Individual Details

Michael Witwer

(By 1714 - 1778)

Michael Witwer emigrated with his parents to America in 1717. He ran a mill and was a deacon. When the mill was demolished in 1934, the millstone read "M. W. Witwer 1774." His home still stands at 3134 Division Highway, New Holland, Pennsylvania.



Events

BirthBy 1714, , Bern, Switzerland
MarriageBy 1758Maria Sensenig
Death1778Earl, Lancaster, PA
Will16 Feb 1785
BurialWitwer/Holl Graveyard, Earl, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Families

SpouseMaria Sensenig (1725 - 1791)
ChildBarbara Witwer ( - 1816)
ChildJonas S. Witwer (1763 - 1845)
ChildDavid Witwer (1765 - 1829)
ChildDaniel Witwer Senior (1768 - 1819)
ChildMaria Witwer (1773 - 1856)
Spousems ( - )
ChildHans Witwer (1739 - 1824)
ChildJoseph Witwer (1744 - 1824)
ChildElizabeth Witwer (1744 - 1821)
FatherHans Witwer Junior (1671 - 1741)
MotherLiving
SiblingMaria Witwer ( - 1802)

Notes

Marriage

Michael Witwer had ten children, acording to Witwer and Witwer, however Michael listed only eight in his will. The two others, named Fanny and Anna, may have died at birth, or Witwer and Witwer, who listed husbands for both women, may have been mistaken.

Will

Deacon Michael Witwer's will is E-1-184, Online Vol. E-F, Image 102.

Endnotes

1. Witwer, Barbara E. (Sutphin). "Readers' Ancestry." Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, Volume 34, Number 3 (July 2011), pages 46-51., page 50.

2. Good, James Gingrich. "Reader's Ancestry" Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage," Volume 36, Number 1 (January 2013), pages 27-34, page 32.

3. Lahr, Denise Witwer and Thomas Witwer Richards. "The Witwer Family of Earl Township: Part I, Hans Wittwer. Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage. July 2003, Volume 26, Number 3, pages 14-23., 18.

4. Allan A Garber, To God AloneThe Honor: The Pioneer Mennonite Families of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Morgan Town, PA: Masthof Press, Third Edition, 2020), 695.

5. Lahr, Denise Witwer and Thomas Witwer Richards. "The Witwer Family of Earl Township: Part Two: Michael Witwer." Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage. Volume 27, Number 3, July 2004, pages 18-27, page 22.

6. Witwer, Barbara E. (Sutphin). "Readers' Ancestry." Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, Volume 34, Number 3 (July 2011), pages 46-51., page 50.