Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 02-03-2022.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.


Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom may be downloaded here.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


Individual Page

    Person Info
  • Name: Elizabeth WITMER
  • Sex: F
  • Birth: Abt 1751 b
  • Death: Abt 1819 in Manor Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Michael WITMER Birth: Abt 1715 in Germany Death: Abt May 1763 in Manor Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
    • Mother:
  • Barbara (WITMER) Death: Abt 1774

Family:
Marriage:
  • Jacob SEITZ on Before 1772 .m1
  • Jacob SEITZ Birth: Before 1755 in Rhenish Bavaria, Germany Death: Before 14 Aug 1822 in Manor Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
Children:
  1. John SEITZ Birth: Abt 1772 Death: 1847 in Manor Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
  2. Barbara SEITZ
  3. Veronica SEITZ Birth: Manor Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania Death: West Hempfield Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
  4. Elizabeth SEITZ Birth: 15 Oct 1776 Death: 12 Jan 1804
  5. Jacob SEITZ Birth: 21 Apr 1779 Death: 30 Mar 1856 in West Pennsboro, Cumberland Co, Pennsylvania
  6. Abraham SEITZ Death: Before 17 Sep 1823
  7. Henry SEITZ
  8. Anna SEITZ
  9. Michael SEITZ
  10. Catherine SEITZ
  11. Magdalena SEITZ

