Joseph Doll1

M, #332, b. 13 March 1768, d. 1 July 1818
Last Edited: 30 Apr 2019

Parents:

Father: Johannes Doll1 b. 25 Sep 1736, d. 16 Oct 1807
Mother: Elizabeth (?)1 b. 7 Jun 1742, d. 9 Feb 1810

Family:

Children:

William H. Doll8
Harriet Doll8
Catharine Doll8
Emanuel Doll8
Samuel Doll8
Christian Doll8

Notes

  • Note*: "Harrisburg Business Men 80 Years Ago...1797...

    Joseph Doll, clock maker and silversmith, Second street next door to Irwin & Howard's store."4
  • Note: "13. Before attempting to compete head-on with The Easy Instructor, Wyeth used his new shape-note font to print Joseph Doll's Leichter Unterricht in der Vokal Musik (1810), aimed at Pennsylvania's German-speaking population. Through this and three later tunebooks, Wyeth established a preference for shape notes among Pennsylvania Germans. German and bilingual tunebooks in shape notes appeared in Pennsylvania as late as 1870."5
  • Note: Brothers Conrad and Joseph Doll both published tunebooks. Joseph's book was sold by brothers Conrad and Jacob. Stapleton wrote:

    "...Then also "Sammlung Geistliche Lieder nebst Melodien," printed and published by Connrad Doll, Lancaster, Pa., 1798, 112 p. "Der Leiche Unterricht von der Vocal music", by Joseph Doll, p. 108, Intro XII., printed by John Wyeth, Harrisburg, Pa, 1810. Do. second ed. 1814? Do. third ed., 1821.
    The above book was for sale by Wyeth the printer, Conrad Doll, of Lancaster, and Jacob Doll, of York, Pa. The Dolls were a musical family. Jacob Doll was chorister of Christ Church at York for many years."6
  • Note: "Departed this life, on Wednesday morning last, Mr. Joseph Doll, clock & watchmaker, of this borough:-A man of unoffending manners and unblemished reputation."3
  • Note: "Married, On Thursday evening last, by the rev Mr. Rauhauser, Dr. Samuel Weistling, junior, to Miss Harriot Doll, daughter of mr. Joseph Doll, all of this borough."7
  • Note: On 3 Dec 1823 William H. Doll, eldest son and heir of Joseph Doll deceased of the borough of Harrisburg, intestate, appeared in Dauphin county court to request the appraisal of a property on Second Street. In his petition he stated that Joseph Doll left no widow but six children, viz. himself, Harriet married to Dr. Samuel Weistling, Catharine married to George Mish?, Emanuel, Samuel and Christian. All were residents of Harrisburg. All were of age except Christian.

    The audit report, filed 23 Aug 1822, valued the estate at $10,876.25 1/2.8

Citations

  1. [S54] Doll, Charles Edward III, "Descendants of Baptista Dohld," in 300 years of the Doll Family 1672-1972. (n.p.: On-line manuscript: FHL catalog title: 'Doll genealogy : American revoluntionary [sic] war patriot Joseph Doll, father of Charlotte (Doll) Michael, Mrs. John Michael'. Publ. 1989. Viewed on BYU via FHL catalog.), p. 'DOLL 5'.   Doll--Doll-Genealogy.pdf
  2. [S66] First Reformed Church, Lancaster Pa. (original records). Filmed at Franklin & Marshall College Library. In German; appear to be original records. FHL Microfilm #21452. [Some cited records translated by experienced FHC volunteer.] Item 2.   Lancaster-First-Reformed-Orig-21452.pdf
  3. [S68] GenealogyBank, online https://www.genealogybank.com/, Harrisburg Republican, Fri, Jul 03, 1818.
  4. [S60] Egle, William Henry, Notes and queries, historical and genealogical, chiefly relating to interior Pennsylvania. Third Series, Volume 1, No. 3, p. 199.
  5. [S214] Website: "John Wyeth and the Development of Southern Folk Hymnody", by David Warren Steel. Footnote #13.
    url: http://home.olemiss.edu/~mudws/wyeth.html
    url: http://home.olemiss.edu/~mudws/wyethnotes.html#13
  6. [S205] Stapleton, Rev. A., "Researches in the First Century of German Printing in America - (1728-1830.)", The Pennsylvania-German Vol. 5 (April 1904) No. 2, p. 81. p. 83. (viewed on Google books).
  7. [S68] GenealogyBank, online https://www.genealogybank.com/, Harrisburg Republican, Tue Apr 15, 1817.
  8. [S156] Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994. Images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 14 June 2016. County courthouses, Pennsylvania. URL: https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1999196 Dauphin Co., "Orphans' Court dockets 1812-1825 vol 1D-1E", Vol. E, p. 461, image 461 & p. 310, image 441.