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WITMER, George

Male 1740 - 1780  (40 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  WITMER, George was born in 1740; died in 1780 in PA.

    Notes:

    George Witmer, born ca 1740(1774) and died 1780. He resided in Northumberland County, PA. On Easter morning in 1780, as his oldest son, Philip, aged 19, was lighting the fire, the cabin door was broken open by Indians. The Indians tomahawked Philip, and shot George, the father, while he was reaching for his gun. They killed the mother before she got out of bed. Sarah(aged 17), Mary(aged 10), Peter(aged 8), George(aged 6), John(aged 4) and an ..... were carried off. Sarah carried the baby for two days, but it cried and worried so, that an Indian dashed it against a tree and killed it.

    Catharine(aged 14) and Ann(aged 12), were in the Sugar Bush at the time of the attack, looking for sap. Seeing the house burning, they hid for three days until the neighbors, fearing some of the family were likely to have been in the Sugar Bush before daylight, looked for and rescued them.

    Catharine married a man named Baker and years after went to the Genessee Valley of New York. Ann married an Ermentrout and remained in Pennsylvania.

    Tradition states that the Indians divided the captives among themselves. Sarah and George followed the Senecas, Peter and Mary the Mohawks, and John, the Tonawandas. When they were released, the younger children had become so accustomed to savage life that they did not want to stay with the whites. Family legend states that Sarah went to Philadelphia and married Horatio Jones, who had belonged to the Bedford Co. Rangers at the time they were taken by the Indians in 1781; Jones was carried captive to the Gennessee country. It is more than probable that it was there that Sarah met him.

    George and his wife were parents of nine children.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. WITMER, Phillip  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1761 in PA; and died.
    2. 3. WITMER, Sarah  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1763; and died.
    3. 4. WITMER, Catherine  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1766; and died.
    4. 5. WITMER, Ann  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1768; and died.
    5. 6. WITMER, Mary  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1770; and died.
    6. 7. WITMER, Peter  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Jul 1773; and died.
    7. 8. WITMER, George  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1774; and died.
    8. 9. WITMER, John  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1776; and died.
    9. 10. WITMER  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1780 in PA; and died.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  WITMER, Phillip Descendancy chart to this point (1.George1) was born in 1761 in PA; and died.

  2. 3.  WITMER, Sarah Descendancy chart to this point (1.George1) was born in 1763; and died.

    Family/Spouse: JONES, Horatio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 4.  WITMER, Catherine Descendancy chart to this point (1.George1) was born in 1766; and died.

    Family/Spouse: BAKER. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 5.  WITMER, Ann Descendancy chart to this point (1.George1) was born in 1768; and died.

    Family/Spouse: ERMENTROUT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 6.  WITMER, Mary Descendancy chart to this point (1.George1) was born in 1770; and died.

    Family/Spouse: HOOPLE, Henry. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 7.  WITMER, Peter Descendancy chart to this point (1.George1) was born on 14 Jul 1773; and died.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 11. WITMER, Peter  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 12. WITMER, John  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 13. WITMER, Christian  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 14. WITMER, David  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 Jan 1805; and died.
    5. 15. WITMER, Jacob  Descendancy chart to this point
    6. 16. WITMER  Descendancy chart to this point
    7. 17. WITMER  Descendancy chart to this point
    8. 18. WITMER  Descendancy chart to this point

  7. 8.  WITMER, George Descendancy chart to this point (1.George1) was born in 1774; and died.

  8. 9.  WITMER, John Descendancy chart to this point (1.George1) was born in 1776; and died.

  9. 10.  WITMER Descendancy chart to this point (1.George1) was born in 1780 in PA; and died.


Generation: 3

  1. 11.  WITMER, Peter Descendancy chart to this point (7.Peter2, 1.George1)

  2. 12.  WITMER, John Descendancy chart to this point (7.Peter2, 1.George1)

  3. 13.  WITMER, Christian Descendancy chart to this point (7.Peter2, 1.George1)

  4. 14.  WITMER, David Descendancy chart to this point (7.Peter2, 1.George1) was born on 7 Jan 1805; and died.

  5. 15.  WITMER, Jacob Descendancy chart to this point (7.Peter2, 1.George1)

  6. 16.  WITMER Descendancy chart to this point (7.Peter2, 1.George1)

  7. 17.  WITMER Descendancy chart to this point (7.Peter2, 1.George1)

  8. 18.  WITMER Descendancy chart to this point (7.Peter2, 1.George1)



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