Christian Eberhardt Balmer

Forward Note: The 'true' surname of the family was/is Balmer, not Palmer. However, as is explained in a following excerpt, the name Palmer very early in his relocation to British Colonial America was applied to Christian, then his children by English authorities who were familiar with Palmer and designated it as Christian's family name. When precisely he and his immigrated siblings began to formally adopt Palmer, or not, is not known to me. Additional Source material embedded in following narrative. Minor redaction, editing/formatting, and text emphasis mine: Jlphawn profile co-manager.

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Christian Eberhardt Balmer

• Born: 1708, Sinsheim, Northern Krachgau, Germany
• Son of: Johann Michael Balmer and Christina Balmer(Mayer)
• Brother of: Jacob Balmer, Carl Fredrick Balmer, George Michael Balmer, Anna Barbara Blattenberger (Balmer), Charles F. Balmer, Anna Christina Balmer, Peter Balmer, Phillip Balmer, Elizabeth Balmer

Husband of: Susana Balmer(Brunck)

Children of Christian Eberhardt Balmer and Susana Balmer(Brunck)

• Johannes Christian Balmer/Palmer
• Anna Christina Balmer/Palmer
• John Michael Balmer/Palmer
• Anna Barbara Balmer/Palmer
• John Peter Palmer

Died: March 8 1778, Warrick, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States

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FamilySearch family tree matching information for Christian Eberhardt Balmer https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=find&tab=name&search=1&gender=M...

• Christian Eberhardt Balmer KHGX-GP1 ​
• Birth: 1699, Sinsheim, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
• Death: 8 March 1778, Warwick, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
• Father: Johaan Michael Balmer L243-SX9
• Mother: Christina Mayer L243-38X ​

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The following source citation origins are either noted following citation, or located at foot of Overview section in online resources.

Ancestry/RootsWeb

• ID: I04825
• Name: Christian Eberhardt BALMER
• Sex: M
• Birth: 1708 in Sinsheim, Northern Kraichgau, Germany
• Death: 8 MAR 1778 in Warrick Twp., Lancaster Co., PA
• Burial: MAR 1778 PA
• Residence: Neckarbischofsheim, Pfalz, Germany
• Immigration: 11 AUG 1732 on the Ship "Samuel", to Phila, PA, age of 24

Note:

Samuel 1732

A list of passengers names and ages on board the ship Samuel. Hugh Percy Commander, from Rotterdam [Qualified August 11,1732]

Men age 16 and above

Merdin Gerhard 27 Johan George Nungeser 25 George Philib Windermuth 25 Hans Jacob Bockly 46 Maathias Bockly 17 Samuel Brand 24 Michiel Dierstein 20 Jacob Beelerth 24 Hans George Klingman 24 Jacob Oberholtser 28 Petter Wettstein 26 Christain Frant Sen. 47 Friderick Keffer 49 Samuel Scheer 21 Lionhard Deebler 43 Oswald Hosteetter 30 John Lents 24 Jacob Stauffer 19 Georg Goedake 24 Merdin Weiggell 24 Michiel Kreiter 20 Christian Bendler 24 Adam Neidig 29 Georg Glassbrenner 21 Wendell Breckiel 24 Georg Kleinhans 22 Cristian Biry 20 Andreas Stautsenberger 25 Petter Hailman 20 Benedigt Geeman 20 Friderick Shits 22 Petter Baltsbach 23 Mardin Geller 22 Georg Hornig 20 Casper Wardman 26 Jacob Guth 20 Paullus Boger 40 Carl Balmer 20 Frederick Aldorffer 25 Johanes Zieger 41 Georg Heyl 31 Wendell Berndheisell 20 Michiel Baumgertner 21 Jacob Albrecht 37 Wendell Gerlach 22 Ullerich Fischer 28 Henrich Beerett 34 Jacob Gochnauer 20 Petter Frith 18 Georg Quickell 30 Wendell Werbell 33 Augustinus Wendell 16 Elias Meyer 42 John Bendler 24 Nicholas Corber 22 Lorents Knochel 46 Christopher Bockly 20 Ullrich Bockly 19 John Heneberger 19 Henrick Ebby 30 Gottfrit Stall 30 Michiel Georg 60 John Mosiman 23 Adam Andras 16 Christian Frants Jun. 26 Jacob Crist 22 Jacob Hesser 23 George Deebler 21 George Bender 33 John Brechbiel 19 Nicholas Strass 19 Leonhard Keffer 27 Friderick Mulschlegel 30 John Miller 21 Henrich Ramsaur 30 Juilis Door 33 Sebaldt Kramer 32 Wendell Heell 34 Wilhlm Bergheimer 20 Andreas Miller 22 John Ulerich 20 Chretian Geeman 24 Leonhard Ziegler 21 John Shits 21 Jacob Knochell 28 Jacob Erdman 19 Jacob Kiffer 27 Georg Klingman 27 Ulerich Burckholter 22 Philip Boger 18 Christian Balmer 24 Annastasius Uller 23 Georg Stegger 30 Petter Stey 30 John Berndheisell 20 John Baumgertner 21 Friderick Hartman 33 John Helfurt 33 Jacob Weiss 45 Petter Schellenburger 33 Christian Gochnauer 17 Andreas Shittler 29 Carl Seyb 27 Philip Werbell 34 Petter Schneider 27 Adam Helligass 24 106 men 89 woman 84 children 279 total

