BINKLEY Christian[1]

Male 1737 - 1805  (68 years)


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  • Name BINKLEY Christian 
    Born 1737  Lancaster County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 10 May 1805  Lancaster Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Landis Valley Cemetery , Lancaster Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I32476  Gynzer's Genealogy Database | Hans Landis Family
    Last Modified 19 Jul 2010 

    Father BINKLEY Johannes,   b. ABT. 1695, Guggisberg, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 May 1749, Lancaster Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 54 years) 
    Mother LANDIS Barbara,   b. ABT. 1707, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. ABT. 1749, Lancaster County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 42 years) 
    Married ABT. 1725  Lancaster Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F11254  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family SHULMAKER Elizabeth,   b. ABT. 1740 
    Children 
    +1. BINKLEY BARBARA,   b. 30 Nov 1770, Dob may be April 12, 1773; Lancaster County, Pennsylvania or Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Apr 1863, Wayne County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years)
     2. BINKLEY Martin
    Family ID F11384  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Unknown Writer:t 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." d 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 
    1. [S166651] gines[1].FTW.


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