Person:John Witmer (4)

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John Witmer, Jr.
b.1749 Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
d.May 1793 Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
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  • H.  John Witmer, Jr.1749 - 1793
  • W.  Mary Herman1750 - 1802
m. 24 Jan 1769
  1. Eliza WitmerAbt 1775 - Abt 1835
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Name John Witmer, Jr.
Gender Male
Birth? 1749 Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Marriage 24 Jan 1769 Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United StatesSt. James Episcopal Church
to Mary Herman
Military[1] 1776 Rev war - Militia Captain
Residence? Aft 1776 Radnor, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States
Death? May 1793 Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Will[2] 1794 Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
Occupation[1] Lampeter, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United StatesInnkeeper
Other[3] 13 Nov 1794 Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United StatesBeneficiary of his father's will
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Phillip E. Bedient. Descendants of Benjamin Witmer of Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. (Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, Lancaster, PA)
    July 1991, page 26.
  2. ↑ Eleanor Jane Fulton and Barbara Kendig Mylin. An Index to the Will Books and Intestate Records of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania - 1729-1850. (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore 1994)
    page 109.
  3. ↑ F. Edward Wright, Editor. Abstracts of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Wills - 1786-1820. (Willow Bend Books, Westminster, Carroll County, Maryland 2001)
    page 242.
  4.   .

    Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books, Volume 69, page 73

    (Anne Cartwell Evans) states he was a member of the Committee of Correspondence of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

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    Phillip Bedient, Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, July 1991, page 26, notes that in 1775 John sold 40 acres that had originally belonged to his father-in-law to George Bressler. He then moved to Lancaster and became a captain in the militia.

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    Biographical Annals of Lancaster County, Pa., Beers, 1903, pp. 226-7 - (subject : Henry Leaman Frantz)

    John Witmer was a member of General Washington's staff of observation.
    He died in May, 1793, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvani
    He and his wife, Mary (Harmon), were members of the Lutheran Church.

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