More on Lawrence Slaymaker:
His will is dated 15 March 1747. He provided for his widow and two sisters, Barbara and Margaret. He left the bulk of his estate to his only daughter Barbara when she became 18. Brother Mathias and John Hickman were maned as his executors. Lawrence must have died within a few days after making his will. On the 21st of March, Robert Smith and Daniel Ferree too inventory of all of his goods....

Anna Barbara Slaymaker, only child of Lawrence was born 31 July 1745, and her grandfather Mathias Slaymaker (the original Mathias) was appointed her guardian by the Orphan's Court on 04 December 1752 stating that he put the said Barbara in the care of her mother and step-father, one Jocob Fontz...They treated her porrly so Mathias ask the court to order that Barbara be taken from them and put under his care, offering to raise and educate her withoutany charge. ... Barbara grew up married and raised 12 children. She married George Lefever, son of the famous rifle maker, Philip Lefever, and his grandfather was Isaac Lefever married to Catherine Ferree, daughter ofMadam Ferree. They moved the Adams County in 1761, near Gettysburg, PA, later moving to Cumberland County, PA.

This information was extracted from "History of the Slaymaker Family 1909, 1969" Higginson Books. This is a reprint on Acid-Free paper. If you from this line, I would suggest you purchase this book. I am from the line thru Mathias II's daughter Elizabeth that married John MacPherson in 1778.