PANCAKE FAMILY RECORDS

OF

PHILADELPHIA, MONTGOMERY, AND BUCKS COUNTIES, PENNSYLVANIA


Philadelphia and Bucks Counties were original Pennsylvania counties created in 1682.
Montgomery County was created from Philadelphia County in 1784.

Jost Pfannekuchen and his family were early residents of Franconia Township in what is now Montgomery County, but at the time they lived there it was a part of Philadelphia County. Franconia Township borders Bucks County and records of Jost and his family are also found there. For these reasons I have decided to group these three adjacent counties together.

You will also find records here of the family of Philip Pancake, a Revolutionary War officer and a grocer in Philadelphia.
BIOGRAPHY   CENSUS RECORDS   CHURCH AND MARRIAGE RECORDS   DIRECTORIES
HISTORIES   LAND AND TAX RECORDS   MILITARY   MISCELLANEOUS   NEWSPAPERS   PROBATE RECORDS

CENSUS RECORDS

1790   1800   1810   1880   1900   1910

First U.S. Census of 1790, Pennsylvania Volume

p. 166 - Montgomery County, Remainder of County
         Panckes, Andrew   1 free white male over 16   [born 1774 or earlier]
                           1 free white male under 16  [born 1774-1790]
                           3 free white females

         [Is this a variation on Pancake?]

p. 239 - Philadelphia, 4th Street, West Side
         Pancake, Philip (Grocer)  1 free white male over 16   [born 1774 or earlier]
                                   1 free white male under 16  [born 1774-1790]
                                   7 free white females


1800 U.S. Census, City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Cedar Ward, page 122

Philip Pankake  1 male under 10     [born 1790-1800]
                2 males 45 or over  [born 1755 or earlier]
                1 female under 10   [born 1790-1800]
                2 females 16 to 26  [born 1774-1784]
                1 female 26 to 45   [born 1755-1774]


1810 U.S. Census, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

City of Philadelphia, North Ward, page 51/224:
Phillip Pancake  1 male 45 or over    [born 1765 or earlier]
                 1 female under 10    [born 1800-1810]
                 1 female 45 or over  [born 1765 or earlier]

West Southwark, page 106/780:
Elizabeth Pancake  1 male under 10    [born 1800-1810]
                   1 female 26 to 45  [born 1765-1784]


1820 through 1860 Census Indexes

No Pancakes listed in these counties


1880 U.S. Census, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

City of Philadelphia, 15th Ward, 6th Election District, Enumeration District 252, pages 64B and 65C, Dwelling 201, Family 205, microfilm T9-1174:
Pancake William   W M 44          Married Engineer Machinist  Penn Penn Penn
   -    Martha    W F 42 wife     Married keeping house       Penn Penn Penn
   -    Thomas    W M 16 son      Single  apprentice          Penn Penn Penn
   -    Martha    W F 14 daughter Single  at school           Penn Penn Penn
Pancake William   W M 10 son      Single  at school           Penn Penn Penn



1900 U.S. Census, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

City of Philadelphia, 15th Ward, Enumeration District 265, Sheet 9B, Dwelling 163, Family 183, 741 Belleview, microfilm T623-1458:
Pancake William   Head     W M Feb   1836 64 Married  Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania  Machinist
   -    Mary E    Wife     W F June  1844 55 Married  Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania
   -    Martha E  Daughter W F April 1866 34 Single   Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania

Additional information:  William and Mary E. had been married for 14 years.  They rented their
home.  Mary E. was the mother of no children.



1910 U.S. Census, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

City of Philadelphia, Ward 5, Division 17, Enumeration District 78, Sheet 18A, microfilm T624-1388:
Pancake Elmer C.  head M W 39 Married once  Illinois Illinois Illinois
   -    Jane      wife F W 30 Married once  Ireland  Ireland  Ireland

Additional information:  Elmer and Jane had been married for eight years.  Jane had given
birth to no children.  I could not read Elmer's occupation.  Elmer and Jane were renting
their home.

