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78. Sophia Renner (Married Daniel Bussard (Bossert) (Bosserd) (Buzard) (77) 25 March 1760).

 

Born: 19 February 1740 in France (Another LDS source says Germany) of Valentine "Val" Renner ?(155) & Magdalina (Magdaline) (Margaretha) Wessa ?(156).

Died: 2 February 1826. She is buried in the Glade Valley Cemetery, Frederick, Maryland.(The burial site is confirmed on page 4 of The Genealogy of Peter Bossert-Bussard 1761-1802, compiled by Ruthella Bussard 1970-1974 and published by Jeanne Bussard Workshop, 101 West South Street, Frederick, Maryland 21701 in 1974.)

[Her siblings include:

John Jacob Renner Born: 24 March 1734/35; Died: 29 December 1818 in Bedminster Twp., Bucks County, Pennsylvania;

John Renner: (Married: Maria Elizabeth Althaus) Born: 1738 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Died: ?;

Henry Renner: Born: About 1740. Died: ?;

Magdaline Renner: (Married: George Bopp) Born: About 1740. Died: ?

William Renner Born 1742 Died: ?,

John Peter Renner: (Married: Elizabeth ? ) Born: 16 May 1744. Died: ?;

John Adam Renner (Married: Magdaline Wildanger) Born: Before 26 May 1751. Died: About 20 July 1822;

Michael Renner (Married Catharine ? ) Born: Before 1 September 1754. Died: ? ;

Maria Elizabeth Renner: (Married Peter Koffel) Born: 30 March 1757. Died: ?]

 

Miscellaneous:

In the Prologue to The Genealogy of Peter Bossert-Bussard 1761-1802, there is reference to a book titled History of Frederick Baker, Jr., written by Reverend Raymond Carl Maxwell. In that book, Reverend Maxwell recorded data from an "old German Bible" which had been inscribed by a "W. Bussard." The reason that the Bible had probably been in the possession of Frederick Baker is that he had served as mediator and administrator on a number of the Bussard's legal transactions, and he was married to Susanna Bussard, a daughter of Daniel and Sophia Bussard. In his book, Reverend Maxwell included the date of Sophia's birth and marriage date to Daniel. He also stated that Daniel Bussard was 13 years of age and Sophia Renner was 9 when they arrived at a port in Baltimore, Maryland, on the same sailboat in the year 1749.

During her marriage to Daniel, they had twelve children: Peter (39), Elizabeth, Barbara, Abraham, Daniel, John, Mary, Susanna, Solomon, Catherine, Indah, and Phillip.

 

Sophia became a widow twelve years before her own death.

 

(Note: Susan Snyder (#2) is very confused by 1) where Sophia was born, 2) when she arrived in the United States, and 3) whether or not her parents were Valentine Renner and Margaretta. She was born in 1740 (according to History of Frederick Baker, Jr., written by Reverend Raymond Carl Maxwell). Valentine Renner and (possibly) his wife are listed as arriving in America on the Johnson Galley in 1732. If all of this is true, Sophia would have been born in the United States... not in Germany or France as LDS sources state. According to The Genealogy of Peter Bossert-Bussard 1761-1802, compiled by Ruthella Bussard 1970-1974 and published by Jeanne Bussard Workshop, 101 West South Street, Frederick, Maryland 21701 in 1974), Sophia arrived in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1749, at the age of 9. If this is true, then the Valentine Renner and Magdalina Wessa listed on the passenger list are either not her parents or they had returned to Europe before Sophia's birth and then at 9 years of age, Sophia had sailed to America.)