Johann Peter Deckard (1736 - abt. 1783)

Born 29 Oct 1736 in Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany

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Died about 6 Dec 1783 at about age 47 in Sinking Spring, Spring Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Birth: Oct. 29, 1736 Death: Dec. 6, 1783 Berks County Pennsylvania, USA

Son of George 1690 and Christine Elizabeth Decker

Capt. Decker was a retired gentleman at Reading in 1768. He was commissioned Captain, Jan 5, 1776, and raised a company as part of Lutz's Battallion of the Flying Camp. The county quota being already filled, on May 26, 1776, the company was mustered into Col Magaw's Fifth Pa. Batt., with which they participated in the Battle of Long Island and Fort Washington. In the later engagement all the survivors of the company were taken prisoners, November 16, 1776. Capt. Decker resigned from the service on February 1, 1777. In 1779 he was a resident of Cumru Twp, where he kept an Inn until his death in 1784.

Sources

• FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9KDV-H57)
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47348159/john-peter-decher: accessed 28 November 2023), memorial page for MAJ John Peter Decher (29 Oct 1736–6 Dec 1783), Find A Grave: Memorial #47348159, citing Sinking Spring Cemetery, Sinking Spring, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by N.D. Scheidt (contributor 47099775).