Michael Danner

He arrived in Philadelphia, PA aboard the ship James Goodwill on 27 Sep 1727. Ref: Tombstone inscriptions; Colonial Records, Vol 3 pg. 283; Penna. Archives Series 2, Vol 2 pg. 137; Penna German Pioneers, Vol I pg. 10, Strausberger & Hinke; York Co. PA probate records.

• Suffix (I)
• Birth 1696 near Mannheim, Grand Duchy of Baden Find all individuals with events at this location
• Gender Male
• Occupation farmer
• Religion Menonite (German Baptist Brethren)
• _UID 06CB639B126D5449A52EA57740377A2AF54C
• Died 7 May 1782 Hanover (York Co.) PA Find all individuals with events at this location

September 27, 1727, Micheal Danner arrived in Philadelphia from Rotterdam via the ship the James Goodwill. The James Goodwill carried 200 people from 53 families to the New World. Micheal and two famliy members ( his wife Anna Bend Danner and his father). Micheal was one of three Danner Brothers to come to America. Micheal was born in 1696 in the Duchy of Baden on the Rhine River in Germany. He died in York County, April 19 , 1782. They are buried at Bair Meeting House, a Mennonite Church located on Route 116 between Spring Grove and Hanover Pennsylvania.

The other Danner brothers; Hans Jacob Danner arrived during 1728. Another brother, Samuel arrived aboard the Ship the Hugh Percy in 1729. One brother settled in Lancaster County and another settled in northern Maryland. The Genelogy that I reference was researched by Zelma Barrow (of St Petersburg Florida) a niece of Rose Weber Wright. These ladies sought to follow the lineage of Micheal Danner.

Micheal and Anna had eight children, Jacob Catherine Anna Heinrich Micheal, Jr Elizabeth Philip Mary

Michael Danner Sr.

   Birth: 1696 in Grand Duchy of Baden, near Mannheim, Germany

Christened: 07 May 1696 in Schopfheim, Waldshut, Baden, Germany
Moved to: 1715

   Details: Michael and family left Hanover, Germany in 1715 and first settled near Germantown.

Immigration: 27 SEP 1727

   Details: Michael Danner (Daner, Tanner) arrived from Rotterdam, Germany in Philadelphia, PA by way of Portsmouth, England on the ship "James Goodwell" (Goodwill), captained by David Crockett.

Note: Danner spoke both German and English.
Religion: He was a Swiss Mennonite and a member of the Bair Mennonite Meeting house in Hanover, York Co, PA
Birth of Son: BET 1727 AND 1728

   Name:  Jacob Danner

   Place:  in Lancaster Co., PA., (Now York Co.)

Note: 1728

   Details: The Indians appealed to Governor Gordon to have certain settlers removed from the lands west of the Susquehanna River. Among them was Michael Danner, who had settled at the mouth of Cabin Creek. He was considered an intruder on lands which the Indians had not yet released to the white settlers. The authorities duly removed them and placed them in prison in Annapolis.  After his release he became a   permanent settler of York County ( PA Ger. Soc. Vol. 24 & 25, pg. 57).

Birth of Daughter: 10 JAN 1729

   Name:  Catharine Danner

Birth of Daughter: 6 DEC 1730

   Name:  Anna Danner

Note: 1732

   Details: Samuel Blunston, land agent for the Penn's, wrote to the Governor about some men arrested by associates of Col. Thomas Cresaps of Maryland and taken to Annapolis. Included was Michael Danner. Although Gov. Samuel Ogle of

   Maryland later argued that the German settlers west of the Susquehanna had not been granted patents, at least 50 of these families had agreed to claim land under Maryland jurisdiction by 1736. A letter signed by 50 Germans renouncing their Maryland affiliation dated August 11, 1736 infers this. ( Michael Tanner et al). See Archives of Maryland 28:100-101. Until 1736, most of the Germans

   who crossed the Susquehanna River were only too willing to accept Maryland jurisdiction. In 1732, the tax collector reported at least 400 persons living west of the river who paid taxes to Lancaster County ( History of Pa, W.H. Egle, 1876, pg. 1169).