City of Philadelphia, Enumeration District 1166, Sheet 12A, Household of Westen L. Winslow, Dwelling 393, Family 297, microfilm T624-1413:
Pancake Mary E     Lodger  F W 65  Married once  Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania
   -    William D  Lodger  M W 74  Widowed       Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania

Additional information:  William's occupation is listed as a "Machinist" at a "Machine
Shop".



DIRECTORIES

Philadelphia City Directory, 1890, Ancestry.com

William D. Pancake     Profession:  machinist     Address:  h 1217 Citron



CHURCH AND MARRIAGE RECORDS

In 1988, Fern H. Taylor of Farmington, Illinois wrote to The Lutheran Archives Center in Philadelphia requesting information on the Pannekuchen family. The following is from their reply:

Transcript of the Parish Register of Indianfield Lutheran Church, Franconia Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Page 7 - [Baptisms]

Parents             Children               Sponsors
Joseph Pannekuch    [name not given]       Jost Pannekuch
  Catharina         born Nov. 11, 1754       and wife
                    bapt. April 13, 1755

Christian Allebach  David                  Andrew Pannekuch
  Anna              born Jan. 25	   Anna Maria Haens
		    bapt. April 13, 1755

John Gauser	    John Andrew            Jost Pannekuch
  Christina	    born Nov. 4, 1754	     and wife
                    bapt. April 13, 1755

              ------------------------------------------------

Page 146 -
                          Marriage Record

[Marriages by the Rev. Frederick Schultz. - March 1753-June 1755]

                                                 Date
Names                                            of Marriage
Joseph Pannekucher, second son of Josh           Aug. 21
      Pannekucher and
Catharine, da. of Christopher Drub               1753
      of Birkenson

             ----------------------------------------------

Page 152 -
                      [Record of Confirmations]

On the first Easter Day 1753, the following children, having been
instructed in Christian doctrine, were admitted to the Lord's
Supper for the first time.

8.  John Pannekuchen, 14 years, son of Jost Pannekuchen


Page 153 -

1759, April 15th, the following were for the first time admitted
                    to the Holy Communion:

7.  Maria Eva Pannekuchen, da. of Jost, 15 years


Page 154 -

1760, April 6th, the following were admitted for the first time
                  to the Holy Communion:

Esther Pannekuche, da. of Jost Pannekuche, 14 years

            ----------------------------------------------------

Page 161 -

Anno 1753, September 15, the following persons went to
   the Lord's Supper, mostly married persons:

33.  Maria Agnes Pannekuch
34.  Jost Pannekucher

          -------------------------------------------------------

Page 163 -

Anno, 1754, April 13th, the following went to confession:

          MEN
16.  John Pannekuchen

          --------------------------------------------------------

Page 169 -

Those that went to Confession, November 6, 1756 --

13.  John Pannekuchen

Pennsylvania German Church Records, Volume 3, Tohickon Lutheran Records, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Page 359 -

                            1752.

    Parents               Children             Sponsors

Andrew Gottschall     Maria Johanna, b.     Jost Pfannekuchen
 and Catharine         June 10; bap. July     wf, Maria Agnesia,
 Elizabeth             7                      and da. Maria
                                              Johanna

Page 363 -

                            1756.

Joseph Pannekuchen   Catharine, b. June    Christopher Trubi,
  and Catharine        31; bap. Aug. 1,      Catharine Dani,
                       1756                  single

St. Michael's-Zion German Lutheran Church, Philadelphia
                          Records of Marriages

PFANNENKUCHEN, Andreas,
RONNINGERN, Elisabeth; m. October 16. [1759]
	Witness, Johannes Pfannenkuchen, Hanna Pfannen-
       kuchen, Johannes Kraut, Philipp Roht.



