Notes:
Frederick's signature on his son Christian's estate papers
Data source is the Robert A Moomaw "Moomaw, Mumma, Mumaw, Mumaugh" book 1990 and the "Moomaw Newsletters" published by Margaret Dieringer between 1983 & 1989 and other miscellaneous documents.
Data source is "The Mumma Family" by Samuel H. Mumma 1962
Data source and researcher is Douglas Mumma, 2123 Farmington Place, Livermore, CA 94550
"The Mumma Family" by Samuel H. Mumma 1962, lists Frederick Mumma on page 81 of his book, but he makes a significant error by connecting the Frederick Mumma branch which lived in Cumberland County, PA as the son of immigrant Jacob Mumma. This is incorrect. The father of Frederick Mumma of Cumberland County was a John Mumma and that family came from Dauphin County to Cumberland County around 1800.
From his brother's Will, [Jacob Mumma], we know Frederick was living in Donegal Township in 1791
The following tax records for Donegal Township of Lancaster County was extracted by Denise Lahr, IMAHLAHR@aol.com
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1788: Frederick Muma,160 acres
(Frederick's brother) Jacob, 165 acres
1790: Same
1793: Same
Also, Frederick's son, Jacob, is listed as a "freeman," ie., 21 but not owning or renting land. This suggests he was born about 1792
1800: Frederick's brother Jacob deceased (Frederick was executor).
Frederick assessed for 150 acres
Jacob (son) assessed for 100 acres
Freemen; Jonas, David
1801-03: Jacob, 100 acres
Jonas, 160 acres
Frederick, no land, I horse
Freeman: David
1806: Jacob, 100 acres
Jonas, 150 acres
David missing
1807: Jacob, 100 acres
Jonas, 150 acres
David, 1 house & 1 lot in New Haven
1813: Frederick, 1 horse
Jacob, 140 acres, farmer
Jonas, 180 acres, farmer
David, 3 houses and 3 lots in New Haven, merchant
1814: Jacob, 142 acres, 1 lot in Marietta, farmer
Jonas, 180 acres, 1 lot in Marietta, farmer
David, 4 houses and 11 lots in Marietts, merchant
1817: Jacob, 140 acres, 1 house (storehaus) in Marietta
Jonas, 180 acres, 3 lots in Marietta
David, entered, crossed out
1819: David, singleman in Marietta
1820: same
1821: David disappears
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Denise Lahr also provided the following Deed information.:
1) Deed E-331 from Frederick and Frena to Jonas Nolt on Jun. 29, 1759 for land in Hempfield.
2) Deed K-63 Frederick and Frena bought land in Donegal and mortgaged it to George Mumma in In 1763. This mortgage was paid by 1772.
Deed E-331 identifies that Frederick and Frena initially bought land and lived in Hempfield townshp. The land was bought brother. The parcel description clearly identifies the property location based on the original draughts of West Hempfield township (Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society, Vol 67 #2, Spring 1963). That map shows the adjoining lands of Michael Siegrist, Philip Nolt and David Musselman. I presume Jonas Nolt, Philip Nolt's eldest son, inherited the property from his father which originally contained 240 acres. He must have subdivided it for Frederick Mumma and wife Frena Nolt who was his sister. This property was about 1 mile north of Silver Springs
About 1763, Frederick and Frena sold the land in West Hempfield and moved to Donegal township where they resided for the rest of their lives.
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In Margaret Dieringer's Newsletter, Volume 1, #2, page 7, she wrote the following:
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I have copies of two handwritten sheets from the files of the Lancaster County Mennonite Historical Society, Lancaster. It is not clear who wrote them:
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Copied Aug 1856 from a small book Uncle John Mumma has --
Family records of grandfather and his offsprings to the present time. Frederick Mumma was born in Germany, came to America young, died February 8, 1814 and was 84 years of age. His wife, Fronica, her maiden name was Nolt, died in 1807. They had nine children - John, Elizabeth, Jacob, Aney (Amy), Christian, Barbara, Jonas, David, and Mary. These came to maturity.
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From the birth dates which are known, it appears that the above children were listed in birth order.