Note: 1734

   Details:  He recieved the title of "King's Commissioner of Highways for Pennsylvania

Land Rec: 17 SEP 1734

   Details:  Michael Danner received from Samuel Blunston, land agent of the Penn's in Columbia, PA, a license to settle 200 acres on the west side if the Susquehanna River about six miles southwest of John Hendricks ( Quaker of Wrightsville). This would be somewhere near Mt. Pisgah or Canadochly Church in what later became Lower Windsor Twp.

Birth of Son: 26 DEC 1734

   Name:  Michael Danner

Birth of Son: 1735

   Name:  Philip Danner

Land Rec: MAY 1736

   Details: Thomas Cresap and 300 militiamen came to the Susquehanna River to survey the lands from the Susquehanna River to the Codorus Creek. Cresap waited for more militiamen from Maryland to take prisoner all who lived between Wright's Ferry and the Codorus Creek because they refused to acknowlege themselves as tenants of Lord Baltimore. When the MD militiamen began to seize settlers property/goods, Danner represented the citizens and succeeded in having the militiamen withdraw for two weeks. The (York Co.) settlers appealed for protection from Pennsylvania. Gov. Ogle of MD was angry and offered 100 pounds for the arrest of each person who signed the petition. There is some evidence that Danner was taken twice to Maryland for "trespassing" in York Co. In 1736, Michael Danner appeared befor a Maryland court to repurchase the properties.

Birth of Daughter: 13 NOV 1736

   Name:  Elizabeth Danner

Land Rec: 1738

   Details: Tanner ( Danner), with a number of Mennonites from Lancaster Co. settled in the rich farming lands of the Conewago Valley near "Digg's Choice" on the banks of the Codorus, Heidelberg Twp.  This colony of Mennonites was the nucleus of Bair's Hanover Church. Names of other settlers here were: Hershey, Brubaker, Bair (Bare), Kauffman, Frantz, Shank, Garber, Bechtel, Bauman, Thoman, Rudisill).

Note: AUG 1739

   Details: He was one of the six Commissioners named to lay out a road from Wrightsville to the home of Adam Forney at Digges Choice and later Hanover. The road extended by way of Kitzmiller's Mill to the Province line and was known as "Monocacy Road".

Birth of Daughter: 24 DEC 1744

   Name:  Mary Danner

Birth of Son: BEF 1748

   Name:  Henry Danner

Note: An Act of August, 1749, in the Provincial Council of Philadelphia named six men "to view and lay off a new County ( York). Danner was among these men and was appointed County Commissioner.
Note: In 1755 he was appointed as one of " His Majesty's Justices of the Peace",( History of York County, Prowell).
Note: Was appointed Commissioner of Education in Pennsylvania.
Note: ABT 1760

   Details: When his son, Jacob led a group of settlers from York Co, PA to Frederick Co, MD, Michael and sons Jacob and Henry ended up platting/surveying the Monocacy Road down the west side of the Monocacy River (with the Blue Ridge Mountains back of it.) It became a main route of settlement from Lancaster Co., PA, down the river, across the Blue Ridge at Frederick to the Potomic River (north of Harper's Ferry), on to Virginia, Tennessee and the Carolinas. This was called the Monocacy Trail. He also surveyed the York Road which was a very important route that linked York, PA to the Port of Baltimore.

Religion: 1770

   Details:  Michael Danner is listed as the first leader of the German Baptists (Dunkard's) west of the Susquehanna. In 1770, Danner is listed as a member of the Conewago Congregation (Black Rock Church of the Brethren).

Land Rec: 1778-80

   Details: At one time, Michael Danner owned about 290 acres of land in the vicinity of Porter's Siding in Heidelberg Twp. The Tax Lists of Hanover and Heidelberg Twp. for 1778-80 include Michael Danner.

