Henry Borneman

  Noted events in his life were:

• Childhood: was a sickly child, After 1740. ¹¹⁵ I was of delicate health when young.

• Family Event, Bef 1765. ¹¹⁶ During the winter while Christian lived with his father, he wagoned to Philadelphia, hauling bar-iron for Maberry's Forge on Perkiomen Creek, and in return would bring such goods as were needed by his hands employed. I will relate an incident that occurred on his way home from one of those trips, -- I think it was in the month of May. This was at a time when railroads and stage coaches with springs were unknown. I, Henry Borneman, his younger brother was with him to keep him company as I was of delicate health; and during the afternoon, when we were about to leave the city, a lady came to the hotel and inquired of the landlady if there was any person there with whom she could go to Flourtown. The arrangements were made that she could go along with us. We were delayed till sunset before we started out. Christian walked and in turn rode the near wheel horse, while the lady and I were in the uncovered wagon; this ocurred on a bright moonlight evening. We proceeded quietly along. The lady and I were engaged in coversation until I was overcome with sleep, and the coversation ceased when all of a sudden the horses wheeled round and ran back forty rods before they could be stopped. At this time, Christian was walking by the side of his horse. When Christian had the horses stopped, he expressed his astonishment at the strange conduct of his team. The lady said, "Why, at such a place, " pointing to it, "a white dog as large as a yearling calf came through the hedge fence and walked by the side of him till they came to the place where the horses took fright, then it passed on and, crossing in front of the horses, they ran back." I was not awakened until the dog had passed through the fence on the other side of the road. Christian got his team headed the other way again and started out. When he arrived at the place where the horses took fright, it was with difficulty that he could urge the horses to pass, and he said in years after, as long as he had one of the horses in the team which he had that night, he could not pass that place either by day or night except with difficulty.

• Property, 20 Jan 1769. I bought the old homestead following the death of my father by deed of release from the rest of the Borneman heirs. Christian Borneman, Hermann Zimmerman, Michael Deiterly and Elizabeth Borneman indentured the Borneman land to me on January 20, 1769. My family and I lived on the Borneman homestead from 1769 until my death in 1823. I bequeathed the homestead to my younger son Daniel who lived on the land until his death in 1833. Upon Daniel's death Henry's living children transferred the land to his youngest daughter Elizabeth and her husband John Schwenk.

• Occupation: teacher and retired farmer.

• Will probated, 2 Jul 1828. ^50,114,117 Transcript from the last will and testament of Henry Borneman, the elder, bearing date the second of July, 1823. Amongst other things, he made provision in siad will, tht the purchaser or purchasers of the above mentioned and described tract or place of ground, their heirs or assigns, be requried to keept the burial ground that was begun by his father on the premises, and contains the remains of the Borneman family and their descendants, inclosed witha good and substantial fence. It contains in all about twenty-five graves. among which were Daniel Borneman, his wife and two children who died in infancey; henry Borneman, his wife and eight children. The last interment made on the premises was Daniel Borneman, a grandson of the founder, in August 1833.

Henry married Margertetta (Mararetta) Seasholtz (Seesholtz), daughter of Melchior Siesholtz and Mrs. Elizabetha Siesholtz, about 1770. (Margertetta (Mararetta) Seasholtz (Seesholtz) was born on 30 Jun 1746, died in 1795 in Hanover Township, Pennsylvania and was buried in Borneman Burial Plot on Borneman Farm.)

  Marriage Notes:

They were blessed with fourteen children, four sons and ten daughters. Two sons and five daughter died in infancy.