Johannes MASSER

Abt 1773 - 1813  (~ 40 years)

• Name	Johannes MASSER
  Born	Abt 1773	Oley Twp, Berks Co, PA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Unknown	Between 1807 and 1810	Upper Mahantongo Twp, Schuylkill Co, PA
  	Migrated
  Occupation	Storekeeper
  Will	25 Feb 1813	Upper Mahanoy Twp, Northumberland Co, PA
  Died	2 Mar 1813	Upper Mahanoy Twp, Northumberland Co, PA
  Probate	20 Mar 1813	Northumberland Co, PA
  _UID	5C712041C7B84527B27CB01DFA2439CF3AF3
  Person ID	I625333417	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 May 2014

  
  

  Father	Mattheus MAßER,   b. 18 Jul 1733, Wurttemberg, Germany ,   d. 20 Jul 1797, Alsace Twp, Berks Co, PA  (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Barbara BERGER,   b. Abt 1739, Switzerland ,   d. Aft 1810, Reading, Berks Co, PA  (Age ~ 72 years)
  Married	Between 1759 and 1762	PA
  Family ID	F549247531	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Maria Margaretha FICK,   b. 27 Apr 1772, Alsace Twp, Berks Co, PA ,   d. 30 Sep 1847, Upper Mahantongo Twp, Schuylkill Co, PA  (Age 75 years)
  Married	21 Mar 1797	First Reformed Church, Reading, Berks Co, PA (Rev Pauli)
  Children	1. Sarah MASSER,   b. 19 Jan 1799, Alsace Twp, Berks Co, PA ,   d. Bef 1843  (Age 43 years)   2. Maria Margaretha MASSER,   b. 1 May 1802, Alsace Twp, Berks Co, PA ,   d. 30 Mar 1880, Upper Mahantongo Twp, Schuylkill Co, PA  (Age 77 years)   3. Polly MASSER,   b. 18 Jan 1805, Alsace Twp, Berks Co, PA ,   d. 20 Jul 1833, Schuylkill Co, PA  (Age 28 years)   4. Ferdinand MASSER,   b. 22 Nov 1807, Alsace Twp, Berks Co, PA ,   d. 31 Jul 1867, Jordan Twp, Northumberland Co, PA  (Age 59 years)   5. Johannes MASSER,   b. Abt 1810, Upper Mahantongo Twp, Schuylkill Co, PA ,   d. Aft 1870, Jordan Twp, Northumberland Co, PA  (Age ~ 61 years)   6. Jacob MASSER,   b. 29 Oct 1812, Upper Mahantongo Twp, Schuylkill Co, PA ,   d. 29 May 1895, Upper Mahanoy Twp, Northumberland Co, PA  (Age 82 years)
  Last Modified	17 May 2014
  Family ID	F549247530	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  Name Suffix: Senior NC will 2:213 1800 census, 1810 census, pg 824,Upper Mahantongo, 20010-21010 1820 census, pg , Upper Mahantongo, 1200 01-0110 1 (John Diehl) 1830 census, pg 066, Upper Mahantongo, 0000 01-0000 0001 (widow Diehl) 1840 census sp -> 1794 Jacob Wuest and wf [M Barbara Fick] (sp are single) sp - 1799 Barbara Maser sp - 1802 John Wust and Maria Masser sp -1805 Peter Frick [Fick] and Magdalena sp - 1808 parents death notice in Northumberland Co Republicaner, issue 13 Mar 1813. says age was 40 Floyd's History of Northumberland Johannes Masser, son of Mathias, was a native of Berks county and settled in the western part of Schuylkill county, Pa., near the Northumberland county line, taking up a large tract of land and following farming. The farm now owned by Joel Schlegel, in Eldred township, Schuykill county, was his property. He married Margaretha Fick (Ficken), also a native of Berks county, born April 21, 1772, who died Sept. 30, 1847, and she is buried at St. Jacob's (Howerter's) Church. His burial place is not known. They were bothGerman Reformed members of St. Jacob's Church. It is known that Mr. Masser was a tall man, and his wife was a typical member of a family noted for strength. They had the following children: Ferdinand, who was an extensive farmer, lived near Uniontown, Pa.; John, who was a very rich man at one time, lived atvarious places and died at Gratz, Pa.; Jacob is mentioned below; Maria Magd. (1802-1880) married Charles Reiner (1799-1878).

  
  

• Sources

  [S54] see Sunbury Northumberland Republicaner, 13 Mar 1813 - died aged 40.