Fenstermacher, Joseph

Family/Spouse: Cole, Maria Christina. Maria was born on 01 Feb 1783 in Northampton Co., PA; died on 04 Nov 1789 in Lehigh Co., PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Fenstermacher, Anna was born in Stone Church, Northampton Co., PA; died in Feb 1903 in Frankfort, Clinton Co., IN.

Other Events and Attributes:

• DAR Ancestor Number: A039059
• Military: Revolutionary War Veteran

Notes:

Exerpt from http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dettweiler/webdocs/e066.htm:

FENSTERMACHER FAMILY
From: History Of Lehigh County, Vol 1,2,& 3.
Transcribed by: Sandra Hart

Johannes Fenstermacher, son of Jacob, was doubtless the same as the Johannes who was the founder of a large branch of the family in Lehigh and Allen townships, Northampton county. In the former township he owned a farm of 100 acres. In the year 1782 he was enrolled as a private in Captain John Dieter's Seventh Company of the Third Battalion of Militia. By trade he was a carpenter. He died in 1815, survived by his widow, Anna Maria, and ten children:

1. Johannes, b. Aug. 20, 1781.

2. Jacob, b. April 12, 1783.

3. Solomon.

4. George, b. July 7, 1787.

5. Joseph, b. Oct. 2, 1789.

6. Elizabeth, b. March 14, 1792, M. Conrad Dreisbach.

7. Jonathan, b. Jan. 23, 1794.

8. Isaac.

9. Mary Magdalena, b. May 9, 1799, m John Peter Bachman.

10. Catharina, b. Feb. 1802, m. Dr. Griffith J. Scholl.

Johannes married Wuchter, Anna Maria about 1781. Anna was born about 1760; died after 1815. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Arrival: 1738, Philadelphia, PA

Notes:

Exerpt from http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dettweiler/webdocs/e066.htm:

FENSTERMACHER FAMILY
From: History Of Lehigh County, Vol 1,2,& 3.
Transcribed by: Sandra Hart

The name Fenstermacher, was all students of German well know, is derived from a like word in that language signifying "windowmaker." By many members of the family it is spelled "Fenstermaker," and the writer of this sketch has heard of at least one instance where the still more anglicized form "Glazier" was adopted. In one of the early Berks county tax lists, the clerk who copied the record, perhaps in a spirit of humor, wrote the name "Windowmaker."

The Fenstermacher family with which we are most familiar, and whose representatives are quite numerous in this and nearby counties, has its origin in Mathias Fenstermacher, a native of the German Palatinate, who crossed the sea on the good ship "Glasgow" which landed at Philadelphia, Sept. 9, 1738. On the original list of passengers his age is given as sixty years, and he was therefore born about 1678. He was accompanied to America by his two sons, Jacob, then twenty-nine years of age, and Wilhelm, twenty-five years of age. These three were preceded to the new world by a third son, Philip, who was removed to Alburtis and there carried on a general store business until he died in 1909. Altogether he followed the life of an enterprising, successful merchant for upwards of forty years. a passenger on the good ship, Samuel, and qualified at Philadelphia, Aug. 30, 1737. He was then twenty-four years of age.

There is a tradition that the family first settled in Oley township, Berks county. The first positive record we have, however, is in the Berks county tax list of 1753, where Longswamp township is given as the residence of the father and of his two sons, Jacob and Philip. Concerning the other son, Wilhelm, who accompanied his father to the new world, nothing further is known at this time. The name of Mathias Fenstermacher appears in the early tax lists as late as 1761, at which time he probably died, being then eighty-three years old.

Jacob Fenstermacher, the eldest son of Mathias, was one of the founders of the Longswamp Reformed church. The proprietary return of 1767 shows that he was the owner of one hundred acres of land in that township, and his name appears in the federal census of 1790, indicating that he was then still living. We have no record as to the date of his death and he had no WILL. He was twice married, his second wife being the Widow Koehler, and we know of at least seven children: (1) William; (2) Anna Maria, b. May 16, 1740 (?), d. May 10, 1801 (wife of Michael Bieber, b. Feb. 11, 1740, d. Oct. 26, 1832); (3) Christian; (4) Joseph; (5) Jacob; (6) Anna Barbara; And (7) Johannes.

Johann married Schweig, Margaretta on 20 Apr 1736 in Traunen, Birkenfeld, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. Margaretta was born on 09 Nov 1719 in Traunen, Germany; died in 1790 in Longswamp Twp., Berks Co., PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Arrival: 1738, PA
• Immigration: 09 Sep 1738; On the ship Glasgow; landed at Philadelphia

Notes:

FENSTERMACHER FAMILY
From: History Of Lehigh County, Vol 1,2,& 3.
Transcribed by: Sandra Hart

The name Fenstermacher, was all students of German well know, is derived from a like word in that language signifying "windowmaker." By many members of the family it is spelled "Fenstermaker," and the writer of this sketch has heard of at least one instance where the still more anglicized form "Glazier" was adopted. In one of the early Berks county tax lists, the clerk who copied the record, perhaps in a spirit of humor, wrote the name "Windowmaker."

The Fenstermacher family with which we are most familiar, and whose representatives are quite numerous in this and nearby counties, has its origin in Mathias Fenstermacher, a native of the German Palatinate, who crossed the sea on the good ship "Glasgow" which landed at Philadelphia, Sept. 9, 1738. On the original list of passengers his age is given as sixty years, and he was therefore born about 1678. He was accompanied to America by his two sons, Jacob, then twenty-nine years of age, and Wilhelm, twenty-five years of age. These three were preceded to the new world by a third son, Philip, who was removed to Alburtis and there carried on a general store business until he died in 1909. Altogether he followed the life of an enterprising, successful merchant for upwards of forty years. a passenger on the good ship, Samuel, and qualified at Philadelphia, Aug. 30, 1737. He was then twenty-four years of age.

There is a tradition that the family first settled in Oley township, Berks county. The first positive record we have, however, is in the Berks county tax list of 1753, where Longswamp township is given as the residence of the father and of his two sons, Jacob and Philip. Concerning the other son, Wilhelm, who accompanied his father to the new world, nothing further is known at this time. The name of Mathias Fenstermacher appears in the early tax lists as late as 1761, at which time he probably died, being then eighty-three years old.

Johann married Ruppenthal, Anna Catharina on 25 Oct 1707. Anna (daughter of Ruppenthal, Johannes and Magdalena, Maria) was born on 08 May 1689 in Achtelsbach, Birkenfeld, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany; died in 1759 in Longswamp Twp., Berks Co., PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Arrival: 1738, PA