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Descendants of Marcus Oberholtzer,Sr
 

Generation No. 1

1. MARCUS1 OBERHOLTZER,SR was born 1664 in Europe, and died 1725. He married ELIZABETH ?.

Notes for MARCUS OBERHOLTZER,SR:
Went from Europe to America 1710.
Resided in East Coventry Twp,Chester Co,PA.

Children of MARCUS OBERHOLTZER and ELIZABETH ? are:
2. i. JACOB2 OVERHOLTZER, b. 1699, Europe; d. 1760, Bedminster Twp/Plumstead Twp,Bucks Co,PA.
3. ii. NANNY OVERHOLT, b. 1703, Europe; d. Aft. 1787, Bedminster Twp,Bucks Co,Pa.
4. iii. SAMUEL OVERHOLTZER, b. 1701; d. Aft. 1759, Chester Co,Pa.
iv. MARCUS OVERHOLTZER,JR, b. 1706; d. 1772, Chester Co,Pa.

Notes for MARCUS OVERHOLTZER,JR:
Resided in Coventry Twp, Deep Run, and again in Coventry, where he was constable in the year 1742. Marcus acquired 100 acres in Coventry Twp and based on Tax returns, lived there from 1743 until 1760.
His will and tax records suggest that Jacob Sheffer, an inmate or renter, cared for Marcus and his wife by handling the farm crops for a year. Marcus left two small legacies to his brothers Jacob and Henry Overholtzer and the proceeds of the estate were to be left to the three children of his sister, Elizabeth Kolb. The estate was settled in the year 1772.
 

v. ELIZABETH OVERHOLTZER, b. 1708; m. ? KOLB.
5. vi. MARTIN OVERHOLTZER I, b. 1709, London; d. 05-Apr-1744, Bucks Co,Pa.
vii. HENRY OVERHOLTZER, b. 1713, Coventry Twp, Chester Co,Pa; d. Aft. Apr-1740, Bucks Co,Pa.

Notes for HENRY OVERHOLTZER:
From 1729 to 1740 he paid quit rents, which had been paid by his mother, in 1727. In 1735 he inherited 200 of Marcus's 300 acres in Coventry Twp, for which Jacob Bauch obtained title by 1743. This land lay adjacent to that of his brother Marcus..
 

Generation No. 2

2. JACOB2 OVERHOLTZER (MARCUS1 OBERHOLTZER,SR) was born 1699 in Europe, and died 1760 in Bedminster Twp/Plumstead Twp,Bucks Co,PA. He married BARBARA ?.

Children of JACOB OVERHOLTZER and BARBARA ? are:
6. i. JACOB3 OVERHOLTZER II.
7. ii. ABRAHAM OVERHOLT.
8. iii. ANN OVERHOLT.
9. iv. ELIZABETH OVERHOLTZER.
v. MARY OVERHOLTZER, m. DANIEL BEWIGHOUSE.
10. vi. BARBARA OVERHOLTZER, b. 1726; d. 03-Feb-1765.
11. vii. HESTER OVERHOLTZER, b. 16-May-1728.
12. viii. MAGDALENA OVERHOLTZER, d. Aft. 1811.
13. ix. SARAH OVERHOLT, b. 30-Sep-1727; d. 07-May-1815.

3. NANNY2 OVERHOLT (MARCUS1 OBERHOLTZER,SR) was born 1703 in Europe, and died Aft. 1787 in Bedminster Twp,Bucks Co,Pa. She married JACOB WISMER II 1720 in Pennsylvania, son of JACOB WISMER and MARIA FRETZ/FRIEDT. He was born 1689 in Germany, and died 04-Feb-1787 in Bedminster Twp,Bucks Co,PA.

Notes for JACOB WISMER II:
Jacob Wismer,Jr immigrated to Byberry, Philadelphia County,Pa then later to the Neuse River, Roanoke, Craven Precinct (now New Bern) North Carolina in 1710. He acquired 440 acres of land. That settlement was attacked by indians and Jacob escaped and moved north, ultimately settling in Bedminster, Bucks County,Pennsylvania in 1726 where he married Nancy Overholt.

Jacob made his will in 1773. His son Henry Wismer purchased the homestead on 12th of April, 1773 and received no share of the inheritance.
 

Children of NANNY OVERHOLT and JACOB WISMER are:
14. i. ABRAHAM3 WISMER, b. 20-Feb-1742/43, Bucks Co,Pa; d. 27-Apr-1828.
15. ii. MARK WISMER, b. 1737, Bucks Co,Pa; d. 1831.
16. iii. JACOB WISMER III, b. 1726, Bucks Co,Pa.
iv. MARY WISMER, m. CHRISTOPHER ANGENY.
17. v. ELIZABETH WISMER.
vi. JOSEPH WISMER, d. Bef. 1787.

Notes for JOSEPH WISMER:
Joseph Wismer had two sons.

18. vii. HENRY WISMER.
viii. DANIEL WISMER, d. 1795.
ix. JOHN WISMER, d. 1795.
x. CHRISTIAN WISMER, d. 1795.
xi. NANNY WISMER, m. HENRY KEPHART.

4. SAMUEL2 OVERHOLTZER (MARCUS1 OBERHOLTZER,SR) was born 1701, and died Aft. 1759 in Chester Co,Pa. He married ELIZABETH ?.

Children of SAMUEL OVERHOLTZER and ELIZABETH ? are:
19. i. MARCUS3 OVERHOLTZER, d. 1754.
ii. MAGDALENA OVERHOLT, m. CHRISTIAN HUNTSBERGER/HUNSBERRY.
20. iii. MARTIN OVERHOLT, b. 1745; d. 1816.

5. MARTIN2 OVERHOLTZER I (MARCUS1 OBERHOLTZER,SR) was born 1709 in London, and died 05-Apr-1744 in Bucks Co,Pa. He married AGNES KOLB 02-Nov-1736, daughter of HENRY KOLB. She was born 18-Apr-1713, and died 15-Feb-1786.

Children of MARTIN OVERHOLTZER and AGNES KOLB are:
21. i. BARBARA3 OVERHOLT, b. 10-Nov-1737; d. 08-May-1823.
22. ii. HENRY OVERHOLTZER,SR, b. 05-Feb-1739/40; d. 1813.
iii. MARIA OVERHOLTZER, b. 19-Dec-1740.
iv. JOHN OVERHOLTZER, b. 08-Aug-1742; d. 07-Dec-1742.
23. v. MARTIN OVERHOLT II, b. 20-Dec-1743; d. Mar-1811.
 

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