Individual Details
Christian Newcomer Senior
(1745 - 10 Mar 1805)
Christian Newcomer bought his father-in-law's Manor farm in 1764, after Michael Witmer's death.
Events
| Birth | 1745 | Hempfield, Lancaster, PA | ![]() | ![]() | |
| Death | 10 Mar 1805 | Manor, Lancaster, PA | ![]() | ![]() | |
| Will | 19 Mar 1805 | ![]() | |||
| Marriage | Manor, Lancaster, PA - Anna Witmer | ||||
| Burial | Habecker Mennonite Cemetery, Manor, Lancaster, PA |
Families
| Spouse | Anna Witmer (1741 - 1813) |
| Child | Anna Newcomer ( - ) |
| Child | John Newcomer Senior (1769 - 1867) |
| Child | Christian Newcomer Junior (1773 - 1814) |
| Child | Jacob Newcomer ( - ) |
| Child | Peter Newcomer ( - ) |
| Child | Abraham Newcomer ( - ) |
| Child | Barbara Newcomer ( - ) |
| Child | Elisabeth Newcomer (1776 - 1857) |
| Child | Magdelena Newcomer ( - ) |
| Father | Hans Newcomer Senior (1707 - ) |
| Mother | ms ( - ) |
| Sibling | Barbara Newcomer (1740 - 1832) |
| Sibling | Anna Elisabeth Newcomer (1747 - ) |
| Sibling | Maria Newcomer (1749 - ) |
| Sibling | Anna Newcomer ( - 1832) |
| Sibling | Johannes Newcomer Junior (1754 - 1848) |
| Sibling | Susanna Newcomer (1758 - ) |
Notes
Birth
Christian Newcomer was born in 1748, according to Virginia Lane.Death
Christian Newcomer is listed as deceased in his brother's (John Newcomer) will, written in 1822 (Marsha Rising had incorrectly listed the will as written in 1792). This has led to Christian incorrectly being listed as dying by 1792.Will
Christian Newcomer, Sr. named David Mellinger and Jacob Hershey as the executors of his will: I-1-363, Online Vol. I-K, Image 196.Endnotes
1. Virginia N. Lane, "Newcomers of Lancaster County: 1711---Mid 1800's," 6; , Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Newcomer File.
2. Rising, Marsha Hoffman, "Newcomer Families of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania,"; , Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Newcomer File.
3. Lane, Virginia Newcomer, "Early Newcomers of Lancaster County." (Mennonite Family History, (1983) Volume II, No. 3), 108 & 109.

