Peter Eisaman and Maria Catherine [Unk]

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Husband Peter Eisaman ¹

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           Born: Abt 1725
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Wife Maria Catherine [Unk] ¹

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Children

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1 M John George Eisaman ¹

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           Born: 28 Jun 1751 1
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2 M John Jacob Eisaman ¹

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           Born: 13 Dec 1752 1
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3 M John Peter Eisaman ¹

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           Born: 21 Jan 1754 1
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4 F Catherine Eisaman ¹

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           Born: 25 Jun 1755 1
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5 M John Michael Eisaman ¹

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           Born: 15 Feb 1758 1
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6 F Anna Elizabeth Eisaman ¹

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           Born: 1 Oct 1759 1
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7 M Christian Eisaman ¹

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           Born: 24 May 1761 1
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8 M John Nicholas Eisaman ¹

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           Born: 20 Feb 1764 1
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9 M Henry Eisaman ¹

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           Born: 13 Sep 1765 1
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10 M Andrew Eisaman ¹

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           Born: 16 Apr 1768 1
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           Died: 1848 2
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         Spouse: Anna Maria Wolff (      -Abt 1803) 2
           Marr: 1795-1796

         Spouse: Catherine Schuck (      -1868) 2
           Marr: 12 Feb 1811 2

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General Notes: Husband - Peter Eisaman

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He was the first known of the Eisaman name in America, was of German parentage, either born in this country or coming to it at a very early age with his parents. He was probably born about 1725, and was a resident at one time of Northampton county, Pennsyl­vania. Some time between 1768 and 1778 he removed to Westmoreland county, as the records show the purchase of four hundred acres of land about five miles from Greensburg, March 7, 1778. This land was originally taken for improvement by George Michenderfer, in 1773; who transferred his in­terest in 1774 to Joseph, Jacob and Samuel Eisenhart, who in turn assigned the tract to Peter Eisaman on the above date. He later obtained a patent for the same.
It appears that Peter, Henry, Nicholas, Michael, Christian and Andrew came to Westmoreland county with their parents. Peter located just below Adamsburg; Henry located near what is known as Possum Hollow; Nicholas settled on the Allegheny river, near what is now New Kensington; and the other three sons-Michael, Christian and Andrew-inherited the three farms constituting the original holding of four hundred acres. The spelling of the name varies considerably in different families. The usual spelling is Eisa­man, or Eiseman, or Eisman. The original German, however, is doubtless Eisenmann, meaning literally “iron man,” or man of iron, although it may have reference to the profession of the bearer, as a worker or artificer in iron and other metals.

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 500.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 501.