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I've been collecting Becker information from York County, PA. Hope this helps. Marta Becker Howell
Descendants of Melchoir Becker
Generation No. 1
1. MELCHOIR1 BECKER was born Bef. 1602 in Framersheim, Germany. He married ANNA MARIA KRUG. She was born Abt. 1600, and died 1682.
Notes for MELCHOIR BECKER:
Jacob, Arnold, and Philip Becker arrived in Philadelphia on the Ship Neptune which lists the inhabitants as being from Darmstadt and Sweibrucken. I do not know if Jacob, Arnold, and Philip are related.
More About MELCHOIR BECKER:
Occupation: Ratsverwadter in Zwingenberg (Source: Ancestry World Tree Timmneff@altavista.com.)
More About ANNA MARIA KRUG:
Burial: April 13, 1682, Zwingenberg/Bergstrasse
Children of MELCHOIR BECKER and ANNA KRUG are:
i. CATHARINA2 BECKER, b. Aft. 1620, Germany; d. November 27, 1725, Michelfeld, Germany; m. HANS JACOB SAUR.
ii. PHILIP BECKER, b. Bet. 1728 - 1748.
More About PHILIP BECKER:
Immigration: September 30, 1754, Ship Neptune sailed from Rotterdam, last from Cowes to Philadelphia
iii. JACOB BECKER, b. Bet. 1728 - 1748.
More About JACOB BECKER:
Immigration: September 30, 1754, Ship Neptune sailed from Rotterdam, last from Cowes to Philadelphia
2. iv. ARNOLD BECKER, b. Bef. 1738, Germany; d. 1765, Lancaster County, PA.
Generation No. 2
2. ARNOLD2 BECKER (MELCHOIR1) was born Bef. 1738 in Germany, and died 1765 in Lancaster County, PA. He married BARBARA HINKLE. She was born Bef. 1738.
Notes for ARNOLD BECKER:
Arnold and Barbara moved to the colony of Pennsylvania at the Schuylkill River near Philadelphia and later settled in Lancaster County.
More About ARNOLD BECKER:
Immigration: September 30, 1754, Ship Neptune sailed from Rotterdam, last from Cowes to Philadelphia
Children of ARNOLD BECKER and BARBARA HINKLE are:
i. CHRISTINA3 BECKER, b. 1753, Germany; m. AARON RALPHSNYDER.
Notes for CHRISTINA BECKER:
Christina chose Johan Nicholas Becker as her guardian in 12/6/1769
ii. MARIA ELIZABETH BECKER, b. February 14, 1756, Lancaster County, PA; m. PAUL DRITT, September 29, 1774.
More About MARIA ELIZABETH BECKER:
Baptism: February 22, 1756, Carl & Elisabet Schneider (Source: (1) Trinity Lutheran Church, Lancaster, PA., (2) First Reformed Church & Trinity, York Boro, York, PA.)
iii. CHRISTIAN BECKER, b. February 19, 1759, Warwick Twp, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; d. August 10, 1837, Pennsylvania; m. ANNA BRUBAKER.
iv. CARL BECKER, b. August 27, 1761, Lancaster County, PA; d. Bef. 1767.
More About CARL BECKER:
Baptism: September 06, 1761, Carl & Elisabet Schneider (Source: Trinity Lutheran Church, Lancaster, PA.)
3. v. JOHAN MATHIAS BECKER, b. March 24, 1764, Lancaster County, PA; d. February 12, 1833, Windsor Twp, York, PA.
Generation No. 3
3. JOHAN MATHIAS3 BECKER (ARNOLD2, MELCHOIR1) was born March 24, 1764 in Lancaster County, PA, and died February 12, 1833 in Windsor Twp, York, PA. He married ESTHER HOLDER 1788, daughter of MICHAEL HENRY HOLDER. She was born February 12, 1769, and died April 29, 1843 in Mrs. Musser's home.
Notes for JOHAN MATHIAS BECKER:
(Written by John Becker, son of John Mathias Becker, June 15th, 1860, age 70 years) In about 1771, my grandfather Arnold Becker took a notion to see the western country called "the backwoods," west of the Susquehanna River. Having made things ready for the journey, Arnold, his 7-year old son John, and several others of his friends filled their knapsacks with provisions, bid adieu to their families and friends, under the impression that they might never return again from the western wilderness, and set off, crossed the Susquehanna River which was called Rogues Creek. After their arrival on the west side of the Susquehanna, they explored the land from Wright's Ferry at Wrightsville down to Canjohah, now Windsor Township and being satisfied with the country returned to Lancaster, got their things ready and moved to the backwoods about one mile west of the Susquehanna River, in the northern part of Windsor Township in York County. When my father was nine years old his father died in York County.
