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: Jakob WITMER
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 1623 in Hedingen, Switzerland b


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Heini WITMER Birth: Abt 1590 in Hedingen, Switzerland Death: Before 1663 in Hedingen, Switzerland
    • Mother:
  • Margareth BENTZ Birth: Abt 1590 Death: After 1637

Family:
Children:
  1. John WITMER Birth: Abt 1665
  2. Benjamin WITMER Birth: Abt 1670 Death: 5 Dec 1756 in Lampeter Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania

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]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Best KENDIG p17],
place:
[Ref: Best KENDIG p17],
parents:
[Ref: Best KENDIG p17]
Sources with Information about marriage to unknown
child:
[Ref: Best KENDIG p17]
Research Notes:
1634: age 11, servant in Birmensdorf [Ref: Best KENDIG p17]

1637: age 14, serving in Birmensdorf with Jakob Bentz, miller [Ref: Best KENDIG p17]

before 1657: emigrated to Eppingen, Germany [Ref: Best KENDIG p17]

1685: possibly the Mennonite living in Reihen, Germany [Ref: Best KENDIG p17]



Pedigree of Jakob WITMER
 /-----Heini WITMER
Jakob WITMER
 \-----Margareth BENTZ



Descendants of Jakob WITMER
1. Jakob WITMER m.

2nd generation

2. John WITMER m. Catharine (WITMER)
m. Catharine (WITMER)
3. Benjamin WITMER m. Mary (WITMER)
m. Mary (WITMER)

3rd generation

6. Barbara WITMER m. George KENDIG
m. George KENDIG father: Jorg KUNDIG mother: Ursula MULLER
8. Barbara WITMER m. Henry BEAR
m. Henry BEAR father: (Unk) BEAR
14. John WITMER m. Fronica ROLAND
m. Fronica ROLAND father: John ROLAND mother: Anna Maria (ROLAND)

4th generation

19. Elizabeth BEAR m. Henry BRUBAKER
m. Henry BRUBAKER father: Hans BRUBAKER mother: Anna ERNST
21. Fronica BEAR m. Andrew KAUFFMAN
m. Andrew KAUFFMAN
24. John BEAR m. Ann ESHLEMAN
m. Ann ESHLEMAN father: Daniel ESHLEMAN mother: Elizabeth BRUBAKER
25. Henry BEAR m1. Margaret (BEAR) m2. Elizabeth ESHLEMAN
m. Margaret (BEAR)
m. Elizabeth ESHLEMAN father: Daniel ESHLEMAN mother: Elizabeth BRUBAKER
26. Benjamin BEAR m. Maria MEYLIN
m. Maria MEYLIN
29. Benjamin WITMER m. Anna BRUBAKER
m. Anna BRUBAKER father: Jacob BRUBAKER
33. Henry WITMER m. Frances MUSSER
m. Frances MUSSER father: John MUSSER mother: Margaret HAMBRIGHT

5th generation

36. Anna BRUBAKER m. Christian BECKER
m. Christian BECKER father: Arnold BECKER mother: Barbara LANDIS
40. Christian KAUFFMAN m. Catherine HERSHEY
m. Catherine HERSHEY father: Christian HERSHEY mother: Elizabeth BACHMAN
42. Johannes BEAR m. Maria BRUBAKER
m. Maria BRUBAKER father: John Jr BRUBAKER mother: Maria DOWNER
47. Barbara BEAR m. Peter BECKER
m. Peter BECKER father: Arnold BECKER mother: Barbara LANDIS
53. Elizabeth BEAR m. Martin BEAR
m. Martin BEAR father: Benjamin BEAR mother: Maria MEYLIN
56. John BEAR m. Catherine (BEAR)
m. Catherine (BEAR)
61. Martin BEAR m. Elizabeth BEAR
m. Elizabeth BEAR father: Henry BEAR mother: Elizabeth ESHLEMAN
62. Mary BEAR m. John NEIDIG
m. John NEIDIG
65. Benjamin WITMER m. Esther BUCKWALTER
m. Esther BUCKWALTER