Person Info
- Name: Christian Sr DONER
- Sex: M
- Birth: After 1766 in Lampeter Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania b
- Death: Abt 27 Jun 1831 in Fairfield Co, Ohio d
Parents:
- Father:
- Abraham DOWNER
Birth: 1732 in Lampeter Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
Death: Before 17 Nov 1786 in Lampeter Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
Mother:
- Magdalena LANDIS
Birth: 1744
Death: 1798 in Pennsylvania
Family:
Marriage:
Children:
- Abraham DONER Birth: 1795
Death: 1854
- Susan DONER Birth: 1796 in Centre Co, Pennsylvania
Death: 1882 in Carroll Co, Indiana
- Christian DONER Birth: 1798
Death: Before 17 Jun 1830
- Anna DONER Birth: 1800
- Magdalena DONER Birth: 1802
- John DONER Birth: 1804
- David DONER Birth: 1806
Death: 1900
Bibliography
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DAR Application 670765, MOYER, Mary Dock Information from this source tagged as [Ref: DAR #670765].
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Davis, Richard Warren, Emigrants Refugees and Prisoners, Vol III. Provo, UT: author, 1999. NYPL APK 01-2370v3. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Davis Emigrants v3p[0-9]*].
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Dohner, Harry H., The Dohners of America: History and Genealogical Record, Cour D'Alene, Idaho: Mrs. Ruth Rodkey Barnard, 1984?. LDS Film#1033987#18. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/235364. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: DohnerHH DOHNER [pP][0-9]*].
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Fairfield Co Ohio Probate Court, Will records 1803-1936. SLC: GeneSocUT, 1962. Will Book 2 1803-49. LDS Film#295272. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/005428851 image 305. Also available through DAR Genealogical Research System, Supporting documentation for National #670765 Patriot A034111. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: FairfieldCoOH Will 2-305].
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Groff, Clyde L, Walter B Groff, Jane Evans Best, The Groff Book, Ronks, PA: Groff History Associates, 1985. NYPL APV (Groff) 86-1589 v1. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: GroffCL GROFF p[0-9]*].
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Lancaster County Pennsylvania Recorder of Deeds, Deed books 1729-1867. SLC: GeneSocUT, 1947. Book 3G, 1799-1802, LDS Film#0021408#1. Lancaster County Court House, Office of Records and Archives, 50 N Duke St, Lancaster, PA. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/008067091 images 44-7. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds 3G-81].
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Lancaster County Pennsylvania Recorder of Deeds, Deed books 1729-1867. SLC: GeneSocUT, 1947. Book 7E, 1846-1847, LDS Film#0862155#2. Lancaster County Court House, Office of Records and Archives, 50 N Duke St, Lancaster, PA. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/008084404 images 460-3. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds 7E-188].
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Lancaster County Pennsylvania Recorder of Deeds, Deed books 1729-1867. SLC: GeneSocUT, 1947. Book 7E, 1846-1847, LDS Film#0862155#2. Lancaster County Court House, Office of Records and Archives, 50 N Duke St, Lancaster, PA. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/008084404 images 464-6. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds 7E-196].
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Lancaster County Pennsylvania Recorder of Deeds, Deed books 1729-1867. SLC: GeneSocUT, 1947. Book WW, 1794-1799, LDS Film#0021402#2. Lancaster County Court House, Office of Records and Archives, 50 N Duke St, Lancaster, PA. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/008067085 images 484-6. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds WW-76].
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Lancaster County Pennsylvania Recorder of Deeds, Deed books 1729-1867. SLC: GeneSocUT, 1947. Book WW, 1794-1799, LDS Film#0021402#2. Lancaster County Court House, Office of Records and Archives, 50 N Duke St, Lancaster, PA. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/008067085 images 486-7. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds WW-80].
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Lancaster County Pennsylvania Recorder of Deeds, Deed books 1729-1867. SLC: GeneSocUT, 1947. Book WW, 1794-1799, LDS Film#0021402#2. Lancaster County Court House, Office of Records and Archives, 50 N Duke St, Lancaster, PA. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/008067085 images 487-90. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds WW-82].
