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Henry Abraham Troyer, Sr.

Henry Abraham Troyer, Sr. (I30352)

Male 1766 - 1870  (103 years)

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  • Name Henry Abraham Troyer  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Suffix Sr. 
    Relationshipwith Albert Leopold Vitter
    Birth 13 Sep 1766  (Before 17 Apr 1795 Somerset County, Pennsylvania was part of Bedford County), Brothersvalley, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] 
    • Died at 104 years old
    Gender Male 
    FSID LHN7-1P9 
    Name Bear Killer 
    Residence 1800  Quemahoning, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1850  Hardy, Holmes, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Death 1870  Shanksville, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Siblings 6 brothers and 6 sisters 
     1. Michael David Troyer, Jr.,   b. 4 Sep 1754, Bedford, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1838, Walnut Creek, Holmes, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
    ▻Christina Rickenbach,   b. Abt 1754, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. DECEASED, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  ,  m. Abt 1776, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  
     ▻Magdalena Rickenbach,   b. 20 Oct 1760, Morgantown, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1823, (Holmes County, Ohio was formed on 4 Jan 1825 from portions of Coshocton, Tuscarawas, and Wayne Counties), Walnut Creek, Holmes, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years),  m. 1796, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  
     2. Christian D. Troyer,   b. 5 Jan 1756, Shartlesville, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Jul 1839, Walnut Creek, Holmes, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
    ▻Leah Mishler   d. DECEASED  ,  m. UNKNOWN  
     ▻Barbara C. Yoder,   b. 31 Jan 1757, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1808  (Age 51 years),  m. Abt 1779, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  
     ▻Elizabeth Becker,   b. 24 Jun 1761, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. DECEASED  ,  m. 1790, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  
     3. Barbara Rebecca Troyer,   b. 31 Jan 1758, Shartlesville, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Aug 1805, Somerset, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years)
    ▻Peter Sipe,   b. 5 Jul 1744, Altenversee, Kassel, Hessen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. DECEASED, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  ,  m. Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  
     ▻Peter Farmwald   d. DECEASED  ,  m. UNKNOWN  
     4. Magdalena Troyer,   b. 20 Oct 1760, (Before 17 Apr 1795 Somerset County, Pennsylvania was part of Bedford County), Brothersvalley, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Aug 1843, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
    ▻Bishop Christian Yoder, Jr.,   b. Oct 1758, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Apr 1838, Stonycreek, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 79 years),  m. 1779  
     5. Anna Troyer,   b. 4 Sep 1762, (Before 17 Apr 1795 Somerset County, Pennsylvania was part of Bedford County), Brothersvalley, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1792  (Age 29 years)
     6. Jacob David Troyer,   b. 19 Sep 1764, (Before 17 Apr 1795 Somerset County, Pennsylvania was part of Bedford County), Brothersvalley, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Sep 1850, Holmes, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
    ▻Catherine Mast,   b. Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1800  ,  m. Abt 1790, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  
     ▻Mary Wengerd,   b. 1 Jan 1775, Somerset, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1844, Holmes, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years),  m. Abt 1802, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  
     7. Henry Abraham Troyer, Sr. (current person),   b. 13 Sep 1766, (Before 17 Apr 1795 Somerset County, Pennsylvania was part of Bedford County), Brothersvalley, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1870, Shanksville, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 103 years)
    ▻Veronica Kauffman,   b. 1770, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1844, Holmes, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years),  m. 1790, (Before 17 Apr 1795 Somerset County, Pennsylvania was part of Bedford County), Somerset, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  
     8. Mary Troyer,   b. 6 Nov 1768, (Before 17 Apr 1795 Somerset County, Pennsylvania was part of Bedford County), Brothersvalley, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1842, Walnut Creek, Holmes, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
    ▻Christian Stutzman   d. DECEASED  ,  m. UNKNOWN  
     ▻Conrad Keck,   b. 1764, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 May 1844, Walnut Creek, Holmes, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years),  m. Abt 1794, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  
     9. Joseph Troyer,   b. 31 Mar 1771, (Before 17 Apr 1795 Somerset County, Pennsylvania was part of Bedford County), Berlin, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jun 1860, Berlin, Holmes, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
    ▻Maria Kauffman,   b. Abt 1772, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1850, Berlin, Holmes, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 78 years),  m. Abt 1794, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  
     10. Andreas Troyer,   b. 30 Nov 1773, Bedford, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Apr 1855, Salem, Champaign, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
    ▻Margaret Rickenbach,   b. 1773, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1824, (Holmes County, Ohio was formed on 4 Jan 1825 from portions of Coshocton, Tuscarawas, and Wayne Counties), Holmes, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years),  m. 26 May 1794, Liberty, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  
     11. David Troyer,   b. 6 Jul 1777, (Before 17 Apr 1795 Somerset County, Pennsylvania was part of Bedford County), Berlin, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Feb 1851, Holmes, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
    ▻Barbara Schrock,   b. 7 Jan 1780, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jul 1858, Holmes, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years),  m. 10 Nov 1799, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  
     12. Veronica May Troyer,   b. 7 May 1779, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1854, Walnut Creek, Holmes, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
    ▻Jacob Miller,   b. 14 Dec 1784, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1830, Walnut Creek, Holmes, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 45 years),  m. 1804, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  
     13. Elizabeth Troyer,   b. 21 Jan 1781, (Before 17 Apr 1795 Somerset County, Pennsylvania was part of Bedford County), Brothersvalley, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1840, Walnut Creek, Holmes, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)
    ▻David J. Miller, Sr.,   b. 2 Oct 1779, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Mar 1840, Walnut Creek, Holmes, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years),  m. Abt 1804, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  
     
