Hans John Carpenter

Zimmerman is German, (Zimmer = Timber, man is one that works with wood = Carpenter, Carpenter in french is pronounced Char Poin Tee Aye

This information from http://kinnexions.com/smlawson/carpente.htm#Europe appears to apply to this family line (Hans and Sarah Salome Zimmerman). There is more at this weblink than I copied here. /sm

Zimmerman Ancestry in Europe

There were many ZIMMERMAN families living in Steffisburg in the 17th century and it is not currently known how the ZIMMERMAN families of Lancaster Co., PA are related. The research of Robert C. Carpenter indicates that the Zimmerman family "arrived in the St. Marie Aux Mines area of Alsace around 1693 or so from Steffisburg, Canton of Berne, Switzerland. Later by the 1720's or so they moved north to the area of Rothau, Waldersbach, and Salm. In 1732 many of these Zimmermans sailed to America on the Pink Plaisance. They settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Later in the middle 1750's they moved to North Carolina." Refer also to the RUCHTY family of Steffisburg, which also had Zimmerman family connections.

Christian and Anna (Buoss) Zimmerman

Christian ZIMMERMAN - b. Feb. 26, 1608/9, Steffisberg, Thurnen Parish, Canton Bern, Switzerland. Son of Niclaus ZIMMERMAN and Margaret PUNTLISPERG, who were married at Steffisberg in 1575.

Anna BUOSS -

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Children of Christian and Anna (Buoss) Zimmerman

Verena - b. 1630, Steffisberg, Thurnen Parish, Canton Bern, Switzerland. Married Christian RUCHTI (b. 1626, Steffisberg, Thurnen Parish, Canton Bern, Switzerland). CAUTION: Verena is placed as a daughter of Christian ZIMMERMAN and Anna BUOSS based only on her age, origins in Steffisburg, Bern, and her grandchildren's settling in Lancaster Co., PA.

Hans - b. Dec. 7, 1635, Steffisberg, Thurnen Parish, Canton Bern, Switzerland; d. after 1708, Alsace-Lorraine.

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Hans and Barbara (Gilgan) Zimmerman

Hans ZIMMERMAN - b. Dec. 7, 1635, Steffisberg, Thurnen Parish, Canton Bern, Switzerland; d. after 1708, Alsace-Lorraine. Son of Christian ZIMMERMAN and Anna BUOSS.

Barbara GILGAN -

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Children of Hans and Barbara (Gilgan) Zimmerman

Peter - b. Aug. 23, 1668, Steffisberg, Thurnen Parish, Canton Bern, Switzerland.

Niclaus 'Claus' - b. Oct. 13, 1670, Steffisberg, Thurnen Parish, Canton Bern, Switzerland; d. 1739, Lancaster Co., PA. Married Verena SPRING.

Hans - Believed to be the father of Hans ZIMMERMAN (d. 1786, Lancaster Co., PA; bur. there in Litchy Cemetery), who married Anna RUCHTY (b. Oct. 15, 1702, Steffisberg, Thurnen Parish, Canton Bern, Switzerland; d. 1784, Lancaster Co., PA; bur. there in Litchy Cemetery). Anna was the daughter of Christian RUCHTY and Anna KAUFMAN. CAUTION: Hans is placed as a son of Hans ZIMMERMAN and Barbara GILGAN based only on his estimated age, origins in Steffisburg, Bern, and his son's settling in Lancaster Co., PA.

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Peter Zimmerman

Peter ZIMMERMAN - b. Aug. 23, 1668, Steffisberg, Thurnen Parish, Canton Bern, Switzerland. Son of Hans ZIMMERMAN and Barbara GILGAN. CAUTION: Nothing is known of this Peter ZIMMERMAN in America and his family. Only the slimmest of circumstantial evidence is available to connect him to possible son Hans and another possible son. Thus, the lineage connecting the CARPENTER family of Rutherford Co., NC to the ZIMMERMAN family of Canton Bern, Switzerland is pure conjecture.

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Children of Peter Zimmerman

Hans - b. about 1702, Canton Bern, Switzerland; d. Jun. 10, 1794, NC.

A son - Believed to have been the first husband of Margaret ZIMMERMAN GACKLIN (d. Feb.-May 1798, Lancaster Co., PA), who married second Detrich GACKLIN (d. before Mar. 1798, Lancaster Co., PA). CAUTION: The kinship of the brothers Samuel and Joseph CARPENTER to the other CARPENTERS of PA and NC is unproven, with placement as possible cousins and sons of Margaret ZIMMERMAN GACKLIN based on the analysis of Robert C. Carpenter on page 13 of Carpenters A Plenty.

Children of Margaret Zimmerman Gacklin

Samuel CARPENTER - b. before 1750; d. Mar.-Oct. 1811, Barren Co., KY. Married about 1770 in Tryon Co., NC to Catherine EAKER (b. about 1757, NC; d. after 1811, Barren Co., KY), daughter of Peter EAKER (about 1724-1798) and Barbara (about 1730-after 1800). Children of Samuel and Catherine CARPENTER: Sarah 'Salley' married Daniel LATTIMORE; Susannah married John LATTIMORE, brother of the husband of Susannah's sister Sarah; Margaret married John ORR; Barbara married Mr. SHITLE; Elizabeth married Lanmon SHORT; Samuel Eaker married Sarah Gray DOWNING; and Frances Green 'Fanny' married Enoch ENLOE.

