Hans Peter Summy
Extracted from
History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
by
Ellis and Evans
1883, Part II
Hans Peter Summy, Sr ., a Palatinate Mennonite exile from Summiswald
(Summy's Woods), Switzerland, arrived at Philadelphia in 1733, on the
brigantine "Richard and Elizabeth," commanded by Capt. Christopher
Clymer, with family consisting of wife; and sons, Hans Jacob, Hans
Peter, Jr., Otto Fritz, Hans Michael, and Johannes. The two latter were
minors. Two of the sons settled in the Catawba Vul]ey, North Carolina,
where descendants still live. The Rev. George Summy, of Covington, Ky.,
is a descendant of this branch. Johannes and Hans Jacob settled in
Lancaster County. The descendants of the former are in Somerset and
Westmoreland Counties, this State, and in Jo Daviess County, Ill. Hans
Jacob married Mrs. Barbara Bear (nee Hiestand), and owned a large
plantation in Earl township, Lancaster Co., where they lived,
maintained his parents, and died. To them were born John, Henry, Jacob,
Susanna, Peter, and Margaret. Henry, the second son, died in 1783
without issue. Jacob the third son, married Margaret Graff. To them
were born three daughters and one son. The latter died in his youth.
Peter, fourth son, married Mary--. To them were born John, Barbara, and
Peter, mutes; and Jacob, Samuel, Daniel, Christian and Henry. Jacob
died, aged eighty-four years, in Stork County, Pa. His descendants are
living in Indiana. Samuel died in Maryland without male issue, Daniel
in Wyoming Valley, Christian in Virginia, aged ninety-seven years, and
Henry in Lancaster County. The two latter have descendants in
Philadelphia, Virginia, and Iowa. John, the first-born of Hans Jacob
and Barbara, married Mary Scherck, of Earl township, in 1765. To them
were born Peter, Elizabeth, and John. By a subsequent marriage to Anna
Newcomer were born Christian, Jacob, David, Margaret, Anna, and Henry.
Descendants are in York State, where Jacob and David emigrated in 1824,
in Washington, D. C., in Illinois, and throughout this State.