Johann Wendel Frushour (1722 - 1793)

Born 1722 in Meckenheim, Bad Dürkheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Eva (Durr) Frushour — married 1754 in Frederick, Frederick, Maryland

Descendants

Died 20 Sep 1793 at about age 71 in Berkeley, (West) Virginia, United States

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Biography

Johann Frushour is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A042577.

If the 1722 birth date^[1] is correct, Wendel (Johann Wendel) emigrated as a boy of ten with his parents Johann Georg Froschauer and Katarina Graf. The family settled in York county, Pennsylvania for some time^[2].

He married Eva Derr (or Durr) before 1760 and they hand two children baptized in the Evangelical Reformed Church of Frederick Maryland. Subsequently, the family moved to Sleepy Creek, Berkeley, Virginia (now West Virginia), where land records place Wendle as of 1773.

“The records of Berkeley County and other sources show that about this time (1784) James Rumsey built a mill on Sleepy Creek and that it was either built for Wendle Frushour or it twas soon thereafter acquired by him as it was part of his estate at his death in 1794.”^[3]

Johann Wendel Frushour died in Berkeley County, Virginia, now West Virginia, in 1793. His estate was probated in 1794.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S339
2. ↑ 1746 baptism of Wendel's brother Johann Adam in Littletown, York (now Adams), Pennsylvania
3. ↑ Genealogy of the Sturm family, page 24

• Index, births, baptisms, communicants and communions 1746-1951 in the Evangelical Reformed Church, Frederick, Maryland, translated from original by E.W. Reinecke of Frederick, 1858. 1 volume. Available at Maryland State Archives. [1] accessed 9 Sept 2021.

PHILIP JACOB FROSHAUER, b. 3 Feb 1761; bapt. 28 March 1761. Page 69 of Index; citing pg 77

PETER FROSCHAUER, b. 7 Dec 1764; bapt. 6 April 1765. Page 69 of Index; citing pg 84

Parents: Froshauer, Wendel & Eva

• Sims Index to Land Grants in West Virginia; page 14; image 15. Database and images at Ancestry.com Image accessed 12 Oct 2021.

Fraushour, Wendle – 298 Acres in Sleepy Creek – 1789 – Citing Book 1, page 79

Froshour, Wendle – 371 Acres in Sleepy Creek – 1777 – Citing Book 2, page 449

Froshour Wendle – 405 Acres in Sleepy Creek – 1777 – Citing Book 2, page 451

Froushour Windle (Wendle) – 141 Acres in Sleepy Creek – 1773 -- Citing Book 1, page 496

• West Virginia, Wills and Probate Records, 1724-1985: database and images on-line, Ancestry.com, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. [2]. Original data: West Virginia County, District and Probate Courts.

Name: Wendle Freshours

Probate Place: Berkeley, West Virginia, USA

Inferred Death Place: West Virginia, USA

Item Description: Wills, Vol 3-4, 1796-1812

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 12 October 2021), "Record of Wendle Freshour", Ancestor # A042577.

• Ross B. Johnson. West Virginia Estate Settlements. An Index to Wills, Inventories, Appraisements, Land Grants, and Surveys to 1850. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1978, page 37. Available at Ancestry.com. West Virginia Estate Settlements [database on-line]: Berkeley County, 1722-1815>image 40. Image

Berkeley County, 1722-1815: FRESHOUR, WINDLE, Will, 10-15-1793. Dev.: Mother; John, Fred., Geo., sons; Mary, Caty, Barb., Lucy, Sphia [sic] dau.; others

• 'Estate Inventory: "West Virginia Will Books, 1756-1971"
  citing Berkeley, West Virginia, United States, Will book, v. 002 1788-1796, page 249, Jackson County Clerk, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 831,169
  FamilySearch Record: Q2QM-RWY5 (accessed 27 October 2023)
  FamilySearch Image: 9392-H59C-4P Image number 00427
  Will of Wendel Freshour of Berkeley, West Virginia, United States, granted probate in 1794.

• Sturm, Lloyd Elmer; Sturm, Margaret H., editor. Genealogy of the Sturm family : a record of the decendants [sic] of Jacob Sturm of Sharpsburg, Maryland, from 1750 to 1936, pp 18-29. Clarksburg, W. Va., Clarksburg Publishing Company, c1938. [3], page 24
• Find A Grave memorial for Johann Vendol “Wendle” Freshour. MEMORIAL ID 33047128. No photograph available [4]
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/LHXT-8XF

Acknowledgments

• This person was created on 21 March 2011 through the import of Martin_O_Daniels_Lorentz_Toale.ged.
• WikiTree profile Froschauer-9 created through the import of Doyle-Eisenzimmer_McNeir Famil.ged on Jun 14, 2011 by Frances Doyle. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Frances and others.
• Source: S339 Abbreviation: James L. RADER, 2633 Gilbert Way, Rancho Cordova, CA 95670 Title: James L. RADER, 2633 Gilbert Way, Rancho Cordova, CA 95670

• Thank you to Carrol Paul for creating WikiTree profile Freshour-45 through the import of Charles Elmer Paul ancestors.ged on Feb 20, 2013.

Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Carrol and others.