Census records below are questionable pertaining to this SamuelTennis.
Residences & events:
From the History of Montgomery Co, PA:
"The first land probably taken up in Towamencin was a grant ofone t housand acres from Penn's commissioners of property to BenjaminFurley, J une 8, 1703. This was purchased nine days later fromFurley's attorney s by Abraham Tennis and Jan Lucken, who, in 1709,divided it, each taki ng five hundred acres. This tract embraced thenorthern part of the to wnship and extended to the present Skippackroad, and perhaps as far do wn as Kulpsville. Here they settled andmade the first improvements, a nd even to this day the descendants ofJohn Lucken or Lukens retain a p ortion of the ancestral tract.....
On the list of 1734 we find only the name of William Tennis with2 5 acres, but in 1776, Samuel Tennis was 192 acres, and William andIsra el Tennis. They possessed an old burial-place in the southeastpart of t he township, though the name has now become extinct in thissection."
Samuel and Violet sold their interest in land to her brother Samuel:
"Jean McElvain, Samuel Tennis and Violet Tennis, his wife, convey toSa muel McElvain their interest in the tract of 190 acres on LostCreek, F ermanagh Township, Cumberland County PA....it being theirright to that t ract of land which was surveyed to Agnes McElvain inpursuance of a war rant from the Proprietaries of said State, bearingdate at Philadelphia , the 17th day of May, 1768."
1776 His name appeared on the tax list:
Samuel Tennis, 192 acres, 2 horses, 3 cattle
1795 Montgomery Co, PA. The census listed Samuel's householdconsisti ng of 2 white males over 16 and 2 white females. Next doorwas Israel T ennis.
1800 Upper Dublin, Montgomery Co, PA. Was it this Samuel livingthere ? The family included 1 male under 10, 3 at 10-15, and 2females at 10 -15. ((Too young to be Samuel & Vilet)
1810 Towamensing Twp, Montgomery Co, PA. That census taker recordeda S amuel and William Tennis there that year, both too young to bethis man a nd brother.
1810 Mason Co, KY. Was it this Samuel Tennis there? His family wasc omprised of 1 male aged 16-25; Samuel, over 45; 2 females at 10-15,2 a t 16-25, and Vilet, also over 45.
1820 Towamensing Twp, Montgomery Co, PA. At census time there wereli ving in Samuel's house 1 male under 10, 1 was 16-26, 1 over 45, 3femal es under 10, 1 at 10-15, 1 was 16-26, 1 female over 45, with 2people e ngaged in agriculture.