At thirteen years of age he went to Paul Dritt who was then married to one of his sisters to learn the blacksmith trade, stayed two years then went to Lancaster to Jacob Heiffer three years more, was then free at eighteen and joined the American army under General Wayne, then in Lancaster in 1782 and was a soldier until the end of the war. And after peace was restored, he returned to York County, followed his trade. His other sister was then married to Aaron Ralphsnyder and his sisters with their husbands moved to western Virginia near Morgantown .
In the year 1788 my father married Esther Holder, a daughter of Michael Henry Holder, and they lived during his lifetime in Canjohah, commonly called Canadochly in Windsor Township and died at the age of sixty nine years, buried at the Canadochly Church. Was a pious Christian of the Lutheran Church and charitable to all benevolent institutions. He was a friend of Thomas Jefferson, forth president of the United States of America. He was among the first to establish a democratic republican government to rule this free and independent nation.
1790 Census - Windsor Twp, York County, PA
Mathias Baker household: 2 males over 16, 1 male under 16, 1 female
More About JOHAN MATHIAS BECKER:
Burial: February 1833, Canadochly Cemetery, Lower Windsor Twp, York, PA
Military service: 1782, Private, 1st Battalion, York County Militia
Children of MATHIAS BECKER and ESTHER HOLDER are:
4. i. JOHN4 BECKER, b. May 11, 1790; d. April 17, 1870.
ii. ELISABETHA BECKER, b. May 05, 1793; d. October 21, 1866; m. JOHN RUBY; d. December 1842, Aged 56.
More About ELISABETHA BECKER:
Baptism: June 09, 1793 (Source: 300 & 382 - Canadochly Union Church, Lower Windsor Twp, York, PA.)
5. iii. HENRICH BECKER, b. May 07, 1795; d. March 07, 1871.
iv. REBECCA BECKER, b. November 15, 1797; d. May 12, 1798 (Source: Family Bible.).
More About REBECCA BECKER:
Baptism: March 11, 1798, Rebecca Holder (Source: 300 & 382 - Canadochly Union Church, Lower Windsor Twp, York, PA.)
v. SAMUEL BECKER, b. June 30, 1799; d. November 01, 1811 (Source: Family Bible.).
More About SAMUEL BECKER:
Baptism: September 29, 1799, Johannes & Barbara Holder (Source: 300 & 382 - Canadochly Union Church, Lower Windsor Twp, York, PA.)
6. vi. ESTHER BECKER, b. July 1803.
7. vii. ANNA MARIA BECKER, b. August 14, 1806; d. November 02, 1871, Aged 65- 2-18.
Generation No. 4
4. JOHN4 BECKER (MATHIAS3, ARNOLD2, MELCHOIR1) was born May 11, 1790, and died April 17, 1870. He married ELIZABETH ANSTINE August 25, 1814. She was born August 02, 1794, and died February 08, 1886.
Notes for JOHN BECKER:
October 11, 1935
John Becker was a writer, surveyor, and inventor. The books that John Becker wrote are 8" x 6", well bound with card-board covers of the old time mottled and waving design, one dated 1843 and the other 1859.
These books were last known to be in the possession of John Becker's granddaughters Misses Ida and Grace Becker.
The first book has pen-cuts of the machinery which John Becker invented. The title page with scroll work and heavy shading is as follows: "John Becker, his book at Spring Mills, York Township, in the County of York and State of Pennsylvania, February the 10th A.D. 1843, containing memorandums of Machineries and Drawings." All is in his own handwriting, as well as the pen sketches of the parts. There are also descriptions of machines made by other men . His store was located at 27 S George St., York, PA; the machines were manufactured at Spring Mills, York Township, not far from Jacobus. The mill and factory were located to the left of the Codorus Bridge as you go to Jacobus, on the York Water Company's lands. He sold the rights to other merchants as is seen on page 24, an entry for Springfield Township, dated June 12, 1843, George Hartman paid $4.00 and November 6, John Beck paid $2.50 for the rights in Shrewsbury Township.
More About JOHN BECKER:
Baptism: June 19, 1790, Adam & Catharina Schenberger (Source: 300 & 382 - Canadochly Union Church, Lower Windsor Twp, York, PA.)
Burial: Prospect Hill Cemetery, York, PA
More About ELIZABETH ANSTINE:
Burial: Prospect Hill Cemetery, York, PA
Children of JOHN BECKER and ELIZABETH ANSTINE are:
i. ELIZABETH5 BECKER, m. GEORGE KING, May 28, 1840.
ii. ESTHER BECKER, d. 1850.
iii. REUBEN H BECKER.
iv. EDWIN ANSTINE BECKER.
v. CASANDRA BECKER, b. January 01, 1816 (Source: 300 & 382 - Canadochly Union Church, Lower Windsor Twp, York, PA.); m. JOHN LAUER, 1838.
