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• Name: Peter MUSSER
• Sex: M
• Birth: Abt 1725 in Switzerland ^b
• Death: 1794 in Hempfield Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania ^d


Parents:

• Father:
  
• Peter MOSER Birth: Abt 1692 Death: Ittlingen, Germany

Family:
Marriage:

• (Unk) DIETZ .^m1
  
• (Unk) DIETZ

Children:

1. John MUSSER Birth: 1754 Death: 1817
2. Christian MUSSER Birth: 1762 Death: Abt 20 Feb 1830 in West Hempfield Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
3. Henry MUSSER Birth: 26 Mar 1764 Death: 14 Apr 1826 in West Hempfield Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
4. Anna MUSSER Birth: 8 Mar 1766 Death: 19 Aug 1850
5. Peter MUSSER Birth: 29 Nov 1776 in Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania Death: 2 Jul 1848

Bibliography

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:

abt 1725 [Ref: MusserEA MUSSER p88]

abt 1728 [Ref: Davis Emigrants v1p261],

place:

[Ref: LancasterCoPA Biog p90],

father:

[Ref: Davis Emigrants v1p261, MusserRW MUSSER p19],

brother:

Jacob MUSSER and Henry MUSSER [Ref: Landis EarlyMussers p13]

Jacob MUSSER of Strasburg and Henry MUSSER of Brecknock [Ref: MusserEA MUSSER p88]

Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information

date:

abt 1742 [Ref: Mott MUSSER p146],

place:

Germany or Pennsylvania [Ref: Mott MUSSER p146]

Sources for death Information

date:

[Ref: Landis EarlyMussers p22, MusserEA MUSSER p88, MusserRW MUSSER p19]

abt 1793 [Ref: MusserRW MUSSER p26],

place:

[Ref: Landis EarlyMussers p22, MusserRW MUSSER p19]

Sources with Inaccurate death Information

date:

1829 [Ref: Mott MUSSER p146],

place:

Pottstown, Montgomery Co, Pennsylvania [Ref: Mott MUSSER p146]

Sources for burial Information

place:

cemetery on homestead, no marker [Ref: MusserEA MUSSER p88]

Sources with Information about marriage to (Unk) DIETZ

names:

Peter MUSSER & ___ DIETZ [Ref: Ellis LancasterCoPA p595, LancasterCoPA Biog p90, Landis EarlyMussers p22, Mott MUSSER p146, MusserEA MUSSER p88, Recker PeopleMarsh I#8p1],

child:

[Ref: Ellis LancasterCoPA p595, LancasterCoPA Biog p90, Landis EarlyMussers p22, Mott MUSSER p146, MusserEA MUSSER p88, Recker PeopleMarsh I#8p1]

Sources with Inaccurate marriage information

names:

Peter MUSSER & Frances ___ [Ref: MusserRW MUSSER p19]

Research Notes:
[apparently a different Peter MUSSER]
1773: living at Bockshaft, Germany, with wife and six children [Ref: Davis Emigrants v1p261]

Oct 13 1747: arrived on ship "Restauration", Captain William Tiffin, "inhabitants of the Palatinate and Places adjacent" [Ref: Landis EarlyMussers p13]

emigrated 1747, ship "Restauration", with brother Jacob [Ref: MusserRW MUSSER p19, Recker PeopleMarsh I#8p1]

also emigrated with cousin, Peter Jr [Ref: Recker PeopleMarsh I#8p1]

family bible has a record of the arrival of John, Christian, and Jost Musser on the "Molly" in 1727. Must be some kind of relationship [Ref: Recker PeopleMarsh III#1p2]

early resident of Lancaster Co, PA [Ref: LancasterCoPA Biog p90]

of Hempfield, PA [Ref: MusserEA MUSSER p88]

bought land in Hempfield Twp, Lancaster Co, PA, between Columbia and Mount Joy [Ref: MusserRW MUSSER p19]

1769: rented 135 acres of land from Ulrick Road, in Hempfield [Ref: Landis EarlyMussers p22]

1769: bought farm from Ulrich Road of 135 acres, near Chickie's Creek in Hempfield Twp [Ref: Recker PeopleMarsh I#8p1]

1777: paid the Non-Associators tax [Ref: Recker PeopleMarsh I#8p1]

1790: living in Hempfield Twp, Lancaster Co, PA. two males over age 16, one male under age 16, three females [Ref: 1790 PA Lancaster Hempfield 3]

no longer appears on tax rolls after 1794 [Ref: Recker PeopleMarsh I#8p1]

note-- There is confusion with a record given in Mott _Musser Family_ of 1999, p146. (1) Peter Musser married ___ Dietz, (2) had sons John & Peter, and (3) son Peter maried Elizabeth Rohrer (making three matching points). But, Peter is given as b.c1742 Germany or PA, d.1829 Pottstown, Montgomery Co, PA. Son John m.1793 Hannah Weidner and had children Peter (who m. Magdaline Horischer), Mary (who m. ___ Bunn), Margaret (who m. ___ Weidner), Elizabeth (who m. ___ Bunn), and Eleanor (who m. ___ Green). Son Peter b.29 Nov 1796 d.2 Jul 1848, m. Elizabeth Rohrer. Son Jacob b.c1785 PA, d.1843 Amityville, PA, m. 1841 Amityville, PA, wife unknown, children Henry, Margaret (who m. Israel Boyer), George (who m. Willi deTruck and had children, Thompson, Emma who m. Martin Groff, Margaret, Esther, Ira who d.1907 Reading, Willi who m. Samuel Sassman, and Henry who m. Margaret Sassman), Eliza (who m. Israel Boyer), Peter (who lived in Pottstown), Sarah (who m. Joshua Gehr), Jeremiah (who m. Rebecca Epier), Mary (who m. John Coover), Angeline (who m. Henry Walter), and four others who died young. Daughters Anna Maria m. ___ Greiger, Catherine m. ___ Pyfer, Hanna m. ___ Weidner, Margaret m. ___ Neidig, Eliza m. ___ Yokum and went to Ohio, Anna m. ___ Egolf, and Lydia m. ___ Brunner [WTM: Source citations entered only for son Peter] [Ref: Mott MUSSER p146]



Pedigree of Peter MUSSER
                                              /-----Ulrich MOSER
                                     /-----Galante MOSER
                            /-----Peter MOSER
                           |         \-----Dori HUNDSPERGER
                   /-----Peter MOSER
                  |         \-----Elsbeth LONGENEGGER
          /-----Peter MOSER
         |        |         /-----Christian TOMI
         |         \-----Elsbeth TOMI
         |                  \-----Elsbeth HOFER
 /-----Peter MOSER
Peter MUSSER



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