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    Person Info
  • Name: Christian HERR
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 1680 b
  • Death: Abt 1750 in Lampeter Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania d


  • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Hans HERR Birth: 1 Sep 1639 in Zurich, Switzerland Death: 11 Oct 1725 in Lampeter Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
  • Mother:
  • Barbel KENDIG Birth: 1644 in Zurich, Switzerland Death: 30 Jun 1730 in Lampeter Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Christian HERR Death: 1763 in Lampeter, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
  2. Abraham HERR Death: 1756 in Lampeter, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
  3. Anna HERR Death: Strasburg, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
  4. Maria HERR Death: Quarryville, Pennsylvania
  5. Susanna HERR
  6. John HERR Birth: Abt 1702 Death: Before 19 Oct 1773 in Lampeter Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
  7. Elizabeth HERR Birth: Abt 1708 Death: 1790 in Lampeter, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
  8. Barbara HERR Birth: 15 Dec 1769 Death: 22 May 1854

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. Best, Jane Evans, Swiss Origins of Groff, Hess, Weber, Landis, and Oberholtzer Families. In Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, Apr 1990. pp9-25. LMHS Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p[0-9]*].
  3. books/Herr, Theodore, Genealogical Record of Reverend Hans Herr and his descendants. Lancaster, PA: author, 1908. Available at http://archive.org/details/cu31924029842204 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: HerrT HERR p[0-9]*].
  4. Wenger, Samuel S, The Wenger Book, Lancaster, PA: Pennsylvania German Heritage, 1978. NYPL APV (Wenger) 86-601. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: WengerSS WENGER p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Best KENDIG p15],
parents:
[Ref: Best KENDIG p15, WengerSS WENGER p1065],
father:
[Ref: HerrT HERR p1]
Sources for death Information
date:
will dated 23 Jan 1749/50 [Ref: Best KENDIG p15],
place:
[Ref: Best KENDIG p15]
Sources with Information about marriage to Anna (HERR)
names:
Christian HERR & Anna ___ [Ref: Best KENDIG p15, Best SwissOrigins p11, HerrT HERR p1, HerrT HERR p2, WengerSS WENGER p1065],
child:
[Ref: Best KENDIG p15, Best SwissOrigins p11, HerrT HERR p2, WengerSS WENGER p1065]
Research Notes:
Jun 27 1710: signed London letter [Ref: Best KENDIG p15]

Oct 10 1710: warranted 530 acres in Strasburg Twp [Ref: Best KENDIG p15]

1725: signed Dortrecht Confession [Ref: Best KENDIG p15]

will dated Jan 23 1749/50 [Ref: Best KENDIG p15]



Pedigree of Christian HERR
          /-----Christian HERR
 /-----Hans HERR
Christian HERR
|                  /-----Peter KUNDIG
|         /-----Jorg KUNDIG
 \-----Barbel KENDIG
          \-----Barbel HUFFELBERG



Descendants of Christian HERR
1. Christian HERR m. Anna (HERR)
m. Anna (HERR)

2nd generation

2. Christian HERR m. Barbara Ann (HERR)
m. Barbara Ann (HERR)
8. Elizabeth HERR m. Michael GROFF
m. Michael GROFF father: Johann Christian GRAF mother: Susanna (GRAF)

3rd generation

10. Ann HERR m1. John KENDIG m2. Michael WEDDER
m. John KENDIG father: John Jacob KENDIG mother: Annali MEYER
m. Michael WEDDER