Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Henry Overholt and Anna Beitler




Husband Henry Overholt 1 2

            AKA: Henry Oberholtzer 3
           Born: 5 Feb 1739 - Bucks Co, PA 1 3 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 5 Mar 1813 - Westmoreland Co, PA 5
         Buried: 


         Father: Martin Oberholtzer (1709-1744) 6 7
         Mother: Agnes [Unk] (1713-1786/1786) 6 7


       Marriage: 3 Jan 1763 or 1765 4



Wife Anna Beitler 1 2 3

            AKA: Anna Beidler 8
           Born: 24 Mar 1745 - Milford Twp, Bucks Co, PA 3 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 5 Apr 1835 1 3 4
         Buried: 


         Father: Jacob Beitler (      -      ) 4
         Mother: Anna Meyer (      -      ) 3 4




Children
1 F Agnes Overholt 9 10 11

           Born: 15 Oct 1765 - Bucks Co, PA 9 11
     Christened: 
           Died: 15 Jun 1850 9 10 11
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Christian Fretz (Abt 1761-1848/1849) 9 10 11


2 F Maria Overholt 9 12

           Born: 22 Dec 1766 - Bucks Co, PA 9 12
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: John Myers (      -      ) 9 12


3 M Jacob Overholt 12 13

           Born: 15 Oct 1768 - Bucks Co, PA 9 12
     Christened: 
           Died: 10 May 1847 - Westmoreland Co, PA 9 12
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Elizabeth Detweiler (1775-1849) 9 12


4 F Anna Overholt 2 14

           Born: 25 Nov 1770 - Bedminster Twp, Bucks Co, PA 9 14
     Christened: 
           Died: 15 Mar 1845 - Westmoreland Co, PA 2 14
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Peter Loucks (1760-1825) 9 14 15 16
           Marr: Bucks Co, PA
         Spouse: Martin Stauffer (      -      ) 2
           Marr: Aft 1825


5 M Martin Overholt 9 17

           Born: Nov 1772 - Bedminster Twp, Bucks Co, PA 9 17
     Christened: 
           Died: 18 Jun 1835 - Sangamon (later Logan) Co, IL 9 17
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Catharine Overholt (1781-1866) 17 18 19
           Marr: 1802 18


6 F Barbara Overholt 9 20

           Born: Apr 1775 - Bucks Co, PA 9 20
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Jacob Durstine (1773-      ) 9 20


7 F Elizabeth Overholt 9 21

           Born: 12 Jun 1777 - Bucks Co, PA 9 21
     Christened: 
           Died: 1833 - Fayette Co, PA 9 21
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Martin Stauffer (1780-1869) 2 9 21


8 M Henry Oberholtzer 22

            AKA: Henry Overholt 9
           Born: 10 Jul 1779 - Bucks Co, PA 9 22
     Christened: 
           Died: 10 Apr 1809 9 22
         Buried:  - Deep Run meeting house, Deep Run, Bucks Co, PA
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


9 F Sarah Overholt 9 22

           Born: 11 Feb or 18 Feb 1781 or 1782 9 22
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


10 M Abraham Overholt 9 22 23 24 25




           Born: 19 Apr 1784 - Bucks Co, PA 9 22 25
     Christened: 
           Died: 15 Jan 1870 - Westmoreland Co, PA 22 26
         Buried:  - Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland Co, PA
         Spouse: Maria Stauffer (1791-1874) 13 22 24 25
           Marr: 20 Apr 1809 9 22 23


11 M Christian Overholt 9 27

           Born: 18 Jul 1786 - Bucks Co, PA 9 27
     Christened: 
           Died: 11 Jan 1868 - Hancock Co, OH 9 27
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Elizabeth Stauffer (1794-1887) 9 27
           Marr: Nov 1811 9 27


12 F Susanna Overholt 9 28

           Born: 13 Jan 1789 9 28
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry



General Notes: Husband - Henry Overholt


He and his wife resided on a farm of one hundred and seventy-five acres near the Deer Run meeting-house until April 25, 1800, when he conveyed the farm to Andrew Loux and removed with his family to Westmoreland County, settling on a tract of wild land at West Overton, East Huntingdon township.

He had twelve children, five sons and seven daughters, all of whom were born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and who came with their parents from that county to Westmoreland County in the year 1800. At that time several of the children were married. The family, with its married accessions, "colonized" on a tract of land then wild, but thereafter known as the Overholt homestead, in West Overton.

The homestead of Henry "Overhold," in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, was a tract of 175 acres and 44 perches at Deep Run in Bedminister township, adjoining the Mennonite Church property, which William Allen conveyed to Abraham Black (Swartz) May 10, 1762. Abraham Black assigned all his rights to above deed Sept. 20, 1762, to Anges Nash, widow of William Nash, of Bedminister, and mother of Henry Oberholtzer by her first husband, Martin Oberholtzer. On Nov 7, 1 774, Anges Nash conveyed the homestead to her son, Henry "Overhold," for £357, 17 shillings and 2 pence. On Apr 25, 1800, Henry "Overhold" and wife Anna sold the homestead to Andrew Loux for the sum of £1500, gold and silver money. The old homestead was later owned and occupied by Samuel Leatherman. After disposing of his property in Bucks County, Henry Overholt with his family, emigrated to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and settled on a tract of then wild land, thereafter known as the Overholt homestead, in West Overton, in East Huntington township.

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Sources


1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 261.

2 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 688.

3 Rev. A. J. Fretz, A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Martin Oberholtzer (Milton, NJ: The Evergreen News, 1903), Pg 63.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 341.

5 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 261, 620.

6 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 340.

7 Rev. A. J. Fretz, A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Martin Oberholtzer (Milton, NJ: The Evergreen News, 1903), Pg 1.

8 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 443.

9 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 342.

10 Rev. A. J. Fretz, A Brief History of John and Christian Fretz (Elkhart, IN: Mennonite Publishing Co., 1890), Pg 443.

11 Rev. A. J. Fretz, A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Martin Oberholtzer (Milton, NJ: The Evergreen News, 1903), Pg 64.

12 Rev. A. J. Fretz, A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Martin Oberholtzer (Milton, NJ: The Evergreen News, 1903), Pg 65.

13 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 685.

14 Rev. A. J. Fretz, A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Martin Oberholtzer (Milton, NJ: The Evergreen News, 1903), Pg 73.

15 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 687.

16 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 253.

17 Rev. A. J. Fretz, A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Martin Oberholtzer (Milton, NJ: The Evergreen News, 1903), Pg 85.

18 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 620.

19 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 341, 342.

20 Rev. A. J. Fretz, A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Martin Oberholtzer (Milton, NJ: The Evergreen News, 1903), Pg 96.

21 Rev. A. J. Fretz, A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Martin Oberholtzer (Milton, NJ: The Evergreen News, 1903), Pg 102.

22 Rev. A. J. Fretz, A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Martin Oberholtzer (Milton, NJ: The Evergreen News, 1903), Pg 109.

23 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 689.

24 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 413.

25 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 418.

26 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 543, 689.

27 Rev. A. J. Fretz, A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Martin Oberholtzer (Milton, NJ: The Evergreen News, 1903), Pg 122.

28 Rev. A. J. Fretz, A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Martin Oberholtzer (Milton, NJ: The Evergreen News, 1903), Pg 131.


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