Gabriel ZENTMEYER

Generation: 1

1. Gabriel ZENTMEYER was born 22 Oct 1806, Warwick Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania (son of Jacob ZENTMEYER and Eve Catherine WIELAND); died Bef 1820.

Generation: 2

Jacob ZENTMEYER was born 27 Nov 1778, Warwick Twp., Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania (son of Johann Jacob ZENTMEYER and Catharine Susanna ZARTMAN); died 8 Mar 1849, Derrstown, (now Lewisburg) East Buffalo Twp., Union Co., Pennsylvania; was buried 09 Mar 1849, Lewisburg Cemetery, Lewisburg, Union Co., Pennsylvania.

Notes:

Jacob Zentmeyer, grandson of Johann Bernhard Zentmeyer through his son Jacob, moved into the Buffalo Valley around 1810, and his descendants lived there until well into the early 1900s. The Buffalo Valley was also the home of Nathaniel Strayhorn, who moved there in the late 1700s and whose offspring populated the region until the late 1800s.

Jacob — Eve Catherine WIELAND. Eve was born 21 Feb 1784; died 13 Mar 1863, Derrstown, (now Lewisburg) East Buffalo Twp., Union, Pennsylvania; was buried Lewisburg Cemetery, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania Plot J. [Group Sheet]

Eve Catherine WIELAND was born 21 Feb 1784; died 13 Mar 1863, Derrstown, (now Lewisburg) East Buffalo Twp., Union, Pennsylvania; was buried Lewisburg Cemetery, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania Plot J.

Children:

Catherine ZENTMEYER was born 03 Mar 1804; died 19 Dec 1874.
Israel ZENTMEYER was born 06 Nov 1805, Warwick Twp., Lancaster, Pennsylvania; died 4 Jul 1875, Howard, Indiana; was buried Union Civil Cemetery, Phlox, Howard, Indiana .
1. Gabriel ZENTMEYER was born 22 Oct 1806, Warwick Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died Bef 1820.
Rachel ZENTMEYER was born 27 Mar 1811, Lewisburg, Union Co., Pennsylvania; died 31 May 1900; was buried Lewisburg Cemetery, Union Co, Pennsylvania.
Leah ZENTMEYER was born 1 Nov 1813, Lewisburg, Union, Pennsylvania; died 21 Nov 1891, Lewisburg, Union Co., Pennsylvania; was buried Lewisburg Cemetery, Lewisburg, Union Co., Pennsylvania.
Joel ZENTMEYER was born 14 Jan 1818, Lewisburg, Union, Pennsylvania; died 8 Jan 1885, Lewisburg, Union Co., Pennsylvania; was buried Lewisburg Cemetery, Lewisburg, Union Co., Pennsylvania.
Enos Peter ZENTMEYER was born 2 Oct 1822, Lewisburg, Union, Pennsylvania; died 27 Aug 1884, Lewisburg, Union, Pennsylvania; was buried Lewisburg Cemetery, Lewisburg, Union, Pennsylvania.

Generation: 3

Johann Jacob ZENTMEYER was born 30 Dec 1751, Bischwiller, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France (son of Johann Bernhard ZENTMEYER and Maria Salome ROTH); died 22 Mar 1831, Ephrata, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; was buried Keller Cemetery, Ephrata, Pennsylvania.

Notes:

(Johann) Jacob Zentmeyer, third surviving son of (Johann) Bernhard Zentmeyer and (Maria) Salome Roth Zentmeyer. Birth year on headstone does not agree with church records in Bischwiller. A blacksmith and farmer, he lived in Cocalico Township, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, and farmed at least 50 acres there on land between present-day Lincoln Gardens Rd. and Hackman Rd.

Johann — Catharine Susanna ZARTMAN. Catharine was born 3 Dec 1751, Brickerville, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 8 Oct 1833, Cocalico Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; was buried Keller's Cemetery, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet]

Catharine Susanna ZARTMAN was born 3 Dec 1751, Brickerville, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 8 Oct 1833, Cocalico Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; was buried Keller's Cemetery, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania.

Notes:

Here lies Catharina Zentmeyer wife of Jacob Zentmeyer born Zartman was born the 3rd of January 1751 died October 1833 was 82 years 9 months and 5 days old

Birth date on headstone is at odds with church records.

