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Witmer (Widmer, Whitmer), a Mennonite family name found among the Swiss Brethren since 1531. Some bearers fled to the Palatinate ca. 1670 and to France (see Hans Widmer and Christian Widmer). Among the immigrants of 1717 to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, were Benjamin Witmer and his son Abraham, who four years later bought 265 acres from the London Company. Benjamin's son John had a family of seven children, and his son Benjamin inherited his uncle Abraham's lands; another Abraham built the Bridgeport Bridge at the end of East King Street, Lancaster, in 1798. Included in the Mennonite ministry were the two Abraham Witmers of the Manor, Samuel B. Witmer (1767-1819) of Weaverland, David Witmer (1800-1876) of Mellingers congregation, David Witmer of York County, Esaias Witmer (1856-1937) of the Metzler congregation, and Mahlon Witmer, bishop of the New Holland congregation. A branch of the family settled in Columbiana County, Ohio, where I. B. Witmer was long minister (Mennonite Church) at Leetonia, and from which place Paul E. Whitmer came, who was a teacher and dean at Goshen College, later teacher and dean at Witmarsum Theological Seminary, and General Conference Mennonite minister near Bluffton, Ohio. A branch in Ontario furnished ministers (Mennonite Church) J. Wesley Witmer at Hespeler, Leslie H. Witmer at Baden, and Robert Witmer, a missionary in Paris, France.

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Author(s)	Ira D Landis
Date Published	1959

Gratz, D. L. Bernese Anabaptists. Elverson, PA.: Old Springfield Shoppe, 1953.

Peachey, Paul. Die soziale Herkunft der Schweizer Täufer. Karlsruhe: Buchdruck und Verlag Heinrich Schneider, 1954.

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Landis, Ira D. "Witmer family name." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 18 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Witmer_family_name&oldid=126639.

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Landis, Ira D. (1959). Witmer family name. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 18 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Witmer_family_name&oldid=126639.

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-Witmer (Widmer, Whitmer), a Mennonite family name found among the [[Swiss Brethren|Swiss Brethren]] since 1531. Some bearers fled to the [[Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)|Palatinate]] ca. l670 and to France (see [[Widmer, Hans (18th century)|Hans Widmer]] and [[Widmer, Christian (b. 1796)|Christian Widmer]]). Among the immigrants of 1717 to [[Lancaster County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Lancaster County]], Pennsylvania, were Benjamin Witmer and his son Abraham, who four years later bought 265 acres from the London Company. Benjamin's son John had a family of seven children, and his son Benjamin inherited his uncle Abraham's lands; another Abraham built the Bridgeport Bridge at the end of East King Street, Lancaster, in 1798. Included in the Mennonite ministry were the two Abraham Witmers of the Manor, Samuel B. Witmer (1767-1819) of Weaverland, David Witmer (1800-1876) of Mellingers congregation, David Witmer of York County, Esaias Witmer (1856-1937) of the Metzler congregation, and Mahlon Witmer, bishop of the New Holland congregation. A branch of the family settled in Columbiana County, Ohio, where I. B. Witmer was long minister ([[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]]) at Leetonia, and from which place Paul E. Whitmer came, who was a teacher and dean at [[Goshen College (Goshen, Indiana, USA)|Goshen College]], later teacher and dean at [[Witmarsum Theological Seminary (Bluffton, Ohio, USA)|Witmarsum Theological Seminary]], and [[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite]] minister near Bluffton, Ohio. A branch in Ontario furnished ministers (Mennonite Church) J. Wesley Witmer at [[Hespeler (Ontario, Canada)|Hespeler]], Leslie H. Witmer at Baden, and Robert Witmer, a missionary in Paris, France.
+Witmer (Widmer, Whitmer), a Mennonite family name found among the [[Swiss Brethren|Swiss Brethren]] since 1531. Some bearers fled to the [[Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)|Palatinate]] ca. 1670 and to France (see [[Widmer, Hans (18th century)|Hans Widmer]] and [[Widmer, Christian (b. 1796)|Christian Widmer]]). Among the immigrants of 1717 to [[Lancaster County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Lancaster County]], Pennsylvania, were Benjamin Witmer and his son Abraham, who four years later bought 265 acres from the London Company. Benjamin's son John had a family of seven children, and his son Benjamin inherited his uncle Abraham's lands; another Abraham built the Bridgeport Bridge at the end of East King Street, Lancaster, in 1798. Included in the Mennonite ministry were the two Abraham Witmers of the Manor, Samuel B. Witmer (1767-1819) of Weaverland, David Witmer (1800-1876) of Mellingers congregation, David Witmer of York County, Esaias Witmer (1856-1937) of the Metzler congregation, and Mahlon Witmer, bishop of the New Holland congregation. A branch of the family settled in Columbiana County, Ohio, where I. B. Witmer was long minister ([[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]]) at Leetonia, and from which place Paul E. Whitmer came, who was a teacher and dean at [[Goshen College (Goshen, Indiana, USA)|Goshen College]], later teacher and dean at [[Witmarsum Theological Seminary (Bluffton, Ohio, USA)|Witmarsum Theological Seminary]], and [[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite]] minister near Bluffton, Ohio. A branch in Ontario furnished ministers (Mennonite Church) J. Wesley Witmer at [[Hespeler (Ontario, Canada)|Hespeler]], Leslie H. Witmer at Baden, and Robert Witmer, a missionary in Paris, France.
 = Bibliography =
 Gratz, D. L. <em>Bernese Anabaptists</em>. Elverson, PA.: Old Springfield Shoppe, 1953.

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