Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Rev. John William Weber and Maria Sarver




Husband Rev. John William Weber 1

            AKA: Rev. John William Weaver
           Born: 5 Mar 1735 - Fehdingen, Wittgenstein, Germany 1
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           Died: Jul 1816 - Sewickley, Westmoreland Co, PA 1
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       Marriage: 11 Nov 1784 1

   Other Spouse: Maria Agnes Born (1743-Abt 1784) 1 - 5 Oct 1767 1



Wife Maria Sarver 1

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         Father: Adam Sarver (      -      ) 1
         Mother: 



   Other Spouse: [Unk] Robinson (      -      ) 1


Children
1 F Maria Martha Weaver

            AKA: Maria Martha Weber 1
           Born: 11 Oct 1785 1
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2 M [Unk] Weaver

            AKA: Weber
           Born: 12 Aug 1787 1
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3 M Daniel Weaver

            AKA: Daniel Weber 1
           Born: 15 Jul 1789 1
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4 F Maria Magdalena Weaver

            AKA: Maria Magdalena Weber 1
           Born: 28 Nov 1790 1
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5 F Hannah Weaver

            AKA: Hannah Weber,1 2 Hannah Webster 3
           Born: 9 Apr 1791 1
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         Spouse: Adam Turney (      -1872) 3 4
           Marr: 1811


6 F Anna Margaretta Weaver

            AKA: Anna Margaretta Weber 1
           Born: 20 Jun 1793 1
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7 F Catharine Weaver

            AKA: Catharine Weber 1
           Born: 12 Apr 1795 1
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8 M Adam Weaver

            AKA: Adam Weber 1
           Born: 20 May 1797 1
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9 F Susanna Weaver

            AKA: Susanna Weber 1
           Born: 16 Sep 1799 1
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10 F Christena Weaver

            AKA: Christena Weber 5
           Born: 14 May 1802 5
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11 M Daniel Lewis Weaver

            AKA: Daniel Lewis Weber 5
           Born: 26 Aug 1804 5
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General Notes: Husband - Rev. John William Weber


He was one of three brothers who emigrated from Holland to America prior to the Revolution. They settled for a time in New Jersey, where two of the brothers, John and Henry, joined the Continental army. Henry was killed during the war.

He received his earlier education in Westphalia, Germany, and took a course of theological studies in Stockholm, Sweden. He emigrated to America in 1762 and settled in New Jersey. He had charge of Reformed churches in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, in 1782-3. Reformed people from the eastern counties, as well as from Maryland and Virginia, came as settlers to Westmoreland County some years before the Revolution, and thus in 1782-3 we find a request was made to Rev. Coetus for a Reformed minister. Answering their petition, Rev. John William Weber was accordingly sent them, and he entered upon his work in the beginning of June, 1783. He preached at Harrolds and Brush Creek, in Hempfield township; at Kintighs, in Mount Pleasant township; at the Ridge, in Unity township; and he was the founder of the German Evangelical Lutheran church at Sixth and Smithfield streets, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where most probably no stated services or or-ganized congregation existed before he came, as there were less than one hun-dred rude log huts outside the fort at that time. His pastorate over these churches extended over a period of thirty-three years. On his arrival he had to find a home in a rude log cabin until he secured a more suitable place. He pur-chased a farm on the Sewickley creek, afterward owned by Colonel Israel Painter, and here he passed the remainder of his life. He was buried in Milliron cemetery, and a suitable monument marks his last resting place.

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Sources


1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 370.

2 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 673.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 846.

4 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 665.

5 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 371.


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