Mennonite minister, Farmer.
Son of Hans Longenecker and Anna Janni.
Married to Elizabeth Clotz 1686-1776.
Ulrich, Daniel and David probably came to America on or before 1717.
Daniel was a Mennonite Preacher at Mantawny District, 1727.
Sep 1727 Daniel and Jacob BECHTEL representatives at Quaker convention at Germantown, PA.
Daniel was aturalized 1730 in Berks Co, PA.
Patent Bk A, vol 6/174, Phila, 1 May 1733: John and Thomas Penn to Daniel 230 acres SE side of Schuylkill River at Mingo Creek.
Mongomery Co Bk 13/260 30 Mar1756, land Mingo Creek, near Phoenixville, Montgomery Co, PA.
RES: 1st settled along Schuylkill River, then moved to Pequea Region, Lancaster Co, PA.
Rev. Daniel was baptized 6 Feb 1686 in Biglen, Canton Bern, Switzerland, and immigrated on or before 1717 to Philadelphia, PA. He stayed for a while in the Palatinate, Germany before arriving in America. He was a Mennonite preacher and farmer. Daniel first preached in NY at German Quaker Settlement near NY - PA line, near Wilkes-Barre, but was preaching in Manatawny district (PA) some years prior to 1727. Patent Book A, Vol. 6, pg. 174 recorded in Philadelphia describes origin al land grant from John Penn, Thomas Penn, et al, conveyed to Daniel Longenecker 230 acres of land on southeast side of Schuylkill River, (then Philadelphia County now Montgomery County) at Mingo Creek, extending along river to Black Rock, Almshouse Farm. Again, a reference to this land grant is recorded at Norristown, PA in Deed book No. 13, pg. 260, dated March 30, 1756. He probably died in 1756 because on October 12, 1756, his widow, Elizabeth, renounced her right to administration o f his estate and gave them to oldest son David. On November 13, 1756 Elizabeth and the rest of their children conveyed 220 acres to David. Daniel's land is the present day site of the Montgomery County Geriatric Center. Documentation of Daniel being in Germantown, PA as a representative of the Mennonites at the convention of Quakers held in September, 1727.
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"The Longacre-Longaker-Longenecker family" . . . by the Longacre-Longaker-Longenecker Family Reunion Association c1899 and republished. Mentions that most of Daniel's descendants took on the "LONGACRE" surname, whereas Ulrich's descendants took on "LONGENECKER".
HOCH-HIGH FAMILY, Dr. J. Hampton Hoch, 1978, appendix B-i.
HISTORY OF THE MENNONITES, Daniel Kolb Cassel, 1888, pp. 115, 261, 263.
PITCHFORKS AND PITCHPIPES, Esther Mae Hilstand.
Son of Hans Longenecker and Anna Janni.
Married to Elizabeth Clotz 1686-1776.
Ulrich, Daniel and David probably came to America on or before 1717.
Daniel was a Mennonite Preacher at Mantawny District, 1727.
Sep 1727 Daniel and Jacob BECHTEL representatives at Quaker convention at Germantown, PA.
Daniel was aturalized 1730 in Berks Co, PA.
Patent Bk A, vol 6/174, Phila, 1 May 1733: John and Thomas Penn to Daniel 230 acres SE side of Schuylkill River at Mingo Creek.
Mongomery Co Bk 13/260 30 Mar1756, land Mingo Creek, near Phoenixville, Montgomery Co, PA.
RES: 1st settled along Schuylkill River, then moved to Pequea Region, Lancaster Co, PA.
Rev. Daniel was baptized 6 Feb 1686 in Biglen, Canton Bern, Switzerland, and immigrated on or before 1717 to Philadelphia, PA. He stayed for a while in the Palatinate, Germany before arriving in America. He was a Mennonite preacher and farmer. Daniel first preached in NY at German Quaker Settlement near NY - PA line, near Wilkes-Barre, but was preaching in Manatawny district (PA) some years prior to 1727. Patent Book A, Vol. 6, pg. 174 recorded in Philadelphia describes origin al land grant from John Penn, Thomas Penn, et al, conveyed to Daniel Longenecker 230 acres of land on southeast side of Schuylkill River, (then Philadelphia County now Montgomery County) at Mingo Creek, extending along river to Black Rock, Almshouse Farm. Again, a reference to this land grant is recorded at Norristown, PA in Deed book No. 13, pg. 260, dated March 30, 1756. He probably died in 1756 because on October 12, 1756, his widow, Elizabeth, renounced her right to administration o f his estate and gave them to oldest son David. On November 13, 1756 Elizabeth and the rest of their children conveyed 220 acres to David. Daniel's land is the present day site of the Montgomery County Geriatric Center. Documentation of Daniel being in Germantown, PA as a representative of the Mennonites at the convention of Quakers held in September, 1727.
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"The Longacre-Longaker-Longenecker family" . . . by the Longacre-Longaker-Longenecker Family Reunion Association c1899 and republished. Mentions that most of Daniel's descendants took on the "LONGACRE" surname, whereas Ulrich's descendants took on "LONGENECKER".
HOCH-HIGH FAMILY, Dr. J. Hampton Hoch, 1978, appendix B-i.
HISTORY OF THE MENNONITES, Daniel Kolb Cassel, 1888, pp. 115, 261, 263.
PITCHFORKS AND PITCHPIPES, Esther Mae Hilstand.
Mennonite minister, Farmer.
Son of Hans Longenecker and Anna Janni.
Married to Elizabeth Clotz 1686-1776.
