Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
NameDaniel KNAUSS
Birth1747, Whitehall, Lehigh, Pennsylvania [941, p 25; place only]
Settlementbef 1753, Bethlehem Township, Northampton, Pennsylvania [941, p 25] Age: 6
Will10 Mar 1777 [941, p 26], [942, p 2] Age: 30
Memoat York County Courthouse, Book D, page 177
Deathbef 7 Jan 1779, Menallen Twp?, Adams, Pennsylvania [941, p 26] Age: 32
Probate7 Jan 1779, York County, Pennsylvania [941, p 26] Age: 32
Occupationblacksmith [941, p 25]
FatherGottfried KNAUSS (1707-1777)
MotherAnna Eva ROTH (-~1758)
Individual Notes
• After 1772 he moved with his family to Menallen Township, York Co., Pa. [941, p 26]

• His will is in the Courthouse at York Pa., Book D, page 177. [942, p 2]
Military
• Daniel Knauss, Jr. was a private in 1778 in Capt. Jod. Siegfried’s Co., 3rd Bat., Northampton Co., Pa. Militia. (Penna. Archives: 5th Series, Vol. 8, page 239) [942, p 2]
Spouses
Birth6 Jul 1753, Northampton, Northampton, Pennsylvania [941, p 25; date only], [3419], [3547]
Death23 Feb 1823 [374] Age: 69
Memostates she died age 71 years
FatherCasper RITTER (~1719-1792)
MotherAnna Maria (~1720-1802)
Individual Notes
• Daughter of Casper Ritter, Sr. [942, p 2]

• Elizabeth died intestate, left two buildings and three lots of ground fronting on middle street in Gettysberg. [786, p 3; Book c, page 222]
Census
• 1790 Census: Menallen Township, York, Pennsylvania. [3414]
• 1800 Census: Menallen, Adams, Pennsylvania. [1548]
Marriageabt 1767, Northampton County, Pennsylvania [941, p 25; place only]
ChildrenEva Catharine (1768-1854)
 Henry (1770-)
 Anna Maria (1772-1831)
 Elizabeth (1774-)
 Daniel (1776-<1826)
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