Re: Dietrich Ramsour/Battle of Ramsour Mill
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Terry Wasson 12/27/04
FNU Zimmerman
Birth: 1498 in Switzerland
Death: Unknown in Switzerland
Sex: M
Father:
Mother:
Reference: 15552
Spouses & Children
NN (Wife)
Marriage: 1522 in Switzerland
Children:
1. Benedikt Zimmerman b. 1524
2. Hans Zimmerman b. 1526
3. Felix Zimmerman b. About 1530 in Wattenwil, Thurnen, Seftigen, Bern, Switzerland
4. Heinrich Zimmerman b. 1536
Felix Zimmerman
Birth: About 1530 in Wattenwil, Thurnen, Seftigen, Bern, Switzerland
Death: Unknown in Wattenwil, Thurnen, Seftigen, Bern, Switzerland
Sex: M
Father: FNU Zimmerman b. 1498 in Switzerland
Mother: NN
Reference: 15543
Spouses & Children
Eva LNU (Wife) b. in Wattenwil, Thurnen, Seftigen, Bern, Switzerland
Marriage: ABT 1554 in Wattenwil, Thurnen, Seftigen, Bern, Switzerland
Children:
1. Felix Zimmerman b. About 1554 in Wattenwil, Thurnen, Seftigen, Bern, Switzerland
2. Anna Zimmerman b. 18 Feb 1556 in Thurnen, Berne, Switzerland
3. Barbli Zimmerman b. 13 Feb 1558 in Thurnen, Berne, Switzerland
4. Heinrich "Hans" Zimmerman b. 5 Mar 1559 in Thurnen, Berne, Switzerland
Felix Zimmerman
Birth: About 1554 in Wattenwil, Thurnen, Seftigen, Bern, Switzerland
Death: Unknown in Wattenwil, Thurnen, Seftigen, Bern, Switzerland
Sex: M
Father: Felix Zimmerman b. About 1530 in Wattenwil, Thurnen, Seftigen, Bern, Switzerland
Mother: Eva LNU b. in Wattenwil, Thurnen, Seftigen, Bern, Switzerland
Reference: 15541
Spouses & Children
Barbli LNU (Wife) b. About 1555 in Wattenwil, Thurnen, Seftigen, Bern, Switzerland
Marriage: 1576 in Wattenwil, Thurnen, Seftigen, Bern, Switzerland
Children:
1. Benedickt Zimmerman b. 26 Jun 1580 in Wattenwil, Thurnen, Seftigen, Canton Bern, Switzerland
Benedickt Zimmerman
Birth: 26 Jun 1580 in Wattenwil, Thurnen, Seftigen, Canton Bern, Switzerland
Death: Unknown in Wattenwil, Thurnen, Seftigen, Canton Bern, Switzerland
Sex: M
Father: Felix Zimmerman b. About 1554 in Wattenwil, Thurnen, Seftigen, Bern, Switzerland
Mother: Barbli LNU b. About 1555 in Wattenwil, Thurnen, Seftigen, Bern, Switzerland
Reference: 15540
Spouses & Children
Dorothea Thoenen (Wife) b. 1582 in Wattenwil, Thurnen, Seftigen, Canton Bern, Switzerland
Marriage: ABT 1607 in Wattenwil, Canton Bern, Switzerland
Children:
1. Benedict Zimmerman b. 19 Feb 1609
2. Benedict Zimmerman b. 21 Jun 1610
3. Elsbeth Zimmerman b. 11 Aug 1611 in Thurnen, Canton Berne, Switzerland
4. Benedickt Zimmerman b. 31 Jan 1613
5. Anna Zimmerman b. 12 Apr 1614
6. Hans Zimmerman b. 30 Oct 1615
7. Felix Zimmerman b. 1616 in Thurnen, Berne, Switzerland
8. Christian Zimmerman b. 16 Mar 1617 in Thurnen, Berne, Switzerland
9. Heinrich Zimmerman b. 5 Sep 1619 in Wattenwil, Canton Berne, Switzerland
10. Anna Zimmerman b. 10 Feb 1622
11. Benedict Zimmerman b. 6 Feb 1625
12. Hans Zimmerman b. 6 May 1628
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Our ancestor Benedikt Zimmerman was born in 1580 and married Dorothea THOENEN about 1607. They had 12 children including our ancestor Heinrich who was born in 1619 and married Diktli WENGER in 1641.
Another son of Benedikt and Dorothea was Christian who married Benedikta Baehler in 1648. Some of Christian's descendants moved southwest to Montricher in the Canton of Vaud, which is in the French-speaking part of Switzerland on the banks of Lake Lausanne where they temporarily took the name Charpentier. A genealogy of this family has been written in French by John Zimmermann of e-Tour-de-Peilz, SWITZ. His coat of arms shows a hand axe crossed with a carpenter's square.
Another branch of the descendants of Benedikt Zimmermann and Dorothea Thoenen of Wattenwil emigrated to America in the 19th century and has among its descendants Anna Baehler Jorde of Paris, Idaho, who put the family into the Mormon records.
