Housenick, Edith M.

Edith married Ryberg, Frank H. on 05 Jan 1876 in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne Co., PA. Frank was born in Sep 1845 in NY; died after 1900 in Brooklyn, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jacob married Fenstermacher, Mary. Mary (daughter of Fenstermacher, John and Andreas, Anna) was born about 1811 in PA; died after 1870 in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne Co., PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Andreas, Anna. Anna was born about 1785 in Heidelberg Twp., Northampton Co., PA; died after 1840 in Luzerne Co., PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• DAR Ancestor Number: A039067
• Military: Revolutionary War Veteran
• Tombstone Photo: Heidelberg Twp., Northampton Co., PA; Heidelberg Union Cemetery; Original tombstone no longer exists

Notes:

From Find A Grave.com:
About 1770, he purchased land 3 miles southwest of Slatington, PA. and settled in Heidelberg Township, Lehigh County, where he became a man of prominence. He operated a distillery in connection with his farm of 170 acres.

During the early days of the Revolutionary War, in 1778, he was a member of Captain Conrad Roeder's 5th Company of the 3rd Battalion. In 1780 he served under the same Captain in the 2nd Class, 5th Company, 6th Battalion of the Northampton County Militia.

Records show that of his 7 children, all except William moved to the Wyoming Valley in Columbia and Lucern Counties.

William was survived by his Widow (who later remarried) and his seven children: Philip, GEORGE, William, Jacob (who never married and had moved to Schuylkill Co. PA), Charles (who never married and had moved to Wyoming Co. PA), Elizabeth (wife of Gottfried Peter) and John. He was buried in the Old Heidelberg Cemetery, but there is no longer any marker of his grave site.

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

William Fenstermacher, son of Jacob, was born Oct. 11, 1740, and about the year 1770 settled in Heidelberg township, this county, where he became a man of prominence. During the early days of the Revolutionary War he was a member of Capt. Conrad Roeder's Fifth Company of the Third Battalion of militia, and later served under the same captain in the fifth battalion. He operated a distillery in connection with his farm of 170 acres, and died Nov. 27, 1801, survived by his widow, Margareth Elizabeth, and five children: (1) Philip, b. Oct. 6, 1771; (2) George, b. Jan. 18, 1773; (3) William, b. March 22, 1775; (4) John; and (5) Elizabeth, b. Oct. 25, 1787, wife of Gottfried Peter. Another daughter, Anna Catharina, born in Longswamp township in 1763, probably died young, as no mention is made of her. William Fenstermacher is buried in the old Heidelberg cemetery, and doubtless also his wife, although no trace can be found of her tombstone.

William married Elizabeth, Margaret about 1762. Margaret was born on 15 Oct 1744 in PA; died on 19 Apr 1815 in Heidelberg Twp., Northampton Co., PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]