Barnabas Dotterer Sr. (abt. 1706 - 1782)

Born about 1706 in Gemmingen, Heilbronn, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany

Ancestors

Husband of Gertrude (Unknown) Dodderer — married 1727 in Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 5 Oct 1782 at about age 76 in Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Added by JRB as of July 2015: His father called him Barrant, per his 1741 will. His mother’s 1751 will called him Bernhard. Also shows up as Barnard, Barnabas, Barnhart, Berni, Barney DOTTER / DOTRER. Barnabus TOTHERO is listed among those in Hanover Tp Philadelphia Co who owned land and paid quit rent on it (freeing them from further taxes) before 1734; he had 100 ac. He is recorded as a blacksmith. 1734: New Hanover Tp Montgomery Co, PA taxables: he appears as Barnabas TOTHEROH and Barnibus TUTTERRO and only pd on 100 ac; name listed http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ pa/philadelphia/taxlist/tax1734.txt.

Sources vary on his wives, giving 3, of which 2 are probably correct:: 1. Barnabas 1st m. [?] to Gertraut BITTING, dau of an Anthony & Magdalena BITTING [not found in early Montgomery Co records], and they had Elisabetha DOTTER b. 1741 bapt 4 Sep 1742 New Goshenhoppen Reformed, per Humphrey’s book on Montgomery Co. births. also a child with no name given b. abt Jan 1745, to Bernhard, wife's name not given; 2. 2nd, a Barbara with whom a Bernhard DOTTERER had children registered at New Hanover Ch. but Humphrey in his church transcriptions shows these births as being in the 1760s and 1770s, or after the immigrant Bernhard's death; 3. 3rd, in marriage May 27, 1757 to Christina Elisabeth DeWEES the widow of Col. Henry Antes, she b: 1702 in Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania, d: October 05, 1782 in Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania. See Dotterer, Henry S., The Perkiomen Region: Past and Present, Bedminster PA: Adams Apple Press 1994, reprint of Vols. I-III.^[1] 1739 on May 19 Bernhard, Conrath , George Philip, and Michael DOTTERER were naturalized, recorded as living in Philadelphia Co. In Feb 1741 his sister Elisabetha’s husband Michael ZIMMERMAN died, and Bernhart was named one of the estate guardians for her and her children. She remarried that same July at St. Paul’s Luthernan Church in Red Hill, Montgomery Co PA. 1751 June 22 in Hanover Twp, Bernard TOTHEROH is named as a neighbor in a land transaction by George HEEBNER buying from Wm. PARSONS and others. Other neighbors were Jacob DIRR, Conrad SMITH, Philip HAHN, and Henry FREYER. He has been reported as dying 5 Oct 1758 and buried at Falkner Swamp Church [burials that year are not included in transcripts of the church records by Charlotte Meldrum]. ^[2] However, there is a will under his name in Philadelphia County earlier that year: Bernhard Dodorow, New Hanover, County of Philadelphia. Yeoman. Written January 20, 1758. Proved April 12, 1758 (Book L-105). Wife: Christiana [2nd wife DeWees-Antes]. Children: Philip, Isaac, Jacob, Bernhard, Henry and Elizabeth. Grandchildren: John, Joseph and Mary Neyes. Son-in-law: George Neyes. Overseersw: Philip and John Dodorow. Executor: Bernhard and Isaac Dodor ow. Witnesses: Johannes Zeller, Philip Haun, Nichs. Bunn.

Death date 5 Oct 1782 in what was then Northumberland County PA. [Note: Burials at Falkner Swamp in 1782 by Rev. Nicholas Pomp don't include Barnabas DOTTERER.]

BERNARD Dotterer. ^[3][4][5][6]

Born 1706 Gemmingen, Heilbronn, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. ^[7]

Buried Falkner Swamp Reformed Church, New Hanover Tp, Montgomery Co, PA.

Occupation: Blacksmith. Residence USA^[8]

Marriage Husband Bernard Dotterer. Wife Gertrude Bitting. Child: George Philip Dotterer. Marriage ca. 1727 to judge from births of children. He was buying land that year in Pennsylvania, United States. ^[9]

A man of considerable means, frequently disturbed by the "Injeans" as shown in appeal to the Provincial Council, May, 1728, for help, in conjunction with many others. He shared in the benevolent movement (started in Europe) for the education of the Germans in America and many in that section petitioned for the starting of such.^[10]

Research Notes

This page shows a death date of about 1758. The linked page on Ancestry.com links to images of user-uploaded "records" that show death dates in 1758 and 1782 [1782 reported by Ralph Strassburger in his family work].

Sources

1. ↑ Dotterer, Henry Sassaman. The Dotterer Family; p. 48. Published 1903. Original from the University of Wisconsin - Madison; Digitized Sep 21, 2007; 164 pages. (https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=xSZKAAAAMAAJ&rdid=book-xSZKAAAAMAAJ&rdot=1)
2. ↑ Meldrum, Charlotte, Marriages & Deaths of Montgomery County PA 1685-1800, Westminster MD: Willow Bend Books 1999.
3. ↑ Source: #S-2084625576 Place: Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania; Year: 1739; Ancestry Record pili354 #3489801 Note: Arrival date: 1739 Arrival place: Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania. Citing: BURGERT, ANNETTE KUNSELMAN. Eighteenth Century Emigrants from German-Speaking Lands to North America. Publications of the Pennsylvania German Society, 16/19. Birdsboro, PA: The Pennsylvania German Society. Vol. 1: The Northern Kraichgau. 1983. 461p.
4. ↑ Source: #S-2084577257 Ancestry Record genepoold #748748 Note: Death date: 5 October 1782 Death place: Northumberland, PA, USA
5. ↑ Source: #S-2084576169 Source number: 7180.002; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 6; Submitter Code: . Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=worldmarr_ga&h=349243&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Birth date: 1706 Birth place: Marriage date: Marriage place: of PA
6. ↑ Source: #S-2091836055 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=genealogy-glh11854626&h=68&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Residence date: Residence place: USA
7. ↑ Source: #S-2084576169 Source number: 7180.002; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 6; Submitter Code: . Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=worldmarr_ga&h=349243&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Birth date: 1706 Birth place: Marriage date: Marriage place: of PA
8. ↑ Source: #S-2091836055 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=genealogy-glh11854626&h=68&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Residence date: Residence place: USA
9. ↑ Source: #S-2084576169 Source number: 7180.002; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 6; Submitter Code: . Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=worldmarr_ga&h=349243&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Birth date: 1706 Birth place: Marriage date: Marriage place: of PA
10. ↑ Entered by Jeremy Slosser.

• Strassburger, Ralph Beaver, The Strassburger Family and Allied Families of Pennsylvania, online.

• Source: S110 E-Mail Message Brennan, Geri Source Locality: — gerifelker@webtv.net [July 2005]

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• Source: S-2091836055 Repository: #R-2142027306 Descendants of George Philip Duddra or Dodderer Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - Duttera, William Babylon,. Descendants of George Philip Duddra or Dodderer : spelling their names in some 35 diverse variations throughout the United States. Salisbury, N.C Note: Includes index.
• The Dodder Family Record, March, 1978
• Bernard Dodderer on Ancestry.com

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Jeremy Slosser for creating Dodderer-38 on 30 Jul 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Jeremy and others.