Four Pennsylvania German Studies, Pennsylvania German Society, 1970.
Parochial Register of the Indian Creek Reformed Church, 1753-1851
[Franconia Twp., Montgomery County, Pennsylvania]
Page 118 -
                     I.  Baptisms of Jacob Riess
                             1753-1766

1754.  June 2, Frederick Zoller & wf. had son bapt. John Yost; witn.
       John Yost Pennenkuchen & wf.


Pennsylvania Archives, John B. Linn and Wm. H. Egle, ed., Harrisburg, 1880

Second Series, Volume VIII

Page 702 - Marriage Record of The German Reformed Church, at Philadelphia, 1748-1802.

1801, April 13, Panekuch, Joh. George and Eliz. Bard


Page 195 - Marriage Record of Christ Church, Philadelphia, 1709-1806

1796, April 24, Pancake, Cath. and John Burke


Second Series, Volume IX

Marriage Record of St. Michael's And Zion Church, Philadelphia, 1745-1800.

Page 309 - October 16, 1759, Andreas Pfannenkuchen and Elizabeth Rowninger.
Page 340 - April 16, 1770, Philip Pankuch and Anna Maria Buck
Page 356 - August 4, 1774, Ludwig Pfannekuchen and Maria Magd. Weiss.
Page 359 - May 31, 1775, Johann Starke and Anna Cath. Pannekuch.
Page 377 - January 5, 1784, Philip Pancake (Major) and Catharine Schuz, L.
Page 399 - November 18, 1788, Adam Schaetzlein and Maria Magd. Pannekuch.
Page 431 - January 9, 1800, John Thomson and Polly Pankake.



LAND AND TAX RECORDS

Thirty Thousand Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and Other Immigrants in Pennsylvania from 1727 to 1776, I. Daniel Rupp, Philadelphia, 1927.

Page 471 - Four Hundred and Sixty-Five Names of German, Dutch and French Inhabitants of Philadelphia County, who owned land, and paid quit-rents prior to 1734.

Franconia Township - Jost Pfannenkuch, 100 [acres]



Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, Publications, Volume 1, Page 170:
Land Holders of Philadelphia County, 1734
Franconia - Yost Panacook


Bulletin of the Historical Society of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Volume 7, Number 1, October 1949, pp. 12 and 13.

Detective Work Among the Benners or An Analytical Study of Two Pioneer Montgomery County Families, Hannah Benner Roach, 1949.

The following paragraph of the above article is from the section about Sebastian "Bastian" Benner.

               "As the years passed, however, even 200 acres was not enough to satisfy Bastian's idea of a proper estate to distribute among his children. Looking around for more land, he found the property adjoining his, which amounted to 196 acres, was available. This had also belonged to the elder Christler, and had been willed to his son Lenert, Jr., along with Bastian's first 50-acre tract in 1740. After the death of the younger Christler, the 196 acres had been sold to William Lohr . . . who in turn sold it in 1752 to Yost Pannekuck.10 Pannekuck probably never lived here, for he had owned 130 acres on the westerly side of the Allentown Road since 1727; about 1740, after the road was laid out, he opened a tavern in his home by the side of the road which he operated until 1760.11 He was one of the leading citizens of the vicinity, often serving as executor and guardian of minor children. After owning the 196-acre property for about seven years, he decided to dispose of it, and on June 11, 1759 executed an indenture conveying it to Bastian. As the deed itself was never recorded, the selling price is unknown."

10 Landes, p. 122
11 Ibid, pp. 55-56
Landes is History of Sounderton, Pa., Henry S. Landes, 1930.



The following two deeds/indentures were submitted by David L. Boucher, Livingston, Louisiana, DLB613@charter.net. Click on the links below to view them.

Bucks Co., Pennsylvania Deed Book 9, pp. 212-214
Yost Pannakucha & Mary Gotshall to John Trout, dated June 19, 1749


Bucks Co., Pennsylvania Deed Book 9, pp. 214-216
Yost Pannakucha, Agnes Pannakucha & Anne Mary Gotshall to John Trout, dated June 19, 1749



PROBATE RECORDS

Click on this line to read the will of Fredrick Godtschalk, father-in-law of Jost Pannekuch



Index of Wills & Administration Records, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1682-1782, Compiled & Published by Richard T. & Mildred C. Williams, Danboro, Pennsylvania, 1971-1972, Heritage Quest microfilm V172-283

These records are at the Register of Wills Office of the City of Philadelphia and also include the records for the County of Philadelphia.

