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: Peter WITMER
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: Abt 1710 in Richterswil, Switzerland b
  • Death: Before 28 Jul 1792 in Manor Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Peter WIDMER

Family:
Marriage:
Marriage:
Marriage:
Bibliography
  1. Best, Jane Evans, Swiss Bruppachers in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, July 1993. LMHS. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Best BRUBAKER p[0-9]*].
  2. 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]*].
  3. Davis, Richard Warren, Emigrants Refugees and Prisoners, Vol II. Provo, UT: author, 1997. LMHS Ref E184.M45.D3 1995 v2. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Davis Emigrants v2p[0-9]*].
  4. Biographical Annals of Lancaster County Pennsylvania. Spartonburg, SC: Reprint Publishers, 1985. Orig pub 1903. LMHS rF157.L2B6 1985. Available at http://archive.org/details/biographicalanna00megi and at http://archive.org/details/cu31924028852998 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: LancasterCoPA Biog p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
abt 1710 [Ref: Best BRUBAKER p24, Best KENDIG p18]
abt 1715 [Ref: Davis Emigrants v2p421],
place:
[Ref: Best KENDIG p18],
father:
[Ref: Best KENDIG p18]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
father:
Hans Witmer b c1675 [Ref: Davis Emigrants v2p420],
brother:
Michael WITMER and Hans WITMER who immig 1732 [Ref: Davis Emigrants v2p420]
Sources for death Information
date:
1792 [Ref: Best KENDIG p18]
before 28 Jul 1792 [Ref: Best BRUBAKER p24]
by 1792 [Ref: Davis Emigrants v2p421],
place:
[Ref: Davis Emigrants v2p421]
Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth HERR
date:
abt 1745 [Ref: Best BRUBAKER p24, Best KENDIG p18, Davis Emigrants v2p102, Davis Emigrants v2p422]
Sources with Information about marriage to Magdalena SHELLENBERGER
date:
by 1754 [Ref: Best KENDIG p18]
second marriage of Peter [Ref: Davis Emigrants v2p422]
Sources with Information about marriage to Catherine ENGLE
date:
abt 1763 [Ref: Best KENDIG p18]
between 1761 and 1766 [Ref: Davis Emigrants v2p422]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
names:
Benjamin MUSSER & Catherine ENGLE [Ref: LancasterCoPA Biog p257]
Research Notes:
1744: immigrated on Muscliffe Galley [Ref: Best KENDIG p18, Davis Emigrants v2p421]

1744: emigrated to America; settled in Manor Twp, Lancaster Co, PA [Ref: Davis Emigrants v2p420]

Feb 11 1745: bought 132 acres in Conestoga Twp (now Manor Twp) from jacob Brubaker [Ref: Davis Emigrants v2p421]

will dated 20 Nov 1784, pro 28 Jul 1792. Mentions wife Catherine; executors Benjamin Musser and Christian Stauffer; lists 17 of his 18 children [Ref: Davis Emigrants v2p421]



Pedigree of Peter WITMER
                            /-----Hans WITMER
                   /-----Jacob WITMER
          /-----Heinrich WITMER
         |         \-----Regula HAUSLER
 /-----Peter WIDMER
|        |         /-----Conrad HEISTAND
|         \-----Margareth HEISTAND
|                  \-----Anna GLATMAN
Peter WITMER



Descendants of Peter WITMER
1. Peter WITMER m1. Elizabeth HERR m2. Magdalena SHELLENBERGER m3. Catherine ENGLE
m. Elizabeth HERR father: Isaac HERR
m. Magdalena SHELLENBERGER father: Ulrick SHELLENBERGER
m. Catherine ENGLE father: Ulrich ENGLE mother: Anna BRECKBILL