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Mary Catherine Best 1743 – 1808 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 Oct 1743

Birth Location: Lehigh Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA

Death Date: 02 Dec 1808

Death Location: Salem, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA

Father: Johan Best

Mother: Anna Schaeffer

Spouse(s): Ensign ggf)

Children(s): John Silvius

The story of Mary Catherine Best began in 1743 in Lehigh Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA. Mary Catherine Best married Ensign John Nicholas (PA) (BNA) Silvius (Silveus) (Sylvess) (4 ggf), and had children including John Nicholas Silvius. Mary Catherine Best passed away in 1808 in Salem, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Mary Catherine Best began in 1743 in Lehigh Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA.
  • Mary Catherine Best married Ensign John Nicholas (PA) (BNA) Silvius (Silveus) (Sylvess) (4 ggf), and had children including John Nicholas Silvius.
  • Mary Catherine Best passed away in 1808 in Salem, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Johan Best
1713 – 1762
Birth Location: Palantine, Pfalzm Bayern, Germany
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Anna Schaeffer
1717 – 1769
Birth Location: Pfungstadt, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Hessen, Germany
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Spouses(s)

Ensign ggf)
1743 – 1802
Birth Location: Buck, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, Colony
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Children(s)

John Silvius
1759 – 1831
Birth Location: Germantown, Northampton Co, Pa.
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Mary Best's Ancestors

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Mary Best
1743 – 1808
Birth Place: Lehigh Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA
Parents
Johan Wilhelm Best
1713 – 1762
Palantine, Pfalzm Bayern, Germany
Anna (Susanna) Schaeffer
1717 – 1769
Pfungstadt, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Hessen, Germany
Grandparents
Johann (Adam) Schäffer
1693 – 1756
Kusterdingen, Tubingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
Anna (Margaret) Weiland
1695 – 1770
Palatinate, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Mary Best's Descendants

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Mary (Catherine) Best (20 Oct 1743 – 02 Dec 1808) m. Ensign (John Nicholas (PA) (BNA) Silvius (Silveus) (Sylvess) (4) ggf) (15 Jan 1743 – 13 Dec 1802)
  1. 1. John (Nicholas) Silvius (1759 – 1831) m. Anna (Maria) Yeager (1759 – 15 Sep 1818)
    1. 1. Mary (Magdalena) Silvius (4 Nov 1780 – 24 Jul 1846) m. Henry Nulph (1773 – 17 Sep 1831)
      1. 1. Lawrence Nulf (1785 – 1870)
      2. 2. Henry ("Gum") Nolf\Nolph (24 September 1792 – 04 Oct 1871) m. Sarah (Ann Reed) Nolf (11 January 1803 – 6 July 1900)
        1. 1. Susannah (Nolf) Nulph (1817 – )
        2. 2. Henry Nolf (13 Nov 1818 – 26 Feb 1900) m. Katherine Copenhaver (29 Oct 1818 – 04 Sep 1893)
        3. 3. Mary (Ann) Nolf (1823 – 7 JUN 1869)
        4. 4. Lewis (R) Nolf (28 NOV 1824 – 1900)
        5. 5. Elizabeth McElhoes (7 APR 1830 – 2 AUG 1876)
        6. 6. Sarah Nolf\Nolph (1831 – )
        7. 7. Rebecca (Nolf-) Mauk (28 March 1834 – 23 January 1917)
        8. 8. Enos (G.) Nolf\Nolph (3 January 1837 – 4 October 1926)
        9. 9. Eliza Nolf\Nolph (1841 – )
        10. 10. Thomas Nolf\Nolph (1844 – JUN 1864)
        11. 11. Samuel (H) Nolf (1846 – 1876)
      3. 3. Mary (Magdalena) Nolf (22 June 1793 – 9 August 1883)
      4. 4. Sarah (Janes) Cribbs (17 August 1795 – 29 November 1857)
      5. 5. Jacob Nolf\Nulph (31 December 1797 – 16 Sep 1854)
      6. 6. George (Wallace) Nulf (12 November 1799 – 27 May 1871)
      7. 7. Anna Nolf (6 Apr 1808 – 20 Dec 1872)
      8. 8. Elizabeth Nolf (2 Nov 1812 – 20 Sep 1819)

Mary Best's Timeline

2 Records

1743
20 Oct 1743
Birth of Mary Catherine Best in Lehigh Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA
Lehigh Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA
1808
02 Dec 1808
Age 65
Death of Mary Catherine Best in Salem, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA
Salem, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 Oct 1743
    Event Place: Lehigh Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 02 Dec 1808
    Event Place: Salem, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA
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