Individual Details
David Witmer
(15 Dec 1752 - 15 Aug 1835)
David Witmer was a founder of Paradise, Pennsylvania. He ran four mills, water, corn, merchant and saw, on Pequea Creek. He sold the land that became the Paradise Mennonite Meetinghouse in 1807. With his son, Henry, David published the Paradise Hornet newspaper. In 1818 he left the Mennonite Church and helped organize All Saints Episcopal Church in Paradise.
Events
| Birth | 15 Dec 1752 |  | |||
| Marriage | 21 Jan 1774 | Lancaster, Lancaster, PA - Esther Kendig |  | ||
| Death | 15 Aug 1835 | Paradise, Lancaster, PA | |||
| Burial | Carpenter's Cemetery, Paradise, Lancaster, PA |
Families
| Spouse | Esther Kendig ( - 1831) |
| Child | David Witmer Junior (1778 - 1852) |
| Child | Henry Witmer (1798 - 1847) |
| Father | Hans Witmer (1719 - 1794) |
| Mother | Fronica Rowland (1720 - ) |
| Sibling | Anna Witmer (1739 - 1809) |
| Sibling | Benjamin Witmer Senior (1743 - 1821) |
| Sibling | Abraham Witmer Senior ( - 1818) |
| Sibling | John Witmer Junior (1749 - 1793) |
| Sibling | Henry Witmer ( - ) |
| Sibling | Jacob Witmer ( - 1775) |
| Sibling | Daniel Witmer (1759 - 1819) |
Notes
Marriage
David Witmer and Esther Kendig were married at Lancaster Episcopal.Endnotes
1. Best, Jane Evans, "Martin Kendig's Swiss Relatives," (Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage. Volume. XV, Number 1, January 1992, Pages 2-18), page 6.