Heinrich Zimmerman 2 SmartMatches
Birth: 5 Sep 1619 in Wattenwil, Canton Berne, Switzerland
Death: Unknown in Wattenwil, Thurnen, Seftigen, Canton Bern, Switzerland
Sex: M
Father: Benedickt Zimmerman b. 26 Jun 1580 in Wattenwil, Thurnen, Seftigen, Canton Bern, Switzerland
Mother: Dorothea Thoenen b. 1582 in Wattenwil, Thurnen, Seftigen, Canton Bern, Switzerland
Reference: 9581
Spouses & Children
Benedichta "Diktli" Wenger (Wife) b. 14 Feb 1618 in Thurnen, Canton Berne, Switzerland
Marriage: 22 NOV 1641 in Wattenwil, Canton Berne, Switzerland
Children:
1. Hans Zimmerman b. 6 Apr 1642 in Thurnen, Canton Berne, Switzerland
2. Heinrich Zimmerman b. 20 Feb 1646 in Wattenwil, Thurnen, Seftigen, Canton Bern, Switzerland
3. Benedikt Zimmerman b. 12 Mar 1648 in Thurnen, Canton Berne, Switzerland
4. Melchior Zimmerman b. 28 Apr 1650 in Thurnen, Berne, Switzerland
5. Barbli Zimmerman b. 19 Feb 1654
6. Christian Zimmerman b. 26 Apr 1657 in Thurnen, Canton Berne, Switzerland
7. Elsbeth Zimmerman b. 11 Oct 1663 in Thurnen, Berne, Switzerland
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Our ancestor Heinrich Zimmerman was born in 1619 and married Diktli WENGER in 1641 at Wattenwil. They had 7 children. Their second child Heinrich born 1646 was our ancestor who married Anna Trachsel in 1666. Heinrich and Anna had two daughters, and after she died he married in 1671 to Anna Megert.
It seems likely that Anna Megert was a sister of Margaretha Megert who married his older brother Hans Zimmermann in 1675 and a sister of Barbara Megert who married his younger brother Benedikt also in 1675 but the births of the three assumed sisters have not been found at Wattenwil-Thurnen.
Heinrich Zimmerman 7 SmartMatches
Birth: 20 Feb 1646 in Wattenwil, Thurnen, Seftigen, Canton Bern, Switzerland
Death: 1710 in Bernese Oberland, Canton Bern, Switzerland
Sex: M
Father: Heinrich Zimmerman b. 5 Sep 1619 in Wattenwil, Canton Berne, Switzerland
Mother: Benedichta "Diktli" Wenger b. 14 Feb 1618 in Thurnen, Canton Berne, Switzerland
Reference: 9611
Spouses & Children
Anna Trachsel (Wife)
Marriage: 26 FEB 1666
Children:
1. Anna Zimmerman b. 13 Jan 1667
2. Elsbeth Zimmerman b. 28 May 1669
Anna Margareta Megert (Wife) b. 1649 in Wattenwil, Thurnen, Seftigen, Canton Bern, Switzerland
Marriage: 16 JAN 1671 in Bernese Oberland, Canton Bern, Switzerland
Children:
1. Elsbeth Zimmerman b. 2 Feb 1672
2. Heinrich "Henry" Zimmerman b. 7 Sep 1673 in Wattenwil, Canton Berne, Switzerland
3. Hans Zimmerman b. 7 Jun 1675
4. Benedikt Zimmerman b. 14 Sep 1677
5. Anna Zimmerman b. 3 Jan 1679
6. Elsbeth Zimmerman b. 10 Sep 1680 in Thurnen, Canton Berne, Switzerland
7. Barbara Zimmerman b. 28 Dec 1683
8. Catharina Zimmerman b. 3 Dec 1686
9. David Zimmerman b. 22 Jun 1690
10. Hans Zimmerman b. 1700 in Siftigen, Berne, Switzerland
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Heinrich "Henry" Zimmerman 23 SmartMatches
Birth: 7 Sep 1673 in Wattenwil, Canton Berne, Switzerland
Death: 10 Jun 1749 in Lancaster Co., PA
Sex: M
Father: Heinrich Zimmerman b. 20 Feb 1646 in Wattenwil, Thurnen, Seftigen, Canton Bern, Switzerland
Mother: Anna Margareta Megert b. 1649 in Wattenwil, Thurnen, Seftigen, Canton Bern, Switzerland
Reference: 9575
Spouses & Children
Maria Salome Rufener (Wife) b. 28 Dec 1675 in Blumenstein, Canton Berne, Switzerland
Marriage: 1701 in Switzerland
Children:
1. Johannes "Hans" Zimmerman b. 1701 in Wattenwil, Canton Bern, Switzerland
2. Emmanuel Zimmerman b. 1702 in Wattenwil, Canton Berne, Switzerland
3. Gabriel Zimmerman b. 1704 in Wattenwil, Canton Berne, Switzerland
4. Christian Zimmerman b. 1707 in Germantown, PA
5. Salome Zimmerman b. 1709 in Germantown, PA
6. Elizabeth Zimmerman b. 1711 in Germantown, PA
7. Henry Zimmerman b. 9 Aug 1713 in Germantown, PA
8. Daniel Zimmerman b. 1716 in Germantown, PA
9. Jacob Zimmerman b. 1717 in Earl Twp., Lancaster Co., PA
10. Mary Zimmerman b. 1722 in PA
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Individual:
1698- Henry Zimmerman Arrives in Germantown
Rupp in his history says on p. 126, that another old father of the church by the name of Henry Zimmerman (Carpenter) arrived this year and inspected the bretheren at Germantown. He then went back to Europe for his family and brought them over in 1706 and settled first in Germantown and then removed within the bounds of Lancastor County in 1717. His decendants are especially numerous and respectable.
The following is taken from Chapter 7 "Carpenter Ancestry of the Jansen Daughters" in Virginia Carpenter Jansen's e-book, The Family Zimmerman: Swiss Ancestry of the Jansen Daughters. (Feb 2002)
Wattenwyl is a quiet village in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland, at the foot of the Buergistein and Gurmigel mountains. It is on a small plain watered by the Guerbe River and filled with meadow land and orchards. Born to Heinrich Zimmerman and Anna Megert was their second child, a son named Heinrich on 7 September 1673. His older sister, Elizabeth died as a child. The Zimmerman family consisted of
four sons and five daughters. Switzerland had instituted public instruction in 1676 so the children went to the village school.
