Listed in the 1790 census for
Franklin County were heads of households: Rudy, Ann, John, Manuel and Samuel
Statler
Ann or Anna “Nancy” was the
widow of Jacob Statler
Casper Statler was listed in
Bedford County (now Somerset County)
The immigrant for this group
is not established. Spelling of name is
most often Statler or Stotler.
County Development:
Franklin was formed 1784 from
Cumberland which was formed 1750 from Lancaster
Somerset was formed 1795 from
Bedford which was formed 1771 from Cumberland
First Known Generation
Casper born
1743 (from cemetery record) first taxed in Antrim Township, Franklin County in
1766
Jacob born
about 1747 first taxed in Antrim Twp in 1768 as a freeman (single)
Rudy/Rudolph
born about 1749 first taxed in Earl Twp,
Lancaster County in 1770 as a freeman (single)
John born
about 1755 first taxed in Antrim Twp in 1778 as a freeman (single)
Emanuel born
about 1757 first taxed in Antrim Twp in 1780 as a freeman (single)
Samuel born
about 1760 first mentioned as Sergeant in Militia in 1776.
All but Casper and Rudy died
in Antrim Township, Franklin County.
Records establish that Jacob,
Rudolph and Samuel are brothers.
June 15, 2005 added Map of
Statler land in Antrim Twp, Franklin County.
Associated Families (Information on origins from
WorldConnect or as noted)
Henry Carpenter of Earl Twp Lancaster County from Wattenwil,
Bern Switzerland
Casper Walter of Leacock Twp Lancaster County
was the father-in-law of Casper Statler, origin not known.
Michael and John Bear of Leacock
Twp Lancaster County, Michael was the father-in-law of Casper Walter. Michael was from Adelshofen
and Durhen and married a woman (Anna Elizabeth Ott) from Ittlingen all these places are in Baden. (Several articles
on the Bear family by Jane Evans Best in periodical “Pennsylvania Mennonite
Heritage” see July 1998 page15 and January 1999 pages 28-29)
Henry Seitz/Sitz of Antrim Twp Franklin County
was the father-in-law of Jacob Statler/Stotler, origin not known
Henry Funk of Washington County MD was the father-in-law of John
Statler. The Funk family may have been
from Bonfeld, Baden
Peter Moser of Washington County MD Jacob Statler and wife served as
sponsor of Peter’s son baptism. Peter
Moser was from Bischwiller, Alsace.
Neighbors in Antrim Township
Children of
Jacob Snively
who came with his father from Baldenheim, Alsace. Previously the
family was from Affoltern, Canton Zurich,
Switzerland.
See book by Washburn, Elizabeth Fesseden: Snively, Snavely: The Swiss Ancestors and American Descendants of Johann Jacob Schnebele (1659-1743) and Other Snivelys and Snavelys of Southeastern Pennsylvania (Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, 1986).
Koch/Cook
family perhaps from Oberlustadt, Pfalz.
Neighbors in Somerset County
Mostoller family, may be connected to the Marstaller family of Pfungstadt, Hesse-Darmstadt
Ankeny
family from Lambsborn, Pfalz
Kimmel
family from Oberauerbach, Pfalz
Baptisms
Washington County Maryland from Washington County Church Records of the 18th
Century
Salem Reform Church:
Jacob son of Peter Moser and Margretha born 22 Nov 1774 bapt. 10 Dec. wit. Jacob Stadler and wife Anna
Reform Church of Hagerstown:
Emanuel son of Jacob Stadler
and Anna born Oct.20, 1776 bapt.
April 21, 1779 wit Henrich Seytz
and wife.
Henry son of Jacob Stadler
and Anna born Dec 27, 1778 bapt. April 21, 1779 wit Henrich Seytz and wife.
Also nearby in Washington
County, Maryland are:
Henry Stotler born about 1757
enlisted in Hagerstown in 1776 (see Group 7)
Peter Stotler born about 1762
(see Group 7)
John Stadler baptized
children 1772-1782. (see Group 9)
As close as Antrim Township
is to Washington County MD I expected that there would be a DNA match between
two or three of these Groups but there was not.
In reading the early tax
lists of Earl Township Lancaster County I found a Casper STATLER in the 1758
listing his occupation as weaver living with Henry Carpenter. In 1759 is “Casper with Carpenter” no last
name. After 1759 no Statler names were
in the Earl Township tax list until Rudy in 1770. Now it is extremely unlikely that this Casper
is the Somerset County Casper born 1743 since he would have been 15 to 18 years
old in 1758 and was never listed as a weaver and didn’t marry until as least
1763 (I would think later about 1765)
Rudy in Earl Township,
Lancaster County tax lists 1770-1778:
In the 1777 List he is listed
as living with Jacob Carpenter.
In 1780 when he became a
Captain in the Militia was the same time as Jacob Carpenter became his
Lt-Colonel.
We have Casper Statler (and
possibly family) living with Henry Carpenter in 1758
We have Rudy Statler/Stotler
with Jacob Carpenter in 1777
Who are the Carpenters?
They were early Swiss immigrants
to Pennsylvania. The original name was
Zimmerman and the information about them mentions how important it was for them
to learn English.
The Henry Carpenter in the
1758 tax list is the son of the immigrant Henry and was a doctor and ran other
businesses.
Franklin to Somerset County
All the "Histories"
say Casper moved to what is now Somerset right after he married but the tax
lists tell a different story. He is
listed by various spellings in Antrim twp Franklin County 1766 to 1776 and not
in Bedford (now Somerset) until 1776.
The land he held in Antrim Twp was probably the land of Casper Walter,
which he bought from Ephraim Walter in 1769 but didn’t record the deed until
1793.
Many online trees give the parents
of Casper and some of the others as “Christopher and Catherine Margaret”. I do not believe this. I believe the source was “Two Hundred Years
in Shade Township” by the late Leroy Baldwin. As far as I know he never shared where he got
the information. There was one
Christopher and he was married to Catharina
Margaretha in Colonial America, but his surname was STETTLER and he had his
children baptized in Pennsylvania 1740-1750 and ALL were females. See Group 1.