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Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
about Christian Eberhardt Balmer

• Name: Christian Eberhardt Balmer
• Year: 1732
• Age: 24
• Estimated birth year: abt 1708
• Place: Pennsylvania
• Source Publication Code: 1031.8
• Primary Immigrant: Balmer, Christian Eberhardt
• Annotation: Date and port of arrival or date and place of naturalization. Span indicates period between last mention of emigrant in country of origin and first mention of his residence in the New World. "Surname, ..." indicates a variation of a surname.

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• Source Bibliography: BURGERT, ANNETTE KUNSELMAN. 'Eighteenth Century Emigrants from German-Speaking Lands to North America. Publications of the Pennsylvania German Society, 16/19. Birdsboro, PA: The Pennsylvania German Society. Vol. 1: The Northern Kraichgau. 1983. 461p.

Page: 38

Bertram E. Miller, Jr. source:

A great deal more is known about Christian Balmer who was the first American ancestor of most of us.

In 1733, the next year after he arrived in Philadelphia, he settled on a tract of land in Warich township, Lancaster County, containing one hundred-seventy-nine (179) acres of land. This track is along both sides of the road from Litiz to Clay and along both sides of the Hammer Creek.

This land was virgin land and under the system of the Proprietor of Pennsylvania, William Penn, a settler had to farm his land for a certain number of years before he obtained title thereto. Christian Balmer obtained a deed for this land as well as other land adjacent thereto which he settled in 1744 from the sons of William Penn in ......
It is interesting to note that the Penns and their agents being Englishmen thought the name was Palmer, not Balmer and so designated Christian in the deed as well as in the warrants under which he settled.

Christian Balmer was married not later than January 1734. We do not know the first name or maiden name of his wife. We do know that she died before 1746 because that date Christain Balmer married Barbara Bulcher who survived him. There is a possibility that the surname of the first wife of Christain Balmer was Anna because both of her daughters had that name as the first name.
(Profile Co-Manager notation: first wife's name is generally accepted as Susana Brunck) Jlphawn

Christian Balmer was a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Warwich, known today as Brickerville Lutheran Church. This congregation was founded by the Rev. John Casper Stoever as the first church erected in 1730 or 1731. In 1743, Rev Stoever compiled a list of members of his congregation from 1730 to 1743 and this list contained the name of Christian Balmer. The following children of Christian Balmer were baptized in Brickerville Lutheran Church. (Names not included)

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Full Context of Lancaster, Pennsylvania Probate Index, 1729-1850

