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Johan Peter Lau was born March 19, 1728, eldest son of Christian Lau and Anna Frey.
He married 1748 Codorus, York, Pennsylvania Susanna (Nehs) Lau and together they had the following known children:[1]
There was surveyed for him a tract of 281 acres in Codorus Township on account of a warrant dated May 11, 1752, for 150 acres, secured from the proprietaries of Pennsylvania. This tract adjoined his father, Christian Lau’s, land and parts of this tract have been held by Laus and their descendants since 1752.[2]
He devised this tract of 281 acres to his two sons, Andrew Lau and George Lau, and a tract of 44 ¼ acres in the same township to his son-in-law, Valentine Bergheimer. Peter Lau and his wife, Susanna Lau, left to survive them, two sons, namely, Andrew and George; and five daughters, namely, Magdalena, wife of George Philip Gentzler; Anna Maria, wife of Daniel Rynold,; Catharina, wife of Valentine Alt; Eve, wife of Rynold, and Susanna, wife of Valentine Bergheimer. The remains of Peter Lau and his wife Susanna Lau are buried in the graveyard at this place.Peter Law served as a private in the American Revolution under Capt. Thomas Orbison, 1781. He was with Captain Reinhart Botts' Company, Manchester Township Officers. He remained with the company on 20 November 1782.[3][4]
He was buried in Saint Paul's Wolf's Evangelical Covenant Cemetery in West Manchester Township, York County, Pennsylvania, USA.[5]
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