Peter Pfeister
| ID: | I85 |
| Last: | Pfeister |
| First: | Peter |
| Middle: | |
| Birth: | ABT 1715 at Canton of Berne, Switzerland 1 |
| Death: | from 1770 to 1780 at Virginia 2 |
| Burial: | |
| Sex: | M |
| Notes: | Arrives 1754 on ship "Brothers" |
| Mother: | UNKNOWN |
| Father: | UNKNOWN |
| Marriage 1 | UNKNOWN |
| Children: | |
| 1 Andrew Feaster b: ABT 1735 Canton of Berne, Switzerland | |
| Sources: | |
| 1 | Repository: --Name: South Carolina Department of Archives and History --Address: 1430 Senate St., P.O. Box 11,669, Columbia, SC 29211 --Phone: (803) 734-8577 Title: Robert Coleman Family: From Virginia to Texas 1652-1965 Author: Coleman, James P., with the assistance of many others Publication: Privately published by James P. Coleman, Ackerman, Mississippi, 1965; mfg. by Kingsport Press, Inc., Kingsport TN, 451 pp Note: Also available on internet through: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nansemondcolemans/ Page: p. 303 Note: Birth year calculated from estimated birth year of son Andrew 1735 minus 20 years |
| 2 | Repository: --Name: South Carolina Department of Archives and History --Address: 1430 Senate St., P.O. Box 11,669, Columbia, SC 29211 --Phone: (803) 734-8577 Title: Robert Coleman Family: From Virginia to Texas 1652-1965 Author: Coleman, James P., with the assistance of many others Publication: Privately published by James P. Coleman, Ackerman, Mississippi, 1965; mfg. by Kingsport Press, Inc., Kingsport TN, 451 pp Note: Also available on internet through: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nansemondcolemans/ Page: p. 305-306 Note: Described as a very old man; his son Andrew was about 35-45 in 1770-1780, so Peter was probably 55-65 or older Text: Tis not known just when they left Pennsylvania for the south, some tradition saying 1770, others nearer 1780. Peter Pfeister was then a very old man. There isn't a thing known about his wife, mother of Andrew. They feared the journey would be too much for him, and Andrew suggested waiting for his father's death before leaving Pennsylvania. But he insisted on their going and bringing him along, saying "Heaven is as near one place as another, and if he died on the way, why bury him there." They were six months on the way, and Peter died in Virginia. Brave old man, and how sad the son must have felt, leaving that spot. I hope the burial was in a graveyard, where others lay. |
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