John Jacob KITZMILLER
Johnannes KITZMILLER
+Catharine KITZMILLER
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came on same ship that brought the Bankerts to America.
Although Martin Kitzmiller claimed to be a resident of PA, there must have been enough uncertainty to cause him to become, for a time at least, a naturalized citizen under MD law. On Oct 2, 1743 he participated in a communion service by Rev. Candler at St Mathew's Lutheran Ch in Hanover (a requirement of naturalization being that one take a Protestant communion previously to prove one was not a Roman Catholic), and it is recorded in Colonial MD Naturalizations that he was naturalized on Oct 18 1743.
Throughout the 1740's and early 1750's the settlers of Digges' Choice were harassed about property lines and the payment for land and taxes by MD authorities. For Martin Kitzmiller this culminated on Feb 26, 1752 when Digges and a group of men tried to arrest him and take him to jail in Baltimore for non-payment of land and taxes. Kitzmiller (keep in mind that he was our great uncle) had steadfastly maintained that his land was PA property for the time of purchase. In the general struggle that took place between the Kitzmillers and Digges' men, Jacob, the son of Martin Kitzmiller, contested with Duddly Digges, son of John Digges, for a rifle which accidentally fired killing young Digges. The Marylanders left the scene very soon afterwards, and our young cousin, Jacob, turned himself in to the authorities in York where he was jailed. After a legal battle as to whether PA or MD had jurisdiction, PA determined that the scene of the fight was on PA land. In a court trial in York on Oct 30 of that same year 1752, both the judge and jury believed the explanation of accidental death, and Jacob came home a free man. Duddley Digges, the victim of this tragic incident, was buried near McSherrystown at the Catholic mission known as Conewago Chapel. Today it is Sacred Hear Basilica.
This tragedy cooled thing off considerably, and in a few years the Mason-Dixon Line was established to end such troubles. Our Kitzmiller relatives now expanded their grist mill operations. This included not only a large brick addition to the original mill in 1755, but also having a sawmill, oil mill, and hominy mill. There were even some slaves kept to assist in the operation.
Martin and Julianna's three sons served in the York militia during the American Revolution. Their names, along with other of the York Militia who are buried at Christ Church hear Littlestown are commemorated on a large bronze marker there.
Martin Kitzmiller made his will on April 10, 1786 (and which he signed by making his mark-x), and it was probated on May 27, 1788 an recorded in York in Will Book G page 285. In it he provided for his wife (who survived him by several years), and also stated that he sold his mills and plantation to his son George for 800 pounds, that Jacob and John were given small plantations of their own as marriage portions, and that the portion due his deceased daughter, Catharine was to be shared by her six children, which he then named.
The troubles of the Kitzmillers and the other settlers of Digges' Choice can be read in great detail in Vol. 5 of the " Colonial Records of PA" pages 582-597 and also in Vol. One, "First Series, PA Archives" , pages 680 to 730.
[10940] [S14] "History and Genealogy of the Stonesifer Family of MD and PA"
[9898] [S14] "History and Genealogy of the Stonesifer Family of MD and PA"
John C STONECIPHER farmer Slatelick PA
+Alvah Ellsworth STONECIPHER physician
Frank STONECIPHER (MORRISON) raised by mother's family took name Morrison
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_John Joseph STONESIFER _+
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_Joseph Oliver STONESIFER _|
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| |_Lydia ROUTSON __________+
| (1809 - 1881)
_Oliver Joseph STONESIFER _|
| (1868 - 1950) m 1889 |
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| |_Catherine S MILLER _______|
| (1837 - 1908) m 1866 |
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|_Sadie E BROWN ____________|
(1867 - 1958) m 1889 |
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_William VOSHELL the second_+
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_William VOSHELL the third, twin_|
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_John Wesley VOSHELL moved to Kansas_|
| (1838 - 1927) m 1863 |
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(1843 - 1912) m 1863 |
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[7523] [S175] John Wesley Voshell Geneaolgy
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