Johannes Joseph Schrack (1712 - 1772)

Born 9 Oct 1712 in Montgomery, Pennsylvania

Husband of Silence Hammer — married 1738 in Trappe Upper Providence, Montgomery, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 11 Apr 1772 at age 59 in Montgomery Township, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Biography

Johann Joseph Schrack was born in 1712 in Trappe, Montgomery, the son of Johann Jacob Schrack and his wife, Eva Rosina (or Euphrosina) Lang, who emigrated to Pennsylvania and settled there with their family.^[1]

Johann Joseph Schrack married Silence Hammer or Hamer. (Some sources say her LNAB was unknown.) They were the parents of seven children:

Hannah b abt 1739

Susannah b abt 1741

John b abt 1743 - aft 1772

Sarah b abt 1745 - 1820

Elizabeth b abt 1747

David 1752-1823

Mary b abt 1754

John Joseph's father was influential in calling the first German Lutheran pastor to America, Rev. Henry Melchior Muhlenberg. The family were members of the Lutheran church at Trappe, Montgomery County, PA.

John Joseph ran the Tavern at Trappe after his father's death in 1742, and built a house for his family in 1763 that later became known as the Speaker's House.^[2] Henry Muhlenberg's son Frederick became the first speaker of the House of Representatives and bought the house in 1781.

He died in 1772 and is buried in the Augustus Lutheran Church cemetery.^[3]

Research Notes

LNAB of son David's wife is Hamer or Hammer. For Silence, sources differ as to whether her LNAB was Hamer / Hammer, or unknown. Could this be a conflation between the generations? Wikipedia article about the Speaker's house cited above says Silence was from New England.

Cleaned up GEDCOM data and deleted redundant information.Bogue-687 22:38, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6CTT-4FPS : Sat Mar 09 09:51:28 UTC 2024), Entry for Johannes Joseph Schrack and Johann Jacob Schrack, 9 October 1712.
2. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Speaker%27s_House
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 18 December 2020), memorial page for Johann Joseph “John” Schrack (9 Oct 1712–11 Apr 1772), Find A Grave: Memorial #33177046, citing Augustus Lutheran Church Cemetery, Trappe, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Lottie Miller Schaller (contributor 47077845) .

• FamilySearch ID: L182-7VV (https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L182-7VV)
• Descendants of Johann Jacob Schrack: (https://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/trees/157883/I013366/-/registry)
• "Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HFLY-FBN2 : 27 January 2020), Johannes Schrack in entry for David Schrack, 1752.
• "Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HFXQ-MBN2 : 27 January 2020), Johannes Joseph Schrack, .
• "Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HFLY-FBN2 : 27 January 2020), Johannes Schrack in entry for David Schrack, 1752.
• Source: Author: Gale Research Title: Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc Record ID Number: MH:S34
• Source: Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Record ID Number: MH:S7 Page: Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=54210672&pid=212

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Nancy Hadley for creating WikiTree profile Schrack-10 through the import of hadleytosplit.ged on Oct 7, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Nancy and others.