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Charlene,

I got your name from Rootsweb.com.

The subject folks are my 3rd g grandfather and 3rd g grandmother.

I am looking for some help. Someone with the e-mail address of
eurotek999@aol.com posted a message on Rootsweb.com that John Swartz (father
of Henry) 1766-1843 was born in Swartzenburg, Baden, Germany.

This person has apparently changed e-mail addresses and I can't contact
them. Have you ever run across this? Do you know who this person is, I need
the origin of this information.

Also, I noticed that you have Elizabeth Thornton as Elizabeth Susan.
Elizabeth and Susan were two different people. I wrote a magazine article on
this which was published in March 2003. If you would like a copy, I will be
glad to send it to you if you give me your mailing address. Thanks.

Ted M. Minier
7168 Herrick Park Drive
Hudson, OH 44236-2314
Phone: 330-655-5547
E-mail tmm@gwis.com

Elizabeth married SWARTZ, Henry about 1820 in PA. Henry (son of SWARTZ, John and MEISER, Maria) was born on 15 Apr 1797 in Snyder County, PA; died on 3 Apr 1872 in Greensburg, Summit County, OH; was buried in Greensburg Cemetery, Green Township, Summit County, OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. SWARTZ, John was born in Jun 1821 in Snyder County, PA; died on 20 Mar 1896 in Akron, Summit County, OH.
2. SWARTZ, Eliza was born on 25 Aug 1823 in Snyder County, PA; died on 29 Jan 1843 in Snyder County, PA.
3. SWARTZ, Henry was born on 25 Aug 1823 in Snyder County, PA; died on 25 Dec 1896 in Elkhart, Elkhart County, IN; was buried in Grace Lawn Cemetery, Elkhart, IN.
4. SWARTZ, Susanna was born on 8 Jan 1828 in Snyder County, PA; died in 1906.
5. SWARTZ, Peter was born on 18 Sep 1830 in Snyder County, PA; died on 14 Jun 1911 in Hastings, Adams County, NE.
6. SWARTZ, Elias was born on 17 Nov 1832 in Snyder County, PA; died on 17 Nov 1900.
7. SWARTZ, Solomon was born on 17 Nov 1832 in Snyder County, PA; died about 25 Feb 1917 in Elkhart, Elkhart County, IN; was buried in Oscoela Cemetery.

John married WITMER, Maria Magdalena on 24 Nov 1785 in Snyder County, PA. Maria (daughter of WITMER, Peter and SCHUETT, Sarah Maria Salome) 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. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John + REIFSNYDER, Anne. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]

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]