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Lancaster County Pennsylvania Recorder of Deeds, Deed books 1729-1867. SLC: GeneSocUT, 1947. Book WW, 1794-1799, LDS Film#0021402#2. Lancaster County Court House, Office of Records and Archives, 50 N Duke St, Lancaster, PA. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/008067085 images 490-3. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds WW-88].
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Landis, Ira D, The Earliest Doner Family in America, in Mennonite Research Journal, vol 18 no 2, April 1977. NYPL ISD (Lancaster Co) 75-1114. Available (for purchase) at https://www.lmhs.org/research/lmhs-publications/research-journal/. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Landis EarliestDoner p[0-9]*].
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Slabaugh, John M, Henry Landis of Warwick and Manheim Townships, Lancaster Co, PA. In Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, vol 7 no 4, Oct 1984. NYPL APR (PA) 82-1017. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Slabaugh LANDIS p[0-9]*].
- date:
- after Abraham [Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds WW-82],
- place:
- [Ref: Davis Emigrants v3p325, DohnerHH DOHNER Part-I-p2]
- Lancaster Co [Ref: DAR #670765],
- parents:
- [Ref: DAR #670765, Davis Emigrants v3p325, DohnerHH DOHNER Part-I-p2,
DohnerHH DOHNER Part-I-p3, GroffCL GROFF p55, Landis EarliestDoner p14,
Slabaugh LANDIS p23],
- father:
- [Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds 3G-81, LancasterCoPA Deeds WW-76,
LancasterCoPA Deeds WW-82, LancasterCoPA Deeds WW-88],
- brother:
- Abraham Downer [Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds 7E-188, LancasterCoPA Deeds
7E-196]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
- date:
- 1762 [Ref: DAR #670765, Davis Emigrants v3p325, DohnerHH DOHNER
Part-I-p3, GroffCL GROFF p55, Landis EarliestDoner p14, Slabaugh LANDIS p23]
Sources for death Information
- date:
- 1831 [Ref: DAR #670765, Davis Emigrants v3p325, DohnerHH DOHNER
Part-I-p3, GroffCL GROFF p55, Landis EarliestDoner p14, Slabaugh LANDIS p23]
- shortly before 22 Jun 1831 [Ref: FairfieldCoOH Will 2-305],
- place:
- [Ref: DAR #670765, DohnerHH DOHNER Part-I-p3, FairfieldCoOH Will 2-305]
Sources with Information about marriage to Nancy FRIESNER
- names:
- [Ref: Davis Emigrants v3p325, DohnerHH DOHNER Part-I-p3, Landis
EarliestDoner p14, Slabaugh LANDIS p23]
- Christian DONER & Nancy ___ [Ref: FairfieldCoOH Will 2-305],
- child:
- [Ref: DAR #670765, DohnerHH DOHNER Part-I-p4, DohnerHH DOHNER p39,
FairfieldCoOH Will 2-305, GroffCL GROFF p55]
Research Notes:
Dec 10 1794: deeds partitioning estate of father among the four eldest sons
[Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds WW-76, LancasterCoPA Deeds WW-82, LancasterCoPA
Deeds WW-88]
Dec 22 1794: purchased from John Downer, for 123 pounds 6 shillings and 3
pence, 8 acres and 31 perches of the land included in the partition of 10 Dec
1794 [Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds WW-80]
moved to Center County, PA, and later to Fairfield Co, OH [Ref: DohnerHH
DOHNER Part-I-p3, Landis EarliestDoner p14]
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Lancaster Co PA Deeds WW-80, dated 22 Dec 1794:
This Indenture made the twenty second day of the twelfth Month in the year
of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Ninety four Between John Downer of
Lampeter Township in Lancaster County and State of Pennsylvania yeoman of the
one part and Christian Downer of the same Township and County of the other
part, Witnesseth that the said John Downer for and in Consideration of the sum
of one Hundred and twenty three pounds six Shillings and three pence in Gold
and Silver Coin to him in hand paid by the said Christian Downer at and before
the sealing and delivery of these presents the receipt and payment whereof he
doth hereby acknowledge and Confess himself therewith fully satisfied Content
and Paid, have Granted Bargained and sold Aliened Enfeoffed Released and
Confirmed and by these Presents Doth Grant Bargain and sell alien Enfeoff
Release and Confirm unto the said Christian Downer and his heirs all that
following described Tract and Parcel of Land Situate in Lampeter Township
Aforesaid Beginning at a Black Oak Corner of other land of the said Christian
