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: Peter WITMER
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 4 Jun 1712 b
  • Death: 1792 in Lebanon Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Michael WITMER Birth: 14 Feb 1668 Death: Abt 1746 in Warwick Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
    • Mother:
  • Anna ROTH Death: Before 1733

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Michael WITMER Birth: 28 Mar 1739
  2. Peter WITMER Birth: 15 Aug 1741 Death: Before 1760
  3. Veronica WITMER Birth: 31 Aug 1743 Death: Before 1794
  4. Barbara WITMER Birth: Sep 1745
  5. Elizabeth WITMER Birth: 25 Dec 1752
  6. Catherine WITMER Birth: Abt 1754 Death: Before 1794
  7. Anna WITMER Birth: 3 Apr 1786
  8. Magdalena WITMER Birth: 6 May 1789
  9. Michael WITMER Birth: 15 Jan 1796

Bibliography
  1. Best, Jane Evans, Martin Kendig's Swiss Relatives. In Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, Jan 1992. pp 2-18. LMHS Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Best KENDIG p[0-9]*].
  2. Taylor, Jed, Whitmer genealogy, private email, 2/16/2003. Author address: jtaylr2 at uiuc dot edu Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Jed Taylor 2/16/2003].
  3. Kaufman, Charles Fahs, A Genealogy and History of the Kaufman-Coffman Families. York, PA: author, 1940. LHMS CS71.K212 1940. Available at http://books.google.com/books/?id=iBlWAAAAMAAJ. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: KaufmanCF KAUFMAN p[0-9]*].
  4. Spaetzel, Roy C, History and genealogy of the Witmer family. Kitchener, Ontario: author, 1977. FHL JSMB 929.271 W781s. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Spaetzel WITMER p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Jed Taylor 2/16/2003]
1712 [Ref: KaufmanCF KAUFMAN p256]
abt 1712 [Ref: Best KENDIG p17],
parents:
[Ref: Jed Taylor 2/16/2003],
father:
[Ref: Best KENDIG p17, KaufmanCF KAUFMAN p256]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: KaufmanCF KAUFMAN p256]
by 1794 [Ref: Jed Taylor 2/16/2003]
will pro 1794 [Ref: Best KENDIG p17],
place:
[Ref: Best KENDIG p17, Jed Taylor 2/16/2003]
Sources with Information about marriage to Anna Catharine BAUGHMAN
date:
probably 1738 [Ref: Jed Taylor 2/16/2003],
names:
[Ref: Best KENDIG p17],
child:
[Ref: Jed Taylor 2/16/2003]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
child:
Abraham WITMER (#96134) [Ref: Spaetzel WITMER p84]
Jacob WITMER (#91077) [Ref: Spaetzel WITMER p85]
Research Notes:
1733: arrived in Philadelphia with father, age 21 [Ref: Jed Taylor 2/16/2003]

emigrated with two brothers, Michael and Ulrich [Ref: Spaetzel WITMER p80]

settled in Manor Twp [Ref: KaufmanCF KAUFMAN p256]

10 Nov 1743: received a warrant for 270 acres of land in Conestoga Manor [Ref: Spaetzel WITMER p83]

1748: received a further grant of 50 acres in Lebanon Twp [Ref: Spaetzel WITMER p83]

1748: recieved 259 acres of land in Lebanon Twp from wife's father [Ref: Jed Taylor 2/16/2003, Spaetzel WITMER p83]

1750: taxed at Labanon Twp [Ref: Jed Taylor 2/16/2003]

Dec 14 1763: as heirs of Michael Baughman, signed a deed at Lancaster [Ref: Jed Taylor 2/16/2003]

1764: received additional lands in Cocalico Twp [Ref: Spaetzel WITMER p84]

1811: settlement of estate of Anna's brother Christian listed children of Peter & Anna [Ref: Jed Taylor 2/16/2003]



Pedigree of Peter WITMER
                   /-----Heini WITMER
          /-----Uri WITMER
         |         \-----Margareth BENTZ
 /-----Michael WITMER
Peter WITMER
|         /-----Ulrich ROTH
 \-----Anna ROTH



Descendants of Peter WITMER
1. Peter WITMER m. Anna Catharine BAUGHMAN
m. Anna Catharine BAUGHMAN father: Michael BAUGHMAN