Peter HOLLAND and Anna Margaretha MILLER

Peter Holland, my fourth-great-grandfather, was born 28 April 1777, the son of Christian and Susanna Margaretha (Reimer) Holland. He was baptized 24 May 1777, at the First United Church of Christ, in Easton, Pennsylvania. His Godparents were Peter Ehler and Elisabetha (?). [1]







He married his first wife, Susanna Correll, around 1805. Susanna was born 28 February 1779, the daughter of Philip and Maria Engel (Schug) Correll. She died in March or May 1817, and was buried in the Forks Cemetery, in Stockertown, Northampton County.

 

He married his second wife, Anna Margaretha [Margaret] Miller, my fourth-great-grandmother, on 6 July 1817, at the First United Church of Christ, in Easton. Margaret was born 27 October 1792, the daughter of Jacob and Maria Sarah (Reimer) Miller. Peter's mother, Susanna Reimer Holland, and Margaret's mother, Sarah Reimer Miller, were sisters, making Peter and Margaret first cousins. 



The gravestone of Peter Holland,
Forks Cemetery, Stockertown, Pennsylvania.




Peter is listed in the United States Federal Census from 1830 and 1840, although the census is not specific as to who is in the household. The United States Federal Census (1850) lists Peter Holland, age 73, living in Plainfield Township, Northampton County, where he owned $4,500 in personal estate. No occupation is listed. The household included his wife, Margaret, age 58.; children: Susan, age 31, and Elizabeth, age 19, as well as Jeremiah Baker, age 14.
 

Peter died 20 January 1858, aged 80, and was buried in the Forks Cemetery.

 

Margaret was listed in the United States Federal Census (1860) as living in Plainfield Township (post office: Easton) and working as a seamstress. Also living with her was her daughter, Susan Mark, and two grandchildren, Mary and Susan Mark. The United States Federal Census (1870) listed Margaret as living in Plainfield Township (but this time, her Post Office was in Belfast). Also in the household was her daughter, Susan Holland, 57, Catharine Holland, 25, and Edna Holland, age 4.

 

Margaret survived her husband by twenty years, almost to the day. She died 23 January 1878, and was buried in the Forks Cemetery, next to Peter.
 

Peter and Susanna had four children:

1. Sarah, born 22 October 1806. She died in 1887.
2. John, born 9 Janaury 1809.
3. Julianna, born 21 December 1810.
4. Maria Anna, born 28 June 1814.  She died 25 August 1868. She married a Mr. Becker.

Peter and Anna had five children:

1. Susanna, born 30 August 1818. She died 26 August 1877. She married a Mr. Mark, and they had two children: Mary C. and Susan.
2. Jacob, born around 1820. He married Matilda Uhler, and they had nine children: William H. (b. 1844), Cecilia (b. 1846), Helena (b. 1848), James Franklin (b. 30 November 1850), Albert (b. 1852), Emma (b. 1856), Edna (b. 1859), Anna M. (b. 1860), and Jacob H. (b. August 1863).
3. Abraham, born around 1822.
4. Elizabeth, born around 1831. She married Levi Michael, and they had one daughter, Ellen (b. about 1860).
5. Matilda. She was married to a Mr. Kotz.