6. Christian Brenneman, born October 12, 1778 in Lancaster,
PA; died September 16, 1853. He was the son of 12. Jacob Brenneman
and 13. Anna Mayer. He married 7. Elizabeth Nessly March 03, 1805.
7. Elizabeth Nessly, born August 1787; died March 05, 1842.
She was the daughter of 14. Jacob Nessly and 15. Elizabeth Groff.

Notes for Christian Brenneman:
Christian Brenneman, his great-grandfather, who became a pioneer
settler in what is now Hancock County, served as a soldier in the
command of Gen. Andrew Jackson in the War of 1812, and incidentally
walked home from New Orleans, where he had been stationed with his
command. He married a daughter of Jacob Nessly, who was one of the
very early settlers of the present Hancock County and of whom
mention is made in other reviews in this history.


Christian Brenneman settled in 1806.

More About Christian Brenneman:
Burial: Nessley Chapel, New Cumberland, Hancock, WV

Children of Christian Brenneman and Elizabeth Nessly are:
3 i. Nancy Brenneman, born 1806 in New Cumberland,
Hancock, West Virginia; died October 25, 1890; married Thomas
Jefferson Hewitt January 04, 1827 in New Cumberland, Hancock, West
Virginia.
ii. Jacob Nessly Brenneman, born September 19, 1808 in
Pennsylvannia; died May 20, 1879; married (1) Sarah Ramsey 1835;
born January 14, 1811; died June 24, 1837; married (2) Margaret
Madden Brown March 29, 1838; born November 18, 1812.
iii. Judith Brenneman, born August 29, 1810 in
Wellsburg, Brooke, West Virginia; married Thomas Mahan March 16,
1832 in Hancock County, West Virginia.
iv. Eliza A. Brenneman, born November 13, 1813;
married Emmor White Weaver September 01, 1836 in Salem, Ohio; born
September 21, 1811 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvannia.
v. Julia Brenneman, born 1816; married Thomas Heaton
Abt. 1838 in Oldham, Covington, Kentucky.
vi. Richard Brown Brenneman, born June 09, 1818; died
March 05, 1879; married Keziah W. Allison Abt. 1847 in Arroyo,
Hancock, West Virginia; born March 01, 1834 in Arroyo, Hancock, West
Virginia; died February 08, 1894.
vii. Barbara Brenneman, born September 12, 1820 in
Hancock County, West Virginia; died May 26, 1888 in Hancock County,
West Virginia; married John L. Mahan; born Abt. 1816.
viii. Cyrus E. Brenneman, born March 26, 1826; died
March 06, 1892; married Martha Ellen Ware.