Christopher Saxman

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Husband Christopher Saxman ^{1 2}

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           Born:  - ? Germany
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           Died:  - ? Westmoreland Co, PA
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Wife

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Children

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1 M Mathias Saxman ^{2 3}

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           Born: Abt 1770 - near Latrobe, Westmoreland Co, PA
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           Died: Abt 1855 - near Latrobe, Westmoreland Co, PA
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         Spouse: Magdalena Knight (      -      ) 2 3

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General Notes: Husband - Christopher Saxman

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He came from Wittenberg, Germany, to America, sailing from Rotterdam. By occupation he was a miller, and upon locating in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, built one of the earliest flour mills, which was operated by the falling waters of the Loyalhanna. Among his customers were farmers from near Pittsburgh and throughout the Ligonier valley.

The founder of this family in America, he came from Würtenberg, Germany, in 1764, and settled on the land at what later became limits of the city of Latrobe, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. He cleared the land and tilled the acres he wrested from the forest, and along side the spring built a log cabin which was his home. It was a house built without windows or doors, because of the Indian peril, a small opening providing the only means of entrance, and at night this was securely guarded with planks and iron bars. Four hundred acres were patented to this hardy, intrepid pioneer, and in addition to its clearing and cultivation he operated a grist mill which he built and equipped, his being one of the first flour mills turned by the waters of Loyalhanna creek. The original patent for this land, issued by authority of the State of Pennsylvania to Christopher Saxman, was a beautiful specimen of penmanship and was a treasured souvenir of the pioneer's descendants of the fifth American generation. The burial place of Christopher Saxman is not definitely known, but it is believed to have been in old Trinity [sic] [Unity] Church cemetery.

He and his wife were the parents of three sons and six daughters.

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 488.

2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 265.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 489.