8. vi. SAMUEL BECKER, b. July 28, 1817; d. 1880.
vii. JOSHUA MATTHEW BECKER, b. March 28, 1819 (Source: 300 & 382 - Canadochly Union Church, Lower Windsor Twp, York, PA.).
viii. HENRY HOLDER BECKER, b. December 1824 (Source: 300 & 382 - Canadochly Union Church, Lower Windsor Twp, York, PA.); m. ELIZA ANN HENGST, December 17, 1846 (Source: (1) 300 & 382 - Canadochly Union Church, Lower Windsor Twp, York, PA., (2) 430 - Christ Lutheran Church, York Boro, York, PA.).
More About HENRY HOLDER BECKER:
Residence: Freeport, Illinois
ix. ANNA MARIA BECKER, b. April 13, 1827 (Source: 300 & 382 - Canadochly Union Church, Lower Windsor Twp, York, PA.); m. WILLIAM SECHRIST, January 17, 1850.
x. CHARLOTTE BECKER, b. March 1829 (Source: 300 & 382 - Canadochly Union Church, Lower Windsor Twp, York, PA.).
xi. GEORGE FRANKLIN BECKER, b. September 24, 1831 (Source: 300 & 382 - Canadochly Union Church, Lower Windsor Twp, York, PA.).
5. HENRICH4 BECKER (MATHIAS3, ARNOLD2, MELCHOIR1) was born May 07, 1795, and died March 07, 1871. He married ELIZABETH ?. She was born Bef. 1812, and died December 17, 1871.
More About HENRICH BECKER:
Baptism: June 07, 1795 (Source: 300 & 382 - Canadochly Union Church, Lower Windsor Twp, York, PA.)
Children of HENRICH BECKER and ELIZABETH ? are:
i. CASSANDRA5 BECKER, b. Aft. 1812.
ii. CHARLOTTE BECKER, b. Aft. 1812.
6. ESTHER4 BECKER (MATHIAS3, ARNOLD2, MELCHOIR1) was born July 1803. She married HENRY MUSSER. He died January 10, 1832 in Aged 43-2-5 (Source: Family Bible.).
Child of ESTHER BECKER and HENRY MUSSER is:
i. EMANUEL H5 MUSSER, b. Abt. 1827; d. May 25, 1863, Aged 36-1-23.
7. ANNA MARIA4 BECKER (MATHIAS3, ARNOLD2, MELCHOIR1) was born August 14, 1806, and died November 02, 1871 in Aged 65- 2-18 (Source: Family Bible.). She married DAVID LEBER, son of CONRAD LEBER and MARIA ?. He was born Abt. 1807, and died December 23, 1878 in Aged 71-10-23 (Source: Family Bible.).
Children of ANNA BECKER and DAVID LEBER are:
i. ELLEN CATHARINE5 LEBER.
ii. DAVID HAMMER LEBER.
iii. MATHIAS BECKER LEBER.
iv. ANNA MARIA LEBER.
Generation No. 5
8. SAMUEL5 BECKER (JOHN4, MATHIAS3, ARNOLD2, MELCHOIR1) was born July 28, 1817 (Source: 300 & 382 - Canadochly Union Church, Lower Windsor Twp, York, PA.), and died 1880. He married ELIZABETH BAUMGARDNER. She died 1894.
Notes for SAMUEL BECKER:
In 1846 Samuel enlisted in the War with Mexico and was in hard battles.
More About SAMUEL BECKER:
Residence: Ottawa, Illinois
Children of SAMUEL BECKER and ELIZABETH BAUMGARDNER are:
i. SAMUEL6 BECKER, b. Aft. 1835.
ii. IDA EVE BECKER, b. Aft. 1835.
Notes for IDA EVE BECKER:
Last known living with a sister in Westville, New Jersey
iii. EDWIN ISAAC BECKER, b. Aft. 1835.
iv. GRACE AUGUSTA BECKER, b. Aft. 1835.
Notes for GRACE AUGUSTA BECKER:
Last known living with a sister in Westville, New Jersey
v. WINFIELD S H BECKER, b. Aft. 1835.
vi. CATHERINA MAY BECKER, b. Aft. 1835.
vii. ELIZABETH BECKER, b. Aft. 1835.
viii. RALPH W K BECKER, b. Abt. 1858; d. September 25, 1890; m. SARAH JANE EMSWILER, Rev. James I Good (Source: Heidelberg Reformed Church.).
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