Person:David Jansohn (1)

About David Jansohn/Janson

David Jansohn [or variously Yanson, Janson, Johnson] was born likely around the year 1740, born likely in or near Germany or Holland. He is likely the David Jansohn that arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1763 and is listed in "Pennsylvania German Pioneers: Publication of the Original Lists of Arrivals in the Port of Philadelphia from 1727 to 1808", Edited by William John Hinke. A corresponding Passenger Ship Record of the Ship "Pallas" is found listing David Jansohn on the passenger manifest, arriving with 198 passengers from Rotterdam on 25 November 1763, last from Cowes with Richard Milner, Master [Captain], which corroborates the 1763 arrival to Philadelphia. David Jansohn's signature on the passenger manifest in "flourishing German script" is mentioned by researcher Olin Glynn Johnson in 2001.

David Jansohn is also listed on the Pennsylvania Early Census Index in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania in 1763. It is not yet known how long he remained in Pennsylvania, but he apparently migrated to North Carolina sometime around the mid-1770's. Sometime prior to 1800, David Jansohn's family migrated to Wythe County, Virginia, where his sons Palser, George and William surveyed tracts of land. David Jansohn's will is found in Wythe County, Virginia records in 1809, listing his wife Catherina [maiden name unknown, some say "Edwardson" (proof needed)] and children.

Will Abstract

Page 440. Will of David Jansohn*. [written] May 12, 1809.

Sons: William, Balsor, George, Michael and David.

Wife: Catharina

Daughters: Catharina Clemons, Elizabeth Wampler, Maria Zimmerman.

Exec: John Stanger.

Witnesses: John Stanger, Alexander Buckanan

Recorded: June 14, 1809.

John P. Mathwes, D.C.

[Source: Wythe County, Virginia, will books 1-2, 1790-1822, pg. 33] [*Note: this source mis-transcribed David's surname as "Jameson" instead of Jansohn, which is what is signed on the original will]

As the court continued and held for Wythe County on this 11th day of June 1809 there the last will and testament of David Yanson deceased was presented in court and proved by the oath of Alexander Buchanan witness where to ordered to be continued for further proof and at a court continued and held for the county after said on the 15th day of June 1809 The same will again presented in the court and fully proved by the oath of John Stanger a sub [illegible] witness there too signed, ordered to be recorded and on the [illegible] of John Stanger the executor named in the said will who entered in to bond with [illegible] [illegible] her [illegible] the sum of $500 with condition as the law directs and took the oath required by law probate thereof is granted him in the due form.

[Signed] John P. Matthews D.C.

[Ancestry.com Member Comment]

1.   Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. (Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Research, 2006).

   Name David Jansohn
   Arrival Year 1763
   Arrival Place Pennsylvania
   Primary Immigrant Jansohn, David
   Source Publication Code 1804
   Annotation Taken from original manuscripts in the state archives. Names given throughout pages 1-677. Foreigners arriving in Pennsylvania named on pages 521-667. No. 3776, Kelker, supplements this.
   Source Bibliography EGLE, WILLIAM HENRY, editor Names of Foreigners Who Took the Oath of Allegiance to the Province and State of Pennsylvania, 1727-1775, with the Foreign Arrivals, 1786-1808. (Pennsylvania Archives, ser. 2, vol. 17.) Harrisburg [PA]: E.K. Meyers, 1890. 787p. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1967.

2.   Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).

   https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/30408477/person/12402793319/facts
   Note: wife listed as Catharina Edwardson, needs further research/sources to prove.

3.   Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1652-1900.

   Name David Yanson [David Jansohn]
   Residence Date Abt 1809
   Residence Place Wythe County
   Will Date 12 May 1809
   Probate Date 12 May 1809 [15 June 1809]
   Probate Place Wythe, Virginia, USA
   Inferred Death Year 1809
   Inferred Death Place Virginia, USA
   Item Description Index to Wills, 1790-1911; Wills, Vol 1-3, 1790-1831

4.   United States. Pennsylvania, Land Warrants and Applications, 1733-1952: [database on-line]. (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).

   Name David Janson
   Warrant Date 21 Aug 1766
   Warrant Place Bucks

5.   Pennsylvania, United States. Pennsylvania, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1772-1890. (Ancestry.com [database online]).

   Name David Jansohn
   State PA
   County Philadelphia County
   Township Philidelphia
   Year 1763
   Database PA Early Census Index