Mathias Snyder and [Unk] Gross

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Husband Mathias Snyder ^{1 2}

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Wife [Unk] Gross ¹

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Children

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1 M John Snyder ¹

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2 M Jacob Snyder ¹

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3 M Peter Snyder ^{1 3}

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           Born: 1793 or 1794
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         Spouse: Lydia Rowe (Abt 1807-1891) 3

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4 M Daniel Snyder ^{1 2 4}

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         Spouse: Elizabeth Rowe (      -      ) 2 4

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5 M Jonathan Snyder ¹

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6 F Harriet Snyder ¹

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7 F Mahala Snyder ¹

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General Notes: Husband - Mathias Snyder

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This Snyder family traces its origin to good old German stock. An early ancestor came to America about 1700 or possibly a little earlier, settled near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and soon after located near Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.

He served in the Continental Army, and was with General Washington at Valley Forge.

He, with his wife and three children, started west from Northampton County, Pennsylvania, in 1794, crossed the mountains and settled three miles north of what is now Jeannette, Westmoreland County. There they engaged in farming and reared a family of five sons and two daughters. The third child, Peter, was a babe when the family came to Westmoreland County and was carried the whole way in his mother's arms, she walking the entire distance.

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 623.

2 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 373.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 553.

4 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 163.