John Dewatt Weimer (I36636)
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| Birth | 14 June 1740  49 45 Langensoultzbach, Bas-Rhin, France |
| Birth | January 1740 Dortmund, Germany |
| Death of father | 8 September 1750 (Age 10) Johann Martin Weimer (I38442) (Age 59) - [Relationship Chart] |
| Immigration | 1760 (Age 20) to America |
| Marriage | 7 May 1761 (Age 20) Susanna(H) Ackerman - [View Family (F16098)]
Milford Township, Somerset, Pa |
| Residence | 1772/1773 (Age approx. 32-33) Somerset Co., Pa |
| Death | 24 January 1831 (Age 90) Donegal, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA |
| death | 24 January 1831 Milford Township, Somerset, Pa |
| Ancestral File Number (AFN) | 1VSM-13 |
| Reference Number | 168B |
| Universal Identifier | 06E2AAC76F65B548A730074B3D8FA8AA71EE |
| Military Service | CPL Valley Forge |
| Membership | Member of Samuels/Sanner /Laurel Church |
| Alt. Death | Westmoreland Co., Pa |
| Burial | Laurel Cemetary, Westmoreland Co., Pa |
| Last Change | 25 June 2006 - 21:01:04 |
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One of Somerset Counties earliest settlers in Milford Twp., where he owned several farms at the time of his death. John was blind for many years. John and Susannah may have sailed from Rotterdam and arrived in Philadelphia on Oct 27, 1764 on the ship ''Hero''. However, some records state that they married in 1761 in PA. His brothers Martin and Frederick also came to America. John served in the Revolutionary War as Corporal in Captain John Reiley's Company, Third Pennsylvania Continental Line in 1778 which was at Valley Forge with George Washington. Following the war, the family settled in Somerset Co. PA where John was granted 336 acres of ''bounty land'' in Milford Township for his military service. He was one of the first settlers there, and the family lived on a farm in the northeastern part of the township. He received title to his land on February 26, 1788, and named it ''Prospect Hill.'' In 1785 he and his family helped to found Samuel's Evangelical Lutheran Church, which is about three miles west of the town of Somerset. John's brother Martin and his family settled in the southern part of the county, near the Maryland border. John lived quite long and was blind for many years. Laurel Cemetery outside New Florence on old Boswell Rd on the ship ''Hero.'' Date reported in family Bible. |
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