The Dotterer Family by Henry Sassaman Dotterer, first published in 1903, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 edition. Excerpt: ... 2. MICHAEL DOTTERER2 (George Philip Dodderer')- Born in Europe in May, 1698; married, in Pennsylvania, Anna Maria Fischer; died, in April, 1786; buried, in Bertolet's burying ground, Frederick township, Montgomery county, Pa., April 7, 1786, aged eighty-seven years, eleven months and several days. Anna Maria Fischer, daughter of Jacob and Sophia Elisabetha Fischer, of New Goshenhoppen, Pa., was born in Freinsheim, in the Palatinate of the Rhine; died in January, 1781; buried in a private graveyard on the farm of Zacharias Nyce, now known as Bertolet's burying ground, January 21, 1781. Children: 8. Anna Sophia Dotterer3, born March 5, 1726. 9. Anna Veronica Dotterer," born September 5, 1727. 10. George Philip Dotterer3, born August 30, 1729. 11. Conrad Dotterer3, born May 10, 1731. 12. Maria Margaretha Dotterer3, born June 27, 1733. 13. Michael Dotterer3, born October 31, 1735. 14. Jacob Dotterer3, born July 4, 1737. 15. Dotterer3, a son, born January 22,1739; died in infancy. 16. John Dotterer3, one of twins, born November 18, 1741; died within six months. 17. Dotterer3, one of twins, born November 18, 1741; died . within six months. 18. Anna Maria Dotterer3, born January 4, 1745. January 24, 1726, Michael Dotterer purchased of Hans Neues, a tract of one hundred and fifty acres of land, adjoining the property of his father, and fronting, on the northwest, the present dividing line between Frederick and New Hanover townships. It lay with a trifling exception on the eastern side of Society Run. March 22, 1736, the Proprietaries gave him a patent of confirmation for this tract. May 4, 1726, he purchased of John Henry Sprogell, one hundred acres in New Hanover township, part of the Great Tract of 22377 acres; this fronted, on the southeast, ...