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• Name: Peter MUSSER
• Sex: M
• Birth: 23 Sep 1731 in Lampeter Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania ^b
• Death: 23 Oct 1805 in Lampeter Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania ^d
• Burial: Family Cemetery, Conestoga Pines, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania ^u


Parents:

• Father:
  
• Joseph MOSSER Birth: 1693 in Illtingen, Germany Death: 1761 in Lampeter Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
Mother:

• Veronica FUNK Birth: Abt 1702 in Ittlingen, Germany Death: After 1730

Family:
Marriage:

• (Unk) (MUSSER) on 1 .^m1
  
• (Unk) (MUSSER)

Children:

1. Joseph MUSSER Birth: 18 Oct 1754 in Lampeter Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania Death: 1805 in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania

Marriage:

• Magdalena HARTMAN on 2 .^m2
  
• Magdalena HARTMAN Birth: 17 Jun 1739 Death: 25 Jan 1810

Children:

1. Jacob MUSSER Birth: Abt 1769 Death: Before 10 Sep 1818 in Lampiter Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
2. Henry MUSSER Birth: 20 Jan 1772 Death: 25 Dec 1845 in Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
3. Veronica MUSSER Birth: Abt 1774

Bibliography

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:

[Ref: Landis EarlyMussers p22, MusserEA MUSSER p108, MusserEA MUSSER p109]

abt 1735 [Ref: Davis Emigrants v1p261],

place:

[Ref: Davis Emigrants v1p261],

parents:

[Ref: Davis Emigrants v1p261, Landis EarlyMussers p22, MusserEA MUSSER p108, MusserEA MUSSER p109, Recker PeopleMarsh III#2p3, WengerSS WENGER p1088],

brother:

Martin MUSSER [Ref: LancasterCoPA Wills J-172]

Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information

date:

1734 [Ref: WengerSS WENGER p1088]

Sources for death Information

date:

[Ref: Landis EarlyMussers p22, MusserEA MUSSER p108, MusserEA MUSSER p109]

1805 [Ref: Davis Emigrants v1p261, WengerSS WENGER p1088]

before 8 Nov 1805 [Ref: LancasterCoPA WillAbs2 p148],

place:

[Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds 3U-86, LancasterCoPA WillAbs2 p148, LancasterCoPA Wills J-172]

Sources for burial Information

place:

family cemetery in what is now Conestoga Pines, moved to Mellinger's Cemetery in 1922 [Ref: MusserEA MUSSER p109]

Sources with Information about marriage to (Unk) (MUSSER)

date:

first marriage of Peter [Ref: MusserEA MUSSER p109, WengerSS WENGER p1088],

names:

Peter MUSSER & unk first wife [Ref: MusserEA MUSSER p109, WengerSS WENGER p1088],

child:

[Ref: MusserEA MUSSER p109]

Sources with Information about marriage to Magdalena HARTMAN

date:

second marriage of Peter [Ref: MusserEA MUSSER p109, WengerSS WENGER p1088],

names:

[Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds 3C-147, LancasterCoPA Wills J-172, Landis EarlyMussers p22, MusserEA MUSSER p108]

Peter MUSSER & Magdalena ___ [Ref: LancasterCoPA WillAbs2 p148],

child:

[Ref: Davis Emigrants v1p261, LancasterCoPA WillAbs2 p148, MusserEA MUSSER p109, MusserEA MUSSER p111]

Sources with Inaccurate marriage information

child:

Joseph (#157199) [Ref: LancasterCoPA WillAbs2 p148, MusserEA MUSSER p110]

Research Notes:
Nov 25 1761: purchased from the Pennsylvania Land Company in London 173 acres in Lampeter Twp, Lancaster Co, PA, recorded as deed P-429 [Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds 3U-86]

Oct 8 1763: purchased from John Whitmore and Veronica 40 acres of land in Lampeter Twp, recorded as deed P-437 [Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds 3U-86]

1771: taxed on 130 acres of land in Lampeter Twp [Ref: Musser Reunion1927 p9]

1790: living in Lampeter Twp, Lancaster Co, PA. Three males over age 16, one male under age 16, three females [Ref: 1790 PA Lancaster Lampeter 10]

1790: living in Lampeter Twp, Lancaster Co, PA [Ref: Recker PeopleMarsh III#2p3]

1798: executor of will of father-in-law Jacob Hartman [Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds 3C-147]

