Individual Details
Benjamin BODDORF
(28 Nov 1789 - Aft 1870)
Events
| Birth | 28 Nov 1789 | Berks County, Pennsylvania |  | ||
| Alt name | Benjamin BATTORFF | ||||
| Baptism | 9 Dec 1789 | Christ Lutheran Church, Stouchsburg, Berks County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Census | 1820 | Bethel Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Marriage | Abt 1830 | Sarah MILLER | | ||
| Census | 1830 | Bethel Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Miscellaneous | From 1833 to 1836 | took Lutheran communion three times - St. Paul's Church (Klopp's Church), Bethel Township Lebanon County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Property | 6 May 1837 | 104 acres from David Keck and Salona his wife - Redbank Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania |  | | |
| Property | 13 Apr 1839 | to Jacob Long for $3000 two tracts of land of 85 acres and 26 acres and 107 perches - Bethel Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania | | | |
| Census | 1840 | Redbank Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Property | 15 Nov 1844 | 8 acres to Haunteter Woolfgang - Redbank Township, Clarion County, Pennsylvania | | | |
| Property | 15 Nov 1844 | 5 acres to Peter Smith - Redbank Township, Clarion County, Pennsylvania | | | |
| Census | 1860 | Clarion Post Office, Redbank Township, Clarion County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Property | 27 Jun 1864 | 89 acres to Isaac Botdorff - Redbank Township, Clarion County, Pennsylvania | | | |
| Census | 1870 | Shannondale Post Office, Redbank Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Death | Aft 1870 | Clarion County, Pennsylvania |
Families
| Spouse | Sarah MILLER (1800 - 1850) |
| Child | Rebecca BODDORF (1831 - 1909) |
| Child | Ella Mina BODDORF (1832 - 1904) |
| Child | Amos BODDORF (1833 - 1910) |
| Child | Elisabeth BODDORF (1834 - 1900) |
| Child | Benjamin BODDORF (1835 - ) |
| Child | Rena M BODDORF (1836 - 1836) |
| Child | Isaac BODDORF (1837 - 1923) |
| Child | Catherina BODDORF (1840 - ) |
| Child | Sarah BODDORF (1845 - 1887) |
| Father | Christopher BATTORFF (1751 - 1818) |
| Mother | Maria Catharina ( - ) |
| Sibling | Georg Lehonhart BATTORFF (1776 - 1859) |
| Sibling | Christopher BATTORFF (1783 - 1829) |
| Sibling | Catharina BATTORFF ( - ) |
Notes
Property
He was still living in Bethel Township, Berks County when he purchased this property in 1837.Property
My husband and I visited this property in the summer of 2018 and were able to find its location based on the original warrant and a modern map laid over top of it. The largest tract that Benjamin Boddorf owned was along Meckville Road but it is not known whether he received the top or bottomn part of warrant tract 107. There is no house or foundation remaining from when Benjamin Boddorf lived there. We talked to a few of the local residents and none of them knew the history of the property. I wrote to Debra Benzel who sent me information on Jacob Meck and the history of Meckville. I traced the history of the property using deeds from when Benjamin Boddorf sold it to Jacob Long in 1839 and until Jacob R. Meck bought it in 1900. The two parcels that Benjamin Boddorf owned remained intact as it was bought and sold. It becomes more difficult to trace the history of the property after 1900 since the tracts of land are not mentioned separately in later deeds.Property
This tract was from the 104 acres he purchased on 6 May 1837.Property
This tract was from the 104 acres he purchased on 6 May 1837.Property
This tract was the remainder of the 104 acres he purchased on 6 May 1837.Endnotes
1. Rabecca Fenstermaher, death certificate 48607 (11 May 1909), Pennsylvania Department of Health, Divison of Vital Records, New Castle, Pennylvania.
2. Frederick S. Weiser, transciber and editor, Records of Pastoral Acts at Christ Lutheran Church, Stouchsburg, Berks County, Pennsylvania, 2 volumes (Birdsboro, Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania German Society, 1989), II:77.
3. Frederick S. Weiser, transciber and editor, Records of Pastoral Acts at Christ Lutheran Church, Stouchsburg, Berks County, Pennsylvania, 2 volumes (Birdsboro, Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania German Society, 1989), II:77.
4. 1820 U.S. census, Berks County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Bethel Township, page 81, Benj Batdorff; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestrrycom : accessed 23 August 2012); from National Archives microfilm M33, roll 99.
5. Amous Botarf, death certificate 100584 (27 October 1910), Pennsylvania Department of Health, Divison of Vital Records, New Castle, Pennylvania.
6. Isaac Bodorf, death certificate 71254 (4 June 1923), Pennsylvania Department of Health, Divison of Vital Records, New Castle, Pennylvania.
7. 1830 census, Berks County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Bethel Township, page 230, Benjamin Battroff; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 23 August 2012); from National Archives microfilm M19, roll 143.
8. St. Paul's Lutheran and Reformed Church record book copied by William J. Hinke (Bethel Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania), St. Paul's Lutheran and Reformed Church record book, page 59, 60, and 62, Benjamin Badorf; FHL microfilm 20345, Item 10.
9. Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Armstrong County Deed Records, 10:366, David Keck and wife Salonaa to Benjamin Battorff, 6 May 1837; Armstrong County Courthouse, Kittanning, Pennsylvania.
10. Berks County, Pennsylvania, Berks County Deed Records, 48:395, Benjamin Batdorff and Sarah his wife to Jacob Long, 13 April 1839; recorded 10 June 1843; Berks County Courthouse, Reading, Pennsylvania.
11. 1840 census, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Red Bank Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, page 69, Benjamin Bodder; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 23 August 2012); from National Archives microfilm M704, roll 442.
12. Clarion County, Pennsylvania, Clarion County Deed Records, 2:72, Benjamin Badddorf and Sally his wife to Haunteter Woolfgang, 15 November 1844; Clarion County Courthouse, Clarion, Pennsylvania.
13. Clarion County, Pennsylvania, Clarion County Deed Records, 2:79, Benjamin Baddorf and Sally his wife to Peter Smith, 15 November 1844; Clarion County Courthouse, Clarion, Pennsylvania.
14. 1860 U.S. census, Clarion County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Clarion Post Office, Redbank Township, page 534 (stamped), page 4 (penned), dwelling 20, family 23, Benjam Brostaof; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 23 August 2012); from National Archives microfilm M653, roll 1095.
15. Clarion County, Pennsylvania, Clarion County Deed Records, 13:458, Isaac Bottorf and Caroline his wife to Michael Dinger, 9 September 1869; Clarion County Courthouse, Clarion, Pennsylvania.
16. 1870 U.S. census, Clarion County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Shannondale Post Office, Redbank Township, page 632A (stamped), page 28 (penned), dwelling 214, family 208, Benjamin Botter; digital images, Ancestry.com (http:www.ancestry.com : accessed 24 August 2012); from National Archives microfilm M593, roll 1326.