Christli Gut

1715 ca.: Born to Peter Good (GC) and his first wife. (1)

1727-1732: Christian may have immigrated with his father Peter Good (GC) in 1727 (at about age 12), or he may have come five years later with brother Jacob Good (GC2) and sister Anna and her husband John Musselman when they immigrated in 1732.

Christian Good (GC3) marries Susanna Schmidt (1)
 
             : GC3g Christina(5,p8)

?? All of Christian's 17 children, including Christina, are listed in (1) under his second wife Magdalena. How many of those belong to Susanna?

Christian Good (GC3) marries Magdalena _____. (1)
 
  1731       : GC31 John
  1740 ca.   : GC33 Peter
  1741 Dec 29: GC32 Henry
  1744       : GC34 Christian

  1754 May   : GC35 Jacob
  1754 Sep 26: GC3f Catherine
  1756 ca.   : GC36 Samuel
             : GC37 Ann
             : GC38 Magdalena
             : GC39 Barbara
             : GC30 Freana
             : GC3a Mary
             : GC3b Elizabeth
             : GC3c Susanna
             : GC3d Esther
             : GC3e Eve

{?? Only six months separate these birth dates for Jacob and Catherine. Why is there so little information about the girls?}

Christian and his wife live near Weaverland, PA. (4, p3)

1737 ca.: Christian and his wife (probably Susanna), his brother Jacob Good (GC2) and wife Susannah, and their sister Anna and her husband John Musselman all settle along Muddy Creek in Brecknock Twp. near what would later become Bowmansville, PA. See (3, p674) and (4, p3-5) for more.

Christian builds Good's Mill, the first grist mill in the township. It becomes a hub of the community.

1757 Aug 13: Christian dies in Brecknock Twp. His wife Magdalena outlives him to become a widow. (1)
 

Good's Mill Excepts from John B. Good (GC3538), 1883 Photo by Romaine Stauffer, 2006. "The first settlements [in Brecknock township] seem to have been made in the valleys of the Black Muddy Creek and that branch on which Good's mill was erected." (3, p673) "Half a mile higher up on the south fork of said branch of Muddy Creek [the branch where his brother Jacob settled], and about a quarter of a mile south from Bowmansville, Christian Good ... settled, and erected the first grist-mill in the township, occupying the spot where the large flouring-mill of Mr. Henry Von Neida is now situated." (3, 674) "Whether the mill was built originally of wood or stone is not known, but tradition says that the mill and the dwelling were all under one roof. Later a stone mill and separate stone dwelling-houses were erected,.... In one of these dwellings religious services were held before the erection of a separate meeting house. It is possible that there was a time when they same building simultaneously served the purposes of a mill, dwelling-house, and church." (3, p674) After buying the mill in about 1846, Mr. Von Neida rebuilt it after a fire in 1850. It has been restored, and it now appears on the National Register of Historic Places as the Bowmansville Roller Mill. (2, 3)