becker died on Pine Hill Road in Warwick Township. The farm was located northeast of downtown Lititz. The tract of land had been surveyed and deeded to Valentine by Thomas and Richard Penn.
[Burial information is from Mennonite Family History magazine- October 1995. This cemetery was located in Warwick Township. It should be almost across the street from the original Valentine Becker Homestead.]
New research notes~The 'Velten Becker' who immigrated in August 1739 on the ship Snow Betsey (not necessarily the Valentine buried here) was traveling with Conrad (1720-1793 York Co) who married Catharina Lambert, George Becker (cant trace), and also Michael Becker (who has not been traced further). No mention of a wife Christina as with the Valentine of 1729. Valentine was supposedly the father of at least Arnold according to all family trees, so Arnold (age 13) should probably have been listed, and he is not. His son Peter Becker, who would have been at least 15, was also not listed on the 1739 passenger list.
The land survey at the Pennsylavnia Archives shows the Becker Homestead was patented on March 23 1738, too early to have been the Velten Becker who immigrated in 1739.
*LINK to book given by Contributor Son of a Becker-
https://ia800509.us.archive.org/15/items/historyofgermanb00inbrum/historyofgermanb00inbrum_bw.pdf
