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: Johannes WIDMER
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: Abt Jun 1704 b
  • Baptism: 15 Jun 1704 in Richterswil, Switzerland c
  • Death: 1749 in Manor Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Jacob WIDMER
    • Mother:
  • Elsbeth SWITZ

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Catherine WIDMER Birth: Abt 1728
  2. John WIDMER Birth: Abt 1730 Death: Abt 1817
  3. Jacob WIDMER Birth: Abt 1734 Death: Before 1807 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. 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]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
abt 1705 [Ref: Davis Emigrants v2p420]
bp 15 Jun 1704 [Ref: Best KENDIG p18],
parents:
[Ref: Best KENDIG p18]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
father:
Hans WITMER b c1675 [Ref: Davis Emigrants v2p420],
brother:
Michael WITMER immig 1732 and Peter immig 1744 [Ref: Davis Emigrants v2p420]
Sources for baptism Information
date:
[Ref: Best KENDIG p18],
place:
[Ref: Best KENDIG p18]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Best KENDIG p18, Davis Emigrants v2p420],
place:
[Ref: Best KENDIG p18, Davis Emigrants v2p420]
Sources with Information about marriage to Margaret (WIDMER)
names:
Hans WIDMER & Margaret ___ [Ref: Davis Emigrants v2p420]
Johannes WITMER & Margaret ___ [Ref: Best KENDIG p18],
child:
[Ref: Davis Emigrants v2p420]
Research Notes:
1731: lived at Zimmerhof with another Hans Wittmer [Ref: Davis Emigrants v2p420]

1732: went to Pennsylvania from Zimmerhof with his wife and two children [Ref: Davis Emigrants v2p420]

1732: immigrated on Dragon [Ref: Best KENDIG p18]

Sep 30 1732: arrived Philadelphia on ship "Dragon" [Ref: Davis Emigrants v2p420]

1749: died intestate, in Manor Twp, Lancaster Co [Ref: Davis Emigrants v2p420]



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



Descendants of Johannes WIDMER
1. Johannes WIDMER m. Margaret (WIDMER)
m. Margaret (WIDMER)