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- The Fenstermacher family with which we are most familiar, and whose rep resentatives are quite numerous in this and nearby counties, has its or igin in Mathias Fenstermacher, a native of the German Palatinate, who c rossed the sea on the good ship "Glasgow" which landed at Philadelphia, o n 9 September 1738. On the original list of passengers his age is given a s sixty years, and he was therefore born about 1678. He was accompanied t o America by his two sons, Jacob, then twenty-nine years of age, and Wi lhelm, twenty-five years of age. These three were preceded to the new w orld by a third son, Philip, who was removed to Alburtis and there carr ied on a general store business until he died in 1809. Altogether he fo llowed the life of an enterprising, successful merchant for upwards of f orty years. a passenger on the good ship, Samuel, and qualified at Phil adelphia, 30 August 1737. He was then twenty-four years of age."
"There is a tradition that the family first settled in Oley township, B erks County. The first positive record we have, however, is in the Berk s County tax list of 1753, where Longswamp Township is given as the res idence of the father and of his two sons, Jacob and Philip. Concerning t he other son, Wilhelm, who accompanied his father to the new world, not hing further is known at this time. The name of Mathias Fenstermacher a ppears in the early tax lists as late as 1761, at which time he probabl y died, being then eighty-three years old."
Buried Longswamp Reformed Church Cemetery, Lehigh [Berks] County, Penns ylvania
The Fenstermacher family with which we are most familiar, and whose rep r esentatives are quite numerous in this and nearby counties, has its or i gin in Mathias Fenstermacher, a native of the German Palatinate, who c r ossed the sea on the good ship "Glasgow" which landed at Philadelphia, o n 9 S eptember 1738. On the original list of passengers his age is given a s s ixty years, and he was therefore born about 1678. He was accompanied t o A merica by his two sons, Jacob, then twenty-nine years of age, and Wi lh elm, twenty-five years of age. These three were preceded to the new w o rld by a third son, Philip, who was removed to Alburtis and there carr i ed on a general store business until he died in 1809. Altogether he fo l lowed the life of an enterprising, successful merchant for upwards of f o rty years. a passenger on the good ship, Samuel, and qualified at Phil a delphia, 30 August 1737. He was then twenty-four years of age."
"There is a tradition that the family first settled in Oley township, B e rks County. The first positive record we have, however, is in the Berk s C ounty tax list of 1753, where Longswamp Township is given as the res id ence of the father and of his two sons, Jacob and Philip. Concerning t h e other son, Wilhelm, who accompanied his father to the new world, not h ing further is known at this time. The name of Mathias Fenstermacher a p pears in the early tax lists as late as 1761, at which time he probabl y d ied, being then eighty-three years old."
Buried Longswamp Reformed Church Cemetery, Lehigh [Berks] County, Penns y lvania
The Fenstermacher family with which we are most familiar, and whose rep resentatives are quite numerous in this and nearby counties, has its or igin in Mathias Fenstermacher, a native of the German Palatinate, who c rossed the sea on the good shi p "Glasgow" which landed at Philadelphia, o n 9 September 1738. On the original list of passengers his age is given a s sixty years, and he was therefore born about 1678. He was accompanied t o America by his two sons, Jacob, then twenty-nine year s of age, and Wi lhelm, twenty-five years of age. These three were preceded to the new w orld by a third son, Philip, who was removed to Alburtis and there carr ied on a general store business until he died in 1809. Altogether he fo llowed the lif e of an enterprising, successful merchant for upwards of f orty years. a passenger on the good ship, Samuel, and qualified at Phil adelphia, 30 August 1737. He was then twenty-four years of age."
"There is a tradition that the family first settled in Oley township, B erks County. The first positive record we have, however, is in the Berk s County tax list of 1753, where Longswamp Township is given as the res idence of the father and of hi s two sons, Jacob and Philip. Concerning t he other son, Wilhelm, who accompanied his father to the new world, not hing further is known at this time. The name of Mathias Fenstermacher a ppears in the early tax lists as late as 1761, at which tim e he probabl y died, being then eighty-three years old."
Buried Longswamp Reformed Church Cemetery, Lehigh [Berks] County, Penns ylvania
The Fenstermacher family with which we are most familiar, and whose rep r esentatives are quite numerous in this and nearby counties, has its or i gin in Mathias Fenstermacher, a native of the German Palatinate, who c r ossed the sea on the good s hip "Glasgow" which landed at Philadelphia, o n 9 S eptember 1738. On the original list of passengers his age is given a s s ixty years, and he was therefore born about 1678. He was accompanied t o A merica by his two sons, Jacob, then twenty-nin e years of age, and Wi lh elm, twenty-five years of age. These three were preceded to the new w o rld by a third son, Philip, who was removed to Alburtis and there carr i ed on a general store business until he died in 1809. Altogether he fo l low ed the life of an enterprising, successful merchant for upwards of f o rty years. a passenger on the good ship, Samuel, and qualified at Phil a delphia, 30 August 1737. He was then twenty-four years of age."
"There is a tradition that the family first settled in Oley township, B e rks County. The first positive record we have, however, is in the Berk s C ounty tax list of 1753, where Longswamp Township is given as the res id ence of the father and o f his two sons, Jacob and Philip. Concerning t h e other son, Wilhelm, who accompanied his father to the new world, not h ing further is known at this time. The name of Mathias Fenstermacher a p pears in the early tax lists as late as 1761, at whi ch time he probabl y d ied, being then eighty-three years old."
Buried Longswamp Reformed Church Cemetery, Lehigh [Berks] County, Penns y lvania
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1678 - Abt 1761 (83 years)