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    1. [PANORTHA-L] Re: Mosser info---Thanks
    2. geri brennan
    3. You very welcome. But like Smith, it's never ending Lancaster History-Musser The paternal ancestery is of Swiss extraction. Peter Musser, great-grandfather came to Lancaster. He married ___ Dietz. Children, John, Christian, Henry, Peter, born Nov 29, he married Elizabeth Roher, born 1778, ( their children, Henry R., Mary, Annie, Joseph and Betsey) and Anna. Musser, Dr. Benjamin, great-grandfather, was born July 13, 1749, lived at Turkey Hil. On March 8, 1770 he married Barbara Engel. Children; Jacob. 1771, married Catharine Nicely, 2nd to Maria Souders,Anna 1772, Maria, 1774 John, 1777, Henry, 1779, Christian, 1781. The mother died Dec 21, 1783, and on March 5, 1784 Dr. Musser married Magdalena Bossler, who became the mother of twins, who died in infancy, Benjamin, 1786, Joseph, 1787. Barbara, 1789. Benjamin2 1791, Martha and Martin, twins, 1793, Daniel, 1796, Elizabeth, 1797, Susan, 1800. Dr. Musser died Nov 25, 1820 Musser-Cumberland County Great-grandfather Benjamin, born in Lancaster Grandfather, Jacob, born and reared in Lancaster. He married Margaret Frye. Children; John, Joseph, Fanny, Mary, and Margaret. Jacob Musser moved to York County, 1817, and in 1833 to Cumberland Co. Father, John, was born in Lancaster in 1813, hemarried Elizabeth Eckerd, d/o Jacob Eckerd of York Co. Children; Jacob, Henry, Catharine, Joseph E. Joseph E., married Eveline Lehman, d/o Jacob and Catharine (Gibbler) Lehman of Monroe twp. Musser, Henry D. of East Pennsboro, Cumberlad Co. His grandfather, Dr. John Musser was born in Lancaster Co. moved with his parents to York Co near the Cumberland Co, line. He married Elizabeth Neff of York Co, and died in York Co. Children; Benjamin father of Henry D., Henry, died in Dauphin Co. Elizabeth, married Henry Snavely and died in Cumberland Co, Nancy, married Harvey Bowman, of Lancaster Co, Martha, married __ Houk, Mary married Joseph Whistler, and Susan married Henry Whistler, brother of Joseph. Best Wishes, Geri

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