Death: 1781 in York Co., PA.
Will: 29 MAY 1782 Hanover, York Co, Pennsylvania

   Details:  Aplication of Henry Danner filed in Orphans Court, York County during May 1782 for probate of his father's estate lists his widow , Anna and his children: Jacob, Catharine, Anna, Michael, Henry, Mary, Phillip and Elizabeth. (Probate Book F-15).

Burial: Bair's Mennonite Church, Heidelberg Twp., York Co., PA
Parents are Ulrich Danner/Tanner and Chrystina Reitlickerin
Michael Danner Sr.

   Birth: 1696 in Grand Duchy of Baden, near Mannheim, Germany

Christened: 07 May 1696 in Schopfheim, Waldshut, Baden, Germany
Moved to: 1715

   Details: Michael and family left Hanover, Germany in 1715 and first settled near Germantown.

Immigration: 27 SEP 1727

   Details: Michael Danner (Daner, Tanner) arrived from Rotterdam, Germany in Philadelphia, PA by way of Portsmouth, England on the ship "James Goodwell" (Goodwill), captained by David Crockett.

Note: Danner spoke both German and English.
Religion: He was a Swiss Mennonite and a member of the Bair Mennonite Meeting house in Hanover, York Co, PA
Birth of Son: BET 1727 AND 1728

   Name:  Jacob Danner

   Place:  in Lancaster Co., PA., (Now York Co.)

Note: 1728

   Details: The Indians appealed to Governor Gordon to have certain settlers removed from the lands west of the Susquehanna River. Among them was Michael Danner, who had settled at the mouth of Cabin Creek. He was considered an intruder on lands which the Indians had not yet released to the white settlers. The authorities duly removed them and placed them in prison in Annapolis.  After his release he became a   permanent settler of York County ( PA Ger. Soc. Vol. 24 & 25, pg. 57).

Birth of Daughter: 10 JAN 1729

   Name:  Catharine Danner

Birth of Daughter: 6 DEC 1730

   Name:  Anna Danner

Note: 1732

   Details: Samuel Blunston, land agent for the Penn's, wrote to the Governor about some men arrested by associates of Col. Thomas Cresaps of Maryland and taken to Annapolis. Included was Michael Danner. Although Gov. Samuel Ogle of

   Maryland later argued that the German settlers west of the Susquehanna had not been granted patents, at least 50 of these families had agreed to claim land under Maryland jurisdiction by 1736. A letter signed by 50 Germans renouncing their Maryland affiliation dated August 11, 1736 infers this. ( Michael Tanner et al). See Archives of Maryland 28:100-101. Until 1736, most of the Germans

   who crossed the Susquehanna River were only too willing to accept Maryland jurisdiction. In 1732, the tax collector reported at least 400 persons living west of the river who paid taxes to Lancaster County ( History of Pa, W.H. Egle, 1876, pg. 1169).

Note: 1734

   Details:  He recieved the title of "King's Commissioner of Highways for Pennsylvania

Land Rec: 17 SEP 1734

   Details:  Michael Danner received from Samuel Blunston, land agent of the Penn's in Columbia, PA, a license to settle 200 acres on the west side if the Susquehanna River about six miles southwest of John Hendricks ( Quaker of Wrightsville). This would be somewhere near Mt. Pisgah or Canadochly Church in what later became Lower Windsor Twp.

Birth of Son: 26 DEC 1734

   Name:  Michael Danner

Birth of Son: 1735

   Name:  Philip Danner

Land Rec: MAY 1736

   Details: Thomas Cresap and 300 militiamen came to the Susquehanna River to survey the lands from the Susquehanna River to the Codorus Creek. Cresap waited for more militiamen from Maryland to take prisoner all who lived between Wright's Ferry and the Codorus Creek because they refused to acknowlege themselves as tenants of Lord Baltimore. When the MD militiamen began to seize settlers property/goods, Danner represented the citizens and succeeded in having the militiamen withdraw for two weeks. The (York Co.) settlers appealed for protection from Pennsylvania. Gov. Ogle of MD was angry and offered 100 pounds for the arrest of each person who signed the petition. There is some evidence that Danner was taken twice to Maryland for "trespassing" in York Co. In 1736, Michael Danner appeared befor a Maryland court to repurchase the properties.

