John Brandt ^{3 4}

   Another name for John was John Brant.²

   FamilySearch ID: LC8B-62L.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Book: Biographical Annals of Lancaster Co., Pa., 1903. ¹
John Brandt, Grandfather of Samuel L. Brandt, in 1784, was indentured to George Rutt for three years and eight months to learn the trade of joiner and spinning wheel maker. After he had grown to man's estate, he, with his employer and fellow carpenters, built a number of Swiss barns in the vicinity of Maytown. Among these buildings was one erected for Christian Bucher, one of the wealthiest citizens of Donegal township, who was born March 27, 1742, and died Dec. 27, 1825. The young carpenter, John Brandt, fell in love with Mr. Bucher's third daughter, Frances, born Jan. 18, 1769, and they were married April 26, 1791.

John married Frances Veronica Bucher, daughter of Christian Bucher and Frances Veronica Brenneman, on 26 Apr 1791 in Lancaster: Trinity Lutheran Church, Lancaster, PA.^{1 2 3} (Frances Veronica Bucher was born on 30 Dec 1772 in Donegal Twp., Lancaster, PA,³ died on 10 Sep 1857 in Donegal Twp., Lancaster, PA ^{1 4} and was buried in East Donegal Twp.: Reich's Cemetery, Lancaster, PA ⁴.)