Downer thence by the same North nineteen degrees West thirty six perches to a
white oak and North thirty degrees West Eleven perches and a half to a post by
Mill Creek thence down the same by the several courses thereof thirty five
perches to a post in the line of John Bengleys Land, thence by the same south
Sixteen degrees and a half East thirty perches and eight tenths to a post,
thence by lands of John Devebaugh North Seventy three degrees and a half East
thirty four perches to the place of Beginning, Containing Eight acres and
thirty one perches of Land, it being part of a larger Tract which the other
heirs and Legatees of Abraham Downer deceased in and by their Indenture of
Release of the 10th Instant Did for the Consideration therein mentioned grant
and confirm unto him the said John Downer in Fee as in and by the same
Indenture of Release Recorded in the Office for Recording of Deeds in and for
said County in Lib
page as may appear, Together with all and
Singular the houses outhouses edifices and Buildings thereon erected and being
Gardens Orchards Improvements Ways Woods Waters Water Courses rights Liberties
Privileges Hereditaments and Appurtenances whatsoever thereunto belonging or
in anywise appertaining and the reversion and reversions rents issues and
profits thereof And all the Estate Right Title Interest use Trust property
Claim and demand whatsoever of him the said John Downer of in and to the same
or any part thereof, To have and to hold the said piece and parcel of Land
above described Hereditaments and Premises hereby granted and released or
meant mentioned or intended so to be with the Appurtenances unto the said
Christian Downer his heirs and Assigns to the only Proper use benefit and
behoof of him the Christian Downer his heirs and Assigns forever, And the said
John Downer for himself and his heirs the said Piece and Parcel of Land above
described Containing Eight Acres and thirty one perches Hereditaments and
Premises hereby granted with the Appurtenances and every part thereof against
him and his heirs and against all and every other person and persons lawfully
claiming or that shall hereafter Lawfully Claim the same or any part thereof
by from or under him them or any or either of them unto him the said Christian
Downer his heirs and Assigns shall and will Warrant and forever defend by
these presents. In Witness whereof the said John Downer hath to these
presents set his hand and Seal and Dated the day and year first Above Written.
John Downer.
Sealed and delivered in presence of H Cubley, J. Gibbons.
Received full Satisfaction for the Consideration Money above mentioned to be
paid, L123.6.3 John Downer.
Lancaster County SS. Personally came before me the Subscriber one of the
Justices of the peace in and for said County the above named John Downer and
Acknowledged the above Indenture to be his act and Deed to the intent the same
may be Recorded as such. In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and
seal the 2nd day of first Month 1795. H. Cubley.
Recorded the 2nd day of January Anno Domini 1795. [Ref: LancasterCoPA
Deeds WW-80]
Will dated 17 Jun 1830, pro 22 Jun 1831, recorded in Fairfield County Will
Book 2, page 305, Case #760.
In the name of God, Amen. I, Christian Doner, of the County of Fairfield and
State of Ohio, being weak in body, but of sound mind, memory, judgement, and
understanding, considering the certainty of death, and the uncertainty of the
time thereof, do make and publish this my Last Will and Testament, in manner
and form following, that is to say,
First and principally, I commit my soul into the hands of Almighty God, and
my Body to the earth, to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executor
hereinafter named, and after my debts and funeral charges are paid, I devise
and bequeath as follows,
Whereas I and my beloved wife Nancy are now old and inform, and not capable
to take care of, and support, ourselves, and our means thereto being limited,
it is my wish and desire that my son David shall support and maintain us so
long as we shall live in this works, with meat, drink, clothing and lodging
sufficient and suitable for our advanced state of life. Therefore,
I give and bequeath unto my said son David all of my personal property that
I now possess and the increase thereof.
