A Family Farm Since 1834
The Weikert Farm has been in the family since its purchase by Andrew Weikert in 1834. Since that time eight generations of the Weikert family have lived and worked there.
Today the farm is home to Allen and Amy and their son Mahlon and his wife Tanya and their 3 children.
The farm was originally part of a tract of land called the Manor of Maske, a large estate owned by the sons of William Penn (founder of Pennsylvania). The size of the manor was approximately 1/3 the size of present day Adams County. The manor was eventually broken up into many individual tracts of land. The Weikert Farm is part of a larger tract that was purchased from the Penn family by a blacksmith from Lancaster. This tract was divided into two pieces for the blacksmith's two sons and in 1834 the younger of the two sons sold his tract to Andrew Weikert.
The farm grew to its present size in the spring of 1863 just a couple of months prior to the Battle of Gettysburg when a 20 acre tract adjacent to the farm was purchased making the total number of acres of the farm approximately 100.
Today the farm is home to Allen and Amy and their son Mahlon and his wife Tanya and their 3 children.
The farm was originally part of a tract of land called the Manor of Maske, a large estate owned by the sons of William Penn (founder of Pennsylvania). The size of the manor was approximately 1/3 the size of present day Adams County. The manor was eventually broken up into many individual tracts of land. The Weikert Farm is part of a larger tract that was purchased from the Penn family by a blacksmith from Lancaster. This tract was divided into two pieces for the blacksmith's two sons and in 1834 the younger of the two sons sold his tract to Andrew Weikert.
The farm grew to its present size in the spring of 1863 just a couple of months prior to the Battle of Gettysburg when a 20 acre tract adjacent to the farm was purchased making the total number of acres of the farm approximately 100.