Individual Details
Joseph Buckwalter Senior
(Abt 1692 - 1748)
Joseph Buckwalter and his son, Abraham, operated a mill at the site of the current Lancaster Mennonite School. He settled on the land in 1723, and became a naturalized British citizen on 14 February 1729/1730. He probably came to America in 1717 or 1718.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1692 | , , , Switzerland |  | ||
| Marriage | 1735 | Barbara Landis | | ||
| Death | 1748 | East Lampeter, Lancaster, PA | | ||
| Will | 2 Apr 1748 |  | |||
| Alt name | Joseph Buchwalder | ||||
| Alt name | Josef Buckwalter |
Families
| Spouse | Magdalena Fritz (1692 - ) |
| Child | Abraham Buckwalter Senior (1726 - 1820) |
| Child | Barbara Buckwalter (1728 - ) |
| Child | Magdalena Buckwalter (1731 - ) |
| Child | Esther Buckwalter ( - 1802) |
| Spouse | Barbara Landis ( - ) |
| Child | Johannes Buckwalter (1737 - ) |
| Child | Jacob Buckwalter (1738 - 1748) |
| Child | Feronica Buckwalter ( - 1826) |
| Child | Joseph Buckwalter Junior (1744 - 1819) |
| Child | Maria Buckwalter (1746 - 1828) |
| Father | Francis Buchwalder (1665 - 1723) |
| Mother | Maria Mellinger (1668 - 1710) |
| Sibling | Jacob Buckwalter (1694 - 1761) |
| Sibling | Johannes Buckwalter (1698 - 1776) |
| Sibling | Maria Buckwalter (1700 - 1782) |
| Sibling | Theodorus "Durst" Buckwalter (1702 - 1782) |
Notes
Will
Josef Buckwalter, Sr.'s will is A-1-142, Microfilm Vol. A-B, Image 75.Endnotes
1. Oberholtzer, Dennis Lee. paradiseliving@comcast.net.
2. Allan A. Garber, To God Alone The Honor: The Pioneer Mennonite Families of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Morgantown, PA: Mastof Press, 2017), 52.
3. Fullerton, W. B. Pennsylvania Dutchman, Volume 3, Number 2, p. 6.