Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Peter Newmeyer and Susannah Rhodes




Husband Peter Newmeyer 1 2

            AKA: Peter Newmyer 3
           Born: 1760 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 15 Mar 1836 1 2
         Buried:  - Baptist Church, Pennsville, Fayette Co, PA
       Marriage: 1780 or 1783 2



Wife Susannah Rhodes 2 3

           Born: 1761 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 23 Mar 1838 2
         Buried: 


Children
1 M Jacob Newmyer 2 4

           Born: 30 Sep 1784 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 1864 - Tyrone, Fayette Co, PA 2
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Ann Shallenbarger (      -      ) 1


2 F Elizabeth "Betsey" Newmyer 1 2

           Born: 5 Jul 1786 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Henry Strickler (      -      ) 1 2


3 M Henry Newmeyer 2

           Born: 18 Jul 1788 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 1801 2
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


4 M John Newmeyer 2

           Born: 11 May 1790 2
     Christened: 
           Died: in infancy
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


5 F Hannah Newmeyer 2

           Born: 9 Jun 1791 2
     Christened: 
           Died: in infancy
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


6 F Mary Newmyer 1 2

           Born: 3 Mar 1793 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 1818 2
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Christian Newcomer (      -      ) 1


7 M David Newmyer 1 2

           Born: 8 Jan 1795 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 1867 2
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Jane Cunningham (      -      ) 2


8 M Samuel Newmyer 1 2

           Born: 26 Dec 1796 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Elizabeth Stauffer (      -      ) 1 2


9 M Jonathan Newmyer 1 5 6

           Born: 15 Dec 1798 - Bullskin Twp, Fayette Co, PA 1 2 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 15 May 1879 1 2
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Mary A. Strickler (1799-1863) 1 2
           Marr: 10 Sep 1820 2


10 F Ann Newmyer 1 2

           Born: 16 Jul 1800 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: David Shallenberger (      -      ) 2


11 F Rachel Newmyer 1 2 7

           Born: 19 Nov 1801 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 1870 7
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Abraham Shallenberger (1797-1868) 2 3 7
           Marr: Feb 1822 - Westmoreland Co, PA 7


12 F Susan Newmyer 1 2

           Born: 9 Dec 1804 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 1896 2
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Henry Arnold (      -      ) 1


13 F Hattie Newmyer 1

            AKA: Hettie Newmeyer,8 Hester Newmyer 2
           Born: 6 Nov 1806 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Edward Riggs (1802-      ) 1 2 8 9 10
           Marr: 1 Jan 1826 8


14 M Peter Newmeyer 2

           Born: 10 Apr 1808 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry



General Notes: Husband - Peter Newmeyer


He came to America from Germany about the middle of the eighteenth century, and eventually settled near Pennsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

He came from eastern Pennsylvania to Bullskin Township, Fayette County, during the Revolutionary War, and bought a large farm.


General Notes: Wife - Susannah Rhodes


She came [to Pennsylvania?] from Kentucky, most of the way on horseback, when she was married.

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Sources


1 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 489.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Northern Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 582.

3 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 809.

4 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 420, 489.

5 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 452.

6 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 21.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 127.

8 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 784.

9 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 344.

10 —, Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Vol. II (Madison, WI: Northwestern Historical Assosciation, 1904), Pg 18.


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