NameChristopher Schlosser, 5G Grandfather
Birth15 Oct 1757, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
Death11 Dec 1845, Floyd Co., Virginia
Marriageabt 1776, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
SpouseEva (Hancock ?), 5G Grandmother
Birthabt 1758
Deathabt 1838/1839, Floyd Co., Virginia
Children
Birth1 Nov 1776, Lebanon, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
Deathbef 1784, Lebanon, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
Birth6 May 1778, Lebanon, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
Deathbef 10 Aug 1821, Virginia, prob. in/near Page Co. or Shenandoah Co.
Birth14 Jun 1781, Bucks Co., Pennsylvania
Death24 Dec 1853, Lexington, Lafayette Co., Missouri
BirthNov 1784, Washington Co., Maryland
DeathMar 1870, Floyd Co., Virginia
Birth14 Jan 1787, Washington Co., Maryland
Death11 Nov 1860, Floyd Co., Virginia
Birth14 Jan 1789, Washington Co., Maryland
Death2 Jun 1856, Carroll Co., Virginia
Birth6 Sep 1790, Washington Co., Maryland
Death6 Apr 1840, Floyd Co., Virginia
Birth26 Jul 1792, Virginia
Death11 Dec 1880, Floyd Co., Virginia
Birth27 Apr 1796, Virginia
Death2 Jun 1878, Floyd Co., Virginia
Birth2 Sep 1797, Frederick Co., Virginia
Death3 Oct 1871, Floyd Co., Virginia
Birthabt 1800, Frederick Co., Virginia
Death10 Dec 1865, North Salem, Hendricks Co., Indiana
Birth26 Mar 1803, Montgomery Co., Virginia
Death7 Jul 1888, Floyd Co., Virginia
Notes for Christopher Schlosser
Most data on this family from correspondence with:
Shirley Hylton, 400 6th St. NE, Auburn, WA 98002.
Dorothy B. Peterson, 1330 Ephesus Church Rd., #7, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Nola G. Marquadt, RR 1, Box 82-D, Carlock, IL 61725
Pauline Seigo, 124 Briscoe Circle, Bristol, TN 37620
Pauline's chart listed a daughter Susan as well as a daughter Catharine (Caty), while the others listed only "Susan Catharine (Caty)". Pauline's chart also listed two sons, Solomon and Harmon, with no dates for Harmon, while other researchers listed a single son named “Solomon Harmon”; Maria Margaretha did not appear on Pauline's, but on all others.
Dates of birth and death from bible of Burwell Hylton (Christopher's son-in-law). In 1972 this bible was in the possession of Alfred Hylton of Bristol, TN.
On 17 Dec 1794 a Christopher Schlosser was among members of St. Paul's Lutheran Church at Strausburg, Shenandoah Co., VA, who contributed to a fund to bring the first pipe organ for St. Paul's from Germany.
Census
1820 census of Montgomery Co., VA lists this family as:
Christopher Slosser, 1 m 16-26, 1 m > 45; 1 f 16-26, 1 f > 45. (These would be Christopher, Eve, Stephen, and Mary Ann.)
Notes for Eva (Hancock ?)
Pauline Seigo and Elza Cox list "Hancock" as Eva's surname; Dorothy Burnett Peterson's and Nola Marquadt's records give the same name but marked with a (?); Shirley Hylton listed no surname for Eva, so "Hancock" is apparently by tradition with no proof. Marriage records of Lancaster and Lebanon counties, including records of the church where their first children were born, have already been searched with no hit; perhaps the next step is a search of probate records looking for the will of Eve's father.
Eva was named in a deed transferring land from Christopher and Eva Slusher to their son David on 20 Nov 1837. She was not listed in the 1840 census. Her death is therefore estimated as 1838-1839, although it could have occurred very late in 1837 or early in 1840.