Michael PENCE

Birth:
12 Mar 1738
Earl Twp., Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Death:
25 Dec 1799
Adams, Ohio
Marriage:
29 Dec 1767
Maidencreek Twp., Berks, Pennsylvania
Sources:
Shenandoah County,Virginia Pence Family - Internet
Internet IGI, Sep 2007
Descendants of Michael Pence (1738-1799)
Shenandoah County (Va.) Pence Family Group Sheets
Records of Pastoral Acts at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, New Holland, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1730-1799, pg. 20, (FHL#974.815/N2, K29N)
Pennsylvania Births, Lancaster County, 1723-1777, pg. 22, (FHL#974.815, K2h, Vol. 1)
Notes:
                   NAME:
    Surname in German is Bentz, spelling was changed after the family arrived in America.

NOTE:
    Michael died 25 Dec 1799 in Adams County, Ohio (or near Maysville, Kentucky) when he drowned while attempting to cross the Ohio River when his horses bolted from the ferry. The inventory of his estate was returned 17 January 1800 in Adams County, Ohio.
Mary Sybilla FRY
Birth:
1751
of Maidencreek Twp., Berks, Pennsylvania
Death:
Adams, Ohio
Sources:
GenPage: Genealogy Page for Sybilla Fry
Children
Marriage
1
Catherine PENCE
Birth:
Abt 1767
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Death:
John COOK 
Marr:
4 Mar 1786
Shenandoah, Virginia 
Notes:
                   NAME:
    Catherine "Katy" PENCE
2
John PENCE
Birth:
Abt 1769
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Death:
Bef Apr 1853
Adams, Ohio
Priscilla TOMLINSON 
Marr:
6 Oct 1800
Adams, Ohio 
3
Johan Peter PENCE
Birth:
2 Oct 1770
East Cocalico, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Death:
25 Nov 1832
Adams, Ohio
Susannah ROUSH 
Marr:
31 Dec 1792
Shenandoah, Virginia 
4
Isabella PENCE
Birth:
Abt 1772
of Shenandoah, Virginia
Death:
Henry BOWMAN 
Marr:
10 Oct 1795
Shenandoah, Virginia 
Notes:
                   NAME:
    Isabella "Ibby" PENCE
5
Mary PENCE
Birth:
Abt 1780
Shenandoah, Virginia
Death:
11 Nov 1855
New Market, Highland, Ohio
Philip ROUSH 
Marr:
3 Feb 1796
Shenandoah, Virginia 
6
Philip PENCE
Birth:
30 Sep 1785
Shenandoah, Virginia
Death:
 
Marr:
 
7
Henry PENCE
Birth:
30 Jul 1788
Shenandoah, Virginia
Death:
24 Aug 1849
Highland, Ohio
Catherine LAYMAN 
Marr:
30 Aug 1808
Highland, Ohio 
8
George C. PENCE
Birth:
14 Nov 1790
Shenandoah, Virginia
Death:
15 Jun 1866
Eldora, Hardin, Iowa
Sarah WENDEL 
Marr:
20 Jan 1812
Highland, Ohio 
9
William PENCE
Birth:
Abt 1791
Shenandoah, Virginia
Death:
Priscilla BROOKOVER 
Marr:
21 Oct 1823
Adams, Ohio 
10
Susannah PENCE
Birth:
3 Jan 1793
Shenandoah, Virginia
Death:
Philip BOWMAN 
Marr:
23 Nov 1810
Highland, Ohio 
11
Lydia PENCE
Birth:
Abt 1795
Shenandoah, Virginia
Death:
Benjamin WILKIN 
Marr:
16 Jan 1812
Adams, Ohio 
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Michael Pence - Mary Sybilla Fry

Michael Pence was born at Earl Twp., Lancaster, Pennsylvania 12 Mar 1738. His parents were Michael Bentz and Anna Elisabetha Huber.

He married Mary Sybilla Fry 29 Dec 1767 at Maidencreek Twp., Berks, Pennsylvania . Mary Sybilla Fry was born at of Maidencreek Twp., Berks, Pennsylvania 1751 daughter of Johann Heinrich Frey and Catharina Schauer .

They were the parents of 11 children:
Catherine Pence born Abt 1767.
John Pence born Abt 1769.
Johan Peter Pence born 2 Oct 1770.
Isabella Pence born Abt 1772.
Mary Pence born Abt 1780.
Philip Pence born 30 Sep 1785.
Henry Pence born 30 Jul 1788.
George C. Pence born 14 Nov 1790.
William Pence born Abt 1791.
Susannah Pence born 3 Jan 1793.
Lydia Pence born Abt 1795.

Michael Pence died 25 Dec 1799 at Adams, Ohio .

Mary Sybilla Fry died at Adams, Ohio .