According to a Lebanon Daily News Story1 dated 31 Dec 1971, Johann Henrich JÜNGST (John Henry YINGST) came to America from Germany
in 1766 accompanied by his wife, Margrethe Katharina RHEINGANS, and two children born in
Germany. He settled his family in Lebanon Twp., Lancaster Co., PA (now Lebanon Co.). They
brought two sons from Germany and had eight more children, for a total of ten.
It is said in the newspaper article that he was a member of, or attended, First Tabor Reformed Church (now Tabor United Church of Christ) in Lebanon; then, Hill Church north of Cleona, Lebanon Co., PA. His wife, Katharina, appears as "Catherine YIENGST" in a List of Cummunicants of the Hill Church, May 10, 1795 2 . Two of their children -- Lydia and Maria Anna -- were buried at the Hill Church.
No record of his death has been found. However, he appears in the 1810 Lebanon Co.
Census, but not in the 1820 Census. So, he probably died between 1810 and 1820. A Widow
YENGHT (YINGST?) is listed in the 1820 Census but not in the 1830 Census. This
may have been Catherine; if so, she died sometime between 1820 and 1830. 
The DAR, in Abstract of GRAVES of REVOLUTIONARY PATRIOTS3 states that John Henry YINGST was buried at the Tabor Ref. Cem., Lebanon, PA. The FIFTY-EIGHT REPORT OF THE NATIONAL SOCIETY of the DAUGHTERS of the AMERICAN REVOLUTION 4 says John Henry YINGST (YUNGST), b. 20 May 1736 was buried at the Tabor Reformed Cemetery, Lebanon, PA. This reference also says that he "Received the sum of 50 pounds in part payment of 2 months' service as a militia man in the Revolution, June 29, 1779".
The First Tabor Reformed Church displays a plaque titled: "IN MEMORY 
OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIERS INTERRED HERE AT
TABOR". The name, Johann Henrich JUNGST,
is listed on this plaque. My cousin, Nadine YINGST, inquired at the church in the
fall of 1998 about burial records for him. She was told that the church has no existing
record of the burial; also, that some graves have been disturbed over the years and are no
longer identifiable. John Henry's grave probably falls into this category.
There is no record of Catherine's burial at the Hill Church, even though she was a member at one time and two JÜNGST children are buried there, nor is there a record at the Tabor Church. Probably, she was also buried at the Tabor Church.
In conclusion, it appears that John Henry was probably buried at the Tabor Church Cemetery between 1810 and 1820, and that Catherine also was buried there.
Photographs courtesy Nadine YINGST, Boise, ID.
LEBANON DAILY NEWS (Lebanon, PA), "Our Keystone Cousins", by Schuyler C. Brossman, 31 Dec 1971, Col. No. 274.
Members of the Hill Lutheran Church, SESTERCENTENNIAL HISTORY, HILL LUTHERAN CHURCH (Berg Kirche), 1733-1883, (Lebanon, PA, 1983), Vol. XVI, No. 2, P. 23.
Patricia Law Hatcher, ABSTRACT OF GRAVES OF REVOLUTIONARY PATRIOTS, VOL 4 S-Z
Daughters of the American Revolution, FIFTY-EIGHTH REPORT OF THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, APRIL 1, 1954 TO APRIL 1, 1955, (United States Government Printing Office, Washington, 1956), P. 329
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