Important Americana
Important Americana
Property from the Estate of Nancy Fasnacht
Very Fine Fraktur Birth and Baptismal Certificate of Johannes Fasnacht, Johann Heinrich Otto (ca. 1733–ca. 1800), Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Dated June 26, 1775
Auction Closed
January 24, 03:52 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
Lot Details
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Very Fine Fraktur Birth and Baptismal Certificate of Johannes Fasnacht, Johann Heinrich Otto (ca. 1733–ca. 1800), Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Dated June 26, 1775
signed Heinrich Otto l.c. The reverse with translated Pennsylvania German.
Height 13 in. by Width 16 in.
Johannes Fasnacht is of the third generation of the Fasnachts who settled in Earl Township, present-day New Holland, Pennsylvania in the mid-18th century. He was born on June 6, 1775 to Johannes Fasnacht and Eva Fetter, and later married Elizabeth Schmidt, bearing eight children. He died on June 13, 1849 and is buried at Swamp Church, Reinholds, Pennsylvania.