Birth of Daughter: 13 NOV 1736

   Name:  Elizabeth Danner

Land Rec: 1738

   Details: Tanner ( Danner), with a number of Mennonites from Lancaster Co. settled in the rich farming lands of the Conewago Valley near "Digg's Choice" on the banks of the Codorus, Heidelberg Twp.  This colony of Mennonites was the nucleus of Bair's Hanover Church. Names of other settlers here were: Hershey, Brubaker, Bair (Bare), Kauffman, Frantz, Shank, Garber, Bechtel, Bauman, Thoman, Rudisill).

Note: AUG 1739

   Details: He was one of the six Commissioners named to lay out a road from Wrightsville to the home of Adam Forney at Digges Choice and later Hanover. The road extended by way of Kitzmiller's Mill to the Province line and was known as "Monocacy Road".

Birth of Daughter: 24 DEC 1744

   Name:  Mary Danner

Birth of Son: BEF 1748

   Name:  Henry Danner

Note: An Act of August, 1749, in the Provincial Council of Philadelphia named six men "to view and lay off a new County ( York). Danner was among these men and was appointed County Commissioner.
Note: In 1755 he was appointed as one of " His Majesty's Justices of the Peace",( History of York County, Prowell).
Note: Was appointed Commissioner of Education in Pennsylvania.
Note: ABT 1760

   Details: When his son, Jacob led a group of settlers from York Co, PA to Frederick Co, MD, Michael and sons Jacob and Henry ended up platting/surveying the Monocacy Road down the west side of the Monocacy River (with the Blue Ridge Mountains back of it.) It became a main route of settlement from Lancaster Co., PA, down the river, across the Blue Ridge at Frederick to the Potomic River (north of Harper's Ferry), on to Virginia, Tennessee and the Carolinas. This was called the Monocacy Trail. He also surveyed the York Road which was a very important route that linked York, PA to the Port of Baltimore.

Religion: 1770

   Details:  Michael Danner is listed as the first leader of the German Baptists (Dunkard's) west of the Susquehanna. In 1770, Danner is listed as a member of the Conewago Congregation (Black Rock Church of the Brethren).

Land Rec: 1778-80

   Details: At one time, Michael Danner owned about 290 acres of land in the vicinity of Porter's Siding in Heidelberg Twp. The Tax Lists of Hanover and Heidelberg Twp. for 1778-80 include Michael Danner.

Death: 1781 in York Co., PA.
Will: 29 MAY 1782 Hanover, York Co, Pennsylvania

   Details:  Aplication of Henry Danner filed in Orphans Court, York County during May 1782 for probate of his father's estate lists his widow , Anna and his children: Jacob, Catharine, Anna, Michael, Henry, Mary, Phillip and Elizabeth. (Probate Book F-15).

Burial: Bair's Mennonite Church, Heidelberg Twp., York Co., PA
Parents are Ulrich Danner/Tanner and Chrystina Reitlickerin
Anna Bend

   Birth:  

Death:
Burial: Chestnut Grove Church of the Brethren Codorus Twp, York Co, PA
parents are unknown
Michael DANNER (Ulrich) was born 7 May 1696 in Schopfheim, Waldshut, Baden, Germany and was christened 7 May 1696 in Schopfheim, Waldshut, Baden. He died 29 May 1782 in Baer Mtng House, Hanover, Pa and was buried in Bair's Mennonite Church, Heidelberg.