• Name: Balmer, Christian
• Year: 1785
• Book: Y
• Volume: 2
• Page: 54

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AN INDEX TO THE WILL BOOKS AND INTESTATE RECORDS OF LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA 1729-1850 INDEX to the WILL BOOKS OF LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA 1729 - 1850
page 2

Name: Balmer, Christian
Year: 1785 Book: Y Volume: 2 Page: 54

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• Will of Christian, Warwick Twp. probated January 31, 1785 names 10 children, Michael eldest.
• Source: John G. Palmer, Greencastle, PA (1938) and Malcolm Palmer (Uncle Mac), Boonsboro, MD, and Fred Shank Palmer (1952).
• Esta C. Shank (Aunt Duck). Peggy Shomo Joyner 1977 ff. Annette K. Burgert, Eighteeth Century Immigrants, Vol. I p. 38 ff. Sandy Clippinger, Altoona, IA

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Hints@Ancestry for Christian Eberhardt BALMER

• 3 possible matches found on Ancestry.com
• Father: Johann Michael BALMER born: ABT 1670 in Germany
• Mother: Christina MAYER born: ABT 1670 in Switzerland
• Marriage 1: Susana BRUNCK born: ABT 1713

Married: ABT 1733 in ?

The Children of Christian Balmer and Susana Brunck

• Anna Christiana BALMER born: 27 OCT 1734 in Warwich twp., Lancaster Co., PA
• John Michael BALMER born: 28 DEC 1735 in Lancaster Co., PA
• Johannes Christian BALMER born: 17 APR 1737 in Lancaster Co., PA
• Peter BALMER-PALMER born: ABT 1740 in Lancaster Co., PA
• Anna Barbara BALMER born: JUN 1743 in Lancaster Co., PA

Marriage 2: Barbara BUCHLER born: ABT 1720

Married: 1746

The Children of Christian Balmerand Barbara Buchler

• Jacob BALMER b: ABT 1747 in Mount Joy twp., Lancaster Co., PA
• Johnnes BALMER b: JUL 1748 in Lancaster Co., PA
• Carl BALMER b: 10 NOV 1750 in Lancaster, PA
• Carl Frederick BALMER b: 4 AUG 1756 in Lancaster, PA
• Elizabeth BALMER b: ABT 1757
• Eberhard BALMER b: 11 DEC 1758 in Lancaster Co., PA
• Charles Frederick BALMER b: 3 MAY 1759
• Barbara BALMER b: UNKNOWN
• Christiana BALMER b: UNKNOWN
• Phillip BALMER b: UNKNOWN

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Sources:

• Title: Washington County Historical Society Text: Balmer papers
• CAME TO AMERICA ON SHIP SAMUEL, ARIVING PHILADELPHIA, 11 AUG 1732.
• EMIGRANTS,REFUGEES & PRISONERS VOL II, PG 58.
• Title: Passenger list

Text: shows age at the time of arrival in America

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The following statement copied from Re: George Palmer/Balmer: : https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=11&ca...

Balmer/Palmer

• Respuestas: 29
• Re: Georg Palmer/Balmer

innov8cs (Ver publicaciones)

• Publicado: 1 ene 2013 9:51 GMT
• Clasificación: Consulta
• Apellidos: Blattenberger Balmer Palmer

"camcsherry" who has replied on this thread just sent me a private message, which I have replied to, but researched posts and found this one. Since it's the most recent, it's probably the best place to add what I know.

My ancestor is Barbara (Balmer) Blattenberger, Christian Balmer's sister. She came on a later boat than Christian, she married Johannes Blattenberger after that time and then followed to America.

The only way we know of their parents is the record in the Lutheran church at Neckarbischofsheim in Germany. It states that Carl Friedrich and Christian Eberhardt Balmer were "Anabaptists" , children of Johannes and Christina (nee Majer) Balmer from Oberbiegelhof. My understanding is they needed to do that in order to leave for America. They did not otherwise have any birth records other then family bibles, and so needed a church to give them records. Through our distant Germany relatives, we have found that is an old name for Obergimpern, and refers to a Mennonite community that still has Mennonites farming it today. I have to confirm it, but I believe the records also show the brothers to be unmarried.

