DESCENDANTS OF HANS JACOB BRODBECK
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Don Norman
1.HANS JACOB BRODBECK
Hans Jacob
Brodbeck, a son of Adam and Anna (Roesch) Brodbeck, was
born December 12, 1697 in Muttenz, Switzerland and died
there after
1747. Hans married Anna Schaffner September 20, 1720 in
Multenz Basel,
Switzerland. Anna was born in Nov 1700 and died March 17,
1747 in
Multenz Basel.
Hans Jacob was
a linen weaver at Muttenz and was probably still
living when his son, Adam, left for America in 1748. When
his wife Anna
died in 1747 she was identified as the wife of the linen
weaver and Adam
was identified as his son in the records concerning his
immigration.
Hans Jacob was not referred to as deceased in either
record. No death
record can be found at Muttenz.
Children of Hans Jacob and Anna (Schaffner) Brodbeck.
2. (1). Adam b. 1722
d. 1778
m.Elizabeth Zehnder c. 1742
m.Ursula
Rohrer Oct 9 1773
3. (2). Hans Jacob b. 1727
2.ADAM BRODBECK
1.HANS JACOB BRODBECK
Adam Brodbeck,
a son of Hans Jacob and Anna (Schaffner) Brodbeck,
was christened on May 17, 1722 in Muttenz, Switzerland
and died between
1778-1779 in Shenandoah County VA. Another name for Adam
was "Brubeck".
Adam married
Elizabeth Zehnder about 1742 in Multenz, Switzerland.
Elizabeth died before 1773. Adam married Ursula (------)
Rohrer October
9, 1773 in Shenandoah County VA.
In 1748 Adam
Brodbeck, a weaver, requested and was granted
permission to leave for America with his wife and two
children (Faust
Vol 11. p.47).
He arrived in
Philadelphia on the ship "Crown" August 30, 1749,
along with several other families from Muttenz including
his uncles Adam
and Nicolaus (Strassburgber and Hinke, Vol. I page 392).
By 1760 Adam
Brodbeck and family were living in the Shenandoah Valley
of VA. He
settled on a branch of Tumbling Run a few miles west of
present day
Stasburg where he witnessed the will of his neighbor,
John Funkhouser in
February 1760 along with John Nicolaus Baker. (Frederick
County Will
Book 3, pages 255,256. This is the first record of Adam
in VA.
He obtained a
survey warrant for 300 acres on Tumbling Run, where he
lived, in June of 1763 (Peggy Joyner, Northern Neck
Warrants and
Surveys, Vol 11. Frederick County, Portsmouth, 1985, Page
19). He
received a patent for this land from Lord Fairfax August
9, 1766.
Adam
"Brewback" was naturalized as a citizen of VA in Frederick
County Court November 1 1768. (Frederick County Order
Book 14 page 348).
The death date
for Adam's first wife Elizabeth is unknown but on
October 9, 1773 he married Ursula Rohrer, widow of Jacob
Rohrer, another
settler on Tumbling Run. At the time of the marriage they
drew up a
contract that forfeited all dower interests in his
property.
Jacob Rohrer
and his family were associated with the Sabbatarian
group on Sandy Hook that had connections with the
Cloisters at Ephrata
PA There is no evidence that the Brubecks have any
further ties to the
Sabbatarians.
Adam wrote a
will December 2, 1778 and died soon afterwards. The
will was probated March 25, 1779 with his son in law
Abraham Funkhouser
as executor (Shenandoah County Will Book "A"
page 205.) A final
settlement of the estate was made by Funkhouser in 1782,
by which time
the youngest child had come of age. Ursula Brodbeck was
living at the
time of the settlement.
Children of Adam and Elizabeth (Zehnder) Brodbeck.
4. (1). Anna b. 1743
5. (2). Sybilla b. 1745
d.before 1748
6. (3). Anna b. 1748
7. (4). Adam b.c. 1750
d. 1784
8. (5). Elizabeth Rosina b.c.
