Susannah Weiss
(1762-1841)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. John Peter Herr Sr.

Susannah Weiss 1 2

  • Born: 13 Dec 1762 1 2
  • Marriage (1): John Peter Herr Sr.
  • Died: 14 Mar 1841, Greencastle, Franklin, PA at age 78 1 2
  • Buried: Greencastle: German Reformed Cemetery, Franklin, PA 1 2

   Other names for Susannah were Susana 3 and Sussana.3

   FamilySearch ID: MTT5-H76.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1820 in Hagerstown, Washington, MD. 4 The 1820 Census recorded:
Name: John P Herr
Home in 1820 Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland
Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over : 1.

2. Census in 1830 in Lancaster, Fairfield, OH. 5 The 1830 census recorded John P. Herr with this household:
Free White Persons Males 70 thru 79: 1
Free White Persons Females 60 thru 69: 1
Total Free White Persons: 2

[Note: on Ancestry.com he is indexed as Berr due to a handwritten H that looks like a B.]

John Peter Herr's son Samuel is documented in the book "Centennial History of Lancaster, Ohio" as having come there in 1815 from Hagerstown, Maryland, so it appears in 1830 his father either came to visit or lived there for a while before returning near Hagerstown to Greencastle, PA where John Peter died near his son Conrad, who in 1830 was living in Greencastle. Inspecting Greencastle in 1830 page by page, John Peter Herr was not recorded there.

3. John P. Herr and Susan Herr are listed as members of the German Reformed church in 1834, likely the year they arrived. In 1834 in Greencastle, Franklin, PA. 6 German Reformed Church Membership roster from 1818 to 1864. (It appears it shows the year member joined, as members only listed once.)
Elizabeth Bueger - 1823
Elisabeth Beecher - 1829
Margaret Beecher - confirmed 1843
Mary A. Beecher - 1846
John P. Herr - 1834
Susan Herr -1834
Conrad Herr - 1835
Catharine Herr - Confirmed 1835
Betty Herr - Henrietta - Confirmed 1841
Charles Beecher Wolf - 1857.

4. Census in 1840 in Greencastle, Franklin, PA. 7 The 1840 census recorded J. B. Harr [sic, as indexed on FamilySearch.org] with this household:
Home in 1840 Greencastle, Franklin, Pennsylvania
Free White Persons - Males - 80 thru 89: 1 (John Peter Harr)
Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 1 (daughter & widow Elizabeth Beecher)
Free White Persons - Females - 70 thru 79: 1 (wife Susanna)
Total Free White Persons: 3.


Susannah married John Peter Herr Sr. (John Peter Herr Sr. was born on 23 Aug 1757 in Eschwege, Werra-Meißner-Kreis, HE, DEU,1 8 9 died on 26 May 1845 in Greencastle, Franklin, PA 1 8 9 10 and was buried in Greencastle: German Reformed Cemetery, Franklin, PA 1 8 9.)

Sources

1 Fendick, Virginia Shannon, American Revolutionary Soliders of Franklin County Pennsylvania (Franklin County Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Chambersburg, Penna. 1944.), Page 257, John Herr.

2 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/176701219.

3 Hagerstown Reformed Church, Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland, FHL US/CAN Film 14145 Item 1 Church records of Zion United Church of Christ, 1766-1807 [Hagerstown, Maryland].

4 1820 United States Census, 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland; Page: 256; NARA Roll: M33_46; Image: 115.

5 1830 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH5L-P9N John P Herr, Lancaster, Fairfield, Ohio, United States; citing 203, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 130; FHL microfilm 337,941.

6 Zion German Reformed Church (Greencastle, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States), https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/249949 Zion German Reformed Church and East Conococheague Church Records, 1818-1864, Family HIstory Library Microfilm 382822.

7 1840 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRT-6H3 J B Harr, Greencastle, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 163.

8 Jack Webb, German Reformed Cemetery (Greencastle, PA), Email received 20 Aug 2018.

9 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/176700341.

10 Herald of Freedom, Hagerstown, Maryland, 17 Oct 1849. Page 3, Column 3.


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