Pennsylvania Wills, 1682-1834 will in Bergs Co of Jacob Morgan...1792, mentions Servant girl Martha BAREFOOT to be free after my decease. Berks: Sons Jacob and Benjamin. Wits: Lott EVANS, John BARKLEY and John SPYKER. Witness to codicil: Samuel LAVERTY and John EVANS. Lancaster co Pennsylvania Wills, 1682-1834 --- October 7, 1782 KNUP, JACOB (This should be NUPP.) Wife. Catharine Nupp. Children: Jacob, Anna, Elizabeth, Mary and Catharina. Ex. Henry Moore and Barefoot Brunson. Twp. omitted. The above are the only mentions of the surname Barefoot, on CD 209 Pa Wills 1682-1834. Church Records: Selected Areas of PA, 1600s-1800s Berks Co. St. Gabriel's church Martha Barefoot daughter of Samuel and Jean of Amity Township in Berks County, b. February 15, 1759, bapt. September 13, 1778. Church Records: Selected Areas of PA, 1600s-1800s Ezabella Barefoot daughter of Benjamin and Rebecca, b. November 14, 1795, bapt. July 2, 1797. Church Records: Selected Areas of PA, 1600s-1800s William Barefoot son of Benjamin and Rebecca, b. December 10, 1791, bapt. July 2, 1797. Samuel Barefoot son of Benjamin and Rebecca, b. August 2, 1793, bapt. July 2, 1797. William Barefoot son of Benjamin and Rebecca, b. December 10, 1791, bapt. July 2, 1797. Samuel Barefoot son of Benjamin and Rebecca, b. August 2, 1793, bapt. July 2, 1797. Lancaster co,,,,St James Episcopal Church Records: Selected Areas of PA, 1600s-1800s Church Records: Selected Areas of PA, 1600s-1800s Cyrus of --- and Martha Barefoot, b. July 30, 1800, bapt. July 19, 1801 at old John Evans', farmer. After looking at the names of the citizenry of Coventry, I'd think it was mostly composed of Germans, through the 1700s. There certainly may be other areas, but this seems a likely place to look. Sandra -----Original Message----- From: Sharon Sheldon <slsheldon@earthlink.net> To: PACHESTE-L@rootsweb.com <PACHESTE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 4:02 PM Subject: [PACHESTE] "GERMAN COUNTY, PA" >Hey Folks, > >Here's one for ya: in a dictated autobiography my distant uncle made the >following remarks about the progenitor of our Barefoot line: "Dr. Benjamin >Barefoot, came over from the North of Ireland in the last years of the 18th >century and located among the Pennsylvania Germans in German County." > >Now I know there's no such thing as German County, and Germantown isn't a >possibility, either, according to their historical society. In 1785 my >Benjamin Barefoot first appears on the tax records in West Nantmeal Twp., >Chester Co., PA. A man I believe is his brother, Samuel Barefoot, is on the >tax list as well. Does anyone have any comments on where would be a good >place in Chester Co. that would earn the designation of German County by >one who would not know any better? > >As an aside, the best I can find on this family (or even this surname) shows >activity in the 1760's off and on in Douglassville, Amity Twp. & West >Nantmeal. There's also a James Barefoot who would be a contemporary of >these two listed on the tax records in Nottingham Twp. In the 1770's there >were a few Barefoots who were in the Caernarvon Twp. area of Berks Co. as >well, but I can't find evidence of them in Berks earlier than that. > >This is my first foray into anything German in PA. Any clues, anyone? :) > >Thanks a bunch for reading this. > >Sharon >No. VA > > > >==== PACHESTE Mailing List ==== >Stop by our associated website for Chester County Genealogy at >http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacheste/chester.htm > > > >