      Norman Danner of Porter's Sideling, PA, stated that family tradition is that three Danner brothers came

      from Germany to the United States. Michael Danner, who settled in that portion of Lancaster Co. that is

      now in York Co., PA; Samuel Danner arrived on the ship "Hugh Percy" from Rotterdam during 1729;

      and Hans Jacob Danner came during 1728. One brother settled in Maryland and one in what is now

      Lancaster Co., PA.

1727 Michael & his wife arrived from Palatine in the Ship James Goodwill, David Crockett, Master, from

      Rotterdam, at the port of Philadelphia. He was 31. He passed the winter in Lancaster County among his

      countrymen. Evidentally, he settled in York County, Pennsylvania as a prominent citizen, in 1749 as

      commissioner helped lay out the county

Michael Danner and his wife were buried in the cemetery at Bair's Meetinghouse, but the exact location

      is not known. The church placed a small marker in the old cemetery ( the one beside the church; the

      new one being across the street), in Michael's honor. It lists his daughter-in-law, Susanna, on the

      marker, and not his wife.

Occupation: Farmer

      Religion: German Baptist

also see * "Pennsylvania German Pioneers" by Ralph Beaver Stressburger & William John Hende pg.

      10

Michael married Anna BEND about 1726 in , , , Germany. Anna was born about 1696 in , , , Germany. She died after 1782 in , York, Pa and was buried in Baer Mountain HS Hanover, Pa.
They had the following children:
+ 5 F i. Catharine DANNER was born about 1722 and died before 1782.

+ 6 M ii. Jacob DANNER was born 1727 and died 8 Mar 1814.

+ 7 F iii. Anna DANNER was born 6 Dec 1730 and died 10 Jan 1804.

      8       F       iv.       Catherine DANNER was born about 1732 in , Lancaster, Pa.

+ 9 M v. Michael DANNER was born 16 Dec 1734 and died 26 Mar 1782.

      10       F       vi.       Elizabeth DANNER was born 13 Nov 1736 in Lancaster Co., Pa.. She died 21 Apr 1798 and was buried in Bear Meet House, York, Pa.

Elizabeth married Christian BEAR. Christian was born 1733 in <Lancaster Co., Pa.>. He died 1799.
11 M vii. Philip DANNER was born 1740/1744 in Lancaster Co., Pa..
Philip married (1) Eva ALBAUGH. Eva was born about 1744 in <Lancaster Co., Pa.>.
Philip also married (2) Margaret MILHEIM. Margaret was born about 1744 in <Lancaster Co., Pa.>.
+ 12 M viii. Heinrich DANNER was born 12 Feb 1742 and died 5 Feb 1814.

      13       F       ix.       Maria DANNER was born 24 Dec 1744 in Near Hanover, Pa. She died 18 Feb 1816 in Near Hanover, Pa and was buried in , York, Pa.

Maria married (1) Daniel UTZ. Daniel was born about 1740 in <Near Hanover, Pa>.
Maria also married (2) Heinrich HOHF. Heinrich was born about 1740 in <Near Hanover, Pa>.
Third Generation

5. Catharine DANNER (Michael DANNER, Ulrich) was born about 1722 in Germany. She died before 1782.

      Catharine married George WEHRLEY. George was born about 1720 in <Lancaster Co., Pa.>.

They had the following children:
George and Catharine had the following children:
14 F i. Elizabeth WEHRLY was born about 1744 in <Lancaster Co., Pa.>.
15 F ii. Anna WEHRLY was born about 1744 in <Lancaster Co., Pa.>.
16 F iii. Maudlena WEHRLY was born about 1744 in <Lancaster Co., Pa.>.
17 F iv. Barbara WEHRLEY was born in Lancaster Co., Pa..
also found as Worley
Barbara married Abraham ZIMMERMAN, son of Abraham ZIMMERMAN and Catherine Rothermel FEDEROLF. Abraham was born 1767 in Maxatawny, Berks, Pa.
"Northumberland Co. PA Biographical Sketches"
Abraham Zimmerman immigrated to PA in the colonial days and setteled in

      Maxatawny Twsp., Berks Cty and when the pattiots engaged the mother country in a

      war for independence, Mr. Zimmerman was one of the first to enroll himself under the

      banners of the strugling republic as a solder in Washington's army. Gen. Washington

      was a frequent visitor at the Maxatawny homestead and on two or three occasions

      established his headquaters there.