1800: living in Lampeter Twp, Lancaster Co, PA [Ref: Recker PeopleMarsh III#2p3]

will dated 1804, mentions wife Magdalena, daughter Veronica wife of Christian Johns, and sons Henry, Jacob, and Joseph [Ref: Recker PeopleMarsh III#2p3]

will dated 7 Jul 1804, pro 8 Nov 1805, mentions wife Magdalena, children Jacob, Feronica wife of Christian Johns, Henry, and Joseph. Ex Jacob Musser and Christian Hartman, Lampeter Twp [Ref: LancasterCoPA WillAbs2 p148, LancasterCoPA Wills J-172]

1806: executors Jacob Muser and Christian Hartman of will of Peter Musser of Lampeter Twp, presented final account to Court; estate valued at 1745 pounds 18 shillings 1 pence [Ref: LancasterCoPA OrphansCt 1 Apr 1806]

Jun 3 1806: heirs of Peter Musser released claim to 130 acres of land in Lampeter Twp, granted to son Henry [Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds 3U-86]

----- Lancaster County PA Wills J-172, dated 11 Jul 1804, pro 8 Nov 1805:
In the Name of God Amen. I Peter Musser of the township of Lampiter in the county of Lancaster and State of Pennsylvania, yeoman, being of sound and disposing mind memory and understanding, to make and declare this my last will and testament in manner following, to wit, I commend my soul to God and my body to the earth to be decently interred as my executors shall direct, in humble hope of a glorious resurrection and an happy admission into the regions of immortal bliss and glory in and through the merits of my mediator and redeemer Jesus Christ. And as to such worldly estate wherewith God that blessed me, I do give devise and dispose of the same in manner following, to wit, Imprimis it is my will and I do order and direct that my just debts and funeral expenses be paid and satisfied as soon as conveniently may be done after my decease. Item I do give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Magdalena the sum of two hundred pounds in specie of gold or silver coin current in Pennsylvania, to be paid her immediately or as soon as conveniently may be done after my decease, and also one horse or mare with saddle and bridle and two milk cows with chains allowing her the choice among those of which I shall die possessed, and likewise my clock with the case, two ten plate stoves with the pipes and things thereto belonging, one clothes press, one kitchen dresser, all my books, and such and so much of my household stuff and kitchen furniture and beds and bedding as she may choose or have occasion for, to and for her proper use and benefit. Item It is my will and I do hereby order and direct that my said wife Magdalena shall and may have the use of and liberty and privilege to live and reside in and possess and enjoy the dwelling house wherein we now reside, with the use and privilege of so much and such part of the garden near the same as she may choose, to be sufficiently manured by the owners and possessors of my plantation herein after mentioned, and the use and privilege of the wash house and bake oven near the said dwelling house as occasion shall required, for and during the term of her natural life, with full and free privilege also to take as many apples and as much fruit of the orchard and trees on my plantation herein after mentioned as she may want for her own use, during the term aforesaid. And it is my will and I do further order and direct that my son Henry Musser, do and shall find and provide for my said wife, and deliver to her yearly and every year during the term of her natural life twenty four bushels good clean wheat, five bushels of good clean rye, six bushels of good clean Indian corn, three bushels of good clean buckwheat, five bushels of good potatoes, fifteen bushels of good clean oats, one hundred and fifty pounds of good beef, one good fat hog weighing or producing at least one hundred and seventy five pounds of pork, two bushels of good salt, ten pounds of good hard soap, four gallons of good whiskey, two barrels of good cider (if the orchard produces any apples) eight pounds of good clean heckled hemp, fifteen pounds of good clean heckled flax, and the tow of the same, and as many fouls and eggs as she may want or have occasion for, and likewise that my said son Henry shall find, provide, and deliver to my said wife at her door good and sufficient firewood, ready cut and fit for her use, during the term aforesaid, and shall also during the said term keep in good and sufficient fodder, hay, pasture, and stable room, in the same manner as his own, one horse or mare and two cows, for the benefit of my said wife. Which said legacies bequests privileges and allowances to my said wife are and are hereby declared to be and shall be deemed and taken for and in lieu and in full satisfaction of and for her dower or thirds at common law, and all claims and demands whatsoever of in to and out of my estate. Item I do give devise and bequeath unto my said son Henry Musser his heirs and assigns All this my plantation and tract of land, whereon I now reside, situate in the township of Lampiter in the County of Lancaster aforesaid adjoining to Conestogoe Creek and bounded by the several lands of my brother Martin Musser, Christian Stauffer, and others, containing about one hundred and thirty acres, be the same more or less, with the buildings and appurtenances thereon and thereto belonging, To hold to him my said son Henry Musser his heirs and assigns forever, under and subject to the privileges and liberties herein before given to my said wife Magdalena, and to the provision of the sundry necessaries for my said wife, during the term of her natural life, to be found provided and delivered by him or them to her in quantity and quality as herein before mentioned