    Person ID I30352  Vitter-Weaver Genealogy
    Last Modified 23 Oct 2023 

    Father Michael Troyer, Sr.,   b. Abt 1734, Trub, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Apr 1807, Brothersvalley, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 73 years) 
    Mother Magdalena Mast,   b. 28 Oct 1735, Guggisberg, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Mar 1827, Walnut Creek, Holmes, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years) 
    Marriage 1752  Stouchsburg, (Berks County was formed in 1752 from parts of Chester, Lancaster, and Philadelphia Counties), Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 8] 
    Family ID F28487  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Veronica Kauffman,   b. 1770, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1844, Holmes, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Marriage 1790  (Before 17 Apr 1795 Somerset County, Pennsylvania was part of Bedford County), Somerset, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Children 
     1. Mary Catherine Troyer,   b. 22 Nov 1791, (Before 17 Apr 1795 Somerset County, Pennsylvania was part of Bedford County), Somerset, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1891, Holmes, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 99 years)
     2. Anna Troyer,   b. 1792, (Before 17 Apr 1795 Somerset County, Pennsylvania was part of Bedford County), Somerset, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1851, Holmes, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)
     3. Elizabeth Lydia Troyer,   b. 23 Sep 1794, (Before 17 Apr 1795 Somerset County, Pennsylvania was part of Bedford County), Somerset, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Feb 1866, Putnam, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
     4. Daniel Troyer,   b. 1799, Somerset, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Apr 1856, North Liberty, St Joseph, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)
     5. David Troyer, Sr.,   b. 1 Aug 1801, Somerset, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Sep 1899, Sebewa, Ionia, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 98 years)
     6. Henry Troyer,   b. 10 Sep 1804, Somerset, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Sep 1886, Putnam, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
     7. Magdalena Troyer,   b. 14 Nov 1811, Somerset, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Dec 1882, Wayne, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
     8. Peter Troyer,   b. Abt 1813, Somerset, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1900, Union, Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 88 years)
     9. Catherine Troyer,   b. Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. DECEASED
    Family ID F24289  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Oct 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 13 Sep 1766 - (Before 17 Apr 1795 Somerset County, Pennsylvania was part of Bedford County), Brothersvalley, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1790 - (Before 17 Apr 1795 Somerset County, Pennsylvania was part of Bedford County), Somerset, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1800 - Quemahoning, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1850 - Hardy, Holmes, Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1870 - Shanksville, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Sources 
    1. [S905] Marriage Records, Source number: 1664.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: DPS.

