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• Reference Number: 9921
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Married Dorothea Greiner. Had at least a daughter Elizabeth Weidner, b 1750, who married John Dehart, son of Cornelius Dehart and Maria ___, a prosperous weaver who went to Philadelphia, opened a weaving shop and lived in the two mansions he bought across the street from the mayor's house, then went broke, and wandered back to Berks County.

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• Reference Number: 9917
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Hans Adam was the son of Hans Adam Weidner Sr. and Catharina Herringer. His parents were married in Geisselhardt, Wurtemberg on 23 August 1675. Hans Adam the son was married at least two times, the name of the first wife is unknown.

The Weidners are believed to be originally from Switzerland, driven from Switzerland to Germany, and thence America, because of religious persecution. His signature first appears as Adam Weittner in 1740, on a petition to establish the County of Berks. In 1725 he was listed as a member of the Church of the Brethren. This is the community at Ephrata where Caterine Weidner, mother of Heinrich Weidner, was also a member. Records indicate he was listed as a taxpayer in Philadelphia County records in 1734, and was naturalized by 1743. He was a potter by trade of great skill, making unglazed earthenware of which several samples survive. The oldest unglazed piece of pottery in Pennsylvania is a cake mold with hearts and a floral motif he did. He also made roof tiles in the European manner, the most noted of which are at the Ephrata Cloister, and some other structures in Oley township in Pennsylvania.

Adam settled in the Oley Valley prior to 1744, in which year he bought a tract of land from Benjamin Lee. Land was in the vicinity of Pleasantville.

Oley Valley Ancestors - by Guy L. Bierman Rev. 6 Jan 2002

Birth:
His birth is recorded in the Parish records at Mainhardt.

Hans married Unknown WEIDNER Abt 1709. Unknown was born Abt 1690, Wurtemberg; died Abt 1712, Wurtemberg. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 9920
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Oley Valley Ancestors - by Guy L. Bierman Rev. 6 Jan 2002