and direct. And I do value and charge the same premises to my said son Henry at and for the sum of two thousand pounds in specie of gold or silver coin current in Pennsylvania, And I do direct and appoint the payment of the said sum or so much thereof as shall be necessary to reduce the share of my said son Henry of and in my estate to an equality with the rest of my children herein after named, by installments in manner following, to wit, the sum of one hundred pounds, part thereof, at or upon the first day of May next ensuing the date hereof, and one hundred pounds on every the first day of May yearly and every year thereafter either to me in my lifetime or after my decease to my other children herein after named, or their respective legal representatives, until my said son Henry, his heirs, executors, administrators, or assigns shall have paid so much as shall reduce his share of and in my estate to an equality with those of my other children herein after named. Item As to all the rest residue and remainder of my estate real and personal not herein before particularly given devised or bequeathed, (including the said sum of two thousand pounds, the valuation of the plantation and tract of land herein before given and devised unto my said son Henry or the residue or so much of the said sum as shall be behind and unpaid at the time of my decease) I do give, devise, and bequeath the same unto my four children, Jacob Musser, Feronica now the widow of Christian Johns deceased, Henry Musser, and Joseph Musser, share and share alike, that is to say, one equal fourth part thereof, I do give devise and bequeath unto my said son Jacob Musser, his heirs executors administrators and assigns forever, one other equal fourth part thereof I do give devise and bequeath unto my said daughter Feronica Johns, her heirs, executors administrators and assigns forever, One other equal fourth part thereof I do give devise and bequeath unto my said son Henry Musser his heirs executors administrators and assigns forever, And the other equal fourth part thereof I do give devise and bequeath unto my said son Joseph Musser his heirs executors administrators and assigns forever. Respect being had to the sums and articles which my said children have severally had and received from me in my lifetime, and to the charges which I have entered or made against them respectively for the same. And lastly I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint my said son Jacob Musser and my brother in law Christian Hartman and the survivor of them executors and executor of this my last Will and Testament, Hereby revoking all former and other will or wills, testament and testaments by me made and declaring this and no other to be and contain my last will and testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the eleventh day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and four. Peter Mosser.
Signed sealed published pronounced and declared by the testator Peter Musser as and for his last will and testament in the presence of us, who, in his presence and at his request have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto, it being wrote on five pages or sides or paper. William Bausman, John Messenkoh, Philip Gloninger.
Lancaster County SS. On the 8th day of November anno domini 1805, Before me the Subscriber personally appeared John Messenkoh, William Buasman, and Philip Gloninger, the three subscribing witnesses to the within will, the said John Messenkoh upon his corporal oath, and the said William Bausman and Philip Gloninger upon their solemn affirmations, according to law, did depose declare and say, that they were present and saw and heard Peter Musser the testator therein named sign seal publish pronounce and declare the within instrument in writing as and for his last will and testament and that at the doing thereof he was of sound and well disposing mind memory and understanding according to the best of their knowledge observation and belief. G Ross, Regr.
Be it Remembered that on the 8th day of November anno domini 1805 The last will and testament of Peter Musser, late of Lampiter township in the County of Lancaster deceased was proved in due form of law and letters testamentary thereon were granted to Jacob Musser and Christian Hartman, the executors therein named, they having first been duly qualified well and truly to administer the estate of the said deceased, especially to exhibit a true and perfect inventory thereof into the Registers Office at Lancaster within one month, and to render a true and just account of the executorship on said estate in one year from this date or when thereto lawfully required. Given under the seal of said office. G. Ross, Regr. [Ref: LancasterCoPA Wills J-172]

Lancaster Co PA, Orphans Court Records of 1806 p84:
Jacob Musser and Christian Hartman Executors of the last Will and Testament of Peter Musser late of Lampeter Township decd having stated and filed in the Registrers Office at Lancaster their Administration Account on the Estate of the said decd and legal notice thereof being given by the said Register the same is now produced to the Court for Confirmation, whereby it appears that the said Account was duly passed by the said Registrar and that there remains in the hands of the same Accountants a Balance of 1745 pounds 18 shillings 1 pence. The Court on due examination thereof and advisement had thereon approve of and Confirm the Same, and direct that the Balance after deducting therefrom 11/3 the expences of this Court, the remainder thereof amounting to 1745..6..10 be paid and distributed agreeably to the Will of the Testator. [Ref: LancasterCoPA OrphansCt 1 Apr 1806]