Bibliography
  1. Census 1800, Pennsylvania, Lancaster Co, Manor, p04. M32-39. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/004956040 image 153. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: 1800 PA Lancaster Manor 04].
  2. Davis, Richard Warren, Emigrants Refugees and Prisoners, Vol II. Provo, UT: author, 1997. LMHS Ref E184.M45.D3 1995 v2. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Davis Emigrants v2p[0-9]*].
  3. Klein, H M J, Lancaster County Pennsylvania, A History. NY: Lewis Historical Publishing, 1924. LHMS F157.L2K58 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Klein LancCoPAHistory p[0-9]*].
  4. Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Genealogical Cardfile, Lancaster, PA. Entries transcribed 10/2004. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: LMHS Cardfile [A-Z][A-Za-z ]*].
  5. Biographical Annals of Lancaster County Pennsylvania. Spartonburg, SC: Reprint Publishers, 1985. Orig pub 1903. LMHS rF157.L2B6 1985. Available at http://archive.org/details/biographicalanna00megi and at http://archive.org/details/cu31924028852998 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: LancasterCoPA Biog p[0-9]*].
  6. Lancaster County Pennsylvania Recorder of Deeds, Deed books 1729-1867. SLC: GeneSocUT, 1947. Book 5A, 1823-1825, LDS Film#0021430#1. Lancaster County Court House, Office of Records and Archives, 50 N Duke St, Lancaster, PA. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/008067210 images 106-8. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds 5A-188].
  7. Lancaster County Pennsylvania Recorder of Deeds, Deed books 1729-1867. SLC: GeneSocUT, 1947. Book 5A, 1823-1825, LDS Film#0021430#1. Lancaster County Court House, Office of Records and Archives, 50 N Duke St, Lancaster, PA. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/008067210 images 108-10. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds 5A-192].
  8. Lancaster County Pennsylvania Recorder of Deeds, Deed books 1729-1867. SLC: GeneSocUT, 1947. Book CC, 1784-1785, LDS Film#0021392#2. Lancaster County Court House, Office of Records and Archives, 50 N Duke St, Lancaster, PA. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/008067078 images 491-2. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds CC-312].
  9. Lancaster County Pennsylvania Recorder of Deeds, Deed books 1729-1867. SLC: GeneSocUT, 1947. Book CC, 1784-1785, LDS Film#0021392#2. Lancaster County Court House, Office of Records and Archives, 50 N Duke St, Lancaster, PA. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/008067078 images 492-5. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds CC-315].
  10. Lancaster County Pennsylvania Recorder of Deeds, Deed books 1729-1867. SLC: GeneSocUT, 1947. Book CC, 1784-1785, LDS Film#0021392#2. Lancaster County Court House, Office of Records and Archives, 50 N Duke St, Lancaster, PA. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/008067078 images 495-7. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds CC-319].
  11. Lancaster County Pennsylvania Recorder of Deeds, Deed books 1729-1867. SLC: GeneSocUT, 1947. Book CC, 1784-1785, LDS Film#0021392#2. Lancaster County Court House, Office of Records and Archives, 50 N Duke St, Lancaster, PA. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/008067078 images 497-8. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds CC-322].
  12. Lancaster County Pennsylvania Recorder of Deeds, Deed books 1729-1867. SLC: GeneSocUT, 1947. Book CC, 1784-1785, LDS Film#0021392#2. Lancaster County Court House, Office of Records and Archives, 50 N Duke St, Lancaster, PA. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/008067078 images 498-9. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds CC-325].
  13. Lancaster County Pennsylvania Orphans Court, Miscellaneous Books 1742-1867, SLC: GeneSocUT, 1973. 1742-1767, Film#0021370. Lancaster County Court House, Office of Records and Archives, 50 N Duke St, Lancaster, PA. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/007726361 image 341. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: LancasterCoPA OrphansCt 14 Aug 1764].
  14. Musser, Edgar A, Musser Genealogy. Lancaster, PA: author, 1980. LMHS CS71.M9892 1980. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: MusserEA MUSSER p.*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
abt 1751 [Ref: Davis Emigrants v2p421]
age 26-44 in 1800 [Ref: 1800 PA Lancaster Manor 04]
fifth child [Ref: LancasterCoPA OrphansCt 14 Aug 1764],
parents:
Michael WITMER & Barbara ___ [Ref: Davis Emigrants v2p421, LancasterCoPA Deeds CC-312]
Michael WITMER & unk second wife [Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds CC-315, LancasterCoPA Deeds CC-319, LancasterCoPA Deeds CC-322, LancasterCoPA Deeds CC-325],
father:
[Ref: Klein LancCoPAHistory p199, LMHS Cardfile SEITZ Jacob, LancasterCoPA Biog p416, LancasterCoPA OrphansCt 14 Aug 1764]
Sources for death Information
date:
1819 [Ref: LMHS Cardfile SEITZ Jacob]
some years before Jacob [Ref: LancasterCoPA Biog p416],
place:
[Ref: LancasterCoPA Biog p416]
Sources with Information about marriage to Jacob SEITZ
date:
before 1772 [Ref: Davis Emigrants v2p421],
names:
[Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds CC-312, LancasterCoPA Deeds CC-315, LancasterCoPA Deeds CC-319, LancasterCoPA Deeds CC-322, LancasterCoPA Deeds CC-325]
Jacob SEITZ & Elizabeth ___ [Ref: MusserEA MUSSER p17],
child:
[Ref: Klein LancCoPAHistory p199, LMHS Cardfile SEITZ Jacob, LancasterCoPA Biog p416, MusserEA MUSSER p17],
children:
birth order given as John, Barbara, Feronica, Elizabeth, Jacob, Abraham, Henry, Ann, Michael, Catharine, Magdalena [Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds 5A-188, LancasterCoPA Deeds 5A-192]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of Elizabeth WITMER
                                     /-----Hans WITMER
                            /-----Jacob WITMER
                   /-----Heinrich WITMER
                  |         \-----Regula HAUSLER
          /-----Hans WIDMER
         |        |         /-----Conrad HEISTAND
         |         \-----Margareth HEISTAND
         |                  \-----Anna GLATMAN
 /-----Michael WITMER
Elizabeth WITMER
 \-----Barbara (WITMER)



Descendants of Elizabeth WITMER
1. Elizabeth WITMER m. Jacob SEITZ
m. Jacob SEITZ

2nd generation

2. John SEITZ m. Anna GARBER
m. Anna GARBER
3. Barbara SEITZ m. Christian NEWCOMER
m. Christian NEWCOMER father: Christian NEWCOMER mother: (Unk) FURREY
4. Veronica SEITZ m. John FORREY
m. John FORREY father: Daniel FORREY
5. Elizabeth SEITZ m. Henry MUSSER
m. Henry MUSSER father: Jacob MUSSER mother: Christina ENGEL
6. Jacob SEITZ m. Elizabeth HARNISH
m. Elizabeth HARNISH father: Jacob HARNISH mother: Susanna (HARNISH)

