1705 Christian Moser was born in Ittlingen, Germany. [1]
c 1708 Anna Landis was likely born about this time. [2]
1712 "By warrant dated July 5 1712, there were surveyed, Nov 1, 1712, Pequea, now Strasburg township, Lancaster County, for Amos Strettle, 3380 acres, who afterward sold it in smaller tracts … prior to 1734 to … George Snavely, Christian Musser, Henry Carpenter, John Bowman, …" [3] [4] [5] [6]
c 1724 Anna Landis, daughter of Jacob Landis of Lampeter Township married Christian Musser about this time. We seek documentation of the time and place of this marriage. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]
1727 Christian Moser arrived in Philadelphia on September 30, 1727 on the ship Molley in a sickly state with his two brothers Hans and Yost. [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]
1731 Thomas and Jane Hatton sold land in Lancaster County to George Snevely. Adjacent land was owned by John Herr, Christian Mozer, John Funk, Henry Carpenter, and John Bowman. The deed was dated on April 30. [17]
1751 George Snavely sold land to Christian Hare in Lampeter Twp, Lancaster County. The land had been granted by William Penn to George Shore, who granted it to Amos Strettle [Shettell] of Dublin, and it was eventually granted to Thomas Hatton who sold it to George Snavely. Adjacent land was owned by John Heer, Christian Mozer, John Funk, Henry Carpenter, and John Bowman. The deed was dated May 1. [18]
1757 Sons Peter Muser and John Muser were taxed in Strasburg Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [19]
1758 Sons Peter Muser and John Muser were taxed in Strasburg Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [20] [21]
1758 A deed recorded that the heirs of Christian Musser, (late yeoman of Lancaster County, deceased, who died intestate), settled the estate with eldest son Peter Musser. The other named heirs were Anna Musser, widow and relict of Christian Musser; John Musser, son of Christian; and Magdalena Musser, Anna Musser, and Pavey Musser, daughters of Christian. Another listing named Anna Musser the widow, John Musser, Magdalena Musser, Anna Musser the daughter, and Pavey Musser. Another listing named Peter, who paid the other heirs for ownership of a tract in Strasburg Twp, Lancaster County, adjacent to land of George Snevelly, John Funk, containing 233 acres. The tract was "in the line of Henry Hovers land". Signed by Pavey Musser (mark B), Magdalena Musser (mark M), Anna Musser (mark +) widow, Anna Musser (mark x), and John Musser. Dated February 15. Witnessed by Henry Dingi, Martin Hober, and David Haut. [22]
1758 Henry Tinkey was taxed in Strasburg Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [23]
Anna Landis married, second, Henry Tinkey. [24]
1759 Sons Peter Mosser (133 acres) and John Mosser (100 acres) were taxed in Strasburg Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [25] [26] [27]
Daughter Magdalena Musser married Martin Hoover sometime between February 15, 1758 and April 4, 1760 [dates on deeds].
1760 Theodorus Buckwalter of Lancaster County and wife Barbara, late Barbara Landus one of the daughters and Heirs at Law of Jacob Landus late of Strasburgh Township, sold their part of Jacob's estate to Benjamin Landis. Dated April 4. The land had been granted to Jacob Landus on March 13-14, 1722. Jacob Landis died intestate with issue Benjamin Landis, Barbara the wife of Theodorus Buckwalter and Anna (deceased) the wife of Henry Tinckey. [28]
1760 Peter Musser and his wife Frena, John Musser and his wife Christina, Martin Hoover and his wife Magdalena, John Wade and his wife Anna, and Barbara Musser (sons and daughters of Christian Musser and his wife Anna) and which said Anna the wife of Christian Musser was one of the daughters and heirs of Jacob Landis, late of Lancaster County, deeded their part of the estate to Benjamin Landis. Jacob Landis had died intestate with issue Benjamin Landis, Barbara the wife of Theodorus Buckwalter and Anna Tinckey (deceased), late the wife of Christian Musser, deceased. On the decease of Jacob Landis, Christian Musser became entitled to one fourth equal share of the estate. When Christian Musser died, that share descended to his heirs, who are the first parties to this deed. Dated April 4 [date assumed to be the same as the prior deed]. Recorded 1795. [29]
Research Notes:
We are researching Christian Moser, whose heirs, including Magdalena spouse of Martin Hoover, were parties to Lancaster deed WW-126, dated 1760. The land records cited above suggest that Christian Moser had ownership of the land by 1731. Other researchers have linked Christian to Christian Moser, born in 1705 in Germany and immigrating to America in 1727. We seek further evidence to clarify this potential relationship. Mombert lists Christian Moser as arriving in Lancaster County in 1720, without citing documentation. I have not found him listed in the early tax lists (1719-1726) of Lancaster County. [30]
1720 Christian Mosser settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [31]
See Mennonite card file. [32] [33]
[1] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Moser B146 and F, [Website].
[2] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Landis H7, [Website].
[3] Jacob I. Mombert, An Authentic History of Lancaster County (1869), 414, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].
[4] I. Daniel Rupp, History of Lancaster County (1844), 77, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive], [GoogleBooks].
[5] Pennsylvania Records of the Land Office, RG-17, Old Rights index, Philadelphia, 1682-1745. (series #17.798), page 179, item 2328, [PAHistoricalMuseum].
[6] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, D70-171, Survey record with no map, [PASurveyBookLinks].
[7] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed WW-126 to 129, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[8] Jane Evans Best, "Swiss Origins of Groff, Hess, Weber, Landis, and Oberholtzer Families," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 13 (April, 1990), 9-25, at 23, person LS 3265.3.
[9] Ira David Landis, The Landis Family Book, Section I (1950), 6, [HathiTrust].
[10] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Moser B146 and F, [Website].
[11] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Landis H7, [Website].
[12] Ralph B. Strassburger, William J. Hinke, ed., Pennsylvania German Pioneers, Vol. 1 (1934, Pennsylvania German Society), 12-14, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].
[13] John B. Linn and William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Volume 17. (Oath of Allegiance 1727-1775) (1890), 10, top, left, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[14] I. Daniel Rupp, A Collection of Upwards of Thirty Thousand Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and other Immigrants in Pennsylvania from 1727 to 1776, 2nd ed. (1875), 52, list B names only Hans Mosser, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].
[15] U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, [AncestryRecord].
[16] U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, [AncestryRecord].
[17] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed C-209 to 213, at 211, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[18] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed C-22 to 26, at 24, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[19] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[20] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[21] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[22] Recorder of Deeds, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed Book 23, 358-360, [358], [359], [360], [FHLCatalog].
[23] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[24] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Landis H7, [Website].
[25] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[26] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[27] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[28] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed WW-124 to 126, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[29] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed WW-126 to 129, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[30] H. Frank Eshleman, "Assessment Lists and Other Documents of Lancaster County Prior to the year 1729," Historical Papers and Addresses of the Lancaster County Historical Society 21, No.7 (1916), 155-194, at 154, [HathiTrust].
[31] Jacob I. Mombert, An Authentic History of Lancaster County (1869), 423, The basis for the link of 1720 to Christian Mosser is not reported, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].
[32] Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Genealogical Card File (Lancaster, Pennsylvania), [AncestryRecord].
[33] Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Genealogical Card File (Lancaster, Pennsylvania), [AncestryRecord].