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WHITMER, Susanah

Female 1813 - 1888  (75 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  WHITMER, Susanah was born on 15 Jun 1813 in OH (daughter of WHITMER, Peter and OVERMEYER, Mary Magdelena); died on 15 Oct 1888 in OH.

    Family/Spouse: ZOLLINGER, John. John was born about 1810 in OH; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. ZOLLINGER, Samuel was born in Aug 1838 in OH; and died.
    2. ZOLINGER, Mary O was born about 1842 in OH; and died.
    3. ZOLLINGER, Matilda was born in Aug 1846 in OH; and died.
    4. ZOLLINGER, Lydia was born about 1849 in OH; and died.
    5. ZOLLINGER, John William was born in Feb 1859 in OH; and died.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  WHITMER, Peter was born on 11 Jan 1760 in Lancaster County, PA (son of WITMER, Peter and SCHUETT, Sarah Maria Salome); died on 19 Nov 1835 in Perry County, OH.

    Notes:

    He served as Matross (private) in the Pennsylvania Line, Independant Company of Artillery, Capt. William E. Godfrey's Company, stationed in Philadelphia, June, 1780.

    Also with Lieut, Benjamin Hoey at Philadelphia, Nov 1780. He served in Captain John Moll's Company of the Northumberland Co. Militia.

    Peter married OVERMEYER, Mary Magdelena on 19 Dec 1787 in PA. Mary was born on 25 Aug 1767 in PA; died on 18 Nov 1839 in Perry County, OH; was buried in New Reading Cemetery, near New Reading, Perry County, OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  OVERMEYER, Mary Magdelena was born on 25 Aug 1767 in PA; died on 18 Nov 1839 in Perry County, OH; was buried in New Reading Cemetery, near New Reading, Perry County, OH.
    Children:
    1. WHITMER, Jacob was born on 30 Oct 1788 in Snyder County, PA; died on 13 Sep 1854 in Perry County, OH.
    2. WHITMER, George was born on 30 May 1790 in Dauphin County, PA; died on 19 Oct 1829 in Fairfield County, OH.
    3. WHITMER, Sarah was born on 15 Sep 1791 in Dauphin County, PA; died on 11 Mar 1874 in Muscatine County, IA.
    4. WHITMER, Mary was born on 16 Sep 1794 in Dauphin County, PA; died on 9 Mar 1862 in Glenford, Perry County, OH.
    5. WHITMER, Elizabeth was born on 13 Oct 1795; died between 1796 and 1889.
    6. WHITMER, Lidia was born on 4 May 1798 in Dauphin County, PA; died on 9 Sep 1872.
    7. WHITMER, Peter was born on 16 May 1801 in Belmont County, OH; died on 20 Jan 1881 in Perry County, OH.
    8. WHITMER, Solomen was born on 2 Feb 1803 in Perry County, OH; died on 15 Jul 1856 in Perry County, OH.
    9. WHITMER, John was born on 20 Feb 1805 in Perry, Fairfield County, Ohio; died on 28 Sep 1874 in South Fork Township, Christian County, IL.
    10. WHITMER, Daniel was born on 3 Jun 1807; died between 1830 and 1897.
    11. 1. WHITMER, Susanah was born on 15 Jun 1813 in OH; died on 15 Oct 1888 in OH.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  WITMER, Peter was born in 1737 in Hertzheim, Prussia (son of WITMER, Peter and BACHMAN, Anna Catharine); died on 3 Jul 1793 in Union Township, Snyder County, PA; was buried in 1793 in Row's (Salem) Cemetery, Penn Township, PA.

    Notes:

    He arrives with his parents, brothers and sister, when he was 10 years old. They came aboard the ship, Restauration; James Hall, Capt; from Rotterdam, last from Leith. His parents, born in the Canton of Zurich, Switzerland, had fled with other Swiss Mennonite families due to religious persecution.

    He was a soldier in the Pennsylvania Continental Line during the Revolution. He was also a soldier in the Militia from Northumberland County, PA.

    He was a private in a company of the militia active as Rangers against the Indians on the frontier. The Company was commanded by Capt. John Moll of Sunbury, PA.