Joseph CARPENTER - b. Jan. 2, 1753; d. Jan. 24, 1839, Rutherford Co., NC. Married on Apr. 11, 1786 in Rutherford Co., NC to Susannah EAKER (b. 1759; d. Oct. 27, 1825, Rutherford Co., NC), sister of the wife of Joseph's brother Samuel. Children of Joseph and Susannah CARPENTER: Margaret married Henry HOYLE; Barbara married Peter MULL; John (twin) married Margaret RAMSEY; and Peter (twin) married Margaret RAMSEY, a cousin of the wife of Peter's brother John.

Salome ZIMMERMAN - Married John STUCKEY.

The Carpenter/Zimmerman Family in America

The relationship of the Carpenter family of Lincoln and Rutherford Counties, NC to the other Carpenters and Zimmermans in PA, notably Hans of Lancaster Co., PA, has not been established. A thorough review of the documents available is found in Carpenters A Plenty, by Robert C. Carpenter (1982, Baltimore).

Hans and Sarah Salome Zimmerman

Hans ZIMMERMAN - b. about 1702, Canton Bern, Switzerland; d. Jun. 10, 1794, NC. Possible son of Peter ZIMMERMAN. Only son Johannes is a proven child of Hans, with others placed as children based on a variety of evidence as analyzed by Robert C. Carpenter on pages 1-14 of Carpenters A Plenty.

Sarah Salome -

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Children of Hans and Sarah Salome Zimmerman

The families of these children were in the transitional generation when surnames were used with both the original German-Swiss spellings and the American versions.

Christian - b. about 1721, Canton Bern, Switzerland; d. May 4, 1800, NC. Married about 1741 in PA to Mary (b. about 1723; d. Feb. 2, 1815, NC. Children of Christian and Mary ZIMMERMAN: John Nicholas married Elizabeth DEPPEN; Mary married John Nicholas WHISNANT; Christopher or Christian married; Jacob married Susannah FINGER, Catharina possibly married Mr. SIDES; Barbara possibly married Mr. SIDES; Michael married Mary CHERRY; Peter married Susanna COX; Henry; Frederick married Christena Jane KISER; and Mary Fanny married John COX.

Jacob - b. 1734, probably in PA; d. May 3, 1807, NC. Married about 1759 in NC to Catherine RAMSOUR (b. about 1742, probably in PA; d. Jan. 31, 1819, NC), daughter of Dietrich RAMSOUR. Children of Jacob and Catherine ZIMMERMAN: Margaret married Martin FREITAG; Henry married Frances LAYMAN; Catherine married Peter HOYLE; Elizabeth married Henry CLINE; Mary married Michael RUDISILL; Sarah Salome married David CLINE; David married Elizabeth QUICKLE; Jacob married Caherine QUICKLE, who married second George HOVIS; and Jonas married Mary KISER, who married second George HOVIS as his second wife.

Peter - b. 1736-1740, probably in PA; d. Apr. 1817, Lincoln Co., NC; bur. Big Gullies Cemetery.

Barbara - No information other than name. It is possible that Barbara and Ann are the same person, named Barbara Ann.

Ann - b. Mar. 15, 1750; d. Jan. 1, 1808. Married first about 1770 in PA to Jacob RAMSOUR (b. Feb. 11, 1731; d. Jan. 5, 1787, Lincoln Co., NC), son of Dietrich RAMSOUR. Ann was married second about 1798 to Andrew MOTZ. Children of Ann and Jacob RAMSOUR: Capt. John married Elizabeth SHUFORD; Elizabeth married David SHUFORD; David married Sarah WILFONG; Margaret married Daniel WARLICK; Barbara married Daniel HOKE; Jacob married Barbara SUMMEY; Katherine married first Henry HOKE, and second Mr. CLONINGER; and Sarah married George F. 'Rich' BOLLINGER.

Johannes - b. before 1755; d. Apr. 3, 1809, NC. Married about 1772 to Elizabeth. Children of Johannes and Elizabeth ZIMMERMAN: Henry married Catharina ROOT; John married Catherine MOSTELLER; Ann married Anthony PEELER; Mary married her 1c1r John CARPENTER; Margaret married Jonas MOSTELLER; Nicholaus married first Catherine PLUNK, and second Catherine WHEARD; Daniel married Elizabeth PASOUR; Salome 'Sally'; Joseph married his 1c1r Elizabeth CARPENTER; and Susanna.

Birth: 1702 Plauen, Germany Death: Jun. 10, 1794 North Carolina, USA

Family links:

Spouse:

 Sarah Salome Zimmerman (1698 - ____)

Children:

 Hans Zimmerman (1720 - 1786)*

 Christian R Zimmerman (1726 - 1792)*

 Jacob (Zimmerman) Carpenter (1734 - 1807)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial: Unknown

Created by: Ronald Halford Record added: Oct 20, 2009 Find A Grave Memorial# 43338580

On Sep. 3, 1739 Peter Zimmermann arrived in Philadelphia about the Ship Friendship. It is thought that Peter is the brother of Hans since he settled in the same community with Hans.

Hans and Salome became landholders in Lancaster, PA. There is significant evidence that they were Mennonites. Sometime prior to the Revolutionary War, Hans and other members of his family moved to Lincoln County, NC. A large colony of Zimmermann's (Carpenter's) settled in Lincoln and Gaston Counties. The children of Hans and Sarah Salome probably changed their names from Zimmermann to Carpenter during their lifetimes, however, although Hans Zimmermann continued to sign his name as H.Z. There is no record of their continuing in the Mennonite religion however, there are references to the Evangelical Lutheran Church.