Heinrich was reportedly an unruly child who liked to roam the surrounding hills and mountains. He had been raised in a household where tradition rules, was interested in politics and voiced discontent of the ruling class. He grew tall, being over six feet in an era when five foot seven was an average height and strong, being able to use a pike and sword well. As a young man he reportedly gave his father no peace until he was allowed to hire out as a mercenary soldier under the flag of France probably until the peace of Ryswick in 1696.
After returning from France, Heinrich began an apprenticeship in Bern to become a doctor. At this time there was much talk in Bern about the New World and the English Colonies where freedom of conscience was guaranteed under the reign of Queen Anne. William Penn had made many trips to the continent where he combined talks of his religious doctrine and description of his province in the New World. Heinrich decided that he would go to the Pennsylvania and report back to friends and relatives in Bern.
In 1698 Heinrich embarked on his journey to Pennsylvania which would take between six weeks and three months. The voyage would be made in a small vessel which took hauling two tons of cargo (including people) with conditions which we would find intolerable. All vessels to the New World had to first make port in England before the ocean trip. The passengers had to bring all their possessions they would need in the Colonies as well as the food they would need on the voyage. There were many times when there could be no fires allowed so the only food was cold and usually wormy.
Upon arrival in Pennsylvania Heinrich traveled to Germantown where most of the Swiss people had settled. He apparently spent a good deal of his time traveling the surrounding area looking for suitable land to settle a large number of people he hoped to bring over from Switzerland. He spent between eighteen months and two years going about the country from the head of the Chesapeake Bay and up the
Susquehanna to where Harrisburg now stands.
In 1700 he returned to Switzerland and found that his family had made their peace with the government of the ruling class. He was enthusiastic about the New World and was anxious to return with a emigrant colony. His family and neighbors listened to his stories but discounted them as being too good to believe, but Heinrich perservered and finally an Emigration Society was formed and acting; they resolved to send two people to Pennsylvania. Franz Louis Michel was selected to go to the New World but land speculators he met in London on the trip west told him that Virginia or South Carolina had a much better climate than Pennsylvania.
While in Switzerland at this time he returned to living at his parents' home and practicing medicine. Heinrich also revisited the neighboring village of Blumenstein to court Salome Rufener whom he married in 1701. Their first son named Emanuel was born in 1702, followed by Gabriel in 1704.
By 1706 Heinrich was impatient to return to Pennsylvania and was dismayed that the Emigration Society had decided to go to North Carolina. Having a little trouble with his anti-government philosophy, Heinrich went ahead with his own immigration. It is thought that his brother Hans also emigrated with him but in 1710 when the Emigration Society arrived and settled in North Carolina, Hans moved there. Upon his arrival, he moved to Germantown which had been flourishing during the six years of his absence. He must have had considerable money when he arrived as he bought a house and land in the vicinity. His family increased with the births of Salome, Christian, Daniel, Mary and Jacob. He remained in Germantown and prospered for several years.
The year 1710 found Heinrich buying his first land, 200 acres, in Lancaster County. Two years later he purchased an additional 572 acres that was partially improved. This land was purchased for $3,000 and it is logical that he had inherited the money either from his family or from Salome's family as it is hard to believe that he could have accumulated that amount on his own in 6 years. He made frequent trips from Germantown to his plantation in Pequea, a journey of 60 miles which required two days travel. By 1717 he owned over 3,000 acres and thought it best to remove his family to Lancaster County. He built a house of walnut logs, twenty-four feet square, two stories high with an adjoining kitchen of eighteen by twenty feet. By the time he moved, Pequea had become a large settlement of Swiss and German settlers. He died in 1747 at age 74, which was above the average life expectancy of that time.
At the time of relocation to Pequea, my ancestor Emanuel was fifteen years old. The advantages of education were limited in Lancaster County at this time so the children were sent to Germantown to live with friends of the family and receive their education there. Heinrich felt differently than his neighbors and had his children schooled in both English and German. This remained a family characteristic until the 19th century and gave the family a distinct advantage in both political and legal activities. Heinrich was one of the largest landholders in the county in the early to mid-1700s which taken with his being a physician gave him a lot of importance.
Of the other children of Heinrich Zimmerman, Christian is the only child where a marriage is not found nor any descendents. The remaining children married well in the Swiss-German community in Lancaster County or in Philadelphia County. Gabriel was not as prominent as Emanuel but practiced surveying and had a saw and grist mill. Gabriel married Appolina Hermann. Salome married Dr. John Wistar of Philadelphia and died shortly after having a daughter named Salome.
Henry became a physician of some note having gone back to Switzerland for his training. He married Susannah Forney, whose family he had brought back with him from Switzerland. Daniel was a merchant and a Colonel in the Militia. Daniel married Magdalena Forney, sister of Susannah. Jacob was a farmer and surveyor and active in affairs of the County and Province. He was elected a member of the Provincial Assembly in 1765 until his death. Jacob died before the age of 50, had three wives and 10 children. Mary, the baby of the family, married
Daniel Fiere in Lancaster. The entire family was active politically and socially, leaving a great many descendants from the emigrant Heinrich Zimmerman.
William Penn had made one restriction on the emigrants: The Germans must anglicize their names. Thus Heinrich Zimmerman became Henry Carpenter. For the following century the descendants carried the dual names of Carpenter /Zimmerman. "Old Heinrich's" decision to have his children be bi-lingual had a lasting effect. It allowed the family to shift between the German and English factions in the county and represent each faction to the other. I am proud to call myself a descendant of Heinrich Zimmerman and Salome Rufener.
MIGRATION OF ZIMMERMAN/CARPENTER
The Zimmerman family began their migration from Wattenwil, Bern, Switzerland into port at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and on to Germantown. From there they went to Lancaster County where they stayed some 80 years. In 1798 the lure of more land in Ohio called so they moved to Lancaster, Fairfield County.
