John Zeller (1768 - aft. 1850)

Born 27 Nov 1768 in Tuplehocken Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Descendants

Died after 1850 after age 81 in Hocking County, Ohio, USA

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Biography

Vital Data

• Birth - November 27, 1768 - Tulpehocken Twp, Berks Co, Pennsylvania ^[1]
• Christened - February 14, 1769 - Christ Luthern Church, Stouchsburg, Pennsylvania ^[2]
• Death - a1850, Hocking County, Ohio ^[3]
• Burial - United Brethren Church Cemetery ^[4]

Marriage and Family

• Marriage
  • Mary Elizabeth ?Smith - c1787 ^[5]
• Children ^[6]
  • John Adam (1789) - Married Catherine Elizabeth ?Keesler
  • Maria Barbara (1792) - "died young"
  • Benjamin (1784) - Married Sarah Matthias
  • John (1797) - Married Susannah Kumler
  • unknown daughter (1799) - Married ? Parlin
  • Jacob (1801) - Married Catherine Goss
  • Mary (c1802) - possibly same as unknown daughter (1799)
  • Andrew (?1804) - "died young"
  • Peter (?1804) - Married Catherine Landis

Occupation

• Carpenter ^[7]
• Farmer ^[8]

Residence

• 1768-c1805 - Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania ^[9]
• 1790 - Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania ^[10]
• 1800 - Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania ^[11]
• c1805 - Moved to Hocking County, Ohio ^[12]
• 1820 & 1830 - Hocking County, Ohio ^[13]
• 1850 - Hocking County, Ohio, living with son Jacob ^[14]

References

1. ↑ #E137
2. ↑ #E137, p58, citing #C016
3. ↑ #A066a
4. ↑ #E137, p5
5. ↑ #E137, p5
6. ↑ #E137, p59, citing numerous source
7. ↑ #E016, p
8. ↑ #A066a
9. ↑ #E137
10. ↑ #A001b1
11. ↑ #A007a1
12. ↑ #E137, p59, citing #E012
13. ↑ #E137, p59, citing 1820 and 1830 Census of Hocking County Ohio
14. ↑ #A066a

Bibliography

A001b1 - United States Census, 1790, database with images, FamilySearch.com, Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, image 6 of 12; citing NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

A007a1 - United States Census, 1800, database with images, FamilySearch, Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania; image 6 of 9; citing NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

A066a - United States Census, 1850, database with images, FamilySearch.com, Ohio > Hocking > Good Hope > image 11 of 16; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); accessed 12 March 2016

C016 - Christ Lutheran Church Records, Stouchsburg, Berks County, Pennsylvania

E012 - Biographical and Genealogical History of Indiana, 2 vols. 1899.

E016 - A Biography of the Zeller Family: Emigration to America (etc.); A Sketch of the Kumler Family and Incidents in the Life and Travels of the Author. S. W. Zeller. 1893. M. D. Makepeace, Printer.

E137 - Vallentine, John F. 2012. The Tulpehocken Zellers And Their Zeller Decendants. Ebook. 1st ed.

Source Repository

A001b1 - https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-25127-68567-25?cc=1803959

A007a1 - https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-22837-18332-24?cc=1804228

A066a - https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-11846-58366-84?cc=1401638

E016 - https://archive.org/details/biographyofzelle00zell

E137 - https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE1942131&from=fhd

Source Comments

A001b1 - Record accessed 30 April 2016. Lists 1 free white male 16 years and older and 1 free white female.

A007a1 - Record accessed 25 February 2016. Lists "John Zeller" as head of household with 2 free white males under 10 years, 1 free white male 10-15, 1 free white male 26-44, 1 free white female under 10, 1 free white female 16-25, and one free white female 26-44.

E137 - Vallentine's book is a treasure trove of information about the Zeller family that descended from Johann Heinrich and Johann George Zeller who moved into the Berks County, Pennsylvania area about 1720. It is a derived work, but it is very well documented with over 600 referenced sources.

Additional References

1820 Census of Hocking County, Ohio

1830 Census of Hocking County, Ohio

Butler Co, Ohio, Marriages

Christ Lutheran Church Records, Stouchsburg, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Hocking Co, Ohio, Marriages

Montgomery Co, Ohio, Marriages.

Trinity Tulpehocken Reformed (UCC) Church Records, Jackson Twp. (now), Lebanon County, Pennsylvania

Ancestry.com (Public Member Trees)

The Family Tree of Hans Heinrich Zeller, 1710, Tulpehocken Twp. Berks County, Pa. G. Thomas Zeller, Historian, Zeller Family Association. Not dated (abt 1980) (original manuscript located at Berks C. Hist. Soc.)

Genealogy of the Zeller Family: Heinrich Zeller 1710. G. Thomas Zellers, Historian. Zeller Family Association. Abt 1975

The Life of Bishop Andrew Zeller: His Ancestors and Descendants. Marcella Henry Miller. 1962. Dayton, Ohio.

New Family Search, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah (limited access on the internet)

Notes

• Notation
  • "c" prefixed to any date denotes approximation
  • "b" prefixed to any date denotes "before"
  • "a" prefixed to any date denotes "after"
  • "?" prefixed to any date or word denotes questionable or missing source information or uncertainty in general.