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The name Minier is also found in the records of the early settlement of thearea Tioga Point (Athens, Bradford Co., Penna.) It was here at Milan, acrossthe Susquehanna River from the location of the old Sheshequin Mission thatDaniel Minier stopped for his settlement when he and his brother Christiancame with their families from Northampton County, Pa. about 1787.Daniel Minier, son of George, was born in Heidelberg Township, LancasterCo. Pa 13 Oct. 1749 and died 4 Aug. 1822 while in Northampton Co. on a trip.He had lived in Bradford Co. Pa. near where the Chemung River flows into theSusquehanna since the time he had come there as a pioneer in 1787. His wifewas Anna Maria Shafer, usually called Polly, who died 14 Dec. 1842 aged 95years. Of their children at least five, baptized before 1785 were born inNorthampton County.Children of Daniel & Polly Shafer Minier:George, (bapt. Johan Georg) b. 17 Nov. 1775 married Susan CooperJohn Minier born 21 Sept. 1777 " Rachel BrownElizabeth Minier born 3 Jan. 1779 "Jacob WagnerAbraham Minier born 16 Oct. 1782 "Lillie BurchDaniel Minier born 21 Sept. 1784 "Almira PriceMary MinierJ'udge John McKeanSusan Minier " John HuyHannah Minier " Daniel SmithElias Minier born 12 Jan. 1787 " Judith GoreSally Minier " Halsey BirdGeorge Minier son of Daniel & Polly was born 17 Nov. 1775 or the 19th ofDec. (church records are not plain). He died in 1854 and his wife Susan Cooper1858 according to the records of their dau. Susan Minier Lent. Susan Cooperwas born Providence, R.1. and was a sister of Major John Cooper killed atLundy's lane in the War of '12. Deeds show that George Minier by 1817 wasliving in Genesee Co. N. Y. on Lot 7 of the Mt. Morris tract in Leicester.Some of his children were born there; however the birth of a younger child inBradford Co. in 1824 indicates he returned to Penna. Records of 7 ch. havebeen found:Children of George & Susan Cooper Minier:Susan Minier born 1804 died 1866 married 1825 Mathias Lent; ch:Adelaide D. Lent b. 1828 d. 1905 m. Miles F. Ransom; ch:Anna H. Ransom mar. Harry Noyes (in 1942 of Buffalo, N. Y.)Abraham Minier born about 1807 Livingston Co. N. Y. d. 4 Dec. 1874 age 67yrs. buried Elmira; in 1865 census with wifeDeborah A. --- b. about 1818 d. NY City; 4 of 5 ch:James Minier who lived Wooster, Ohio at one timeHenry C. Minier b. about 1844 d. 8 Aug., 1868 in Elmira, N. Y.Harriet E. Minier b. about 1848 d. 30 Aug. 1869 in ElmiraCharles Minier b. about 1853 died in NY City 10 Sept. 1902(all from Woodlawn office records; stones not found)Solomon C. Minier b. about 1819 Genesee Co. N. Y. d. 23 June 1906? aged 84?at Bethlehem N. Y. mar. 3 Oct. 1850 Henrietta Ohmstead of Athens,Pa. b. about 1832 d. 17 Oct. 1895 in Elmira (Woodlawn Cem.Records; stones not found) ch:James Minier born about 1857Gideon D. Minier born about 1820 in Gen~see Co., N. Y. mar. Caroline ---b.about 1826 in Pa. ; living Elmira, N. Y. 1865 ch:Anna E. Minier born about 1848 in Penna.76