John Blankenbaker's Germanna History Notes

Note 786

Two sons of Martin Deer are known.  Martin left no will, so the records of his children come from a variety of sources.  John Deer's children are known from his will, so the leftovers are assumed to be Martin's.  In the last note, reference was made to two sons of Martin, Andrew and Martin (Jr.).

Andrew married, ca 1779, Susanna Reser, who was born ca 1762, in Sussex Co., NJ.  They had nine children:

  1. Andrew, b. 23 Feb 1780 in Culpeper Co., VA; he married Susanna Delph, 14 Aug 1799, in Madison Co., VA.
  2. Susanna, b. ca 1781 in Culpeper Co., VA; she married Aaron Delph, 30 Apr 1800, in Madison Co., VA.
  3. Frances, b. 3 Dec 1782 in Culpeper Co., VA; married Israel Clore, 17 Feb 1805, in Madison Co., VA.
  4. Rosanna, b. 31 Jul 1784 Culpeper Co., VA; never married.
  5. Elizabeth, b. 25 Aug 1787; married John Ford, 22 Jun 1816, in Madison Co., VA.
  6. John, b. 4 Mar 1786 in Culpeper Co., VA; married Margaret Clore 28 Nov 1809, in Madison Co., VA.
  7. Joel, b. 7 Feb 1789 in Culpeper Co., VA; married Sarah Garnet, 15 May 1817, in Boone Co., KY.
  8. Barbara, b. 1790 in Culpeper Co., VA; married Christopher Wendel, 7 Mar 1837, in Boone Co., KY.
  9. Simeon, b. 30 Dec 1792 in Culpeper Co., VA; married Mary E. Clore, 26 Dec 1819, in Boone Co., KY

There seem to be three daughters of Martin Deer and his wives.  These were Veronica, Barbara, and Francis.

Barbara has a marriage license in 1795 for a union with Ephraim Rouse (1765 ­ 1851), and perhaps she was born about 1767.  She and Ephraim moved to Boone Co., KY.  Ephraim had been married first to Maria Hoffman, who died in 1793.  The book, John Rouse of Virginia and His Descendants, 1717 ­ 1980 , lists eleven children for Ephraim and Barbara.  Their children married members of the Yowell, Fleshman, House, Rouse, Tanner, Lipp, and Edins families.

A Susanna Hirsch was confirmed at the church in 1792.  The #30 Susanna above would be too young for confirmation if her estimated birth year is correct.  The Susanna who married Mr. Brown was married before this date.  This leaves only the Susanna who married Andrew Deer (Susanna Reser), and the Susanna who married Martin (Susanna Unknown), but both of these would have been late in life.  The best bet is the #30 Susanna who may have been a little bit older than has been estimated.

[I woke up with a very sore throat this morning so you may not hear from me until next year.]

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