Other records show Abe as the son of his fathers second marriage which would be

      impossible since the marriage was 20 years after his birth

18 M v. Samuel WEHRLY was born about 1744 in <Lancaster Co., Pa.>.
19 M vi. Jonathon WEHRLY was born about 1744 in <Lancaster Co., Pa.>.
20 M vii. Michael WEHRLY was born about 1744 in <Lancaster Co., Pa.>.
Michael married Elisabeth SIEGFRIED, daughter of Johannes SIEGFRIED and Catherine Rothermel FEDEROLF. Elisabeth was born 9 Jul 1754 in Maxatawny Twp, Berks Co, PA.

Michael and family left Hanover, Germany in 1715 and first settled near Germantown.

Later, in 1727 he moved to the Pequea Settlement of Lancaster County according to article in "Brethren Roots and Branches", Vol 3, Dec1981. Some confusion exists because the " Mennonite Encylopedia" refers to Michael Danner as "an early member of the Mellinger Mennonmite congregation of Lancaster County" and suggests he crossed the river ( Susquehanna) by 1719.

In 1728, the Indians appealed to Governor Gordon to have certain settlers removed from the lands west of the Susquehanna River. Among them was Michael Danner. He was considered an intruder on lands which the Indians had not yet released to the white settlers. The authorities duly removed them. Refer to "History of York County, PA" by Rupp, pg. 347.

In 1732, Samuel Blunston, land agent for the Penn's, wrote to the Governor about some men arrested by associates of Col. Thomas Cresaps of Maryland and taken to Annapolis. Included was Michael Danner. Although Gov. Samuel Ogle of Maryland later argued that the German settlers west of the Susquehanna had not been granted patents, at least 50 of these families had agreed to claim land under Maryland jurisdiction by 1736. A letter signed by 50 Germans renouncing their Maryland affiliation dated August 11, 1736 infers this. ( Michael Tanner et al). See Archives of Maryland 28:100-101. Until 1736, most of the Germans who crossed the Susquehanna River were only too willing to accept Maryland jurisdiction.

In 1732, the tax collector reported at least 400 persons living west of the river who paid taxes to Lancaster County ( History of Pa, W.H. Egle, 1876, pg. 1169).

On 17 Sep 1734, Michael Danner received from Samuel Blunston, land agent of the Penn's in Columbia, PA, a license to settle 200 acres on the west side if the Susquehanna River about six miles southwest of John Hendricks ( Quaker of Wrightsville). This would be somewhere near Mt. Pisgah or Canadochly Church in what later became Lower Windsor Twp.

In 1736, Michael Danner apparently was arrested a second time by Maryland authorities. Records of the Sheriff of Anna Arundel County of 4 Jan 1736 mention taking prisoner, Michael Tanner of Baltimore County, for having driven some fellows from his home in Pennsylvania.

In August 1739 he was one of the six Commissioners named to lay out a road from Wrightsville to the home of Adam Forney at Digges Choice and later Hanover. The road extended by way of Kitzmiller's Mill to the Province line and was known as "Monocacy Road".

Some claim that originally the family was Mennonite, but Gleim thought not.

Michael Danner is listed as the first leader of the German Baptists (Dunkard's) west of the Susquehanna. In 1770, Danner is listed as a member of the Conewago Congregation (Black Rock Church of the Brethren).

