Individual Notes

Note for: Joseph Rench, 1724 - 1804 Index

Immigration:
     Date:   1736
     Place:   With parents aboard ship "Harle"

Will:
     Date:   1793
     Place:   Have copy. Probate 1804

Name Note: Source:    Strassburger & Hinke, "Pennsylvania German Pioneers" Vols. I & II.

Individual Note:
     Joseph was the only son that "strayed" from the German Reformed Faith and likewise the only son that did not fight in the Revolutionary war. Still, it is recorded in the Pennsylvania Archives, Joseph donated blankets, etc. to that cause.

According to information furnished by Joe Bosseman on April 16, 1997 the following was mentioned. "Joseph had 2,227 1/2 acres of land surveyed on Dec. 5, 1785 in Washington Co., MD. This was a land Patent. The land was named; "Settled in Time." I doubt if he settled this land as he removed to area of Frankstown, PA about this time."

Maryland Records -- Dorchester County - "State of His Lordship's Manor, 1766, 1767, 1768, Rent Rolls -- Partial Census."
(This land was part of the private estate of Frederick VI, last Lord Baltimore (b. 6 Feb. 1731/1732 - d. 1771) and was sold by private sale, before the Revolution or by the Intendant of the Revenue as confiscated British property. The land was not sold under their Manor names, but as seated farm lands.)
p. 46--45, July 27, 1762, Joseph Rench leased 172 acres of manor land in Dorcaster County, MD from Christopher Plunk, tenant in possession; annual rent: 1-14-5; Fines Due: 3-8-10; Leased for period of 21 years.

Courtesy of Nancy J. Myers, May 22, 1999.
Naturalization, Council of Maryland Records, Commission Book 82, page 79 - Microfilm #928.402, "Maryland Historical Magazine," Volume XXVI (March 1932), page 155.
Joseph Rentz, naturalizaed: 31 Aug 1739; with father, Peter Rentz, and brothers, John & Andrew.
Revolutionary War Service -
Joseph Rench's name appeared on a list of persons supplying blankets & rugs for the provincial forces of Maryland. He contributed 1 blanket with an estimated value of 11 shillings which was included in the delivery of 12 Apr 1776. These supplies were requested of the Frederick Co., Committee of Observation by a letter from the Maryland Council of Safety & read at a meeting held in Elizabeth Town (later Hagerstown) 8 Apr 1776 - Daniel W. Nead, M.D., "The Pennsylvania-German in the Settlement of Maryland" (1914, reprint; Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., INc., 1975), pgs 261-263.

Individual Notes

Note for: John Rench, 1759 - 28 JAN 1820 Index