Johann George Zeller (abt. 1725 - abt. 1792)

Ancestors

Husband of Anna Maria Barbara (Haas) Zeller — married 6 Feb 1753 in Millbach Reformed Church, Mill Creek Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died about 1792 at about age 67 in Tulpehocken Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Private John George Zeller served with Pennsylvania Militia during the American Revolution.

PA, Took Oath of Allegiance

Vital Data

• Birth - c1725 - Schoharie, New York
• Death - 1792 - Tulpehocken Twp, Berks County, Pennsylvania
• Burial - Christ Lutheran Church Cemetery, Stouchsburg, Berks, Pennsylvania ^[1]

Marriage and Family

Marriage: Maria Barbara Haas - February 6, 1753 - Millbach Reformed Church, Lebanon, Pennsylvania^[2]

Children: ^{[2] [3] [4]}

1. Anna Maria - (1754 - b1791) - Married John Lora
2. Andrew - (1755 - 1839) - Married Maria Catherine Forrer
3. Elizabeth - (1757 - 1820) - Married John Riegel
4. Margaretha Elizabetha - (1758 - 1829) - Married John Weyrich Katterman
5. Catherine - (1761 - 1843) - Married John Batdorf
6. John George - (1763 - 1831) - Married Maria Elizabeth (?LNAB)
7. Maria Barbara - (1764 - ?1849) - may have died young
8. Susanna - (1767 - 1839) - Married Jacob Schneider
9. John - (1768 - a1850) - Married Mary Elizabeth ?Smith
10. John Jacob - (1770 - 1841 - Married Christina ?Bucher
11. Peter - (1771 - ?) - may have died young
12. John Adam - (c1773 - 1841) - Married (1) Barbara (?LNAB); (2) Sara Confer
13. Henry - (1777 - 1823) - Married Sarah Gunckel
14. Maria Barbara - (1779 - ?) - Married Christian Noecker

Occupation

• Farmer

Residence

• 1725 - 1792 - Family farm inherited from Johann Heinrich Zeller, near Mt. Aetna, Tulpehocken Twp, Berks County, Pennsylvania

1790 Census, Berks County, PA^[5]

Estate: dated 26 Jan 1792, recorded: 21 Apr 1792. ZELLER, GEORGE, Tulpehocken. To son John a plantation in Tulpehocken containing 133 acres, paying £860 for the same, £200 of which shall be his portion. To son Adam 4 tracts of land with my mill, in said Township, containing 26 acres in all, when he is 21, paying £600 therefor, £200 of which shall be his portion. To son Henry a plantation in said township containing 139 acres, paying therefor £970 of which £200 shall be his portion. Provides for wife Maria Barbara, including use of dwelling plantation until son Henry is of age. To son Andrew £5 for his birthright, he having received £200 in my lifetime. To son Jacob £200 when 21. Remainder of estate as follows: to daughter Elisabeth wife of John RIGEL, Margaret Elizabeth wife of John KADERMAN, Catharine wife of John POTTDERF, Susanna wife of Jacob SCHNEIDER, Maria Barbara, and heirs of deceased daughter Maria £200 each, and remainder among all children. Executors: Sons Andrew and John. Witnessess: Henry MAYER and Frederick MILLER.

Research Notes

• Notation
  • "c" prefixed to any date denotes approximation
  • "b" prefixed to any date denotes "before"
  • "a" prefixed to any date denotes "after"
  • "?" prefixed to any date or word denotes questionable or missing source information or uncertainty in general.

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 19 September 2021), memorial page for John George Zeller (1725–1792), Find A Grave: Memorial #155559513, citing Christ Lutheran Cemetery, Stouchsburg, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Barb Dowden (contributor 46976515).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Vallentine, John F, The Tulpehocken Zellers and Their Zeller Descendents, C Tulpehocken Settlement Historical Society, Womelsdorf, Pennsylvania, 2012; https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE1942131&from=fhd
3. ↑ Abstracts of Berks County Wills. (n.d.). Retrieved March 21, 2016, from http://www.berks.pa-roots.com/wills/Abstracts1791-1795.html © copyright 2004-2013 Jane Unger for the Berks County PAGenWeb Project unless explicitly otherwise noted. All rights reserved.
4. ↑ Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994, images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-28790-26200-51?cc=1999196 : accessed 25 March 2016), Berks > Estates 1752-1799 Wert, Christina-Zwerentz, Ludwig > images 1373-1394 of 1812; county courthouses, Pennsylvania.
5. ↑ 1790 Census of Berks Co, Pa

• Christ Lutheran Church Records, Stouchsburg, Berks, PA
• Host (St. John's) Reformed Church Records, Tulpehocken Twp, Berks, Pa.
• Millbach Reformed Church Records, Mill Creek (formerly Heidelberg) Twp., Lebanon, PA
• Montgomery Co, Ohio, Marriages.
• Trinity Tulpehocken Reformed (UCC) Church Records, Jackson Twp. (now), Lebanon, PA
• Zion Lutheran Church Records, Jonestown, Lebanon, Pa.
• Berks Co, Pa, Deeds
• Berks Co, Pa, Estates
• Lancaster Co, Pa, Deeds
• DAR Patriot Index. National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. 1990. Washington, D.C.
• Genealogy of the Zeller Family: Heinrich Zeller 1710, G. Thomas Zellers, Historian, Zeller Family Association, about 1975
• DAR Ancestor #A130595
• Owen, Persons Who Took the Oath of Allegiance in Berks Co., PA, P5, Roll #5
• Pennsylvania, U.S., Revolutionary War Battalions and Militia Index, 1775-1783 https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2591&h=15034&ssrc=pt&tid=164037268&pid=282135283156&usePUB=true
• Strausstown Roots

Acknowledgements

• Thanks to Charles Taylor and Barbara Slater Nelson for contributing the original profiles from which this profile was merged.