Individual Details
Peter Witmer Senior
(Abt 1712 - 1792)
Peter Witmer "arrived in Philadelphia on Decemer 22, 1744, on the ship Muscliffe Galley (Strassburger, Pennsylvania German Pioneers, vol. 3, p. 379)." On 11 February 1745 Peter bought 132 acres in the Manor of Conestoga.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1712 |  | |||
| Marriage | Abt 1745 | Elisabeth Herr | |||
| Marriage | Abt 1748 | Magdalena Shellenberger | |||
| Marriage | Abt 1757 | Catherine Engel | |||
| Death | 1792 | Manor, Lancaster, PA | |||
| Will | 28 Jul 1792 |  | |||
| Alt name | Peter Whitman |
Families
| Spouse | Elisabeth Herr (1717 - 1747) |
| Child | Christian Witmer (1746 - 1777) |
| Spouse | Magdalena Shellenberger ( - ) |
| Child | Magdalena Witmer (1749 - ) |
| Child | Peter Witmer Junior (1751 - ) |
| Child | Maria Witmer (1753 - 1787) |
| Spouse | Catherine Engel (1739 - 1807) |
| Child | John Witmer (1758 - 1792) |
| Child | Anna Witmer (1759 - 1790) |
| Child | Henry Witmer (1761 - 1814) |
| Child | Catherine Witmer (1763 - ) |
| Child | Christina Witmer (1765 - ) |
| Child | Abraham Witmer (1767 - ) |
| Child | Jacob Witmer (1770 - ) |
| Child | David Witmer (1772 - 1843) |
| Child | Daniel Witmer ( - ) |
| Child | Elizabeth Witmer ( - ) |
| Child | Esther Witmer (1776 - ) |
| Child | Barbara Witmer (1776 - ) |
| Child | Susanna Witmer ( - ) |
| Child | Frena Witmer (1782 - ) |
Notes
Will
Peter Witmer, Sr.'s will is F-1-370, Online Vol. E-F, Image 435.Endnotes
1. Allan A. Garber, To God Alone The Honor: The Pioneer Mennonite Families of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Morgantown, PA: Mastof Press, 2017), 541.