Mertz Genealogy - Person Sheet
Mertz Genealogy - Person Sheet
NameBenjamin Fetter 
Birth7 December 1796
Memo(tombstone, Gearhart says b.7 Mar 1797)
Death17 September 1875
Memo(tombstone)
BurialLutheran Church, Kratzerville, PA
Father5G GF Philip Fetter (1762-1849)
Mother5G GM Mariga
My Comments notes for Benjamin Fetter
There were two Benjamin Fetters in the 1840 Census and both were buried at Kratzerville. We know all the details for Benjamin, son of Adam, from his death certificate and so we can also be sure of the biographical details of the other one from his tombstone.
That does not mean I have correctly determined the name of his father.
However, Benjamin Fetter’s land adjoined Frederick Walter according to the 1846 deed whereby Conrad Walter’s heirs sold his land to Frederick. I can’t be sure it wasn’t Adam’s son Benjamin, but I suspect it was the other Benjamin and that the close proximity to the Walters is a clue that he may have been the brother of Rachel and Abraham.
That does not mean I have correctly determined the name of his father.
However, Benjamin Fetter’s land adjoined Frederick Walter according to the 1846 deed whereby Conrad Walter’s heirs sold his land to Frederick. I can’t be sure it wasn’t Adam’s son Benjamin, but I suspect it was the other Benjamin and that the close proximity to the Walters is a clue that he may have been the brother of Rachel and Abraham.