Individual Details
Christopher BATTORFF
(2 Sep 1751 - 8 Aug 1818)
Events
| Birth | 2 Sep 1751 |  | |||
| Baptism | 29 Sep 1751 | Christ Lutheran Church, Stouchsburg, Berks County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Marriage | Maria Catharina | | |||
| Property | 4 Mar 1775 | three tracts of land: "Johns Bath" containing 171 acres, "Snevelys Place" containing 26 acres, and " Davis Choice" containing 19 acres as tenants in common with his brother Christian - Bethel Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 25 Jun 1778 | from Berks County affirmed his allegiance to Pennsylvania - Lancaster County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Property | 1 Aug 1781 | two tracts of land of 85 acres and 26 acres partitioned from three tracts of land held as tenants in common with his brother Christian Battorff - Bethel Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania |  | | |
| Property | 1 Aug 1781 | from his brother Christian right to use water from "old ditch race or stream" four days a week to water his meadow - Bethel Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 20 Jan 1782 | (Christoph) and Catharina were sponsors at a baptism for Johann Jacob Lehmann - Altalaha Evangelical Lutheran Church (also known as the Beaver Creek Church), Rehrersburg, Berks County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Property | 18 May 1796 | 142 acres from Henry Batdorff and Anna Maria his wife - Bethel Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 1798 | tax by the United States government on a tract of 360 acres - Bethel Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Census | 1800 | Bethel Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Death | 8 Aug 1818 | | |||
| Burial | Aug 1818 | Christ Lutheran Church, Stouchsburg, Berks County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Probate | 3 Nov 1818 | Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 10 Apr 1839 | heirs Leonard, Catharine, and John, Administrator of the estate of Christopher Batdorf, Junior signed a release to Benjamin - Berks County, Pennsylvania | |
Families
| Spouse | Maria Catharina ( - ) |
| Child | Georg Lehonhart BATTORFF (1776 - 1859) |
| Child | Christopher BATTORFF (1783 - 1829) |
| Child | Catharina BATTORFF ( - ) |
| Child | Benjamin BODDORF (1789 - 1870) |
| Father | Christian BATTORFF (1724 - 1781) |
| Mother | Eva Regina KASTNITZ (1725 - ) |
| Sibling | Christian BATTORFF (1748 - 1797) |
| Sibling | Maria Elizabeth BATTORFF (1749 - ) |
| Sibling | Catharina BATTORFF (1753 - 1773) |
| Sibling | Johannes BATTORFF (1755 - 1761) |
| Sibling | Regina BATTORFF (1757 - ) |
| Sibling | Eva BATTORFF (1759 - ) |
| Sibling | John BATTORFF (1761 - 1835) |
| Sibling | Maria Barbara BATTORFF (1763 - ) |
| Sibling | Christina Elizabeth BATTORFF (1764 - 1785) |
| Sibling | Benjamin BATTORFF (1767 - 1837) |
Notes
Property
Christopher gives his son Benjamin 90 acres of land where he was living and 20 acres of woodland in his will. This is the property that he received in 1981 when he and his brother, Christian, divided the three tracts of land they had bought in 1775.Property
Christopher Battorff gave 20 acres of this property to his son Leonard in his will. Christopher states in his will that his son Christopher had already received his share in his lifetime. Christopher Batdorff, Jr. owned 127 acres when he died. There is no deed recorded showing him buying this property. It is believed that his father Christopher Battorff, Sr. gave him this property prior to his death and that it is was part of the property he bought from Henry Batdorff and Anna Maria his wife in 1796.Probate
His will names his wife Catharina and his children Benjamin, Catharina, Leonard, and Christopher. His sons Christopher and Benjamin are named as executors. The witnesses are Philip A. Good and Michael Swartz.Endnotes
1. 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), I:9.
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:106.
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), I:9.
4. Berks County, Pennsylvania, Berks County Probate Records, Christopher Battorff , Will , written 12 January 1818; probated 3 November 1818; Berks County Courthouse, Reading, Pennsylvania.
5. Berks County, Pennsylvania, Berks County Deed Records, 16:125-126, Casper Snevely and wife Barbara to Christian Battorff and Christopher Battorff, 4 March 1775; Berks County Courthouse, Reading, Pennsylvania.
6. R. Thomas Mayhill, Lancaster County Pennsylvania Deed Abstracts & Revolutionary War Oaths of Allegiance (Knightstown, Ind.: The Bookmark, 1973), 174.
7. Berks County, Pennsylvania, Berks County Deed Records, 16:125-126, Christian Battorff and wife Roseana to Christopher Battorff, 1 August 1781; Berks County Courthouse, Reading, Pennsylvania.
8. Berks County, Pennsylvania, Berks County Deed Records, 16:127-128, Christian Battorff to Christopher Battorff, 1 August 1781; Berks County Courthouse, Reading, Pennsylvania.
9. Frederick S. Weiser, translator, Tulpehocken Church Records 1730-1800: Christ (Little Tulpehocken) Church and Altalaha Church, Rehrersburg (Breiningsville, Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania German Society, 1982), 121.
10. Berks County, Pennsylvania, Berks County Deed Records, 41:482, Henry Batdorff and Anna Maria his wife to Christopher Batdorff (within deed from Jacob Lengel and Elizabeth his wife to John Batdorff), 18 May 1796; recorded on 4 March 1834; Berks County Courthouse, Reading, Pennsylvania.
11. "United States Direct Tax of 1798: Tax Lists for the State of Pennsylvania," database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 22 August 2012), Christoper Battorff.
12. 1800 U.S. census, Berks County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Bethel Township, page 35, Christopher Batterff; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 September 2012); from National Archives microfilm M32, roll 35.
13. 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:106.
14. Berks County, Pennsylvania, Berks County Probate Records, Christopher Battorff , Will , written 12 January 1818; probated 3 November 1818; Berks County Courthouse, Reading, Pennsylvania.
15. 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:106.
16. Berks County, Pennsylvania, Berks County Probate Records, Christopher Battorff , Will , written 12 January 1818; probated 3 November 1818; Berks County Courthouse, Reading, Pennsylvania.
17. Berks County, Pennsylvania, Berks County Miscellaneous Deeds, 6:562 (formerly F6:562), Release from Leonard Batdorff, Catharine Batdorff, and John Batdorff, Administrator of the estate of Christopher Batdorf, Junior, deceased to Benjamin Batdorf, 10 April 1839; recorded 10 June 1843; Berks County Courthouse, Reading, Pennsylvania.