TIME LINE FOR JOHN J(ACOB?) GODHARD

1608-1660 ... A John GODDARD is listed 1608-1660 in First Settlers of Ye Plantations of Piscataway and Woodsridge, Olde East New Jersey, p. 75, "PISCATAQUA PIONEERS PISCATAQUA VALLEY BETWEEN MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE."

1722 ... John J. GODHARD/GODDARD/GOTTARD/GETTARD, etc. was probably born before 1722, possibly before 1710, estimating by his daughters' birth dates; place of birth unknown, possibly England. Owned land in Northampton Co., PA; died in Northumberland Co., PA; may have lived in other state(s) before Northampton County, PA.

1724 ... Johann Friederich FRUTSCHI/FRUTSCHE/FRUCHEY, etc. [Sr.?] born 24 Aug 1724, Asweiler, Germany.

1738 ... John J. GODHARD marries Sophia UNKNOWN probably before 1739.

1739 ... Anna Maria GODHARD born 24 Aug 1739.

1744 ... Anna Catharine GODHARD born abt. 1744-1745.

....... Johann William HESS Sr., son of Johan "Hans" Conrad & Anna Maria (BEST) HESS, b. 1744 in either New Brittain or Williams Twp., Bucks Co., PA

1746 ... Elizabeth GODHARD probably born before 1747.

1747 ... [An unknown: Jane GOTERD pf PA mar. a John MORRIS]

1753 ... Johann Frederick FRUTCHEY (who later marries Anna Maria GODHARD) m. first wife, Anna Margaret LERCH in Tohicken Church, Northampton Co., PA. She dies before 1761.

...... Deed Bk. A-2, p. 307, of 1793 Northampton Co., states this land was recorded "13 Nov 1753" [Deed Bk. B-1, p. 291, recorded 1770 Northampton Co., PA, states "18 March 1763"] in the Philadelphia Rolls Office Patent Book No. 2, p. 229, granted to John GETTERD by the name of John GADERT.

1757 ... Bet. 1757-1760, Anna Maria GODHARD **may** have married Andrew CORRELL.

1761 ... 1761 Lower Saucon Twp., Northampton Co., PA, Tax List: Abraham TRANTSU (5 lbs.) - did not find John GODHARD.

....... 24 Nov 1761 Anna Maria GODHARD mar. Johann Friederick FRUTCHEY, Northampton Co., PA.

1763 ... 18 Mar 1763 John GETTERD & wife Sophia bought land in Forks Twp., Northampton Co., PA, from Christian PIFER [spelled "PEYFER" & "PIFOR" with "Elizabeth his wife" in a 1793 deed]. D.O.R. 13 Oct 1770. NOTE: The 1793 deed for this land states that the Commonwealth of PA granted to Jacob PIFOR/PEYFER a tract of land on the north side of the west branch of the Delaware, called Lehigh in Forks Twp., named "Piperton" - recorded in the Philadelphia Patent Book N{?} 8, p. 313.

....... Elizabeth GODHARD mar. Henry DEBORGUE probably before 1764.

1764 ... Mary, daughter of Henry & Elizabeth (GODHARD) DEBORGUE, b. abt. 1764.

....... Jeremiah HESS, s/o William & Anna Catharine (GODHARD) HESS, b. between 1764-1790, Williams Twp., Northampton Co., PA

1765 ... Anna Catharina GODHARD m. Johann William HESS, Sr., about 1765; lived in Northampton County, PA.

....... 21 Nov 1765 Maria Catherine HESS, 1^st child of William & Anna Catharine (GODHARD) HESS, b. Forks Twp., Northampton Co., PA
....... Charlotte DEBORGER, dau. of Henry & Elizabeth (GODHARD) DEBORGER, b. 1765.

1766 ... Mary FRUTSCHE, dau. of Frederick & Anna Maria (GODHARD), b. bet. 1763-1779.

....... Catherine, Esther, Henry & Jacob DEBORGER, children of Henry & Elizabeth (GODHARD) DEBORGER, b. sometime around 1766.
....... 13 Dec 1766 Elizabeth HESS, d/o William & Anna Catharine (GODHARD) HESS, b. Forks Twp., Northampton Co., PA.

1767 ... Jacob FRUTSCHE, son of Frederick & Anna Maria (GODHARD), b. 1767.

....... 18 Nov 1767 Sophia HESS, d/o William & Anna Catharine (GODHARD) HESS, b. Forks Twp., Northampton Co., PA.

1768 ... December, 1768, a "John GETTERT" is installed as a Deacon at the First Reformed Church of Easton, Easton, Northampton Co., PA.

