The Early Kaysers (Kisers)

Sources:

Johann Kaӱser   ?   Jacob Gotz   ?    
b. ca. 1575, Rumpenheim, Hesse, Germany
d. pre 1649
in Rumpenheim, Hesse, Germany		 m. ca. 1619, Rumpenheim, Hesse, Germany b.
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  Valentin Kayser   Maria Gotz   Johann Heinzinger   ?          
  b. ca. 1620, Rumpenheim, Hesse, Germany
d. 5 August 1700, Rumpenheim, Hesse, Germany		 m. 1 May 1649, Rumpenheim, Hesse, Germany b. ?
d. 1689, Rumpenheim, Hesse, Germany		   b.
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    Stephan Kayser   Catharina Heinzinger    
    b. ca. 29 Apr. 1655, Rumpenheim, Hesse, Germany
d. ?		 m. 8 Mar 1695, Rumpenheim, Hesse, Germany b. ?
d. 22 Nov 1746, Rumpenheim, Hesse, Germany		            
                     
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      Valentin Kayser
(Velten Kaӱser)		   Maria Magdalena Sommerland (Sommerlade)          

According to page 17 in Valentin and Michael Kayser: Pennsylvania Pioneers and their Descendants in Virginia by James Van Lieu Kiser (2002), Valentin Kayser married Maria Magdalena Sommerland (Sommerlade) and they are the ancestors of Michael Kiser who married Mary.

December 13, 1749, Valentin Kayser exit interview (pp. 23-26) from Valentin and Michael Kayser: Pennsylvania Pioneers and their Descendants in Virginia by James Van Lieu Kiser (2002):

baptized 15 January 1696
in Rumpenheim, Hesse-Hunau, Germany
d. after 1762 in Berks Co., Pennsylvania		 m. 2 September 1723, Berks Co., PA b.
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      Valentin and Maria Kayser (above) arrived in Philadelphia in 1750 from Rumpenheim, Hesse-Hunau, aboard the ship Edinburgh. Refer to "Valentin Keyser" on p. 430 of Pennsylvania German Pioneers, Volume I, 1727-1775.   |
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Johan Jacob Lingel (Lingle)		   ↑
Anna Ursula Banckard		  
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d. ca. 1 November 1753		 m. b. 17 September 1711
d. 1769-1776
in Goshenhoppen, PA		 Johan Jacob Lingel (Lingle) arrived in Philadephia on September 6, 1737 from the Palatinate on the English ship St. Andrew Galley, John Stedman, Master, from Rotterdam. Refer to "Joh. Jacob Lingel" on pp. 182-183 of Pennsylvania German Pioneers, Volume I, 1727-1775.
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↓		           These were assumed Anna Maria's (Mary's) parents, though she was likely an Eppert according to a birth and baptism certificate (original in German | English translation) for the family of Christian Strole and his wife Elizabeth Kiser (daughter of Michael and Mary Kiser) from the 1820s. The document gives the names of all the children of Michael and Mary Kiser and identifies Michael's father as Valentin. This is according to and provided by researcher Mark B. Arslan, with much appreciation.
The Kiser and Rexrode familtes lived about 25 miles from each other in Hessen (Germany) prior to immigration to America. New information about the arrival of the Kisers in America and the migration from Pennsylvania to Virginia |
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(Johann) Michael Kiser (Keyser) served in the American Revolution in Captain Philip Krick's 8th Co., Fourth Batallion, PA. He was one of the largest land owners in Rockingham Co., VA.