I have Barbara Blattenberger's Lebenslauf entered into the Tagesbuch of the Lititz Moravian Church, care of the Moravian Archives. It says she was born in 1712, to Mennonite parents, and raised in the Mennonite faith. She was married in Germany, and then followed her brothers to America afterwards. She began to follow the word of a Swedish minister who had been preaching in Lititz, Rev Nyberg. When the Warwick Moravian Congregation got permission to found Lititz, Nyberg joined and was involved in the Synod held for any additional people interested. Barbara attended, and convinced others to join as well. According to the Lititz Hist Soc book on the founding of the town, Barbara, her brother Christian Balmer and wife, as well as her sister-in-law Elizabeth, wife of Michael Balmer, all also joined the new Moravian Congregation. Because husband Johannes Blattenberger did not convert, they could not live in Lititz proper as a closed Moravian Community. Neither did Michael Balmer and his wife, even though he died shortly after converting. Christian & wife however were inside the town limits. As far as I know, Christian didn't just donate the land, he joined the church and his name is in the Tagesbuch of Lititz.

I've got a few more other things around, but have a general comment on George Michael Balmer. Sandy Clippinger and I traded info a long time ago and both came to the conclusion we do not know how they are related. It certainly seems more than coincidence they were close in location in Germany and were close in location in Pennsylvania. However, George Michael and their families were in Linkenheim and attended a regular Lutheran church where there are records of it. Christian & Barbara were in the Mennonite community at Oberbiegelhof, where they raised to hold their own services, had no records, and needed to go to Neckarbischofsheim when the time to leave came. While there may be some connection, it may be somewhat distant.

The Eby's were at Obergimpern as well, and married several Blattenberger's.

I don't know if anyone has tried, but I would definitely suggest an attempt through the Moravian Archives to get Christian Balmer's Lebenslauf. I know we had real issues with being turned away at times because the records at Lititz were always in a state of disarray and closed to the public as they were organized. It was only because our German cousins asked the Moravians over in Germany that it was obtained. In contrast, I've always been given carte blanche when contacting the Bethlehem archives. I would suggest going directly there instead of Lititz.

If I can be of any help to anyone interested in this line, just let me know.

Geoff Crawford

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• Corroborating ancestry information from differing branch of decent from Christian Eberhardt Balmer, and second wife Barbara Pichler ours through first wife Susana Brunck: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&ved...

From: Palmer,Crow,Woody & Williams http://www.armchairgenealogist.com/#!pcww3/c1r9j

• Fifth Generation

16. Jacob Palmer, son of Christian Eberhardt Palmer and Barbara Pichler, was born on 7 Oct 1751 inWarwick Twp, Lancaster, Pennsylvania and died before 21 May 1810 in , Berkeley Co, Virginia. Jacob married Marthalena Braun about 1771 in Earl, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

The child from this marriage was:
8 i. Jacob Palmer

• Sixth Generation

32. Christian Eberhardt Balmer, son of Johann Michal Balmer and Christina Meyer, was born in Aug 1703 in Palatinate, Sinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany and died on 31 Jan 1785 in Warwick Twp, Lancaster, Pennsylvania at age 81. Christian married Barbara Pichler in 1746 in Warwick Twp, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

The child from this marriage was: 16 i. Jacob Palmer

33. Barbara Pichler, was born inBaden-Wuerttemberg, Germany and died after 31 Jan 1785 in , Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Barbara married Christian Eberhardt Balmer in 1746 in Warwick Twp, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

• Seventh Generation

64. Johann Michal Balmer, son of Hans Flor Balmer and Barbara Hausser, was born on 2 Aug 1663 in Linkenheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany and died about 1700 in Most, Butterfeld, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany about age 37. Johann married Christina Meyer about 1701 in Biegelhof, Germany.

The child from this marriage was: Christian Eberhardt Balmer

65. Christina Meyer,was born about 1670 in Switzerland. Christina married Johann Michal Balmer about 1701 in Biegelhof, Germany.