Lancaster County PA Deed 3U-86, dated 3 Jun 1806:
To all People to whom these Presents shall come Jacob Musser of the Township of Lampiter in the County of Lancaster and State of Pennsylvania, yeoman, Feronica Johns of the Township of Lampiter in the County of Lancaster aforesaid, Widow, and Joseph Musser of Chillasquaque Township in the County of Northumberland and State of Pennsylvania aforesaid yeoman (the said Jacob Musser, Feronica Johns and Joseph Musser being three of the children of Peter Musser late of the Township of Lampiter in the County of Lancaster aforesaid, yeoman, deceased) Send Greeting. Whereas the said Peter Musser was in his lifetime and at the time of his death lawfully seised in his Demesne as of fee of and in a certain Plantation and Tract of Land situate in the Township of Lampiter in the County of Lancaster aforesaid, bounded and described as follows, to wit, Beginning at a post standing on the Eastern Bank of Conestogoe Creek, and from thence extgending by land of Martin Musser South eighty five degrees and one half of a degree East one hundred and twenty two perches to a black oak, and South fifty degrees and one half of a degree East forty two perches and one quarter of a perch to a stone, thence by Land of Christian Hartman north thirty nine degrees and one half of a degree East thirty seven perches and one half of a perch to a Stone, thence by land of John Stauffer the three courses and Distances next following viz North fifty degrees and one half of a degree West seventy three perches and one half of a perch to a post, North seven degrees East eighty four perches to a stone, and north fifty three degrees West sixty three perches to a white Oak standing on the eastern Bank of Conestogoe Creek aforesaid, and thence down the said Creek by the several courses thereof two hundred and fourteen perches to the Place of Beginning, containing one hundred and thirty acres, Ninety acres thereof being the Residue or Remainder unsold of a certain Tract of one hundred and seventy three acres of land which Jacob Cooper, Samuel Shoemaker and Joshua Howell attornies in Fact for the Trustees to the Proprietaries of a Partnership called the Pennsylvania Land Company in London in and by their certain Indenture bearing date the twenty fifth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty one (recorded in the Office for recording of Deeds in and for the County of Lancaster aforesaid in Book P, Page 429 &c) for the consideration therein mentioned did grant and confirm unto the said Peter Musser in his lifetime (by the name of Peter Mercer) and to his Heirs and Assigns forever, And forty acres (Residue of the said described Plantation and Tract of Land) being the same which John Whitmore and Fronica his wife in and by their certain Indenture bearing date the Eighth day of October in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty three (recorded in the said Office for recording of Deeds in and for the County of Lancaster in said Book P, Page 437 &c) for the consideration therein mentioned, granted and confirmed unto the said Peter Musser in his lifetime and to his Heirs and Assigns forever, And Whereas the said Peter Musser deceased in and by his last Will and Testament dated the Eleventh day of July in the Year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and four (among other things therein contained) did give and allow unto his wife Magdalena now his Widow and Relict, sundry Privileges advantages and articles in upon and out of the Plantation and Lands aforesaid for and during the Term of her natural life, and further the Said Peter Musser deceased did in and by his said Last Will and Testament give devise and bequeath unto his Son Henry Musser his Heirs and assigns all his Plantation and Tract of Land whereon he the said Testator then resided (being the Plantation and Tract of Land herein before mentioned and described) situate in the Township of Lampiter in the County of Lancaster aforesaid adjoining to Conestogoe Creek and bounded by the several Lands of his Brother Martin Musser, Christian Stauffer and others, containing about one hundred and thirty acres were the same more or less, with the Buildings and Appurtenances thereon and thereto belonging, To hold to him his said Son Henry Musser his Heirs and Assign forever under and Subject to the Privileges and Liberties therein before given to his the said Testator's Wife Magdalena and to the Provision of the sundry necessaries for her during the term of her natural life to be found provided and delivered by him or them to her in Quantity and Quality as therein before mentioned and directed, and did value and charge the same Premises to his said Son Henry at and for the Sum of Two thousand Pounds in Specie of Gold or Silver coin current in Pennsylvania, payable by Installments in manner and at the Days and times in the same Will particularly specified directed and appointed, And the said Testator having in and by his said last Will and Testament given a Pecuniary Legacy and sundry specific Articles, did give devise and bequeath all the rest Residue and Remainder of his Estate Real and Personal not therein before particularly given devised or bequeathed (including the same Sum of Two Thousand Pounds the