Christopher (Schneider) Snyder (1755 - 1811)

Born 1755 in Somerset, Pennsylvania

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Died 26 Nov 1811 at about age 56 in Bald Eagle, Centre, Pennsylvania

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Lieutenant Christopher (Schneider) Snyder served with Northumberland County Militia, Pennsylvania Militia during the American Revolution.

Christopher (Schneider) Snyder is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A106821.

U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 Name Christopher Snyder Service Info. 1ST LIEUT US ARMY REVOLUTIONARY WAR Birth Date 1752 Death Date 1811 Cemetery Snyder Cemetery Cemetery Address Mill Hall, PA 17751

In 1791 Christopher Snyder bought land in Lamar Township, Clinton County. He came from Snyder County from that part that was once Union County. Christopher had served in the Revolutionary War in 1777 and was a First Lieutenant in Capt. Benjamin Weiser’s Company in the German Regiment stationed in Philadelphia. At the time he came to Lamar Twp. it appears he came with his third wife, Elizabeth and several children, including his oldest son, John, born in 1787. Christopher died in 1811. There were no cemeteries established in the area at that time and it is supposed he was buried on his farm, as was the custom in those early days. Elizabeth died about 1820 and was most likely buried by his side. Thus the Snyder Cemetery came into being. Note: Christopher Snyder’s stone has a birthdate of 1752; it was later verified he was born in 1747.

Daughters of the American Revolution Records

• SNYDER, CHRISTOPHER
• Ancestor #: A106821
• Service: PENNSYLVANIA Rank(s): LIEUTENANT
• Birth: CIRCA 1758 HOLLAND
• Death: 1811 BALD EAGLE TWP CENTRE CO PENNSYLVANIA
• Service Description: 1) 1LT, CAPT BENJAMIN WEISER 2) NORTHUMBERLAND CO,MIL,1777
• COMMENTS: 1) THERE ARE QUESTIONS CONCERNING HIS MARRIAGE TO RACHEL DAVIS
• RESIDENCE: 1) City: PENN TWP - County: NORTHUMBERLAND CO - State: PENNSYLVANIA
• SPOUSE: 1) RACHEL DAVIS 2) HANNA ZIMMERMAN 3) ELIZABETH X

Sources

• https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A106821
• http://www.clintoncogensociety.org/cemeteries/094.htm
• Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original data - National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator.Original data: National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50921381/christopher-snyder