Year File         Name          Book Page
1772  72   PANCAKE, Peter  Adm.   E   100



Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Wills, 1682-1819

Ancestry.com database. Taken from Philadelphia County Wills, 1682-1819 published by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania in 1900.

Decedent: Yost Shindler
Residence: Francony, Co. of Philadelphia
Book: J, Page: 254
Date: 29 3 1749
Prove Date: 12 5 1750
Remarks: Shindler, Yost. Francony, Co. of Philadelphia. March 29, 1749/50. May 12, 1750. Sister's children in Germany. Cousins: Yost Pfannenkuenen, Hartman Tettermer and Margarett Tettermer. Exec.: Hartman Fetterer.


Decedent: Elizabeth Arnt
Residence: Philadelphia Co.
Title: Widow
Book: K, Page: 372
Date: 1 12 1755
Prove Date: 12 1 1756
Remarks: Arnt, Elizabeth. Co. of Philadelphia. Widow. Dec. 1, 1755. Jan. 23, 1756. Beneficiaries: Yost Pannekugh and Philip Reed, Jacob Shouler, Elizabeth Shouler, Jacob Zelnar, Jacob Bower, Hannah Pannekugh, John Pannekugh, Jacob Stump, Presbyterian Church of Franconia, Pa., Lutheran Church (same place). Trustee: George Stump. Exec.: Yost Pannekugh and Philip Reed.


Decedent: Catherine White
Residence: Phila.
Title: Widow
Book: Q, Page: 472
Date: 30 12 1783
Prove Date: 27 1 1784
Remarks: Catherine White. of Phila. Widow. 30 Dec 1783. 27 Jan 1784. Exec. and daughter: Rosanah Margaret. Witness: Richard Pancake. Q:472.


Decedent: Rosanna Margaret Garrett
Residence: Southwark, Philadelphia Co.
Title: Widow
Book: T, Page: 355
Date: 31 8 1785
Prove Date: 24 8 1786
Remarks: Garrett, Rosanna Margaret. Southwark, Co. of Phila. Widow. Aug 31, 1785. Aug 24, 1786. T.355. Friends: Mary Taylor, Daughter of George Taylor, Mary Pancake, Daughter of Philip Pancake, Jacob Frederick Esher and his Children. Exec: George Taylor and Philip Pancake.


Decedent: David Bell
Residence: Eastown. Co. of Chester, Pennsylvania
Book: Y, Page: 180
Date: 4 2 1799
Prove Date: 5 6 1799
Remarks: David Bell. Eastown. Co. of Chester, Pennsylvania. Feb 4, 1799. June 5, 1799. Y.180. Exec: Sister Margaret, Wife of George Ralston, Brother-in-Law George Ralston. Brother: William. Sisters: Mary Goff, Ann Hoopes. Half Brothers: Samuel and Edward Bell. Witness: Philip Pancake.




BIOGRAPHY

The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Volume XLVI, Page 72

          Philip Pancake [Pankuch], son of Johan Peter Pancake (died April 20, 1772), who arrived from Rotterdam in the ship "Phoenix," Captain Reuben Honor, on November 22, 1752, and Rebecca, his wife; was a distinguished Revolutionary officer, residing in Dock Ward, Philadelphia. In 1765, he was a private in Captain Richard Peters' First Volunteer Corps of Philadelphia. In July, 1777, he is recorded as Captain of the Third Company, Second Battalion of Associators, Col. Sharpe Delaney. On August 2, 1777, he is recorded as Captain of the Second Company, Third Philadelphia Battalion, Col. Jonathan Bayard Smith; in 1779, he was Captain of the Third Company, Second Battalion, Col. Paul Cox. On April 15, 1780, he was commissioned Major in the Fourth Battalion, Philadelphia City Militia, Col. Paul Cox. He held this office during 1781-82, and, on April 21, 1783, was commissioned Major in the Sixth Battalion, Col. Joseph Dean, which office he held in 1784-85. His wife, Mary, died on August 10, 1783, and was buried in St. Michael's graveyard at Fifth and Cherry Streets. On January 5, 1784, he married his second wife, Catherine Schuz, in Zion Lutheran Church. He was a member of the Patriotic Association of July 17, 1778. He took a leading part in the great Federal Procession of 1788. He died in Philadelphia on January 8, 1814. His only son, George, died in Philadelphia on September 11, 1798.



