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John Weimer came to America shortly before the revolutionary war and settled in the Philadelphia area. He so liked his life here that he joined in the fighting in the war. He was with George Washington at Valley Forge and was listed among those troops with insufficient clothing.

John and his brothers Martin and Frederick migrated to America probably as a result of religious persecution and or a drought conditions in the Germany/Switzerland area. His wife Susannah may have been on the ship with him or he might have met and married in America. He probably sailed from Rotterdam on the Hero arriving in Phildelphia, October 1764. On the other hand he may have been in America as early as 1760-61. He served in the revolutionary war (see war record) and received 366 acres for doing so in 1788. It was named Prospect Hill.

He served as Corporal in Captain John Reiley's Company, Third Pennsylvania Continental Line in 1778 which was at Valley Forge with George Washington. Following the Revolution, John and his family settled in Somerset County where he was granted 336 acres of "bounty land" in Milford Township for his military service. He received title to his land on February 26, 1788, and named it "Prospect Hill." In 1785 he and his family helped to found Samuel's Evangelical Lutheran Church where many of his descendants are still members.

John D Weimer
Note One of Somerset Counties earliest settlers in Milford Twp., where he owned several farms at the time of his death.
John was blind for many years.

John and Susannah may have sailed from Rotterdam and arrived in Philadelphia on Oct 27, 1764 on the ship ''Hero''. However, some records state that they married in 1761 in PA. His brothers Martin and Frederick also came to America. John served in the Revolutionary War as Corporal in Captain John Reiley's Company, Third Pennsylvania Continental Line in 1778 which was at Valley Forge with George Washington. Following the war, the family settled in Somerset Co. PA where John was granted 336 acres of ''bounty land'' in Milford Township for his military service. He was one of the first settlers there, and the family lived on a farm in the northeastern part of the township. He received title to his land on February 26, 1788, and named it ''Prospect Hill.'' In 1785 he and his family helped to found Samuel's Evangelical Lutheran Church, which is about three miles west of the town of Somerset. John's brother Martin and his family settled in the southern part of the county, near the Maryland border. John lived quite long and was blind for many years.

Laurel Cemetery outside New Florence on old Boswell Rd

on the ship ''Hero.''

Date reported in family Bible.

Revolt that wasn't

According to other researchers John's Company marched on Phildelphia, in protest, over not being paid in over a year. Along the way they were intercepted by a British detachment that offered them twice the pay if they would come over to the British side. The Company refused.

About John Weimer

John Weimer came to America shortly before the revolutionary war and settled in the Philadelphia area. He so liked his life here that he joined in the fighting in the war. He was with George Washington at Valley Forge and was listed among those troops with insufficient clothing.

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