Male Lineage of Clair Buckwalter

• born in 1665 and lived in the Canton Schweitz, Switzerland
• married Mary Mellinger in 1692
• left Amsterdam September 1720 on the John Chappel Laurel
• arrived in Philadelphia in December 1720
• in 1720 was the first settler on a tract of land known as the Mananvon Tract about 25 miles north of Philadelphia where Phoenixville is now.  He paid 195 pounds for 625 acres
• died in 1723 in Charlestown Township, Phoenixville
• Mary died in 1721; perhaps buried in Switzerland

• born in 1702 in Switzerland
• came to Pennsylvania with his parents around 1719 to Phoenixville
• perhaps settled in East Lampeter Township, Lancaster County   (Buckwalter Road)
• married Barbara Landis
• fathered ten children
• ninth child was Haenrich
• died in 1782

• born August 27, 1742
• married to Barbara Cassel
• fourth child was John
• second wife was Elizabeth Schneider
• died  November 14, 1805

• born February 5, 1779
• married Judith Buckwalter
• oldest child was Henry
• died November 25, 1844

• born October, 19 1807
• married Barbara Neff January 14, 1834
• their last child and thirteenth was Freeland
• died October 2, 1862
• Barbara died July 19, 1864
• buried at Mellinger’s Mennonite cemetary

• born August 5, 1854
• married Henrietta Zimmerman  March 16, 1897
• had two children, Issac and Freeland
• Freeland and Hallie killed in Lancaster October 11, 1933
• buried at Mellinger’s Mennonite

• born June 20, 1902
• married Florence Huber March 28, 1923
• had six children, the youngest son Clair
• died September 18, 1988
• Florence died April 27, 1984
• buried at Mellinger’s Mennonite

• born June 2, 1947
• married Marjory Kauffman August 26, 1967
• second child Peter

• born July 27, 1974         
• married Alissa Schamber August 20, 2000
• second child Fletcher

Fletcher Buckwalter

• born December 4, 2010