BINKLEY Christian^[1]

1737 - 1805  (68 years)

• Name	BINKLEY Christian
  Born	1737	Lancaster County, PA
  Gender	Male
  Died	10 May 1805	Lancaster Co, PA
  Buried	Landis Valley Cemetery , Lancaster Co, PA
  Person ID	I1318	Hans Landis Tree for trimming
  Last Modified	19 Jul 2010

  
  

  Father	BINKLEY Johannes,   b. ABT. 1695, Guggisberg, Bern, Switzerland ,   d. 4 May 1749, Lancaster Co, PA  (Age ~ 54 years)
  Mother	LANDIS Barbara,   b. ABT. 1707, Germany ,   d. ABT. 1749, Lancaster County, PA  (Age ~ 42 years)
  Married	ABT. 1725	Lancaster Co, PA
  Family ID	F0470	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	SHULMAKER Elizabeth,   b. ABT. 1740
  Children	1. BINKLEY Barbara,   b. 12 Apr 1773, Lancaster County, PA ,   d. 27 Apr 1863, Wayne County, Ohio  (Age 90 years)   2. BINKLEY Martin
  Family ID	F0600	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Unknown Writer: Christian Binkley (1737-1805). Born in Lancaster County, PA. He married Elizabeth Shulmacker and they lived in a two story stone house near Eden, Northeast of Lancaster on the Conestoga Creek. Here he built, around 1779, a grist and saw mill and in 1789 the famous Binkley's Bridge. The mill was three and a half stories high and measured thirty by sixty feet. It is said he was wealthy. he is listed in the records as having __rded horses, along with other Lancaster citizens, in compliance with the Army order of 1 August, 1780 which stated "the county was to furnish 1,200 barrels of four monthy, 5,000 bushels of forage, 50 wagons, 400 horses and 700 men." The bridge, located where the current Route 23 crossed the river, was the first stone bridge in Lancaster County and cost about $17,000 to build. To repay the cost of construction, Christian sought to have the state grant him the priviledge of making it a toll bride. Unable to secure permission, he later transferred the bridge to the public for one thousand pounds in sold and silver coin.

  
  

• Sources

  [S10923] gines[1].FTW.