Johann Jonas Wolf 1739 PA – 1787 PA
Johann Jonas Wolf was born 27 December 1739 in Pennsylvania. In 1761 he married Appollonia Dick. Johann Jonas Wolf was buried in the Emmanuel Reformed Church Cemetery, Pennsylvania.
….. 1 Appollonia Dick b: 14 Aug 1738 in at Sea, d: Abt. 1791 in PA
….. + Johann Jonas Wolf b: 27 Dec 1739 in Lebanon, PA, m: 1761, d: 21 Sept 1787 in Abbottstown, York, PA
……….. 2 Jacob Wolf b: 05 June 1762 in York, PA, d: 31 March 1810 in York, PA
……….. + Cornelia Knight b: 27 Oct 1765, d: 06 Oct 1806
…………….. 3 Margaret Wolf b: 1803
…………….. + John Straw m: 1830
……….. 2 Appollonia Wolf b: 31 Dec 1763 in York, PA
……….. 2 John Wolf b: 18 Sept 1767 in York, PA, d: 28 Aug 1851 in Hamilton, Adams, PA
……….. 2 Catherine Wolf b: 21 Nov 1770 in York, PA
……….. + Henry Becker
……….. 2 Adam Wolf b: 12 Feb 1773 in York, PA, d: 13 March 1865
……….. + Eva b: 1771, d: 1839
…………….. 3 Jonas Wolf b: 23 July 1794 in Abbottstown, Adams, PA
……………. 3 Maria Wolf b: 26 Sept1796, d: 24 Nov 1873 Abbottstown, Adams, PA
…………….. 3 Jacob Wolf b: 19 April 1798 in Abbottstown, Adams, PA
…………….. 3 John Wolf b: 24 January 1802
…………….. 3 Elizabeth Wolf b: 19 March 1804
…………….. 3 Adam Wolf b: 05 December 1810
……….. 2 Johan Jonas Wolf b: 08 February 1775 in Abbottstown, Adams, PA
……….. 2 Christianna Wolf b: 16 November 1776 in York, PA
……….. 2 John Frederick Wolf b: 30 June 1779 in Berwick Twp., York Co., PA, d: 25 April 1872 in York Springs, Adams, PA
……….. + Esther Barbara Shaffer b: 29 December 1777 in PA, m: 08 April 1800, d: 16 Oct 1866 in York Springs, Adams, PA
…………….. 3 John Adam Wolf b: 28 Aug 1800 in Berwick, Adams, PA, d: 14 August 1825 in Adams, PA
…………….. 3 Louisa Wolf b: 14 Aug 1802 in Berwick, Adams, PA
…………….. + Hanes
……………. 3 Frederick Wolf b: 09 Sept1804 in Berwick, Adams, PA, d: 29 Oct 1891 in Adams, PA
…………….. + Louisa C Goetz m: 13 February 1825 in PA d: 03 October 1861
…………….. 3 Jacob Wolf b: 21 Dec 1806 in Berwick, Adams, PA, d: 11 June 1891 in Anderson, Kansas
…………….. + Matilda Kinert
…………….. 3 John Franklin Wolf b: 11 April 1809 in Berwick, Adams, PA, d: 10 March 1883 in Hinckley, Medina, Ohio
…………….. + Elisabeth Burkholder b: 24 May 1814 in Little York, York, PA d: 22 June 1856 in Ohio
…………….. + Caroline Orwig b: Abt. 1820, m: 06 Nov 1856 Wayne, OH, d: 1888
…………….. 3 John Jonas Wolf b: 29 June 1811 in Adams, PA, d: 16 Feb 1895 in York Springs, Adams, PA
…………….. + Sarah Ann Chronister b: 14 April 1824, d: 1891
…………….. 3 Esther Barbara Wolf b: 27 January 1814 in Adams, PA, d: 12 Dec 1903 in Adams, PA
…………….. + Isaac Meyers
…………….. 3 Ninetta Wolf b: 18 May 1817 in Adams, PA, d: 18 July 1890 in New Chester, Adams, PA
…………….. + George H Spangler
…………….. 3 Henry H Wolf b: 20 November 1820 in Adams, PA, d: 1860
…………….. + Maria Magdalena d: 1852
…………….. 3 William Wolf b: 20 April 1824 in Abbottstown, Adams, PA, d: 02 April 1888 in Conway Springs, Sumner, Kansas
…………….. + Sarah Jane Wilson
……….. 2 Maria Elizabeth Wolf b: 27 June 1782 in York, PA
……….. 2 Andrew Wolf b: 18 March 1787 in York, PA, d: 28 April 1867 in Berwick, York, PA
……….. + Catherine Dick b: 1795, m: 1829
…………….. 3 Christian Wolf b: 07 April 1819, d: 12 January 1880
…………….. 3 Andrew Alexander Wolf b: 31 January 1821, d: 24 Oct 1885
…………….. 3 George Wolf b: 14 August 1823
…………….. 3 Josiah Wolf b: 1828, d: 01 September 1874
…………….. 3 Jeremiah Wolf b: 22 August 1829 in Berwick, York, PA, d: 27 Feb 1877 in Abbottstown, Adams, PA
…………….. + Eliza Ann Reigle d: 07 Sept 1906
…………….. 3 Richard Wolf b: 07 July 1831
…………….. 3 Benjamin Franklin Wolf b: 16 Feb 1833
…………….. 3 Jonas Wolf b: 06 August 1836
…………….. 3 Anna Maria Catherine Wolf b: 09 March 1839
…………….. 3 Adam Wolf b: 09 March 1839, d: 29 Nov 1924
…………….. + Elenora
…………….. 3 Catherine Wolf b: 1846
Selected Sources:
- Young, Henry James. Genealogical Reports for The Historical Society of York County: Evidences of the Wolf Families of York County before the Year 1850, 1938. From York County Heritage Trust, 250 East Market Street, York, Pennsylvania.
- Pennsylvania Archives: Sixth Series, Volume II, Page 540. Sixth Battalion, Fifth Company, Second Lieutenant Jonas Wolf April 5, 1778.
- Pennsylvania Archives: Sixth Series, Volume II, Page 565. Seventh Battalion, Eighth Company, Jonas Wolf, Lieutenent June 17, 1779.
- Pennsylvania Archives: Sixth Series, Volume II, Page 688. 1779. 7th Battalion, Eighth Co, Jonas Wolf
- Prowell, George R. History of York County, Pennsylvania. Chicago: J. H. Beers & Company, 1907.
- Gibson, John. History of York County, Pennsylvania. Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
- Young, Henry James. Genealogical Reports for The Historical Society of York County: Evidences of the Wolf Families of York County before the Year 1850, 1938. From York County Heritage Trust, 250 East Market Street, York, Pennsylvania.
- Lieutenent Jonas Wolfe, Ancestor #A127487, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Research Data Base.
- Wolfe, J. Arthur. Jonas Wolf of Berwick Township, York County, Pennsylvania: A History and Genealogy of a Colonial Ancestor and Some of His Descendants. Privately Published: 1987. Copy of book owned by York County Heritage Trust, 250 East Market Street, York, Pennsylvania.
Read about the Wolf family:
- Appollonia (Dick) Wolf 1738 – 1791
- Esther B (Wolf) Gruissy 1836 – 1906
- Johan Jacob Wolf 1694 – 1757
- Johann Jonas Wolf 1739 – 1787
- John Frederick Wolf 1779 – 1872
- John Franklin Wolf 1809 – 1
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