valuation of the Plantation and Tract of Land therein before given and devised unto his Said Son Henry) unto his four Children, to wit, the said Jacob Musser, Feronica the widow of Christian Johns, deceased, Henry Musser and Joseph Musser, Share and Share alike, as in and by the said recited last Will and Testament since the said Testator's deceased duly proved and remaining in the Registers Office at Lancaster, Reference thereto being had will more fully and at large appear, Now Know Ye that the said Henry Musser hath well and faithfully paid and made full Satisfaction to the said Jacob Musser, Feronica Johns and Joseph Musser and each of them for their several and respective Parts or Shares of and in the said Sum of Two thousand Pounds in Specie of Gold and Silver coin current in Pennsylvania for which the said Plantation and Tract of Land so as aforesaid given and devised to the said Henry Musser's valued and charged in and by the last Will and Testament of the said Peter Musser deceased, that is to say, He hath paid unto the said Jacob Musser the Sum of five hundred pounds in Specie of Gold and Silver coin for his Share thereof, He hath paid unto the said Feronica Johns the like Sum of five hundred pounds in Specie of Gold and Silver coin for her Share thereof, and he hath paid unto the said Joseph Musser the like Sum of five hundred pounds of Specie of Gold and Silver coin for his Share thereof, In Consideration whereof the said Jacob Musser for himself, his Heirs Executors and Administrators and the said Feronica Johns for herself her Heirs Executors and Administrators, and the said Joseph Musser for himself his Heirs Executors and Administrators Have and each of them hath remised released and forever quit claimed and by these presents Do and each of them Doth remise release and for ever quit claim unto the said Henry Musser his Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns, All and every the Parts Shares and Proportions of them the said Jacob Musser, Feronica Johns and Joseph Musser of in to and out of the said Sum of Two thousand Pounds the Valuation Money aforesaid, and all Actions Suits claims and Demands whatsoever in any manner relating to or respecting the same and every or any part thereof, So that the said Henry Musser his Heirs and Assigns shall and lawfully may from time to time and at all times hereafter forever peaceably and quietly have hold occupy possess and enjoy the said described Plantation and Tract or Parcel of Land, so as aforesaid given and devised unto him in and by the last Will and Testament of the said Peter Musser deceased containing one hundred and thirty acres be the same more or less, with the Appurtenances fully and absolutely acquitted and discharged of and from the said Sum of Two thousand Pounds and every part thereof, Subject nevertheless to and charged with all and every the Privileges articles Matters Duties and Things which in and by the last Will an dTestament of the said Peter Musser deceased are allowed and directed to be provided done and performed by the said Henry Musser and his Heirs in upon and out of the Lands and Premises aforesaid to and for the use Benefit and Advantage of the said Magdalena the Widow and Relict of the said Peter Musser deceased during the term of her natural life. In Witness whereof the said Jacob Musser, Feronica Johns and Joseph Musser have hereunto set their Hands and Seals the third day of June in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and six. Jacob Musser, Feronica (X) Johns, Joseph Musser.
Sealed and Delivered in the presence of us, Adam Reigart, Philip Gloninger.
Lancaster County SS. Before me the Subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared the within and above named Jacob Musser, Feronica Johns and Joseph Musser and severally acknowledged the foregoing Instrument in writing or Release to be their Act and Deed to and for the purposes therein expressed, and desired that the same may be recorded a such according to Law. In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal the Third day of June in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and six. Adam Reigart.
Recorded the 3rd day of June Anno Dom 1806. [Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds 3U-86]



Pedigree of Peter MUSSER
                                              /-----Ulrich MOSER
                                     /-----Galante MOSER
                            /-----Peter MOSER
                           |         \-----Dori HUNDSPERGER
                   /-----Peter MOSER
                  |         \-----Elsbeth LONGENEGGER
          /-----Peter MOSER
         |        |         /-----Christian TOMI
         |         \-----Elsbeth TOMI
         |                  \-----Elsbeth HOFER
 /-----Joseph MOSSER
Peter MUSSER
|                           /-----Jacob FUNK
|                  /-----Heini FUNK
|                 |         \-----Anna NAF
|         /-----Heinrich FUNK
|        |        |                  /-----Jacob MEILI
|        |        |         /-----Hans MEILI
|        |         \-----Katherine MEILI
|        |                  \-----Elsbeth HOCHSTRASSER
 \-----Veronica FUNK
          \-----Veronica (FUNK)



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