1712 (18 Sep) BIRTH: "WITMER, CHRISTOPHER. Sept. 18, 1712- Immig. Sept. 22, 1752. Will proved June 22, 1802. s [son of] Jacob - Kathrina. m [married] Eve Christina. [Children:]

1. Mathias Witmer, June 10, 1757 - May 5, 1824. Will proved May 25, 1824. m. Barbara.

2. Henry, Dec. 18, 1758 - Oct. 11, 1825.

3. Christopher/Christofel, Jr. Dec. 13, 1762 - Oct. 28, 1823. Will proved Nov. 11, 1823. m Hannah Reed.

4. Sarah, Aug. 24, 1767 - Aug. 24, 1852. m William Scheffer. Stone Valley Cemetery.

Witmer Genealogy pp. 57 - 61." ("Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S., Mennonite Vital Records, 1750-2014")

1752 (25 Feb) MARRIAGE: Christoph Wittmer, father Jacob Wittmer, and Eva Christina Fritzinger, father Hanss George Fritzinger. Preuschdorf, Bas-Rhin, France. ("France Marriages, 1546-1924")

1752 (22 Sep) IMMIGRATION: "Christophel Witmer." "List of Foreigners Imported in the Ship Halifax, Capt Thomas Coatam, from Rotterdam, last from Cowes, England, Qualified Sept. 22, 1752" [with Jacob and George Hans Dietrich, Friederich Eberhart, Joseph Held, Johannes Josephus Roth, Hans Conrad Wirth, etc.] ("Names of Foreigners Who Took the Oath of Allegiance to the Province and State of Pennsylvania, 1727-1775")

1757 (10 Jun) FIVE CHILDREN NAMED, starting with Mathias: "The Witmer family, which has many representatives in Northumberland county to this day, was founded there by Christophel Witmer, who by his wife Christina had children as follows: Christophel (1762-1825), Sarah (1767-1852), Heinrich (1758-1825), Mathias (June 10, 1757-May 5, 1824) and Mrs. Daniel Zerbe." ("Genealogical and Biographical Annals of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania: Containing a Genealogical Record of Representative Families, Including Many of the Early Settlers")

1757 (10 Jun) Mathias.

1758 (18 Dec) Henry.

1762 (13 Dec) Christophel, Jr.

1767 (24 Aug) Sarah

and Mrs. Daniel Zerbe.

1790 (2 Aug) Christr Witmer Sen'r. Two free white males 16+. One free white female. [One person away from Christr Witmer Jr. who had one free white male 16+ and two free white females.] Mahanoy Township, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, "United States Census, 1790"

1800 (4 Aug) Christopher Witmer. One free white male age 45+. One free white female age 45+. Mahanoy Township, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, "United States Census, 1800"

1802 (Jun) DEATH and BURIAL: Stone Valley Cemetery, Hickory Corners, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA. ("Find A Grave 89487250")

1802 (22 Jun) Will of Christopher Witmer, Sen'r, proved. Witnesses: John Frederick Minick and John Witmer.

"1. I commend my soul to the everlasting and immortal God who created me...

2. My son Christopher Witmer shall be Executor.

3. They shall not take anything from my Wife, Eve Christina until after her decease...[ He wrote her name as 'Eve Christina four times in clear scrip in one paragraph]."

[Signed with "X," his mark, in the year 1790, Mahanoy Township] Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA.