Johannes Adam Setzer

Variant spellings: Seltsner/Selsner/Setsner/Setser

-Johann Adam Setzer b 1710 in Heidelberg, Mainz, Germany,

d Caldwell County, 14 Sept 1751,

-immigated Germany to PA on the ship "Patience" on 8/11/1750 capt Hugh Steele of Rotterdam

-Lehigh County, Pa. Lower Macungie, Johann Adam "Sezer" (the stonecutter) and wife maria madalena, a son, johannan jacob, born june 21, 175l.

Emigration: AUGUST 11, 1750 FROM ROTTERDAM TO PHILADELPHIA.

Note: CAME TO THE COLONIES ABOARD THE SHIP "PATIENCE".

http://history.loftinnc.com/Setzer.htm The German surname Setzer is an Upper German name with roots in the southern region of Bavaria, Germany. The name is derived from the German verb "setzen" meaning "to set" and was probably first used by someone who worked at a market or fair, setting the prices of merchandise.

Spelling variations of this family name include: Setzer, Sezzer, Setter, Settegast, Settgast and many more.

The name Setzer was first found in Rogensburg, German. The first recorded bearer of the name was the Orlieb der Setzer, who lived in Rogensburg in 1290.

Setzer is also a Jewish (Ashkenazic) name: an occupational name from the Yiddish "zetser", which was a ‘typesetter’, ‘compositor of typography’.

The Setzer family had its origin in Germany, and the early immigrants brought with them the traits of character of which they are well-known: they are industrious, thrifty and honest.

Research indicates that the earliest immigrant of the Setzer family to the US was Johann (Johannes) Adam Setzer on the ship, "Patience" on 11 August 1750. Johannes immigrated from Heidelberg, Germany. http://ristenbatt.com/genealogy/shplst22.htm

Johannes Adam Setzer's son, Jacob Setzer I, immigrated from Heidelberg, Germany, two years after his father on 22 September 1752 aboard the ship "Brothers".

The ancestral line of Johannes Adam Setzer is as follows: