Person:Michael Tanner (4)

Will of Michael Tanner

Will of Michael Tanner - September 5, 1776:

In the Name of God Amen I Michael Tanner of Frederick County & Province of Maryland being weak in Body but of sound & perfect Mind & Memory do make and publish this my Last Will & Testament in Manner and Form following.

I will & direct all the Goods or Effects of which I shall die possessed by sold by & out of the Money arising from the Sale thereof, together with the Money arising from the Debts due to me I will that my Executor do pay unto my Son Andrew Tanner or to his Heirs the Sum of ten pounds Commonand it is my Will that the Remainder be divided into five equal Shares and one Share given to each of my Children or their Heirs.

And I do hereby consitute & appoint my Son in Law John Storum Sole Executor of this my Last Will & Testament & I do impower him the said John Storum his Heirs or Executors to make over & convey unto a certain Jacob Good by a Lawful Deed of Conveyance, all my Right Claim & Title to two out Lotts of Ground lying in Taney Town and I further impower my said Executor to convey agreeable to a Bond given by him unto a certain George Kelly his Heirs or assigns a certain Lott of Land lying in Taney Town together with the Improvements & Premises thereunto belonging.

I do hereby revoke all former Wills by me made.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & Seal this 5th Day of September in the year seventeen hundred & seventy six.

(signed) Michael Tanner

Signed Sealed published & declared by the above Michael Tanner to be his Last Will & Testament in the presence of us who have hereunto set our Names as Witnesses in the presence of the Testator.

Jacob Shiner, Jacob Killiger X his mark

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Information on Michael Tanner

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Danner Ancestry in Europe The primary information source for Tanner family is from Miles S. Philbeck's article "The Search for Michael Tanner," in the Bulletin of the Genealogical Society of Old Tryon County, Inc., Feb. 1995 (23:1, pp. 1-13).

Hans DANNER/DAHNER

Hans DANNER/DAHNER - b. Germany; d. Germany.

Unproven as father of the brothers Dietrich and Michael.

Dietrich - b. about 1699, Germany; d. 1759, York Co., PA. Arrived at Philadelphia, PA on Sep. 24, 1742 aboard the 'Robert and Alice,' Martley Cussack, Master, "from Rotterdam, last from Coews," with brother Michael. Children, baptized at the Lutheran church of Leimen, Germany: Judith; Maria Barbara; Johann Jacob; and a daughter.

Michael - b. about 1701, Wiesloch, Germany; d. by Mar. 23, 1776, Frederick Co., MD.

Michael and Maria Eva Tanner/Danner

Michael TANNER/DANNER - b. about 1701, Wiesloch, Germany; d. about Mar. 1777, Frederick Co., MD. Possibly the son of Hans DAHNER. Called citizen and baker at Walldorf, Germany in baptism of daughter Apollonia. Arrived at Philadelphia, PA on Sep. 24, 1742 aboard the 'Robert and Alice,' Martley Cussack, Master, "from Rotterdam, last from Coews." In a deed dated Jun. 11, 1772 in Frederick Co., MD, all Michael's children are named, except for Apollonia. Will dated Sep. 5, 1776 and filed Mar. 23, 1777 in Frederick Co., MD. Married Jan. 17, 1728, Walldorf, Germany.

Maria Eva - b. Germany. Apparently she was Roman Catholic. Two daughters were baptized at the Walldorf Catholic Church, and son Michael at the Leimen Lutheran Church.

Children of Michael and Maria Tanner:

Dietrich - b. Nov. 29, 1728, Walldorf, Germany; bap. at the Lutheran Church of Leiman, Germany; d. Oct. 1768, Frederick Co., MD. Married Barbara HAUSER, daughter of Martin HAUSER (b. Nov. 11, 1696, Riquwihr, Alsace) and Margueretta SHAEFFER, and granddaughter of Hans Georg HAUSER (b. Jan. 25, 1657, Colmar, Alsace) and Susanna BURCKHARDT. The HAUSER ancestry is provided from The Alsation American Family Hauser, by Kenneth Hauser, Winston-Salem, NC. Children as named in will: Margaret, Mary, David, Catherine, Jacob, Shusannah, and Esther.

Maria Elisabetha - b. Mar. 9, 1730, Walldorf, Germany; bap. at Walldorf Catholic Church. Sponsor of a baptism in 1749 at Hanover, York Co., PA. Her husband is named executor of her father's will. Married John STORM (b. Jan. 21, 1723/4, Germany; d. Jan. 1, 1805, Federick Co., MD, probably the son of Christian STURM and Anna Barbara GAH of Klein Schifferstadt. The final accounting of John's will on Aug. 21, 1815 in Frederick Co., MD names his shildren and their spouses. Children: John married Susan WYSONG; Peter married Eva GRETT; Maria married Jacob ADAMS; Christopher married Marie Anna HOFFMAN; Joseph married Margaret ECK; Elizabeth married John DAPPER/TOPPER; Joakim married Maria CASSIDY; and Magdalene married John NOEL.

Michael - b. Dec. 25, 1732, Walldorf, Germany; bap. at the Lutheran Church of Leimen, Germany; d. about 1807, Rutherford Co., NC.

Apollonia - bap. Aug. 7, 1734, Walldorf, Germany; bap at Walldorf Catholic Church. Apparently died young.

Andrew - Named in his father's will.

John - bap. Mar. 19, 1745, Adams (formerly York) Co., PA.