Sebastian Kerstetter (Castetter) was baptized 7 Mar 1780 David's Reformed Church, Upper Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Source of death date and location, Daniel C. Ward, Descendants of Wolf Kirstatter. Not known if he is actually buried here.
THE KERSTETTER FAMILY: THE EARLY YEARS, 1727-1850 EXCERPT
Sebastian born Dec. 28, 1779, married Maria Johnstonbaugh on June 10, 1804. Sebastian and his wife Maria Johnstonbaugh were married on June 10, 1804, presumably in Brush Valley Union Church in Rebersburg in Centre County. Sebastian was listed as a single man in the 1801 and 1803 tax lists for Miles Township in Centre County. Like his brother Leonhardt Jr., he was probably a carpenter. Sebastian died in February 1807. Sometime after 1822, his widow Maria and their only son Johannes moved to Ohio. Johannes was born on Sept. 9, 1805, and baptized at Brush Valley Church. He married Catharine Hershberger on Feb. 14, 1826, in Stark County. Johannes, by then known as John Casteter, founded the village of East Liberty in Summit County, Ohio, and later joined the ministry. He was living in Elkhart, Indiana, at the time of the 1870 census and died June 11, 1878, in nearby St. Joseph County, IN.
THE KERSTETTER FAMILY: THE EARLY YEARS, 1727-1850 EXCERPT
Sebastian born Dec. 28, 1779, married Maria Johnstonbaugh on June 10, 1804. Sebastian and his wife Maria Johnstonbaugh were married on June 10, 1804, presumably in Brush Valley Union Church in Rebersburg in Centre County. Sebastian was listed as a single man in the 1801 and 1803 tax lists for Miles Township in Centre County. Like his brother Leonhardt Jr., he was probably a carpenter. Sebastian died in February 1807. Sometime after 1822, his widow Maria and their only son Johannes moved to Ohio. Johannes was born on Sept. 9, 1805, and baptized at Brush Valley Church. He married Catharine Hershberger on Feb. 14, 1826, in Stark County. Johannes, by then known as John Casteter, founded the village of East Liberty in Summit County, Ohio, and later joined the ministry. He was living in Elkhart, Indiana, at the time of the 1870 census and died June 11, 1878, in nearby St. Joseph County, IN.
Sebastian Kerstetter (Castetter) was baptized 7 Mar 1780 David's Reformed Church, Upper Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Source of death date and location, Daniel C. Ward, Descendants of Wolf Kirstatter. Not known if he is actually buried here.
THE KERSTETTER FAMILY: THE EARLY YEARS, 1727-1850 EXCERPT
Sebastian born Dec. 28, 1779, married Maria Johnstonbaugh on June 10, 1804. Sebastian and his wife Maria Johnstonbaugh were married on June 10, 1804, presumably in Brush Valley Union Church in Rebersburg in Centre County. Sebastian was listed as a single man in the 1801 and 1803 tax lists for Miles Township in Centre County. Like his brother Leonhardt Jr., he was probably a carpenter. Sebastian died in February 1807. Sometime after 1822, his widow Maria and their only son Johannes moved to Ohio. Johannes was born on Sept. 9, 1805, and baptized at Brush Valley Church. He married Catharine Hershberger on Feb. 14, 1826, in Stark County. Johannes, by then known as John Casteter, founded the village of East Liberty in Summit County, Ohio, and later joined the ministry. He was living in Elkhart, Indiana, at the time of the 1870 census and died June 11, 1878, in nearby St. Joseph County, IN.
THE KERSTETTER FAMILY: THE EARLY YEARS, 1727-1850 EXCERPT
Sebastian born Dec. 28, 1779, married Maria Johnstonbaugh on June 10, 1804. Sebastian and his wife Maria Johnstonbaugh were married on June 10, 1804, presumably in Brush Valley Union Church in Rebersburg in Centre County. Sebastian was listed as a single man in the 1801 and 1803 tax lists for Miles Township in Centre County. Like his brother Leonhardt Jr., he was probably a carpenter. Sebastian died in February 1807. Sometime after 1822, his widow Maria and their only son Johannes moved to Ohio. Johannes was born on Sept. 9, 1805, and baptized at Brush Valley Church. He married Catharine Hershberger on Feb. 14, 1826, in Stark County. Johannes, by then known as John Casteter, founded the village of East Liberty in Summit County, Ohio, and later joined the ministry. He was living in Elkhart, Indiana, at the time of the 1870 census and died June 11, 1878, in nearby St. Joseph County, IN.
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