Will of Frederick Mumma - Deceased
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In the name of God, Amen. I FREDERICK MUMA of Donegal Township County of Lancaster, being old and weak in body but of sound and perfect memory, blessed by Almighty God for the same do make and publish this my last will and testament in manner and form following, viz. First I give and bequeth unto my beloved wife, ELIZABETH the sum of fifty pounds respecting aforesaid and if I should die before her then my wife ELIZABETH shall have fifty pounds more of my estate and for her widow seat and dwelling place the house where I now live in and the garden and the possessor of the land is to haul dung in her garden yearly and every year as necessary as long as she remains my widow and I give to my widow one cow and my son, JONAS is to keep her cow in fodder and pasture with his own cows. Nevertheless my daughter MARIA shall have full right to dwell by my widow as long as she lives.
Item. It is my will that my said daughter her four hundred pounds of money and what remains of my money. I order my hereafter named executors that they shall put said money in interest and that they shall take the interest and provide for their boarly maintaning for my daughter MARIA and my widow necessary clothing and for eating and drink and if the interest should not be enought then my said Executors shall have full right to take from the principal for to buy clothing to my said daughter, MARIA as necessary. Further I order my left widow and my daughter, MARIA amd my son JACOB and JONAS MUMA, they shall have the bonds in their hands of my real estate and my son JONAS MUMA shall have all the half to himself of my widows cow that she breeds yearly and after my and my daughter MARIA decease then shall the above mentioned money and monies properties in equal shares unto all my children, but my son-inlaw, DAVID MARTIN, he shall be no heir of my estate in this my last will and testament. It is also my will that the children of my daughter, ELIZABETH shall be heirs of her share remaining in my hands of money and monies worth from their father.
Item. It is my will and I do not allow that my widow shall have or take her third share of my thing of the cash of my estate after my decease but only respecting her full right to the house and garden as long as she remains my widow. Further it is my son JONAS MUMA bound to haul and put the firewood to her house fit for her use as long as she lives and to give to my widow yearly and every year one barrel of good cider further apples for snitz and winter apples as necessary for her use if apples on his place and to give her eggs and hams as much as necessary.
Item. It is my will that my widow shall have her bed and all the household that she has brought with her to me is uncontestably hers. Further shall my beloved ELIZABETH take care of my daughter, MARIA and my daughter MARIA shall observe unto my said wife and she shall dwell and her together during their natural lives and the milk house the pump and spring widow or wife shall have the full right and privilege as my son JONAS and his people hath. And lastly, I nominate make and appoint my sons JACOB and JONAS MUMA and ANDREW BECKER executors of this my last will and testament hereby knocking all former will by me made declaring this and no otherto be my last will and testament. witness my hand and seal the 29th day of March Anno Domino One Thousand, Eight Hundred and Eleven.
FREDERICK MUMA
Acknowledged, sealed and pronounced by the said Frederick Muma as his last will and testament one before witnesses. John Albert, Lancaster County on the 26th day of February 1814.
Before me the subscriber persons appeared: John Albert and Christian Nisley who being duly qualified according to the law did declare and say that they were present and saw and heard Frederick Muma sign seal publish pronounce and declare the written writing as and for his last will and testament that the doing there of he was of sound and well dispoing mind memory and observation and belief.
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On the 19th of February, 1814, Jacob Kraybill and Martin Nissly made an inventory of Frederick's estate. There were several Notes and bonds to David Muma in the amount of $316 or about 1/2 of the estate value. What is strange is that David Mumma, his presumed son is not mentioned in his father's Will.
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1776, Pennsylvania, United States, In the masterly address delivered by the late Hon. Marriott Brosius, at the unveiling of the monument to the memory of the Revolutionary soldiers of Donegal, Oct. 5, 1899, we find this passage
"The Continental Congress provided for the appointment of committees of Observation and Correspondence, in each county. Donegal was represented in that committee by Bartram Galbraith, Alexander Lowery, James Cunningham, Frederick Mumma and Robert Craig. The duty of this committee was to attentively observe the conduct of all persons touching the use or sale of interdicted articles, or opposing, in any way, the patriotic efforts of the Colonists to free themselves from the oppression of Parliament. If any one was found delinquent in these particulars, they were declared to be enemies to American liberty, and thereafter patriots would abstain from dealing with them. Boycotting was thus early employed to promote patriotism. Few of the Donegalians, however, became amenable to this boycott, for their aggressive patriotism urged them to do too much, rather than too little for the cause of the Colonies, and they fully agreed with Franklin, that a cup of tea, the cost of which helped to pay the salaries of tyrants, would choke any decent American."
