• METZ, ABRAHAM Ancestor #: A078457
• Service: PENNSYLVANIA Rank: PRIVATE
• Birth: 12-18-1755 LANCASTER CO PENNSYLVANIA
• Death: 3-20-1843 RAPHO TWP LANCASTER CO PENNSYLVANIA
• Service Source: PA ARCH, 5TH SER, VOL 7, PP 449 ,693, 735, 770, 783
• Service Description: CAPT PATRICK HAYES, LANCASTER CO, MIL

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87 years 3 months 2 days
Son of Lodowick (Ludwig) Metz Sr. and his second wife, Barbara (surname not proven)

Lancaster County Will Book T page 207
written Jan. 27, 1837 proved March 30, 1843
Abstract:
Wife Esther
Mentally handicapped single daughter Ann [Anna]
Sons John and Christian not to receive anything from the estate as they have already borrowed their share which debt is to be liquidated and considered their share
Daughter Elizabeth, wife of Martin Balmer
Executors: Abraham Reist Sr., stepson-in-law of Warwick and neighbor John Metzler of Rapho

Codicil dated June 25, 1839
Repeats that son Christian shall not receive anything further from the estate as he has received more than his share already in assistance
Replaces executors with neighbors Samuel Brubaker and George Hollinger
Witnesses: William Uhrich and Samuel Ensminger

Abraham Metz had two wives named Esther. One of these was Esther (maiden name unknown) married Joseph Cassel who died in 1783. The widow Esther (_____) Cassel then married Abraham Metz (1755-1843).

Esther and Joseph Cassel's daughter named Esther (1778-1838) married Abraham Reist (1770-1852). So Abraham Reist (1770-1852) was the step son-in-law of Abraham Metz.
If the widow Esther Cassel were the second wife of Abraham Metz AND she had a 12 year old daughter in 1783, she could hardly have been born in 1763. But she could have been born in 1751. So the best candidate for the Cassel widow is Abraham Metz's first wife.
(Denise Witwer Lehr)* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Feb 19 2022, 15:02:34 UTC