Daughters of the American Revolution Record

Sons of the American Revolution Record

 (Johann) Michael Kiser (Kaӱser/Keyser)
(his signature)



Revolutionary War Patriot		 "Unfortunately, no marriage of Michael Kiser to Anna Maria Eppert (or Lingel) has been found." - Mark Arslan, Kiser Genealogy - Michael Kiser & Mary ----- of Pennsylvania & Virginia. So, Anna Maria to the right remains unverified. Yet, it is worth noting that Michael's DAR Record lists his spouse as Mary Eppert. (Anna Maria) Mary Eppert (likely, though Lingel has been assumed)
???		 Page by Mark B. Arslan, descendant of Michael and Mary Kiser of VA
    Source for Johann Michael Kaӱser's birthplace, baptism, confirmation and migration: Valentin and Michael Kayser: Pennsylvania Pioneers and their Descendants in Virginia by James Van Lieu Kiser (2002), p. 23

Michael Kiser lived in Berks county, PA before he moved to Virginia.
1756-1762 he paid taxes in Lower Heilderberg township.
1763-1782 he paid taxes in Cymru township. Note the Eckard geographic connection here!
1783 he moved to Virginia (then Rockingham county, now Page county).
Source: Karl Kiser in citing p. 31 in Jim Kiser's book Valentin and Michael Kayser: Pennsylvania Pioneers and their Descendants in Virginia.

b. 1735
Baptized in Rumpenheim, Duchy of Hesse-Hanau 10 February 1735.
Confirmed 1749.
Migrated with father, two siblings and possible mother in 1750
d. 1798-1801, Rockingham Co., VA
Find-A-Grave Memorial		 m. ca. 1760, Berks Co.?, PA
They came to the Shenandoah Valley of VA from Berks Co., PA, in 1783.		 b. ca. 1737
in Goshenhoppen, PA
d. 1805
in Rockingham Co., VA.		  
             
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Jacob Kiser built a grist mill on North River. In 1788, Jacob wa a member of Captain Michael Rorick's Militia Company, #17. In 1790, he became Captain of this same company, the number having been changed to #14, of which his father was also a member. Sources: Valentin and Michael Kayser: Pennsylvania Pioneers and their Descendants in Virginia by James "Jim" Van Lieu Kiser, pages 82 and 83; Virginia Valley Records, p. 116; and Rockingham County Minute Book, p. 853 (28 Sept 1789).

  Jacob Kiser   ↑
Elizabeth Kiesling
(Kissling)
    DNA proof: One of my DNA matches shares Jacob and Elizabeth as common ancestors. Sue Marsjanik who is the great-great-great-great granddaughter of Jacob and Elizabeth. I am their great-great-great-great-great grandson. So, I am Sue's 5th cousin, once removed. b. 6 April 1763
in Heidelberg Township in Berks Co., PA
d. 23 June 1823
in Rockingham Co., VA
Find-A-Grave Memorial		 m. 15 June 1787
Rockingham Co., Virginia		 b. 2 June 1759
Lick Run, Augusta Co., Virginia
d. 13 October 1836
Rockingham Co., Virginia
Find-A-Grave Memorial
    Further, I have multiple AncestryDNA matches with whom I share common ancestors Jacob Kiser and Elizabeth Kisling (Kiessling) Kiser. Stephanie Shank, Cameron Van Buskirk, Elizabeth Dornblaser, Debbie Stoll, Merri Goodrow, Linda Olsson, Charles Clark, Michael Clark, David Matthews, Herbert C. Covey and David Maddocks.      
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descendants through son William Kiser (Wilhelm/Willhelm Kayser)		   

Johann Kayser     Jacob Gotz

+--------------+   |          BE SURE TO SEE THE ****NOTE**** BELOW.

|b. ca. 1575   |   |          There is some unverified information.

