Individual Details

Hans "Johann Anton" Weber

(Abt 1658 - 17 Dec 1724)

Hans Weber and family came to Pennsylvania from Baretswil, Canton Zurich, Switzerland by way of Hamm, Lower Palatinate (1682), Neustadt, Palatinate (1689), and Friedrichstadt, Schleswig-Holstein (1693). Lena and Lester Hoover gave Johann Weber's home as Winterthur Canton, Zurich, Switzerland.

In the summer of 1711, Hans Weber bought 260 acres on the northeast side of the current Pioneer (Weaver) Road, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Ulrich Houser bought 240 acres, and the 500 acres were purchased from John Rudolph Bondeli. Hans eventually bought land for all four of his sons.

Events

Baptism10 Jan 1658Baretswil, Zurich, Switzerland
BirthAbt 1658Schaffhause, , Switzerland
MarriageAbt 1680Maria Margaretha Herr
Death17 Dec 1724Bowmansville, Lancaster, PA
Probate3 Nov 1725Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Alt nameHans Weaver
Alt nameJohn Weber
Alt nameHameo Hanns Weber

Families

SpouseMaria Margaretha Herr (1663 - 1725)
ChildJohannes Weber (1685 - 1755)
ChildJacob Weber Senior (1688 - 1747)
ChildHendrich Weber (1690 - 1745)
ChildGeorg Weber (1693 - 1772)
ChildMaria Weber (1700 - )
FatherHeinrich Waber Senior (1621 - 1696)
MotherElsbeth Ruggin (1622 - 1670)
SiblingJagli Weber (1641 - )
SiblingSamuel Weber (1643 - 1700)
SiblingAnna Weber (1644 - )
SiblingElsbeth Weber (1646 - )
SiblingHeinrich Weber Junior (1647 - )
SiblingBarbeli Weber (1651 - )
SiblingGeorg Weber (1655 - )
SiblingHans Rudolf Weber (1660 - )
SiblingVerena Weber (1664 - )

Notes

Birth

Lena and Lester Hoover gave 1640 as the year of Johann Weber's birth.

Marriage

Maria Herr and Hans Weber may have had a sixth child: Anna Weaver (1700-1727) who married David Martin (1691-1784).

Death

Hans Weber died in West Lampeter, according to Allan Garber.

Probate

Hans Weber's will was D-434 Philadelphia.

Endnotes

1. Oberholtzer, Noah, Jr. "Readers' Ancestry." Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage. Volume 28, Number1 (January 2005), pages 26-29. Contact: 202 East Eby Road, Leola, PA 17540-9508. Telephone: 717-656-8036., page 29.

2. Evans, Grace Wagner. "Readers' Ancestry." Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage. Volume 27, Number 3, July 2004, pages 28-31., page 31.

3. Jackson, Melanie Phillips, Descendants of Heinrich Hans Weber (Melanie Phillips Jackson. 1344 Raintree Lane N.E., Arab, AL 35016. Telephone: 256-931-5862. Email: mjack2160@aol.com. Home Page: htt;://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/j/a/c/Melanie-Jackson-AL/in dex.html).

4. Ness, Daniel K. "Readers' Ancestry." Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage. Volume 27, Number 2 (April 2004). Pages 24-28., page 28.

5. Jackson, Melanie Phillips, Descendants of Heinrich Hans Weber (Melanie Phillips Jackson. 1344 Raintree Lane N.E., Arab, AL 35016. Telephone: 256-931-5862. Email: mjack2160@aol.com. Home Page: htt;://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/j/a/c/Melanie-Jackson-AL/in dex.html).

6. Jackson, Melanie Phillips, Descendants of Heinrich Hans Weber (Melanie Phillips Jackson. 1344 Raintree Lane N.E., Arab, AL 35016. Telephone: 256-931-5862. Email: mjack2160@aol.com. Home Page: htt;://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/j/a/c/Melanie-Jackson-AL/in dex.html).

7. Allan A. Garber, To God Alone The Honor: The Pioneer Mennonite Families of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Morgantown, PA: Mastof Press, 2017), 520.

8. Krol, Barbara (McPherson) (Barbara (McPherson) Krol. 2704 Via Campesina, Palos Verdes, CA 90274. Email: kroluse@aol.com).