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View Tree for Johannes Peter OrndorffJohannes Peter Orndorff (b. February 6, 1743/44, d. December 31, 1798)

Johannes Peter Orndorff (son of Philip Henrich Ahrendorff and Anna Elisabeth Luhl)1010 was born February 6, 1743/44 in Burbach, Nassau, Westfalen, Prussia, Germany1010, and died December 31, 1798 in Frederick Co, VA1011. He married (1) Eva Barbara ? on Abt. 1766 in Pennsylvania1012. He married (2) Hannah McIlwee on April 4, 1777 in Chester Co, PA1013.

 Includes NotesNotes for Johannes Peter Orndorff:
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Johannes came to America as a child of about 9, arriving 2 OCT 1753 with his parents (q.v.). Johannes seems to have sired at least as many children as anyone else in our bloodlines. Eva, his first [probably only legal] wife, bore him six children (including ancestor Phillip Orndorff) by 1800 (there is just a chance that there were seven; see marriage box); his second, Hannah McIlwee, bore 11. Thus, Johannes fathered 17 (just a chance that it was 18) children over a 30-year period - the last when he was about 54. He also may have taken a major step in the de-Germanification of the family; it’s clear from his second (more probably common-law) wife’s name that she was not German.

John is one of the few ancestors of whom we have a physical description. When he abandoned Eva in 1777, she placed an ad in a local newspaper offering a reward for bringing him and his paramour "to justice." It described him as: "...a country born Dutchman, talks good English, wore his uniform brown coat, faced with blue, a knot on his shoulder, white jacket and breeches, about five feet 7 or 8 inches high, fresh complexion, light brown curled hair..."

More About Johannes Peter Orndorff:
Immigration: October 2, 17521013
Probate: December 31, 1798, Frederick Co, VA.1013

More About Johannes Peter Orndorff and Eva Barbara ?:
Marriage 1: Abt. 1766, Pennsylvania.1014
Marriage 2: Abt. 1765, Vincent Twp, Chester Co, PA.1015

More About Johannes Peter Orndorff and Hannah McIlwee:
Marriage: April 4, 1777, Chester Co, PA.1015

Children of Johannes Peter Orndorff and Eva Barbara ? are:
  1. +John Orndorff, b. 1766, Coventry Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania1016, 1017, d. February 1853, Frederick County, Virginia1017.
  2. +Phillip Orndorff, b. March 23, 1767, Vincent Twp, Chester Co, PA1018, d. December 31, 1818, Shenandoah Co, VA1018.
  3. Joshua Orndorff, b. Abt. 1769, Coventry Township, Chester County, PA1019, d. 1796.
  4. +Jonathan Orndorff, b. 1771, Coventry Township, Chester County, PA1019, d. March 15, 1859, Delaware County, OH.
  5. +Willliam Orndorff, b. 1772, Coventry Township, Chester County, PA, d. August 29, 1827.
  6. +Jesse Orndorff, b. 1773, Coventry Township, Chester County, PA, d. 1816.

Children of Johannes Peter Orndorff and Hannah McIlwee are:
  1. +Samuel Orndorff, b. 1777, Frederick County, VA, d. 1841, Frederick County, VA.
  2. +Elizabeth Orndorff, b. 1778, Frederick County, VA1019, d. April 12, 1867, Hampshire County, WV.
  3. +Benjamin Orndorff, b. 1780, Frederick County, Virginia1020, d. 1861, Frederick County, Virginia1021, 1022.
  4. +Israel Orndorff, b. 1783, Frederick County, Virginia1022, d. January 18151022.
  5. Anna "Nancy" Orndorff, b. 1784, Hogue Creek, Frederick County, Virginia1023, 1024, d. date unknown, Timber Ridge, Winchester County, Virginia1025, 1026.
  6. David Orndorff, b. August 1787, Frederick County, Virginia1026, d. 1873, Capon Valley, West Virginia1027, 1028.
  7. Rebecca Orndorff, b. 1789, Frederick County, Virginia1028, d. March 17, 1855, Shenandoah County, Virginia1029, 1030.
  8. Levi Orndorff, b. 1791, Frederick County, Virginia1030, d. 1864, Frederick County, Virginia1031, 1032.
  9. Phineas Orndorff, b. March 25, 1793, Frederick County, Virginia1032, d. March 3, 1838, Shenandoah County, Virginia1033, 1034.
  10. Eleanor Orndorff, b. 1795, Frederick County, Virginia1034, d. date unknown.
  11. Isaac Orndorff, b. 1797, Frederick County, Virginia1034, d. September 18661034.
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