John Ranck Sr. (1742 - 1826)

Born 1742 in East Earl, Lancaster County, Province of Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Husband of Barbara (Mattis) Ranck — married [date unknown] in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Husband of Catherine (Springer) Ranck — married 19 Nov 1783 (to 1784) in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 16 May 1826 at about age 84 in White Deer Township, Union County, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Private John Ranck Sr. served with Lancaster County Militia, Pennsylvania Militia during the American Revolution.

John Ranck Sr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A093898.

This profile is part of the Ranck Name Study.

Birth

John was born in 1742^{[citation needed]} or 1750 in East Earl, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Province.^[1]

Marriage

John married Catharine Springer.^[1]

He next married Barbara Martin.^[1]

Children

John and Catharine had four children:

i. George Ranck^[1]

ii. Isaac Ranck^[1]

iii Mary E. (Ranck) Lutz^[1]

iv Katie (Ranck) Stahl^[1]

John and Barbara also had four children:

v. John Ranck^[1]

vi. Joel Ranck^[1]

vii. Johnathon Ranck^[1]

viii. Samuel Ranck^[1]

Military Service

As of 2002, twenty three DAR members claimed membership based on John's Revolutionary War service. He is listed as a Private 4th class in the 1st Company, 5th Battalion, of the Lancaster County Militia under Captain Alexander McIlvaine.^[2][3]

Death and Burial

John died in 1820^[1] or 16 May 1826 in White Deer Township, Union County, Pennsylvania.^{[citation needed]}

Research Notes

Revolutionary War records for:

• Brother George: https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_VRcUAAAAYAAJ/page/n485
• Loudwig & Samuel Ranck, brother Michael, brother Jacob, brother Adam, and cousin Valintine Jr.: https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_VRcUAAAAYAAJ/page/n505

• 1720 census.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11} Ranck, J. Allen, p. 97.
2. ↑ Pennsylvania Archives, Ser. 5, Vol. 7, p. 497, Pennsylvania Archive records, e.g. Ser. 3, Vol. 17, p. 453, Ser. 5, Vol. 7, p. 497 and Ser 5, Vol. 8, p. 955, as cited in: Martin, Raymond S., "Rancks in the Revolutionary War," The Ranck Reporter: A Ranck/Rank Clan Newsletter, Vol. 24, No. 2, May 2002. Accessed 31 October 2018 SJ Baty at http://ranck.org/Archive/Reporter/V24N2.pdf
3. ↑ Pennsylvania Archives, p. 497.

• Montgomery, Thomas Lynch (edited by). Pennsylvania Archives. Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1906. Volume VII, 5th Series, p. 497. Accessed 2 October 2018 SJ Baty at https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_VRcUAAAAYAAJ/page/n505.

• Ranck, J. Allen. The Rank of Rancks. Lebanon, PA: Sowers Printing Co., 1978. Page 97. https://www.wikitree.com/photo/png/Ranck-63.

See also:

Ancestry broken links:

http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=worldmarr_ga&h=992557&ti=0&indiv=try

http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=587811&pid=134