Proceedings and Collections of the Wyoming Historical and Geological Society, for the Years 1902-1903. Edited by Rev. Horace Edwin Hayden, M.A., Volume VIII, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, 1904, Page 208.

MAJOR PHILIP PANCAKE, Captain 2d Battalion, 3d Class, Philadelphia Militia, August 2, 1777. Company mustered in, Wilmington, September 3, 1777. (Pa. Arch., 2d S., XIII. 161; XIV. 605, 661; XV. 675.) Major 3d Battalion Philadelphia Militia, Joseph Dean, Lieut. Colonel, 1782. (id. 2d S., XIV. 3.) The name is uncommon. Philip Pancake was taxed Westmoreland county, Pa., 1776-1780, and Moyamensing township, Philadelphia, 1774-1779. Captain Pancake was a grocer, Dock Ward, Philadelphia, appraised 1780 at $13,400. In 1791 Philip Pancake, grocer, lived at 160 South Fourth street, Philadelphia. He also held lands Northumberland county, 400 acres surveyed September 2, 1786, and 400 in Luzerne county, surveyed November, 1794.



HISTORIES

The History of Souderton, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Henry S. Landis, 1930.
Republished by Adams Apple Press, Bedminster, Pennsylvania, 1993


References to Yost/Jost Pannekuch from a look-up done by Eric Fillman

Page 5 -

In 1731, Yost Pankuk was one of the signers of the petition asking for the establishment of Franconia Township.

Pages 45-46 - Hotels

          "Yost Pannekuch and Yost Shenler, on August 18th, 1727, purchased a tract of 130 acres of land in the central part of Franconia township whereupon they erected a dwelling house a few yards northwest of the present Reuben Alderfer farm house, on the Allentown road, at Franconia Square. The nearest public road at that time was at what is now Line Lexington.
          "Shenler died a few years later and Pannekuch became sole owner of the tract. After the Allentown road was laid out he opened a tavern about 1740, this probably being the first tavern on this road north of Springhouse.
          "Pannekuch prospered and became one of the leading citizens of that time, often serving as executor in settling estates and as guardian for minor children. His wife was Agnes, daughter of Frederick Gottshall, who resided on the present Abram Loux farm, on the Cowpath road, near Leidy's church. Among their children were John and Hannah Pannekuch. The spelling of this name varied greatly, it being found that his own signature was spelled Pannekuch, Pankuk and Pancake.
          "He conducted the tavern for many years and on May 24th, 1760, sold it to John Brubacher, of Manor township, Lancaster county, who on April 3rd, 1763, sold it to Jacob Grove (Groff), who conducted the tavern for six years."


Pages 49-50 -

In 1727, Jost Pannchuc was one of the signers of a road petition.
In 1739 or 1740, Yost Pancuk signed another petition for the creation of a road.

Page 124 -

          "Henry Pastorius sold 130 acres to Yost Schenler and Yost Pannekuch on August 18th, 1727. This tract extended from the Allentown road to the Mennonite meetinghouse, and from the Harleysville pike to beyond the Clarence Freed residence. Schenler died and Pannekuch became the sole owner. The original homestead was located a few yards northwest of the present Isaiah D. Derstine residence. It was a spacious log house, in which Pennekuch opened a hotel or tavern, probably about 1740. He sold the farm and hotel to John Burkholder, on May 24th, 1760."


