I have been trying to find info on a Frantz family that lived in Elizabeth and Manor Townships of Lancaster County, PA. I found some info from Dwayne Wrightsman in the archives, and this helped me in my search. The specific person of interest is a John Frantz, who is likely the John Frantz who died about 1787 in Manor Township. This is what I have pieced together, and would appreciate any feedback. 1. A John Frantz and wife Elizabeth purchased property on 5/23/1750, along Conoy Creek, in what appears to be present day West Donegal Township. The property was purchased shortly before this time on 3/8/1750, by Adam Thomas and his wife Veronica. 2. I believe Adam is the Adam Thommen who lived along Beaver Creek in present day Providence Township (then Martic), who died about 1762. Adam had a daughter Elizabeth, and I suspect she was the wife of John Frantz (the short hold time indicates that Adam may have bought the property for his daughter). 3. Everything points to Adam Thommen being Mennonite, since his property on Beaver Creek was part of a large property purchase by Mennonite Martin Kendig in 1717, and Mennonites Martin Bare and Henry Herr were executors of his Will. Many of his descendents were Mennonite as well. 4. John Frantz then sold the Conoy Creek property in 1760 to Mary Horsch, the widow of Jacob Horsch. I believe Jacob was the son of Jacob Horsh and Barbara Schenk, who were Mennonite. 5. A John Frantz is found in Manor Township in the 1771 through 1779 tax lists, and John Frantz has a 1787 Will filed in Manor Township. 6. John appears to be the son of Balzar Frantz. Balzar had a 1733 warrant for property along Pequa Creek. Beaver Creek flows into Pequa Creek near Adam Thommen, and two of Adam's grandchildren lived in Pequa Township. 7. Balzar Frantz is said to have been married to an Anna Barbara, and both were baptized by Michael Frantz of the German Baptist Conestoga congregation around 1738. 8. I have found info that states that Balzar was the brother of German Baptist Elder Michael Frantz (source includes European tax records). 9. Balzar apparently died about 1742, since an Anna Barbara Frantz filed a 6/13/1743 warrant for property on Cocalico Creek. She filed a second warrant for the same property on 11/19/1747. This property was adjacent Henry Landis and very close to Rudolph Bollinger, both German Baptists, and very close to Ephrata. She may have wanted to leave Mennonite Pequa for German Baptist Ephrata to raise her children. 10. John Frantz had a son John Frantz and a brother Abraham Frantz. Abraham had a 1757 warrant for a property along Mill Creek in Elizabeth Township. John Frantz is found living on that same property and is in the tax lists of Elizabeth Township from 1771 through 1782. He is also listed in a 1786 Elizabeth Township property record as well. 11. This second John Frantz was the executor in the 1770 Will of Jacob Thommen of Elizabeth Township. Jacob's Will refers to John Frantz as his neighbor. This property was very close to the property of Mennonite Michael Schenk (later owned by son Martin Schenk). Michael Schenk also had property near by in Warwick Township. 12. Jacob Thommen is likely Joggi Thommen who immigrated with his wife Barbara Handschin from Holstein Switzerland in 1749. He would have been close to 90 years old when he died. I suspect Joggi was also Mennonite. 13. John Frantz of Elizabeth Township is not likely the son of Abraham Frantz, who lists only two sons (Abraham & Adam) in his 1770 will. 14. The Will of John Frantz of Manor Township lists Jacob Frantz executor, and Jacob Frantz is listed in the 1782 Manor Township tax (not John). I have a two questions: 1. Does anyone have any reliable information on the John Frantz of Manor Township? 2. Could John Frantz of Manor Township and John Frantz of Elizabeth Township be the same person (owning property in both places and thus paying taxes in both places, but living in Elizabeth Township? Bill Thomas