John Tennes

Aged 74 years

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Changed name from Tunes to Tennis

1. 1 The Levering Family History by Col. John Levering, pg 119;
2. 2 Thompson-Lock Burial grounds, Delaware twp., Juniata co., Pa.;
3. 3 Tennis Family Genealogy, obtained from Juniata County Historical Society, written by John Calvin Tennis, (1908-1989), edited by David A. Shellenberger, 6 May 1973;
4. 4 " History of the Susquehana and Juniata Valleys" by Everts, Peck, and Richards, 1886;

Notes;

1. 2 Headstone done by order of their son Stephen T., [ J.], died July 24 1797, 74 yrs.;
2. 4 Chapter XIX, Volume 1, page 874, ( Borough of Thompsontown ). John Tennis came from Montgomery county, and on August 1, 1765, made an article of agreement with Colonel Samuel Hunter for a tract of three hundred acres of land he warranted on Delaware Run, July 20, 1755. The deed of this tract he received from Hunter, July 4, 1772. In 1770 he sold to John Kepler, or Kepner, one hundred and sixty acres of the tract on which the borough of Thompsontown now stands. Chapter XVIII, Volume I, Pages 867-868, ( Delaware Township ), John Tennis, who purchased in 1761 the land on a part of which Thompsontown is laid, and who sold a part in 1770 to John Kepler, kept one hundred and fifty acres that lay above the old river bridge. He had four sons, William, Stephen, Anthony, and Samuel. William was in the Revolutionary War, and does not appear again. Samuel is mentioned as a freeman in 1776, and as owner of land and stock from 1777 to 1793, when he went west; Anthony, as a freeman from 1785 to 1790, and owner of land stock from 1793 to 1802, when he sold and went west; Stephen, as a freeman from 1788, owning stock in 1791 and land from 1796. He settled upon the homestead and died there in 1808. John Tennis, now living in Fayette township, eighty-four years of age, is a son of Stephen. When fifteen years of age [1817] he learned the trade of a blacksmith of Samuel Belford, then living at what is now Mount Pleasant. He worked at his trade for several years, at Mifflin and Jericho, and in 1833 bought a farm in Walker township, where he lived until 1865, when he moved to Fayette, where he now lives. Of the family of Tennis who now [1886] live in Thompsontown, Israel Tennis came to this place in 1841, from Montgomery county. A brother, William, [ married to Rebecca Williams, eventually went to Muskingum county, Ohio ] had lived below the town since 1820. The family probably have a common origin, but it is not certainly known. [ this is the purpose of this book by nrt, 2005 ]. The Tennis lands are now owned by the heirs, William and Robert Thompson. "John Tennis Sr., purchased one hundred eighty acres of George Patterson on February 4, 1879."

Three plantations in Towamensing Twp., Phila. County, late the estate of William Tennis, dec'd, for sale; apply to Samuel and John Tennis, administrators. Abstracts from the PA Gazette, 1748-1755 p. 116.

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@R-1670674683@ Pennsylvania, Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801 Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 1,2497::0

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Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission; Records of the Office of the Comptroller General, RG-4; Tax & Exoneration Lists, 1762-1794; Microfilm Roll: 324 1,2497::1067688

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@R-1670674683@ Pennsylvania, Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801 Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 1,2497::0

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Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission; Records of the Office of the Comptroller General, RG-4; Tax & Exoneration Lists, 1762-1794; Microfilm Roll: 324 1,2497::1067688

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