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Christian Sensenig

Birth
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
1831 (aged 73–74)
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
New Holland, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
Plot
no memorial stone
Memorial ID
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Christian Sensenig, son of Michael K Sensenig & his wife Magdalena Wenger Sensenig

*** his will was written on 28 Jun1828 & was probated on 9 Mar 1831 per Lancaster Will Book Q-R 1831-1838 ...

1st married Elizabeth Buckwalter Sensenig, daughter of Frantz aka Francis Buckwalter & his wife Magdalena Weber Buckwalter

11 Children

2nd married Magdalena Weber Sensenig, daughter of Hans aka Johannes Weber & his wife Fronica aka Veronica "Fanny" Sechrist (Seichrist) Weber

3 Children of Christian & Magdalena

Magdalena 1st married David Lichty

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The Bridgeville Group

Lineage:
Jacob Sensenig, married to Maria Krey;
Michael Sensenig, b 1723; d 1801; m Magdalena Wenger;
Christian Sensenig (1757-1832) m 1st Elizabeth Buckwalter; 2nd, Magdalena Weaver.

Mrs Coldren, of the Lancaster County Historical Society, reports that eleven children were born to the first wife and three to the second.

Will 2-1-18 of Christian Sensenich reveals the following adults (4th generation) :
John Sensenich, d 1829; m Barbara Lichty, who died, 4-17-1863;
Eliza Sensenich, wife of Christian Lichty;
Barbara Sensenich, b 4-5-1832; d 5-28-1900; m Michael Wenger, b 2-26-1819; d 4-18-1900. (Buried on Sensenig Farm) ;
Francis Sensenich, b 4-15-1793; d 10-10-1875; m Elizabeth Weaver;
Esther Sensenich, wife of Daniel High (Hoch);
Christian Sensenich (1796-1847); m 1st Barbara -, 2nd
Catherine Hiestand;
Samuel Sensenich, b 2-12-1807; d 1870;
Magdalena Sensenich, wife of Jacob Burchart.

The Sensenich farm on which this family was raised is on the road leading from Bridgeville (west of Beartown) to Route 23 and about a fourth mile from Bridgeville.

When Michael and Magdalena, the father and mother of Christian Sensenich, signed a release, he signed Michael Sinsenig and she signed Magdalena Sensenich. Christian adopted the mother’s way of spelling the name, and this branch of the family has consistently held to this way of spelling. Let us remember, however, that final ig and ich have the same pronunciation in German. Wenig (little) is pronounced like venich.

In his will 2-1-18, Christian’s name appears as Christian Sentznig.

We reckon Christian Sensenich (1757-1832) as the progenitor of the Bridgeville group of the “Sensiney” family ...

The "Sensineys" of America: Senseny, Sensenig; Sensenich, Senseney
Barton Sensenig, R. Eugene Montgomery, Roscoe Lloyd Sensenich, Jeannette Senseney
1943

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*** an earlier Christian Sensenig, same area ...

Mark Haberlein, professor of early modern history at the University of Bamberg in Germany, chose Lancaster to “demonstrate how religious diversity emerged and how adherents of various faiths interacted with one another in a single town.”

... Christian Sensenig, a Mennonite farmer, came to town to buy a horse and was testing the horse’s responses by galloping up and down Duke Street. Bernhard Hubele, shopkeeper and Lutheran trustee, picked up a stone and hurled it at the rider.

Sensenig was fatally injured. Lutheran Pastor Helmuth visited him and Sensenig told the minister that he forgave Hubele and did not want him prosecuted if he should die. The court acquiesced. This was the practice of pluralism.

JSTOR
Pennsylvania History
Vol 77, No 2
Book Reviews

The Practice of Pluralism:
Congregational Life and Religious Diversity in Lancaster, Pennsylvania 1730–1820
Mark Haberlein
2009

reviewer Richard K MacMaster
University of Florida
Christian Sensenig, son of Michael K Sensenig & his wife Magdalena Wenger Sensenig

*** his will was written on 28 Jun1828 & was probated on 9 Mar 1831 per Lancaster Will Book Q-R 1831-1838 ...

1st married Elizabeth Buckwalter Sensenig, daughter of Frantz aka Francis Buckwalter & his wife Magdalena Weber Buckwalter

11 Children

2nd married Magdalena Weber Sensenig, daughter of Hans aka Johannes Weber & his wife Fronica aka Veronica "Fanny" Sechrist (Seichrist) Weber

3 Children of Christian & Magdalena

Magdalena 1st married David Lichty

************************************

The Bridgeville Group

Lineage:
Jacob Sensenig, married to Maria Krey;
Michael Sensenig, b 1723; d 1801; m Magdalena Wenger;
Christian Sensenig (1757-1832) m 1st Elizabeth Buckwalter; 2nd, Magdalena Weaver.

Mrs Coldren, of the Lancaster County Historical Society, reports that eleven children were born to the first wife and three to the second.

Will 2-1-18 of Christian Sensenich reveals the following adults (4th generation) :
John Sensenich, d 1829; m Barbara Lichty, who died, 4-17-1863;
Eliza Sensenich, wife of Christian Lichty;
Barbara Sensenich, b 4-5-1832; d 5-28-1900; m Michael Wenger, b 2-26-1819; d 4-18-1900. (Buried on Sensenig Farm) ;
Francis Sensenich, b 4-15-1793; d 10-10-1875; m Elizabeth Weaver;
Esther Sensenich, wife of Daniel High (Hoch);
Christian Sensenich (1796-1847); m 1st Barbara -, 2nd
Catherine Hiestand;
Samuel Sensenich, b 2-12-1807; d 1870;
Magdalena Sensenich, wife of Jacob Burchart.

The Sensenich farm on which this family was raised is on the road leading from Bridgeville (west of Beartown) to Route 23 and about a fourth mile from Bridgeville.

When Michael and Magdalena, the father and mother of Christian Sensenich, signed a release, he signed Michael Sinsenig and she signed Magdalena Sensenich. Christian adopted the mother’s way of spelling the name, and this branch of the family has consistently held to this way of spelling. Let us remember, however, that final ig and ich have the same pronunciation in German. Wenig (little) is pronounced like venich.

In his will 2-1-18, Christian’s name appears as Christian Sentznig.

We reckon Christian Sensenich (1757-1832) as the progenitor of the Bridgeville group of the “Sensiney” family ...

The "Sensineys" of America: Senseny, Sensenig; Sensenich, Senseney
Barton Sensenig, R. Eugene Montgomery, Roscoe Lloyd Sensenich, Jeannette Senseney
1943

************************************************

*** an earlier Christian Sensenig, same area ...

Mark Haberlein, professor of early modern history at the University of Bamberg in Germany, chose Lancaster to “demonstrate how religious diversity emerged and how adherents of various faiths interacted with one another in a single town.”

... Christian Sensenig, a Mennonite farmer, came to town to buy a horse and was testing the horse’s responses by galloping up and down Duke Street. Bernhard Hubele, shopkeeper and Lutheran trustee, picked up a stone and hurled it at the rider.

Sensenig was fatally injured. Lutheran Pastor Helmuth visited him and Sensenig told the minister that he forgave Hubele and did not want him prosecuted if he should die. The court acquiesced. This was the practice of pluralism.

JSTOR
Pennsylvania History
Vol 77, No 2
Book Reviews

The Practice of Pluralism:
Congregational Life and Religious Diversity in Lancaster, Pennsylvania 1730–1820
Mark Haberlein
2009

reviewer Richard K MacMaster
University of Florida

Gravesite Details

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