Children:

2. Jacob ZENTMEYER was born 27 Nov 1778, Warwick Twp., Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania; died 8 Mar 1849, Derrstown, (now Lewisburg) East Buffalo Twp., Union Co., Pennsylvania; was buried 09 Mar 1849, Lewisburg Cemetery, Lewisburg, Union Co., Pennsylvania.
John S. ZENTMEYER was born 26 Feb 1780, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 20 Dec 1857, Greencastle, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania; was buried Dec 1857, Cedar Hill Cemetery, Greencastle, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania.
Joseph ZENTMEYER was born 1783, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; died 11 Dec 1871, Stark County, Ohio; was buried Mudbrook Cemetery, Massillon, Stark County, Ohio Row 46.
Catherine ZENTMEYER was born Abt 1784, Pennsylvania; died 12 Mar 1863, Pennsylvania; was buried Lewisburg, Union County, Pennsylvania, USA.
Adam ZENTMEYER was born 03 Jul 1786, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 15 Dec 1872, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; was buried Lehn's Graveyard, Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania.
Elizabeth ZENTMEYER was born Abt 1788.
Salome ZENTMEYER was born 17 Jul 1789, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; died 17 Jan 1857, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; was buried Keller Cemetery, Springville, Lancaster Co., PA.
Susannah ZENTMEYER was born Abt 1792.
Samuel ZENTMEYER was born 16 Nov 1793, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; died 17 May 1875, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; was buried Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Kissel Hill, Pennsylvania.

Generation: 4

Johann Bernhard ZENTMEYER was born 1 Jan 1707, Roigheim, Württemberg, Germany (son of Johann Jacob ZENTMAIR and Ursula WALTER); died 9 Mar 1784, Warwick Twp. (now Penn), Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; was buried Union (White Oak) Cemetery, Warwick Twp. (now Penn), Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania.

Notes:

Bernhard was the Patriarch of the Zentmeyer/ Zentmyer/ Zentmire/ Santmyer/ Santmyers families in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and later into Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, and Nebraska.

There is a Bernhard Nicholas Santmyer listed in FamilySearch records and elsewhere as a member of this family, but he never actually existed, he is an unfortunate synthesis of several records by an unidentified compiler. I am working diligently with FamilySearch to remove this fabrication from the record.

Bernhard is also not related to Henricus Zentmaÿr of Brilon, Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany, an actual person, who had been incorrectly linked to this family in good faith by Dorothy Zentmyer Jones

Penn Township was formed out of Warwick Township in 1846.

Johann married Maria Salome ROTH 16 Feb 1739, Bischwiller, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France. Maria (daughter of Jacob ROTH and Catharina WALTHER) was born 16 Mar 1712, Bischwiller, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France; died 1774, Warwick Twp., (now Penn) Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; was buried Union (White Oak) Cemetery, Penryn, Penn Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet]

Maria Salome ROTH was born 16 Mar 1712, Bischwiller, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France (daughter of Jacob ROTH and Catharina WALTHER); died 1774, Warwick Twp., (now Penn) Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; was buried Union (White Oak) Cemetery, Penryn, Penn Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania.

Notes:

Headstone Inscription:
(East Face) Here lies with God Salome Zentmeyer was buried in the year 1774
(West Face) Was 61 Years Old
Salome was born 16 Mar 1712 per church records (Kirchenbücher) in Bischwiller, so she must have died before March 1774.

Children:

Johann Bernhard ZENTMEYER was born 11 Mar 1740, Bischwiller, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France; died Abt 1820, Shenandoah Co., (now Warren Co.) Virginia; was buried Santmyer Cemetery, in an unmarked grave.
Johann Jacob ZENTMEYER was born 12 Sep 1742, Bischwiller, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France; died 11 Jan 1750, Bischwiller, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France.
Maria Salome ZENTMEYER was born 7 Nov 1744, Bischwiller, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France; died 14 Aug 1745, Bischwiller, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France.
Johann Christopher ZENTMEYER was born 5 Sep 1746, Bischwiller, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France; died 16 Dec 1834, Washington Twp., Franklin Co., Pennsylvania; was buried Zentmyer Cemetery, Washington Twp., Franklin Co., Pennsylvania.
Maria Magdalena ZENTMEYER was born 8 Jun 1749, Bischwiller, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France; died aft. 1819, Augusta Co., Virginia.
4. Johann Jacob ZENTMEYER was born 30 Dec 1751, Bischwiller, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France; died 22 Mar 1831, Ephrata, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; was buried Keller Cemetery, Ephrata, Pennsylvania.
Johann Görg ZENTMEYER was born 20 Sep 1754, Penn Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died in infancy.