1769 ... 22 May 1769 Anna HESS, d/o William & Anna Catharine (GODHARD) HESS, b. Forks Twp., Northampton Co., PA.

1770 ... Matthias FRUTSCHE, son of Frederick & Anna Maria (GODHARD), b. 1770.

....... 30 Apr 1770 John GETTERD "with wife" sold land in Bethlehem & Forks Twps., Northampton Co., PA, to son-in-law William HESS Sr.

1771 ... 19 Nov 1771 Johan Conrad HESS, s/o William & Anna Catharine (GODHARD) HESS, b. Forks Twp., Northampton Co., PA.

1773 ... Anna Maria FRUTSCHE, dau. of Frederick & Anna Maria (GODHARD), b. 11 mar 1773 in PA.

1774 ... 5 Feb 1774 John HESS, s/o William & Anna Catharine (GODHARD) HESS, b. Forks Twp., Northampton Co., PA.

1775 ... Elizabeth FRUTSCHE, dau. of Frederick & Anna Maria (GODHARD), b. 1775.

....... Frederick HESS, s/o William & Anna Catharine (GODHARD) HESS, b. Forks Twp., Northampton Co., PA abt. 1775.

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1776 ... Soldiers of the Am. Rev. for Northampton Co., including Lehigh Co., PA, Richard & Mildred Williams, 1979, lists a John GEHERD [p. 138, 1782, prvt. 4 cl., 1 co., 3 batt...(s 5, v 8, 260)] & a John GETTER (GERERT) [p. 140, 1776?, pvt. 1 cl., 8 co., 1 batt...(s 5, v 8, 92)].

....... Peter FRUTSCHE, son of Frederick & Anna Maria (GODHARD), b. 1776.

1777 ... 10 Apr 1777 William & Catharine (GODHARD) HESS sponsors at William KELLER baptism in First Reformed Church of Easton, Easton, Northampton Co., PA.

1778 ... 25 Mar 1778 a "John GETTERD" takes Oath of Allegiance in Northampton Co., PA.

....... 2 Dec 1778 Johann George HESS, s/o William & Anna Catharine (GODHARD) HESS, b. Forks Twp., Northampton Co., PA.

1779 ... 28 Feb 1779 Johann Frederick FRUTCHEY, husband of Anna Maria (GODHARD) FRUTCHEY, dies; bur. Christ Lutheran Church in Lower Saucon Twp. Reformed Church, Northampton Co., PA.

1780 ... 6 Jan 1780 Andrew HESS, s/o William & Anna Catharine (GODHARD) HESS, b. Forks Twp., Northampton Co., PA.

....... In "PA in 1780," a "John GOTHERD" is listed for "NHTN: WS." Unknown what this means, although it might stand for "Northampton Co., Williams Twp."

1781 ... 18 Apr 1781 Abraham HESS, s/o William & Anna Catharine (GODHARD) HESS, b. Forks Twp., Northampton Co., PA.

1782 ... 6 Dec 1782 Wilhelm Henrick "William Henry" HESS, s/o William & Anna Catharine (GODHARD) HESS, b. Forks Twp., Northampton Co., PA.

1784 ... 26 Feb 1784 Johan Paul HESS, s/o William & Anna Catharine (GODHARD) HESS, b. Forks Twp., Northampton Co., PA.

....... One cemetery list for Christ Church, Upper Mt. Bethel Twp., Northampton Co., PA, lists Anna Maria ("GOETTHARDT" FRUTCHEY ) CORRELL's death as "Aug 1784." Another researcher claims her death date is "8 Aug 1794." The latter date seems more likely as she supposedly had a son by Andrew CORRELL in 1785. It may also signify why John GODHART wrote his will in 1794 (Anna Maria is named as deceased in his will).

....... 16 Oct 1784 John & Sophia GODHARD present as sponsors for grandson Johan Paul HESS's baptism at First Reformed Church of Easton, Easton, Northampton Co., PA.

1785 ... 10 Nov 1785 Jacob HESS, s/o William & Anna Catharine (GODHARD) HESS, b. Forks Twp., Northampton Co., PA.

...... 18 June 1785, John George CORRELL is born, said to be the son of Anna Maria GODHARD FRUTCHEY CORRELL by her second husband, Andrew "Andreas" CORRELL.

1787 ... Sophia GODHARD must die between her grandson's baptism of 16 Oct 1784 and the deed dated 30 May 1792 in which John GODHARD is declared a "widower."

1788 ... 6 Jul 1788 Maria "Mary" ["Eureka?"] Catherine HESS, dau. of William & Anna Catherine (GODHARD) HESS, mar. John KILE Sr., First Reformed Church, Easton, Northampton Co., PA.

