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Daniel Risher

Person Chart

Parents

Father Date of Birth Mother Date of Birth
Peter Risher ABT 1710 Susanna Unknown

Partners

Partner Date of Birth Children
Christina Smith Samuel Risher
Catherina Hershberger ABT 1743 Mary Risher
Michael Risher
Abraham Risher
David Risher
John Peter Risher
Daniel Risher
Elizabeth Risher
Catherine Risher

Person Events

Event Type Date Place Description
Birth 1/1/1734 Pennsylvania, United States
Marriage 1759 York, York County, Pennsylvania, United States
Death April 1825 Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States
Burial 1825 First Lutheran Church, Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States

Notes
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=kathyhill-lynch&id=I03750
‘My dear friend – Your welcome letter is duly received. Weak and feeble in body from the great age that the heavenly Father has blessed me with. My hearing is greatly impaired. Still notwithstanding, I am still able to see and attend to my business affairs. It is now 26 years since you were with us in Chambersburg after the house was built after the rebels had burnt our lovely town your amiable and lovely nace (niece) Dellia M. RISHER for whom I have great esteem frequently did call to see us while a scholar at Wilson College. from her we heard from you at various times. I see from your letter your endeavoring to find where my ancestry hailed from. My father who was Daniel RISHER who wrote his name as you in German. He was of German descent whose parents came to this country at an early day when this country was but collonies before the revolution. His father having died and he was left his widowed mother then but a child of tender years . Thus you will see my father Daniel RISHER grew to manhood in times of great troubles of the times then existing. He subsquently got maried and had sons and daughters born to him and after these children had been born the mother died. This scattered the children westward the sons were called by name the first Michael, Abraham, David, John and the youngest was Daniel. The daughters were Elizabeth, Mary, and Catherine. It will now be seen that after the death of the mother of the aforesaid sons and daughters my father then married my mother Christina CROFT a widow of John CROFT a soldier of the revolution. So that from this wedlock I was born and my father and mother then lived and remained with me in Chambersburg until death and are both buried in Chambersburg.

It will [be]seen that his sons Michael and the other sons went to west and remained there while I was born in Chambersburg. And there have lived to the present day. So this will show where out name became east and west from the same ancestry and never at any times met so see each other.

My father wrote his name as you do yours. My name has been wrote by me with the REISHER that was followed up from my school days. I am sure that my parents are of German descent and owned the land at one time after Braddock(‘s) fight with Indians (and) french of which he took part was owned and occupied by father as you do now.

Dear friend you will please to excuse my writing and errors from spelling or any other information you desire you can find from me if desired.

I remain your friend
With much respect

Sam’l Reisher
1735 is the date on his tombstone, but in a letter written by his son Samuel,
his birth is placed in 1729. He is buried with his second wife at the 1st
Lutheran Church in Chambersburg, PA.
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Will of Daniel Risher:

1825, Apr 9. Will of Daniel REISHER probated, Chambersburg, Franklin County, PA,
Will Bk A, p744.
Will written Sep 9, 1812
To wife Christina ñchoice of furniture etc and L350 annually.
To son Samuel -house I live in
To Polly KRAFT lot #821 on Second St, Chambersburg [Polly was the daughter of
Christina by her first husband John KRAFT/CROFT]
Exec. To sell land in Hamilton Twp
To son Michael - $1.
To son John - $1.
To heirs of son Daniel ñ L50
To son Abraham - $1.
To son David - $1.
To daughter Catherine - $1.
To daughter Elizabeth - $100.
To daughter Anna Maria - $40.
After death of wife, personal property to be sold and divided among all his children, heirs
of David drawing the share of their father.
Exec: Fred. MILLER, John RUDESILL. Signed Daniel REISSER
Wit: Jno HERSHBERGER, Jacob SMITH.

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