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• Name: Henry MUSSER
• Sex: M
• Birth: 4 Apr 1776 in Manor Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania ^b
• Death: 3 Oct 1822 in East Donegal Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania ^d
• Burial: Brethren In Christ Cross Roads Cemetery, Florin, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania ^u


Parents:

• Father:
  
• Jacob MUSSER Birth: 20 Apr 1753 in Manor Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania Death: 1784 in Manor Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
Mother:

• Christina ENGEL Birth: 1750 Death: Nov 1787 in Manor Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania

Family:
Marriage:

• Elizabeth SEITZ on 24 Jan 1797 at Manor Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania .^m1
  
• Elizabeth SEITZ Birth: 15 Oct 1776 Death: 12 Jan 1804

Children:

1. Jacob MUSSER Birth: 16 Nov 1797 in Manor Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania Death: 19 Dec 1831 in East Donegal Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
2. Henry MUSSER Birth: 17 Jun 1799 in Manor Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania Death: 1871
3. John MUSSER Birth: 3 Sep 1801 in Manor Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania Death: 24 Sep 1803

Marriage:

• Maria ENGEL on 19 Sep 1805 at Donegal Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania .^m2
  
• Maria ENGEL Birth: 16 May 1783 Death: 20 Oct 1842

Children:

1. Susan MUSSER Birth: 20 Sep 1806 in Donegal Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
2. Magdalena MUSSER Birth: 18 Jan 1809 in Donegal Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania Death: 30 Nov 1820
3. Benjamin E MUSSER Birth: 14 Aug 1810 in Donegal Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania Death: 23 Sep 1884 in Herrington, Kansas
4. Anna MUSSER Birth: 19 Mar 1812 in Donegal Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania Death: 29 Sep 1901

Bibliography

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:

[Ref: Kriebel MUSSER p395, Musser Reunion1927 p12, Musser Reunion1965 p5, MusserEA MUSSER p17]

1776 [Ref: Musser Reunion1927 p10, Recker PeopleMarsh II#1p2, Sider MARTIN p38],

place:

[Ref: MusserEA MUSSER p17],

parents:

[Ref: Kriebel MUSSER p395, Landis EarlyMussers p14, Musser Reunion1965 p5, MusserEA MUSSER p17, Recker PeopleMarsh I#9p1, Recker PeopleMarsh II#1p2, Sider MARTIN p38, WengerSS WENGER p1087]

Jacob MUSSER & Christina ___ [Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds 3B-238]

Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information

date:

1799 (sic) [Ref: Recker PeopleMarsh I#9p1]

3 Apr 1776 [Ref: EngleMM ENGLE p26],

father:

possibly John MUSSER (1756-1815) [Ref: Musser Reunion1927 p10]

Sources for death Information

date:

[Ref: EngleMM ENGLE p26, Musser Reunion1927 p12, Musser Reunion1965 p5, MusserEA MUSSER p17]

1822 [Ref: Musser Reunion1927 p10, Sider MARTIN p39]

before 17 Sep 1823 [Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds 5A-188, LancasterCoPA Deeds 5A-192],

place:

[Ref: Ellis LancasterCoPA p785, MusserEA MUSSER p17]

Sources for burial Information

place:

[Ref: Sider MARTIN p39]

Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth SEITZ

date:

[Ref: Kriebel MUSSER p394, MusserEA MUSSER p17]

1797 [Ref: Recker PeopleMarsh II#1p2, Sider MARTIN p38],

place:

[Ref: MusserEA MUSSER p17],

names:

[Ref: LMHS Cardfile SEITZ Jacob, LancasterCoPA Biog p416],

child:

[Ref: Kriebel MUSSER p395, LancasterCoPA Deeds 5A-188, LancasterCoPA Deeds 5A-192, Musser Reunion1927 p12, MusserEA MUSSER p18, Recker PeopleMarsh II#1p2]

Sources with Inaccurate marriage information

date:

20 Sep 1797 [Ref: Musser Reunion1927 p12, Musser Reunion1965 p5]

Sources with Information about marriage to Maria ENGEL

date:

[Ref: Kriebel MUSSER p395]