I further give and devise unto my aforesaid son David, all my real estate,
consisting of a tract of land in Clearcreek Township, in the County of
Fairfield and State of Ohio, and is known by being a part of the West half of
Section 4(?) one T 12 and T 20 containing forty four acres more or less, it
being the place whereon I now live, to him the said David and his heirs and
assigns in fee simple.
The above devise and bequest is not to include any property money or other
affects that I may hereafter inherit by devise and bequest or otherwise.
It is further my will and desire that if my said son David shall neglect or
refuse to furnish my said wife Nancy, after my death, with all necessary meat,
drink, clothing, lodging, and houseroom, or shall in or any wise
abuse, molest, or ill treat her, or suffer the same to be done, then, and in
that case my said wife Nancy shall have and make use of so much of my personal
property as she may chose during her natural lifetime, and shall more over
have the privilege of renting my farm, whereon I now life, and enjoy the rent
thereof.
And whereas my worldly possessions are limited and not more than sufficient
to support me and my wife Nancy, it is therefore my will and desire that my
sons Abraham and John and the heirs of my deceased son Christion and my
Daughters Susanna wife of Rudolph Schenk, Anna wife of David Long, and
Magdalena shall not have any part of my personal or real estate, that is now
in my possession, or the increase thereof more than they have already
received.
And lastly I do thereby constitute and appoint my youngest son David Doner
Executor of this my last will and Testament, revoking and annulling all former
wills by me heretofore made, ratifying and confirming this, and none other, to
be my last will and testament.
In witness whereof, I, the said Christian Doner, have thereunto set my hand
and seal this 17th day of June one thousand eight hundred and thirty.
Christian Doner.
Signed, sealed, published, and declared by Christian Doner the above named
testator, as and for his last will and testament, in the presence of us, who
at his request, and in his presence, have subscribed our names as witnesses
thereto. Samuel Leathor. Abel Morgan, William Isigh.
The State of Ohio, Fairfield County SS. At a court of common please holden
at Lancaster in and for said County on the 22nd day of June 1831 the last will
and testament is produced in court and Michael Righ and Saml Leather the
subscribing witnesses thereto being first duly sworn saith that they saw the
decedant sign and heard him acknowledge the said will to be his last will and
Testament, that he was at the time of sound mind and memory to the best of
their opinion (at the by sickness) that they signed their names as
witnesses thereto in the presence of the testator, on which it is ordered to
be recorded the executor therein named having been duly qualified as such.
Signed Hugh Bayles, Clerk. [Ref: FairfieldCoOH Will 2-305]
Pedigree of Christian Sr DONER
/-----Michael DANNER
/-----Jacob DANNER
| \-----Madleni ZAUGG
/-----Christian TANNER
| \-----Anna GIESSBUHLER
/-----Hans DANNER
| \-----Elsbeth FISCHER
/-----Michael DOWNER
| \-----Anna (DANNER)
/-----Abraham DOWNER
| \-----Magdalena (DOWNER)
Christian Sr DONER
| /-----Hans LANDIS
| /-----Hans LANDIS
| | \-----Katharine SCHINZ
| /-----Hans LANDIS
| | \-----Barbara HOCHSTRASSER
| /-----Hans Heinrich LANDIS
| | | /-----Uli ERTZINGER
| | \-----Elsbeth ERTZINGER
| /-----Hans LANDIS
| | \-----Barbara BUELER
| /-----Henry LANDIS
| | \-----Anna GOOD
\-----Magdalena LANDIS
| /-----Hans GRAF
| /-----Jakob GRAF
| | \-----Elsbeth PETER
| /-----Marx GRAF
| | | /-----Jacob SPORRI
| | \-----Anna SPORRI
| /-----Hans GROFF
\-----Veronica GROFF
| /-----Peter KUNDIG
| /-----Jorg KUNDIG
| /-----Hans Jagli KUNDIG
| | \-----Barbel HUFFELBERG
\-----Susanna KENDIG
| /-----Martin MEILI
\-----Elsbeth MEILI
\-----Barbara BAR
Descendants of Christian Sr DONER
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