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- There is no burial location mentioned in Weiser family history for Sophia.
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She was the daughter of Peter Reim.
She married 22 Nov 1748 at Reith's Church, Berk's Co., PA to Philip Weiser [b. 7 Sep 1722; d. 27 Mar 1761], eldest son of Conrad and Anna Eva (Feg) Weiser.
Children:
1. John Conrad Weiser, b. 30 Aug 1749, Womelsdorf, Berks Co., PA; m. 25 Jul 1771, Reading Town, PA to Barbara Beyer; he d. 1 Feb 1803, Weiserburg [now Selinsgrove], Snyder Co., PA; buried Old Lutheran Cemetery. He served as a Captain during the Revolutionary War and had children.
2. Peter Weiser, b. 26 Apr 1751, Womelsdorf, Berks Co., PA;
d. 4 Sep 1779, PA; buried Reed's Church Cemetery, Berks County, PA. His brother Jabetz wrote about him: "He was wounded in the last American war, as the Reverlution arose, on the banks of the Brandywine on September 11, 1777, and died as a Lieutenant on September 4, 1779. He was the first who went out as this war began and risked his life for the so-called American freedom. He went at first to Boston as a sargeant." He never married.
3. Jabetz Weiser, b. 3 Jul 1753, Womelsdorf, Berks Co., PA; m.c. 1775 to Mary Elizabeth Wenger [b. 18 Sep 1754, Berks Co., PA; d. 17 Sep 1835, Womelsdorf, Berks Co., PA, daughter of Lazarus & Anna Catharina (Lauck) Wenger]; he d. 16 May 1829, Womelsdorf, Berks Co., PA; buried in Zion Cemetery, near Womelsdorf, Berks Co., PA.
4. Hannah Philippina Weiser, b. 14 Dec 1761, Womelsdorf, Berks Co., PA. She was a posthumous child who died young.
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