1805 [Ref: Recker PeopleMarsh II#1p2]

before end of 1805 [Ref: Sider MARTIN p38]

first marraige of Maria [Ref: LancasterCoPA Biog p654]

first marriage of Mary [Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds 5E-376],

place:

[Ref: MusserEA MUSSER p17],

names:

Henry MUSSER & Mary ___ [Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds 5E-376],

child:

[Ref: Kriebel MUSSER p395, LancasterCoPA Biog p654, Musser Reunion1927 p12, MusserEA MUSSER p18, MusserEA MUSSER p19B, Recker PeopleMarsh II#1p2, Sider MARTIN p39]

Sources with Inaccurate marriage information

date:

10 Dec 1805 [Ref: Musser Reunion1927 p12, MusserEA MUSSER p17]

Jul 1802 [Ref: EngleMM ENGLE p26]

Research Notes:
Aug 2 1797: acknowledged receipt of 697 pounds 5.5 pence, as settlement of personal estate of father, from Brnjamin Musser and John Engel, executors of the estate, and 1500 pounds as settlement of real esate of father [Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds 3B-238]

1801: purchased 205 acres of land along the Susquehanna river near Bainbridge in Donegal Twp; paid 4000 pounds in gold and silver specie, perhaps obtained from family of first wife [Ref: Sider MARTIN p38]

1820: purchased additional land [location not stated] [Ref: Sider MARTIN p39]

May 1 1822: agreed to sell 124 acres of land in Donegal Twp to son Jacob [Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds 5B-291]

1822: agreed to sell 124 acres of his first purchased land to eldest son Jacob, but payment had not been completed by the time of Henry's death. By court action, Jacob paid the remaining money to the estate [Ref: Sider MARTIN p39]

1822: purchased a Lancaster Quarto German Bible for eldest son, Jacob [Ref: Kriebel MUSSER p393]

estate administered by John Longnecker and John Engle Jr [Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds 5B-291]

Jacob Engle guardian of two of minor children of Henry Musser; Henry Engle guardian of two other minor children [Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds 5E-376]

May 26 1824: son Jacob completed purchase of 124 acres of land in Donegal Twp [Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds 5B-291]

