| Name |
Miller, Johann |
| Suffix |
Sr |
| Gender |
Male |
| wounded |
Her husband was also known as "Indian John" or "Crippled John" or "Wounded John," because he was wounded by the Indians when they were taking the family of Jacob Hostetler into captivity. |
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Birth: unknown, Germany
Death: 1817 Brothersvalley Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA
Magdalena married John "Hannes" Miller Sr. (born in Europe) on 01 Jan 1748 in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. Her husband was also known as "Indian John" or "Crippled John" or "Wounded John," because he was wounded by the Indians when they were taking the family of Jacob Hostetler into captivity. Magdalena and John had ten children--5 sons and 6 daughters, all born in Somerset County. Their names are:
Barbara Miller Hochstetler--- married Jacob Hochstetler
John "Hannas" Miller, Jr. --- married Veronica "Freny" Yoder
Jacob "Yockel" Miler --- married Anna Stutzman Miler
Peter --- married his sister-in-law, Mary Stutzman (Anna's sister)
"Glades" Christian Miller ---married Freny Blough?
Joseph ---married Barbara Speicher (2 of his sister's married Barbara's brothers)
Catherine ---married Jacob Kauffman
Maria or Mary ---married John Schrock, Jr.
Veronica or Freny -- married Christian Speicher (brother of Joseph's wife Barbara)
Susanna (?) ---married Christian Mishler
Elizabeth -- married Joseph Speicher (brother of Joseph's wife Barbara and sister Freny's husband Christian)
Hannes and Magdalena stayed in Elklick township for only eleven years. The first four children married, settled and stayed in Elklick or Summit township. Hannes and Magdalena moved with the younger children to the Glades. He Miller bought a farm from Abraham Coxson.
"Hannes, Sr., and his wife lived together in the Glades only from 1786 to 1798, twelve years, altough Magdalena lived another nineteen years. Hannes died at about age sixty-eight, an average age for that time, but not a great age." (see source below -- page 9)
"On the Maust Farm itself is a small cemetery with several markers, only one of which has an inscription. It reads: "M1817M," which we could interpret as: Magdalena Miller, died 1817." "The gravestone of John, Sr. is no longer there."(see source below -- pgs. 22 & 119)
Information Source:
"Anniversary History of the Family of John "Hannas" Miller, Sr. (ca. 1730-1798)" by J. Virgil Miller
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| Name |
Hannes |
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Birth: unknown, Germany
Death: 1817 Brothersvalley Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA
Magdalena married John "Hannes" Miller Sr. (born in Europe) on 01 Jan 1748 in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. Her husband was also known as "Indian John" or "Crippled John" or "Wounded John," because he was wounded by the Indians when they were taking the family of Jacob Hostetler into captivity. Magdalena and John had ten children--5 sons and 6 daughters, all born in Somerset County. Their names are:
Barbara Miller Hochstetler--- married Jacob Hochstetler
John "Hannas" Miller, Jr. --- married Veronica "Freny" Yoder
Jacob "Yockel" Miler --- married Anna Stutzman Miler
Peter --- married his sister-in-law, Mary Stutzman (Anna's sister)
"Glades" Christian Miller ---married Freny Blough?
Joseph ---married Barbara Speicher (2 of his sister's married Barbara's brothers)
Catherine ---married Jacob Kauffman
Maria or Mary ---married John Schrock, Jr.
Veronica or Freny -- married Christian Speicher (brother of Joseph's wife Barbara)
Susanna (?) ---married Christian Mishler
Elizabeth -- married Joseph Speicher (brother of Joseph's wife Barbara and sister Freny's husband Christian)
Hannes and Magdalena stayed in Elklick township for only eleven years. The first four children married, settled and stayed in Elklick or Summit township. Hannes and Magdalena moved with the younger children to the Glades. He Miller bought a farm from Abraham Coxson.
