Thomas Segner
(Abt 1725-1794)
Elizabeth Schweitzer
(1732-)
George Segner Sr.
(1779-1867)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Elizabeth Beecher

George Segner Sr. 1 2 3 4

  • Born: 3 Mar 1779, , Lancaster, PA 3 4
  • Christened: 2 Jun 1799, New Holland: Trinity Lutheran Church, Lancaster, PA
  • Marriage (1): Elizabeth Beecher on 4 Feb 1800 in New Holland: Trinity Lutheran Church, Lancaster, PA 1
  • Died: 14 Aug 1867, , Lebanon, PA at age 88 4
  • Buried: Mount Zion: Zoar Lutheran Cemetery, Lebanon, PA 4

   Other names for George were George Sagner 5 and Georg Segner.1

   FamilySearch ID: LD9K-FZW.

  General Notes:

He had a brother Peter who married Margaretha Nefsner on 20 Jan 1801 at Trinity Lutheran in New Holland. They were from Earl Township. Source: church record book. 1

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1800 in Caernarvon Twp., Lancaster, PA. 6 George Segner's household was listed with:
Males (born)
16-25 (1775-1784) = 1 father George
Females (born)
Under 10 (1791-1800) = 1 daughter
16-25 (1775-1784) = 1 wife

Nearby on the same page are Emanuel Neiswanger and Emanuel Neiswanger Jr., significant in that Elizabeth's sister Barbara married a Michael Neuschwender, and when the Neuwschwenders went west to settle in Franklin Co. Ohio, the Segner's and two of their Beecher brothers, William and Benjamin, followed.

2. Baptism in Jul 1811 in Mount Zion: Zoar Evangelical Lutheran Church, Lebanon, PA. 7 Samuel Segner b. 21 Jan 1811, the son of Georg Segner, was baptized in Jul 1811 at Zoar Evangelical. The sponsor was Jacob Bicher.

3. Census in 1820 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. 8 Name: George Seagner
Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Lebanon, Lebanon, Pennsylvania
Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 3
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1.

4. Census in 1830 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. 9 Name: George Segner
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Lebanon, Lebanon, Pennsylvania
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 3
Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1.

5. Census in 1840 in Annville, Lebanon, PA. 10 Name: George Seyner
[George Segner]
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Annville, Lebanon, Pennsylvania
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1.

6. Census in 1850 in Bethel Twp., Berks, PA. 11 The 1850 census recorded George Segner, 71, living in the household of his son, Thomas Segner, 49; Mary, 50; Angeline, 18; George, 16. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

7. Palm Lutheran Church: George Segner Sr., Samuel Segner, Thomas Sengner, George Henry Segner, communicants: 1852-1854. from 1852 to 1854 in Palmyra: Palm Lutheran Church, Lebanon, PA, USA. 12


George married Elizabeth Beecher, daughter of John Beecher Sr. and Mary Ann Albrecht, on 4 Feb 1800 in New Holland: Trinity Lutheran Church, Lancaster, PA.1 (Elizabeth Beecher was born on 24 May 1782 in , Lancaster, PA 13 14 15, christened on 30 Jun 1782 in , Lancaster, PA,13 14 died on 21 Jun 1826 in , Lebanon, PA 15 and was buried in Mount Zion: Zoar Lutheran Cemetery, Lebanon, PA 15.)


  Marriage Notes:

The church record book shows: March 4, 1800, Ehermann: Georg Segner; Ehefrau: Elisabeth Bicher; Wohnung: Earl Townsh.

Sources

1 Trinity Lutheran Church, New Holland, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Note: Some very early records that appear in this church register were from Muddy Creek Lutheran Church in East Cocalico Township, before the congregation moved to New Holland.).

2 Berks County Courthouse, Will of John Beecher, executed March 8, 1819.

3 Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books (Online register at www.dar.org), George Segner and Elisabeth Beecher.

4 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/209373668.

5 McAdams, Mrs. Harry Kennett: compiler and publisher. Sections of Beecher Genealogy compiled with aid of direct descendent Dr. A.C. Beecher in Philadelphia, Kentucky Pioneer and Court Records: Abstracts of Early Wills, Deeds and Marriages from Court Houses and records of Old Bibles, Churches, Grave Yards, and Cemeteries. Copied by American War Mothers. (Keystone Printery, Lexington, KY. 1929.), Page 319.

6 1800 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, Caernarvon Township, Series: M32 Roll: 39 Page: 90.

7 (Zoar Evangelical Lutheran Church, Lebanon County, PA).

8 1820 United States Census, 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Lebanon, Lebanon, Pennsylvania; Page: 59; NARA Roll: M33_105; Image: 62.

9 1830 United States Census, 1830 US Census; Census Place: Lebanon, Lebanon, Pennsylvania; Page: 46; NARA Series: M19; Roll Number: 154; Family History Film: 0020628.

10 1840 United States Census, Year: 1840; Census Place: Annville, Lebanon, Pennsylvania; Roll: 468; Page: 57; Image: 118; Family History Library Film: 0020548.

11 1850 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M4HR-BZ6 George Segner in entry for Thomas Segner, 1850.

12 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, PA > Lebanon > Palmyra > Palm Lutheran Church. Communicant Register, 1852-1854.

13 "Personal Register of Reverend Traugott F. Illing" (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1027932).

14 Wright, F. Edward., Church records of the 18th century, Lancaster County, Pa. (Westminster, MD Family Line Publications 1994), Page 154.

15 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/209373618.


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