JohnGuthJr.

John Good, Jr. was born in Bucks Co. , PA.


John Guth Jr. married first Barbara Gruver and second Rachel Lockard. He raised a family of 13 children

John Good, Jr. was born in Bucks Co. , PA. where his birth and baptisim are recorded in the Nockamixon Church records. The sponsors are Henry and Catherine Good, who were the grandparents.

born  1808  Apl. 16 -    John
parents       John Guth & Regina
sponsors       Henry Guth & Catherine

John was married twice and was the father of 13 children. His first wife was Barbara Grover (Gruver), whom he married 28 Nov 1831. Barbara died March 11, 1846. He married again by 1850 to Rachael Lockard Good,

John Good, Jr. was 63 years old when he died in 1871. His second wife Rachel preceded him in death in the year 1869 at the age of 45. Their deaths left several young children orphaned who were taken in by various relatives, as indicated on the 1870 Census. Church records for births of some of his children have been located in the church records of the Evangelical Lutheran and Reformed Congregation of Mount Bethel Township, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania. These records include Rebecca, Ruben, Jeremiah, and William. The family may have joined the Methodists about the time of Henry's birth and those records still need to be located. Arvilla Stevens gave me the following list which she reports was written by Henry Good, her grandfather and the son of John and Barbara Gruver Good.


The children of John Good, Jr. were:


Margret An              born    Aug.    the  20     1832
Elizabeth               born    Nov.    the  4      1833
Ruben James             born    Sept.   the  4      1835
James Jefferson         born    Feb.    the  14     1837
William  Good           born    May     the  26     1839
Henry                   born    July    the  28     1841
Caroline                born    Aug.    the  4      1843
John                    born    Feb.    the  26     1846
Emma                    born    Feb.    the  28     1851
Josiah                  born    Feb.    the  20     1853
Enos                    born    June    the  3      1855
Sarah Manerva           born    Dec.    the  15     1856
George Raymon           born    Sept.   the  18     1859

Barbara Grover (Gruver) was the first wife of John Good . They were married November 28, 1831 and their first child, Rebecca Ann, was born Aug.20, 1832. Jordan reference gives her maiden name as Grover, however her baptism record recorded in the church records of the Evangelical Lutheran and Reformed Congregation of Mount Bethel Township, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania, page 96 states:

Barbara, born  Aug. 17, 1808
baptized  Sept. 18, 1808
parents   Johannes Gruber & Margareth
sponsors   Franz Hauck  and Barbara Gruber

In addition, Elwood Good in his rendition of the Good family history in 1972 noted that Barbara was the daughter of John Gruver and his wife Margaret Houck. Elwood also notes that John Gruver was the son of William Gruver. Comparing notes in the Brodt family history �18 on page 9 of that work it is mentioned that Maria Barbara Brodt, the widow of Paul Brodt married Wm. Gruver and had a son John who married Margaret Houck.

Grover / Gruber/ and GRUVER, the preferred spelling today; the first could be the English spelling of this name and the other could be the German spelling. We see the same thing with the spelling of the name Good. The German spellings have been found recorded as "GUT" and "GUTH".

Barbara Gruver is buried at Three Church Hill cemetery near Martins Creek, PA. Her tombstone was inscribed with; " Barbara Good, Wf of John Good, Jr., died Mar. 11, 1846, aged 37 years, 6 mo., 24 days". This inscription allows us to calculate her birthdate of August 18, 1808 and confirm the birth registry listed above.

Since her last child, John, is 4 years old in 1850 and she died in 1846, it is very likely that she died as a result of his birth. Barbara and John were the parents of Elizabeth 17, Ruben 15, Jeremiah 13, William 11, HENRY 8 (whose descendants will be listed in this document), Caroline 6, and John 4, as they are listed according to their ages on the 1850 Census for Lower Mt. Bethel Township, Northampton Co., PA, # 416 / 446 . (her first born child, Rebecca Ann, born Aug.20, 1832 and listed as Margaret Ann on the list writen by Henry and given to me by Aunt Arvilla is not on this census. She may have been married by this time.)

He married again by 1850 , as his second wife, Rachael Lockard Good, is listed on the 1850 Census. This copied from the Easton Argus, dated Wednesday, July 12, 1848. "Married by Rev. P. S. Schory at his residence near Richmond, Mr. John Good Jr. and Miss Rachael Lockard both of Lower Mt. Bethel Twp."

Children of this marriage and their ages on the 1860 Census for Lower Mt. Bethel twp., Northampton Co., PA # 1215 / 1245, are Emma 9, Josiah 7, Enos 5, Sarah M. 3, and George 10 months.

By 1870 Rachael had died and John, Jr. is found living with his son Henry as noted on the 1870 Census for Lower Mt. Bethel twp., Northampton Co., PA. John, Jr. died in 1871. John and Rachael Good are buried at the Miller Cemetery on Heinsone Rd., Bangor,PA. This is the location of the old German Methodist Church, no longer in existence.

Their tombstones are inscribed:
John  Good                     Rachael  his wife
b. April 16, 1808          b. Sept. 14, 1824
d. Nov.  10, 1871          d. Jul. 7, 1869

John Good, Jr. was 63 years old when he died in 1871. His wife Rachel preceded him in death in the year 1869 at the age of 45. Their deaths left several young children who were taken in by various relatives, as indicated on the 1870 Census.

Links to other sites on the Web

John Guth Sr.
Good Family Descendants List
Heinrich Guth
Cynthia's Family Lines

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