Biographical Sketch (1986):168 Washburn’s
Snively-Snavely, The Swiss Ancestors and American Descendants of Johann Jacob Schnebele, 1659-1743, incorrectly indicates that Peter Sell married Susanna Bachman (b. 1742) daughter of George Bachman and Anna Maria Schnebele. Instead, Peter married Susanna Bachman (b. 1763), daughter of George Bachman and Esther Bachman. Peter and his second wife Christina are buried in Saucon Mennonite Cemetery, Coopersburg, Pennsylvania along with Susanna’s grandparents, George and Maria Bachman.
Military Service:1957 Peter Sell’s grave was marked with Revolutionary War Veteran marker, August 2000.
1790 U.S. Census:1922Pennsylvania, Northampton County, Upper Saucon Township
Head of Household •• Peter Sell
Males 16 and over •• 1 << Peter
Females •• 2 << probably wife Susanna Bachman and daughter
1829 Tombstone:1957 Saucon Mennonite Cemetery, Coopersburg, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.
(In German)
Peter Sell
27 March 1829
72 years 18 days