Ulrich, Daniel and David probably came to America on or before 1717.
Daniel was a Mennonite Preacher at Mantawny District, 1727.
Sep 1727 Daniel and Jacob BECHTEL representatives at Quaker convention at Germantown, PA.
Daniel was aturalized 1730 in Berks Co, PA.
Patent Bk A, vol 6/174, Phila, 1 May 1733: John and Thomas Penn to Daniel 230 acres SE side of Schuylkill River at Mingo Creek.
Mongomery Co Bk 13/260 30 Mar1756, land Mingo Creek, near Phoenixville, Montgomery Co, PA.
RES: 1st settled along Schuylkill River, then moved to Pequea Region, Lancaster Co, PA.
Rev. Daniel was baptized 6 Feb 1686 in Biglen, Canton Bern, Switzerland, and immigrated on or before 1717 to Philadelphia, PA. He stayed for a while in the Palatinate, Germany before arriving in America. He was a Mennonite preacher and farmer. Daniel first preached in NY at German Quaker Settlement near NY - PA line, near Wilkes-Barre, but was preaching in Manatawny district (PA) some years prior to 1727. Patent Book A, Vol. 6, pg. 174 recorded in Philadelphia describes origin al land grant from John Penn, Thomas Penn, et al, conveyed to Daniel Longenecker 230 acres of land on southeast side of Schuylkill River, (then Philadelphia County now Montgomery County) at Mingo Creek, extending along river to Black Rock, Almshouse Farm. Again, a reference to this land grant is recorded at Norristown, PA in Deed book No. 13, pg. 260, dated March 30, 1756. He probably died in 1756 because on October 12, 1756, his widow, Elizabeth, renounced her right to administration o f his estate and gave them to oldest son David. On November 13, 1756 Elizabeth and the rest of their children conveyed 220 acres to David. Daniel's land is the present day site of the Montgomery County Geriatric Center. Documentation of Daniel being in Germantown, PA as a representative of the Mennonites at the convention of Quakers held in September, 1727.
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"The Longacre-Longaker-Longenecker family" . . . by the Longacre-Longaker-Longenecker Family Reunion Association c1899 and republished. Mentions that most of Daniel's descendants took on the "LONGACRE" surname, whereas Ulrich's descendants took on "LONGENECKER".
HOCH-HIGH FAMILY, Dr. J. Hampton Hoch, 1978, appendix B-i.
HISTORY OF THE MENNONITES, Daniel Kolb Cassel, 1888, pp. 115, 261, 263.
PITCHFORKS AND PITCHPIPES, Esther Mae Hilstand.
Son of Hans Longenecker and Anna Janni.
Married to Elizabeth Clotz 1686-1776.
Ulrich, Daniel and David probably came to America on or before 1717.
Daniel was a Mennonite Preacher at Mantawny District, 1727.
Sep 1727 Daniel and Jacob BECHTEL representatives at Quaker convention at Germantown, PA.
Daniel was aturalized 1730 in Berks Co, PA.
Patent Bk A, vol 6/174, Phila, 1 May 1733: John and Thomas Penn to Daniel 230 acres SE side of Schuylkill River at Mingo Creek.
Mongomery Co Bk 13/260 30 Mar1756, land Mingo Creek, near Phoenixville, Montgomery Co, PA.
RES: 1st settled along Schuylkill River, then moved to Pequea Region, Lancaster Co, PA.
Rev. Daniel was baptized 6 Feb 1686 in Biglen, Canton Bern, Switzerland, and immigrated on or before 1717 to Philadelphia, PA. He stayed for a while in the Palatinate, Germany before arriving in America. He was a Mennonite preacher and farmer. Daniel first preached in NY at German Quaker Settlement near NY - PA line, near Wilkes-Barre, but was preaching in Manatawny district (PA) some years prior to 1727. Patent Book A, Vol. 6, pg. 174 recorded in Philadelphia describes origin al land grant from John Penn, Thomas Penn, et al, conveyed to Daniel Longenecker 230 acres of land on southeast side of Schuylkill River, (then Philadelphia County now Montgomery County) at Mingo Creek, extending along river to Black Rock, Almshouse Farm. Again, a reference to this land grant is recorded at Norristown, PA in Deed book No. 13, pg. 260, dated March 30, 1756. He probably died in 1756 because on October 12, 1756, his widow, Elizabeth, renounced her right to administration o f his estate and gave them to oldest son David. On November 13, 1756 Elizabeth and the rest of their children conveyed 220 acres to David. Daniel's land is the present day site of the Montgomery County Geriatric Center. Documentation of Daniel being in Germantown, PA as a representative of the Mennonites at the convention of Quakers held in September, 1727.
__________________________
"The Longacre-Longaker-Longenecker family" . . . by the Longacre-Longaker-Longenecker Family Reunion Association c1899 and republished. Mentions that most of Daniel's descendants took on the "LONGACRE" surname, whereas Ulrich's descendants took on "LONGENECKER".
HOCH-HIGH FAMILY, Dr. J. Hampton Hoch, 1978, appendix B-i.
HISTORY OF THE MENNONITES, Daniel Kolb Cassel, 1888, pp. 115, 261, 263.
PITCHFORKS AND PITCHPIPES, Esther Mae Hilstand.
Gravesite Details
From FindAGrave 8-27-12 for Skippack Menn Cm, Montgomery Co PA or Sprogel Burying Gds, Pottstown PA: The Longnecker tombstone markers were not visible when the 1927 recording was done of legible markers at that time.
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