Anna Catharina Herr Martin

Anna Weber is marriage #1 of David Martin. They were married in 1711 in Switzerland and she died at sea in 1727.

David Martin arrived at the port of Philadelphia on the ship Molley on September 30 1727, and in the fall of the same year took possession of the land set apart for him and his family in Weber Thal by Anna Weber's brothers.

It is traditionally stated that Anna died enroute to America on Molley and records pieced together prove that tradition is correctly quoted. She was a sister to the Weber brothers who founded Weaverland, and this is the reason that they so thoughtfully provided for David Martin's future home.

To escape religious persecution and achieve greater economic opportunity, the Mennonites accepted Penn’s invitation to settle in the New World. Arriving in Germantown as early as 1683, some of these immigrants moved westward to establish their homes. Early in the 18th century, several Webers emigrated from the Palatinate to Lancaster County. The brothers Jacob, Henry, George, and John Weber are known to have arrived before 1718. In 1723 the first three established a settlement in the fertile valley along the Conestoga Creek that we know today as Weaverland. Other families soon followed. By 1733 a congregation was formed and organized, with ministers from the older settlements preaching and reading the Word of God in the private homes of the early settlers. While there is no town named Weaverland, the community and Weaverland Mennonite Church have been a strong Mennonite center since these days. History records the growth of this congregation by documenting the size and capacity of its meetinghouse throughout the years. Died at sea on trip to America

Wife of David Martin

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