1. | 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. 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] Children:
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2. | 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 married BACHMAN, Anna Catharine between 1716 and 1752. Anna was born between 1695 and 1720; died between 1745 and 1808. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
3. | BACHMAN, Anna Catharine was born between 1695 and 1720; died between 1745 and 1808.
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4. | WIDMER, Johannes was born in 1660 in Sumiswald, Switzerland (son of WIDMER, Johann Jakob and Maria); died in 1763 in Switzerland. Notes: He belonged to the Swiss Mennonites that fled persecutions to Voverence near Vaufrey, Doubs, France. They were later found wandering in Germany and France and resided in Perry, a town in Germany near the French border. He wasl listed as an early Mennonite Minister in the congregation on the Ziehmerhof. Johannes married GRABER, Katharina about 1680 in Switzerland. Katharina was born about 1660 in Huttwil, Switzerland; died between 1700 and 1755. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
5. | GRABER, Katharina was born about 1660 in Huttwil, Switzerland; died between 1700 and 1755.
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8. | WIDMER, Johann Jakob was born about 1634 in Sumiswald, Switzerland; died between 1663 and 1723. Johann married Maria between 1633 and 1680. Maria was born about 1635; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
9. | Maria was born about 1635; and died.
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