Susanna Metz married John Peter Weitzel, son of John Paul Weitzel and Charlotte Fröwler who had fled religious persecution in Germany. The Weitzel family were members of the First Reformed Church in Lancaster PA. John Peter worked for the cause of the Revolution behind the scenes and took on many important roles. 

The following information appears in various sources. “John obtained a fair education at his native town and was sent to Philadelphia at an early age to learn the mercantile business. He opened a store at the site of Sunbury, in 1771, in a log building near the bank of the river below Market Street, and until the time of his death was prominently and responsibly connected with public affairs; when the war of the Revolution began he became a very prominent actor in county affairs, and in 1772, before he was of age, was appointed one of the first County Commissioners of Northumberland County. To this office he was reappointed, January 22, 1776, and also under the Constitution of 1790, in 1790, 1791, and 1792. He was appointed justice of the peace for the same county, respectively, March 9, 1774, July 29, 1775, June 19, 1777, and June 20, 1789. The General Assembly appointed him July 25, 1775, a “ Justice of the Court of General Quarter Sessions, and of the County Court of Common Pleas,” for the county of Northumberland. He was also a member of the Committee of Safety of Northumberland County from February 8, 1776, to August 13, 1776. Judge Weitzel was also a member of the Provincial Conference of June 18, 1776, as a deputy from the county of Northumberland. The conference issued a call for a Provincial Convention to meet the following month. On the 8th of July he was duly elected a representative to this convention from Northumberland County. On the 15th of the same month, says Dr. Hayden, “ the youngest of the 96 delegates, being then not yet 24 years of age,” he took his seat in that body, which gave to Pennsylvania the Constitution of 1776.” <editors note: the ages given here may be slightly inaccurate –  we continue to investigate>.

Judge Weitzel was also appointed a member of the Pennsylvania Council of Safety for Northumberland County from July 24, 1776, to March 13, 1777. He took his seat in the Council, at Philadelphia, September 28, 1776, when “ Mr. Nesbit was directed to pay Mr. John Weitzel (a member in Convention from Northumberland County) for sixty four days attendance in Convention and mileage, one hundred and forty miles, £37, 8s, 8d.” He was appointed issuing commissary for the county, July 7, 1780, and contractor for furnishing provisions to the state troops from 1782 to 1784. And it is believed that he acted in this capacity long before his present appointment, according to records and documents known to be in existence. The business devolving upon him was great while he held this responsible position, but he performed his duty with ability and fidelity. Under the new constitution of 1776, Judge Weitzel was again appointed, June 19, 1789, one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas for Northumberland County, which office he held for seven years.