Fenstermacher, Johann Jacob

1709 - 1798  (88 years)

• Name	Fenstermacher, Johann Jacob  [1, 2]
  Birth	21 May 1709	Achtelsbach, Birkenfeld, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
  Gender	Male
  Arrival	1738	Philadelphia, PA
  Death	1798	Longswamp Twp., Berks Co., PA
  Burial	Longswamp Twp., Berks Co., PA
  Person ID	I83851	My Damon Genealogy
  Last Modified	1 Mar 2014

  
  

  Father	Fenstermacher, Johann Matthias,   b. 24 Sep 1678, Zweibrucken, Palatinate, Rhenish Bavaria, Germany d. 1761, Longswamp Twp., Berks Co., PA (Age 82 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Ruppenthal, Anna Catharina,   b. 08 May 1689, Achtelsbach, Birkenfeld, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany d. 1759, Longswamp Twp., Berks Co., PA (Age 69 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Marriage	25 Oct 1707
  Family ID	F31517	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Schweig, Margaretta,   b. 09 Nov 1719, Traunen, Germany d. 1790, Longswamp Twp., Berks Co., PA (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	20 Apr 1736	Traunen, Birkenfeld, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
  Children	1. Fenstermacher, William John,   b. 11 Oct 1740, Longswamp Twp., Berks Co., PA d. 27 Nov 1801, Heidelberg Twp., Northampton Co., PA (Age 61 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   2. Fenstermaker, Dewald,   b. 1764, Berks Co., PA d. 10 Aug 1842, Canfield, Mahoning Co., OH (Age 78 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   3. Fenstermacher, Johannes,   b. 1757, Longswamp Twp., Berks Co., PA d. 1815, Heidelberg Twp., Lehigh Co., PA (Age 58 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   4. Fenstermacher, Joseph,   b. 1750, Longswamp Twp., Berks Co., PA d. 01 Jun 1806, Longswamp Twp., Berks Co., PA (Age 56 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   5. Fenstermacher, Christian,   b. 08 Jun 1748, Longswamp Twp., Berks Co., PA d. 25 Jan 1829, Schoenersville, Northampton Co., PA (Age 80 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   6. Fenstermacher, Jacob,   b. 1752, Longswamp Twp., Berks Co., PA d. 27 Nov 1801, Berks Co., PA (Age 49 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   7. Fenstermacher, Anna Maria,   b. 16 May 1740, Longswamp Twp., Berks Co., PA d. 10 May 1801, Schoenersville, Northampton Co., PA (Age 60 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   8. Fenstermacher, Andrew,   b. 1736  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]
  Family ID	F31516	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Mar 2014

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 21 May 1709 - Achtelsbach, Birkenfeld, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Marriage - 20 Apr 1736 - Traunen, Birkenfeld, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Arrival - 1738 - Philadelphia, PA Death - 1798 - Longswamp Twp., Berks Co., PA Burial - - Longswamp Twp., Berks Co., PA  = Link to Google Earth
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• 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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S618] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online. Record for Johann Jacob Fenstermacher [S618] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online. Record for Anna Catharina Ruppenthal