Rev. Johannes Showalter

ID: I77430

Name: Johannes Showalter

Given Name: Johannes

Surname: Showalter

Sex: M

Birth: Abt 1732 in Chester County, Pennsylvania

Death: Feb 1806 in Chester County, Pennsylvania

_UID: 65B1AE8F692F45F5B8DC80BCADC0BA718DFF

Change Date: 8 Jul 2004

Father: Jacob Showalter b: Abt 1694 in Wissembourg, Alsace, France

Mother: Maria Saunders b: Abt 1705

Marriage 1 Anna Garver b: Abt 1734

Married:

Change Date: 25 Sep 2005

Children

Henry Garver Showalter b: Abt 1766 in Northhampton County, Pennsylvania

~• had descendants who fought for the Confederacy, out of Virginia ( three <Mangus> brothers )

https://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3008661...

Name: Johannes SHOWALTER Given Name: Johannes Surname: Showalter Suffix: (John) (S-Garver-Funk) Title: (John) (S-Garver-Funk) Sex: M Birth: 1732 in Schafbusch, Geisberg, Germany Death: Mar 1805 in Tredyffine Twp., Chester Co., PA Burial: Mar 1805

Note:

• Came to America in 1750, from Rotterdam, with his father Jacob Showalter.
• They landed in Philidelphia, and went to Northampton County, Pa. John sold his land, 1 Apri l 1771, to Christopher Kern, and moved to Williamstown Twp. Chester County, Pa. The Will st ates the location as, Willstown. It is just east of West Chester, Pa. There is a Williamstow n, but it is in Paradise Twp. Lancaster Co. Pa.
• John's son, John, lived about 13 miles west of Philadelphia. That location would best fi t the location of Willstown.
  • In 1779 he was reported as having 194 acres, and in 1781, 109 acres.

   Records of: Floyd Howes, pg 18.

   Preston Showalter,Mina Murdock

   1790 Census, Tredyffrin Twp. Pa. page 49, line 16.

   Will Book L, vol.II, pg 130. Tedyffrin, Chester Co. Pa. Signed 19 Feb 1803 and Probate 15 Fe b 1806.

   Provides for his wife, Esther. Son, David, received the plantation which he, John and Esthe r were living on, and a tract of wood land in Willstown. This at a cost of L1400. The Estat e is divided equally among all the children in equal shares.

   Exrs. Daniel and David Showalter

   Wits. Matthias Pennebecker and Elijah Funk.

   Signed in German

   Victor Stonewall Showalter gave Johns name as it appeared on the passenger list as Johannes.

• John was a gunmaker during the revolution.
  • Elaine Henderson of Hot Springs, Arkansas states that John was a Mennonite Minister.
• DAR records sent by Mrs Katherine Haldeman Baldridge #206649 on Haleman, also O'Neil, and Showalter families.

   F857645 S/N:00311-3 MFID:00934134 LDS GEN DPT

   LDS GEN DEPT REF:F857645 S/N:00311-3

   Record of Francis Jobson, Wayne, Pa. - "Children: Daniel, David, John (md Barbara Fal ley and went to Franklin County, VA), Barbara, Mary Henry (md Magdelene Haldeman and went t o Roanoke, VA), daughter,(md David Grundy), daughter (md Isaac Williams)." 1966.

   D.A.R. Patroit Index, 1966, page 614. Patriotic service

   Record of Mrs. Carl (Mary C.) Cheek of Honey Creek, Henry Co., IN.

Father: Jacob Mathias SHOWALTER b: Abt 1696 in Schafbusch, Alsace, Palatinate Mother: Maria Elizabeth SAUTER b: Abt 1704 in Germany

Marriage 1 Anna GARVER b: 1734

   Married: Abt 1752

Children

   Has No Children Mary SHOWALTER b: Abt 1754

Has Children John SHOWALTER b: Abt 1756 in Northampton Co., PA
Has No Children SHOWALTER b: Abt 1759
Has No Children SHOWALTER b: 1761
Has No Children Daniel SHOWALTER b: 1764
Has No Children Henry Garver SHOWALTER b: 1766
Has No Children Barbara SHOWALTER b: 1769
Marriage 2 Esther FUNK b: Abt 1745

   Married: 1777

   Note: REFN4558

   Change Date: 17 Jul 2004

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