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: John WITMER
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: Abt 1665 b


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Jakob WITMER Birth: 1623 in Hedingen, Switzerland

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Elizabeth WITMER Death: After 1756
  2. Magdalena WITMER
  3. Barbara WITMER Birth: Abt 1715
  4. Michael WITMER Birth: Abt 1718 Death: Before 18 Sep 1789 in Manor 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]*].
  2. Lancaster County Pennsylvania Recorder of Deeds, Deed books 1729-1867. SLC: GeneSocUT, 1947. Book C, 1729-1753, LDS Film#0021382#3. Lancaster County Court House, Office of Records and Archives, 50 N Duke St, Lancaster, PA. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/007837371 images 597-8. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds C-254].
  3. 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:
1688 [Ref: Spaetzel WITMER p80]
abt 1665 [Ref: Best KENDIG p17],
father:
[Ref: Best KENDIG p17]
Sources with Information about marriage to Catharine (WITMER)
date:
first marriage of Catharine [Ref: Best KENDIG p17, LancasterCoPA Deeds C-254],
names:
John WITMER & Catharine ___ [Ref: Best KENDIG p17, LancasterCoPA Deeds C-254, Spaetzel WITMER p80]
John WITMER & Catherine ___ [Ref: Spaetzel WITMER p82],
child:
[Ref: Best KENDIG p17, LancasterCoPA Deeds C-254, Spaetzel WITMER p82]
Research Notes:
1717: immigrated [Ref: Best KENDIG p17]

came to Pennsylvania in 1716, with wife Catherine and two small children, Elizabeth and Michael [Ref: Spaetzel WITMER p80]

adm bond Dec 17 1728, Manor Twp [Ref: Best KENDIG p17]

obtained 200 acres of land in Manor Twp, neighboring Henry Bear and Andreas Kaufmann [Ref: Spaetzel WITMER p82]



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



Descendants of John WITMER
1. John WITMER m. Catharine (WITMER)
m. Catharine (WITMER)

2nd generation

4. Barbara WITMER m. George KENDIG
m. George KENDIG father: Jorg KUNDIG mother: Ursula MULLER