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John Wismer High

Also Known As: "Hoch"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Hilltown Twp, Bucks, PA, United States
Death: May 20, 1874 (78)
Bucks, PA, United States
Place of Burial: Hilltown Twp, Blooming Glen, Bucks County, PA, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of David Adam Hoch and Barbara Schwartz Hoch
Husband of Maria "Mary" Polly High
Father of John H. High; Catharine Hoch Albright; Annie Keypert Grass; Caroline Keypert High; Rachel Loux and 5 others
Brother of Philip Wismer High; Jacob Wismer High; Anna Wismer Meyer; Mary Wismer Newcomer and Barbara Wismer Moyer

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About John Wismer High

A Brief History of Jacob Wismer and a Complete Genealogical Family Register With Biographies of His Descendants from the Earliest Available Records to the Present Time By A J Fretz, Eli Wismer

http://books.google.com/books?id=nwBgAAAAMAAJ

Page xiii, 7, 8, 53, 56

I. Jacob Wismer, (...) was born in Germany about 1684, and died in Bedminster Township, Bucks Co., Pa., Feb. 4, 1787 in his one hundred and third year.

(...)

The children of Jacob and Nanny Wismer, as near in the order of birth as could be placed were: ---Jacob, Mary, Elizabeth, Joseph, Henry, Mark, Daniel, John, Christian, Nanny, Abraham.

II. Jacob Wismer,* bn. in Bucks Co., Pa., about 1721. Mrd. Margaret ---. The dates of death of himself and wife are not known. He received his portion of his father's estate in 1783. Lived in Plumstead Twp. at what is known as the burnt mill, where he followed the occupation of miller. Children: Abraham, Isaac, Anna, Mary, Elizabeth, Jacob, Mary, Barbara, Hannah, Margaret.

III. Barbara Wismer, born in Bucks Co., Pa., Oct. 11, 1761; died May 17, 1801. Mrd. David High, —. He was bn. July 3, 1752; died Sept. 20, 1847, aged over 94 years. Farmer, lived in Hilltown Twp., on farm now owned by his grandson Jacob H. High. Menn. Children: Philip, Jacob, John, Annie, Barbara, Mary.

IV. John High, bn. Sept. 20, 1795; died May 20, 1874. Mrd. Mary Keypert,—. She was bn. July 24, 1797; died Dec. 15, 1858. Mr. High, Menn. Mrs. High, Ger. Ref. Children: David, Jacob, Hannah,—, Annie, Catharine, Lavina, Barbara.



buried in Blooming Glen Mennonite Cemetery

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John Wismer High's Timeline

1795
September 20, 1795
Hilltown Twp, Bucks, PA, United States
1819
June 14, 1819
Bucks Co., Pa
1820
February 14, 1820
Hilltown, Bucks, Pennsylvania
September 1820
1822
1822
Hilltown Twp, Bucks , PA, United States
1826
February 1, 1826
1827
August 29, 1827
Hilltown Twp, Bucks, PA, United States
1830
December 19, 1830
Doylestown, Bucks, Pa
December 21, 1830