Christian
Darsham
Sr.
aka Dersham
Born in Northampton County, Pennsylvania
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Catherina (Sitzman) Darsham
— married
about 1786 in Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Tobias Darsham, Eva (Dersham) Vogt, Christian Dershem Jr., Jacob Darsham and Elizabeth J. (Darsham) Whitmer
Died
at age 85
in Perry, Ohio, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Jan 2023
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Biography
84 years 20 days Christian moved to Perry Co., Ohio and was there by 1802. Tax records for Perry, Hopewell township, 1821, 1831,1838. Range 16 Township 17 Sections 35 and 26. He married Catherina Sitzman in 1786 in Penn. They are the parents of 8 children. Tobias, Christian, Eva(Vought,Benage), Christian, Jacob, Elizabeth (Whitmer), Hannah (Smith), Mary Catherine(Miller).
Christian's parents are Johan Jacob Darsham (Dersham) and Elizabetha________. Johan was born Feb. 21, 1732 in Falken-Gesass, Germany. He migrated to Philadelphia, PA. on Sept. 30, 1754 on a ship called Neptune. Johan purchased 25 acres of land on May 17, 1758 in Northampton Co, Penn. Elizabetha was born 1731 in Northampton Co. ,Penn. and died about 1752 in Northampton Co, Penn. They had 10 children.
Johan Jacob's parents were Johan Jacob (Hans Jakob) Darsham (Dorsam) and Anna Catherina Fischer. Johan was born April 13, 1702 in Affolterbach, Germany and died Nov. 14, 1742 in Falken, Germany. Anna was born about 1705. They had 8 children.
Christian was born in 1763. He passed away in 1847.
Sources
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission: Media
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65041362/christian-darsham: accessed 08 January 2023), memorial page for Christian Darsham Sr. (8 Mar 1762–28 Mar 1847), Find A Grave: Memorial #65041362, citing Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Somerset, Perry County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by ARM (contributor 47699546).
- "Ohio Tax Records, 1800-1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7V4J-B7ZM : 18 February 2021), Christian Dersham, 1838; citing multiple county courthouse offices, Hopewell Township, Perry, Ohio, United States, p. , Tax records indexed by Ohio Genealogy Society; FHL microfilm 004849198.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Christian by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Christian:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Christian by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Christian:
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~1.56%
Terry Vogt
:
23andMe
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~1.56%
Kristeen Davis :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member KristiDavis74
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Gail (Graham) Grich :
MyHeritage DNA, yourDNAportal GAI89230446
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~0.78%
Derek Kniffin :
23andMe, GEDmatch GQ7141309 [compare]
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Donna (Rouse) Michelstetter
Darsham-8 and Dersham-8 appear to represent the same person because: appears these two are one in the same. The difference is the spelling of Darsham and Dersham.
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