The Masemore's originate from Codorus Township, York County, c. 1755. Yoder Masemore had several "original" PA land grants in the southern section of that township. For more on PA Original Land Records for York and Adams Counties, see http://www.paland.us. Dr. Neal O. Hively -------------------------------------------------- From: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2009 12:29 PM To: <PAYORK-L@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [PAYork] Masemore origins > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: brentsweitzer > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.york/3404.3883.6242.3/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > I have a Bible that was apparently owned by the Jodor Masemore (many > spellings ensued) referenced in several family trees. The births listed in > the publicly-posted family trees are hand-written in this Bible. > > The problem I have is that my great-grandmother, Amelia Jane Masemore, > daughter of Leah Amspacher Masemore, was said to be the daughter of a > Daniel Masemore, who died young. Leah A. and Amelia Jane Masemore were > living with Leah's parents, George and Christena Amspacher at the time of > the 1860 Census. THis suggests that Leah was in fact a widow only three > years after her daughter's birth. I also have Amelia Jane's hand-drawn > baptismal record, and it lists Leah and Daniel Masemore as the parents. > > The difficulty is that I can't find a Daniel as being born to any of Jodor > Masemore's children. Having the Bible convinces me that there is a link, > but I haven't been able to find it. > > brent.sweitzer@multek.com > > Anybody know of a Daniel Masemore, wiht a date of death around 1859 > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link > above and respond on the board. > > > > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PAYORK > ********* > Messages posted to the RootsWeb/Ancestry PAYORK Message Board are > gatewayed to this Mailing List. Remember that the author of gatewayed > messages may not be a list subscriber so please reply to gatewayed > messages by clicking on the link and replying on the board. > ************ > Visit the York County, Pennsylvania USGENWEB Project at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~payork/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PAYORK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message