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WITMER, David

Male 1821 - 1904  (83 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  WITMER, David was born on 12 Oct 1821 in Snyder County, PA (son of WITMER, Samuel and COLDREN, Sarah); died on 10 Dec 1904 in Snyder County, PA.

    David married MILLER, Sarah in 1854 in PA. Sarah was born on 27 Oct 1834 in Snyder County, PA; died on 5 Aug 1893 in Snyder County, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. WITMER, George Miller was born on 14 Jul 1859 in PA; died on 17 Mar 1922 in PA.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  WITMER, Samuel was born on 4 Apr 1771 in Manor Township, Lancaster County, PA (son of WITMER, Peter and SCHUETT, Sarah Maria Salome); died on 4 Oct 1829; was buried in Cemetery of Kaiser's Church, Union Township, Snyder County, PA.

    Samuel + COLDREN, Sarah. Sarah was born on 6 May 1776 in Union Township, Snyder County, PA; died on 9 Jun 1848; was buried in Cemetery at Witmer's Church, Union Township, Snyder County, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  COLDREN, Sarah was born on 6 May 1776 in Union Township, Snyder County, PA; died on 9 Jun 1848; was buried in Cemetery at Witmer's Church, Union Township, Snyder County, PA.
    Children:
    1. WITMER, Peter was born on 11 Jun 1797; and died.
    2. WITMER, John C was born on 20 May 1799; died on 19 Jun 1865; was buried in Witmer Cemetery, Union Township, Snyder County, PA.
    3. WITMER, Solomon Elias was born about 1802; and died.
    4. WITMER, Henry was born about 1804; and died.
    5. WITMER, Jacob M was born on 25 Dec 1805 in Dundore, Snyder County, PA; died on 11 Aug 1874 in Wilton Junction, IA.
    6. WITMER, Elizabeth was born about 1809; and died.
    7. WITMER, Daniel was born on 10 Feb 1812 in PA; died on 14 Dec 1896.
    8. WITMER, Isaac was born on 17 Jan 1817 in PA; died on 27 Aug 1896.
    9. 1. WITMER, David was born on 12 Oct 1821 in Snyder County, PA; died on 10 Dec 1904 in Snyder County, PA.


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. 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. 2. 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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