Nothstein, Johannes Peter

1758 - 1804  (45 years)

• Name	Nothstein, Johannes Peter
  Birth	16 Apr 1758	Longswamp Twp., Berks Co., PA
  Gender	Male
  Baptised	16 Apr 1758	Alburtis, Lehigh Co., PA
  	Lehigh Church
  DAR Ancestor Number	A084967
  Military	Between 19 Aug 1776 and 18 Oct 1781  [1]
  	Revolutionary War Veteran
  Tombstone Photo	Normal Square, Carbon Co., PA   [2]
  	Hillside Cemetery; private property
  Death	1804	Mahoning Twp., Carbon Co., PA   [2]
  Burial	Normal Square, Carbon Co., PA   [2]
  Person ID	I11738	My Damon Genealogy
  Last Modified	28 Feb 2014

  
  

  Father	Nothstein, Hans Michael,   b. Abt 1739, Germany d. 06 Apr 1767, Northampton Co., PA (Age ~ 28 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Kunz, Maria Margret,   b. Abt 1739, Germany
  Relationship	Natural
  Marriage	Abt 1759
  Family ID	F7331	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hans, Maria Elizabeth,   b. 03 Mar 1755, Lynntown, Lehigh Co., PA d. 03 Sep 1843, East Penn Twp., Carbon Co., PA (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	1780	Northampton, Hampshire Co., MA
  Children	1. Nothstein, Leonard  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   2. Nothstein, Peter Jr.,   b. 25 Dec 1779, Mahoning Twp., Carbon Co., PA d. 06 Oct 1861 (Age 81 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   3. Nothstein, Heinrich {John Henry},   b. 08 Nov 1781, East Penn Twp., Carbon Co., PA d. 15 Nov 1856 (Age 75 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   4. Nothstein, Johannes/John,   b. 13 Oct 1786   d. 09 Jul 1862, OH (Age 75 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   5. Nothstein, Matthias/Matthew,   b. Abt 1788   d. 1836 (Age ~ 48 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   6. Nothstein, Elizabeth,   b. 11 Aug 1790   d. 09 Nov 1830 (Age 40 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   7. Nothstein, Maria,   b. Aft 1796  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]
  Family ID	F5655	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Feb 2014

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 16 Apr 1758 - Longswamp Twp., Berks Co., PA Baptised - Lehigh Church - 16 Apr 1758 - Alburtis, Lehigh Co., PA Tombstone Photo - Hillside Cemetery; private property - - Normal Square, Carbon Co., PA Marriage - 1780 - Northampton, Hampshire Co., MA Death - 1804 - Mahoning Twp., Carbon Co., PA Burial - - Normal Square, Carbon Co., PA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Documents

  Nothstein, Johannes Peter Pennsylvania Veterans Burial Card

  
  

  Headstones

  Nothstein, Johannes Peter

  
  

• Notes

  In 1780 Peter Nothstein served as 2nd class private 6th Co. Associates & Militia Northampton Co., Pa. Entered May 10, 1780, he also served 2 mos. in Capt. Conrad Reder Company, 6th Battalion, Northampton Co., Militia in 1781. This time he sent a substitute. He served under 1st Lt. Charles Craig Nov. 1775 Lt. Craig was wounded at the Battle of Brandywine and never returned to service. He shot himself in 1782. An original paper found in the Nothstein family possession signed by Peter Nothstein reads as follows: Please to settle with John Matth & Beuck the money coming to me for 9 months wages in the regular Army of 1st Pennsio Regement under Charles Craig and also one month Militia wages under Capt. William Meyer of Northampton County and this shall be the discharge during the Service in the regular army. (signed: Peter Nothstein), Witness Present: Georg Lins. In 1781 Peter is listed on the tax lists in Lynn Twp, on a grist mill, 60 acres, 1 horse and 1 cow in 1788. The Nothstein family moved to East Penn Twp. about 1793 for by virtue of a warrant dated April 6, 1793, surveyed June 4, 1794, there was given to John Kuntz and Peter Nothstein a tract of land situated in Mahoning Valley, Penn Twp. Northampton Co., on the south side of the Mahoning Creek containing 306 acres 142 perches and the allowance of 6%. The land of John Smith bounds it on one side. John Smiths daughters Barbara and Gertrude married Peters sons - John Henry and John. The grist mill apparently was located on Sweitzer Creek with the dam in Weisenburg Township, and the mill in Lynn Township. This grist mill was one of the first in Northampton Co., which is now Lehigh County, and was sold to Abraham Rex around 1794. Peter died in 1804 without a will and his son Peter Nothstein,JR., John Kunz, and brother in law Leonard Hontz were appointed administrators. He is buried at Normal Square on the hillside cemetery. This site is visited and remembered by the Grand Army and Sons of Veterans, the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and American Veterans of World War II every Memorial Day. The Nothsteins are closely connected with the early history of Carbon County. Carbon County was originally a part of Bucks County, out of which Northampton County was carved in 1752, and in 1843, Carbon County was carved out of and set off from Northampton County. Penn Township was originally a large tract which was later divided into East Penn, West Penn, and Lausanned Townships. East Penn Twp. was then divided into Mahoning & East Penn. The name Mahoning is derived from a corruption of the Indian words, "Mahon Hanne", which in the language of the Delaware Indians, means, "a stream flowing near a lick". The first settlement in this Township was at Gnaden Huetten, which was founded by the Moravians who were then known as the "Hern Huttens." His wife Maria Elizabeth died Sep 3, 1843. Her obituary in German appeared in the "Der Friedens Bote" newspaper, Allentown, Pa. Dec. 20,1843 and is translated as follows: Died the third Sept. in East Penn, Carbon Co., Maria Elizabeth born Hans of Lynntown, Lehigh Co., widow for 39 years of deceased Peter Nothstein, in decrepitude and old age of 88 years and 6 mos. with 7 children during her lifetime and 62 grandchildren and 72 great grandchildren.

  
  

• Sources

  [S698] Pennsylvania Veterans Burial Cards, 1777-1999, database, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 14 January 2014), Peter Nothstein, Peter Nothstein Cemetery; citing Pennsylvania Veterans Burial Cards, 1929–1990, Digital Images, 3–5, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Bureau of Archivs and History, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. [S1000] Normal Square Burial Ground, (Normal Square, Carbon County, Pennsylvania; Fritz Valley Road; on private property), Peter Nothstein marker.