The land was owned by Col. Ebenezer Zane called by Zane's Tract, it being the one at the Hocking River that he received for building a road called Zane's Trace to open the land of Ohio to settlers. The migrating family included Emanuel Carpenter II, wife Mary Smith, four of his daughters, who were married to their Carpenter second cousins, and their spouses, Emanuel III, a nephew Samuel and several other allied families followed by the Shallenbergers, and Reams(also Swiss families). A large settlement was made by the Swiss community with the Carpenters as early leaders.
Johannes "Hans" Zimmerman
Birth: 1701 in Wattenwil, Canton Bern, Switzerland
Death: 10 Jun 1794
Sex: M
Father: Heinrich "Henry" Zimmerman b. 7 Sep 1673 in Wattenwil, Canton Berne, Switzerland
Mother: Maria Salome Rufener b. 28 Dec 1675 in Blumenstein, Canton Berne, Switzerland
Burial: Private Cemetery near Beaverdam, NC
Reference: 6840
Spouses & Children
Sarah LNU (Wife) b. About 1698 in Switzerland
Marriage: ABT 1725
Children:
1. Johannes Christian "the Moravian" Zimmerman b. 4 Nov 1726 in Hof, Nassau-Dillenburg, Germany
2. Anna Susanna Zimmerman Carpenter b. About 1730
3. Jacob Zimmerman Carpenter b. About 1734 in PA
4. Peter Zimmerman Carpenter b. About 1734 in Pa.
5. Samuel Zimmerman Carpenter b. Before 1750 in Pa.
6. Joseph Zimmerman Carpenter b. 2 Jan 1753 in Pa.
7. Hans Johannes Zimmerman Carpenter b. Before 1755 in Pa.
8. Anna Maria Zimmerman
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Individual:
John (Hans) CARPENTER was born in 1702 in prob. Wattenwil, Switzerland. Carpenter was also known as Johannes Zimmermann. In the book "Carpenters a Plenty" in is suggested that his other sons were Christian, Jacob, and Peter.
Wattenwil, 1659-1707 baptismal register, FHL microfilm 2,005,820; p. 222 Hans, 1700 Sponsors: Hans Zimmerman, Ulli Bäler, Babi Tschäppeler
1717-A few more Mennonites were added
...This year also, says Rupp, Hans Zimmerman came to Lancaster Co., (Rupp p. 126) and Hans Graeff settled in Earl (Rupp p. 133).
Sources:
Historic Background & Annals of the Swiss & German Pioneer Settlers of South-Eastern Pennsylvania
Jacob Zimmerman Carpenter 6 SmartMatches
Birth: About 1734 in PA
Death: 3 May 1807 in Lincoln Co., NC
Sex: M
Father: Johannes "Hans" Zimmerman b. 1701 in Wattenwil, Canton Bern, Switzerland
Mother: Sarah LNU b. About 1698 in Switzerland
Burial: Big Gullies Graveyard
Reference: 6819
Spouses & Children
Kadrina "Catherine" Ramsour (Wife) b. 31 Mar 1742 in Berks Co., PA
Marriage: ABT 1760
Children:
1. Margaret Carpenter b. About 1760
2. Henry Carpenter b. 23 Sep 1763
3. Katherine Carpenter b. About 1765
4. Elizabeth Carpenter b. 16 Mar 1767 in Lincoln Co., NC
5. Sarah Salome Carpenter b. 1773 in Lincoln Co., NC
6. Mary Carpenter b. About 1771
7. David Carpenter b. 1 Dec 1775
8. Jacob Carpenter b. About 1778
9. Jonas Carpenter b. Bet 1780 and 1784
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Jacob signed his name using the German spelling "Zimmerman." All of his sons used the English spelling "Carpenter." His will was dated 21 Jun 1803 and was probated in Jul 1807.
The first record of Jacob Zimmerman in the Lincoln County area of North Carolina
is in the Samuel Cobrin's Militia Company of 1748-1750. He was listed as "Young man Jacob Simerman." His kinsmen "John Simerman" and "Cristin Somirman" listed as "maried men." This area was known as Anson County then at that time. Jacob, like most frontier pioneers, did not acquire property immediately. He probably lacked the specie money to pay for it, plus the distance to the Anson Co. Courthouse discouraged many legal visits. Yet, by working a number of years on property which no one owned, he acquired enough money to attempt to purchase land from the colony of North Carolina.
On May 17, 1754, a tract of 325 acres was surveyed for him on the east side of the South Fork River "below the mouth of Michael's Creek"; however, Jacob never took title of the land. On Mar. 25, 1755, a 200 acre tract was granted to Jacob. This land was "on the South side of the South fork of the Catabo River on Beaverdam Creek about a mile above the mouth." On Mar. 26, 1755, the colony of North Carolina granted 105 acres to Jacob at the same location. On Aug. 9, 1755, (Anson Co. Deeds) Samuel Young, deputy surveyor for Anson County sold Jacob 275 acres lying between Beaverdam and Indian Creeks. Jacob paid £15, 5 shillings. Wit. Lawrence Kayser, Thomas Potts. Jacob had acquired about 580 acres in one year. He received additional land grants owning almost 1000 acres in the Beaverdam and Indian Creeks area.
He also speculated in other land. On Apr. 6, 1786 (Rutherford Co. Deed Bk-A-D, p. 436) Christopher Walhert sold 200 acres on Wards Creek to Jacob Carpenter. He also acquired about 600 acres on Clarks Creek north of Lincolnton. On Sept. 20, 1770 (Lincoln Co. Deeds) Derrick Ramsour deeded 200 acres on Clarks Creek to Jacob Carpenter, his son-in-law. On Sept. 26, 1770, Derrick Ramsour deeded 200 acres to Bostian Cline, his son-in-law. On June 6, 1771 Bostian Cline deeded the same 200 acres to Jacob Carpenter. Jacob eventually acquired almost the entire 600 acre grant of Sept. 3, 1753 to Peter Broyal (Peter Hoyl?) in Anson Co. Jacob deeded his Clarks Creek property to his sons Henry and David Carpenter. Henry received 291 acres while David received 231 acres.
