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My FETTER lineage:
Jacob FETTER (1768-1852, Franklin Co PA), Cabinetmaker (my 3rd GGF).
His Cabinetmaker son, Jacob FETTER (1796-1878 Cumberland/Franklin Co PA) had a Cabinetmaker son
My GGP were Henry FETTER (1828-1914) and Mary A. FOLTZ (1845-1927) (daughter of Samuel FOLTZ, b c1805 and lived in Franklin Co PA). Henry and Mary lived in Perry Co PA and their Cabinetmaker son Harry FETTER (1874-1937) m. Lottie May PECK (1879-1937) (my GP) and are all buried in Landisburg Cem, Perry Co.

Jacob FETTER, cabinetmaker (1768 Orrstown, Franklin Co PA-1852 bd Orrstown Cem, Franklin Co PA) 1m. 1791, Catharina SMITH (b. along Conewago River in York Co PA & bd Old Graveyard, Carlisle PA near the grave of Molly Pitcher) (my 3GGP), and they had the following children:
Elizabeth FETTER (b. 1792) m. John FAUST
Henry FETTER (1794-1863) m. Jane SAMPLE (he was a Major General and PA State Senator and resided in Landisburg, Perry County PA, where his house there is now a museum for the Historical Society. His 2nd great granddaughter married the renowned orchester conductor and composer Sir Eugene Goossens III)
Jacob FETTER, cabinetmaker (1796-1878) m. Maria MARLIN (my 2GGP)
William Samuel FETTER (1798-1885) m. Mary WISE (their grandson was Dr Frank Albert FETTER who was head of economics at Princeton University and GGsons were Prof of Economics at Northwestern University and VP of ABC TV)
Mary FETTER (1800-1834) m. Peter SNYDER
William FETTER (1802-1871) m. Mary --
Susanna FETTER (1804-1862) m. Samuel KARMENY
Sophia FETTER (1806-1876) m. Martin BECHTEL
David FETTER (1809-1844) m. Mary CLIPPINGER
Catherine FETTER (1812-1875) m. Rev Dr Matthew IRVINE (their grandson Dr William Mann IRVINE was Headmaster at Mercersburg Academy, Franklin Co PA. His gravestone there designed by famous architect Ralph Adams Cram)

Fetters are listed in GENALOGICAL NOTES OF HOPPER AND OTHER FAMILIES, Harry Shelmire Hopper, c 1894.

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