Individual Details
Samuel Oberholtzer Senior
(Abt 1755 - Abt 19 Aug 1822)
Samuel Oberholtzer's home held Mennonite services for many years. Around 1800 a log structure was built on his property to house the Rothsville (Rabbit Hill) Mennonite meeting house. This was the first church of any denomination in the Hess-Landis Valley and the Hammer Creek Districts. Around 1856, this log structure was replaced with a brick structure that became the Hess Meetinghouse.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1755 | Manor, Lancaster, PA |  | ||
| Death | Abt 19 Aug 1822 | Warwick, Lancaster, PA | | ||
| Probate | 16 Sep 1822 | | |||
| Will | 16 Sep 1822 |  | |||
| Burial | Oberholtzer Family Cemetery (Farm), Rothsville, Lancaster, PA | |
Families
| Spouse | Christiana Resh (1766 - 1850) |
| Child | Mary Oberholtzer (1794 - ) |
| Child | Christian Oberholtzer (1799 - 1881) |
| Child | Esther Oberholtzer (1800 - ) |
| Child | Samuel Resh Oberholtzer Junior (1802 - 1875) |
| Child | Jacob Oberholtzer (1805 - 1865) |
| Child | Catharine Oberholtzer (1806 - ) |
| Spouse | Anna Wissler (1761 - 1794) |
| Child | Elizabeth W. Oberholtzer (1785 - ) |
| Child | Barbara Oberholtzer (1787 - ) |
| Child | Anna Oberholtzer (1788 - 1850) |
| Child | Magdalena Oberholtzer (1791 - 1854) |
| Father | Martin Oberholtzer Senior (1727 - 1767) |
| Mother | Elizabeth ( - 1781) |
| Sibling | Living |
| Sibling | Christian Oberholtzer (1753 - 1822) |
| Sibling | Maria Oberholtzer ( - 1834) |
| Sibling | Living |
| Sibling | Living |
| Sibling | Martin Oberholtzer Junior (1764 - 1833) |
| Sibling | Magdalena Oberholtzer ( - ) |
Notes
Will
Samuel Oberholtzer, Sr.'s will is N-1-213, Online Vol. N-P, Image 111.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 27.
2. Stauffer, Carol Ann Sensenig, "Readers' Ancestry: Sensenig," Pennyslvania Mennonite Heritage, 43, Number 1 (January 2020): 24.
3. Lehman, Lola M. "Readers' Ancestry." Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage. Volume 34, Number 4 (October 2011), pages24-33, 31.
4. 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 27.