3rd generation

13. Jacob G SEITZ m1. Barbara CHARLES m2. Anna CHARLES
m. Barbara CHARLES father: Jacob CHARLES mother: Barbara HERR
m. Anna CHARLES father: Jacob CHARLES mother: Barbara HERR
14. Catharine NEWCOMER m. Christian MUSSER
m. Christian MUSSER father: Christian MUSSER mother: Maria MISSLEY
18. Jacob NEWCOMER m. Barbara KAUFFMAN
m. Barbara KAUFFMAN
22. Jacob FORREY m. Mary COPHENHEFFER
m. Mary COPHENHEFFER
23. Jacob MUSSER m. Magdalena STAUFFER
m. Magdalena STAUFFER father: Abraham STAUFFER mother: Magdalena ENGLE
24. Henry MUSSER m. Elizabeth GISH
m. Elizabeth GISH father: John GISH mother: Elizabeth ENGLE
29. Jacob SEITZ m. Susie BOWMAN
m. Susie BOWMAN father: Samuel BOWMAN mother: Susan (BOWMAN)
31. Susan SEITZ m. Michael SEACHRIST
m. Michael SEACHRIST father: Michael SEACHRIST
32. Nancy SEITZ m. Jacob DONER
m. Jacob DONER father: Daniel DONER mother: Elizabeth MUSSER
33. Benjamin SEITZ m. Rebecca (SEITZ)
m. Rebecca (SEITZ)
34. John SEITZ m. Mary (SEITZ)
m. Mary (SEITZ)

4th generation

36. Elizabeth SEITZ m. Jacob R MYERS
m. Jacob R MYERS father: Jacob MYERS mother: Annie ROHRER
38. Anna C SEITZ m. Henry W MANN
m. Henry W MANN father: Bernard MANN mother: Anna WERTZ
39. John Charles SEITZ m. Charlotte HERR
m. Charlotte HERR father: Rudolph HERR mother: Barbara BRENNEMAN
40. Jacob C SEITZ m1. Lucy Ann STONER m2. Elizabeth LEHMAN
m. Lucy Ann STONER father: Joseph STONER
m. Elizabeth LEHMAN father: Benjamin Kreider LEHMAN mother: Elizabeth NEWCOMER
52. Catherine MUSSER m. Michael B MUSSER
m. Michael B MUSSER father: Benjamin E MUSSER mother: Elizabeth BRENNER
59. John C FORREY m. Anna MOORE
m. Anna MOORE father: Henry MOORE mother: Mary (MOORE)
60. Henry Stauffer MUSSER m. Anna Mary GRIESINGER
m. Anna Mary GRIESINGER father: Jacob GRIESINGER mother: Anna M LINDERSMITH
65. Abraham MUSSER m. Elizabeth EYER
m. Elizabeth EYER
66. Mary MUSSER m. David M EYER
m. David M EYER father: John EYER mother: Leah MOYER
72. Jacob B SEITZ m. Lizzie H BEAR
m. Lizzie H BEAR father: John BEAR mother: Mary (BEAR)
86. Amanda DONER m. William Oliver BROWN
m. William Oliver BROWN father: Absolam BROWN mother: Mariah MORRIS
89. Jacob DONOR m. Rebecca E BENHOUR
m. Rebecca E BENHOUR
90. Daniel DONER m1. Mattie J (DONER) m2. Carrie V L (DONER)
m. Mattie J (DONER)
m. Carrie V L (DONER)
92. Martha DONER m. Daniel William GREEN
m. Daniel William GREEN

5th generation

109. Isaiah Herr SEITZ m. Laura MAYER
m. Laura MAYER father: Franklin E MAYER mother: Catherine HERTZLER
115. Elizabeth M MUSSER m. Abraham Z HESS
m. Abraham Z HESS father: Abraham M HESS mother: Anna ZIEGLER
118. Eli MUSSER m. Mary WOLGEMUTH
m. Mary WOLGEMUTH father: Joseph WOLGEMUTH mother: Barbara NISSLEY
134. Elizabeth EYER m. Simon C HEISEY
m. Simon C HEISEY
148. Elenora BROWN m. (Unk) MYERS
m. (Unk) MYERS
149. William Jacob BROWN m. Mildred Mae MYERS
m. Mildred Mae MYERS father: John MYERS mother: Maria Dorothy LORENZ
150. Amanda Florence BROWN m1. m2. Jesse Wilson SWEGER
m. Jesse Wilson SWEGER
151. Absalom BROWN m. Agnes Frances DAVIS
m. Agnes Frances DAVIS father: Winfield Scott DAVIS mother: Matilda J McGONIGAL
152. Harry Garfield BROWN m. Mary Elizabeth STOUT
m. Mary Elizabeth STOUT
153. Ralph J BROWN m. Ora B GROFF
m. Ora B GROFF father: (Unk) GROFF mother: Belle M (GROFF)
157. Hayes GREEN m.