    2. [S541] Ancestry.com, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mennonite Vital Records, 1750-2014, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;).
      Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mennonite Vital Records, 1750-2014 Document      		 Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mennonite Vital Records, 1750-2014 Document


    3. [S1009] 1850 United States Federal Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: Hardy, Holmes, Ohio; Roll: 696; Page: 99B.
      1850 United States Federal Census      		 1850 United States Federal Census
      Year: 1850; Census Place: Hardy, Holmes, Ohio; Roll: 696; Page: 99B


    4. [S1248] WikiTree.com, Henry Abraham "Bear Killer" Troyer.
      Biography

      From family notes as given to family by Samuel Troyer. Henry live to be a 104 years of age. That at around the age of 103 he had fallen down picking blueberries and broke his hip and spent the last year of his life in bed and Samuel had visited him. Samuel being the age of four when Henry passed away.

      Fact: Residence (1800) Quemahoning, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States
      In 1850 Henry is enumerate on the federal census in the home of his daughter Anna Troyer Platz. [1]
      https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Troyer-658

    5. [S2025] David D. Troyer (likely author), The Troyer Genealogy, (Name: Self published; Location: Baltic, Ohio, USA; Date: circa 1925;), Cover email from Roger Weaver to Sharon Weaver Vitter, 30 March 2022, enclosing information about Daniel D. Troyer and the Troyer Genealogy, likely written by Daniel D. Troyer. See the web link below to access the letter and the Troyer Genealogy.
      https://vitter.org/Genealogy/Documents/TroyerGenealogy.pdf

    6. [S1037] James C. Hostetler, Family Database of James C. Hostetler, (Name: Swiss Anabaptist Genealogical Association;).
      Name Michael Troyer
      Born 1730 Europe Gender Male
      Died 1807 Somerset Co., PA Person ID I623 Hostetler Database
      Last Modified 7 Mar 2016

      Father David Troyer, b. 1707
      Mother Veronica _____
      Family ID F383 Group Sheet | Family Chart

      Family Magdalena Mast, b. 1736, Europe, d. 1827, Holmes Co., OH (Age 91 years)
      Children
      1. John Troyer, b. 3 Feb 1753, d. 28 Feb 1842, Norfolk Co., ON (Age 89 years)
      2. Michael Troyer, b. 4 Sep 1754, d. Holmes Co., OH
      3. Christian Troyer, b. 18 May 1756, d. 20 Jul 1839, York Co., ON (Age 83 years)
      4. Barbara Troyer, b. 3 Jan 1758
      5. Magdalena Troyer, b. 20 Oct 1760, d. 3 Aug 1843, Somerset Co., PA (Age 82 years)
      6. Anna Troyer, b. 4 Sep 1762
      7. Jacob Troyer, b. 19 Sep 1764, d. 1850, Holmes Co., OH (Age 85 years)
      8. Henry Troyer, b. 13 Sep 1766
      9. Mary Troyer, b. 6 Nov 1768
      10. Joseph Troyer, b. 3 Mar 1771, Lancaster Co., PA
      11. Andrew Troyer, b. 30 Nov 1773, Lancaster Co., PA
      12. David Troyer, b. 6 Jul 1777, PA, d. 9 Jan 1851, Holmes Co., OH (Age 73 years)
      13. Veronica Troyer, b. 7 May 1779, Somerset Co., PA
      14. Elizabeth Troyer, b. 21 Jan 1781, Somerset Co., PA
      Last Modified 7 Mar 2016
      Family ID F382 Group Sheet | Family Chart

      Notes
      Gingerich-Kreider TY

    7. [S1068] Mike Burley, Michael.W.Burley@gmail.com, Family Database of Mike Burley, (Name: Swiss Anabaptist Genealogical Association;), Henry Abraham Troyer, Sr.

    8. [S1251] Find A Grave, Michael David Troyer Sr.
      https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68851759/michael-david-troyer


 


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