"Hannes, Sr., and his wife lived together in the Glades only from 1786 to 1798, twelve years, altough Magdalena lived another nineteen years. Hannes died at about age sixty-eight, an average age for that time, but not a great age." (see source below -- page 9)
"On the Maust Farm itself is a small cemetery with several markers, only one of which has an inscription. It reads: "M1817M," which we could interpret as: Magdalena Miller, died 1817." "The gravestone of John, Sr. is no longer there."(see source below -- pgs. 22 & 119)
Information Source:
"Anniversary History of the Family of John "Hannas" Miller, Sr. (ca. 1730-1798)" by J. Virgil Miller
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| Name |
Indian John |
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Birth: unknown, Germany
Death: 1817 Brothersvalley Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA
Magdalena married John "Hannes" Miller Sr. (born in Europe) on 01 Jan 1748 in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. Her husband was also known as "Indian John" or "Crippled John" or "Wounded John," because he was wounded by the Indians when they were taking the family of Jacob Hostetler into captivity. Magdalena and John had ten children--5 sons and 6 daughters, all born in Somerset County. Their names are:
Barbara Miller Hochstetler--- married Jacob Hochstetler
John "Hannas" Miller, Jr. --- married Veronica "Freny" Yoder
Jacob "Yockel" Miler --- married Anna Stutzman Miler
Peter --- married his sister-in-law, Mary Stutzman (Anna's sister)
"Glades" Christian Miller ---married Freny Blough?
Joseph ---married Barbara Speicher (2 of his sister's married Barbara's brothers)
Catherine ---married Jacob Kauffman
Maria or Mary ---married John Schrock, Jr.
Veronica or Freny -- married Christian Speicher (brother of Joseph's wife Barbara)
Susanna (?) ---married Christian Mishler
Elizabeth -- married Joseph Speicher (brother of Joseph's wife Barbara and sister Freny's husband Christian)
Hannes and Magdalena stayed in Elklick township for only eleven years. The first four children married, settled and stayed in Elklick or Summit township. Hannes and Magdalena moved with the younger children to the Glades. He Miller bought a farm from Abraham Coxson.
"Hannes, Sr., and his wife lived together in the Glades only from 1786 to 1798, twelve years, altough Magdalena lived another nineteen years. Hannes died at about age sixty-eight, an average age for that time, but not a great age." (see source below -- page 9)
"On the Maust Farm itself is a small cemetery with several markers, only one of which has an inscription. It reads: "M1817M," which we could interpret as: Magdalena Miller, died 1817." "The gravestone of John, Sr. is no longer there."(see source below -- pgs. 22 & 119)
Information Source:
"Anniversary History of the Family of John "Hannas" Miller, Sr. (ca. 1730-1798)" by J. Virgil Miller
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| Person ID |
I114370 |
WETZEL-SPRING |
| Family |
Lehman, Elizabetha Magdalena, b. 1 Jan 1730, Germany  d. 1 Jan 1817, Brothersvalley, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 87 years) |
| Marriage |
1 Jan 1748 |
Brothersvalley, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Issue, jt |
10- . Magdalena and John had ten children--5 sons and 6 daughters, all born in Somerset County. Their names are: Barbara Miller Hochstetler--- married Jacob Hochstetler John "Hannas" Miller, Jr. --- married Veronica "Freny" Yoder Jacob "Yockel" Miler --- married Anna Stutzman Miler Peter --- married his sister-in-law, Mary Stutzman (Anna\'s sister) \"Glades\" Christian Miller ---married Freny Blough? Joseph ---married Barbara Speicher (2 of his sister\'s married Barbara\'s brothers) Catherine ---married Jacob Kauffman Maria or Mary ---married John Schrock, Jr. Veronica or Freny -- married Christian Speicher (brother of Joseph\'s wife Barbara) Susanna (?) ---married Christian Mishler Elizabeth -- married Joseph Speicher (brother of Joseph\'s wife Barbara and sister Freny\'s husband Christian) |
- . Magdalena and John had ten children--5 sons and 6 daughters, all born in Somerset County. Their names are:
Barbara Miller Hochstetler--- married Jacob Hochstetler
John "Hannas" Miller, Jr. --- married Veronica "Freny" Yoder
Jacob "Yockel" Miler --- married Anna Stutzman Miler
Peter --- married his sister-in-law, Mary Stutzman (Anna's sister)
"Glades" Christian Miller ---married Freny Blough?
Joseph ---married Barbara Speicher (2 of his sister's married Barbara's brothers)
Catherine ---married Jacob Kauffman
Maria or Mary ---married John Schrock, Jr.
Veronica or Freny -- married Christian Speicher (brother of Joseph's wife Barbara)
Susanna (?) ---married Christian Mishler
Elizabeth -- married Joseph Speicher (brother of Joseph's wife Barbara and sister Freny's husband Christian)
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| Family ID |
F64266 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