At one time, Michael Danner owned about 290 acres of land in the vicinity of Porter's Siding in Heidelberg Twp. The Tax Lists of Hanover and Heidelberg Twp. for 1778-80 include Michael Danner. Heidelberg Twp. created in 1750 from northern portion of Manheim Twp.

" Was Michael Danner a Mennonite?", is a six page article in the Dec 1981 Brethren Roots and Branches, quarterly publication of the Brethren Genealogists of Southern PA, 2490 Middle St., York, PA 17404. Article suggests that he was a German Baptist with Mennonite neighbors. The article reports that he was an aggressive, enterprising German who was exceptional both in character and in his abilities. He spoke both English and German. The book, History and Families of the Black Rock Church of the Brethren, by Elmer Q. Gleim has numerous references to him and indicates he was of the Brethren faith.

An Act of August, 1749, in the Provincial Council of Philadelphia named six men "to view and lay off a new County ( York). Danner was among them. In 1755 he was appointed as one of " His Majesty's Justices of the Peace",( History of York County, Prowell).

Aplication of Henry Danner filed in Orphans Court, York County during May 1782 for probate of his father's estate lists his widow , Anna and his children: Jacob, Catharine, Anna, Michael, Henry, Mary, Phillip and Elizabeth. (Probate Book F-15).

In 1728 settled at Cabin Creek mouth on Susquehanna River. he got into a dispute  over land. When arrested by Maryland civil authorities placed in prison in Annapolis. After his release became permanent settler of York County ( PA Ger. Soc. Vol. 24 & 25, pg. 57). Tanner ( Danner), with a number of Mennonites from Lancaster Co. settled in the rich farming lands of the Conewago Valley near "Digg's Choice" on the banks of the Codorus, Heidelberg Twp. in 1738. This colony of Mennonites was the nucleus of Bair's Hanover Church. Names of other settlers here were: Hershey, Brubaker, Bair (Bare), Kauffman, Frantz, Shank, Garber, Bechtel, Bauman, Thoman, Rudisill).

Danner spoke both German and English. Appointed County Commissioner in 1749 to help lay out York County.

Bair's Hanover was first Mennonite congregation in York County to erect a church ( 3.5 east of Hanover on Hanover- Spring Grove Road). First structure was of logs ( 1746). Peter Blasser was first known ordained Mennonite minister in the Michael Danner settlement. He had arrived in 1739 and had been a Mennonite prisoner from Trachselwald in Berne. Later his children settled near Stony-Man near Blue Ridge, VA. Adam Forney had settled there earlier ( 1730).

• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy

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Michael Danner/Tanner, 1696 - 1781 Birth: May 7 1696

 Near Mannheiim, Markgrafschaft Baden, Heiliges Römisches Reich Deutscher Nation Baptism: May 7 1696

 Evangelisch, Schopfheim, Loerrach, Baden Christening: May 7 1696

 Evangelisch, Schopfheim, Loerrach, Baden Religion: German Baptist Description: Physical description:Michael and family left Hanover, Germany in 1715 and first settled near Germantown. Later, in 1727 he moved to the Pequea Settlement of Lancaster County according to article in "Brethren Roots and Branches", Vol 3, Dec1981. Some confusion exists because the " Mennonite Encylopedia" refers to Michael Danner as "an early member of the Mellinger Mennonmite congregation of Lancaster County" and suggests he crossed the river ( Susquehanna) by 1719. In 1728, the Indians appealed to Governor Gordon to have certain settlers removed from the lands west of the Susquehanna River. Among them was Michael Danner. He was considered an intruder on lands which the Indians had not yet released to the white settlers. The authorities duly removed them. Refer to "History of York County, PA" by Rupp, pg. 347. In 1732, Samuel Blunston, land agent for the Penn's, wrote to the Governor about some men arrested by associates of Col. Thomas Cresaps of Maryland and taken to Annapolis. Included was Michael Danner. Although Gov. Samuel Ogle of Maryland later argued that the German settlers west of the Susquehanna had not been granted patents, at least 50 of these families had agreed to claim land under Maryland jurisdiction by 1736. A letter signed by 50 Germans renouncing their Maryland affiliation dated August 11, 1736 infers this. ( Michael Tanner et al). See Archives of Maryland 28:100-101. Until 1736, most of the Germans who crossed the Susquehanna River were only too willing to accept Maryland jurisdiction. In 1732, the tax collector reported at least 400 persons living west of the river who paid taxes to Lancaster County ( History of Pa, W.H. Egle, 1876, pg. 1169). On 17 Sep 1734, Michael Danner received from Samuel Blunston, land agent of the Penn's in Columbia, PA, a license to settle 200 acres on the west side if the Susquehanna River about six miles southwest of John Hendricks ( Quaker of Wrightsville). This would b... Marriage: Marriage to: Anna Dorothea Bend 1725

 Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States Marriage: Marriage to: Susannah "Anna" bend 1726

 Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States Marriage: Spouse: Anna Danner (born Bend) 1726

 Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States Residence: Pennsylvania, USA Between 1727 and 1776 Emigration: CAME TO AMERICA ON SHIP "JAMES GOODWILL" Sep 27 1727

 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA AKA: also spelled Tanner,Dohner,Donner Residence: Schopfheim, Lörrach, Baden, Germany Schopfheim, Lörrach, Baden, Germany Occupation: Farmer Residence: USA Residence: York, Pennsylvania, USA Residence: York, Pennsylvania, USA Residence: York, Pennsylvania, USA Residence: York, Pennsylvania, USA Residence: Schopfheim, Loerrach, Baden Residence: Schopfheim, Baden, Germany Immigration Arrival: Arrived on the ship James Goodwell Sep 27 1727

 Philadelphia, Pa. Arrival: 1742

 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Residence: Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA 1742 Residence: Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA 1742 Residence: Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA 1742 Residence: Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA 1742 Residence: Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA 1752 Residence: Manheim, York, Pennsylvania 1779 Residence: Manheim, York, Pennsylvania, USA 1779 Probate: May 29 1782

 Hanover, YorkCo., Pennsylvania, USA Residence: Dover, York, Pennsylvania, USA Between 1935 and 1993 Death: Apr 19 1781

 Hanover, York Co., Pennsylvania, USA Alternate Death: May 28 1782

 Hanover, York, Pennsylvania, USA Alternate Death: May 29 1782

 Hanover, York, Pennsylvania, USA Alternate Death: Apr 19 1783 Burial: After May 29 1782

 Bear Meeting House Cemetery, York County, Pennsylvania, USA Family members Parents: Ulrich Tannerdanner 1670 - 1700 Chryschona Tannerdanner (born Reitlickerin) 1674 - 1700 Wife: Susannah "Anna" Danner/tanner, (born Bend) 1696 - 1782 Wife: Anna Dorothea Danner (born Bend) 1699 - 1782 Children: Michael Danner, Jr. 1696 - 1782 Jacob Danner 1727 - 1814 Catharine Wehrly (born Danner) 1728 - 1790 Johann George Danner 1730 - 1765 Anna Petry (born Danner) 1730 - 1804 Philip Danner, Sr 1735 - 1829 Elizabeth Baer (born Danner) 1736 - 1798 Heinrich Henry Danner 1741 - 1814 Mary Hoff/ Utz (born Danner) 1744 - 1816 Mary Hoff (born Danner) 1744 - 1816 Jacob Danner 1727 - 1799 Philip Danner 1727 - 1732 Catherine Wehrly (born Danner) 1728 - 1790 Anna Maria Petry (born Danner) 1730 - 1804 Michael Danner, Jr. 1734 - 1782 Matthias Danner 1736 - 1736 Elizabeth Baehr (born Danner) 1736 - 1798 Heinrich (Henry) Danner 1742 - 1814 Maria Petry (born Danner) 1744 - 1816 John Philip Danner, Sr 1772 - 1829 Source