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Person Info

• Name: Benjamin WITMER
• Sex: M
• Birth: Abt 1670 ^b
• Death: 5 Dec 1756 in Lampeter Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania ^d


Parents:

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

Family:
Marriage:

• Mary (WITMER) .^m1
  
• Mary (WITMER)

Children:

1. Barbara WITMER Death: Before 1781
2. Abraham WITMER Birth: Switzerland Death: Abt 1782
3. Anna WITMER Death: After 1781
4. Magdalena WITMER Death: Before 13 Apr 1785
5. Jacob WITMER
6. Benjamin WITMER Birth: 1705 Death: 5 Aug 1769 in Frederick Co, Maryland
7. John WITMER Birth: 1719 Death: Before 13 Nov 1794

Bibliography

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:

abt 1670 [Ref: Best KENDIG p17],

father:

[Ref: Best KENDIG p17]

Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information

cousin:

first cousin, not brother, of John WITMER [Ref: Spaetzel WITMER p80]

Sources for death Information

date:

[Ref: Best KENDIG p17],

place:

[Ref: Best KENDIG p17]

Sources with Information about marriage to Mary (WITMER)

names:

Benjamin WITMER & Mary ___ [Ref: Best KENDIG p15, Best KENDIG p17, LancasterCoPA Biog p601, Spaetzel WITMER p82],

child:

[Ref: Best KENDIG p15, Best KENDIG p17, LancasterCoPA Biog p601, Spaetzel WITMER p82]

Research Notes:
1716: emigrated from Switzerland; final location Lancaster Co, PA [Ref: LancasterCoPA Biog p601]

immigrated in 1716 with son Abraham [Ref: Spaetzel WITMER p80]

before 1718: immigrated to Lampeter Twp, Lancaster Co, PA [Ref: Best KENDIG p17]

1722: obtained 250 acres of land in Lampeter Township [Ref: Spaetzel WITMER p82]

1739: naturalized [Ref: LancasterCoPA Biog p601]

in will, his 250 acres of land in Lampeter Township passed to his son John [Ref: Spaetzel WITMER p82]



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



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