Page 143 - Naturalizations
"in 1730 . . . Joseph Penkick (Yost Pannekuch) . . ."



NEWSPAPERS

Click on this line to read some references to Jost Pfannekuchen



Sue Ellen Fealko posted the following message to the Pancake Family Genealogy Forum:

Posted By: Sue Fealko
Subject: 1801 Pancake Death Notice Philadelphia
Post Date: April 08, 2003 at 18:11:09
Message URL: http://genforum.genealogy.com/pancake/messages/259.html
Forum: Pancake Family Genealogy Forum
Forum URL: http://genforum.genealogy.com/pancake/

In the latest issue of the NYGB RECORD, there is an article entitled "Deaths from the Lady's Monitor, New York, 1801-1802." The LADY'S MONITOR was a short-lived magazine published in New York City, and an abstract of one of its death notices is the following:

[1801]

Saturday, December 19, p.143

At Philadelphia, Mrs. Catharine Pancake, in the 33rd year of her age, late consort of Col. Philip Pancake, of Philadelphia.

(NYGB RECORD, Vol. 134, Number 1, p. 62)

I am not a Pancake descendant, but I thought someone might like to see this piece of information which has never been published before.

Sue Ellen Fealko



MILITARY

Civil War Pension File of William D. Pancake, U.S. Navy, File number SC 28-015

Service:

          William D. Pancake enlisted in the U.S. Navy on May 27, 1863 at Philadelphia and served as a First Class Fireman aboard the Princeton and the Princess Royal until October 10, 1863. On October 21, 1863 he was appointed an Acting 3rd Assistant Engineer and served on the Estrella, Narcissus and Kanawha until his discharge on October 2, 1865.

Personal Information:

          William stated in his pension applications that he had been born at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on February 20, 18361; that his occupation was that of a machinist; and that he had resided in Philadelphia since his discharge from the Navy.
          On a questionaire from the Bureau of Pensions dated June 17, 1898 William gave the following information about his family: He was married and his wife's name was Mary E. They were married in 1886 in Philadelphia by Reverend Butler. Mary's maiden name was listed but I can't read it. William was previously married to Martha W. Porter who died in 18792. His living children were Thos. C. Pancake3, born 1863; Martha E. Pancake4, born 1866; and William J. Pancake5, born 1870. All had been born in Philadelphia.
          William died on November 1, 1912. His last address was 209 Lincoln Avenue, Darby, Pennsylanvia.


Here are links to scanned images of four of the documents in William's pension file:

Document 1
Document 2
Document 3
Document 4


1. A Wm. Valentine Pancake, also born on February 20, 1836, was baptized on Oct 9, 1836 at the Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylania. His parents are listed as Peter and Elisabeth Pancake.
2. Martha is listed on the 1880 census.
3. Thomas died in Sacramento County, California in 1909.
4. The International Genealogical Index at www.FamilySearch.org has an entry for Martha Estvelle Pancake born on April 3, 1866 in Philadelphia to William and Martha Pancake. Freda C. Hurlbrink Dexter sent me an email in 2002 in which she states that "My father, Wm. D. Hurlbrink, was born 8-7-1902. His mother died at child birth her name was Mattie Pancake. Her father was William D. Pancake, who died 11-6-1912."
5. There was a William Pancake living in Salt Lake County, Utah in 1900 with his wife Kate. He was born in Pennsylvania in February 1870. He could be the son of William. By 1920, William J. and Kate Pancake had moved to Crook County, Oregon.



MISCELLANEOUS

Indian Trader Licenses, 20 June 1765-28 December 1771, Elsie W. Ernst, C.G., R.S,
The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine, Volume XXXI, page 175.

John Pancake, farmer, of Gwindeth Township, Philadelphia County. 18 July 1768.

The current spelling of "Gwindeth" is Gwynedd. It was included in Montgomery County when it was created in 1784. It has since been divided into Upper and Lower Gwynedd Townships.


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