1789 ... Tobias HESS, s/o William & Anna Catharine (GODHARD) HESS, b. Forks Twp., Northampton Co., PA b. abt. 1789-1790.

....... 14 Feb 1789 John GETTERD buys land in Forks Twp., Northampton Co., PA, from William HESS, Sr., & wife.

1790 ... The 1790 Northampton Co., PA, Census shows a John GEBERT/GEBER & a John GEBHARD/KEPHART; I have not found a John GODHARD or GETTERD listed.

1792 ... 2 May 1792 John GETTERT [sic] sells land in Williams Twp., Northampton Co., PA, to Abraham TRANSUE, Jr., possibly the husband of GODHARD's granddaughter, Sophia HESS who m. "a TRANSO" after 1784.

....... 30 May 1792 John GETTERD [sic] sells land in Williams Twp., Northampton Co., PA, to John HEYN. Sophia is dead by now as John GODHARD is declared a "widower" in this deed.

1793 ... 1 Apr 1793 - 23 Jul 1793 John GATTERD [sic] is Grantor in Release to Jacob EYERLY, Jr., & Nicolas KRAEMER, et. al.

....... 2 Apr 1793 [sic] John GETTERD [sic] buys land in Williams Twp., Northampton Co., PA, from Samuel CUTTER.

....... 2 Apr 1793 [sic] John GETTERD [sic] sells land in Williams Twp., Northampton Co., PA, to Samuel CUTTER. Deed Bk. A-2, p. 307, of 1793 Northampton Co., states this is the same land as recorded "13 Nov 1753" [Deed Bk. B-1, p. 291, recorded 1770 Northampton Co., PA, states "18 March 1763"] in the Philadelphia Rolls Office Patent Book No. 2, p. 229, granted to John GETTERD by the name of John GADERT and also in 6 Feb 1792.

....... Between Jul 1793 - Dec 1794, John GODHARD moves from Northampton Co., PA, northward to Northumberland Co., PA (in Fishing Creek Twp. area, near Bloomsburg) to live with his granddaughter & her husband, Johann "Christian" & Anna Maria (FRUTCHEY) LAUBACH. It is believed Christian's family was living on land his brother inherited from their deceased father.

1794 ... Henry DEBERGER - - (Must be before 1794, as he was deceased in GODHARD's 1794 will), the deceased was a storekeeper in the city of Philadelphia, according to an 1800 deed, Northumberland Co., PA, Bk. L, p. 297.

....... In August 1794, Anna Maria (GODHARD / GOETTHART) FRUTSCHIE CORRELL dies in Northampton County. Buried in Christ Church, Upper Mt. Bethel, Northampton County, PA. [Some researchers give Anna Maria the death date of 1784, but 1794 would make more sense, especially if John George CORRELL, 1785-1865, is her son by second husband Andrew "Andreas" CORRELL. I hope to soon visit her stone and see whether I can make out the death date on it. It may be incorrect on the stone, or may have been copied incorrectly by the transcriber(s) of the cemetery list.]

....... John GODHARD, "Yeoman," "late of Northampton" and "weak in body," makes out his last will in what was then Mahoning Twp., Northumberland Co., PA, in 1794. He owns 400 acres on Cole's Creek in Fishing Creek Twp., Northumberland Co., PA.

1797 ... Before 7 June 1797, John GODHARD dies at the home of his granddaughter, Anna Maria (FRUTCHEY) LAUBACH in Northumberland County, PA. John FRUTCHE of Bloom Twp., Northumberland Co., PA, and Christian LAUBACH of Fishing Creek Twp., Northumberland Co., PA, are appointed executors, as named in John GODHARD's will.

1798 ... Johann "Christian" & Anna Maria (FRUTCHEY) LAUBACH move their extended family to the Cole's Creek area near present-day Benton, Columbia County, PA, soon after the death of John GODHARD, Anna Maria's grandfather.

1800 ... In a Letter of Attorney from john FRUTCHE of Bloom Twp., Northumberland Co., PA, to Christian LAUBACH of Fishing Creek Twp., Northumberland Co., PA: Christian LAUBACH is to recover or receive money from Andrew BARNET of Northampton Co., PA, due to the Estate of John GATHERD [sic], dec'd., and to settle all accounts of whatever nature concerning the Estate of the said John GATHERD, dec'd., in the Registers Office of Northampton County, PA.

1812 ... First log structure for St. Gabriel's Episcopal Church is built. Church is probably multi-congregational. The burial grounds have supposedly already existed at this location for some time - no definite date of first burial or church service. Johann "Christian" LAUBACH was appointed one of the two first wardens for the church.

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