• Eighth Generation

128. Hans Flor Balmer, son of Hans Florian Balmer and Anna Barbara Deninger, was born on 17 May 1640 in Linkenheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany and died on 3 Feb 1720 in Linkenheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany at age 79. Hans married Barbara Hausser on 4 Feb 1661 in Germany.

The child from this marriage was:

64 i. Johann Michal Balmer

129. Barbara Hausser, was born about 1647 in Linkenheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. Barbara married Hans Flor Balmer on 4 Feb 1661 in Germany.

• Ninth Generation

256. Hans Florian Balmer, born on 15 Jun 1598 in Linkenheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. Hans married Anna Barbara Deninger.

The child from this marriage was: 128 i. Hans Flor Balmer

257. Anna Barbara Deninger, was born on 15 Jun 1618 in Linkenheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany.Anna married Hans Florian Balmer.

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• Additional genealogical resource/site at:https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&ved...
• The first excerpt with source citations taken from: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=1955bal12...

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Death Record of Christian Balmer at: https://familysearch.org/photos/images/22719809?p=8430952&returnLab...

Page 223 from:

"The Moravian graveyards of Lititz, Pa., 1744-1905 available through the PennState University Libraries

PEOPLE IN THIS DOCUMENT:

• Christian Eberhardt Balmer (1699-1778) KHGX-GP1 FamilySearch profile I.D.

(See Sources for image)

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Marriage Registration for Christian and Barbara: https://familysearch.org/photos/images/22720294?p=8430952&returnLab...

Page from "Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1700-1821" provided by Moravian Church, Lititz, 1743-1800

PEOPLE IN THIS DOCUMENT:

• Christian Eberhardt Balmer (1699-1778) KHGX-GP1 FamilySearch Profile I.D.

(See Sources for image)

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US Find A Grave Memorial for Christian Palmer: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=56864043

Christian Palmer Memorial

• Birth: Aug., 1703, Germany
• Death: Mar. 8, 1778 Lancaster County Pennsylvania, USA

Family links:

Children:

Eberhard Palmer (1758 - 1769)

• Calculated relationship

Note: Age 74 years old.

• Birthplace was Palatinate, Germany. Came to US in 1733. Married Widow Susanna Brunck; 6 children.

2nd wife Widow Barbara Pichler; 7 children.

Info compiled by today's Lititz Moravian Congregation; shared w/ church office permission.

Burial: Saint James Graveyard, Lititz, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA

Created by: Tom Stonehunter Record added: Aug 09, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 56864043

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Additional Cemetery Information supplied by Memorial:

Pine Lane and West Center St., Lititz, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania USA

Saint James Graveyard:

Cemetery notes and/or description:

Saint James Graveyard is located at the NW corner of Pine Lane and West Center Street in Lititz PA
A bronze commemorative marker at the site reads: Saint James Graveyard.

According to Tom Stonehunter, (murmering-markers@hotmail.com)

This cemetery was established in 1744 by settlers who founded a Union Church nearby and later organized the Warwick (now Lititz) Moravian Congregation. Its naming was explained by Abraham Beck's 1905 book, The Moravian Graveyards at Lititz, Pa. 1744-1905. It was consecrated on Saint James Day, Jul 25, 1744 and was therefore called Saint James Church.

The early congregation of this union church alternated its weekly religious services between Moravian and that of a visiting Lancaster Lutheran minister. According to Beck, Saint James Church was abandoned in the early 1760's after its Moravian contingent united with the Lititz Moravians group, The cemetery remained active until the second decade of the 1800s, well past the opening of the Lititz Moravian Cemetery, located 1/4 mile due east.

According to Tom's post elsewhere on the web, the Saint James Cemetery is currently gated and locked. Few grave markers still exist. Maintenance and access is via the grounds keeper of the Moravian Church.

The interment list that Tom has posted elsewhere on the web, was compiled by members of today's Lititz Moravian Congregation from their personal and in-house records. The summary is believed to be a complete listing of interments dating from 1744 until 1812.

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