1752 d. 1810
9. (6). Johannes b.c. 1754
d. 1808
m.Margaret
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10. (7). Johann Jacob b.
1756 d. 1838
11. (8). Barbara b. 1758
d. 1839
12. (9). Philip b. 1760
d. 1809
9.JOHANNES BRODBECK
2.ADAM BRODBECK 1.HANS JACOB
BRODBECK
Johannes (John)
Brodbeck, a son of Adam and Elizabeth (Zehnder)
Brodbeck, was born about 1754 in Shenandoah County VA and
died there in
1808. Johannes married Margaret ------- 1775. Johannes
was also known as
"John Brubeck."
John remained
at the family homestead on Tumbling Run in Shenandoah
County and received a deed to 150 acres of his fathers
patent tract from
Abraham Funkhouser, executor of his fathers will, in
October 1793.
(Shenandoah County Deed Book I, page 221)
John's name
appears along with his brother Adam on Alexander
Machir's militia list for the Strasburg, VA area in 1776.
The estate of
John Brubeck deceased was ordered to be appraised by
Jacob Didawick,
Philip P. Baker and Rudolph Rosenberger in October 1808
and a public
sale of personal property was held November 3, 1808
(Shenandoah county
will book G pp 295-299. A settlement of the estate was
reported to the
court March 1814. Margaret received one third of the
money and the rest
was to be distributed to the ten children, four of whom
were still
underage (Shenandoah County book H page 539). In 1818,
Mary the youngest
child, still under age 14, was made a ward of George
Hottel. George
reported the account of his deceased ward to the court in
November 1822
(Shenandoah county Minute book 1816-1822 Oct Court 1818
and minute book
1822-1826 November court 1822.
A division of
John Brubecks land was made among the remaining nine
children in November 1822 (Deed Book BB page 528.)
Margaret
Brubeck died in the winter of 1827-1828 and her personal
property was ordered appraised by Abraham Funkhouser,
Hairy Pontzer and
John Harriman in February 1828 (Shenandoah County Will
book O page 481)
According to the settlement of her estate the cost of
settlement
exceeded the proceeds from the sale of her effects and
there was nothing
to distribute to the heirs (Shenandoah County will book P
page 318)
Three of John Brubecks children married children of
George Baker.
Children of Johannes and Margaret Brodbeck.
13. (1). Elizabeth b.c. 1778
m.Jacob
Rosenberger Aug 31 1799
14. (2). Jacob b. 1780
d. 1845
15. (3). Philip b.c. 1782
16. (4). William b.c. 1785
17. (5). John b.c. 1790
d. 1821
18. (6). Christina b.c. 1793
19. (7). Rebecca b. 1795
d. 1869
20. (8). Catherine b. 1797
21. (9). Joseph b.
1799 d. 1847
22. (10).
Mary b. 1804
d. 1822
13.ELIZABETH BRODBECK
9.JOHANNES BRODBECK 2.ADAM
BRODBECK
1.HANS JACOB BRODBECK
Elizabeth, a
daughter of Johannes and Margaret Brodbeck, was born
about 1778 in Shenandoah County Virginia and died there
after 1860. She
married Jacob Rosenberger August 31, 1799 in Shenandoah
County VA.
Jacob, a son of Erasmus and Regina Rosenberger, was born
about 1777 and
died in 1815 in Frederick County VA.
Jacob died in
the Spring of 1815. (Frederick county will book 10
pages 589 - 590). Elizabeth lived as a widow for many
years. She was
living with her son William in 1860 at age 84.
Children of Jacob and Elizabeth (Brodbeck) Rosenberger.
23. (1). William b. 1800
d. 1880
24. (2). Regina b.c. 1801
d. 1878
m.Henry
Clowser Jan 15 1820
25. (3). Margaret b. 1803
d. 1877
26. (4). John B. b. 1814
d. 1880
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Martin, Alison D., "Ancestors of Andrew Jackson
Clowser"