Lancaster County Pennsylvania Forneys

The Lancaster County Forneys are relatively well documented line. They were very inter married with both the Smith and Carpenter (Zimmerman) Families. If researching this line be sure to look into Carpenter (Zimmerman) Families.

Descendants of Abraham Forney

1 Abraham Forney 1668 -
.. +Anna Carli 1669/70 - 1746/47
... 2 Barbli Forney 1695/96 -
....... +George Miley
... 2 Peter Forney 1697 - 1746/47
....... +Anna "Anna Schmid" Smith 1704 - 1753
......... 3 Barbara Forney 1728 - 1803
............. +Christian Oblinger 1721 - 1798
......... 3 Abraham Forney 1729 - 1784
............. +Elizabeth "Elizabeth Sturgeon" Spurgeon 1736 -
......... 3 Peter Forney 1730 - 1798
............. +Barbara Eby 1742 -
......... 3 Anna Forney 1734 -
............. +Jacob Kern 1730 -
......... 3 Susannah Forney 1738 - 1822
......... 3 Maria Forney 1741 - 1790
............. +Jacob Carpenter 1740/41 - 1797
... 2 Anna Forney 1701 -
... 2 Catharne "Catharine Forry" Forney 1705 -
....... +Joseph "Joseph Schürch" Schürch 1700 - 1770
......... 3 Barbara "Barbara Schürch" Sherk 1727 -
............. +Christian Martin
......... 3 John "John Schürch" Sherk 1729 -
............. +Barbara Schneidam
......... 3 Catherine "Catherine Schürch" Sherk 1732 -
............. +Martin Huber
......... 3 Joseph "Joseph Schürch" Sherk 1734 - 1807
............. +Susanna Strickler 1737 -
......... 3 Jacob "Jacob Schürch" Sherk 1736 - 1788
............. +Mary Lichty
......... 3 Mary "Mary Schürch" Shirk 1737 -
............. +Christian Erb 1734 - 1810
......... 3 Martha "Magdalena Shirk, Schürch" Shirk 1740 - 1765
............. +Jacob Strickler 1729/30 - 1803
......... 3 Anna "Anna Schürch" Sherk 1742 -
............. +John Herr
... 2 Christian Forney 1706 - 1757
... 2 Ann Eliza Forney 1711 - 1749
... 2 Susannah Forney 1713 - 1785
....... +Henry Carpenter 1713 - 1773
......... 3 Salome Carpenter
............. +John Offner
......... 3 Barbara Carpenter
............. +Jacob DeHoff
......... 3 John Carpenter 1737 - 1798
............. +Mary Ferree 1743 - 1764
......... *2nd Wife of John Carpenter:
............. +Susannah Hartman 1745 - 1822
......... 3 Susan Carpenter 1737/38 - 1804
............. +Thomas Edwards - 1794
......... *2nd Husband of Susan Carpenter:
............. +Christian Reigart
......... 3 Henry Carpenter 1747 - 1820
............. +Catharine Carpenter 1757 - 1826
......... 3 Mary Carpenter 1753 - 1801
............. +John Carpenter 1785 - 1818
......... *2nd Husband of Mary Carpenter:
............. +John Smith 1747 - 1818
......... 3 Abraham Carpenter 1754 - 1829
............. +Esther "Esther Hoffner" Hafer 1756 -
... 2 Magdalena Forney 1718 - 1776
....... +Daniel Carpenter 1716 - 1764
......... 3 Mary Carpenter 1738 -
............. +Jeremiah Richards
......... 3 Christian Carpenter 1740 -
............. +Christina Christ
......... 3 Susannah "Salome Carpenter" Carpenter 1742 - 1776
............. +[1] Michael "Michael Cryder" Kreider 1742 - 1816
......... 3 Daniel Carpenter 1749 - 1827
............. +Mary Leas 1755 - 1825
......... 3 Elizabeth Carpenter 1752 -
............. +Curtis Grubb
......... 3 Salome Sarah "Sarah Carpenter" Carpenter 1753 - 1820
............. +[1] Michael "Michael Cryder" Kreider 1742 - 1816
......... 3 John Carpenter 1754 -
......... 3 Benjamin Carpenter 1756 -

For many years I believed I was directly connected to this line, and in fact I still may be. We home to have someone from this line contribute a DNA sample to verify. Because I believed this line was the progenitor of my Johann Karl Forney, I spent considerable time researching this line. Few families have such a rich heritage. This line has been advanced beyond belief in the past year due to the efforts of Gottfried Fahrni. Gottfried who is a Swiss native contracted a swiss Genealogist to research his family

As it turns out just as suspected the line of Peter Forney and Anna Schmid are definitely from Switzerland, it appears they may well have been Mennonites. In another interesting twist Peter Forney and Anna Schmid were not the immigrant ancestor but in fact it was his father, Abraham Forney. We also learned that Abraham's wife was not Anna Cash as originally thought, her name was actually Anna Carli. Gottfried has copies of the baptismal records that clearly identify Abraham's wife as Anna Carli. This is just one example of the type of documentation Gottfried has. Baptismal Record for Barbara Forney. There is also one for, Catherine, Anna, and Christian.

One of the things I have been working on is to create an inventory of the Forney grave yard. In the fall of 2009 my sister was in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania on business. I asked if she could stop by and take some photographs of the Forney Land and the graveyard. You can see where the grave yard is, and the grave stones here: Forney Grave Yard

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