Johann Jonas Wolf was born 27 December 1739 in Pennsylvania. In 1761 he married Appollonia Dick. Johann Jonas Wolf was buried in the Emmanuel Reformed Church Cemetery, Pennsylvania.
….. 1 Appollonia Dick b: 14 Aug 1738 in at Sea, d: Abt. 1791 in PA
….. + Johann Jonas Wolf b: 27 Dec 1739 in Lebanon, PA, m: 1761, d: 21 Sept 1787 in Abbottstown, York, PA
……….. 2 Jacob Wolf b: 05 June 1762 in York, PA, d: 31 March 1810 in York, PA
……….. + Cornelia Knight b: 27 Oct 1765, d: 06 Oct 1806
…………….. 3 Margaret Wolf b: 1803
…………….. + John Straw m: 1830
……….. 2 Appollonia Wolf b: 31 Dec 1763 in York, PA
……….. 2 John Wolf b: 18 Sept 1767 in York, PA, d: 28 Aug 1851 in Hamilton, Adams, PA
……….. 2 Catherine Wolf b: 21 Nov 1770 in York, PA
……….. + Henry Becker
……….. 2 Adam Wolf b: 12 Feb 1773 in York, PA, d: 13 March 1865
……….. + Eva b: 1771, d: 1839
…………….. 3 Jonas Wolf b: 23 July 1794 in Abbottstown, Adams, PA
……………. 3 Maria Wolf b: 26 Sept1796, d: 24 Nov 1873 Abbottstown, Adams, PA
…………….. 3 Jacob Wolf b: 19 April 1798 in Abbottstown, Adams, PA
…………….. 3 John Wolf b: 24 January 1802
…………….. 3 Elizabeth Wolf b: 19 March 1804
…………….. 3 Adam Wolf b: 05 December 1810
……….. 2 Johan Jonas Wolf b: 08 February 1775 in Abbottstown, Adams, PA
……….. 2 Christianna Wolf b: 16 November 1776 in York, PA
……….. 2 John Frederick Wolf b: 30 June 1779 in Berwick Twp., York Co., PA, d: 25 April 1872 in York Springs, Adams, PA
……….. + Esther Barbara Shaffer b: 29 December 1777 in PA, m: 08 April 1800, d: 16 Oct 1866 in York Springs, Adams, PA
…………….. 3 John Adam Wolf b: 28 Aug 1800 in Berwick, Adams, PA, d: 14 August 1825 in Adams, PA
…………….. 3 Louisa Wolf b: 14 Aug 1802 in Berwick, Adams, PA
…………….. + Hanes
……………. 3 Frederick Wolf b: 09 Sept1804 in Berwick, Adams, PA, d: 29 Oct 1891 in Adams, PA
…………….. + Louisa C Goetz m: 13 February 1825 in PA d: 03 October 1861
…………….. 3 Jacob Wolf b: 21 Dec 1806 in Berwick, Adams, PA, d: 11 June 1891 in Anderson, Kansas
…………….. + Matilda Kinert
…………….. 3 John Franklin Wolf b: 11 April 1809 in Berwick, Adams, PA, d: 10 March 1883 in Hinckley, Medina, Ohio
…………….. + Elisabeth Burkholder b: 24 May 1814 in Little York, York, PA d: 22 June 1856 in Ohio
…………….. + Caroline Orwig b: Abt. 1820, m: 06 Nov 1856 Wayne, OH, d: 1888
…………….. 3 John Jonas Wolf b: 29 June 1811 in Adams, PA, d: 16 Feb 1895 in York Springs, Adams, PA
…………….. + Sarah Ann Chronister b: 14 April 1824, d: 1891
…………….. 3 Esther Barbara Wolf b: 27 January 1814 in Adams, PA, d: 12 Dec 1903 in Adams, PA
…………….. + Isaac Meyers
…………….. 3 Ninetta Wolf b: 18 May 1817 in Adams, PA, d: 18 July 1890 in New Chester, Adams, PA
…………….. + George H Spangler
…………….. 3 Henry H Wolf b: 20 November 1820 in Adams, PA, d: 1860
…………….. + Maria Magdalena d: 1852
…………….. 3 William Wolf b: 20 April 1824 in Abbottstown, Adams, PA, d: 02 April 1888 in Conway Springs, Sumner, Kansas
…………….. + Sarah Jane Wilson
……….. 2 Maria Elizabeth Wolf b: 27 June 1782 in York, PA
……….. 2 Andrew Wolf b: 18 March 1787 in York, PA, d: 28 April 1867 in Berwick, York, PA
……….. + Catherine Dick b: 1795, m: 1829
…………….. 3 Christian Wolf b: 07 April 1819, d: 12 January 1880
…………….. 3 Andrew Alexander Wolf b: 31 January 1821, d: 24 Oct 1885
…………….. 3 George Wolf b: 14 August 1823
…………….. 3 Josiah Wolf b: 1828, d: 01 September 1874
…………….. 3 Jeremiah Wolf b: 22 August 1829 in Berwick, York, PA, d: 27 Feb 1877 in Abbottstown, Adams, PA
…………….. + Eliza Ann Reigle d: 07 Sept 1906
…………….. 3 Richard Wolf b: 07 July 1831
…………….. 3 Benjamin Franklin Wolf b: 16 Feb 1833
…………….. 3 Jonas Wolf b: 06 August 1836
…………….. 3 Anna Maria Catherine Wolf b: 09 March 1839
…………….. 3 Adam Wolf b: 09 March 1839, d: 29 Nov 1924
…………….. + Elenora
…………….. 3 Catherine Wolf b: 1846
Selected Sources:
- Young, Henry James. Genealogical Reports for The Historical Society of York County: Evidences of the Wolf Families of York County before the Year 1850, 1938. From York County Heritage Trust, 250 East Market Street, York, Pennsylvania.
- Pennsylvania Archives: Sixth Series, Volume II, Page 540. Sixth Battalion, Fifth Company, Second Lieutenant Jonas Wolf April 5, 1778.
- Pennsylvania Archives: Sixth Series, Volume II, Page 565. Seventh Battalion, Eighth Company, Jonas Wolf, Lieutenent June 17, 1779.
- Pennsylvania Archives: Sixth Series, Volume II, Page 688. 1779. 7th Battalion, Eighth Co, Jonas Wolf
- Prowell, George R. History of York County, Pennsylvania. Chicago: J. H. Beers & Company, 1907.
- Gibson, John. History of York County, Pennsylvania. Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
- Young, Henry James. Genealogical Reports for The Historical Society of York County: Evidences of the Wolf Families of York County before the Year 1850, 1938. From York County Heritage Trust, 250 East Market Street, York, Pennsylvania.
- Lieutenent Jonas Wolfe, Ancestor #A127487, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Research Data Base.
- Wolfe, J. Arthur. Jonas Wolf of Berwick Township, York County, Pennsylvania: A History and Genealogy of a Colonial Ancestor and Some of His Descendants. Privately Published: 1987. Copy of book owned by York County Heritage Trust, 250 East Market Street, York, Pennsylvania.
Read about the Wolf family:
- Appollonia (Dick) Wolf 1738 – 1791
- Esther B (Wolf) Gruissy 1836 – 1906
- Johan Jacob Wolf 1694 – 1757
- Johann Jonas Wolf 1739 – 1787
- John Frederick Wolf 1779 – 1872
- John Franklin Wolf 1809 – 1
Learn much more about this family in my book, ‘The Mark Family Story’.