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: 14 Feb 1668 b
  • Death: Abt 1746 in Warwick Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Uri WITMER Birth: 1630

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Ulrich WITMER Birth: 24 Dec 1702 Death: 1768 in Rapho Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
  2. Michael WITMER Birth: 1706 Death: 1706
  3. Peter WITMER Birth: Abt 1706 Death: 3 Sep 1709
  4. Joseph WITMER Birth: 17 Jul 1711
  5. Peter WITMER Birth: 4 Jun 1712 Death: 1792 in Lebanon Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
  6. John WITMER Birth: 22 May 1713 Death: 1782 in Warwick Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
  7. Anna WITMER Birth: 2 Feb 1718
  8. Michael WITMER Birth: 9 Jan 1719

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. Taylor, Jed, Whitmer genealogy, private email, 2/16/2003. Author address: jtaylr2 at uiuc dot edu Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Jed Taylor 2/16/2003].
  3. Kaufman, Charles Fahs, A Genealogy and History of the Kaufman-Coffman Families. York, PA: author, 1940. LHMS CS71.K212 1940. Available at http://books.google.com/books/?id=iBlWAAAAMAAJ. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: KaufmanCF KAUFMAN 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:
[Ref: Jed Taylor 2/16/2003]
abt 1668 [Ref: Best KENDIG p17],
father:
[Ref: Best KENDIG p17]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
parents:
Christopher WITTMER (bp 27 Sep 1636, d. 18 Oct 1726) & (m. 11 May 1656) Agnes BROICH (b. 1664, d. 3 May 1732) [Ref: Jed Taylor 2/16/2003],
brother:
Ulrich #91069 and Peter #91070 [Ref: Spaetzel WITMER p80]
Sources for death Information
date:
will pro 25 May 1746 [Ref: Best KENDIG p17, Jed Taylor 2/16/2003],
place:
[Ref: Best KENDIG p17, Jed Taylor 2/16/2003]
Sources with Information about marriage to Anna ROTH
date:
[Ref: Jed Taylor 2/16/2003],
child:
[Ref: Jed Taylor 2/16/2003]
Research Notes:
emigrated 1733 on Hope, age 65 [Ref: Best KENDIG p17, Jed Taylor 2/16/2003]

emigrated with four children, Ulrich, Peter, John, and Anna. Made his mark with a "W" on the ship list [Ref: Jed Taylor 2/16/2003]



Pedigree of Michael WITMER
          /-----Heini WITMER
 /-----Uri WITMER
|         \-----Margareth BENTZ
Michael WITMER



Descendants of Michael WITMER
1. Michael WITMER m. Anna ROTH
m. Anna ROTH father: Ulrich ROTH

2nd generation

2. Ulrich WITMER m.
6. Peter WITMER m. Anna Catharine BAUGHMAN
m. Anna Catharine BAUGHMAN father: Michael BAUGHMAN
7. John WITMER m.

3rd generation

13. Jacob WITMER m.
14. Christian WITMER m. Mary (WITMER)
m. Mary (WITMER)
28. Jacob WITMER m. Veronica KAUFFMAN
m. Veronica KAUFFMAN father: Johan Andreas KAUFFMAN mother: Elizabeth KNEISSLE