On Mar. 8, 1762 (Anson Co. Deeds), Jacob Zimmerman sold 230 acres of the 275 acre tract on Beaverdam and Indian Creeks he purchased from Samuel Young to Peter Summerman, "blacksmith" for "17 pounds current money". On Jan. 16, 1767 Jacob sold 112 acres on the South Fork River to "Peter Summerman". Family tradition as printed in CK p-232 tells us that Jacob, seeing the need for a blacksmith in the community, wrote his half-brother Peter who was living in Pennsylvania to come to North Carolina. Peter agreed and brought his new bride to North Carolina and Jacob responded by dividing his land with Peter.
Jacob retained very fertile and prosperous land in and around Beaverdam Creek which he passed on to his two youngest sons Jacob Jr. and Jonas Carpenter. On Jan. 14, 1801 (Lincoln Co. Deeds Bk-20, p-112) Jacob Zimmerman, Sr. deeded 231 acres of land on Beaverdam Creek to Jacob Carpenter, Jr. The land included grants of 1755, 1763, and 1795. The remainder of Jacob's property which included "the tract of Land I now live on" was given to "Son Jonas Carpenter" in Jacob's will and included 240 acres on Beaverdam and 96 acres on the Mountain Branch. In the 1805 Tax List for Capt. Carpenters Company filed at the NC Archives "Jacob Carpenter Seenr." was taxed for 500 acres, 1 white poll, and 3 black polls.
The religious affiliation of Jacob Zimmerman in North Carolina is not known. No church records survive which list Jacob or wife Katherine. It is assumed that he attended Long Creek Congregation where son Jacob Carpenter, Jr. would later have children baptized. Jacob's older sons Henry and David Carpenter became leaders of Salem Reformed Church (it was and still is a union church for Lutheran and Reformed congregations). Jacob's daughters Margaret Friday and Elizabeth Cline probably attended Old White Church (Emmananuel's Lutheran) in Lincolnton when it was a union church. They are listed in the Emmanuel's Churchbook. Catherine Hoyl and husband "Politician" Peter Hoyl attended Daniel's Lutheran Chruch where "Politician" Peter exerted great influence. Mary Rudisill's husband Michael gave the land for the creation of Beaverdam Lutheran Chruch.
Jacob CARPENTER was born in 1734 in possibly Lancaster Co., Pa.?. He died on 3 May 1807 in Lincoln or Gaston City, N.C.. He was buried in Big Gullies Graveyard. Parents: John (Hans) CARPENTER and Sarah (Salome) ?. He was married to Catherine RAMSAUR in 1759/60.
Source: "German Speaking People West of the Catawba River in NC 1750-1800".
Children were: Sarah Salome CARPENTER, Elizabeth CARPENTER, Margaret (Peggy) CARPENTER , Henry CARPENTER, Catherine CARPENTER, Mary CARPENTER, David CARPENTER, Jacob CARPENTER, Jonas CARPENTER.
WILL OF JACOB CARPENTER-- 1803
In the Name of God Amen
I Jacob Carpenter of the County of Lincoln and State of North Carolina, being of Sound + prefect mind and memory (blessed be god) do this twenty first day of June in the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight
hundred and three, make and publish this my Last Will and Testament in the manner following that is to say I give and bequeath to my well beloved wife Catherine Carpenter the one third part of the land I now live on including the Mansion House + out buildings for her use and maintenance for and during her natural life I also give and bequeath her a Negro Guirl named Uley, for her use and dower during her natural life and at her death the said Negro Uley together with her increase (if any), to be set up at sale to the highest bider amongst my Children and the money arising from said sale to be equally divided amongst them-I give to her the yearly choice of two Cowes and Calves out of six here after to be named to Jonas Carpenter for her use and support during her natural life Two beds with furniture all her wearing apparel a large Chest one half of all the Kitchen and Dresser furniture her sadle and bridle
I Give and bequeath to my son Jonas Carpenter the tract of land I now live on together with all the lands I hold adjoining the same containing about two hundred and forty acres on Beaverdam creek also one other tract of ninety six acres on the Mountain branch to him and his heirs and assigns forever- he giving and yielding to my wife Catherine Carpenter decent maintenance during her life agreeable to the foregoing part of this instrument. I also give to him two Negroes. one Sesar and Silvey together with their increase for him and his heirs for ever-his Choice at my death of two Horse Creatury his choice of six Cows and Calves his choice of the stills with Eight Hogsheads his Choice of the waggons with hand gears one plow with jacklinger gears for two horses- one bed and furniture a Rifle gun one half of the dresser and kitchen furniture a large House Bible + Large Sermon book all of the above mentioned
property to be for him + his heirs forever----
3rd I further will that three Negroes vis. old Harry Billey and Sam be set up by my Executors to the highest bidder amongst my Children or legatees and that the monies arising from said sale be Equally divided amongst them
4th I further wish that all the land not already mentioned and which I may be possessed of be set up at publick sale by my Executors here after to be named and I do hereby empower them to make good + sufficient titles for the same to the purchaser or purchasers- and that all my Estate not already mentioned be set up at publick sale to the highest bidder and I will that all the monies arising from such sales Cash on hand Bonds Notes of hands book debt or debts of any hand be collected and the money Equally divided (after my just debts are all paid) Between my wife Catherine Carpenter and my Children
share + Share alike (to wit, Henry Carpenter, David Carpenter, Jacob Carpenter, Jonas Carpenter, Margaret Friday wife of Martin Friday, Catherine Hoyle wife of Peter Hoyl Esq., Elizabeth Cline wife of Henry Cline, Mary Rudisale wife of Mr. Rudisale, Salomey Cline wife of David Cline to them and their Legal heirs and assigns for ever (except that in the distribution of said Solomey Cline wife of David Cline is to receive forty pounds in hard cash less than the Rest of the legatees on account of the price of land already received.