    Peter married SCHUETT, Sarah Maria Salome on 7 Oct 1757 in St Michael's and Zion Church, Philippines., Pa. Sarah (daughter of SCHUETT, Carl Valentine Michael) was born on 4 Oct 1740 in Upper Alsace, France; died in 1800 in Snyder County, PA; was buried in Row's (Salem) Cemetery, Penn Township, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  SCHUETT, Sarah Maria Salome was born on 4 Oct 1740 in Upper Alsace, France (daughter of SCHUETT, Carl Valentine Michael); died in 1800 in Snyder County, PA; was buried in Row's (Salem) Cemetery, Penn Township, PA.
    Children:
    1. WITMER, George was born on 23 Apr 1758 in Lancaster County, PA; died between 1759 and 1848.
    2. 2. WHITMER, Peter was born on 11 Jan 1760 in Lancaster County, PA; died on 19 Nov 1835 in Perry County, OH.
    3. WITMER, Maria Catharine was born in Jul 1761 in Lancaster County, PA; died between 1762 and 1855.
    4. WITMER, Maria Salomana was born on 3 Sep 1762 in Lancaster County, PA; died between 1763 and 1856.
    5. WITMER, Maria Magdalena was born on 4 Apr 1766 in Manor Township, Lancaster County, PA; died in 1847 in Green Township, Summit County, OH; was buried in Greensburg Cemetery, Green Township, Summit County, OH.
    6. WITMER, Anna Maria was born on 9 Oct 1767; died between 1768 and 1861.
    7. WITMER, Maria Barbara was born on 9 Jan 1769; died between 1770 and 1863.
    8. WITMER, Samuel was born on 4 Apr 1771 in Manor Township, Lancaster County, PA; died on 4 Oct 1829; was buried in Cemetery of Kaiser's Church, Union Township, Snyder County, PA.
    9. WITMER, Margaretha was born on 28 Dec 1772; died before 1793.
    10. WITMER, Susanna was born about 1775 in Snyder County, PA; died between 1776 and 1869.
    11. WITMER, John Jacob was born on 8 Feb 1778 in Union Township, Snyder County, PA; died on 11 May 1853 in Snyder County, PA.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  WITMER, Peter was born in 1698 in Canton Zurich, Switzerland (son of WIDMER, Johannes and GRABER, Katharina); died on 28 Jul 1791 in Manor Township, Lancaster County, PA.

    Notes:

    From the book, "The Witmer Family" compiled by Maxine Blankenhorn Bennett, pub. by Clifford H. Bennett, 1984

    Peter Widmer was born abt. 1698 in the Canton of Zurich, Switzerland. He was listed in the congregation of Swiss Mennonite families who had fled because of religious persecution, to the more tolerant Upper Rhine Valley of Germany and were living there in 1731. Later he was in the congregation at Hasselbach, four miles from Bischofshelm to the South.
    Peter and his wife Anna emigrated with their children on the English ship "Restauration", James Hall, Captain, from Rotterdam, last from Leith -- arrived in Philadelphia harbor 9 Oct 1747. They settled in Lancaster County, near friends and relatives who had also emigrated from the Palatinate or adjacent German Duchies. Peter and Anna were parents of several children, but only five are known.

    Peter married BACHMAN, Anna Catharine between 1716 and 1752. Anna was born between 1695 and 1720; died between 1745 and 1808. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  BACHMAN, Anna Catharine was born between 1695 and 1720; died between 1745 and 1808.
    Children:
    1. WITMER, Johannes Christian was born in 1735; died between 1736 and 1825.
    2. 4. WITMER, Peter was born in 1737 in Hertzheim, Prussia; died on 3 Jul 1793 in Union Township, Snyder County, PA; was buried in 1793 in Row's (Salem) Cemetery, Penn Township, PA.
    3. WITMER, Jacob was born in 1739; died between 1740 and 1829.
    4. WITMER, George was born in 1740; died in 1780 in PA.
    5. WITMER, Catharine was born about 1742; died between 1743 and 1836.

  3. 10.  SCHUETT, Carl Valentine Michael
    Children:
    1. 5. SCHUETT, Sarah Maria Salome was born on 4 Oct 1740 in Upper Alsace, France; died in 1800 in Snyder County, PA; was buried in Row's (Salem) Cemetery, Penn Township, PA.



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