----- Lancaster County PA Deed 3B-238, dated 2 Aug 1797:
To All People to whom these presents shall come Henry Musser of the Township of Manor in the County of Lancaster and State of Pennsylvania yeoman and Christian Gish of the Township of Donegal in the said County of Lancaster yeoman (the said Henry Musser being the son of Jacob Musser late of the Township of Manor in the County of Lancaster aforesaid yeoman deceased by his wife Christiana lately also deceased, and the said Christian Gish being the Husband of Ann the Daughter of the said Henry Musser and Christina Musser deceased, and also Guardians duly chosen and appointed in and by the Orphans Court in and for the said County of Lancaster over the Estate of the said Ann during her minority) send greetings. Know Ye that the said Henry Musser and Christian Gish have on or before the day of the date hereof had and received of and from Benjamin Musser and John Engle Executors of the Last Will and Testament of the said Jacob Musser deceased and also Executors of the Last Will and Testament of said Christina Musser deceased the sum of One thousand three hundred and ninety four pounds and eleven pence in specie of Gold and Silver coin that is to say, the sum of six hundred and ninety seven pounds and five pence half penny by the said Henry Musser, and the like sum of six hundred and ninety seven pounds and five pence half penny by the said Christian Gish, in full of and for the several and respective parts shares and Proportions of them the said Henry Musser and Christian Gish and Ann his wife (in right of the said Ann) as well of and in the Personal Estate of the said Jacob Musser deceased and of and in the Personal Estate of the said Christina Musser deceased, and all Interest Monies thereon accrued (including also the sum of Forty five pounds and eleven shillings received of and from John Musser the Brother of the said Jacob Musser deceased) as also of and in the Rents Issues and profits of the Real Estate lands and Tenements late of the said Jacob Musser deceased, agreeable to the true Intent and Meaning of the Last Will and Testament of the said Jacob Musser deceased dated the fifth day of April in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and seventy eight, duly proved and remaining in the Registers Office at Lancaster, and agreeable to the directions and true Intent and Meaning of the last Will and Testament of the said Christina Musser deceased dated the Twenty second day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty six, also duly proved and remaining in the said Registers Office at Lancaster, And Know Ye Also that the said Henry Musser and Christian Gish have on the day of the date hereof had and received of and from the said Benjamin Musser and John Engle Executors of the Last Will and Testament of the said Jacob Musser deceased the further sum of three thousand pounds in specie of Gold and Silver Coin, that is to say the sum of fifteen hundred pounds by the said Henry Musser and the like sum of fifteen hundred pounds by the said Christian Gish in full of and for the respective parts and shares of them the said Henry Musser and Christian Gish and Ann his wife (in Right of the said Ann) of and in the Proceeds or sale of the Real Estate lands Tenements and Hereditaments late of the said Jacob Musser deceased by the said Executors Benjamin Musser and John Engle sold and conveyed to the said Henry Musser by virtue and in pursuance of the last Will and Testament of the said Jacob Musser deceased and the directions and Powers therein given In Consideration whereof they said Henry Musser and Christian Gish for himself and for the said Ann his wife and Ward and his and her Heirs Executors and Administrators Do and each of them Doth by these presents remise release and forever quit claim unto the said Benjamin Musser and John Engle and each of them their and and each of their Heirs Executors and Administrators, All and all manner of Action and Actions cause and causes of Action and Actions, suits, Legacies, bequests, Controvercies Accounts Reckonings and Demands whatsoever which against them the said Benjamin Musser and John Engle or either of them they the said Henry Musser and Christian Gish or either of them ever had or now have, and which against them the said Benjamin Musser and John Engle or either of them their or either of them Heirs Executors or Administrators can or may have claim challenge or demand for or on account of the Estate Real and Personal of the said Jacob Musser deceased or any part thereof or for or on account of the Estate of the said Christina Musser deceased or any part thereof or any delings or Transactions Proceedings Matter or thing whatsoever in any manner relating to or respecting or concerning the same. In Witness whereof the said Henry Musser and Christian Gish have hereunto set their hands and seals the second day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety seven. Henry Musser. Christian Gish.
Sealed and Delivered in the presence of William Bausman, Philip Cloninger.
Lancaster County SS. Before me Michael Hubley, Esquire, one of the Justices of the peace in and for the County aforesaid Personally appeared the within and above named Henry Musser and Christian Gish and severally Acknowledged the foregoing Instrument in writing to be their act and deed to and for the uses and purposes therein mentioned, and desired that the same may be recorded as such according to law. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and seal the second day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety seven. M. Hubley.
Recorded the 2nd day of August A.D. 1797. [Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds 3B-238]



Pedigree of Henry MUSSER
                                                                /-----Ulrich MOSER
                                                       /-----Galante MOSER
                                              /-----Peter MOSER
                                             |         \-----Dori HUNDSPERGER
                                     /-----Peter MOSER
                                    |         \-----Elsbeth LONGENEGGER
                            /-----Peter MOSER
                           |        |         /-----Christian TOMI
                           |         \-----Elsbeth TOMI
                           |                  \-----Elsbeth HOFER
                   /-----John MUSSER
          /-----Jacob MUSSER
         |         \-----Veronica (MUSSER)
 /-----Jacob MUSSER
|        |                                                      /-----Andrew HIRSHI
|        |                                             /-----Andrew HIRSHI
|        |                                            |         \-----Barbli SCHENK
|        |                                    /-----Isaac HIRSHI
|        |                                   |         \-----Christina DANNER
|        |                           /-----Christian HERSHI
|        |                          |         \-----Elisabeth SCHMIDT
|        |                  /-----Christian HERSHEY
|        |         /-----Benjamin HERSHEY
|        |        |        |         /-----Daniel STAUFFER
|        |        |         \-----Adelheid STAUFFER
|         \-----Maria HERSHEY
|                  \-----Mary (HERSHEY)
Henry MUSSER
|         /-----Ulrich ENGLE
 \-----Christina ENGEL
         |         /-----Ulrich BRECKBILL
          \-----Anna BRECKBILL
                   \-----Fannie HERR



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