And I do hereby order and appoint my two sons Henry Carpenter, Jacob Carpenter Executors of this my
Last Will and Testament In Witness where of I the said Jacob Carpenter have to this my Last Will and Testament set my own hand and seal the day and year first above written-----------------------------
Jacob Zimmerman
Signed sealed published and declared by the said Jacob Carpenter the Testator as his Last Will and Testament in the presence of us who were present at the time of signing and sealing there of------------------------
John Moore Surat
Elizabeth Moore
Peter (Pa...?)
Executors sworn
Sources: Carpenters A Plenty By Robert C. Carpenter, pp 1112, indexed, 1982.
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Peter de Fontenoy Rufener
Birth: 20 Oct 1644 in Blumenstein, Canton Berne, Switzerland
Death: Unknown
Sex: M
Father:
Mother:
Reference: 15612
Spouses & Children
Anna Krebs (Wife) b. 1640 in Switzerland
Children:
1. Maria Salome Rufener b. 28 Dec 1675 in Blumenstein, Canton Berne, Switzerland
Peter de Fontenoy Rufener
Birth: 20 Oct 1644 in Blumenstein, Canton Berne, Switzerland
Death: Unknown
Sex: M
Father:
Mother:
Reference: 15612
Spouses & Children
Anna Krebs (Wife) b. 1640 in Switzerland
Children:
1. Maria Salome Rufener b. 28 Dec 1675 in Blumenstein, Canton Berne, Switzerland
Johannes "Hans" Zimmerman
Birth: 1701 in Wattenwil, Canton Bern, Switzerland
Death: 10 Jun 1794
Sex: M
Father: Heinrich "Henry" Zimmerman b. 7 Sep 1673 in Wattenwil, Canton Berne, Switzerland
Mother: Maria Salome Rufener b. 28 Dec 1675 in Blumenstein, Canton Berne, Switzerland
Burial: Private Cemetery near Beaverdam, NC
Reference: 6840
Spouses & Children
Sarah LNU (Wife) b. About 1698 in Switzerland
Marriage: ABT 1725
Children:
1. Johannes Christian "the Moravian" Zimmerman b. 4 Nov 1726 in Hof, Nassau-Dillenburg, Germany
2. Anna Susanna Zimmerman Carpenter b. About 1730
3. Jacob Zimmerman Carpenter b. About 1734 in PA
4. Peter Zimmerman Carpenter b. About 1734 in Pa.
5. Samuel Zimmerman Carpenter b. Before 1750 in Pa.
6. Joseph Zimmerman Carpenter b. 2 Jan 1753 in Pa.
7. Hans Johannes Zimmerman Carpenter b. Before 1755 in Pa.
8. Anna Maria Zimmerman
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Notes
Individual:
John (Hans) CARPENTER was born in 1702 in prob. Wattenwil, Switzerland. Carpenter was also known as Johannes Zimmermann. In the book "Carpenters a Plenty" in is suggested that his other sons were Christian, Jacob, and Peter.
Wattenwil, 1659-1707 baptismal register, FHL microfilm 2,005,820; p. 222 Hans, 1700 Sponsors: Hans Zimmerman, Ulli Bäler, Babi Tschäppeler
1717-A few more Mennonites were added
...This year also, says Rupp, Hans Zimmerman came to Lancaster Co., (Rupp p. 126) and Hans Graeff settled in Earl (Rupp p. 133).
Sources:
Historic Background & Annals of the Swiss & German Pioneer Settlers of South-Eastern Pennsylvania
Jacob Zimmerman Carpenter 6 SmartMatches
Birth: About 1734 in PA
Death: 3 May 1807 in Lincoln Co., NC
Sex: M
Father: Johannes "Hans" Zimmerman b. 1701 in Wattenwil, Canton Bern, Switzerland
Mother: Sarah LNU b. About 1698 in Switzerland
Burial: Big Gullies Graveyard
Reference: 6819
Spouses & Children
Kadrina "Catherine" Ramsour (Wife) b. 31 Mar 1742 in Berks Co., PA
Marriage: ABT 1760
Children:
1. Margaret Carpenter b. About 1760
2. Henry Carpenter b. 23 Sep 1763
3. Katherine Carpenter b. About 1765
4. Elizabeth Carpenter b. 16 Mar 1767 in Lincoln Co., NC
5. Sarah Salome Carpenter b. 1773 in Lincoln Co., NC
6. Mary Carpenter b. About 1771
7. David Carpenter b. 1 Dec 1775
8. Jacob Carpenter b. About 1778
9. Jonas Carpenter b. Bet 1780 and 1784
Jacob Zimmerman Carpenter 6 SmartMatches
Birth: About 1734 in PA
Death: 3 May 1807 in Lincoln Co., NC
Sex: M
Father: Johannes "Hans" Zimmerman b. 1701 in Wattenwil, Canton Bern, Switzerland
Mother: Sarah LNU b. About 1698 in Switzerland
Burial: Big Gullies Graveyard
Reference: 6819
Spouses & Children
Kadrina "Catherine" Ramsour (Wife) b. 31 Mar 1742 in Berks Co., PA
Marriage: ABT 1760
Children:
1. Margaret Carpenter b. About 1760
2. Henry Carpenter b. 23 Sep 1763
3. Katherine Carpenter b. About 1765
4. Elizabeth Carpenter b. 16 Mar 1767 in Lincoln Co., NC
5. Sarah Salome Carpenter b. 1773 in Lincoln Co., NC
6. Mary Carpenter b. About 1771
7. David Carpenter b. 1 Dec 1775
