I F / J Funk

I F /J Funk

Two 1st tier candidates (IF is probably earlier and thus the maker of the known plane.)

• Jacob Funk Jr., joiner (likely the IF mark)

• 1776 - 1845 York borough, York Co., PA and Spring Garden, York Co., PA after 1830. 

• A joiner in York borough tax records from 1800, 1801 and 1805. He was found the singlemen lists while his father was found in the assessment lists for the same years.

• In his will, Jacob Jr. left his estate to his brother Daniel and sister Mary.

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• John Funk, joiner (likely J Funk mark)

• 1785 - 1844 York borough, York Co., PA

• A joiner in York borough tax records from 1804, 1805 and a carpenter in York borough tax records from 1838 through 1844. (Tax records between 1805 and 1838 were not available for study.)

• His wife Sarah, son Daniel and daughter Susannah were listed in his will.

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Two 2nd tier candidates

• Their father, Jacob Funk, joiner, is probably too early for the known plane which is ca 1800-1820 per GAWP5.

• 1719 - 1815 York borough, York Co., PA

• Joiner in York borough tax lists from 1780, 1783,  1793, 1800, 1804 and York borough deeds from 1769, 1786, 1788 and 1789.

• Jacob Sr. was married to Maria Elizabeth. Their children were Jacob, John, Daniel, Joseph, Maria and Susanna.

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• Joseph Funk, brother of Jacob Jr. and John, chairmaker (birth and death dates are not known)

• Working 1827 and 1828, probably too late for the plane and the trade is not as strong as joiners for his two brothers​​​

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Several J Funks (Jacob, John, Joseph) were living in the general region at the time, and thus the family units and genealogies were a challenge to keep separate. For these reasons, period documents such as wills, probates, deeds and tax lists were used exclusively to keep identities straight. Brother's Jacob Jr. and John dates were established from probate and newspaper obituary sources. No other woodworkers (1800 to 1820) were found in these PA counties; York, Dauphin, Franklin, Montgomery, Philadelphia, Huntingdon, Lancaster, Bucks, Chester, Cumberland and Northampton.

Ohio was also checked as some PA based families moved there in the 1820s. One Ohio immigrant, Jacob Funk from Lehigh, Pa, was a millwright who died in 1867. 

Jacob Funk (Sr.), joiner, 1788 deed from York, York Co., PA. (2nd tier candidate.)

Jacob Funk, Jr., joiner, York borough, PA, single men's tax list, 1801. (1st tier candidate.)