Benjamin Zeller (1794 - aft. 1860)

Born 7 Nov 1794 in Tuplehocken Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Died after 1860 after age 65 in Hocking County, Ohio

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Biography

Vital Data

• Birth - November 7, 1794 in Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania
• Christened - December 15, 1794 at Trinity Tulpehocken Reformed Church in Berks County, Pennsylvania ^[1]
• Death - a1860, probably in Hocking County, Ohio ^[2]
• Burial - unknown

Marriage and Family

• Parents
  • Father - John Zeller (1768)
  • Mother - Maria Elizabeth
• Marriage
  • Sarah Matthias - February 6, 1825 in Hocking County, Ohio ^[3]
• Children
  • Benjamin (1823) ^[4]
  • Ezra (1825) - Married Rachael A. Botts ^[5]

Occupation

• Farmer
• Minister in the Evangelical Association

Residence

• 1794 - b1830 - Berks County, Pennsylvania
• b1830 - c1857 - Hocking County, Ohio ^[6]
• c1857 - b1860 - Illinois ^[7]
• b1860 - death - Hocking County, Ohio ^[8]

References

1. ↑ #E137, citing #C132
2. ↑ #E137, citing #A099
3. ↑ #E137, citing #C046
4. ↑ #E137, citing #E028 and #E091
5. ↑ #E137, citing #E028 and #C046
6. ↑ #E137, citing #A031, #A043 and #A066
7. ↑ #E137, citing #E016
8. ↑ #E137, citing #A099

Bibliography

A031 - 1830 Census of Hocking County, Ohio

A043 - 1840 Census of Hocking County, Ohio

A066 - 1850 Census of Hocking County, Ohio

A099 - 1860 Census of Hocking County, Ohio

C046 - Hocking Co, Ohio, Marriages

C132 - Trinity Tulpehocken Reformed (UCC) Church Records, Jackson Twp. (now), Lebanon County, Pennsylvania

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.

E028 - DAR Membership Application Papers. National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Not dated. Washington, D.C.

E091 - New Family Search, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah (limited access on the internet)

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

Source Repository

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

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

Source Comments

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

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.)

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.