|m. ca. 1619   |   |

|d. pre 1649   |   |

|Rumpenheim,   |   |

|Hesse, GERMANY|   |

+--+-----------+   |

   |               |

   |               |

   |               |

Valentin  + Maria Gotz     Johann Heinzinger

Kayser    |                     |

+---------+--------+            |

|b. ca.   |        |            |

|1620     |        |            |

|m. 1 May |        |            |

|1649     |        |            |

|d. 5 Aug |        |            |

|1700     |d. 1689 |            |

+---------+--------+            |

          |                     |

          |                     |

Stephan Kayser + Catharina Heinzinger

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+--------------+----+---------------+

|b. ca. 29 Apr. 1655|               |

|m. 8 Mar 1695      |               |

|d. ???             |d. 22 Nov 1746 |

+-------------------+---------------+

|     Rumpenheim, Hesse, GERMANY    |

+--------------+----+---------------+

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Valentine Kayser + Maria Magdalena 

                 |   Sommerland

+----------------+----------------+

|b. 15 Jan. 1696 |                |

|at Rumpenheim,  |d. after 1762   |

|Hesse-Hunau,    |                |

| GERMANY.       |                |

+----------------+----------------+

|Married 2 September 1723.        |

|Arrived in Philadelphia in 1750  |

|from Rumpenheim, Hesse-Hunau,    |

|aboard the ship Edinburgh.       |

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****NOTE****

Either the above Valentine and Maria

are the parents of Johann Michael

Kiser or the Valentine and Agness

below are the parents. Many researchers

assume that the Valentine married to 

Agness is the father of Johann

Michael Kiser though this is not

verified.



Valentin(e)  Agness             Johan       Anna 

Kayser   + (maiden name         Jacob    +  Ursula

(Kiser)  |  unknown)            Lingel   |  Banckard

+--------+--------------+       (Lingle) |  

|b. Aug. | b. about 1702|  +-------------+-------------------------+

| 1708 in|              |  |b.23 Jan 1709|b.17 Sept 1711; d.1769 to|

| GERMANY|              |  |d. about     |1776 in Goshenhoppen, PA |

|d. about| d. about     |  |  1 Nov 1753 +-------------------------+

| 7 Sept.|   January 6, |  |Arrived in Philadelphia 6 September    |

| 1785 in|   1773, in   |  |1737 from the Palatinate (GERMANY) on  |

| LeHigh |  Pennsylvania|  |the English ship St. Andrews Galley,   |

| Co., PA|              |  |John Stedman, Master, from Rotterdam.  |

+--------+--------------+  +---------------+-----------------------+

|Valentin arrived on the|                  | Researchers assume

|ship Mortonhouse in    |                  | these were Anna Maria's

|Philadelphia, PA, Aug17|                  | "Mary's" parents.

|1729, from Rotterdam.  |                  |

+--------+--------------+                  |

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(Father is one of the                      |

 Valentine Kaysers above.       +----------+

 See above ****NOTE****.)       |

         |                      ?

         |                      |       Click on the link to a page 

         |                      |       by Mark B. Arslan, descendant

         |                      |       of Michael and Mary Kiser:

         |                      |       Michael & Mary Kiser of VA.

         Johann Michael  +  Anna Maria  

             Kiser       | "Mary" Lingel? 

                         | (Unsure if she was a Lingel. Last name may

                         | have been Eppert).

It is      +-------------+----------------+

certain    |b. ca.1734 in|b. about 1737 in|

that       |Germantown,  |Goshenhoppen, PA|  (Johann) Michael Kiser

Michael    |Philadelphia |d. 1805 in      |  served in the American

and Mary   |County, PA.  |Rockingham      |  Revolution in Captain 

Kiser are  |d.1798-1801. |County, Virginia|  Philip Krick's 8th Co.,

direct     |One of the   |They came to the|  Fourth Battalion, PA.

ancestors. |largest land |Shenandoah Valley

What is in |owners in    |of VA from Berks|

question   |Rockingham   |Co., PA, in 1783|

is their   |County, VA.  |Married in 1750s|

respective |Baptized 10  |                |

ancestries |Feb. 1735    |

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                      Jacob    Elizabeth

                      Kiser +  Kiesling

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  |b. 6 April 1763 in       |

  |Heidelberg Twp in Berks  |

  |County, Pennsylvania.    |

  |d. August 1, 1828, in    |

  |Rockingham Co., VA. Built|

  |a grist mill on North    |

  |River.  Captain of the   |

  |militia.                 |

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