"Early Germans of New Jersey", Theodore Frelinghuysen Chambers, 1895 JACOB NEITSER, ancestor of the Lebanon families of that name. b. 1743; came from the Rhine [perhaps from same place as the preceding John Peter and William], with his uncle and aunt Shaffer, to escape conscription, when from 14-18 years of age; had a brother, Joseph, in the old country; inherited his uncle's property as the latter had no children; was a pensioner of the Revolutionary war; still alive in 1840 at 97 years of age; his uncle may have been John Wilhelm Shaffer, who came over in the same vessel that John William. Neither came in; married Maria Case and had ch.: 1. Anna Mary, b. 22 March, 1778, m. Will. C. Sharp (s. of John, of Hackettstown) 2. Maria, b. 5 Feb., 1780, m. Peter Latourette, of Hackettstown. 3. Joseph, b. 20 Oct., 1783, m. Elisabeth Shurts (dau. of); had ch.: Mary A., b. 26 April, 1805, m. Sam. Groendyke ; Margaret, b. 13 June, 1807, m. Elisha Stout ; Eliza, m. Ezekiel Cole (s. of Josiah) Lucy, m. Elijah Low ; Catherine, m. Henry Hadley (s. of John) Emily, m. Conrad Gulick (s. of John) ; Lena, m. Wm. Baker. 4. Elisabeth, b. 20 Nov., 1785, m. Jesse Thatcher, of Three Bridges, N. J. 5. Catherine, b. 13 Oct., 1788, m. William Kreegar.