WITMER, Peter
1698 - 1791 (93 years)1. 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]
Children:- WITMER, Johannes Christian was born in 1735; died between 1736 and 1825.
- 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.
- WITMER, Jacob was born in 1739; died between 1740 and 1829.
- WITMER, George was born in 1740; died in 1780 in PA.
- WITMER, Catharine was born about 1742; died between 1743 and 1836.
Peter married HERR, Elizabeth about 1745 in Lancaster County, PA. Elizabeth (daughter of HERR, Isaac) was born in 1710; died in 1750 in Lancaster County, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:Peter married SCHELLENBERGER, Magdalena before 1754. Magdalena (daughter of SCHALLENBERGER, Ulrich and STRICKLER, Dorothea Barbara) was born about 1722; died about 1762 in Lancaster County, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:Peter married ENGLE, Catherine about 1763. Catherine (daughter of ENGLE, Ulrich and BRECKBILL, Anna) was born about 1739; died in 1807. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- WITMER, Jacob
- WITMER, David was born on 9 Jun 1772 in Lancaster County, PA; died on 27 May 1843; was buried in Witmer Mennonite Cemetery, Stony Brook, PA.
- WITMER, Esther
2. 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]
3. GRABER, Katharina was born about 1660 in Huttwil, Switzerland; died between 1700 and 1755. Children:
- WIDMER, Jakob was born about 28 Aug 1681 in Switzerland; died between 1682 and 1771.
- WIDMER, Johannes was born about 1682 in Zurich, Switzerland; and died.
- WITMER, Johannes was born in 1685 in Switzerland; died before Dec 1728 in Manor Township, Lancaster County, PA; was buried in Masonville Mennonite Cemetery, Lancaster County, PA.
- WIDMER, Johan Daniel was born about 1687 in Zurich, Switzerland; and died.
- WIDMER, Anna Maria was born about 1688 in Zurich, Switzerland; died between 1684 and 1789.
- WIDMER, Christian was born about 1689 in Zurich, Switzerland; died between 1685 and 1786.
- WIDMER, Elsbeth was born about 1690 in Zurich, Switzerland; died between 1684 and 1789.
- 1. WITMER, Peter was born in 1698 in Canton Zurich, Switzerland; died on 28 Jul 1791 in Manor Township, Lancaster County, PA.
Generation: 3
4. 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]
5. Maria was born about 1635; and died. Children:
- 2. WIDMER, Johannes was born in 1660 in Sumiswald, Switzerland; died in 1763 in Switzerland.