Johan "Mathias" Witmer

A Patriot of the American Revolution for PENNSYLVANIA with the rank of PRIVATE.    DAR Ancestor # A125005

From Charles A. Fisher, "Snyder County (Pennsylvania) Pioneers", p. 99, and "Snyder County Annals", p. 226:

"MATTHIAS WITMER was assessed with 100 acres and personal property in Mahanoy Township in 1781. At an earlier date he seems to have lived on the west side of the Susquehanna River, probably in what is now Chapman Township. On January 30, 1777, he was a private in Captain Benjamin Weiser's Company of the German Regiment, Continental Line, stationed at Philadelphia."

This company served through the term of duty during which the battles of Trenton and Princeton were fought and were in the service seven months."

Matthias was the son of Christophel and Christina Witmer. He was the spouse of Barbara Schaffer.

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