8. Jacob Carpenter b. About 1778
9. Jonas Carpenter b. Bet 1780 and 1784
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•ID: I6806
•Name: Deitrich RAMSOUR
•Given Name: Deitrich
•Surname: Ramsour 1
•Sex: M
•Birth: 1690 in Germany 1
•Death: After 1772 1
•Change Date: 6 Apr 2002 at 16:01
Marriage 1 Spouse Unknown
• Change Date: 6 Apr 2002
Children
1. Margaret RAMSOUR b: Abt 1739
2. Catherine RAMSOUR b: 31 Mar 1742 in Berks Co., Pennsylvania
3. Jacob RAMSOUR
4. David RAMSOUR
•ID: I5726
•Name: Catherine RAMSOUR
•Given Name: Catherine
•Surname: Ramsour 1
•Sex: F
•Birth: 31 Mar 1742 in Berks Co., Pennsylvania 1 2
•Death: 31 Jan 1819 in Lincoln Co., NC 1
•Change Date: 6 Apr 2002 at 10:20
Father: Deitrich RAMSOUR b: 1690 in Germany
Marriage 1 Jacob CARPENTER (ZIMMERMAN) b: 1734 in Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
• Married: Abt 1758 2
• Change Date: 6 Apr 2002
Children
1. Margaret CARPENTER b: Abt 1760 in North Carolina
2. Henry CARPENTER b: 25 Sep 1763 in Lincoln Co., North Carolina
3. Catherine CARPENTER b: Abt 1765 in North Carolina
4. Elizabeth CARPENTER b: 16 Mar 1767 in North Carolina
5. Mary CARPENTER b: 30 Apr 1771 in Lincolnton, Lincoln Co., North Carolina
6. Sarah Salomey CARPENTER b: 1773
7. David CARPENTER b: 1 Dec 1775
8. Jacob CARPENTER b: 1777 in North Carolina
9. Jonas CARPENTER b: 1779 in North Carolina
•ID: I5703
•Name: Henry CARPENTER
•Given Name: Henry
•Surname: Carpenter 1 2
•Sex: M
•Birth: 25 Sep 1763 in Lincoln Co., North Carolina 3
•Death: 12 Nov 1837 in Lincoln Co., NC 4
•Burial: Henry Carpenter Cem., Lincoln Co., NC
•Change Date: 14 Apr 2002 at 19:14
Father: Jacob CARPENTER (ZIMMERMAN) b: 1734 in Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
Mother: Catherine RAMSOUR b: 31 Mar 1742 in Berks Co., Pennsylvania
Marriage 1 Frances LEHMAN b: 19 Jun 1771 in Lincoln Co., NC
• Married: 5 Feb 1790 in Lincoln Co., North Carolina 3
• Change Date: 6 Apr 2002
Children
1. Daniel CARPENTER b: Abt 1807 in Lincoln Co., NC
2. Catherine CARPENTER b: 20 Oct 1790 in Lincoln Co., North Carolina
3. Elizabeth CARPENTER
•ID: I5672
•Name: Daniel CARPENTER
•Given Name: Daniel
•Surname: Carpenter 1
•Sex: M
•Birth: Abt 1807 in Lincoln Co., NC 1
•Death: 1861 in Lawrence Co., Mo. 1
•Change Date: 10 Aug 2002 at 18:44
Father: Henry CARPENTER b: 25 Sep 1763 in Lincoln Co., North Carolina
Mother: Frances LEHMAN b: 19 Jun 1771 in Lincoln Co., NC
Marriage 1 Margaret HAGER b: 12 Dec 1812 in Lincoln Co., NC
• Married: 27 Aug 1834 in Lincoln Co., NC 2
• Change Date: 2 Mar 2002
Children
1. John Henry CARPENTER b: 1 Jul 1836 in NC
2. Simon M CARPENTER b: 1838 in NC
3. Samuel CARPENTER b: 1840
4. Jane L. CARPENTER b: Abt 1841 in NC
5. Charity E. CARPENTER b: 1842 in NC
6. Soloman CARPENTER b: Abt 1843 in NC
7. Robert CARPENTER b: Abt 1845 in NC
8. Andrew F. CARPENTER b: 1847 in NC
9. James E. CARPENTER b: 1849 in NC
10. Christopher CARPENTER b: 1853 in NC
Sources:
1. Abbrev: Soloman Carpenter
Page: family history letter dated March 17, 1925
Quality: 3
________________________________________
•ID: I5037
•Name: Robert CARPENTER
•Given Name: Robert
•Surname: Carpenter 1
•Sex: M
•Birth: Abt 1845 in NC 2
•Death: Y
•Change Date: 6 Apr 2002 at 08:31
Father: Daniel CARPENTER b: Abt 1807 in Lincoln Co., NC
Mother: Margaret HAGER b: 12 Dec 1812 in Lincoln Co., NC
Marriage 1 Amanda CARTER b: 1848 in MO
• Married: Abt 1869 3
• Change Date: 23 Dec 2001
Children
1. James Lindsey CARPENTER b: Jun 1869 in Mt. Vernon, MO
2. William S. L. CARPENTER b: Abt 1871 in Mt. Vernon, MO
3. Robert N. J. CARPENTER b: Mar 1872 in Denton Co., Texas
4. John A. CARPENTER b: Aug 1876 in Denton Co., Texas
5. Calvin Luther CARPENTER b: 22 Jul 1879
•ID: I1107
•Name: James Lindsey CARPENTER
•Given Name: James Lindsey
•Surname: Carpenter
•Sex: M
•Birth: Jun 1869 in Mt. Vernon, MO 1
•Death: Bef 1917 in Oklahoma
•Change Date: 10 Apr 2002 at 17:33
Father: Robert CARPENTER b: Abt 1845 in NC
Mother: Amanda CARTER b: 1848 in MO
Marriage 1 Lilly A. HICKS b: Abt 1866 in Arkansas
• Married: Abt 1893 in Oklahoma 2
• Change Date: 23 Dec 2001
Children
1. Ora Ethel CARPENTER b: Abt 1895 in Oklahoma
2. Syvilla Victoria CARPENTER b: 5 Oct 1900 in Oklahoma
3. Georgia Alberta CARPENTER b: 10 Dec 1903 in Tex
4. Arthur Lafayette CARPENTER b: 27 Jul 1908 in
•ID: I1069
•Name: Lilly A. HICKS
•Given Name: Lilly A.
