Johann Philip
(Philip)
Bossert
aka Bossard, Bossart
Born in Alsace, Lorraine, France
Son of Unknown Bossart
and Maria Eva Michel
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Eva Catherina (Unknown) Bossart
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
John Bossart, Michael Buzzard, Marie Catherina (Bossard) Charpentier, Heinrich Bossert, Johannes Melchior Bossard and Christina (Bossert) Keller
Died
at about age 90
in Hamilton Township, Monroe, Pennsylvania, United States
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Biography
Johann Phillip Bossard [1][2][3][4][5]
Philip Bossert served during the French and Indian War.
Seven miles southwest of Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, in Cherry Valley, is a granite memorial to Phillip Bossert/Bossard, an early settler (1745) from Alsace, Germany. He helped to lay the foundations of civilization on the frontier. [6]
As Philip Bossert, age 35, he was included on the passenger list of the ship Samuel and Elizabeth that arrived in Philadelphia on September 30, 1740. [7]
He made his home a refuge for his neighbors fleeing from Indian attacks during the French and Indian War, notably in April-June, 1757. He donated a portion of his land for a school and church.
He died in 1797. The Christ Church, Hamilton Square, was erected on his land; and his body lies in its cemetery--- a new tombstone placed by descendants in 1966. (Info from Monroe Co. Historical Society). [8]
Bossards, Bozards, and Buzzards : The Descendants of Phillip Bossard Who Landed in Philadelphia September 30, 1740 and Settled in Hamilton Township, Pennsylvania, by Mary Smith Jackson, says this about him:
Johannes Phillip Bossard was born in 1706, possibly in Alsace-Lorraine. At the age of thirty-four, he boarded the Samuel and Elizabeth in Rotterdam and arrived in Philadelphia on September 30, 1740. He settled on a plantation in Cherry Valley (now Hamilton Township, Pennsylvania) with his wife, Eva Catherine. They had at least seven children, although the exact number is unknown. Three of their sons were killed during Indian attacks. Their home became a place of refuge during the French and Indian Wars of 1754-1760, harboring as many as nine neighbor families at a time. Phillip was active in community affairs and donated land for the Hamilton Square Church. Philip (who died in 1797) and his wife, Eva Catherine are buried in the cemetery at the back of this church. [9]
Sources
- ↑ Source: #S-1514724098 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=parcheminbirths&h=846035&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 17 Janvier 1706 Birth place: Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France Residence date: Residence place: France APID: 1,1679::846035
- ↑ Source: #S-1514724150 Page: Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Year: 1740; Page Number: . Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=pili354&h=3360217&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1705 Birth place: Arrival date: 1740 Arrival place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania APID: 1,7486::3360217
- ↑ Source: #S-1514724422 Page: Ancestry Family Trees
- ↑ Source: #S-1514724099 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=veterburialc&h=868647&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1706 Birth place: Death date: 1797 Death place: APID: 1,1967::868647
- ↑ Source: #S-1514724097 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=pacen&h=28148761&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Residence date: 1740 Residence place: Philadelphia County, PA APID: 1,3570::28148761
- ↑ Ancestry Record 1967 #868647 Pennsylvania, U.S., Veterans Burial Cards, 1777-2012 for Philip Bossert
- ↑ Strassburger, Ralph Beaver, LL.D., Pennsylvania German Pioneers, A Publication of the Original Lists of Arrivals In the Port of Philadelphia from 1727 to 1808, edited by William John Hinke, Ph.D., D.D., Pennsylvania German Society, Norristown, PA, 1934, Volume 1.
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #37776371.
- ↑ Jackson, Mary Smith. Bossards, Bozards, and Buzzards : The Descendants of Phillip Bossard Who Landed in Philadelphia September 30, 1740 and Settled in Hamilton Township, Pennsylvania. 1990.
- Cathy LaBar Family Tree
- "États Unis. Combattants français dans la guerre révolutionnaire, 1778-1783," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL58-B9N4 : 11 March 2019), Boussard, 1782; citing Military Service, records compiled by France. Ministère des Affaires Etrangères. Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1968. Citing United States. French Combatants in the Revolutionary War, 1778-1783. Washington, D.C. : 1905; FHL microfilm 00303.
- Source: S-1514724097 Repository: #R-1671645852 Title: Pennsylvania Census, 1772-1890 Author: Jackson, Ronald V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.Original data - Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.Orig Note:
- Source: S-1514724098 Repository: #R-1671645852 Title: Naissances et baptêmes de Haute-Bretagne, France, 1501-1907 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.Original data - association ABGH Parchemin. Base de données indexées à partir de registres de naissance et baptême. Rennes, France: ABGH Parchemin.Original data: association ABGH Parche
- Source: S-1514724099 Repository: #R-1671645852 Title: Pennsylvania, Veterans Burial Cards, 1777-1999 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data - Pennsylvania Veterans Burial Cards, 1929–1990. Digital Images, 3–5. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Bureau of Archives and History. Harrisburg, Pennsylv Note:
- Source: S-1514724150 Repository: #R-1671645852 Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Author: Gale Research. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.Original data - Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2010.
- Source: S-1514724422 Repository: #R-1671645852 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.
Acknowledgements
- Profile created by Blair Bradley, Dec 19, 2011
- Thank you to Rena Donze for creating WikiTree profile Bossard-17 through the import of Donze Family Tree(1).ged on Apr 20, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Rena and others.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Philip by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Philip:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Philip by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Philip:
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~0.78%
Charles Jones
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch CE9236340 [compare], Ancestry member WallyJones
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~0.78%
James Loucks :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #186278
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~0.39%
Christine Rea :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Gail (Irvin) Cox :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A538918 [compare]
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~0.39%
Shannon Foley :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch DX5820214 [compare], Ancestry member GaIrishRose
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Categories: Palatine Migrants | Samuel and Elizabeth, Arrived 30 September 1740 | French and Indian War
There are altogether too many confusing Bosserts. I'm now the manager of Bossard-29 but not Bossert-7, which is managed by the Palatine Migration Project and is project protected. I adopted a few other profiles just now too and plan to drop off once they're sorted.
I'm not sure about the LNAB in Germany or who the father of this Philip was. There's an article here about some Bosserts in Lambsheim https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1056&context=pafolklifemag.
There was also a PA immigrant Jacob Bossert from Switzerland, who was on the Mercury in 1735 with wife Cleovia/Cleffia, and went to Greenwich, Berks.
I'm hoping that Philip's profile managers can take a look at the research notes on the profile for LaRue-797 and consider disconnecting her as his wife. I think Catherine LaRue's husband was John Bossert, not Philip. Fine with me to wait awhile, though, to see if there are different thoughts or more information comes to light, if that is preferable.
We should add the Palatine Migration Project as a profile manager on the merfed profile.
Thanks for finding this likely duplicate!
edited by Ellen Smith