Nancy Ann Rohrer ^{2 3}

   Another name for Nancy was Nancy Ann Rhorer.¹

  General Notes:

Although the Houser Genealogy says that Nancy's name was Rhorer, it may be more commonly spelled as Rohrer. There are several Rohrer's named in the Washington County, Maryland census for 1790 and no Rhorer's. In Lancaster County Pennsylvania there are listed Jacob Rohrer, Christian Rorar and Isaac Rorar in a list of 591 persons who were paid for Forage furnished for the Magazine at Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in 1778-1779.
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Source: LDS Pedigree Resource File CD30 (Austin Condon)
Alternate information from the "Wagaman Family Genealogy & History" is that Nancy may have been born in Germany about 1750, and came to America with her parents, who settled in Washington County, Maryland.

The information recorded here is from LDS Family Search Ancestral File records.
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Nancy Ann (Rhorer) Houser was the daughter of Johannes Samuel and Margaret Catherine (Henson) Rohrer, both born in Germany. She married Abraham Houser, and to this union were born:

Jacob Houser 1771 '96 1847
Abraham Houser 1774 '96 1838
John Houser 1776 '96 1839
Samuel L. Houser 1781 '96 abt 1839
Jonathan Houser 1782 '96 1819
Elizabeth (Houser) Mason 1784 '96 1861
Barbry Elizabeth (Houser) Wagaman 1785 '96 1859
Isaac Houser 1786 '96 1855
Henry Houser abt 1787 '96 1855
David Houser 1789 '96 1878
Christopher Houser 1793 '96 1862
Nancy Anna (Houser) 1800 '96 1861

The following descriptions are quoted from Genealogy of the Houser, Rhorer, Dillman, Hoover Families, compiled by Houser, WW., et. al, 1910, Bloomington, IL:

p. 7:
"Nancy Rhorer… came with her parents from Germany. They were agriculturalist and stock raisers. When they landed in America they sought the productive and prosperous section in Maryland. Mrs. Rhorer was a large, strong woman but of a lovely face and form and was a noted singer in her day. She was a great lover of home and family associations and loved by all who knew her. Nancy Rhorer Houser died in Kentucky in 1813."

p. 45:
"Our Great-grandfather, Abraham Houser, married Nancy Rhorer. Their home was in Washington county, Maryland. There their children, nine sons and three daughters, were born and married. About 1795 they all moved, together, to the new state of Kentucky, and settled in Jessamine county, near Nicholasville…. Great-grandmother (Nancy Rhorer Houser) died at their home and is buried in Houser Cemetery."

The Houser home place is mentioned as being "near the fork of the two Jessamine Creeks," where Abraham built a large stone mill.
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  Noted events in her life were:

• She has alternate birth date of Abt 1750 and a birth location of , Washington County, MD.

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• She was buried in 1813 in the Houser Cemetery in , Jessamine County, KY.

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Nancy married Abraham Houser in 1770 in Hagerstown, MD.¹ (Abraham Houser was born in 1740 in Germany,^{2 4} died on 4 June 1829 in Felicity, OH ^{1 5} and was buried after 4 June 1829 in Felicity, OH ^{1 5}.)