•Surname: Hicks
•Sex: F
•Birth: Abt 1866 in Arkansas 1
•Death: Bef 1917 in Oklahoma
•Change Date: 10 Apr 2002 at 17:31
Father: George Caleb HICKS b: 1829 in Person Co., North Carolina
Mother: Martha KING b: Abt 1835 in North Carolina
Marriage 1 James Lindsey CARPENTER b: Jun 1869 in Mt. Vernon, MO
• Married: Abt 1893 in Oklahoma 2
• Change Date: 23 Dec 2001
Children
1. Ora Ethel CARPENTER b: Abt 1895 in Oklahoma
2. Syvilla Victoria CARPENTER b: 5 Oct 1900 in Oklahoma
3. Georgia Alberta CARPENTER b: 10 Dec 1903 in Tex
4. Arthur Lafayette CARPENTER b: 27 Jul 1908 in Oklahoma
Sources:
1. Abbrev: Census
Title: Census
Repository:
Name: Not Given
Page: 1910 Johnson Co., OK
Quality: 3
•ID: I5776
•Name: Elijah HICKS
•Given Name: Elijah
•Surname: Hicks 1
•Sex: M
•Birth: 1790 in Virginia 1 2
•Death: 1880 in Washington Co., Arkansas 1
•Burial: Washington Co., Arkansas
•Change Date: 22 Feb 2003 at 17:33
Marriage 1 Unk
• Married: Bef 1817 in VA 1
• Change Date: 8 Mar 2002
Children
1. John HICKS b: 1817 in VA
2. Isabella HICKS b: 1818 in VA
Marriage 2 Elizabeth FARMER b: 1800 in VA
• Married: 4 Nov 1822 in Person Co., North Carolina 1
• Change Date: 8 Mar 2002
Children
1. Samuel A. J. HICKS b: 1824 in NC
2. William H. HICKS b: 1824 in NC
3. James Madison HICKS b: 1827 in VA
4. George Caleb HICKS b: 1829 in Person Co., North Carolina
5. Margaret J. HICKS b: 1831 in Person Co., North Carolina
6. Amanda HICKS b: 26 Dec 1832 in Person Co., North Carolina
7. Edwin P. HICKS b: 1835 in Person Co., North Carolina
8. Augustin V. HICKS b: 4 Nov 1837 in Person Co., North Carolina
9. Albert M. HICKS b: 1840 in Person Co., North Carolina
10. Sarah A. HICKS b: 1841 in Virginia
11. Elizabeth M. HICKS b: 1849 in Virginia
Sources:
1. Abbrev: Cindi
•Name: George Caleb HICKS
•Given Name: George Caleb
•Surname: Hicks
•Sex: M
•Birth: 1829 in Person Co., North Carolina
•Death: 8 May 1899 in Johnson Co, Okla
•Burial: Tishomingo, Ok
•Change Date: 22 Feb 2003 at 17:38
Father: Elijah HICKS b: 1790 in Virginia
Mother: Elizabeth FARMER b: 1800 in VA
Marriage 1 Martha KING b: Abt 1835 in North Carolina
• Change Date: 27 Jan 2001
Children
1. John HICKS b: Abt 1852 in Campbell Co., Georgia (now Fulton Co.)
2. George Cicero HICKS b: 11 Jun 1854 in Campbell Co., Georgia (now Fulton Co.)
3. Nancy J. HICKS b: Abt 1856 in Tennessee
4. Victoria HICKS b: Abt 1860 in Arkansas
5. Alden B. HICKS b: Abt 1863 in Arkansas
6. William HICKS b: Abt 1866 in Arkansas
7. Lilly A. HICKS b: Abt 1866 in Arkansas
8. Charley W. HICKS b: Jan 1870 in Higgins Township, Perry Co., Ark
9. Arthur N. HICKS b: Dec 1874 in Arkansas
10. Cordie Cora HICKS b: 1879 in Texas
•Name: Lilly A. HICKS
•Given Name: Lilly A.
•Surname: Hicks
•Sex: F
•Birth: Abt 1866 in Arkansas 1
•Death: Bef 1917 in Oklahoma
•Change Date: 10 Apr 2002 at 17:31
Father: George Caleb HICKS b: 1829 in Person Co., North Carolina
Mother: Martha KING b: Abt 1835 in North Carolina
Marriage 1 James Lindsey CARPENTER b: Jun 1869 in Mt. Vernon, MO
• Married: Abt 1893 in Oklahoma 2
• Change Date: 23 Dec 2001
Children
1. Ora Ethel CARPENTER b: Abt 1895 in Oklahoma
2. Syvilla Victoria CARPENTER b: 5 Oct 1900 in Oklahoma
3. Georgia Alberta CARPENTER b: 10 Dec 1903 in Tex
4. Arthur Lafayette CARPENTER b: 27 Jul 1908 in Oklahoma
Sources:
1. Abbrev: Census
Title: Census
Repository:
Name: Not Given
Page: 1910 Johnson Co., OK
Quality: 3
2. Abbrev: Census
Title: Census
Repository:
Name: Not Given
Page: 1910 Johnson Co., OK