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: Michael WITMER
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: Abt 1718 b
  • Death: Before 18 Sep 1789 in Manor Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania d
  • Burial: Witmer Cemetery, Manor Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania u


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • John WITMER Birth: Abt 1665
    • Mother:
  • Catharine (WITMER) Death: After 1751

Family:
Marriage:
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. Mason, Floyd R, Hershey Family Tree of Pennsylvania. Bridgewater, VA: author, 2002. NYPL APV (Hershey) 05-3375. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Mason HERSHEY 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:
abt 1714 [Ref: Spaetzel WITMER p80]
abt 1718 [Ref: Best KENDIG p17],
parents:
John WITMER & Catharine ___ [Ref: Best KENDIG p17, LancasterCoPA Deeds C-254]
Sources for death Information
date:
inventory 18 Sep 1789 [Ref: Best KENDIG p17],
place:
[Ref: Best KENDIG p17]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: Best KENDIG p17]
Sources with Information about marriage to Anna LONG
names:
[Ref: Best KENDIG p17, Mason HERSHEY p10]
Research Notes:
immigrated with parents when 2 years old in 1716 [Ref: Spaetzel WITMER p80]

received his father's farm for "Love and affection and 250 pounds" [Ref: Spaetzel WITMER p82]



Pedigree of Michael WITMER
                   /-----Heini WITMER
          /-----Jakob WITMER
         |         \-----Margareth BENTZ
 /-----John WITMER
Michael WITMER
 \-----Catharine (WITMER)



Descendants of Michael WITMER
1. Michael WITMER m. Anna LONG
m. Anna LONG father: Herman LONG mother: Anna HERSHEY