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Christian Plank

Male 1777 - 1842  (65 years)


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  • Name Christian Plank 
    Born 12 Mar 1777  Johnstown, Tryon (now Fulton), New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 14 Dec 1842  Mayfield, Fulton, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2156  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Family Hannah Frederick,   b. Abt 1779, of Warrensbush (now Florida), Tryon (now Montgomery), New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 1 Jan 1801  Fonda, Montgomery, New York, United States. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F853  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. From the family files at the Montgomery County, NY, Historical Archives, "Descendants of Casper Plank":
      A. "Christian Plank ({George} Adam, George Adam, Johann Georg Plank {Blanck), Frederick Plank, Caspar) was born March 12, 1777 in Johnstown, NY, and died Dec. 14, 1842 in Mayfield, NY. He married Hannah (Anna) Frederick, dau. of Jacob Frederick and Margaret Young, Jan 1, 1801 in Caughnawaga Reformed Church, Fonda, NY."
      B. "Children of Christian Plank and Hannah Frederick are [not in order; also note the two eldest children appear to be named after their maternal grandparents]:
      a. Jacob Plank, b. 19 Jan 1802, bp. 19 Jan 1803, Reformed Dutch Church, Fonda, NY, sponsors: Frederick and Marigretta Frederick.
      b. Margaret Plank, b. 5 Feb 1809, Reformed Dutch Church, Fonda, NY, sponsors Philip Frederick and Gerty Miller.
      c. Ebilize (Eliza) Plank, b. 15 Feb, 1819, bpt. 28 Mar 1819, Lutheran Trinity Church of Stone Arabia, md. Snyder.
      d. Frederick Plank, b. 22 Apr 1821.
      e. Amy Ann Plank, b. 7 May 1824, bapt. 13 Jun 1824, Lutheran Trinity Church of Stone Arabia, NY; m. Daniel B. Thurston, 20 May 1844 at Reformed Dutch Church, Fonda, NY. Daniel lived in Mayfield.
      f. Peter Plank, b. 7 Apr 1807.
      g. Adam C. Plank, b. 1804; d. 19 Apr 1881, Fulton Co., NY.
      h. Hannah Plank, b. 26 Jul 1829 at Fulton County, NY; d. Feb. 23, 1890, Fulton County, NY.
      i. Dorothy (Dolly) Plank, b. 4 May 1808; d. 18 Aug 1881.
      j. Philip Plank, b. 1815, Town of Johnstown, NY; m. Matilda; lived in a frame house in the Town of Johnstown, NY."

      2. From the family files at the Montgomery County, NY, Historical Archives, "The Plank Family, 1973, by Nellie Plank:
      A. Christian John Plank (father: Adam), born March 12, 1777 in Johnstown, NY, and died Dec. 14, 1842. He married Hannah (Anna) Frederick on Jan 1, 1801 at Caughnawaga Reformed Church, Fonda, NY. Lived on a farm in the Town of Johnstown. Later moved to Mayfield, NY and lived on a farm there 25 years, probably buried in or near Mayfield, NY. Children:
      a. Jacob Plank, bapt. 19 Jan 1802, bp. 19 Jan 1803, Reformed Dutch Church, Fonda, NY, sponsors: Jacob Frederick and Marigretta Frederick [maternal grandparents].
      b. Margret Plank, bapt. 5 Feb 1809, Reformed Dutch Church, Fonda, NY, sponsors Philip Frederick and Gerty Miller.
      c. Ebilize (Eliza) Plank, b. 15 Feb, 1819, bpt. 28 Mar 1819, Lutheran Trinity Church of Stone Arabia, md. Snyder.
      d. Frederick Plank, b. 22 Apr 1821, bapt. 5/20/1821 Luth. Trinity Ch., Stone Arabia.
      e. Amy Ann Plank, b. 7 May 1824, bapt. 13 Jun 1824, Lutheran Trinity Church of Stone Arabia, NY.
      f. Peter Plank, b. 7 Apr 1807, bapt. Luth. Trinity Church, Stone Arabia.
      g. Adam C. Plank, b. 1804.
      h. Hannah Plank, bapt. 26 Jul 1829 Luth. Trinity Church, Stone Arabia.
      i. Dorothy (Dolly) Plank.
      j. Philip Plank, b. 1815.
      Two of the children died during Childhood. One daughter, called Dolly, married a Wimple."
      [Note that the above source has more on each child including their children.]

      MARRIAGE:
      1. Marriage records of "Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Caughnawaga: now the Reformed Church of Fonda, in the village of Fonda, Montgomery County, N.Y.," New York, 1917, 748 pp.:
      Lodewyk Frederick and Alida Miller, 21 Mar 1774.
      Frans Frederick and Susanna Cosaadt, 30 Dec 1774.
      Frans Cosaadt and Nancy Johnson, 20 Jun 1777.
      Thomas Van Horne and Maria Frederick, 21 Oct 1779.
      Peter Frederick and Elizabeth Marlet, 21 Oct 1779 [same time as Thomas Van Horne.]
      (Illegible) Mair? and the daughter of Philip Fredrick, 23 Jan 1788. [Could this be Hendrick Mower and Elizabeth Frederick?]
      Christian Plank and Hannah Frederick, 1 Jan 1801.
      George Frederick and Caty Cag, 21 Feb 1803.