Messner, Casper

Birth Name Messner, Casper 1a 2a
Gramps ID I50729
Gender male
Age at Death 58 years, 9 months, 28 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth [E72918] 1721/2-02-21 (Julian) Brotzingen, Germany  
1b 2b
Death [E72919] 1781 Lancaster Co., PA  
1c 2c

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Messner, Michael [I50739]17011780
Mother Reister, Salome [I50740]WFT 1681-1708WFT 1736-1796
    Sister     Messner, Christina [I50741] 1720 WFT 1721-1814
         Messner, Casper [I50729] 1721/2-02-21 (Julian) 1781
    Brother     Messner, Christian [I50742] 1724 1807
    Sister     Messner, Dorothea [I50743] 1727 WFT 1728-1821
    Brother     Messner, Christoph [I50744] 1729 WFT 1730-1819
    Sister     Messner, Salome [I50745] 1733 WFT 1734-1827

Families

    Family of Messner, Casper and Elkhardt, Anna Barbara [F17806]
Married Wife Elkhardt, Anna Barbara [I50730] ( * WFT 1707-1731 + 1785 )
   
Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Marriage [E316134] 1743 Maiden Creek, PA  
1d 2d
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Messner, Maria Barbara [I50731]17471826
Messner, Catharine [I50732]1748WFT 1749-1842
Messner, Dorothea [I50733]1750WFT 1764-1844
Messner, John [I50662]17501821
Messner, Michael [I50734]1753WFT 1754-1843
Messner, Margaretha [I50735]1756WFT 1781-1850

Narrative

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[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 9, Ed. 1, Tree #0216, Date of Import: Oct 19, 1998]

Church records of the Protestant Parish at Brotzingen, Germany, show that Casper and his brother Christian came to America with their parents in 1738. Casper sometimes used the name MASON, when he purchased land before the American Revolution. Maiden Creek, Berks County, PA, where Casper and Anna Barbara Eckhardt were married in 1743, is still a small village near Reading, PA. During the Revolutionary War, Casper served as a private in Col. Alexander Lowry's Third Battalion. Lancaster County Militia, in Capt. Andrew Bogg's Company. Military Record - Pennsylvania Archives - Serie 5 - Vol. 73 - P. 215 DAR Patriot Index, Pg. 466. Land surveyed - July 29, 1745 - Pa. Archives - Series 3 - Vol. 24 - pg. 476 - May 26, 1778 - Pa. Archives, Series 2, Vol. 13, pg. 458. Casper died in 1781, in Lancaster Co., PA. His will is in the Lancaster County Courthouse, in Will Book D-1-142, dated 1781. Anna Barbara died in Lancaster Co., PA in 1785. Her will is in the Lancaster Co. PA Courthouse in Will Book Y-2-444, dated 1785. Both Casper and Anna are buried in Lancaster Co. PA. - research done by Col. Barnes, Prescott, AZ.

Pedigree

  1. Messner, Michael [I50739]
    1. Reister, Salome [I50740]
      1. Messner, Christina [I50741]
      2. Messner, Casper
        1. Elkhardt, Anna Barbara [I50730]
          1. Messner, Maria Barbara [I50731]
          2. Messner, Catharine [I50732]
          3. Messner, Dorothea [I50733]
          4. Messner, John [I50662]
          5. Messner, Michael [I50734]
          6. Messner, Margaretha [I50735]
      3. Messner, Christian [I50742]
      4. Messner, Dorothea [I50743]
      5. Messner, Christoph [I50744]
      6. Messner, Salome [I50745]

Ancestors

Source References

  1. Brøderbund Software, Inc.: World Family Tree Vol. 9, Ed. 1 [S314692]
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  2. preston.FTW [S963371]
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